Grow grantees - Spring 2025

During the Spring 2025 Grow round, the Grassroots Fund awarded $446,600 to 130 grantee groups. The grant award process happens in partnership with community reviewers, including grant readers and the Grantmaking Committee, and is rooted in a group's alignment with the Guiding Practices. Below is a list of the groups that received funding per issue area (note that more specific information on use of funding requires users to log in).

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Climate Change and Energy

New Haven Leon Sister City ProjectConnecticut
Hallowell Conservation CommissionMaine
Norway Community Build - Window DressersMaine
Peaks Island Tax and Energy Assistance - PITEAMaine
Beyond the BoundsMassachusetts
Commonwealth Green Low-Income Housing Coalition/Worcester Common GroundMassachusetts
Hamilton Wenham GREENMassachusetts
TownGreenMassachusetts
Worcester Earn-a-Bike, Inc.Massachusetts
Exeter Energy CommitteeNew Hampshire
Kearsarge Climate ActionNew Hampshire
Merrimack Valley WindowDressersNew Hampshire
Monadnock WindowDressersNew Hampshire
UncharteredNew Hampshire
Windowdressers, Concord, NHNew Hampshire
Lefty Loosey Bike CollectiveRhode Island
Bennington County Solid Waste Alliance Compost GroupVermont
Bennington County Window DressersVermont
Bradford Climate and Energy CommissionVermont
Brandon Energy CommitteeVermont
Craftsbury Energy CommitteeVermont
Danville Town Energy Committee - Ad HocVermont
Run On Climate Education FundVermont
White River Valley Window DressersVermont

Environmental Health

Ar Rahman CorporationConnecticut
Community Garden of JoyConnecticut
Connecticut Scuba AcademyConnecticut
Rich Dae Entrepreneur FoundationConnecticut
Beech Hill Pond Watershed ProjectMaine
Multicultural Community and Family Support Services (MCFSS)Maine
Grandmothers' Village ProjectMassachusetts
Islamic Society of Greater LowellMassachusetts
Youth Climate Action of Franklin CountyMassachusetts
BWINH IncNew Hampshire
PRONK! Providence HONK! FestivalRhode Island
MycolabVermont

Food

Friends of Newtown SeniorsConnecticut
La Bodeguita De La GenteConnecticut
North End Little PantriesConnecticut
root2RISE West HartfordConnecticut
Windham Community Food NetworkConnecticut
Afghan Community of MaineMaine
Aroostook County 4-HMaine
Berwick Public Library Community GardensMaine
Empowered Immigrant Women Unite!Maine
Waldo County BountyMaine
YES! ProgramMaine
Acton-Boxborough Farmers MarketMassachusetts
CLUBOH, INC. (Community Leaders United By Overcoming Hardships)Massachusetts
Corn Sister CircleMassachusetts
EquiTable Food SystemsMassachusetts
Finca Luna BúhoMassachusetts
Food 4 Thought InnovationsMassachusetts
Friends of the Codman Square Branch LibraryMassachusetts
Highlands Coalition, Inc.Massachusetts
IOCC (Indian Orchard Citizens Council)Massachusetts
Salem Food Policy CouncilMassachusetts
Second Church GardenersMassachusetts
Senior Farmer MarketMassachusetts
Worcester Street Community GardenMassachusetts
Belknap Area Market ManagementNew Hampshire
Great River Coop - Consumer and Farmer-Producer Food Coop Re-startNew Hampshire
Coalition Center for Environmental Sustainability, CC4ESRhode Island
Dream Weavers GardenRhode Island
Rosa Parks Resource CenterRhode Island
Stone River HouseRhode Island
The Milagros ProjectRhode Island
Capital City Farmers MarketVermont
Duxbury Community GardenVermont
Farm & Forest Climate Initiative (FFCI)Vermont
Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki NationVermont
MiddPrideVermont
People's Agroecology School of VermontVermont
Plainfield Community MealVermont
Roxbury RootsVermont
The Friends of Hiland Hall GardensVermont
The Ishtar CollectiveVermont
Upper Valley Apple CorpsVermont
Vana Vedic WellnessVermont
Village HydroponicsVermont

Land & Water

Sovereign Land TrustConnecticut
Juneteenth DowneastMaine
Penobscot River Paddling TrailMaine
Nuevas Voces por Justicia Ambiental (New Voices for Environmental Justice)Rhode Island
Vermont Wildlife PatrolVermont

Living Economies

Golden Radiance VillageConnecticut
African Women and DevelopmentMaine
Al Badoo Community Association of MaineMaine
Aspire For Humanity InitiativesMaine
Collectively BraveMaine
Downeast Wood BankMaine
GOOD HELPER FOUNDATIONMaine
Ifka Community ServicesMaine
Kaleidoscope EarthMaine
Maine Drug Users UnionMaine
More Women+ SurfMaine
Queerly MEMaine
Rainbow Arts CollectiveMaine
The Joy Truck ProjectMaine
A Home 4 EveryoneMassachusetts
Alliance for a Viable FutureMassachusetts
Cambridge Families of Color CoalitionMassachusetts
CEEDS4ChangeMassachusetts
Chesterbrook Community FoundationMassachusetts
Community Equitability Group, Resiliency Gardens Project- 'The Growing Space'Massachusetts
Framingham Families for Racial Equity in EducationMassachusetts
Glow in The Dark LowellMassachusetts
Level up 2025Massachusetts
Memories MadeMassachusetts
Neighborhood Grow Plan: Growing Food Secure FuturesMassachusetts
Sabrina's GardenMassachusetts
seeing rainbowsMassachusetts
Somerville Bike KitchenMassachusetts
Western Mass Asylum Support NetworkMassachusetts
Kawasiwajo Community Land TrustNew Hampshire
New Hampshire Miss AmazingNew Hampshire
NH Mutual Aid and Relief FundNew Hampshire
PROJECT S.T.O.R.Y.New Hampshire
QueerlectiveNew Hampshire
Kasandra's Community Services youth empowerment (KCRS Y.E)Rhode Island
The Haus of Glitter Dance CompanyRhode Island
Arlington Village Farmers MarketVermont
Bethel Arts CenterVermont
Betty's BikesVermont
Burlington Bike Recovery GroupVermont
Canaan Naturally ConnectedVermont
Living Tree AllianceVermont
NEK Death Care CommunityVermont
Race Against RacismVermont
Vershire Artisan & Farmers MarketVermont

Primary issue area:

  • Climate Change & Energy
  • Food
  • Environmental Health
  • Land & Water
  • Living Economies