
Accelerating Climate Resiliency Grant Program
MAPC is working in partnership with the Barr Foundation to accelerate climate resilience in the region by helping municipalities advance strategies that protect people, places, and communities from the impact of climate change.
The intent is to fund near-term interventions through local policy advances, analyses, and actions that drive long-term transformations. In particular, MAPC seeks to leverage projects with investments targeted to advancing climate equity and social cohesion.
Program Priorities
All proposals should target at least one of the seven funding priority areas:
- Strategies that advance nature-based solutions for climate resilience
- Municipal climate resiliency regulations, zoning, financing, or infrastructure
- Support climate coalitions or convening
- Initiatives to boost social resiliency - particularly among at-risk or vulnerable populations and/or neighborhoods
- Local food system or community agriculture and resiliency measures
- District-scale resilience pilots
- Public outreach, marketing, and arts & culture

Updates
2021 Accelerating Climate Resilience Awards
Eleven grantees will receive funding for their climate resiliency projects! MAPC and the Barr Foundation awarded a total of over $700,000 in the FY2021 grant cycle. Learn more about the projects farther down on this page.
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Senior Environmental Planner Darci Schofield at dschofield@mapc.org or 617-933-0794.
Funded Projects: FY2021
Beverly Strategic Tree Planting Initiative
Partners: Karen and Thomas Blair-Urban Horticultural Consultants
Grant Amount: $75,000 one-year grant
Cambridge: Charles River Floating Wetland Phase II Expansion
Project Partners: Charles River Conservancy, MIT Sea Grant, Cambridge Public Schools, Cambridge Dept. of Public Works
Grant Amount: $52,250 one-year grant
Canton Resilience @ Home
Partners: Canton Housing Authority, Neponset River Watershed Association, MA Audubon, Canton Public Schools
Grant Amount: $42,817 one-year grant
Chelsea Energy Resilience: Neighborhood Grid
Project Partners: Greenroots, Inc., The Neighborhood Developers
Grant Amount: $142,500 two-year grant
Framingham: Lake Waushakum Resiliency Design
Partners: Framingham Parks & Recreation Commission, Town of Ashland, Coburnville-Tripoli Neighborhood Association, Waushakum Pond Association, Downtown Framingham, Inc.
Grant Amount: $52,500 one-year grant
Malden River Works for Waterfront Equity and Resilience
Partners: Mystic River Watershed Association, MIT (Urban Studies and Center for Environmental Health), and the Malden Riverworks Steering Committee
Grant Amount: $52,500 one-year grant
Growing Food and Social Resilience in Natick
Project Partners: Natick Housing Authority, Natick Service Council, Natick Community Organic Farm, Keefe Tech High School
Grant Amount: $141,793 two-year capital grant
Somerville: Solutions to Build a Heat Healthy Community
Project Partners: Somerville Health and Human Services, Council on Aging, Shape Up Somerville
Grant Amount: $52,250 one-year grant
Wenham: Development Regulations for Climate Resilience
Grant Amount: $49,875 one-year grant
Winchester Sustainability Director: Rapid Implementation of Winchester's Climate Action Plan
Partners: Winchester Climate Action Advisory Committee
Grant Amount: $52,500 one-year grant for capacity-building
Woburn Senior Center Community Garden
Grant Amount: $29,376 one-year grant
Funded Projects: FY2020
Strengthening Social and Climate Resilience in East Boston
Grantees: Boston Public Health Commission & The Harborkeepers
Grant Amount: $44,995

Tree Box Installations for Stormwater Management in Braintree
Grantee: Braintree Department of Public Works
Grant Amount: $38,755

Sustainable Landscaping in Concord
Grantee: Concord Sustainability Division
Grant Amount: $26,000

Snug Harbor Resilience Master Plan in Duxbury
Grantee: Duxbury Planning Department
Grant Amount: $24,800

Youth Stewardship of Northern Strand Green Infrastructure Sites in Everett
Grantee: Everett Office of Planning and Development
Grant Amount: $30,000

Community Gardens at Public Housing in Medford
Grantees: Medford Planning Department, Mass In Motion, and Affordable Housing
Grant Amount: $31,105

Burke-Memorial Elementary School Rain Garden in Medway
Grantee:
Town of Medway
Grant Amount:
$50,000

Equity and Climate Resiliency in Needham
Grantees: Needham Public Health Division and Green Needham
Grant Amount: $26,089

Long Beach Living Shoreline Project in Rockport
Grantee: Rockport Department of Public Works
Grant Amount: $32,500

Peggoty Beach Managed Retreat Feasibility Study in Scituate
Grantee: Scituate Department of Planning and Development
Grant Amount: $35,000
