As resources are scarce and climate change is on the rise, it has become imperative that individuals, organizations and communities transition to environmentally sustainable practices and technologies.  Individuals and organizations have many more options and knowledge about “going green” than ever before but “going green” still takes concerted and well planned effort. Nonprofits are natural laboratories for learning, testing new ways to serve constituents, and modeling new approaches to existing problems. Nonprofits are concerned about fundraising in a challenging economy, increased expenses, board and staff buy in and how to juggle this amongst many competing priorities. 

The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties is providing an opportunity to address this need and opportunity through the Nonprofits Going Green Program. The goals of the overall Nonprofits Going Green Program include to raise awareness, capacity, motivation within the nonprofit community in Palm Beach and Martin Counties to improve the environmental sustainability of their operations and to raise public and corporate awareness and support for the nonprofit community.

Want to learn more about going green? Tips and resources for going green are also available through the Nonprofits Going Green program.

One of the components of the Nonprofits Going Green Program is the Nonprofits Going Green Contest. 

Nonprofits Going Green Contest
Would your nonprofit like to earn some green for going green? You can enter the 3rd Annual Nonprofits Going Green contest online here. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on March 10, 2010. The winning nonprofits will once again receive special grant awards and recognition at the 3rd annual awards luncheon, planned for April 14, 2010.

The 3rd Annual Nonprofits Going Green contest is sponsored by the Environmental Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation and our valued sponsors:  




Click here to see the winners of the 2nd Annual contest. You can also learn more about the 1st annual contest winners by clicking here. If you have a question about the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties' Nonprofits Going Green Contest, please contact Daryl Houston, Program Officer at 561-659-6800.

Green Certification
On October 19, 2009 the Community Foundation announced it is the first nonprofit to be certified by Green Nonprofits.org. To learn more please read the press release.