The Riversong Award 

The Riversong Award offers multi-year funding to women environmental leaders of color through monetary prizes, leadership and well-being stipends, organizational grants, virtual and in-personal networking, and more. Riversong is a nod and counterpoint to our organization’s namesake Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. Through the support of our movement’s leaders, we have the opposite of a silent spring; it is chirping, joyous, singing, alive, and thriving.

2023 Award Cycle

Our 2023 award confers three years of funding totaling $75,000, which will span 2023-2025:

• $10,000 unrestricted, personal prizes ($30,000 total, over three years)
• $5,000 leadership and wellbeing stipend ($15,000 total, over three years)
• $10,000 unrestricted, general operating support grant to your organization ($30,000 total, over three years). Note: grants may only be sent to 501c3 organizations; fiscally-sponsored projects of 501c3 organizations; and federally recognized tribes. Candidates not affiliated with these types of organizations can still apply to the award.

Finalists receive monetary prizes of $2,500 and semi-finalists receive $1,000, and are encouraged to apply again.

Applications are open from DATE to DATE, and our awardees will be announce in fall 2023. Our process is slower that typical grantmaking decisions, as our community takes ample time and care with all applications.

For more about our application process, please see 2023 Riversong Award Guide. If you have any questions, please email estuary@rachelsnetwork.org.

Who is This Award For?

• Organizers defending their communities, neighborhoods, and land
• Writers and poets documenting the beauty of our natural world
• Educators nurturing young advocates
• Farmers creating a just food system
• Documentarians and journalists covering environmental injustice
• Faith leaders communicating the moral imperative for change
• Lawyers working to protect our air, lands, water, and wildlife
• Champions of good nutrition, wellness, and health
• Scientists, researchers, and academics helping us better understand our planet

Nuestro programa de premios se administra actualmente solo en inglés. Si tiene alguna pregunta, envíe un correo electrónico a estuary@rachelsnetwork.org.