Grantee Spotlights

Meet Four Restitutions Grantees

From January to July of this year, the Rose Foundation distributed 1.6 million in cy pres and restitution funds. In total, 36 grants were awarded to community resilience-oriented work that benefits water sources, the natural environment, and consumer rights and privacy. Read on to learn about some of this year’s restitutions grantees and their work.

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Meet the Rose Community: Belinda Faustinos Grassroots Funding Board Member

This month, we’re featuring Belinda Faustinos, the newest member of our California Environmental Grassroots funding board. Belinda is our first and only Grassroots Funding Board member from Southern California. She brings with her years of experience focused in equity and conservation in the outdoors.

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Community Environmental Advocates Foundation

Community Environmental Advocates Foundation (CEAF) is an all-volunteer citizen advocacy group that leads grassroots community education and advocacy for responsible land use and environmental protection in Nevada County. The group was awarded $4,000 during the winter 2022 round of our California Environmental Grassroots Fund to buoy their efforts against the reopening of the Idaho-Maryland gold mine near Grass Valley, CA. Follow the link to learn more about the mine and CEAF’s work to stop it!

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Grantee Spotlight: Comité Progreso de Lamont

“They don’t have a local government or voice. That’s why CPL is so important for the community,” says Gustavo Aguirre, a GRF funding board member who has worked closely with the group. Augirre works at Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (CRPE), a national environmental justice organization that provides legal, organizing, and technical assistance to grassroots groups in low-income communities and communities of color. He has dedicated over 16 years to movement building that supports grassroots groups like CPL. I had the opportunity to sit down with Aguirre to learn more about CPL’s wins for the community of Lamont. Follow the link to more about CPL’s big community wins.

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Grantee Spotlight: The Plastic Pandemic

From greenhouse gas emissions to poisoning humans and animals, plastic waste threatens our environment in a multitude of ways. Many of our Rose Foundation grantees are fighting to protect our precious ecosystems and communities from an onslaught of plastic pollution. Read on to learn about the different ways All One Ocean, Valley Improvement Projects, and Zero Waste Humboldt are tackling plastic pollution.

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Grantee Spotlight: California Environmental Voters

In the fall of 2021 we hosted our annual Grassroots Grantee Convening. The convening is a space for Rose Foundation grassroots grantees to network and develop skills related to their area of work. Last year’s workshops explored what role grassroots organizations can play in guiding policy, influencing decision-makers, and holding political leaders accountable. We proudly partnered with California Environmental Voters to host these 4 free virtual webinar training sessions.

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Grantee Spotlight: Healing Our Lands, Waters, and Communities Post-Fire

After last month’s highly unusual “atmospheric river” downpour over much of California, officials claimed that wildfire season in our state is over. In this post-fire season, what threats remain to our land, watersheds, and communities? To answer this question, we’ve featured several Rose grantees working in post-fire recovery.

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Announcing Our Biggest Grant Yet! $1 Million to Protect the Eel River Watershed

In August, the Rose Foundation received $3 million from a settlement between the Center for Biological Diversity and Placer Ranch Inc. $1 million was specifically endowed to the Wildlands Conservancy (TWC) to complete a major land acquisition project. TWC will use the funds to conserve, protect, and restore the historic Dean Witter Lone Pine Ranch, a 29,600-acre property that includes over 18 miles of the “Grand Canyon” of the Eel River

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This year’s film fest showcases over 25 films of grassroots activism and community resilience. These stories speak to the powerful work of communities across the country, including some of our own Rose Foundation grantees. We are proud to spotlight the following grantees featured in our 2021 Film Fest.

Grantees Featured in Our 2021 Film Fest

This year’s film fest showcases over 25 films of grassroots activism and community resilience. These stories speak to the powerful work of communities across the country, including some of our own Rose Foundation grantees. We are proud to spotlight the following grantees featured in our 2021 Film Fest.

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Defending Californians’ Privacy Rights

A refugee family in Turlock, CA– our Privacy Fund Grantee, International Rescue Committee educates refugee clients on their rights under CA, with a specific focus on safegaurding data. Read on to learn more about the important work of our Privacy Fund grantees.

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