Boston Climate Action Network

At A Glance

Location: 

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Primary Issue Area:

  • Climate Change & Energy

Active since:

2000

Grants Received In:

  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2007
  • 2003

Core volunteers:

20

Community Size:

636,479

Our Purpose

to help build a political movement to turn around our oil-addicted country.

Summary of Projects

BCAN received a grant in 2011 to hire a bi-cultural, bi-lingual full-time staff member for 6 months and to increase the group's role as a network hub in greater Boston, linking neighborhood-based organizations with sustainability missions throughout Boston and beyond.

BCAN received a grant in 2010 to harness the power of neighbor-to-neighbor connections to increase community empowerment, conserve financial and natural resources, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase the number of good, local jobs in the energy efficiency field through organizing three "green blocks" in Jamaica Plain, MA.

In 2007 BCAN received a grant to build a grassroots network of Boston residents who understand that global warming has both global and local effects, that local action is both possible and needed, and that by becoming politically involved they can help mitigate the effects of global warming.

Other grants were awarded some time ago and the details haven't been uploaded to our online system. If you'd like to learn more, contact us (info@grassrootsfund.org) and we'll fill in the blanks.