CFVI partners with Fordham, EPA on $40M environmental justice grants program
U.S. Virgin Islands groups with a focus on environmental justice can apply for funding for their projects under a program in which The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands is partnering with Fordham University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, CFVI announced recently.
2024-11-27 12:42:43 - VI News Staff
CFVI is one of five organizations that has joined forces with Fordham and the EPA on the $40 million Flourishing in Community environmental justice grants program. The online application is open for community-based organizations, non-profit organizations, and other entities in the U.S. Virgin Islands to submit proposals for subgrants to fund their environmental justice projects, CFVI said in a news release.
The EPA awarded Fordham’s Flourishing in Community a three-year grant through the Inflation Reduction Act to uplift communities in EPA’s Region 2, which includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and eight federally recognized Indian Nations. The subgrants range from $75,000 to $350,000 and will support community-based solutions and address environmental challenges, including climate change, pollution, and other environmental issues that disproportionately impact “frontline”communities, the news release said.