CHEJ has a small grants program for grassroots groups working on environmental health and justice issues. Grassroots communities of color, low wealth, rural and urban groups are encouraged to apply. This grant program will support projects that help groups move toward their goals by building leadership, increasing capacity and/or providing training and education. A priority of CHEJ's Small Grants Program is to help grassroots community groups to build their capacity. The program is designed to especially reach people from low wealth communities and communities of color that are impacted by environmental harms.  

We are holding a training call in order to assist with the application process. On Friday, February 7, 2020 from 12 pm - 1 pm EST.  

Please read carefully the guidelines and areas of interest before you apply. The closer your project is to the focus of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice's (CHEJ) program, the better chance you have to succeed in securing funding. CHEJ supports a wide range of issues, however, we have a limited amount of funds, which were provided to support a specific focus. That doesn't mean that your work outside the focus is less important— IT IS NOT.

If you have questions about your project and if it will meet the guidelines, please call and ask before you invest your valuable time in filling out the forms. We'll give you an honest answer. Contact Teresa Mills at grants@chej.org or call 614-539-1471.  

Proposals are due February 21, 2020 and the project must be completed and a final report submitted by December 11, 2020.  

You can find more information about the application and tiers here.

The deadline for submitting your application is February 21, 2020.  Applications should be submitted to CHEJ at grants@chej.org or you can send it by mail to CHEJ, P.O. Box 6806, Falls Church, VA 22046 (must be postmarked no later than February 21, 2020). Please check our application form for more specifics on our guidelines.

If you have questions, please register for our training call next week. Additionally, feel free to give us a call at 614-539-1471 or send an email to Teresa Mills at tmills@chej.org.   Thank you for your interest!