The Board of County Commissioners has approved over $2 million in Climate Equity Fund grants to support 15 community projects that advance climate justice, resilience, and equity across Boulder County. The selected projects support food justice, youth education, clean energy, emergency preparedness, and culturally rooted climate leadership. Read more about the process.
Each organization will receive up to the amounts listed, subject to final contract agreements.
Grant Amount: $392,177
Culturally relevant, sustainable gardening programs that increase access to fresh local produce, build community leadership, and promote intergenerational food sovereignty through education, resources, and collaboration.
Grant Amount: $621,888
Improving climate resilience for low-income residents by providing solar-powered emergency tools, upgrading community infrastructure, and offering hands-on training and leadership opportunities, all through a community-led, equity-focused approach designed to be replicated in similar neighborhoods
Grant Amount: $479,493
Building community-led climate resilience in Boulder County’s affordable housing communities by piloting resident-designed resilience hubs, offering hands-on training, and empowering frontline leaders to shape equitable, sustainable solutions rooted in cultural knowledge and lived experience.
Grant Amount: $95,553
Empowers Spanish-speaking communities to lead climate and food justice efforts by building leadership, fostering civic participation, and co-creating culturally rooted solutions that reflect their lived experiences and needs.
Grant Amount: $156,159
Connecting frontline families with fresh, locally grown produce and hands-on climate education—rooted in ancestral farming practices and community trust—to build health, resilience, and environmental stewardship across Boulder County.
Grant Amount: $50,000
A community-driven pilot in the Boulder Ridge Mobile Home Community that equips residents with affordable cooling strategies—including workshops and a first-ever mobile home test of KoolShade window screens—to reduce extreme heat risks and improve climate resilience for vulnerable households.
Grant Amount: $45,388
Improving water efficiency and irrigation infrastructure at Jacob Springs Farm, helping frontline communities grow culturally significant food while conserving water and addressing health, land, and climate justice.
Grant Amount:$43,628
This project supports wildfire resilience and climate justice in the high-risk, low-income Wondervu community by strengthening local leadership, improving emergency communication, building agency partnerships, and advancing evacuation and mitigation planning through community-led decision-making.
Grant Amount: $50,000
Empowers newcomer and underrepresented students at Centaurus High School to become climate justice leaders through hands-on, equity-centered education, mentorship, and community-driven action projects that address local environmental challenges.
Grant Amount: $49,845
Transforming a rural mountain property into a sustainable community garden and education hub to improve food access, reduce climate impacts, and empower low-income residents in the Peak to Peak region through local, resilient food systems.
Grant Amount: $18,000
Supports civic engagement and climate justice in Longmont by empowering frontline community members—many of whom are low-income, BIPOC, immigrant, or seniors—to advise city projects, build leadership skills, and shape equitable climate solutions through education and advocacy.
Grant Amount: $38,220
A Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) process that seeks to remove systemic barriers that prevent Spanish-speaking BIPOC communities in Boulder County from participating in climate resilience planning.
Grant Amount: $49,250
Two community murals at Tantra Lake—one celebrating food justice and the other symbolizing resilience and belonging—engaging residents of all ages in a creative process that connects art, ecology, and cultural stewardship in a diverse affordable housing community.
Grant Amount: $17,234
Culturally relevant, bilingual climate education for K–8 students in Lafayette schools, empowering frontline youth to lead environmental action through hands-on learning, community-rooted curriculum, and mentorship from Latino climate leaders.
Grant Amount: $49,999
This project strengthens Boulder County’s capacity for climate equity by building shared infrastructure, collective strategy, and durable cross-sector relationships. Through community mapping, convenings, and fiscal hosting, it elevates frontline leadership to address interconnected challenges like housing, food insecurity, and climate preparedness.
