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# More Orgs Are Now Eligible for Frankenthaler Climate Grants
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/more-art-orgs-are-now-eligible-for-frankenthaler-climate-grants/
- Published: 2024-01-28T20:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:12:44.000Z
- Description: The organization has distributed over $10 million to nonprofit arts institutions for clean energy projects since 2021.
- Author: Elaine Velie
- Tags: News, Climate Change, Grants, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:29 (2023, 2024, part 1)

The Frankenthaler Climate Initiative (FCI) is widening the eligibility criteria for its grant program, which has distributed over $10 million to nonprofit arts institutions for clean energy projects since its inception in 2021\. Groups orchestrating events and exhibitions such as biennials and public art installations, as well as smaller-scale sustainability projects, can now [apply](https://frankenthalerclimateinitiative.org/?utm%5Fmedium=email&%5Fhsmi=291439573&%5Fhsenc=p2ANqtz-%5FACBfgUdPqMK3pbYGIJdlJStHasTmop7nI5DdhnV7Dy-7abxVpSyCAZtY7a5IFLkaTruMCyRDlISZ-odFPTzGoD7CD-A&utm%5Fcontent=291439573&utm%5Fsource=hs%5Femail) starting February 8.

Overseen by the Frankenthaler Foundation and nonprofits Rocky Mountain Institute and Environment & Culture Partners, FCI has funded energy efficiency initiatives at over 150 visual arts nonprofits ranging from archives to community-centered cultural organizations to museums and institutions such as Manhattan's Morgan Library.

Traditionally, not-for-profit events were excluded from the program, as were smaller climate initiatives. Now, the new $15,000 "Catalyst" grants will fund projects that can be completed within six months.

The other FCI grants are delineated by stage of development. "Scoping" funds provide up to $25,000 to help organizations identify how they can become energy efficient; "Technical Assistance" prizes give groups up to $50,000 to develop detailed plans; and "Implementation" awards — ranging from $50,000 to $100,000 — provide money to bring clean energy plans to fruition.

[Last year's FCI cycle](https://frankenthalerclimateinitiative.org/award-announcement-0/2023-awards/?ref=hyperallergic.com) distributed $2.7 million to 48 arts organizations. In Brooklyn, the Pratt Institute received an Implementation grant that will help the university upgrade its centralized steam heating system to include high-efficiency boilers. Upstate, the artist-run gallery and residency program [Wassaic Project](https://www.wassaicproject.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) received a Scoping award. The organization's Co-Executive Director Eve Biddle told *Hyperallergic* that the funding allowed her small institution to create a "roadmap" outlining how it could achieve its carbon neutrality goal. The process involved audits of the Wassaic Project's heating and cooling systems, windows, and insulation, and resulted in a recommendation to install geothermal systems wherever possible.

"It is radical and visionary to recognize that cultural institutions are ready and willing to forge a truly sustainable path for the planet," Biddle said.