Funding Opportunities for Your Agency Greening Initiatives
Your greening program is in place, and both your organizational culture and facility reflect an increased attentiveness to environmentally sound practices. But there's much more you could do in the way of facilities changes and green programming - a green roof, light sensors throughout your building, environmental fairs, community gardens, and Jewish environmental programs. Now you're looking for support to accomplish the many initiatives you've identified. Building on our last session on framing your story to fit your audience, this seminar will explore the following:
- Available opportunities for funding for environmental sustainability in your agency
- The connection between greening and traditional donor concerns such as health, poverty, and education
- The connection funders see between greening and Jewish life and learning
- What funders are looking for when they fund greening initiatives
- Expected outcomes or measures of success
Panelists will include Max Joel, Energy Smart communities coordinator for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA); Renanit Levy, director of institutional advancement at Hazon; Taina S. McField-Murphy, senior program, ecological innovation, and contemplative practice assistant at the Nathan Cummings Foundation; and Eric Soto, director of Bronx public affairs at Con Edison.