Defend Our Health
Defend Our Health is a Maine-based nonprofit organization that campaigns to eliminate toxic chemical exposures and ensure safe food, drinking water, healthy homes, and toxic-free, climate-friendly products. The site describes their advocacy, grassroots organizing, research, and testing work and lists staff, board, and recent news/releases.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Mid-sized environmental or public-health advocacy groups focused on toxic-chemical reduction, plastics or safer product policy, with project-aligned budgets in the $25K–$160K range and established track records.
Good Fit
- • Project work on plastic pollution, toxic-free products, or healthy housing policy.
- • Track record of advocacy, research, or campaign implementation at regional or national scale.
- • Organizational capacity to manage grants in the $25K–$160K range.
- • Existing relationships or prior collaborations with the foundation’s repeat grantees.
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year reached three different states (Washington, Massachusetts, Michigan), and historically the foundation has funded out-of-state organizations rather than restricting support to its Maine location.
Recipient Variety
The latest-year portfolio is small and concentrated—three distinct recipients in 2024 with two organizations recurring across the three-year record—indicating a narrow recipient set rather than a broad, diversified portfolio.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of turnover is limited but a new recipient appeared in 2024; however there is no public application process described, so while new entrants have been funded, openness to unfamiliar applicants cannot be confirmed as strongly open.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
