The Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) joined together to launch a Local Sustainability Matching Fund. Now a project of the Funders’ Network, the fund was initiated with leadership support from the Kendeda Fund, New York Community Trust, Summit Foundation, and Surdna Foundation.

The fund will provide matching investments from national foundations on a competitive basis to build partnerships between sustainability directors and local place-based foundations to advance discrete sustainability initiatives that demonstrate broad-based community support and engagement. 

To attract additional interest in urban sustainability projects beyond those funded through the fund, we will house an Idea Bank, providing summaries of project applications on this page. Check back in May 2012 to download proposal ideas for innovative sustainability projects.

For more information about the fund, please make sure to read the RFP and the Frequently Asked Questions. Both are available in the sidebar. If you still have remaining questions, you may contact Ann Wallace at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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Idea Bank