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The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is sponsored by UC Berkeley. TGIF provides grants for student, faculty, and staff-initiated sustainability projects at UC Berkeley. The fund supports projects that promote sustainable transportation, increase energy and water efficiency, restore habitat, promote environmental and food justice, and reduce waste.
It also supports education and behavior change initiatives, student aid, and student internships.
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Home | The Green Initiative Fund Welcome to The Green Initiative Fund Looking for funding for your campus sustainability or environmental justice project? Interested in making a big change on our campus to improve sustainability? Excited to learn more about UC Berkeley's campus sustainability efforts?
If the answer is yes, The Green Initiative Fund is for you! Be the first to hear about TGIF grant cycles, TGIF activities, and updates from our funded projects! The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is UC Berkeley’s Campus Green Fund.
TGIF provides funding, via grants, for projects that improve and support UC Berkeley’s campus sustainability efforts. TGIF allocates funds to projects that promote sustainable modes of transportation, increase energy and water efficiency, restore habitat, promote environmental and food justice, and reduce the amount of waste created by UC Berkeley.
Portions of the fund also support education & behavior change initiatives, student financial aid (via return to aid), and student internships. Students, faculty, and staff may submit project proposals, which are selected for funding by the annually-appointed TGIF Committee, consisting of students, faculty, and staff, on which the students have the majority vote. Book a 1:1 with a TGIF Team member or join our office hours!
TGIF is administered by the TGIF Committee, the TGIF Manager, and the TGIF student staff team. The Committee’s voting members include one student representative each from the ASUC, Graduate Assembly, and 2 application-based at-large representatives, in addition to a representative each from Capital Strategies, Administration, and Faculty.
Non-voting members include a representative from the Committee on Student Fees, ex-officios from the Office of Sustainability, Energy Office, and the SERC Director. TGIF is funded by an $15. 00 per semester student fee, which began in the fall of 2007, and was renewed in 2016 and 2025.
Student leaders have led three massive and successful campus campaigns, where the fee referendum was approved by the student body initiall during the April 2007 elections of the Associated Students of the University of California, then renewed in 2016 and 2025 by a renewal campaign and referendum. It received final approval by the Chancellor and UC Regents during the summer of 2007.
In 2013, The Green Initiative Fund was moved under the portfolio of the Student Environmental Resource Center (SERC) , in recognition of TGIF and SERC’s shared history as student-initiated sustainability-focused programs and TGIF’s reputation as a national model for campus green funds. TGIF is now an initiative of SERC. TGIF Spring Celebration 2025
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Current students, faculty, and staff at UC Berkeley. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is funded by UC Berkeley. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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