Girl Plus Environment Awards $30,000 in Grants

The Atlanta-based nonprofit's Girlies Green Fund will support young members aged 18 to 29 developing environmental projects across Georgia.

Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Philanthropy

Wide photograph of a raised garden bed of young greens beside a clear creek with river stones and pine trees across red Georgia clay in warm late light. — Girl Plus Environment awarded $30,000 in Girlies Green Fund grants of $500 to $2,500 to Georgia members aged 18 to 29 developing local environmental projects. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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Girl Plus Environment announced $30,000 in grants through its Girlies Green Fund, which awards individual grants ranging from $500 to $2,500 to members aged 18 to 29 who live in Georgia. Recipients will develop local environmental projects in their communities.

Why it matters

The fund is designed to help young people secure the money needed to move an environmental idea from planning into action. Its small grants target grassroots leadership in communities across the state.

The Girlies Green Fund distributed $30,000 in grants, with individual awards between $500 and $2,500, drawn from an organization of more than 1,000 members across 43 states. The total number of recipients and applicants was not disclosed.

The players

Girl Plus Environment

An Atlanta-based nonprofit founded in 2019 that supports young environmental leaders and has more than 1,000 members across 43 states.

Diamond Spratling

The founder and executive director of Girl Plus Environment who leads the organization's youth environmental programs.

The details

Recipients include Brittney Deloney, 21, who is developing a Youth Water and Conservation Action Day in Cordele, and Rakiia Butler, 25, who is working on Homegrown: Imagining South Fulton's Food System in Atlanta. The fund prioritizes environmental education, conservation, climate action, environmental health and community resilience.

2019: Girl Plus Environment is founded.
November 6, 2026: The Girlies Green Fund grants are announced.

Philanthropy Pattern

Girl Plus Environment, founded in 2019, has built its Girlies Green Fund around small grants that put money directly into the hands of its youth members. The approach extends the organization's original mission of developing young environmental leaders.

Georgia residents aged 18 to 29 who are Girl Plus Environment members can apply for grants of $500 to $2,500 to fund local environmental projects. Communities in Cordele and South Fulton will see the Youth Water and Conservation Action Day and Homegrown food system projects move forward.

The takeaway

Small, targeted grants can help young people turn environmental ideas into local action. Residents interested in similar youth-led projects can look to organizations that fund grassroots leadership in their own communities.