Community Outreach and Grant Funding
Creating community-wide awareness of projects is critical to encouraging the replicability of pollution prevention efforts to achieve wider impact across the state.
NYSP2I provides opportunities to educate businesses, organizations, communities, and the public on using sustainability tools and methods to prevent waste, reuse materials, and avoid toxics. Community outreach is a critical means to achieve large-scale impacts.
We structure outreach activities to include the processing of results and lessons learned at the conclusion of every project. We share our learnings and amplify best practices and innovations through webinars, workshops, educational toolkits, events, conferences, and case studies. Throughout our work, we encourage others to replicate successful approaches.
Funding Opportunities
Community Grants Program
NYSP2I’s flagship grant program supports grassroots projects that improve community health, environmental quality, and economic vitality across New York State.
The 2026-2027 application period is now open.
Community Impact Accelerator Grant Program
A new NYSP2I funding initiative supporting high-impact, community-driven projects aligned with New York State’s climate and materials management priorities.
Coming soon!
Featured Awardees
The success stories below showcase New York State organizations that received financial and technical assistance through the NYSP2I Community Grants Program.
Brooklyn nonprofit empowers teens to restore Gowanus Canal’s ecosystem.
Buffalo nonprofit champions the circular economy one repair at a time.
How Shift2 is closing the Digital Divide by keeping laptops out of landfills.
Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition
How a Long Island nonprofit is expanding environmental health literacy by empowering youth.
A New York State nonprofit audited discarded fabric samples to divert textile waste from landfills.
How a Rochester, New York, tour boat organization is helping youth become environmental stewards of the Genesee River.
