Women's Environmental Leadership Fund (WE LEAD)

Women's Environmental Leadership Fund (WE LEAD) is sponsored by Tides Foundation. Invests in women and nonbinary leaders addressing climate change in communities of color.

Environmental Grantmaking. BIWOC Leaders. | Tides We LEAD Power a Healthier Environment and Future Living in a healthy community, safe from the harms of the climate crisis, is a basic human right.

But unjust systems disproportionately place communities of color and other impacted communities in the path of environmental hazards, putting their safety and their families at risk. Fight for Climate Justice Tides’ WE LEAD amplifies the impact of women environmental leaders committed to serving Black and Indigenous communities as they take on big polluters through local, community-based solutions.

190 grantee organizations 34 states represented by grantees $12. 8M awarded to organizations across the US and in Puerto Rico Read our Landscape Analysis WE LEAD elevates environmental leadership by those who are familiar with the communities most impacted — including Black women, Indigenous women, and other women of color — and directs funding to organizations that intentionally sustain, grow, and heal women’s leadership.

Tides is intentional about building a broader and more inclusive movement, prioritizing funding for organizations leading work at the intersection of racial, gender, and environmental justice .

Our environmental grantmaking amplifies organizations that center the voices of community members historically and systematically burdened by climate change, where the organization is building community power and advancing advocacy efforts for long-term impact.

Press Enter or Space to pause rotating images Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS) uses citizen science and community-university partnerships to combat environmental hazards in Houston’s Pleasantville neighborhood, where manufacturing plants, freight trains, and other big polluters have compromised residents’ health.

Founded by retired nurse and community activist Bridgette Murray, the nonprofit focuses on community-led air monitoring, food insecurity, and emergency response during storms or other urgent crises. To support and learn more about the Tides Foundation’s WE LEAD environmental grantmaking initiative, email [email protected] .

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