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Accelerating Climate Resilience Grant Program – MAPC Accelerating Climate Resilience Grant Program MAPC >> Resources >> Environment >> Accelerating Climate Resilience Grant Program Now Open! Submit Your Proposal for FY27 Accelerating Climate Resilience Grants Beginning now through May 29 at 5 pm, MAPC is accepting proposals for 12-month projects for up to $50,000, with preference for regional collaborations.
In addition to the 101 cities and towns in the MAPC region, eligible lead applicants also include entities and/or organizations that work in and serve the people of the MAPC region. The organizations are defined as local 501(c)(3) community-based organizations, tribes, and Indigenous communities. Community-based organizations without 501(c)(3) status are encouraged to partner with their municipality to submit an application.
Please complete and submit your Proposal by May 29, 2026 at 5 pm . Note: If you are unable to access or complete the online application, please contact Van Du ( [email protected] ) for a fillable PDF version of the application form. Information Session Resources On April 27, MAPC hosted a virtual information session to provide potential applicants with more information prior to submitting their proposals.
Below you will find associated resources.
Watch the Informational Session Recording View the Informational Session Presentation Slides Access the Questions and Answers Document Please contact: Van Du, [email protected] Accelerating Climate Resilience (ACR) Grant Program MAPC is working in partnership with the Barr Foundation to accelerate climate resilience in the region by helping municipalities advance strategies that protect people, places, and communities from the impacts of climate change .
The intent is to fund actionable resilience interventions that facilitate long-term, innovative changes leading to greater readiness for climate change. In particular, MAPC seeks to elevate projects that will advance climate equity, regional coordination, and social cohesion.
Accelerating Climate Resilience (ACR) Speaker Series The Accelerating Climate Resilience (ACR) Speaker Series is open to the public and a space where experts and practitioners from across the country come together to discuss innovative ways to advance resilience strategies that protect people, places, and communities from the impacts of climate change.
Go to the ACR Speaker Series Webpage Assistant Director, Environmental Planning Nature-based solutions for climate resilience, such as green infrastructure, climate-smart parks, urban forestry, floodplain protection, and restoration of natural systems.
Contributions to social resilience or cohesion, such as public space improvements, dialogues, gatherings, training programs, and public health improvements, particularly for populations or neighborhoods vulnerable to climate change. Innovative financing or infrastructure investment program models. Municipal climate resilience policy; including regulations, zoning, permitting, and inspectional services.
Projects that combine climate adaptation with climate mitigation. Capacity building through municipal staffing or climate coalitions/convenings, such as stormwater partnerships, regional climate networks, or watershed-based climate resilience initiatives. Innovative public outreach, engagement, and education efforts; including artistic, cultural, or creative projects that advance climate change knowledge or action.
Local food systems or community agriculture resilience measures. District-scale climate resilience pilots that are scalable and replicable.
Brookline Tech Buddies Program Strengthening Social and Climate Resilience in East Boston Malden River Works for Waterfront Equity and Resilience Peggoty Beach (Scituate) Managed Retreat Feasibility Study Norwood Green Stormwater Retrofits Strategic Tree Planting Initiative in Beverly Winchester, Arlington, and Stoneham: Sustainable Landscapes Handbook and Trainings Climate Resilience Playbook Climate Resilient Land Use Strategies Community Engagement Resources Municipal Net Zero Playbook Black Economic Council of Massachusetts: BECMA Rooftop Garden Boston Public Housing Corporation: Archdale Park and Playground Partners: Trust for Public Land, Archdale Residents Design Committee Chelsea: Stitching Against the Heat: A Yarn for Change Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design, Capital, Capacity Building Partners: Housing and Community Development Department, Chelsea Senior Center, Mystic River Watershed Association, GreenRoots Housing Corporation of Arlington: Resilience for All: Creating Climate Resilient Spaces for Arlington’s Affordable Housing Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design, Capital, Capacity Building Partners: Town of Arlington, Resonant Energy Just a Start: Neighborhood Fabrics: Youth, Art & Climate Resilience in the Port (Cambridge) Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Community Art Center Marblehead: Resilient by Design: Cooling Marblehead’s Housing for the Future Partners: Sustainable Marblehead, Marblehead Housing Authority, Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor MassEnergize, Inc.: PlugIN for Resilience: Community-Led Electrification for Climate Resilience Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Town of Acton, Town of Ashland, City of Framingham, Town of Natick, Town of Sudbury, Town of Wayland, Energize Acton, Energize Ashland, EcoNatick, Sustainable Sudbury, Energize Wayland, Energize Framingham Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc. and Maverick Landing Community Services: Eastie’s Clean Air Partnerships Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Mothers Out Front (East Boston), Air Inc., JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., UMass Boston Mauricio Gaston Institute, City of Boston Office of Participatory Budgeting, Northeastern University Revere: Building Adaptive Capacity in Beachmont: Flood Monitoring and Community Resilience at Belle Isle Marsh Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design, Capacity Building Partners: Mystic River Watershed Association, Climate Advisory Group TownGreen, Inc.: Cape Ann MARCH and the Neighborhood Resiliency Project Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: City of Gloucester, Town of Rockport, Town of Essex, Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea, UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine Station, City of Gloucester Emergency Management Department, the American Red Cross Northeast MA Chapter WalkMassachusetts: Climate-Safe Walk Audit Initiative: Enhancing Pedestrian Resilience In A Rapidly Warming World Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design, Capacity Building Partners: Melrose, Stoneham, and Wakefield Health and Human Services Departments, Salem Transportation Department, Danvers Accessibility Commission Acton : Greening the Red House: A Living Example of Community and Climate Resilience Partners: Acton Water District Boston : Building Climate Resilience Through Immersive Education and Training Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, University of Massachusetts Boston, Sustainable Aquaculture Program and Environmental Innovation Clinic, Wentworth Institute of Technology Braintree : Watson Park Stormwater Retrofits Cambridg e: Community Center Resilience Hub Solar Panels Partners: Cambridge Community Center, Climable , CESI Everett: Main St.
Meadows, Making Everett Cool Partners: Neighborways Design Hopkinton: HopPlanning for Climate Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Hopkinton’s Sustainable Green Committee (SGC), Conservation Committee, Youth and Family Services, Planning Board, Hopkinton, Senior Center Hull: Cadish Avenue Resilience Project Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Stone Living Lab Ipswich: Leveraging Rainwater Harvesting to Promote Accessible Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Earthwater Design Solutions, Inc., Ipswich Housing Authority Wayland, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, and Weston: Empowering Climate Resilience for Aging Residents Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: HeatSmart Alliance, MassEnergize Beverly: Public Art to Illuminate Clean Energy Futures with Beverly Public School Students Project Type: Capacity Building, Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Beverly Public Schools Cambridge: Shade is Social Justice Partners: Cambridge Arts, Harvard Office of Sustainability, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, and more Chelsea: White Roof Pilot for Heat Mitigation Project Type: Capital, Capacity Building Partners: GreenRoots , Chelsea Boys and Girls Club Malden: Beat the Heat: Cooling the Wicked Hot Outdoors Project Type: Capital, Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Mystic River Watershed Association Medford: Staff Capacity for Climate Change Zoning & Policy Capacity Building Project Type: Capacity Building Milton: Energy Resilience: Winter Valley Microgrid Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Milton Residences for the Elderly Milton and the Neponset River Watershed Association: Neponset Estuary Climate Resiliency Group Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Neponset River Watershed Association, Boston Harbor Now, and other local community organizations in Boston and Quincy Natick: Tiny Forest and Tree Planting Partners: Bio4Climate (non-profit), Natick High School Earth Club, and Natick Sustainability Committee Norwood: Green Stormwater Design at Senior Center and Emergency Shelter Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Neponset River Watershed Association Reading: Mattera Cabin Community Garden Phase II Partners: Community Garden Collective Scituate: Development of a Resilient Waterfront Park in Scituate Harbor Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Scituate Harbor Redevelopment Commission Watertown: Edible Watertown Project Type: Capital, Capacity Building Partners: Watertown Community Gardens, Watertown School Gardens Winchester, Arlington, and Stoneham: Sustainable Landscape Handbook and Trainings Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) - second round Arlington: Remembrance of Climate Futures Project Type: C apital, T echnical Assistance/Design , C apacity B uilding Partners: Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture, Arlington Public Schools Green Team, artist Tom Starr Beverly/Salem: Community Outreach Campaign for Building Retrofits Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Cities of Beverly and Salem Boston Food Forest Coalition Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Boston Department of Neighborhood Development, Boston Food Forest Coalition Brookline: Tech Buddies Program Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Brookline Housing Authority; Brookline Center for Community Mental Health; Brookline Council on Aging Chelsea/Revere/Winthrop: Social Vulnerability Assessment Project Type: Capacity Building, Technical Assistance/Design Partners: City of Chelsea, City of Revere, Town of Winthrop, GreenRoots , Mystic River Watershed Association Marlborough: Tree Planting Initiative Partners: Boys and Girls Club of Metro West Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Medford Housing Authority, Climate CREW, Medford Health Matters, Wayside Youth & Family Services, Safe Medford, Medford Food Security Task Force, Regional Revere/Saugus/Lynn/Everett/Malden: Regional Resiliency Working Group Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Municipalities – Revere, Saugus, Lynn, Malden and Everett; Saugus River Watershed, Alliance for Health and the Environment; Riverside Association; Point of Pines Beach Association Salem: Mack Park Farm and Food Forest Stoughton: Community Pollinator Gardens Partners: Mass Audubon Museum of American Bird Art; Recreation Dept, Environmental Affairs and Conservation Commission, Stoughton Public Library, Youth Commission, and Stoughton Diversity and Inclusion Organization, Public Works, and Council on Aging Stow: Climate Resilience Coalition Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: OARS, Sudbury Valley Trustees, MetroWest Conservation Alliance, municipalities – Acton, Bedford, Bolton, Boxborough, Lexington, Lincoln, Stow, SuAsCo Wild & Scenic River Stewardship Council (RSC), Massachusetts Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Network ( MassECAN ) Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) - first round Beverly Strategic Tree Planting Initiative Partners: Karen and Thomas Blair-Urban Horticultural Consultants Cambridge: Charles River Floating Wetland Phase II Expansion Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Charles River Conservancy, MIT Sea Grant, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge Dept.
of Public Works Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Canton Housing Authority, Neponset River Watershed Association, MA Audubon, Canton Public Schools Chelsea Energy Resilience: Neighborhood Grid Partners: Greenroots , Inc., The Neighborhood Developers Framingham: Lake Waushakum Resiliency Design Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Framingham Parks & Recreation Commission, Town of Ashland, Coburnville -Tripoli Neighborhood Association, Waushakum Pond Association, Downtown Framingham, Inc Malden River Works for Waterfront Equity and Resilience Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Mystic River Watershed Association, MIT (Urban Studies and Center for Environmental Health), and the Malden Riverworks Steering Committee Growing Food and Social Resilience in Natick Project Type: Capital, Capacity Building Partners: Natick Housing Authority, Natick Service Council, Natick Community Organic Farm, Keefe Tech High School Somerville: Solutions to Build a Heat Healthy Community Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Somerville Health and Human Services, Council on Aging, Shape Up Somerville Wenham: Development Regulations for Climate Resilience Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Winchester Sustainability Director: Rapid Implementation of Winchester's Climate Action Plan Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Winchester Climate Action Advisory Committee Woburn Senior Center Community Garden Project Type: Capacity Building Strengthening Social and Climate Resilience in East Boston Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Boston Public Health Commission & The Harborkeepers Tree Box Installations for Stormwater Management in Braintree Partners: Braintree Department of Public Works Sustainable Landscaping in Concord Project Type: Capital, Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Concord Sustainability Division Snug Harbor Resilience Master Plan in Duxbury Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Duxbury Planning Department Youth Stewardship of Northern Strand Green Infrastructure Sites in Everett Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Ipswich Utilities Department & Ipswich River Watershed Assocation Community Gardens at Public Housing in Medford Partners: Medford Planning Department, Mass In Motion, and Affordable Housing Burke-Memorial Elementary School Rain Garden in Medway Project Type: Capacity Building Equity and Climate Resiliency in Needham Project Type: Capacity Building Partners: Needham Public Health Division and Green Needham Long Beach Living Shoreline Project in Rockport Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Rockport Department of Public Works Peggoty Beach Managed Retreat Feasibility Study in Scituate Project Type: Technical Assistance/Design Partners: Scituate Department of Planning and Development
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: The 101 cities and towns in the MAPC region, local 501(c)(3) community-based organizations, tribes, and Indigenous communities. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $50,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Accelerating Climate Resilience Grant Program is funded by Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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