Morning Good People! Some bad 💩 happened last week. The OBBBA becoming law is a step backwards in transitioning towards a regenerative economy. I’m grieving, I’m animated, I’m locked in. Care for yourself and your communities, as always, we got work to do.

Table of Contents

• Funding Opportunities 💰
• Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽‍💼👩🏽‍💼
• RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑
• Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)
• A self-inflicted tragedy’: Congress approves rever …
• Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events 🗓️
• ⚡️ Recharge ⚡️

WE GONNA KEEP IT PUSHING THOUGH!

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By the numbers:

• Funding Opps: 65+
• Job Opps: 180+
• Contract Opps: 10+

Funding Opportunities 💰

1. DPI for People and Planet Challenge
   • Who it's for: The DPI for People and Planet Challenge invites global innovators to design climate solutions using Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). Finalists will receive funding and mentorship to develop and showcase their solutions at COP30 in Brazil.
   • Funding Amount: $100,000
   • Deadline: 7/11/2025 👈🏽 🚨🚨🚨
   • How to Apply: Click Here
2. Indigenous Tomorrows Fund by Native Americans in Philanthropy
   • Who it's for: The Indigenous Tomorrows Fund provides grants to support Indigenous youth leadership, healing, and self-determined futures. Grants may be used for project-specific work or general operations aligned with Indigenous values and community well-being.
   • Funding Amount: $30,000
   • Deadline: 7/22/2025
   • How to Apply: Click Here
3. Racial Equity to Accelerate Change by Borealis Philanthropy
   • Who it's for: The REACH Fund supports practitioner-led organizing that builds power, deepens solidarity, and fosters systemic change.
   • Funding Amount: $30,000 - $150,000
   • Deadline: 7/24/2025
   • How to Apply: Click Here
4. Leadership in Government Fellowship
   • Who it's for: The Leadership in Government Fellowship supports former senior-level government officials in the U.S. and its territories to reflect on their service and contribute to public dialogue. Fellows receive stipends and support to pursue projects over 12 to 18 months.
   • Funding Amount: $115,000 - $160,000
   • Deadline: 7/24/2025
   • How to Apply: Click Here
5. Wealth Our Way (W.O.W.) Capital Grant
   • Who it's for: Provides funding to support real estate development projects led by Community Investment Vehicles (CIVs) and Worker Cooperatives in Chicago. The program includes technical coaching, capital coordination, and operational support to help launch and sustain shared ownership models.
   • Funding Amount: $500,000
   • Deadline: 7/31/2025
   • How to Apply: Click Here

💰 View All Funding Opps in the Funding Database 💰

Jobs & Fellowships 👨🏽‍💼👩🏽‍💼

1. Program Manager
   • Organization: Food for Climate League
   • Location: United States; Remote
   • Description: The Program Manager will lead multiple systems change projects, managing cross-functional teams and serving as the primary liaison with external partners. This role involves strategic coordination, stakeholder engagement, and internal team collaboration from July 2025 through January 2026, with potential for extension.
   • Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
   • Salary: $80,000 - $90,000
   • Link to Apply: Click Here
2. Director of Operations & Impact
   • Organization: Super Pollutant Action Alliance
   • Location: Washington D.C.; Hybrid
   • Description: The Director of Operations and Impact will lead operational strategy, team development, and impact measurement for a fast-growing philanthropic climate initiative. This role supports organizational effectiveness and collaborates closely with the Executive Director and fiscal sponsor to build systems that maximize SPAA’s global impact.
   • Deadline to Apply: 7/15/2025 👈🏽 🚨
   • Salary: $160,000 - $180,000
   • Link to Apply: Click Here
3. Deputy Director of Climate Policy, Energy Transformation
   • Organization: City of Boston
   • Location: Boston; In-Person
   • Description: The Deputy Director will lead and support energy transformation initiatives to advance Boston’s climate goals, focusing on grid modernization, clean energy, and resilience. This role involves cross-departmental collaboration, utility engagement, and policy development to ensure an equitable transition to a carbon-free energy system.
   • Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
   • Salary: $197,132- $135,471
   • Link to Apply: Click Here
4. Staff Service Designer
   • Organization: Code for America
   • Location: United States; Remote
   • Description: The Staff Service Designer will lead service design efforts to improve public services through human-centered design. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create end-to-end service experiences and mentoring junior designers.
   • Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
   • Salary: $128,945 - $157,850
   • Link to Apply: Click Here
5. Grants Manager, Solar For All
   • Organization: Clean Energy Fund of Texas
   • Location: Texas, Louisiana, or Washington, D.C.; Remote
   • Description: Manage the full grant cycle for the Solar For All - CHARGE initiative, ensuring compliance, timely reporting, and effective stakeholder communication. Oversee multiple community solar projects and support grantees with technical guidance and project oversight.
   • Deadline to Apply: Apply ASAP
   • Salary: $85,000-$95,000
   • Link to Apply: Click Here

💼. See all the Job Opps on the Job Board 💼

RFP & Contracting Opportunities 📑

1. RFP: 100+ Accelerator Cohort 7
   • Issued By: 100+ Accelerator
   • Scope: The 100+ Accelerator is accepting applications for its 7th cohort to support startups addressing global sustainability challenges. Selected startups may receive up to $100,000 in funding to pilot their solutions with major consumer goods companies.
   • Funding: $100,000 for selected startups
   • Deadline for Proposals: 7/11/2025 👈🏽 🚨🚨🚨
   • Details & Submission Link: Click Here
2. RFP: Girl Plus Environment Strategy Redesign
   • Issued By: Girl + Environment
• Scope: Girl Plus Environment is seeking a contractor to lead the redesign of its strategic plan into an evergreen strategy document. The updated strategy will guide the organization's daily operations and long-term planning in alignment with its recent growth and evolving goals.
• Budget: Not disclosed
• Deadline for Proposals: 7/17/2025
• Details & Submission Link: Click Here

📝 View all opportunities in Contract & RFP Catalog 📝

Lagniappe ⚜ (a lil extra)

News Scan: Updates to Track📰

A self-inflicted tragedy’: Congress approves reversal of US climate policy by Joseph Winters for Grist

The reverse Robin Hood bill accumulates massive amounts of wealth upwards, cuts Medicaid to leave nearly 12M Americans uninsured over the next decade, removes renewable energy incentives to install heat pumps, wind, solar, EVs, incentivizes coal mining, offshore drilling, and pushes false solutions such as carbon capture and sequestration for enhanced oil recovery (says a lot about how this benefits oil & gas doesn’t it?).

Looking Ahead: Upcoming Events 🗓️

• Date: July 19, 2025 10:00 AM CT
• Location: St. John the Baptist Parish, LA
• Host: The Descendants Project
• Description: July-teenth? Don’t you mean June-teenth?Enslaved people in St. John the Baptist Parish were not legally emancipated until July of 1864—more than a year and a half after the Emancipation Proclamation- when Louisiana officially abolished slavery. While most communities across the United States commemorate Juneteenth as a symbol of freedom, Julyteenth will be The Descendants Project’s annual program at Woodland Plantation that honors those who were excluded from emancipation by the U.S. government. This event will uplift those who sought and continue to fight for freedom in St. John the Baptist Parish.
• Sign Up: Click Here

⚡️ Recharge ⚡️

Many of us live in perpetual state of having our backs against the walls. For others, the moments of optimism are harder to recall. Things feel different because they are different. While we have work to do, we also need to acknowledge how much we’re carrying. Here’s some excerpts from Atmos’ Dear Climate Therapist series that might resonate

So, how do I show up for my kids, my partner, my employer, my family, my friends, my community, and myself, and continue to engage in the climate fight…how do we take care of ourselves and our loved ones, and hold on to our sanity, while continuing this fight?

You asked: How do we keep our sanity? Remember that feeling these difficult emotions in response to multiple crises isn’t a sign of mental illness—it’s a sign of your mental health. In an increasingly insane world, we all need to reconsider what sanity looks like. It’s OK to not feel OK.

Above all, don’t let these times erode or cause you to doubt what is most important in your life. You clearly care deeply about your family, your children, your friends. When you feel overwhelmed, come back to the heart of it all: love. Protect that fiercely.

But do take time to stop, pause, and recognize the value of what you have done..it matters…

Yes, we need people in this fight—but we also need sanctuary.

Be imperfect. Be human. And keep going.

Keep going friends 🙏🏾🙏🏾

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In solidarity,

Trace

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