Grants

Regional Plan Association

Grant to study the benefits of spending less on highways and more on other transportation options for New York State. RPA is part of NYFTE and can provide the group with economic argumets that appeal to key decision makers outside of NYC.

Move Ohio

Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (Sacramento Chapter)

A grant to support the transit advocacy work of the Sacramento office of ACCE, a grassroots powerbuilding organization that is active in both the housing and transit advocacy spaces. We view ACCE as an opportunity to experiment with using the same strategies and tactics used to organizing renters to organize transit riders.

Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES)

MOSES is a community organizing network in Minnesota that works to empower congregations, communities, and civic leaders to address social issues like equity, justice, and public policy through grassroots organizing.

Genesis Interfaith Community Organizing

An organization that organizes faith communities in the Bay Area, and has primarily been vocal about issues relating to paratransit.

Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund

A grant to support IEC’s work because of their role as a co-leader of the transit table of the Illiniois Clean Jobs Coalition.

Transit Forward Philadelphia

This is a grant to support Transit Forward Philadelphia’s advocacy in and around the city, as SEPTA faced the potential of major cuts to service due to an impending fiscal cliff. TFP and their coalition have held dozens of in-person and online events to rally support for fully funding SEPTA, and has been an active participant in the state coalition.

Public Advocates

A grant to support research on progressive funding sources for transit in the Bay Area.

State Smart Transportation Institute (SSTI)

This project grant support provides resources to SSTI to launch a network for state DOT staff working on who are engaged in sustainability, equity, and climate-related initiatives. The network will focus on implementation strategies that reduce emissions and promote sustainability, including investment in transit, safe streets, and biking and walking infrastructure. TransitCenter support of SSTI is rooted in supporting the expansion of government stakeholders advocating for transit, within our strategy to broaden the stakeholders.

Midwest Leadership Study Tour

This project grant support provides resources for the Midwest study trip – which focuses on Advancing Transit Innovation Through Global Collaboration. A delegation of senior government officials and philanthropic program officers from Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois—three key focus states for TransitCenter—completed an immersive study tour to Paris, France. This initiative directly supports TransitCenter’s mission to broaden stakeholder engagement and mobilize philanthropic action for equitable, climate-forward transit systems.