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Grants Database
| Organization Sort | Grant Amount Sort | Program Area SortFilter | Type of Support SortFilter | Location Sort | Year SortFilter |
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| Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education | Grant Amount$36,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationPhiladelphia, PA | Year2017 |
| Turning the Page on Campus Paper Use, to provide 10 to 12 higher education institutions with training and support to implement behavior-based campaigns to reduce paper consumption. More information: http://www.aashe.org |
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| Point Blue Conservation Science | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationPetaluma, CA | Year2021 |
| Climate-Smart Coastal Planning, to expand and improve resources for Bay Area coastal planners to integrate nature-based strategies that address sea level rise into their planning processes. More information: http://www.pointblue.org |
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| TransFormCA | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2017 |
| To advocate and build support for an express lane on Highway 101 and develop a framework to evaluate new mobility options to equitability supplement public transportation service in the Bay Area. More information: http://www.transformca.org/ |
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| Tuolumne River Trust | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2008 |
| Bay Area Water Stewardship Program, to protect and improve the health of the Tuolumne River through water conservation and recycling programs. | |||||
| TransFormCA | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2015 |
| GreenTRIP, to establish a new certification program to help developers and cities create housing that provides incentives to reduce driving by residents. | |||||
| Environmental Paper Network | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAsheville, NC | Year2022 |
| Reducing Paper Consumption Project, to provide coordination, knowledge sharing, and resources for organizations working to reduce paper consumption. More information: http://www.environmentalpaper.org |
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| Stand | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2016 |
| To compel major companies to commit to policies that shift away from the most destructive logging practices and toward more environmental sustainability. More information: http://www.stand.earth/ |
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| Clean Production Action | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSomerville, MA | Year2024 |
| Safer and Reusable Food Service Ware, to create a resource for assessing the chemical safety of reusable food service ware and stimulate the creation of safer products. More information: http://www.cleanproduction.org |
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| Wild Heritage | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2021 |
| To promote the protection of primary and mature forests through policy advocacy and coordinating the activities of Indigenous and environmental partners. More information: http://https://wild-heritage.org |
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| Breast Cancer Fund | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2014 |
| Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, to support a retail-focused initiative to accelerate the market shift toward safer production and increased access to safer personal care products. | |||||
| Stand | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2018 |
| To compel major coffee companies to commit to using recycled and/or tree-free fiber in coffee cups and make the cups 100% recyclable. More information: http://www.stand.earth |
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| Environmental Paper Network | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAsheville, NC | Year2019 |
| To provide coordination, knowledge sharing, and resources for organizations working to reduce paper consumption. More information: http://www.environmentalpaper.org |
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| United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationDenver, CO | Year2020 |
| Right to Repair, to eliminate barriers that make it difficult to repair products through advocacy, media campaigns, and grassroots outreach to manufacturers, repair workers, environmentalists, and affected consumers. More information: http://www.uspirgedfund.org |
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| Stand | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2017 |
| To compel major companies to commit to policies that shift away from the most destructive logging practices and toward more environmental sustainability. More information: http://www.stand.earth/ |
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| Clean Production Action | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | Location | Year2022 |
| Safer and Reusable Food Service Ware Project, to create a resource for assessing the chemical safety of reusable food service ware and stimulate the creation of safer products by engaging manufacturers in redesigning products. More information: http://www.cleanproduction.org |
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| United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationDenver, CO | Year2019 |
| Right to Repair, to eliminate barriers that make it difficult to repair products through advocacy, media campaigns, and grassroots outreach to manufacturers, repair workers, environmentalists, and affected consumers. More information: http://www.uspirgedfund.org |
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| Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2015 |
| To support and nurture small groups working on critical environmental issues throughout Northern California. | |||||
| Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2012 |
| To support and nurture small groups working on critical environmental issues throughout Northern California. | |||||
| Environmental Paper Network | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCalabasas, CA | Year2021 |
| To provide coordination, knowledge sharing, and resources for organizations working to reduce paper consumption. More information: http://www.environmentalpaper.org |
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| Northern California environmental Grassroots Fund | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2013 |
| To support and nurture small groups working on critical environmental issues throughout Northern California. | |||||
| Clean Production Action | Grant Amount$40,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSomerville, MA | Year2023 |
| Safer and Reusable Food Service Ware Project, to create a resource for assessing the chemical safety of reusable food service ware and stimulate the creation of safer products. More information: http://www.cleanproduction.org |
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| Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education | Grant Amount$42,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationPhiladelphia, PA | Year2019 |
| Turning the Page on Campus Paper Use, to provide higher education institutions with training and support to implement behavior-based campaigns to reduce paper consumption. More information: http://www.aashe.org |
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| Resource Media | Grant Amount$45,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBeaverton, OR | Year2018 |
| To expose the paper industry’s attempts to reduce the trend of decreasing paper consumption in North America and educate the public about the negative impacts of this industry. More information: http://www.resource-media.org |
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| Rainforest Connection | Grant Amount$45,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2015 |
| To pilot test a low-cost, real-time deforestation monitoring platform that uses mobile technology placed in rainforests to detect the sounds of chainsaws. More information: https://rfcx.org/ |
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| Baykeeper | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2021 |
| Bay Resilience Project, to protect San Francisco Bay from the impacts of climate change by shielding the Bay’s shoreline from development and toxic pollution, preventing harmful dredging and sand mining, and advocating for increased freshwater flows into the Bay. More information: http://https://baykeeper.org |
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- Annual Grants for general operating support are awarded and paid to those organizations representing special interests. The Fund does not accept applications for Annual Grants.
- Special Projects and SF Bay Area Institutions and Projects are by invitation only.
- Not all grants are listed on the website and some recent grants may not be included as the database is updated quarterly.