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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Toxic-Free Future | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | Location | Year2022 |
| Mind the Store, to work with corporations to develop or strengthen safer chemical policies while building consumer support to pressure retailers to embrace these policies. More information: http://www.ToxicFreeFuture.org www.MindTheStore.org www.RetailerReportCard.com https://www.saferstat |
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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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| Greenbelt Alliance | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSomerville, MA | Year2022 |
| Accelerating Climate Resilience, to influence Bay Area local land use planning decisions with a focus on adapting to the current and future effects of climate change while mitigating the risk of wildfire, flooding, and drought. More information: http://greenbelt.org |
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| Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSeattle, WA | Year2022 |
| Plastic Free Parks, to advocate for a ban on single-use plastic bottles across the National Park system and make drinking water filling stations available for park visitors. More information: http://www.peer.org |
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| Rainforest Connection | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationKaty, TX | Year2022 |
| To develop and execute a comprehensive evaluation to measure on-the-ground results of its monitoring system that detects the sounds of deforestation in remote areas. More information: http://www.rfcx.org |
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| Food Recovery Network | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationCollege Park, MD | Year2022 |
| Food Waste Advocacy Program, to mobilize college students, alumni, and partners to address existing policies and regulations that perpetuate food waste and food insecurity. More information: http://www.foodrecoverynetwork.org |
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| Stand | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2022 |
| Amazon Campaign, to pressure financial institutions to stop funding the trade of oil from the Amazon and advance conservation goals for the Amazon. More information: http://www.stand.earth |
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| Upstream Policy Institute | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationDamariscotta, ME | Year2022 |
| New Reuse Economy Project, to reduce consumption of single-use 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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| Carbon Cycle Institute | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationPetaluma, CA | Year2022 |
| Bay Area Climate-Beneficial Agriculture, to integrate agricultural climate solutions in five Bay Area’s counties by building awareness, knowledge, and capacity within local and county governments. More information: http://www.carboncycle.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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| Urban Habitat Program | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2022 |
| Advancing Transportation Justice, to engage in the equitable recovery of Bay Area public transit to ensure that the needs of transit-dependent communities are met. More information: http://urbanhabitat.org/ |
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| Californians for Pesticide Reform | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2022 |
| Building Healthy Soils and Communities, to accelerate the transition away from hazardous pesticides and advance the development of sustainable alternatives to conserve soil health as a critical carbon sink. More information: http://pesticidereform.org |
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| 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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| Yosemite Conservancy | Grant Amount$2,500 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportAnnual Grant | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2022 |
| 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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- 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.