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On December 20th, The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected 11 Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmakers that will receive $600 million to serve as pass-through entities to provide subgrants to community-based nonprofits and other eligible subrecipients. Grantmakers will alleviate much of the burden that the federal grants process places on small, resource-constrained community-based organizations supporting underserved communities and marginalized populations.

This process is a crucial element of implementing the Justice40 Initiative, launched in 2021 via Executive Order: an intentional, “whole-of-government effort to… deliver at least 40 percent of the overall benefits from Federal investments in climate and clean energy to disadvantaged communities.” 

For Region 9, which encompasses California, Arizona and Nevada, the Biden-Harris Administration selected California-Based Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. to receive $50 million to fund environmental justice projects, working in partnership with California based funders and others, including the Liberty Hill Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund and the International Community Foundation (read the full news release).

With now massive amounts of federal funding beginning to flow into the region, multiple opportunities exist for philanthropy to support the equitable implementation of these dollars. One emerging program that directly relates to this EPA funding is the #EJ Ready Initiative, which is surveying the landscape for related opportunities, providing critical technical assistance to community-led organizations on the ground and leveraging the power of the network through convenings.

At this upcoming convening, you’ll hear from local leadership engaged both with implementing the EPA’s EJ Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program and #EJ Ready. We’ll also explore multiple options for philanthropy to support these and related initiatives to ensure equitable implementation of public funding in service to low-income, communities of color to make a just transition into healthy, thriving and resilient places.

This convening is part of a series of quarterly conversations hosted by the Southern California Grantmakers Environmental Funders Group.

The SCG Environmental Funders Group meets quarterly to educate prospective and current environmental funders about environmental challenges and opportunities in Southern California and foster collaboration, and share successes and challenges. Please contact Katy Pelissier at katy@socalgrantmakers.org for more information or visit the group's page on the Southern California Grantmakers' website.

This program is part of SCG's 2024 recurring programs. To register for all upcoming dates, please click the "Register for Recurring Dates" button. This feature is only open to members; please contact us if you are a non-member and wish to register for the series at programsrsvp@socalgrantmakers.org or (213) 680-8866.

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Angelo Logan SCG Member

Senior Director of Environmental and Climate Justice, Liberty Hill Foundation

Angelo Logan is the Senior Director for Environmental & Climate Justice at the Liberty Hill Foundation. Angelo was recently Policy and Campaign Director for the Moving Forward Network and is the co-founder of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice.

For over 20 years, Angelo Logan has been advocating for his community and communities across the country impacted by industrial and transportation pollution. Angelo’s life experience allows him to provide his perspective through an environmental justice and equity lens.

Angelo serves on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council- Member, Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs - Board of Directors, and the California EV Charging Infrastructure Strike Force- Co-Chair
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Alfredo Gonzalez

Director of Environmental Equity and Justice , Resources Legacy Fund

Alfredo Gonzalez leads programs that broaden the constituency for environmental conservation. In addition to program management and grantmaking, he also provides policy and government relations support to myriad organizations, grounded in his more than 25 years of experience in natural resources and public infrastructure policy and funding. In 2018, he chaired the campaign committee for California’s Proposition 68, a $4 billion parks, water, and natural resources bond that included, among other provisions, $725 million for local parks in underserved communities. Prior to RLF, Alfredo served as director of the south coast and desert region for The Nature Conservancy, where he managed various programs, including large-scale land protection and habitat restoration across Southern California. Prior to that, he served in senior government affairs positions for the Southern California Association of Governments and the County of Santa Clara and was a policy analyst for the Latino Issues Forum. Alfredo received a BA in Communications from UC Berkeley and an MA in Public Administration from California State University, Los Angeles.

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