The following are examples of collaborations across faiths that can be replicated and scaled to meet a need in your community:

1. Interfaith Partners of the Chesapeake: works to engage congregations in being good caretakers of the Chesapeake watershed. IPC works in two ways: by raising awareness of the power that people of faith have to restore clean water and environmental justice, and by offering hands-on assistance helping congregations plan, pay for, and install healing projects for their communities such as rain gardens, tree plantings, native plantings, and more. Explore their work, including how IPC is calling on faith communities to address extreme heat here>>
2. Faith in Place Chicago: Faith in Place partners with communities of faith from diverse religious traditions across Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, as well as people who identify as spiritual or motivated by justice but don’t identify with a specific faith tradition. Our Green Teams are the heart of our organization. Their climate change and energy program merges climate change and solar educations, which has resulted in over three thousand metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions saved, over four million kilowatt hours saved, and over $300K in energy bills saved since 2017. Learn more about the program here>>
3. Westchester Interfaith/Interagency Network for Disaster and Emergency Recovery: a coalition of about a dozen churches, community groups, and charitable organizations that formed in 2007 in response to local flooding in Mamaroneck, NY. The coalition coordinated long-term community and faith-based organizational assistance, stepping in where FEMA left off. The group works to combine resources, social services, and volunteer programs to build capacity and avoid duplicative efforts. Learn more here>>

The following are examples of collaborations between faith communities and nonprofit organizations:

1. Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church & Smart Surfaces Coalition: Metropolitan is the only church participating in the Smart Surfaces Coalition, a nonprofit that brings together over 40 national and international entities to address extreme heat. The church has received grants from fellow coalition partners, which they have distributed to other churches for climate mitigation needs. This includes projects like reflective (cool) roofs, green roofs, porous or permeable surfaces, rain gardens and bioswales, native plantings, and solar surfaces. Read more about the collaboration here>>
2. Blessed Tomorrow: Blessed Tomorrow is an organization by people of faith, for people of faith, offering ideas, tools, and language that are familiar, compelling. Through Blessed Tomorrow, faith leaders work to reach 100% clean energy, prepare for a changing climate, and engage their communities, while maintaining the distinct voices of their traditions. In 2024, Blessed Tomorrow awarded 19 grants to congregations and faith organizations for climate actions in communities across the country, supporting projects such as community gardens, youth leadership, energy efficiency and solar, climate change education and resilience building, and climate justice. Read more about the grant awards and projects here>>
3. Latino Pastoral Action Center & South Bronx Unite: South Bronx Unite’s Clean Air Program aims to address the overburden of poor air quality in The Bronx. Through strategic partnerships with community allies, advocacy for regulatory reforms, and educational campaigns, South Bronx Unite seeks to create lasting change and foster a sustainable future. Latino Pastoral Action Center partnered with South Bronx Unite to host an air quality monitor, which collects and reports real-time air quality information. Learn more and explore the air quality dashboard here>>