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 | 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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| 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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| 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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| Build It Green | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2024 |
| Regenerative Communities Program, to foster skills and relationships among Bay Area stakeholders to advance long-term solutions that address the climate crisis through regenerative housing development. More information: https://www.builditgreen.org |
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| Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2018 |
| To support and nurture small groups working on critical environmental issues throughout Northern California. More information: http://www.rosefdn.org |
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| Product Policy Institute | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAthens, GA | Year2012 |
| To lay the foundation for the adoption of Extended Producer Responsibility policies that transfer responsibility for collecting and recycling packaging waste to product manufacturers. | |||||
| Corporate Accountability International | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBoston, MA | Year2015 |
| To build support for bottled water bans at National Parks throughout the country. | |||||
| Environmental Paper Network | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAsheville, NC | Year2021 |
| To increase the use of environmentally responsible papers, advance sustainable paper industry practices, and reduce wasteful paper usage by updating, improving, and promoting resources and tools. More information: http://www.environmentalpaper.org |
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| Western Rivers Conservancy | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationPortland, OR | Year2017 |
| To establish the 47,097-acre Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary and Climate Preserve in the coastal temperate rainforest of northwestern California for transfer to the Yurok Tribe. More information: http://www.westernrivers.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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| California Environmental Grassroots Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2022 |
| To support and nurture small groups working on critical environmental issues throughout Northern California. More information: http://www.rosefdn.org |
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| Upstream Policy Institute Inc | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAthens, GA | Year2014 |
| To advocate for the adoption of extended producer responsibility policies that transfer responsibility for collecting and recycling packaging waste to product manufacturers. | |||||
| Center For Biological Diversity | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationTucson, AZ | Year2016 |
| Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Aircraft, to require the EPA to regulate aircraft greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act through litigation. More information: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org |
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| Environmental Paper Network | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAsheville, NC | Year2020 |
| To increase the use of environmentally responsible papers, advance sustainable paper industry practices, and reduce wasteful paper usage by updating, improving, and promoting resources and tools. More information: http://www.environmentalpaper.org |
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| Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2021 |
| To support and nurture small groups working on critical environmental issues throughout Northern California. More information: http://www.rosefdn.org |
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| San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2022 |
| Strategic TOC Policy Project, to ensure that the Bay Area's updated transit-oriented community policy meets the region’s climate, transit, housing, and equity goals. More information: http://www.spur.org |
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| Upstream Policy Institute | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationDamariscotta, ME | Year2021 |
| 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: More information: http://www.upstreamsolutions.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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| Green America | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2016 |
| Better Paper Project, to move magazines away from virgin-fiber paper by facilitating the transition to more environmentally-responsible paper choices. | |||||
| Corporate Accountability International | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBoston, MA | Year2016 |
| To build support for bottled water bans at National Parks throughout the country. More information: http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org |
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| Community Alliance With Family Farmers Foundation | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationDavis, CA | Year2023 |
| To promote agricultural practices among underserved farmers to limit pesticide use and build soil health to improve carbon sequestration. More information: http://www.CAFF.org |
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| Clearya | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationGoshen, NY | Year2025 |
| To incorporate petrochemical products and packaging, including plastics, into Clearya's mobile app and browser extension that provides users with chemical hazard information for baby, beauty, cleaning, and personal care products. More information: https://clearya.com |
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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.


















