Cedar Tree Foundation: Rooted in Justice

Rooted in Justice, a new initiative of the Cedar Tree Foundation, supports community-based organizations and groups in Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Grants ranging from $20,000 to $25,000 will be provided specifically to manage youth-led urban greening programs in order to help amplify youth voices in the environmental, conservation, and food movements. The focus is on organizations, groups, collectives, and programs that work with young people between the ages of 12 to 20 in youth-led programming for communities that have historically and/or presently experienced the following: 1) a lack of access to land or nature; 2) agricultural oppression and/or neglect; 3) food apartheid; or 4) other forms of injustice based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, or disability. The application deadline is April 30, 2021. The request for proposals for the Rooted in Justice initiative is available on the Cedar Tree Foundation's website.