To be eligible for assistance, a group must to be:

• a multi-issue local, state or regional nonprofit that spends at least 10% of its resources on environmental issues
• an environmental justice or environmental activist organization
• a network or coalition of environmental justice and environmental activist groups

Organizations do not need 501c3 tax-exempt status to be eligible for TOA support.

In addition, we are particularly interested in supporting organizations that

• serve low-income people and people of color
• have limited resources (generally budgets under $250,000)

Our ability to provide funding can be affected by how much money we may have available for specific geographic regions.

The Training and Organizational Assistance (TOA) program will not be accepting unsolicited applications for the first several months of 2009.  From time to time, we will contact previous program participants as opportunities arise to apply for capacity-building funds.  Please check back in the summer of 2009.

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