up to $50,000

New York Climate Resilience Grant Program

The Nature Conservancy is pleased to announce a fifth round of funding available in New York through our Climate Resilience Grant Program. The program supports conservation and climate adaptation projects, including land protection, led by local organizations, with the goal of increasing resilience to climate change for people and nature. Program grants will help local organizations with fee and easement acquisitions of lands that connect with important floodplains and shorelines that mitigate flooding and erosion. The grants will also provide funding for organizational capacity-building, planning and strategy development. We will prioritize projects that include engagement with and benefits to local communities, particularly in underserved and frontline communities. 

Additional Information:
The Nature Conservancy’s interactive Resilient Land Mapping Tool (https://www.maps.tnc.org/resilientland/#/explore) identifies climate-resilient sites needed to sustain biodiversity and ecological functions into the future. PLEASE NOTE: Land acquisition projects that do not intersect with the program’s mapped floodplains and shorelines but do protect the Resilient and Connected Network within New York focal areas (which were previously eligible for this program) should now be submitted through the Resilient and Connected Appalachians Grant Program (https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/priority-landscapes/appalachians/stories/resilient-connected-appalachians-grant/). If you are unsure of which program to apply to, please reach out to us to discuss your project.

Funding Agencies: TNC

Eligibility: Community Organization, Local Government Entity, Nonprofit/501(c)3 Organization, State Agency, Tribal Government/Organization

Frequency Details: Annual

Match Requirement: none