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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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| WildCare | Grant Amount$1,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Rafael, CA | Year2020 |
| Yosemite Conservancy | Grant Amount$2,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2020 |
| Rainforest Action Network | Grant Amount$2,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2020 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | Grant Amount$2,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationNew York, NY | Year2020 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Grant Amount$70,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationTucson, AZ | Year2021 |
| 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 | Year2021 |
| To promote agricultural practices among small and underserved farmers, such as farmers of color, to limit pesticide use and build soil health 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 | Year2021 |
| Our Forests Aren’t Fuel, to stop the use of trees as an industrial fuel source 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 | Year2021 |
| Making Clean Energy Clean, to ensure that the transition to renewable energy is driven by responsible mining of minerals and metals that minimizes the need for new extraction in the US and globally. More information: http://www.earthworks.org |
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| Healthy Building Network | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2021 |
| Product Screening at Scale Initiative, to create chemical hazard information for new product categories and integrate them into their existing suite of resources and tools. More information: http://healthybuilding.net, pharosproject.net, commons.healthymaterials.net |
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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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| 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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| Great Communities Collaborative | Grant Amount$70,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2021 |
| 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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| Institute For Local Self Reliance | Grant Amount$35,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2021 |
| To develop resources for the community-based composting sector that diverts food and yard waste from landfills, creates healthy soil, and sequesters carbon. More information: http://https://ilsr.org/ |
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| TransFormCA | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2021 |
| Innovation and Equity Project, to augment the efficiency of existing transportation systems and increase access to bike sharing and other sustainable transportation alternatives. More information: http://www.transformca.org |
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| United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationDenver, CO | Year2021 |
| Right to Repair, to eliminate barriers that make it difficult to repair products through advocacy, media campaigns, and outreach to manufacturers, repair workers, and consumers. More information: http://https://uspirgedfund.org/ |
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| Nature Conservancy Hawai’i and Palmyra | Grant Amount$150,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationHonolulu, HI | Year2021 |
| Hawaii Coral Reef Insurance Pilot Project, to develop the first US-based reef insurance policy to cover hurricane damage to the reefs surrounding the island of Maui. More information: http://nature.org/hawaii |
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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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| 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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| As You Sow | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2021 |
| Shareholder Advocacy: Plastic Pollution, to convince corporations to cut plastic use, develop sustainable plastic recycling solutions, increase recycled content, and replace single-use plastics with reusable alternatives. More information: http://www.asyousow.org |
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| 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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| Project Regeneration | Grant Amount$5,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | Location, | Year2021 |
| Project Drawdown | Grant Amount$1,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSm Francisco, CA | Year2021 |
| Rainforest Connection | Grant Amount$15,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2021 |
| Ten Strands | Grant Amount$1,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Rafael, CA | Year2021 |
| Earthjustice | Grant Amount$2,500 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2021 |
- 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.