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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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| 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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| Great Communities Collaborative | Grant Amount$70,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2019 |
| To stimulate sustainable and equitable development in the Bay Area by promoting transit-oriented development that moves housing away from auto-dependent sprawl. More information: http://www.greatcommunities.org/ |
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| The Regeneration Project | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2019 |
| To assist congregations in San Francisco and Oakland in installing electric vehicle charging stations in their parking lots and garages that would be accessible to congregants and the broader public. More information: http://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org |
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| Canopy | Grant Amount$65,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationVancouver, CA | Year2019 |
| To work with global fashion companies to commit to sustainable sourcing of and developing alternatives to wood-based fabrics. More information: http://www.canopyplanet.org |
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| Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2019 |
| Protect Recycling Project, to strengthen market incentives for increasing recycling, reducing waste, and designing responsible products. More information: http://www.no-burn.org |
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| Institute For Local Self Reliance | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2019 |
| To develop resources to create a diverse, community-based composting sector that diverts food and yard waste from landfills, reduces methane emissions, creates healthy soil, sequesters carbon, and provides educational opportunities and jobs. More information: http://https://ilsr.org/ |
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| Rainforest Connection | Grant Amount$125,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2019 |
| To install a low-cost, real-time monitoring platform that uses mobile technology placed in rainforests to detect the sounds of deforestation. More information: http://www.rfcx.org |
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| Urban Habitat Program | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2019 |
| To lay the foundation for public, community, and private sector partnerships to advance a new series of on-demand transportation solutions that meet community needs without disrupting public transit. More information: http://urbanhabitat.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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| Center for Environmental Health | Grant Amount$30,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2019 |
| To create market pressure for safer products by providing scientifically-credible information on the human health effects of hormone-disrupting chemicals and strategies to avoid their use. More information: http://www.ceh.org |
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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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| Food Recovery Network | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCollege Park, MD | Year2019 |
| To create a framework for students to raise awareness about food recovery in their communities, with the goal of changing public opinion and decreasing food waste. More information: http://www.foodrecoverynetwork.org |
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| Green America | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2019 |
| Skip the Slip, to help reduce the use of paper receipts by proposing economically viable solutions to businesses and engaging consumers in taking action. More information: http://www.greenamerica.org |
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| Story of Stuff Project | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2019 |
| Catalog Choice, to support technology enhancements and marketing efforts for a service to cancel catalogs and other types of paper junk mail. More information: http://www.catalogchoice.org |
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| Upstream Policy Institute | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationDamariscotta, ME | Year2019 |
| Throw-Away-Free Places, to reduce consumption of single-use plastic food and beverage products and create a cultural shift away from disposable foodware through business engagement, policy advocacy, and social marketing. More information: http://www.upstreamsolutions.org |
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| The Regeneration Project | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2020 |
| To assist Bay Area congregations in installing electric vehicle charging stations in their parking lots and garages that would be accessible to congregants and the broader public. More information: http://www.interfaithpower.org |
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| Canopy | Grant Amount$65,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationVancouver, CA | Year2020 |
| CanopyStyle, to work with global fashion companies to commit to sustainable sourcing of and developing alternatives to wood-based fabrics. More information: http://https://canopyplanet.org/ |
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| Rainforest Connection | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2020 |
| To finalize the redesign, construction, and deployment of a low-cost, real-time monitoring device that detects the sounds of deforestation in remote areas and train indigenous communities to utilize the technology for rainforest protection. More information: http://www.rfcx.org |
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| Upstream Policy Institute | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationDamariscotta, ME | Year2020 |
| Throw-Away-Free Places, to reduce consumption of single-use plastic food and beverage products and create a cultural shift away from disposable foodware through business engagement, policy advocacy, and social marketing. More information: http://www.upstreamsolutions.org |
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| Baykeeper | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2020 |
| 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://baykeeper.org |
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| Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2020 |
| To support and nurture small groups working on critical environmental issues throughout Northern California. More information: http://www.rosefdn.org |
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| Center for Biological Diversity | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationTucson, AZ | Year2020 |
| Decarbonizing Aviation, to require the EPA to regulate aircraft greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. More information: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org |
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| Community Alliance With Family Farmers Foundation | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationDavis, CA | Year2020 |
| Climate Smart Farming Program, to promote agricultural practices among small and underserved farmers in California that build soil ecology to improve the process of carbon sequestration. More information: http://www.caff.org |
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| Dogwood Alliance | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAsheville, NC | Year2020 |
| Our Forests Aren’t Fuel, to stop the use of trees as an industrial fuel source by pushing back threats and developing true renewable energy alternatives through advocacy, communications, and coalition building. More information: http://www.dogwoodalliance.org |
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| Earthworks | Grant Amount$80,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2020 |
| Making Clean Energy Clean, to ensure that the transition to renewable energy sources is driven by responsibly sourced minerals that minimize the need for new extraction. More information: http://www.earthworksaction.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.