Community Action Grants (CAG)
Community Action Grants fund grassroots, community-led campaigns defending forests, land rights, and human rights against extractive industries and climate change impacts. Offered by Rainforest Action Network (RAN).
Key Facts
- Funder
- Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
- Award amount
- Not specified by funder
- Deadline
- Rolling / not specified
- Geography
- Global (focus on Global South communities, including Ecuador, Brazil, Canada, Cambodia, Indonesia, and other countries)
- Status
- Open
About This Grant
Community Action Grants fund grassroots, community-led campaigns defending forests, land rights, and human rights against extractive industries and climate change impacts. The program emphasizes direct funding to frontline and Indigenous-led movements, letting grantees determine how funds are used rather than imposing donor agendas. Since inception, the program has distributed over 1,000 grants totaling more than $8,000,000, including grants made through RAN's partnership with Global...
Full requirements and application instructions: official listing.
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