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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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| Urban Habitat Program | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2023 |
| 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 SupportProject Support | LocationCalabasas, CA | Year2023 |
| 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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| Stand | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2023 |
| Amazon Campaign, to pressure financial institutions to stop funding the trade of oil from the Amazon and advance Amazon conservation goals. 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 | Year2023 |
| New Reuse Economy Project, to create a cultural shift away from disposable foodware and increase the prevalence of reusable food and beverage products through business engagement, policy advocacy, and social marketing. More information: http://www.upstreamsolutions.org |
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| Rainforest Connection | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationKaty, TX | Year2023 |
| To deploy real-time monitoring devices that detect 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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| San Francisco Transit Riders | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2023 |
| To advocate for affordable, equitable, sustainable, and accessible public transportation for transit-dependent communities in San Francisco. More information: http://www.sftransitriders.org |
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| Green America | Grant Amount$55,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2023 |
| Cool It Campaign, to encourage major supermarket chains to accelerate the transition to climate-friendly refrigerants. More information: http://greenamerica.org |
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| Rainforest Action Network | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2023 |
| Forests Program, to transform forest industries and expose the financial sector’s role in driving deforestation and climate change. More information: http://www.ran.org |
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| Healthy Building Network | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2023 |
| To expand and improve chemical hazard information for building product categories and increase outreach to engage a broader segment of users. More information: http://www.healthybuilding.net |
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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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| Dogwood Alliance | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationAsheville, NC | Year2023 |
| 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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| Coastal Quest | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2024 |
| Bay Area Climate Resilient Coastal Communities Initiative, to build the capacity of community-based organizations to participate in climate resilience planning processes with local municipalities. More information: http://www.coastal-quest.org |
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| Canopy Planet Society | Grant Amount$100,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSeattle, WA | Year2024 |
| Pack4Good, to transform the paper packaging supply chain and accelerate alternatives to forest-based packaging by engaging packaging producers and major corporate brands. More information: http://https://canopyplanet.org/ |
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| CCOF Foundation | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSanta Cruz, CA | Year2024 |
| Organic Transitions Program, to provide disadvantaged farmers in California with resources and funding to help them successfully transition to organic agricultural methods. More information: http://https://www.ccof.org/page/our-passion |
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| Wild Heritage | Grant Amount$55,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2024 |
| To promote the protection of primary and mature forests through policy advocacy and coordinating the activities of Indigenous and environmental partners. | |||||
| As You Sow | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2024 |
| 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. | |||||
| Farmlink Project | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportGeneral Support | LocationManhattan, NY | Year2024 |
| Produce Procurement Project, to address the climate impacts of food waste by increasing the amount of excess produce recovered from farms and delivered to food banks. | |||||
| Pesticide Action Network North America | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationBerkeley, CA | Year2024 |
| To promote the urgent need to transition agriculture practices in the US to mitigate and adapt to climate change and improve environmental health. | |||||
| Greenbelt Alliance | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSan Francisco, CA | Year2024 |
| Bay Area Climate Resilience Implementation, to influence 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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| 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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| Mighty Earth Inc | Grant Amount$75,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationWashington, DC | Year2024 |
| Stop Turning US Forests Into Fuel Campaign, to protect forests, communities, and the climate by disrupting the long-term growth of the biomass industry. More information: http://mightyearth.org |
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| Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility | Grant Amount$25,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSilver Spring, MD | Year2024 |
| Plastic Free Parks, to eliminate single-use plastics in US national parks. More information: http://www.peer.org |
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| Toxic-Free Future | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationSeattle, WA | Year2024 |
| 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 |
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| United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Grant Amount$50,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationDenver, CO | Year2024 |
| 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: https://pirg.org/edfund |
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| Baykeeper | Grant Amount$60,000 | Program AreaEnvironment | Type of SupportProject Support | LocationOakland, CA | Year2024 |
| Bay Resilience Project, to protect San Francisco Bay from the impacts of climate change by shielding the Bays shoreline from development and toxic pollution, preventing harmful dredging and sand mining, and advocating for increased freshwater flows into the Bay. More information: 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.