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Office of Sustainability & Environment outlines Environmental Justice Fund grants and demand; $740,000 available in 2025 RFP
Summary
OSC staff described the Environmental Justice Fund’s goals, community-led grantmaking approach and impact since 2018; staff said the 2025 RFP will award $740,000 and that the fund is fully supported by payroll expense tax revenue.
The Office of Sustainability & Environment briefed the Seattle City Council Sustainability, City Light, and Arts and Culture Committee on May 2 about the Environmental Justice Fund, its origin, grantmaking approach and measurable impacts since 2018.
Jimena Fonseca Morales, Environmental Justice Fund strategic advisor, said the fund stems from the city’s 2015 Equity and Environment Initiative and was launched in 2018 to invest directly in community-led climate- and environmental-justice projects. She said the fund centers priority communities — including Black, Indigenous and people of…
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