# Green & Healthy Homes Initiative *Party to a 2025 federal suit over EPA's termination of Environmental Justice grantmaker awards.* The Green & Healthy Homes Initiative joined a federal lawsuit, filed in April 2025 together with [[Philanthropy Northwest]], that challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) February 2025 termination of [[Environmental justice]] grantmaker awards.[^1] In the project's validated master record, the dispute follows an EPA grantmaker role announced on December 20, 2023, at $50 million for EPA Region 5.[^1] On June 17, 2025, Judge [[Adam B. Abelson]] of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland found the termination arbitrary and capricious. The court restored $180 million across three grantmakers, at $60 million each.[^1] The record documents four dated steps: the announcement, the termination, the suit and the ruling. It does not set out the reasons EPA gave for the termination.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### What - A suit filed in April 2025, joined by the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and Philanthropy Northwest, challenged EPA's termination of Environmental Justice grantmaker awards. The court found that termination arbitrary and capricious.[^1] ### When - December 20, 2023: EPA announced the Environmental Justice grantmaker role at $50 million (Region 5).[^1] - February 2025: EPA terminated the award.[^1] - April 2025: the suit was filed with the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and Philanthropy Northwest.[^1] - June 17, 2025: Judge Abelson (D. Md.) found the termination arbitrary and capricious and restored $180 million.[^1] ### Where - The ruling was issued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The 2023 announcement was made for EPA Region 5.[^1] ### How much - The award was announced at $50 million. The June 17, 2025, ruling restored $180 million across three grantmakers, at $60 million each. The master record states that this reconciles the $50 million, $52 million and $60 million figures that appear for the award.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: *How Minnesota Got Here* (merged master, footnoted; validated), note [35], *EPA Environmental Justice grantmaker role* — establishes the $50M announcement of Dec. 20, 2023 (Region 5); the termination of Feb. 2025; the suit filed Apr. 2025 with the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative and Philanthropy Northwest; and Judge Adam B. Abelson's (D. Md.) June 17, 2025, finding that the termination was arbitrary and capricious, which restored $180M across three grantmakers ($60M each). Marked primary-confirmed in the master; no URL for the underlying order is carried in the pack.