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| Grantee | Fund | Year | Amount | Region | Project Name | Issues | County | State | Website | Description | Details |
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| Driftwood Art Project | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2000 | $850.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Marin County | California | Anthony Prize on behalf of Michele Rivers | More details | |
| Save Open Space | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2000 | $4,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://gsmintl.com/saveopenspace/home.htm | Anthony Prize Winner | More details |
| North Chickamauga Creek Conservancy | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2000 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nationwide | http://www.northchick.org/ | Anthony Prize Winner | More details | |
| Kids Against Environmental Pollution | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2001 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | Anthony Prize Winner | More details | |
| Mary Pjerrou | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2002 | $1,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Mendocino County | California | Mary Pjerrou; President of the Redwood Coast Watersheds Alliance in Mendocino County and co-founder of the Greenwood Creek Watershed Association won the award for her work to restore Greenwood Creek; leading an all-volunteer effort to develop a restoration plan and raising over $200000 to fund the restoration. Ms. Pjerrou is an ardent supporter of protecting the few remaining tracts of ancient redwoods in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties. She is co-founder of the Save the Redwoods/Boycott the Gap Campaign and has won a series of citizen suits forcing lumber companies to develop long-term Sustained Yield Plans to guide timber harvesting. | More details | |
| Bryan Von Lossberg | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2003 | $1,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | In 2001; Mr. von Lossberg resigned from his Silicon Valley job to volunteer in the Tahoe basin in order to give something back to the place where he had spent many summer vacations. He helped organize the Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival and serves as festival chair. He also serves on the board of the Tahoe-Baikal Institute (TBI); a summer student exchange program between Lake Baikal in Russia and Lake Tahoe. As the volunteer project director; he worked with the exchange students to survey drainage patterns on approximately 2000 land parcels in the area of South Lake Tahoe. He also volunteers with the Lake Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition; League to Save Lake Tahoe; California Tahoe Conservancy; UC Davis Tahoe Research Group; and Tahoe Rim Trail Association. | More details | |
| Sylvia Kothe | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2004 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | Ms. Kothe was awarded the Anthony Prize for building a broad-based community coalition that waged a successful grassroots campaign - opposed by the Stockton City Council - that gives the citizens of Stockton the final say in any water privatization contract. Since then; the organization chaired by Ms. Kothe; the Concerned Citizens Coalition of Stockton; has successfully defended the initiative against legal challenges and won a court ruling ordering the City to return the water supply to municipal control. | More details | |
| Sandra Meraz | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2005 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tulare County | California | Sandra Meraz won the 2005 Anthony Prize for leading her hometown of Alpaugh's struggle for safe drinking water. A small; predominantly Hispanic farming town in Tulare County; Alpaugh's drinking water wells have been completely contaminated with arsenic. Initially volunteering as a translator; Ms. Meraz soon learned that the residents' pleas for help were falling on deaf ears no matter what language was spoken. The community elected Ms. Meraz to a seat on the local water board; and Ms. Meraz used her new position to petition for State assistance. She secured donations of bottled water from local businesses for the school and residents; and launched a campaign to drill a new well that would be free of contamination. With other volunteers; she spends two days every week in an unventilated steel container filling five gallon jugs for Alpaugh residents - providing a weekly ration of 25 gallon to each family; which is often their only clean drinking water. | More details | |
| Teresa DeAnda | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2005 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | Teresa DeAnda won the 2005 Anthony Prize for her leadership in helping her community; Earlimart; a small; predominantly Hispanic farming community in Kern County; respond to pesticide drift. The founder of El Comit' Para el Bienestar de Earlimart; Ms. DeAnda led a successful community-based effort that resulted in the passage of new state law (SB 319 - Florez) that requires emergency response plans for pesticide drift accidents and makes violators responsible for community medical costs. Frequently arising before dawn; Ms. DeAnda organized busloads of witnesses from impacted communities to go to key legislative meetings in Sacramento - making sure that legislators saw the faces and heard the voices of hundreds of asthma sufferers and victims of pesticide drift. | More details | |
| Dana Dillworth | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2006 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | Dana Dillworth was recognized for her tireless in boosting community involvement in Brisbane Baylands' redevelopment planning. Ms. Dillworth helped found CLEAN (Citizens' League for Environmental Action Now) 15 years ago to give the local community a voice in the proposed redevelopment of the Brisbane Baylands. She serves as Chair of the Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group - an advisory committee which Ms. Dillworth worked with CalEPA's Department of Toxic Substances Control to form in 2005 to solve historically poor outreach to adjacent low-income neighborhoods in San Francisco and Daly City. Because of Ms. Dillworth's advocacy; the process is now supervised by a diverse community-based board and public notification significantly exceeds minimum requirements; targeting a broad array of community; civic; environmental and homeowner groups. In addition to making sure there is full public notification about this complex and long-running redevelopment debate; she has been at the forefront of promoting economically sound sustainable redevelopment solutions including tertiary treatment wetlands; energy farms; zero-emissions vehicle zones and a Post-Carbon Conference Center. | More details | |
| Butte Environmental Council | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2007 | $500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Butte County | California | http://www.becnet.org/ | For many years; Mr. Brobeck has been at the forefront of community environmental stewardship in Lassen; Tehama and Butte Counties. As a volunteer with the Lassen Forest Preservation Group; he has donated countless hours helping to lead community participation in environmental reviews of forestry projects. As a former firefighter in Butte County; he has brought his unique perspective to help disparate groups achieve consensus on difficult issues; especially around environmentally sustainable solutions to fire safety issues that impact rural communities. | More details |
| Lassen Forest Preservation Group | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2007 | $500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Lassen County | California | For many years; Mr. Brobeck has been at the forefront of community environmental stewardship in Lassen; Tehama and Butte Counties. As a volunteer with the Lassen Forest Preservation Group; he has donated countless hours helping to lead community participation in environmental reviews of forestry projects. As a former firefighter in Butte County; he has brought his unique perspective to help disparate groups achieve consensus on difficult issues; especially around environmentally sustainable solutions to fire safety issues that impact rural communities. | More details | |
| El Quinto Sol de America | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2008 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | Irma Arroyo founded El Quinto Sol De America to work with local farmworker communities in Tulare County to express their voice through the universal language of art. Whether working with children to paint murals showing how pollution impacts their lives; or helping families install drift catchers to monitor airborne pesticides; Ms. Arroyo has been tireless in helping local communities speak out for environmental justice. Through her leadership on the Coordinating Council of AGUA; she has also helped mobilize community members to testify before the Regional Water Board to urge action to protect local drinking water supplies from severe health threats. | More details | |
| Vecinos Unidos | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2008 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.vecinosunidos.org/ | Vecinos Unidos was founded by residents of the Tulare County farming towns Cutler; Orosi and East Orosi to advocate for the basic human right of safe drinking water. Vecinos Unidos began by securing commitments from the Orosi Public Utility District to provide translation services for the primarily Spanish-speaking community to allow them - for the first time - to participate in decisions fundamentally affecting their health. Vecinos Unidos then began helping East Orosi residents press the East Orosi Community Service District (EOCSD) to respond to repeated notices of nitrate violations in the community's drinking water. In response; the EOCSD; which had not met in over a year; agreed to re-establish monthly meetings to hear community concerns about safe water; Vecinos Unidos then worked with the EOCSD to identify and apply for funding sources to access a new source of drinking water. Recognizing that many farmworker communities faced similar problems of drinking water contaminated by pesticides and agricultural runoff; members of Unidos Vecinos helped to found La Asociaci'_n de Gente Unida por el Agua (AGUA); a regional grassroots coalition seeking systemic solutions to drinking water contamination problems. AGUA has been active throughout Tulare County in advocating for safe water; and has filed a lawsuit against the Regional Water Board seeking regulations that would require the valley's 1600 dairies to line the bottoms of wastewater treatment ponds and improve groundwater monitoring. | More details |
| Community ORV Watch | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2009 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.orvwatch.com/ | Community ORV Watch; nicknamed COW; began several years ago as a small group of citizens in the Mojave Desert area concerned about mounting damage to the fragile desert environment caused by off-road vehicles. Under Mr. Klasky's leadership; COW has built its grassroots membership; and helped organize support for the passage of San Bernardino County's ORV ordinance. Building on its local network of supporters; COW organized 14 community groups into the Alliance for Responsible Recreation with the mission of promoting responsible use of ecologically sensitive public lands. Although Mr. Klasky has been a target of property destruction and personal threats due to his activism; COW has become a focal point of collaboration to engage stakeholders and decision makers in finding solutions to ORV abuse; and has helped law enforcement raise more than $250000 to fund programs to educate riders about respecting public and private lands and enforcing off-road regulations. COW is also at the forefront of advocating protection of native lands from ORV damage; including the sacred sites of the Fort Mojave; Chemehuevi and Colorado River Tribes. | More details |
| Escuela de la Raza Unida | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2010 | $500.00 | Southern Desert | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Riverside County | California | http://webschoolpro.com/CA33671816937734/ | More details | |
| Indigenous Permaculture Program | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2010 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.indigenous-permaculture.com/ | Anthony Prize Winner | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2010 | $1,000.00 | North Central & East | Clean Weed Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | More details | |
| Self-Sustaining Communities | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2011 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Contra Costa County | California | http://self-sustainingcommunities.org | Anthony Prize Winner | More details |
| Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2012 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | California | http://www.scope.org | 2012 Anthony Prize Winner | More details | |
| Catholic Charities of Stockton | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Environmental Justice Committee | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sacramento County | California | Anthony Prize Winner | More details | |
| Sierra Club; Santa Lucia Chapter | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2013 | $500.00 | Central Coast | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/ | Anthony Prize Winner | More details | |
| Benicia Community Gardens | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2014 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Solano County | California | http://beniciacommunitygardens.org/ | Benicia Community Gardens; Inc.'s primary mission is educational: to provide opportunities for folks of all ages; skills and abilities to learn about and practice organic farming methods suitable for home yards and limited urban spaces. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Shafter | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2015 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | The 2015 Anthony Grassroots Prize was awarded to Committee for a Better Shafter; an organization in California's Central Valley that provides access to healthy food for low-income families and mobilizes community members to take action on local environmental justice issues; including fracking. There are fracking wells in Shafter just yards away from a school playground and community garden. | More details | |
| Save the Klamath-Trinity Salmon | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2017 | $1,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Lake County, Mendocino County, Sacramento County, Shasta County, Siskiyou County, Trinity County | California | https://www.facebook.com/SaveTheKlamathTrinitySalmon/ | To take down antiquated large dams and/or restore flows and water quality in key salmon watersheds. | More details |
| Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2018 | $1,000.00 | Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | California | http://wobo.org | More details | ||||
| Indian Cultural Organization | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2019 | $1,000.00 | Anthony Prize | California | More details | |||||
| Battle Creek Alliance | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2021 | $1,000.00 | Marily Woodhouse/ Battle Creek Alliance | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | More details | ||||
| Alliance for Felix Cove | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2022 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Theresa Harlan/Alliance for Felix Cove | Alameda County | California | https://www.alliance4felixcove.org/ | In recognition of the ongoing efforts of Theresa Harlan and Alliance for Felix Cove to restore and represent the history, culture, and ecological wisdom of the Coast Miwok at their ancestral homeland in Point Reyes National Seashore, establish a historical district at Point Reyes, and re-affirm the ancestral relationship of Native Peoples with our public lands. | More details | |
| Comite Progreso de Lamont | Anthony Grassroots Prize | 2023 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | Comite Progreso de Lamont | Kings County | California | https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community-Organization/Comite-Progreso-de-Lamont-1441249392556175/ | In recognition of their work improving the quality of life for Lamont residents by building a collective community voice to advocate for change. | More details | |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2003 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.ccejn.info/ | Supports community-based efforts to reduce environmental degradation in underserved; rural Central Valley communities. | More details |
| Eco-PREP | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2003 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education | Humboldt County | California | Supports expansion of an environmental education program for at-risk youth in six Humboldt County court and community schools. | More details | |
| Friends of Del Norte | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2003 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Restoring the West's Largest Coastal Lagoon to Wildness | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | Supports the protection and restoration of the Lake Earl coastal lagoon; the largest estuarine lagoon in the western United States (excluding Alaska). | More details | |
| Friends of the Swainson's Hawk | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2003 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Natomas Basin Habitat Protection | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.swainsonshawk.org/ | Supports public education and litigation to protect and restore the habitat of the Swainson's Hawk. | More details |
| Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2003 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Koshland Park Community Learning Garden Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | Supports start-up costs for an after school program focusing on garden lessons; food production; composting and teamwork for youth ages seven to twelve in the underserved Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. | More details | |
| Resource Restoration | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2003 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Leadership Project | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County | California | Supports the protection and restoration of public resources in the North Coast area; including water quality; wildlife populations and habitat preservation. | More details | |
| Rush Ranch Education Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2003 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Outreach and Education Programs | Environmental Education | Solano County | California | http://www.rushranch.net/ | Supports outreach and education programs for school children in collaboration with the Solano Land Trust. | More details |
| Alameda Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.alamedacreek.org/ | Supports efforts to restore a self-sustaining run of steelhead trout in Alameda Creek and to protect habitat for endangered wildlife within this partially urbanized watershed. | More details |
| Alliance for A Clean Waterfront | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sustainable Sewage & Storm Water Solutions Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfcleanwaterfront.org/ | Supports citywide outreach to ensure the inclusion of environmental justice and sustainability issues in the development and implementation of San Francisco's plan to upgrade their wastewater infrastructure. | More details |
| Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Alameda County | California | http://www.headwaterspreserve.org/ | Supports grassroots organizing and public education efforts to ensure long-term protection and restoration of the Headwaters Forest Reserve on California's North Coast. | More details |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Northern California Vernal Pool Protection Program | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Butte County | California | http://www.becnet.org/ | Supports advocacy and litigation to protect one million acres of vernal pool habitat that is critical habitat for 15 endangered species in the central and northern valley of California. | More details |
| Citizens for East Shore Parks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.eastshorepark.org/ | To support ongoing efforts to establish a shoreline park in the East Bay from North Oakland; through Emeryville; Berkeley; Albany; El Cerrito; and Richmond. | More details |
| Clover Valley Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.clovervalleyfoundation.org/ | Supports protection and preservation of Clover Valley from urban sprawl development pressure. | More details |
| Concerned Citizens Coalition of Stockton | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | 'David and Goliath'' - Citizens fight water privatization | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.cccos.org/ | To prevent the privatization of the operation and maintenance of the Stockton municipal water system. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | To support hands-on environmental restoration projects for middle and high school students; with an emphasis on underprivileged schools; that connects the students to their local watershed and parks; and teaches them to be environmental stewards. | More details |
| Eastern Sierra Land Trust | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Director of Outreach and Development | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Inyo County | California | http://www.easternsierralandtrust.org/ | Provides seed money to build organizational capacity to protect vital lands in the eastern California counties of Inyo; Mono and Alpine Counties. | More details |
| Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Calaveras County | California | http://www.ebbettspassforestwatch.org/ | Supports advocacy and citizen monitoring to protect and restore healthy forests and watersheds in the Sierra Nevada mountains. | More details |
| Eco-PREP | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education | Humboldt County | California | Supports an environmental education program for at-risk youth in Humboldt County court and community schools that promotes career opportunities in managing natural resources. | More details | |
| El Comite para el Bienestar de Earlimart | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Poder en Comunidades Rurales/Power in Rural Communities | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To educate rural communities about pesticide drift laws and rights; and to empower mostly Hispanic campesinos (farm workers) to effectively respond when pesticides drift accidents occur. | More details | |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Amador County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org/ | Supports expansion of efforts to restore and protect the watersheds of Amador and Calaveras Counties; and make sure that land use and economic development are sustainable. | More details |
| Forest Unlimited | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Organizing Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.forestunlimited.org/ | To organize; support and train local residents to protect critical watersheds from water pollution; abusive logging and unwise development in the Sonoma County area. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Restoring the West's Largest Coastal Lagoon to Wildness | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | Supports an intensive campaign to protect and restore Lake Earl; the largest coastal lagoon in the continental western United States; and its many rare and endangered species. | More details | |
| Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Koshland Park Community Learning Garden Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | Supports the initiation of a food production and distribution project by neighborhood children and students from a local elementary school to residents of two public housing developments. | More details | |
| Hunter's View Tenants Association Mother's Committee | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bayview Hunters Point Mothers Environmental Health & Justice Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | To mobilize and empower community mothers in this low-income; community of color; to take control of their environment by advocating for the closure of the antiquated Hunters Point power plant; opposing the citing of new power plants in the neighborhood; promoting renewable energy; and advocating for the precautionary principle. | More details | |
| Lake County Community Radio | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Radio Center Remodel Project | Environmental Education | Lake County | California | http://kpfz881.ning.com/ | Supports the remodeling of a donated classroom into an independent radio center to improve and expand environmental programming on a local FM station. | More details |
| Mendocino Environmental Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education | Mendocino County | California | http://www.mecgrassroots.org/ | For office and computer equipment; and expenses related to re-opening the center after a one-year closure for seismic retrofitting. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Save Medicine Lake Highlands Advocacy Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Shasta County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | Supports protection of the Medicine Lake Highlands from large-scale geothermal developments that threaten a near-pristine volcanic landscape and Native American cultural sites. | More details |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Lassen County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | To support organizational development to protect and conserve the Mountain Meadows Basin and watershed; including Mountain Maidu Indian burial and cultural sites. | More details |
| No Wetlands Landfill Expansion | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.greencoalitionmarin.org | To educate community members and local government officials about the proposed expansion of the Redwood Landfill on the edge of San Antonio Creek; and the environmental threat it poses to the adjacent Petaluma Estuary and historical bay lands. | More details |
| Norcal Environmental Student Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Eastman Lake Grades 9-12 Stewardship Program | Environmental Education | Sacramento County | California | http://www.nesnprograms.net/ | To support environmental education; service and outdoor recreation programs at Eastman Lake for six high schools. Tasks include mapping and data inventory; invasive plant removal; planting native species; community education and trail work. | More details |
| OVC Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Defense of Groundwater and its Dependent Vegetation in the Owens Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Inyo County | California | For legal assistance and educational support to protect groundwater by monitoring the water gathering activities and mitigation agreements of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in the Owens Valley. | More details | |
| Salmonid Restoration Federation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,500.00 | North Coast | Salmonid Restoration Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.calsalmon.org/ | Supports the 22nd annual Salmonid Restoration Conference; where activists; scientific experts and agency personnel from all over Northern California cooperatively share their knowledge about watershed restoration. | More details |
| Save Round Valley Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Testing for Tungsten Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Inyo County | California | Supports efforts to protect local drinking water in two Eastern Sierra Nevada communities located downstream from an old Tungsten mine. | More details | |
| Seaport Missionary Baptist Church | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Health Legislative Day | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | To fund travel expenses for representatives of the environmental justice community from Richmond and the Central Valley to attend the Environmental Health Legislative Education Day in Sacramento. | More details | |
| Southeast Sector Community Development Corporation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Exposure Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sescdc.org/ | To support the ''The Things that Pollute My World'' photo essay contest that will empower children in the underserved neighborhood of Bayview-Hunters Point to identify toxic elements in their environment and to explore solutions. | More details |
| Tri-County Watchdogs | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | Central Valley | Newsletter and Public Speakers | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.cuddyvalley.org/tcwdogs/ | Supports a monthly newsletter and speakers program for a new organization monitoring county and state projects which may have a negative impact on the environment. | More details |
| Walnut Creek Open Space Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Oak Habitat Restoration Project. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.wcosf.org/ | For supplies to replant missing generations of oak seedlings (because of intensive grazing) in Walnut Creek open spaces. The project plants about 300 sites per year by harvesting acorns; planting and mulching; installing tree shelters; and dry season watering. | More details |
| West Side School Volunteer Recycling Program | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2004 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | For supplies to start a composting facility for food and paper waste generated on and off campus at a K-6 public elementary school. The student-led program will become self-sufficient by selling compost products to the community. | More details | |
| Abandoned Mine Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | For acquisition of mining interests for stewardship program | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sierra County | California | Start-up funding to facilitate remediation of contaminated mining sites on public lands. | More details | |
| Alameda Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.alamedacreek.org/ | To restore a self-sustaining run of steelhead trout in Alameda Creek and to protect habitat for endangered wildlife within this crucial Bay Area watershed. | More details |
| Andrea Lawrence Institute for Mountains and Rivers | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mono County | California | http://www.alimar.org/ | To protect the fragile and unique wild environment of the Eastern Sierra Nevada; while promoting healthy community growth and development. | More details |
| Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.headwaterspreserve.org/ | For grassroots organizing and public education efforts to ensure long-term protection and restoration of the Headwaters Forest Reserve on California's North Coast. | More details |
| Berryessa Trails and Conservation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Napa County | California | http://www.berryessatrails.org/ | For trail construction at the Lake Berryessa Recreation Area and advocacy of non-motorized recreational activities in the redevelopment plan for the lake. | More details |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Butte County | California | http://www.becnet.org/ | Supports advocacy and litigation to protect one million acres of vernal pool habitat; to stop surface and groundwater exports to Southern California; and to stop the development of housing on top of an old burn dump. | More details |
| California Prison Moratorium Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Fresno County | California | http://www.calipmp.org/ | Help rural communities in the Central Valley oppose prison construction and the resulting environmental impacts of increased air and water pollution; destruction of farmland and natural habitats; and excessive use of water resources. | More details |
| Californians for Western Wilderness | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.caluwild.org/ | Supports citizen activism on issues crucial to the defense and stewardship of California wilderness and public lands. | More details |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Stanislaus County | California | http://www.ccejn.info/ | Supports community-based efforts to protect the environment and reduce pollution that threatens public health in underserved rural Central Valley communities. | More details |
| Citizens for East Shore Parks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.eastshorepark.org/ | Build a collaborative effort to preserve and increase East Bay parkland and public access to the Bay shore. | More details |
| Citizens for Responsible Forest Management | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Santa Cruz County | California | Watchdog timber harvesting in the Central Coast region to protect the water supply of the Monterey Bay area. | More details | |
| Coast Action Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County | California | Education and litigation to ensure that water quality issues are included in timber harvest plans and timber operations; and that consideration of impacts to fisheries and watersheds are included in federal; state and local planning in Mendocino County. | More details | |
| Committee For a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/water-valley.php?content=Alpaugh | Build the capacity of a primarily low-income Latino community to advocate for safe drinking water. Currently; Alpaugh's water supply is so contaminated by pesticides that it is unsafe to drink. | More details |
| Concerned Citizens Coalition of Stockton | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.cccos.org/ | Honorarium to present at seminar | More details |
| Daily Acts | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Establishing Office/Headquarters | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://www.dailyacts.org/ | Build operational capacity to promote lifestyle and systems changes related to sustainable living and the promotion of permaculture. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | Coordination of hands-on environmental restoration projects for middle and high school students that connects the students to their local watersheds and parks; and teaches leadership through environmental stewardship. | More details |
| Eastern Sierra Land Trust | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | The Sierra Century Challenge | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Inyo County | California | http://www.easternsierralandtrust.org/ | Supports efforts to place open-space easements on 320000 acres held by the Los Angeles City Department of Water and Power in Inyo and Mono Counties. | More details |
| Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Community Action Program | Sustainable Forestry | Calaveras County | California | http://www.ebbettspassforestwatch.org/ | Stop clearcutting and help local communities gain control over timber-harvesting in their county. | More details |
| El Comite para el Bienestar de Earlimart | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Poder en Comunidades Rurales/Power in Rural Communities | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | Educate rural communities about the health impacts of air pollution; pesticide drift laws and the rights of people who have been exposed; and to empower mostly Hispanic campesinos (farm workers) to effectively respond when pesticides drift accidents occur. | More details | |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Amador County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org/ | To mobilize and coordinate volunteer-based watershed; land-use; river conservation; and public education programs in Amador and Calaveras Counties. | More details |
| Forest Issues Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | The Sierra Framework Defense | Sustainable Forestry | Nevada County | California | http://www.forestissuesgroup.org/ | Supports scientific research and litigation to halt the spraying of pesticides in the Tahoe National Forest by the US Forest Service. | More details |
| Fresno Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,300.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | http://www.1000friendsoffresno.org/pesticides.html | Supports efforts to reduce toxic pesticides in schools and neighborhoods; and the promotion of alternative methods of pest management. | More details |
| Friends of Cordilleras Creek | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Creek Protection Coalition | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | http://www.cordillerascreek.org/ | To protect creek corridors and surrounding wildlife habitats by resisting paving and structures in riparian buffer zones; creating manuals on watershed management 'best practices;' and educating the community through creek related events and distribution of free native seeds and plants. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County | California | Honorarium to present at seminar | More details | |
| Friends of Garrity Creek | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Save Garrity Creek and Habitat Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://web.archive.org/web/20091027031904/http://geocities.com/hilltopcreek/ | For legal assistance to preserve a spring-feed creek that flows into the San Pablo Bay that is being threatened by a proposed 40 home development. | More details |
| Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Koshland Park Community Learning Garden Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | For an after school program for at-risk youth age seven to twelve; focusing on garden lessons; composting; food production and distribution to residents of public housing projects in the Hayes Valley neighborhood. ($500 was a honorarium to present at seminar) | More details | |
| Hunter's View Tenants Association Mother's Committee | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Huntersview Indoor Air Pollution Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | To mobilize and empower community mothers in this low-income; community of color; to survey public housing residents about the incidence of asthma and poor housing conditions; educate residents about indoor air pollution; and advocate for the remediation of code violations; mold; moisture and ventilation problems. | More details | |
| Kids in Parks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.kidsinparks.org/ | Experiential environmental education programs for students at two public middle schools serving mostly families living in poverty. Lessons include mapping; restoration projects; plant-insect-animal identification; environmental justice field trips and mentoring. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.klamathforestalliance.org/ | Monitoring and litigation to prevent destruction of public lands; advocating for the water quality of the Klamath River and tributaries; prevention of the use of pesticides on public lands; and supporting area tribes in their struggle for environmental justice. | More details |
| Lake County Community Radio | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Full-Power Community Radio Station | Environmental Education | Lake County | California | http://kpfz881.ning.com/ | To help expand the radio station's broadcasting capability to a full-powered; Class A station in order to improve and expand environmental programming that will reach a four or five county area. | More details |
| Lompico Watershed Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.lompicocreek.org | To protect the 425-acre Lompico Creek headwaters lands; to advocate for better water quality protection during and after commercial logging activity; and to develop and complete fisheries habitat restoration projects in the San Lorenzo River Basin. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Save Medicine Lake Highlands Advocacy Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | Supports protection of the Medicine Lake Highlands from large-scale geothermal developments that threaten a near-pristine volcanic landscape and Native American cultural sites. | More details |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Lassen County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | Protection of the Mountain Meadows Basin and watershed; by opposing a proposed ski and golf mega-resort that would triple the population of the existing community. | More details |
| No Wetlands Landfill Expansion | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.greencoalitionmarin.org | Oppose the expansion of a landfill that is on the edge of an environmentally sensitive marsh and the Petaluma River estuary. | More details |
| Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Noyo Headlands Unified Design; Phase II - Outreach and Engagement | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyoheadlands.org | Help manage environmental restoration and sustainable redevelopment of the abandoned Georgia Pacific mill site that comprises one-third of the city of Fort Bragg. | More details |
| OVC Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Legal assistance and volunteer staff support for the defense of the water related ecosystem in the Owens Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Inyo County | California | For an outreach office and legal assistance to protect and restore the Owens Valley; which has been severely impacted by the over pumping of groundwater by the City of Los Angeles causing wetlands and meadows to disappear. | More details | |
| Redwood Economic Development Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Aleutian Goose Festival: A Celebration of Wildness | Environmental Education | Del Norte County | California | Environmental education component of the Aleutian Goose Festival; including development of a local middle school curriculum. | More details | |
| Resource Restoration | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $2,000.00 | North Coast | The Leadership Project | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County | California | To provide technical resources and assistance to a number of grassroots community organizations working to improve long-term forest and fisheries stewardship. | More details | |
| Rural Quality Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Nevada County | California | http://www.ruralquality.org/ | Land-use conservation planning in western Nevada County to protect streams; forests; oak woodlands; and the rural character of the area. | More details |
| San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Flyway Festival Environmental Education Program | Environmental Education | Solano County | California | http://www.sfbayflywayfestival.com/ | For distribution of the environmental education program of the Flyway Festival; which provides free sessions on conservation; wetlands restoration; pollution prevention and wildlife protection to over 7000 people in an underserved part of the Bay Area. | More details |
| Santa Maria Center for the Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Santa Barbara County | California | Start-up funding to create a fully operational environmental center for advocacy and information that will address issues such as toxic pesticides; farmworker health and safety; groundwater pollution; and open space preservation. | More details | |
| Save Round Valley Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Inyo County | California | To educate the public about the negative impacts of sprawl development and to protect natural resources in Inyo and Mono Counties. Activities include working to prevent the development of a subdivision on sensitive habitat in the view-shed of Mount Whitney. ($500 was a honorarium to present at seminar) | More details | |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | Restoring Endangered Northcoast Dune Ecosystems | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | To protect and restore over 10000 acres of unique coastal dune; estuarine and wetlands habitat that is home to 41 endangered and sensitive species that are threatened by illegal off-road vehicle activity. | More details | |
| Trinity Recycling Program | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $4,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Trinity County | California | Start-up costs for a community-recycling program in a small; remote rural county. The program will include K-12 environmental and resource conservation curriculum. | More details | |
| Urban Sprouts School Gardens | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.urbansprouts.org/ | School garden-based environmental education program in three low-performing San Francisco public schools. Part of a multiple-city partnership with Tufts University to test theory-based environmental science and health curriculum. | More details |
| Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.walcsf.net/ | Supports a restoration project at McLaren Park; and field studies during hiking and camping trips for primarily low-income students of color that attend 2 San Francisco inner-city high schools. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2005 | $1,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stream and Upland Technical Assessment | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | Assist watershed assessments of Wolf Creek and tributaries to assess creek conditions and to prioritize preservation; restoration and stewardship projects. | More details |
| Alpine Watershed Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alpine County | California | http://www.alpinecountyca.gov/watershed_group | Support for citizen monitoring; watershed restoration; and ''Alpine Creek Days'' in Alpine County; which is the headwaters of 5 major rivers. | More details |
| Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.ecologycenter.org/bcgc/ | Empowering underserved people to become stewards of the land; eat healthy foods; and build community through participating in school; youth training and community gardens. | More details |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Butte County | California | http://www.becnet.org/ | Supports advocacy and litigation to protect one million acres of vernal pool habitat; and to protect northern California's dwindling water supply by preserving the lower Tuscan Aquifer. | More details |
| California Communities Against Toxics | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | Central Valley | Annual Conference Travel Scholarships | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.stoptoxics.org/ | Travel scholarships for activists and presenters to attend an annual statewide conference of environmental health and justice activists. | More details |
| Citizens for a Healthy Community | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Preventing InEnTec Medical Waste Facility | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tehama County | California | http://citizensforahealthycommunity.org/ | Public outreach about the health hazards of burning medical waste and community organizing to oppose the siting of a medical waste incinerator near Red Bluff. | More details |
| Citizens for Responsible Forest Management | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $3,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Santa Cruz County | California | For watch-dogging of Timber Harvest Plans in the Central Coast Region; focusing on old-growth protection; riparian corridors; and protection of endangered Coho salmon and threatened Steelhead trout. | More details | |
| City Slicker Farms | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.cityslickerfarms.org/ | For programs to increase food self-sufficiency for underserved populations in West Oakland through growing and distributing more than 20000 pounds of locally-grown fresh organic produce. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/water-valley.php?content=Alpaugh | Leadership training and community education about environmental health issues that impact the predominately low-income Latino residents - most of whom are Spanish-speaking; monolingual farmworkers. | More details |
| Common Vision | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | Statewide | Fruit Tree Tour | Environmental Education | Mendocino County | California | http://www.commonvision.org/ | To help defray logistics of a 70 day; 40 school tour from Sacramento to San Diego planting over 1000 trees. Plantings are integrated with West African agricultural drumming; hip-hop; sustainable ecology curriculum; and Common Vision's veggie-powered forest-mural buses. | More details |
| Community Clean Water Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Youth Action Team to Protect the Russian River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | An environmental science program for disadvantaged teens that covers the fields of water quality monitoring; ecotourism; watershed protection and restoration. | More details |
| Community Water Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/ | Helping disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley advocate for safe; clean and affordable drinking water. | More details |
| Concerned Residents Initiative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | Seed money to establish ''first response'' services and support to communities impacted by suspected disease clusters linked with environmental contamination. | More details | |
| EarthTeam | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 'Something's in the Air'' - An Air Pollution & Asthma Research and Action Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | Educate and activate high school students from low-income communities at 15 schools about the quality of air in their communities and the relationship between air pollution and asthma. | More details |
| Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Community Action Program | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Calaveras County | California | http://www.ebbettspassforestwatch.org/ | To educate and engage a broad base of emerging citizen and grassroots groups in local planning and environmental decision-making; especially around Calaveras County's General Plan. | More details |
| Ebbetts Pass Rivers and Trails Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Calaveras County | California | To help open an office and visitor's education center in an effort to protect and restore the rivers; streams and community trails of the Two Rivers region - encompassing the upper watersheds of the Stanislaus and Mokelumne Rivers. | More details | |
| Environmental Commons | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Mendocino Partnership for the Precautionary Principle | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Mendocino County | California | http://environmentalcommons.org/ | To watch-dog the implementation of the Precautionary Principle in Mendocino County. Mendocino County is only the second county in the entire U.S. to adopt this overarching policy framework. | More details |
| Forest Issues Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop Cottonwood Spraying Campaign | Sustainable Forestry | Nevada County | California | http://www.forestissuesgroup.org/ | Supports scientific research and litigation to halt the spraying of pesticides in the Tahoe National Forest by the US Forest Service. | More details |
| Fresno Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | http://www.1000friendsoffresno.org/pesticides.html | For outreach about the health impacts of pesticides and to reduce toxic pesticide use in schools and neighborhoods. Also to translate materials into Spanish and Hmong; and promote alternative methods of pest management targeting landscape professionals. | More details |
| Friends of Garrity Creek | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Save Garrity Creek and Habitat Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://web.archive.org/web/20091027031904/http://geocities.com/hilltopcreek/ | For legal assistance to preserve a spring-feed creek flowing into the San Pablo Bay that is being threatened by proposed development. | More details |
| Friends of the Dunes | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $2,000.00 | North Coast | Community Supported Dune Ecosystem Restoration | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://www.friendsofthedunes.org/ | To support hands-on volunteer restoration of the 80-acre Eureka Dunes Protected Area. | More details |
| Friends of the Petaluma River | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.friendsofthepetalumariver.org/ | Seed money to help launch a new organization dedicated to promoting community stewardship over the Petaluma River. | More details |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Land Use Component of Urban Edge Boundary | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org/ | To protect Sierra Valley agricultural lands from urban development. | More details |
| Kids in Parks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.kidsinparks.org/ | Experiential environmental education programs for students at two public middle schools serving mostly low-income families and people of color. | More details |
| Klamath Basin Watershed Conference | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Klamath Basin Watershed Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Siskiyou County | California | For a stakeholders conference that aims to create sustainable; community-based solutions to the crisis on the Klamath River. Stakeholders include farmers; ranchers; government employees; elected officials; tribal members; commercial fishermen and environmental groups. | More details | |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.klamathforestalliance.org/ | For forest monitoring; advocating for the removal of dams on the Klamath River; prohibiting the use of dangerous pesticides by public land mangers; and supporting environmental justice projects with the Klamath and Pit Rivers tribes. | More details |
| Lassen Land & Trails Trust | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Lassen County | California | http://www.lassenlandandtrails.com/ | For land preservation; development of a Lassen County Conservation Plan; and to hire an education director for summer nature camps for kids. | More details |
| Making Our Milk Safe | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.safemilk.org/ | Seed money to help launch a new environmental health organization seeking to build a grassroots movement of mothers to reduce chemical contamination of human breast milk through direct action; market-based campaigns and legislation. | More details |
| Mattole Restoration Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Public Participation in Pacific Lumber's Mattole Watershed Analysis | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.mattole.org/ | For geologic studies; stream surveys; and public education about Pacific Lumber's effort to decrease harvest restrictions; despite unstable terrain and downstream impacts. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Save Medicine Lake Highlands Advocacy Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | Supports protection of the Medicine Lake Highlands from large-scale geothermal developments that threaten a near-pristine volcanic landscape and Native American cultural sites. | More details |
| North Coast Action | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Mendocino County | California | For community-based monitoring; research and outreach regarding the health hazards of toxic contamination of the 434-acre Georgia Pacific mill site; which stretches for four miles along the waterfront of Fort Bragg. | More details | |
| Northern California Recycling Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Litigating to Overturn the Approval of the Potrero Hills Landfill Expansion | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.ncrarecycles.org/ | Legal challenge to the expansion of a landfill that leaches into the Suisun Marsh. | More details |
| Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Outreach and Engagement | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyoheadlands.org | For outreach; education and engagement of city planners; the coastal community and ''green investors'' regarding toxic clean up and sustainable redevelopment of the abandoned and heavily contaminated 434-acre Georgia Pacific mill site in downtown Fort Bragg. | More details |
| OVC Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Defense of Water Resources in the Owens Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Inyo County | California | Maintain legal pressure on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to implement court-ordered; but delinquent; mitigation projects in the Owens Valley. | More details | |
| Resource Restoration | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Leadership Project | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County | California | To provide technical resources and assistance to a number of grassroots community organizations working to improve long-term forest and fisheries stewardship. | More details | |
| San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Flyway Festival Environmental Education Program | Environmental Education | Solano County | California | http://www.sfbayflywayfestival.com/ | For distribution of the environmental education program of the Flyway Festival; which provides free sessions on conservation; wetlands restoration; pollution prevention and wildlife protection to over 7000 people in an underserved part of the Bay Area. | More details |
| Sebastopol Water Information Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sebastopol Area Well Monitoring/Public Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://owlfoundation.net/swig.html | For well water monitoring; data collection and analysis to advance the understanding of local groundwater resources in order to safeguard a viable water supply for the future. | More details |
| Solar Richmond | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Richmond Solar Affordable Housing Program | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.solarrichmond.org/ | Solar installation job training program for at-risk youth. The youth will install solar panels on ten low-income homes. | More details |
| Sustainable Nations Development Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | http://sustainablenations.org/ | For intensive; hands-on training of Native Americans on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in renewable energy technologies including micro-hydroelectric; solar and wind generation; as well as sustainable building techniques. | More details |
| West Oakland Asthma Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.prescottjoseph.org/partnerships/pj-woac.html | Community education about the environmental causes of asthma in a neighborhood where children are seven times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than other children in California. | More details |
| Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.walcsf.net/ | For habitat restoration and field studies in McLaren Park and Bayview Hill as part of an integrated environmental education curriculum serving at-risk students from Balboa High and Downtown Continuation High School. | More details |
| Wildplaces Ecological Restoration and Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net/ | Operational support for rangeland and oak woodland restoration projects, ranch stewardship tours in cooperation with local ranchers, youth education and career development with disadvantaged and other youth, native plant nursery, and invasive plant management. | More details |
| Winnemem Wintu Tribe | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.winnememwintu.us/ | For stewardship of the McCloud; Sacramento and Pitt River watersheds; including the restoration of salmon populations and opposition to the enlargement of the Shasta Dam. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2006 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stream and Upland Technical Assessment | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | Expand an existing pilot stream assessment program and work cooperatively with developers and government agencies to minimize development impacts on waterways. | More details |
| AGUA - La Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Safe Drinking Water Legislative Hearing | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/water-valley.php?content=AGUA | To support local organizing in low-income; primarily Latino communities to mobilize residents whose drinking water systems have been polluted by fertilizer and pesticides. | More details |
| Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Grassroots Environmental Participation in Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy Organizing | Sustainable Forestry | Humboldt County | California | To watchdog the Pacific Lumber Company bankruptcy proceedings to insure that the company's 205000 acres of redwood forestland are managed in a way that protects the environment and provides long-term sustainable forestry and restoration jobs. | More details | |
| Alpine Watershed Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alpine County | California | http://www.alpinecountyca.gov/watershed_group | Support for citizen monitoring; watershed restoration; erosion control best management practices; and ''Alpine Creek Days'' in an area at the headwaters of 5 major rivers. | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cieaweb.org/ | To provide seed funding for a new tribal-based organization to help California tribes address the environmental health effects of mercury contamination from the thousands of abandoned gold mines left over from the California Gold Rush. | More details |
| California Native Plant Society - East Bay Chapter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Priority Plant Conservation Areas | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.ebcnps.org/ | To identify; map and prioritize rare plant communities and significant habitats that are most threatened in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties; and to use these maps and reports to inform the public debate about conservation priorities. | More details |
| Campesinas Unidas de Tulare County | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To educate rural communities in the Central Valley about the health impacts of air pollution and to teach farmworkers what to do when exposed to pesticide drift. | More details | |
| Clover Valley Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.clovervalleyfoundation.org/ | To preserve and protect a 622-acre biologically diverse area in the Sierra foothills; which is threatened by the development of 558 homes; roads and a retail center. | More details |
| Coast Action Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County | California | Education and litigation to ensure that water quality on the North Coast is protected during timber operations; land development and forestland conversion projects. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/water-valley.php?content=Alpaugh | Leadership training and community education about environmental health issues that impact this small rural community of mostly Spanish-speaking; monolingual farmworkers. | More details |
| Common Vision | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | Statewide | Fruit Tree Tour | Environmental Education | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.commonvision.org/ | To send a fleet of veggie-powered forest-mural busses on a 10-week statewide tour to 30 schools in underserved communities teaching sustainable ecology curriculum integrated with West African drumming and hip-hop. | More details |
| Community Clean Water Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | Defrays costs of stormwater monitoring; and will help regulators and city and county officials implement and enforce stormwater management plans. | More details |
| Compost Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://compostclub.org/ | Start-up funding to help schools and businesses reduce landfill waste and conserve natural resources. | More details |
| Daily Acts | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sustainability Tours | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://www.dailyacts.org/ | electronic access to bank accounts; especially through cell | More details |
| Donner Summit Area Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Community Plan for Donner Summit | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://donnersummitareaassociation.org/wordpress/ | To create and file a Community Plan to guide development in the Donner Summit area to help preserve the rural character of the Placer and Nevada Counties' high country. | More details |
| Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Community Action Program | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://www.ebbettspassforestwatch.org/ | To educate and engage citizens and grassroots groups about revisions to Calaveras County's General Plan to ensure that it will preserve environmental quality and include open space and wildland protections. | More details |
| El Comite para el Bienestar de Earlimart | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Farmworker and Central Valley Communities Confront EPA on Toxic Fumigant Pesticides | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To mobilize Central Valley farmworker families and rural Latinos to attend and make public comments at EPA hearings on the re-registration of 5 dangerous fumigant pesticides that have poisoned farmworkers and communities located next to agricultural fields in the past. | More details | |
| Foresthill Residents for Responsible Growth | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/membergrps/profile.shtml?index=1198087048_29220&cat=&loc=&listpage=1 | Community involvement to prohibit Placer County from amending its General Plan to allow overwhelming development in a small Sierra Nevada foothills community. | More details |
| Friends of Canyon Creek | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | CEQA Lawsuit Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Shasta County | California | Legal challenge to the City of Redding's approval of a 271-lot subdivision because it failed to address how grading and road construction would effect critical creekside steelhead habitat. | More details | |
| Friends of Del Norte | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Restoring the West's Largest Coastal Lagoon to Wildness | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County | California | To win permanent protection for the wildlands and wetlands of Lake Earl; an important wildlife refuge on the Pacific Flyway. | More details | |
| Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.pinolecreek.org/ | To inspire and educate people to protect and restore Pinole Creek through hands-on stewardship; water quality monitoring; creek restoration; native plant garden; educational meetings and a newsletter. | More details |
| Friends of the Dunes | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $1,250.00 | North Coast | Community Supported Dune Ecosystem Restoration | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://www.friendsofthedunes.org/ | For monthly restoration days where community volunteers work to restore the fragile dune habitat near Humboldt Bay by hand-removal of non-native invasive plants. | More details |
| Friends of the Petaluma River | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.friendsofthepetalumariver.org/ | To build the capacity of this new community-based group to protect and improve the Petaluma River and wetlands through conservation programs; educational materials; scientific research and public outreach. | More details |
| Friends of the Swainson's Hawk | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Event Outreach | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.swainsonshawk.org/ | For volunteer recruitment and training, informational displays for tabling at events and festivals, a new brochure, and student activity sheets. | More details |
| Green Wheels | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $1,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | http://www.green-wheels.org | Alternative transportation planning including advocating for a multi-use trail between Arcata and Eureka. | More details |
| Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | BEET Rangers (Brigade of Environmentally Educated Teens) | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | An environmental stewardship; youth leadership program for at-risk high school students; that includes designing and implementing restoration projects at a local park of the students' choice; working under the guidance of the city recreation and parks department. | More details | |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org/ | To advocate for healthy and sustainable communities; and preservation of agricultural lands from development. | More details |
| Indigenous Permaculture Program | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://www.indigenous-permaculture.com/ | For Indigenous Permaculture certificate trainings; development of a five-acre farm (including conversion from conventional to organic agriculture); 8 weekend workshops and acquisition of office space. | More details |
| Karuk Tribe of California | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | 'Bring the Salmon Home'' Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.karuk.us/ | Experiential environmental education programs for students at two public middle schools serving mostly lowincome families and people of color. | More details |
| Kids in Parks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.kidsinparks.org/ | Experiential environmental education programs for students at two public middle schools serving mostly low-income families and people of color. | More details |
| Lassen Forest Preservation Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Butte County | California | Monitoring environmentally significant projects in the Lassen National Forest; supporting efforts that will reduce the threat of wildfires; enhance wildlife habitat; clean water and a healthy forest ecosystem. | More details | |
| Los Padres Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Santa Barbara County | California | http://lpfw.org/ | To protect and restore the natural and cultural heritage of public lands along California's Central Coast though community involvement; scientific collaboration and legal advocacy. | More details |
| Los Padres Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,500.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Santa Barbara County | California | http://lpfw.org/ | Supports protection of the natural and cultural heritage of public lands along the Central Coast though community involvement; scientific collaboration and legal advocacy. | More details |
| Making Our Milk Safe | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.safemilk.org/ | To educate pregnant women and nursing mothers about reducing exposure to toxic chemicals; and for legislative and corporate campaigns to eliminate harmful toxins from the environment. | More details |
| Malcolm X Neighborhood Arts Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Celebrating Solar | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | Environmental education activities promoting alternative energy; sustainability and environmental health for children at a low-income; urban public elementary school; their families; neighborhood residents and 30 community organizations. | More details | |
| Mattole Restoration Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,500.00 | North Coast | Mattole Forestlands Protection Project | Sustainable Forestry | Humboldt County | California | http://www.mattole.org/ | Develop; promote and implement a land conservation strategy for the Pacific Lumber Company-owned timberlands in the Mattole watershed; which are currently under the dictates of the bankruptcy court. | More details |
| Mattole Restoration Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Public Participation in Pacific Lumber's Mattole Watershed Analysis Project | Sustainable Forestry | Humboldt County | California | http://www.mattole.org/ | To support expert watershed analysis and coordination of public input into the Pacific Lumber Company's plans to cut unprotected old-growth Douglas fir groves. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | Save Medicine Lake Highlands Advocacy | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | Supports protection of a beautiful; remote; and biologically critical volcanic ecosystem that has spiritual and cultural significance to Native Americans and to the public. | More details |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Lassen County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | For a legal challenge to a proposed mega-ski resort that would construct 4000 new homes; three golf courses and a 600-acre ski resort on sacred lands that provide habitat to many endangered or threatened species. | More details |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Lassen County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | To support a collaborative effort between local community members and the Hanyleki Maidu to stop the development of a new mega-ski resort on sacred lands that are home to many endangered or threatened species. | More details |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Consumer Issues | Lassen County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | More details | |
| MyValleySprings.com | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://www.myvalleysprings.com/ | To promote responsible growth and development through public participation in community planning in order to preserve the quality of rural life in the greater Valley Springs area by preventing rapid and unchecked development. | More details |
| No Wetlands Landfill Expansion | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.greencoalitionmarin.org | Oppose the expansion of a landfill that is on the edge of an environmentally sensitive marsh and the Petaluma River estuary. | More details |
| North Coast Action | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Mendocino County | California | For monitoring; research and education regarding the health hazards of toxic contamination at the former Georgia Pacific mill site in Fort Bragg. Dioxin was found at the mill site and at various places throughout the community where fly ash was deposited. | More details | |
| North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.northrichmondshoreline.org/ | To help local community members advocate for a corridor of open space along the North Richmond Shoreline. | More details |
| Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Moving from Extraction Economy to Restoration Economy Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyoheadlands.org | For outreach; education and engagement of city planners; the coastal community and ''green investors'' regarding toxic clean up and sustainable redevelopment of the abandoned and heavily contaminated 434-acre Georgia Pacific mill site in downtown Fort Bragg. | More details |
| Organic Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sacramento County | California | To expand the volunteer base for projects that include supporting and expanding the number of local school gardens, developing strategies for use of least toxic alternatives to controlling West Nile virus, and hosting a sustainability forum that includes implementing a strategic plan for sustainability in Sacramento. | More details | |
| Parents for a Safer Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Contra Costa County Pesticide Use Reform | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.pfse.net/ | To monitor and encourage Contra Costa County to implement an integrated pest management policy to reduce the use of toxic pesticides (Contra Costa County agencies currently use 17 times more pesticides than the two neighboring counties combined.) | More details |
| People for Children's Health and Environmental Justice | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Fish Contamination Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Solano County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/pchej_home.htm | To educate communities of color in the Vallejo area about fish contamination; allowing them to make informed fish consumption choices; and to facilitate meaningful community participation in local; regional and state decision-making affecting low-income communities of color. | More details |
| People for Clean Air and Water (El Pueblo) | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kings County | California | To build membership and leadership capacity to help El Pueblo educate the community about health threats related to the proposed expansion of a hazardous waste facility. | More details | |
| Redwood Environmental Education Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | KidPower School Energy Education Program | Environmental Education | Humboldt County | California | For a hands-on global warming and energy curriculum for third through sixth grades in Humboldt County schools and for the community. | More details | |
| Resource Restoration | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | The Leadership Project | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County | California | For leadership; networking and facilitation to strengthen community involvement in establishing long-term forest and fisheries stewardship on the North Coast. | More details | |
| Rural Quality Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Nevada County | California | http://www.ruralquality.org/ | To provide community education related to five new development projects; the creation of an open space district; the expansion of Empire Mine State Park; and agricultural protection methods. | More details |
| Rural Quality Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Nevada County | California | http://www.ruralquality.org/ | To provide community education related to six new proposed housing developments, creation of an open space district, and the expansion of Empire Mine State Park. | More details |
| San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Solano County | California | http://www.sfbayflywayfestival.com/ | To help defray costs of an annual environmental education festival that serves thousands of North Bay residents; and provides seminars on preventing pollution; conservation; wetland restoration and wildlife protection. | More details |
| Save the Air in Nevada County | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nevada County | California | http://www.stainnc.org/ | Outreach to community members about the effects of ground level ozone pollution; how to minimize their exposure; and to support solutions to air pollution. The Sierra Nevada foothills community of Grass Valley has some of the highest ozone pollution in the nation. | More details |
| Sebastopol Water Information Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Groundwater Monitoring and Management in Sonoma County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://owlfoundation.net/swig.html | For well water monitoring; data collection and analysis to advance the understanding of local groundwater resources in order to safeguard a viable; clean water supply for the future. | More details |
| Shasta County Citizens for a Healthy Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | CEQA Complaint/Shasta Ranch Mining and Reclamation Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Shasta County | California | http://keepshastasafe.org/ | To help local residents oppose a 268-acre gravel mining operation along the Sacramento River that is designated critical habitat for the endangered winter run Chinook salmon. The heavy truck traffic to and from the mine will generate cancer causing diesel emissions and will create an unsafe mix of heavy haul trucks; passenger vehicles; pedestrians; cyclists and school buses. | More details |
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://siskiyouland.wordpress.com/ | To help defray the day-to-day operations of a new land trust serving small landowners in Northern and North Central California. | More details |
| Suisun Marsh Natural History Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Marsh Restoration Plan | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Solano County | California | http://suisunwildlife.org/ | For wildlife rehabilitation; and marsh reconstruction and self-guided marsh education trails for a program serving 13000 people each year. | More details |
| Sustainability; Parks; Recycling and Wildlife Legal Defense Fund | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Saving Suisun Marsh: Stopping the Potrero Hill Landfill Expansion | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | For scientific research into the ecological impacts of nearly doubling a 320 acre landfill on the edge of the Suisun Marsh. The expansion would destroy habitat for the golden eagle; tiger salamander and delta smelt. | More details | |
| Sustainable Nations Development Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Sustainable Nations Youth Program | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | http://sustainablenations.org/ | For intensive; hands-on training in drinking water and wastewater management systems and natural building techniques; as well as growing organic produce for elders and the tribal Head Start programs; planting trees and medicinal plant gardens; leading edible wild plant walks; and making traditional baskets. | More details |
| Sutter Buttes Society | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,000.00 | Central Valley | Sutter Buttes Preservation Campaign | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sutter County | California | http://www.yubahistory.com/Sutter-Buttes-Preservation | To involve ranchers and Native Americans in preventing the only mountain in the Central Valley from being carved up into 20 and 80-acre home sites; advocating for the creation of a park on the mountain's southern fringe; and establishing preservation incentives for landowners. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | Protecting Endangered Northcoast Dunes and Wetlands | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | To protect and restore over 10000 acres of unique coastal dune; estuarine and wetlands habitat that is home to 41 endangered and sensitive species that are threatened by illegal off-road vehicle activity. | More details | |
| Tri-County Watchdogs | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Kern County | California | http://www.cuddyvalley.org/tcwdogs/ | To fund education and organizing to protect the wildlife and rural character of the Frazier Park area from encroaching development. | More details |
| Truckee Climate Action Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,750.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nevada County | California | Start-up funds for new group working to reduce climate change through collaboration with businesses; organizations; special districts; local government and individuals to design and implement programs to reduce carbon emissions. | More details | |
| Tulare County Citizens for Responsible Growth | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Tulare County | California | http://tccrg.org/site/ | To conduct community outreach; policy analysis and advocacy for smart growth in Tulare County; including directing development into existing communities; preserving agricultural land and protecting air and water quality. | More details |
| Vallejo Watershed Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Vallejo Watershed Networking Workshop | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | http://www.vallejowatershedalliance.org/ | For a one-day workshop to coordinate organizations and individuals who are working to protect; enhance and restore the habitat of the Vallejo watershed. | More details |
| Valley Land Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $4,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Merced County | California | http://www.valleylandalliance.org/ | To help an all-volunteer organization transition to paid staff; and to set up an office and computer system. Their focus is to protect the uniquely productive Central Valley farmland. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Richmond General Plan Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | To ensure that environmental health issues; such as the routing of diesel trucks through low-income African American neighborhoods; are addressed in the City of Richmond's General Plan. | More details |
| Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.walcsf.net/ | For outdoor field curriculum at McLaren Park and Bayview Hills for 150 mostly low-income students of color at inner city San Francisco high schools. | More details |
| Wildplaces Ecological Restoration and Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net/ | To support rangeland and oak woodland restoration projects; ranch stewardship tours in cooperation with local ranchers; youth education and career development with disadvantaged and other youth; and a river clean-up and outreach program. | More details |
| AGUA - La Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Justice in the Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/water-valley.php?content=AGUA | To protect the groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley; which disadvantaged communities and local schools depend on for drinking water. Funds would also be used to support the participation of Youth for AGUA members in the Water Warrior Tour during the summer of 2010. | More details |
| Alpine Watershed Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alpine County | California | http://www.alpinecountyca.gov/watershed_group | To preserve and enhancing the ''California Alps'' of rural Alpine County by organizing Alpine Creek Days; volunteer water quality monitoring; restoration programs; and continued fundraising efforts. | More details |
| Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Mateo County | California | http://www.bbcag.com/ | Technical assistance for water and air quality testing; expert opinions on environmental reviews; and research on the source of the toxic legacy of the Brisbane Baylands; 600-acres of contaminated soils at the edge of SF Bay. The site is fragmented by multiple cities; multiple ownerships; and multiple agencies with varying jurisdictions. | More details |
| California Food and Justice Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.cafoodjustice.org/ | Conduct background research; recruit campaign partners; engage in collaborative strategic planning with allies; and generate compelling campaign materials aimed at creating a local; sustainable and just food system in California. | More details |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/ | To eliminate or reduce the use of toxins in nail salons that may be linked to cancer; reproductive health harm; respiratory illnesses; and other negative health effects. | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cieaweb.org/ | Organizational growth and planning to address the environmental health effects of the thousands of abandoned mines left over from the California Gold Rush. An estimated 11 million pounds of mercury is working its way from the mines to rivers; lakes; streams; marshes and bays. | More details |
| Campesinas Unidas del Valle de San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To educate rural communities in the Central Valley about the health impacts of air pollution and to teach campesinas (farmworkers) what to do when exposed to pesticide drift. | More details | |
| Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Building Capacity in the Grassroots: Northern Sierra Nevada Stop Clearcutting California Campaign | Sustainable Forestry | Tehama County | California | http://www.sierraconservation.org/ | To improve the capacity of new activists through assistance with timber harvest plan review; training; field monitoring; and assistance with technological skill building and computer equipment needs. | More details |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $2,500.00 | Central Valley | Environmental Justice Network Conference | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | http://www.ccejn.info/ | To convene an environmental justice conference that will allow groups to network; and learn organizing and advocacy skills. The conference focus is eliminating pollution sources that have a disproportionate affect on low income and communities of color in the Central Valley. | More details |
| Central Coast Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Citizen Outreach and Education Tools Development | Sustainable Forestry | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org/affiliates/specific-51 | 'How-to'' booklet for forest activists; watchdogging timber harvest plans in the Central Coast; and dissemination of information about agency actions; watershed and forest related workshops; Board of Forestry updates; and other information. | More details |
| Chico Food Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | Dorothy F. Johnson Center Community Garden | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Butte County | California | http://www.chicofoodnetwork.org/ | For the creation of a community garden at the Dorothy F. Johnson Community Center. The garden will act as a learning and food production space for Chico's low-income Chapman neighborhood. | More details |
| Citizens for East Shore Parks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.eastshorepark.org/ | For improvements and planning for the Berkeley shoreline and advocacy to get Richmond's north shoreline designated as open space/parkland and participation in the City of Albany's waterfront planning process to assure shoreline parkland | More details |
| Clover Valley Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.clovervalleyfoundation.org/ | For improvements and planning for the Berkeley shoreline, advocacy to get Richmond's north shoreline designated as open space/parkland, participation in the City of Albany's waterfront planning process to assure shoreline parkland, and to continue public education about the importance of shoreline parks. | More details |
| Coast Action Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County | California | Education; advocacy and litigation to ensure that water quality on the North Coast is protected during timber operations; land development and forestland conversion projects. | More details | |
| Colusa County Citizens for Safe Water | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $2,700.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Colusa County | California | http://www.cccsw.org/ | Opposition to the siting of a landfill at Cortina Ridge that would pose a toxic threat to nearby creek watersheds and possible contamination of groundwater; posing hazards to people and agriculture. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/water-valley.php?content=Alpaugh | Leadership training and community education about environmental health issues that impact this small rural community of mostly Spanish-speaking; monolingual farmworkers. | More details |
| Common Vision | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | Statewide | Fruit Tree Tour | Environmental Education | Mendocino County | California | http://www.commonvision.org/ | For a 10-week tour to 30 schools in underserved communities throughout California. The day-log program includes planting trees; West African agricultural drumming; hip-hop; sustainable ecology curriculum; and Common Vision's veggie-powered; forest-mural busses. | More details |
| Community Clean Water Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Quality Monitoring of the Lower Russian River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | To add the Lower Russian River and Mark West Creek Watershed to their existing water quality monitoring program. Grant will be used to purchase water monitoring equipment and to recruit local residents to conduct monitoring. | More details |
| Daily Acts | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://www.dailyacts.org/ | To hire an office manager to organize sustainability tours; expand existing programs and manage volunteers; develop household sustainability models that will save low-income households money; and create guide for organizing sustainability tours. | More details |
| El Quinto Sol de America | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Clean Water for Tulare County | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | Community organizing; fostering civic participation; and using art and culture as an outreach and education tool to increase awareness of environmental health and justice issues among farmworker communities in Tulare County. | More details | |
| EnviroJustice | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Contra Costa Justice Campaign for Safe; Sustainable and Just Communities | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.envirojustice.org/ | Organizing faith-based communities to advocate for the safe; sustainable and just development of the former Concord Naval Weapons Station. | More details |
| Foresthill Residents for Responsible Growth | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/membergrps/profile.shtml?index=1198087048_29220&cat=&loc=&listpage=1 | Community involvement and possible legal challenges to prohibit Placer County from allowing overwhelming development in a small Sierra Nevada foothills community. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Restoring the West's Largest Coastal Lagoon to Wildness | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County | California | To win permanent protection for the wildlands and wetlands of Lake Earl; an important wildlife refuge on the Pacific Flyway. | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | New Grassroots Community Partnerships | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | Seed money to establish 5 new projects: stewardship of East Bay shoreline, restoring native plants to 3 historic rock parks, adopt-a-railroad right-of-way in West Berkeley, native plants and interpretive signs along Codornices Creek, and to publicize a state-wide web-based database on native plants by place or watershed (www.calflora.org). | More details |
| Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.pinolecreek.org/ | To inspire and educate people to protect and restore Pinole Creek through hands-on stewardship; water quality monitoring; creek restoration; native plant garden; educational meetings and a newsletter. | More details |
| Friends of the Petaluma River | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.friendsofthepetalumariver.org/ | To protect and improve the Petaluma River and wetlands through conservation programs; educational materials; scientific research and public outreach. | More details |
| Green Hope Veterans | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | Alternative Fuels Workshop | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Fresno County | California | http://greenhopeveterans.org/ | To organize and promote a workshop on alternative fuels. | More details |
| Green Wheels | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | http://www.green-wheels.org | To advocate for balanced and sustainable transportation policy which impacts the environment; greenhouse gas emissions; social justice; economic prosperity and physical health. | More details |
| Healthy Fish; Healthy Californians Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | To support a network of organizations working to reduce contamination in our waterways and to develop community based strategies to mitigate the health effects of bioaccumulative contaminants in fish. | More details | |
| High Sierra Hikers Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | El Dorado County | California | http://www.highsierrahikers.org/ | Watchdog commercial packstock use and livestock grazing in wilderness areas and other public wildlands. | More details |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Monitoring and Advocacy Program | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org/ | To advocate for healthy and sustainable communities; preservation of agricultural lands from urban development; and conservation of the immeasurable natural resources in the region. | More details |
| LITE Initiatives | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bikes Mechanic Seed Funding Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonic.net/carlite/Index.htm | To build organizational capacity that supports programs to encourage people to drive less; walk and bike more; and to take public transit. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Save Medicine Lake Highlands | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To prevent a massive and polluting geothermal development in this remote pristine and hydrologically important area by following up on a 9th Circuit Court victory; to legally reverse a second approved project; and to address other proposals and policies that further threaten the area; including geothermal threats around Mount Shasta. | More details |
| MyValleySprings.com | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://www.myvalleysprings.com/ | To promote responsible growth and development through public participation in community planning in order to preserve the quality of rural life in the greater Valley Springs area. | More details |
| National Disease Clusters Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | http://clusteralliance.org/ | For first response services; tools; and support for communities impacted by suspected disease clusters linked with environmental contamination. | More details |
| North Coast Action | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Mendocino County | California | For monitoring; research and education on the health hazards of toxic contamination at the 434-acre Georgia Pacific mill site that stretches four miles along the northern coast of California and makes up one-third of the coastal town of Fort Bragg. | More details | |
| Open Space Alliance; Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Santa Cruz County | California | Using agricultural and natural conservation easements to encourage small-scale; sustainable farming in Santa Cruz County. | More details | |
| Organic Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $2,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sacramento County | California | For computer equipment and software needed to conduct their campaigns; which include establishing pesticide free zones in Sacramento; eliminating aerial spraying; and increasing sustainable urban agriculture in Sacramento. | More details | |
| Pajaro River Watershed Committee; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Integrating Communities with the Pajaro River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Cruz County | California | For a conceptual plan to integrate the Lower Pajaro River with the communities of Watsonville and Pajaro. The plan will include restoring dumping zones back into riparian areas; constructing wetlands; bike trail link to coastal communities; pocket parks; public access trail through urban areas; and preservation of the Pajaro Valley Ohlone Indian site. | More details | |
| Parents for a Safer Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Reforming Pesticide Usage by Contra Costa County Departments | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.pfse.net/ | To monitor Contra Costa County's implementation of an integrated pest management policy to reduce the use of toxic pesticides; and for outreach to medical clinics and drug stores about lice abatement methods that don't include pesticides. | More details |
| Paula Lane Action Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | http://www.paulalaneactionnetwork.org/ | To preserve critical wildlife habitat in an uplands area of the Petaluma River watershed. The land represents groundwater recharge area in Sonoma County and habitat for hundreds of resident and migratory wildlife species; including the badger. | More details |
| People United for a Better Life in Oakland | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Urban Youth Harvest | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.peopleunited.org/ | For a job training and education program for at-risk youth that harvests backyard fruit and distributes it to those in need. | More details |
| Project OLE | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Growing Our Green Leaders | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | Project OLE (Outdoor Learning Environment) provides 200 K-5th grade students at San Francisco Community School experiential; standards-based learning in their classrooms; organic garden and kitchen. The goal is to create well-rounded; ecologically literate students who are conscious of their impact and are inspired to take action in their community. | More details | |
| San Joaquin et al | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $2,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Merced County | California | To monitor; track and participate in land use projects in Merced County in order to protect the environment and natural resources; as well as promote public process and open government. | More details | |
| Santa Clara County Creeks Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.sccreeks.org/ | For community presentations to neighborhood and community organizations to generate focused advocacy actions by members of civic and neighborhood organizations in support of stream restoration. | More details |
| Shasta County Citizens for a Healthy Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Shasta County | California | http://keepshastasafe.org/ | To help local residents oppose a 268-acre gravel mining operation along the Sacramento River; which is designated critical habitat for the endangered winter run Chinook salmon; and to encourage participation in development planning to advocate for the preservation of open space and farmlands and to protect water and air quality. | More details |
| SPAWNERS | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.spawners.org/ | Volunteer monitoring programs; creek-side re-vegetation projects; native plant demonstration garden; creek clean-up days and development of educational programs for public school students in West Contra Costa County. | More details |
| Sustainable Nations Development Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Humboldt County | California | http://sustainablenations.org/ | For educating Yurok farm managers, creating a viable seed saving facility, producing food for tribal youth and elders, hosting traditional elders to share knowledge of food production and sovereignty, outreach to Native and non-Native neighbors to re-establish bioregional trade networks, water efficiency workshops, and an Indigenous People's Straw Bale Construction Workshop. | More details |
| Tahoe Area Sierra Club Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://motherlode.sierraclub.org/tahoe/ | To oppose development projects that adversely impact the health of Lake Tahoe. The grant will also help the organization lease office space to create a meeting/workspace and physical presence in their community and to hire a grant writer. | More details |
| Truckee Climate Action Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nevada County | California | To reduce climate change through collaboration with businesses; organizations; special districts; local government and individuals to design and implement programs to achieve carbon neutrality. | More details | |
| Tulare County Citizens for Responsible Growth | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Tulare County | California | http://tccrg.org/site/ | For county-wide outreach; education; coalition building and community organizing for smart growth in Tulare County; including directing development into existing communities; preserving agricultural land and protecting air and water quality. | More details |
| Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bike Brodway Compaign | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/ | To improve neighborhood livability; vitality and sustainability by making Oakland a better place to walk and bike; which results in cleaner air and a healthier; physically active population. In Oakland; 85% of residents live within 2-miles of a transit center; making a walkable; bikeable city not only attainable but very practical. | More details |
| West Oakland Asthma Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.prescottjoseph.org/partnerships/pj-woac.html | Community education about the environmental causes of asthma in a neighborhood where children are seven times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than other children in California. | More details |
| Winnemem Wintu Tribe | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County | California | http://www.winnememwintu.us/ | For stewardship of the McCloud; Sacramento and Pitt River watersheds; including the restoration of salmon populations and opposition to the enlargement of the Shasta Dam. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Toxic Mining Legacy Indentification; Planning and Outreach. | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To educate agencies and the public about the toxic threats of reopening a gold mine in Grass Valley; and to continue to advocate for the remediation of the mine. Also; identify other acid-mine drainage sites on Wolf Creek and tributaries and document heavy metal contamination. | More details |
| AGUA - La Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Groundwater Protection Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/water-valley.php?content=AGUA | To protect the groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley; which disadvantaged communities and local schools depend on for drinking water. Funds would also be used to support the participation of Youth for AGUA members in the Water Warrior Tour during the summer of 2010. | More details |
| Alliance of Concerned Citizens of Novato | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.accnovato.org/ | To prevent the privatization of the Novato wastewater treatment facility to a global corporation with a poor environmental track record. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Shasta County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org/ | To advocate for sustainable timber harvesting practices; by prohibiting clearcuts and the use of herbicides in the headwaters of many of the State's watersheds. | More details |
| Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.ecologycenter.org/bcgc/ | To help establish a new network of community gardens that will transform an abandoned railroad Right of Way into a green corridor where low- and middle-income people will have access to open space and will be able to grow their own vegetables; and eat healthy and affordable food. | More details |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/ | To address the environmental health issues facing the nail and beauty salon industry through a combination of policy advocacy; research; outreach and education. | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $4,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cieaweb.org/ | To address the environmental and health effects of the thousands of abandoned mines left over from the California Gold Rush; by empowering tribal members to make healthy informed decisions; advocate on their own behalf and initiate cleanup of toxins. Work includes community and health professional trainings. | More details |
| Campesinas Unidas del Valle de San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | For leadership development; trainings and community meetings to empower residents of rural communities to address the health impacts of air pollution and pesticides. | More details | |
| Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Providing a Balance to the Forest Products Industry Influence on Teachers | Sustainable Forestry | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierraconservation.org/ | To create a packet of high-quality; conservation-oriented educational materials to counterbalance materials provided by the timber industry at their annual Forestry Institute for Teachers camp; held each year in locations throughout Northern California. Materials will be distributed free of charge; and can be used in a variety of educational applications; as well as the FIT camps. | More details |
| Central Coast Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | Central Coast | Citizen Outreach and Education Tools Development | Sustainable Forestry | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org/affiliates/specific-51 | To 'watch-dog' the regulation of timber harvesting throughout the Central Coast Region including completing and distributing a 'How to' booklet for forest activism; and reviewing the National Marine Fisheries Service's draft Coho Recovery Plan. | More details |
| Citizens Looking at Impacts of Mining-GV | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Campaign to Prevent Hard-Rock Mining in Grass Valley | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nevada County | California | To prevent the reopening of a hard-rock gold mine at the edge of Grass Valley that could have devastating human health and environmental consequences. Grant extended until 7/31/2011. Karla 4/13/2010. | More details | |
| Community Alliance for Rural Environmental Sustainability | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Tehama County | California | To protect oak foothills; ranchlands and their watersheds from a poorly planned General Plan that would allow sprawl growth to add 375000 people to rural northern Tehama County. | More details | |
| Community Grows | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.communitygrows.org/ | To support environmental education; food security and sustainable community programs serving Hayes Valley and the Western Addition. | More details |
| Compost Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Recycling Changes Everything | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://compostclub.org/ | To reduce the garbage produced at schools by 75%; thereby helping the schools reduce their carbon footprint. The project will continue to work with ten Sonoma County K-8 schools; implement advanced compost techniques at three current schools; and introduce basic compost centers to seven new schools. | More details |
| Connect the Dots | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | http://www.connectthedotsnetwork.org/ | To help non-profit organizations reduce their environmental footprint; decrease consumption and energy use; and reduce operating expenses. | More details |
| Conservation Action Fund for Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://www.cafefund.org/ | To promote transit oriented development around the SMART Rail and Trail station sites in Sonoma and Marin Counties; engage; educate; and activate residents in the Santa Rosa General Plan update process; and hold public forums and sustainability workshops. | More details |
| Dawn Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Garden Outreach and Educational Internship | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Plumas County | California | http://www.dawngardens.org/ | The garden internship provides hands-on experience in organic farming; marketing; outreach; and distribution of produce. In addition; the interns are responsible for organizing and conducting a number of events designed to increase awareness of local sustainable agriculture and food systems among Plumas County residents. | More details |
| El Quinto Sol de America | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Pesticide Organizing and Capacity-Building | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To build community organizing and leadership skills in farmworker communities facing environmental health threats. | More details | |
| Environment & Agriculture Taskforce Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $2,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sacramento County | California | http://eatsacramento.org | To support local and organic food production in the Sacramento Valley through outreach and organizing. | More details |
| Foothill Collaborative for Sustainability | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $2,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | School Garden Initiative; Calaveras County | Environmental Education | Tuolumne County | California | http://foothillsustainability.org/ | To teach children and their parents how to produce healthy food for their own use; to integrate the garden into the school curriculum through hands-on outdoor experiences; and to help provide fresh organic produce for use by the school cafeteria and the students' families. This project will be a prototype for other schools; community groups; and food banks in Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties over the next several years. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org/ | To restore the Yuba; Bear; and American Rivers through collaborative negotiations in the re-licensing of the dams; most of which have 50-year old licenses written in an era when few protections for river health existed. The new licenses for the 25 hydropower facilities will determine environmental conditions for decades to come; and could maximize salmon restoration; restore aquatic health; and enhance recreational opportunities for 319 miles of river. | More details |
| Friends of the Gualala River | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Gualala River - Forest-to-Vineyard Conversion Opposition Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Mendocino County | California | http://www.gualalariver.org/ | To support expert legal; regulatory and scientific analysis of proposed plans to convert thousands of acres of forestlands to vineyards in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties. | More details |
| Friends of the Swainson's Hawk | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Public Education | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.swainsonshawk.org/ | For new table top displays and interactive materials to educate children and youth on Swainson's Hawk nesting; foraging and migration activities. Friends of Swainson's Hawk works to protect and restore Swainson's Hawk's habitat by seeking permanent open space preservation in the Sacramento region. | More details |
| Green Cafe Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | http://greencafenetwork.org/ | To help coffee houses in the Bay Area reduce waste; save energy and conserve water through public education and worker training. | More details |
| Green Sangha | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Marin County | California | http://greensangha.org/ | To develop community leaders and create new and stronger chapters in the East Bay; and to expand the Rethinking Plastics campaign aimed at eliminating plastic bags from grocery stores and farmer's markets; reducing single-use plastic bottle; and recycling Brita water filters. | More details |
| Institute for Conservation; Advocacy; Research and Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California North Coast Stream Flow Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Napa County | California | http://icarenapa.org/ | For a retreat of North Coast watershed conservation leaders to strategize methods for improving water flows and riparian conservation activities; with a particular focus on stopping illegal water diversions that are currently de-watering streams and depriving people of their right to fish; swim and recreate. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Defending National Forest and Wildlife in the Klamath Siskiyou Bioregion | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://www.klamathforestalliance.org/ | To collaborate with local land managers; restoration councils and Native Tribes in opposing fire-logging on thousands of acres of remote and rugged forestlands in the Klamath River watershed. | More details |
| Lassen Forest Preservation Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Butte County | California | To monitor environmentally significant projects proposed in Lassen National Forest; and work with local communities and environmental organizations to educate the public; and foster support for more ecologically-protective forest management policies. | More details | |
| Living Lands Agrarian Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Funding the Future of Farming | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Nevada County | California | http://livinglandsagrariannetwork.org/ | For an internship program that promotes small-scale; sustainable agriculture education. The interns will learn the fundamentals of sustainable agriculture growing on five acres; in four different microclimates; which will produce 15000 pounds of food for the community. | More details |
| Mariposans for the Environment and Responsible Government | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Rural Protection Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mariposa County | California | http://www.merg-mariposa.org/ | To encourage Mariposa County to implement the 2006 Mariposa General Plan Update which will protect rural open space and agricultural lands from sprawl development. | More details |
| McCloud Local First Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $2,500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mccloudlocalfirst.org/ | To encourage environmentally friendly business development that will provide an alternative to the large-scale extraction economy in McCloud; a historic mill town. Plans include tourism promotion; local farmer's markets; and rails to trail projects. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To prevent devastating geothermal exploitation in the Medicine Lake Highlands; a vital aquifer for California and a sacred area significant to Native Americans and visitors. | More details |
| Mountain Area Preservation Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Nevada County | California | http://www.mapf.org/ | To implement smart growth principles and protect open space in the Truckee region. Project elements include working with property owners; developers and the public to mitigate two large development proposals; and restoring a community park as a means of improving water quality for a nearby creek and revitalizing downtown. | More details |
| MyValleySprings.com | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://www.myvalleysprings.com/ | To support grassroots advocacy for responsible land planning to protect thousands of acres of foothill oak woodlands from sprawl development. | More details |
| No Wetlands Landfill Expansion | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Redwood Landfill Expansion CEQA Legal Challenge & Air & Water Board Hearings | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.greencoalitionmarin.org | Supports a legal challenge to Marin County's approval of the expansion of the Redwood Landfill; which is on the edge of an environmentally sensitive marsh and the Petaluma River estuary. | More details |
| Northern California Recycling Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protect Suisun Marsh Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Solano County | California | http://www.ncrarecycles.org/ | To prevent the expansion of the Potrero Hills Landfill in Solano County. Voter-approved Measure E limited the amount of garbage that could be brought into the county from other places to 95000 tons per year. However; Solano County is currently importing about 700000 tons of garbage annually from other counties. | More details |
| Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyoheadlands.org | For community education; website upgrade; and a series of meetings to promote sustainable projects; energy-efficient design strategies and green zoning designations for the redevelopment of the abandoned and heavily contaminated 434-acre Georgia Pacific mill site in downtown Fort Bragg. | More details |
| Oakland Food Connection | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Gardens | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.foodcommunityculture.org/ | For a 10-week summer job training and education program for at-risk youth. The program will teach students how to develop and maintain two backyard gardens during the summer months. The youth will learn about food production and how to distribute food to those in need. | More details |
| Open Space Alliance; Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Santa Cruz County | California | Using agricultural and natural conservation easements to encourage small-scale; sustainable farming in Santa Cruz County. | More details | |
| Organic Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sacramento County | California | To build local opposition to the proposed diversion of two-thirds of Sacramento River water; to educate Sacramento residents about Nestles' proposed water bottling plant; to promote the Garden in Every Yard campaign; to educate poverty-level school children and families on the health benefits of growing fresh; pesticide-free produce; and to generally promote the elimination of pesticides throughout Sacramento. | More details | |
| Parents for a Safer Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.pfse.net/ | To facilitate the implementation of least toxic pest management programs by various Contra Costa County Departments; as well as the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District; the Acalanes School District; the Town of Moraga and the Moraga School District; and to provide educational outreach via presentations on Commonly Used Suburban Pesticides and Safer Alternatives to decision makers and potential allies. | More details |
| Paula Lane Action Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | http://www.paulalaneactionnetwork.org/ | To preserve critical wildlife habitat in an upland area of the Petaluma River watershed. The land is centrally located in a wildlife corridor and is an important groundwater recharge area. It provides habitat for hundreds of resident and migratory wildlife species; including the American badger. | More details |
| Pesticide-Free Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | http://pesticidefreesacramento.wordpress.com/ | To advocate for pesticide-free schools; parks; neighborhoods and workplaces. | More details |
| Produce to the People | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://producetothepeople.org/ | For a summer youth employment program that hires high school students to harvest excess backyard produce in San Francisco; and redistributes the food to low-income families and individuals in the community through various food pantries; senior centers and community farm stands; thereby providing fresh and healthy food to people who may not otherwise have access. | More details |
| Project OLE | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Organizational Development | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | Project OLE (Outdoor Learning Environment) provides experiential; standards-based learning to 200 K-5th grade students at San Francisco Community School in their classrooms; organic garden and kitchen. | More details | |
| Redwood Region Audubon Society | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $1,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://www.rras.org/ | To help develop a five-year strategic plan. | More details |
| Rural Quality Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Nevada County | California | http://www.ruralquality.org/ | To prevent sprawl; poor quality development; and loss of open space; including protecting the Yuba Highlands area as open space and ranch land; and the expansion of the Empire Mine State Park. | More details |
| San Joaquin et al | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Merced County | California | To monitor; track and participate in land use proposals related to development pressures on agricultural parcels. | More details | |
| San Joaquin Valley Cumulative Health Impact Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | To launch an environmental justice-based cumulative health impacts campaign in the San Joaquin Valley to remedy the disproportionate burden environmental pollutants place on the poor; disadvantaged and communities of color. | More details | |
| SLO Green Build | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $2,500.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.slogreenbuild.org/ | To provide sustainable and green building education and information to the public; industry and government. | More details |
| Solar Richmond | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Richmond Solar Affordable Housing Program | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.solarrichmond.org/ | To build community; increase environmental awareness and create jobs. Will provide job training for at risk youth. the youth will install solar panels on ten low-income households in Richmond | More details |
| SPAWNERS | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.spawners.org/ | To conduct watershed stewardship through volunteer monitoring and surveying programs; creek clean-ups; outreach and education events; bi-monthly newsletters and other publications; native gardening propagation and demonstration workdays; and through riparian habitat restoration workdays. | More details |
| Suisun Marsh Natural History Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Solano County | California | http://suisunwildlife.org/ | To help defray operations of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation programs that have released over 30000 birds and animals back into the wild during the center's 32-year history. | More details |
| Sutter Buttes Society | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sutter Buttes Subdivision Lawsuit | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Yuba County | California | http://www.yubahistory.com/Sutter-Buttes-Preservation | Supports a legal challenge to Sutter County's approval of a 900-acre subdivision near Sutter Buttes; an isolated mountain rising from the Sacramento Valley; which is geologically unique; rich with biology; history and Native American attributes. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Protecting Endangered Northcoast Dunes and Wetlands | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | To protect and restore the 11000 acres of unique coastal dune; estuarine and wetland habitats. The area is home to 41 endangered and sensitive species; many of which are impacted by illegal off-road vehicle activity. | More details | |
| Tulare County Citizens for Responsible Growth | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Tulare County | California | http://tccrg.org/site/ | For county-wide outreach; education; coalition building and community organizing for smart growth in Tulare County; including directing development into existing communities; preserving agricultural land and protecting air and water quality. | More details |
| United for Change in Tooleville/Unidos para Cambio en Tooleville | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | For leadership development; trainings; and community meetings to empower residents of this small farmworker community to advocate for safe and reliable drinking water; storm drainage; sidewalks; a park and community center. | More details | |
| Valley Land Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Merced County | California | http://www.valleylandalliance.org/ | To educate and build alliances to protect our uniquely productive Central Valley farmland. | More details |
| Ventana Wilderness Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast | Silver Peak/Los Burros Abandoned Mine Project; Phase I | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Monterey County | California | http://www.ventanawild.org/ | Supports testing for toxics at abandoned gold and mercury mines on National Forest lands. At least two mines in the area have already been identified as discharging untested liquid mining waste into Steelhead spawning streams. | More details |
| Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org/ | To improve neighborhood and urban livability by making Oakland a better place to walk and bike. WOBO aims to lower Oakland's carbon emissions through enabling non-motorized transportation; and to ensure that all residents have access to quality public space; safe and welcoming streets; and better mobility options. | More details |
| West Oakland Community Advisory Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | West Oakland Superfund Site Community Involvement Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.oaklandnet.com/government/obra/wocag.html | To defray meeting expenses to encourage greater community participation in decisions related to the cleanup of the AMCO Superfund Site near Mandela Parkway in West Oakland. | More details |
| Wild Equity Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2009 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Restore Sharp Park | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Mateo County | California | http://wildequity.org/ | For advocacy to the restore Sharp Park; which is home to two of California's most imperiled animals: the San Francisco garter snake and the California red-legged frog. Owned by San Francisco but located in Pacifica; Sharp Park contains a money-losing public golf course that harms both species; and San Francisco continues to invest in its operation while reducing services in other parks. | More details |
| Alhambra Valley Creek Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Biological Habitat Evaluation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | For a biological survey of a 1-mile reach of Alhambra Creek in Martinez to document the potential value of this degraded; semi-urban riparian corridor for native animals listed as threatened as part of an overall project to halt erosion and restore creekside habitat. | More details | |
| Alpine Watershed Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alpine County | California | http://www.alpinecountyca.gov/watershed_group | To preserve and enhance the ''California Alps'' of rural Alpine County by implementing a comprehensive community-based watershed program; which includes natural resource monitoring and assessment; watershed restoration projects; and local education and outreach. | More details |
| Amador Citizens for Smart Growth | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop Gold Rush Ranch Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Amador County | California | http://amadorcitizens.camp7.org/ | For litigation to stop construction of a 945-acre subdivision; golf course and resort in Sutter Creek which would adversely impact biological diversity on the site in the Central Sierra foothills. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Shasta and Tehama Counties | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org/ | To advocate for sustainable logging practices; by prohibiting clearcuts and the use of herbicides in the headwaters of many of the State's watersheds. | More details |
| Brisbane Baylands Community Advisory Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Mateo County | California | http://www.bbcag.com/ | To support community involvement in guiding the clean-up of a heavily-contaminated 600-acre site near residential communities and the San Francisco Bay shoreline. | More details |
| Central Coast Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org/affiliates/specific-51 | To monitor timber harvesting throughout the Central Coast area; including: review of the draft Coho Recovery Plan; litigation to protect Coho salmon; review and comments on problematic timber harvest plans; and networking of forest activists including a monthly e-news Forest Update'. | More details |
| Citizens Alliance For Rural Environmental Sustainability | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Tehama County | California | To protect rolling; oak-studded grasslands; riparian habitat and watersheds in northern Tehama County from massive sprawl development. | More details | |
| Citizens for East Shore Parks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Contra Costa and Alameda Counties | California | http://www.eastshorepark.org/ | To advocate for public acquisition of lands along East Bay shorelines from Oakland to Crockett; to collaborate with agencies; property owners and other cities to designate open parcels as parks; and to restore natural habitat and provide public amenities at the Eastshore State Park. | More details |
| Clover Valley Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.clovervalleyfoundation.org/ | Legal challenge to the City of Rocklin's approval of a strip mall; housing development and highway in Clover Valley; an area with pristine oak woodlands with steep slopes; a perennial creek and prehistoric sites. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/water-valley.php?content=Alpaugh | For environmental justice organizing and advocacy for safe drinking water; clean air and other public health issues affecting this small rural community of mostly Spanish-speaking; monolingual farmworkers. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://www.calaverascap.com/ | To preserve environmental quality; open space and wildlands in Calaveras County by educating and engaging community members and grassroots groups. | More details |
| Conservation Action Fund for Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://www.cafefund.org/ | To promote transit-oriented development around the SMART Rail and Trail station sites in Sonoma and Marin Counties, hold public forums and sustainability workshops, and encourage community involvement in the transit and development planning process. | More details |
| Dawn Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Garden Outreach and Educational Internship | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Plumas County | California | http://www.dawngardens.org/ | For garden internships that will provide hands-on experience in sustainable farming from production to distribution. The interns will also organize and conduct a number of community events to raise awareness of the value of local sustainable agriculture and food systems among Plumas County residents. | More details |
| Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Inyo County | California | http://eswildlifecare.org/ | For wildlife rehabilitation services for birds; reptiles; and mammals with the goal of returning them to the wild; plus related educational programs in this underserved rural region. | More details |
| Environment & Agriculture Taskforce Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sacramento County | California | http://eatsacramento.org | To promote local and urban farming; including legalizing urban chicken-keeping at the city and county level. | More details |
| Environment in the Public Interest | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Open Space Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.epicenteronline.org | To advocate for the establishment an Open Space Conservation District in San Luis Obispo County. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org/ | To improve aquatic health; restore salmon and enhance recreational opportunities along 319 river miles of the Yuba; Bear; and American Rivers through collaborative negotiations in the re-licensing of 25 dams. | More details |
| Foresthill Residents for Responsible Growth | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/membergrps/profile.shtml?index=1198087048_29220&cat=&loc=&listpage=1 | For a legal challenge to Placer County's approval of a large-scale development in a small Sierra Nevada foothills community located about 45 minutes from Sacramento. | More details |
| Fresno Youth Mural Arts Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | Central Valley | Green Mural Project | Environmental Education | Fresno County | California | http://muralistics.com/ | To engage at-risk youth about local environmental issues; including green building and downtown revitalization; through speakers; a student blog and the creation of a green mural. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Campaign to Win Permanent Protection for Lakes Earl & Tolowa | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | To win permanent protection for the wildlands and wetlands of Lake Earl; an important wildlife refuge on the Pacific Flyway. | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Volunteer Partnerships | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | To establish new creek restoration groups and to purchase native plants; weed wrenches; and GPS equipment for use by various groups. | More details |
| Friends of Shollenberger Park | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | http://www.saveshollenberger.com/ | To oppose the citing of an asphalt plant and heavy industry 200 feet from Shollenberger Park on the Petaluma River. The proposed asphalt plant is a significant threat to a sensitive ecosystem and wildlife sanctuary; as well as to the health and well being of nearby residents and visitors of all ages. | More details |
| Gallinas Watershed Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.gallinaswatershed.org/ | To promote community-based stewardship to protect the Gallinas Creek watershed from the effects of channelization; trash; and local indifference; and to build support for creating miles of greenbelt park along the creek from the headwaters to the San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Green Cafe Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://greencafenetwork.org/ | To support outreach and education to reduce waste and increase sustainability in the coffeehouse industry; and to organize public environmental education programming in neighborhood cafes. | More details |
| Green Wheels | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $2,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | http://www.green-wheels.org | To advocate for sustainable transportation and land-use policies that promote walking; biking and transit in the Eureka/Arcata area. | More details |
| Habitat 2020 | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sacramento County | California | http://www.ecosacramento.net/?e=37 | To curb sprawl and preserve the world-class natural resources of the Sacramento Valley with a comprehensive regional conservation vision for parks and agriculture. | More details |
| Healthy Tehama Farms | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $4,500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tehama County | California | To fund drift catchers and water testing to document pesticide spread as part of a campaign to reduce pesticide use and the associated health related problems; especially to children. | More details | |
| Heart of the Valley Services For Seniors; Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Senior HHW Impact | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.servicesforseniors.org/ | To educate and assist seniors with proper disposal of household hazardous waste from their homes. | More details |
| High Sierra Hikers Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.highsierrahikers.org/ | To watchdog commercial packstock use and livestock grazing in national forests; wilderness areas and other public wildlands in the Sierras. | More details |
| Indigenous Permaculture Program | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Hoopa Reservation Garden Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://www.indigenous-permaculture.com/ | To expand the community food garden on the Hoopa Reservation; and to conduct educational workshops on food production; water conservation; and nutrition as it relates to diabetes and other medical conditions that are impacting the health of Native Americans in the community. | More details |
| Insight Garden Program at San Quentin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.insightgardenprogram.org | To teach prisoners eco-literacy at the prison yard garden. The environmental curriculum includes a re-entry and job training program and has reached more than 800 prisoners in 8 years. | More details |
| Institute for Conservation; Advocacy; Research and Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | North Coast Stream Flow Campaign Coalition Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Napa County | California | http://icarenapa.org/ | To train grassroots watershed volunteers to restore North Coast stream flows and protect plants; fish and wildlife; challenge and end illegal water diversions and stream dewatering throughout the North Coast; and restore Public Trust values for our streams to assure that fishing; swimming and recreation will be available for all future generations. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion Project | Sustainable Forestry | Humboldt County | California | http://www.klamathforestalliance.org/ | To protect millions of acres of remote and rugged North Coast watersheds by tracking timber sales on public land; documenting the effects of fire suppression; and through litigation. | More details |
| Living Lands Agrarian Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Growing the Next Generation of Farmers | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Nevada County | California | http://livinglandsagrariannetwork.org/ | To educate the next generation of ecologically minded farmers through an internship program that teaches about organic; small-scale; sustainable agriculture. The interns help promote local food security by planning and participating in community events such as school-to-farm field trips; soup-night fundraisers; open-farm potlucks; home gardening workshops and harvest festivals. | More details |
| Mare Island Heritage Trust | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Solano County | California | http://www.mareislandpreserve.org | To partner with the City of Vallejo to preserve; restore and manage the historic; cultural and natural resources of Mare Island. | More details |
| Marin Water Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Conservation not Desalination Public Awareness Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://marinwatercoalition.org/ | To educate the public about the negative environmental and economic impacts of a proposed water desalination plant, and to encourage water conservation measures as a more sustainable alternative to desalination. | More details |
| Mariposans for the Environment and Responsible Government | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mariposa County | California | http://www.merg-mariposa.org/ | To protect rural open space and agricultural lands from sprawl development in the Central Sierra foothills. | More details |
| Mothers of Marin Against the Spray | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Marin County | California | http://momasunite.wordpress.com/ | To educate and engage mothers and families about how to reduce children's exposures to environmental and household toxins; and to promote safer; nontoxic alternatives. | More details |
| Mountain Area Preservation Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $1,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.mapf.org/ | Recognizes an outstanding mini-grant proposal as a part of a ''Reality Grantmaking'' workshop hosted by the Rose Foundation and the Grassroots Fund at the 2010 Sierra Nevada Alliance conference. | More details |
| Mountain Area Preservation Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Nevada County | California | http://www.mapf.org/ | To implement smart growth principles and protect open space in the Greater Truckee region. | More details |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | Mountain Meadows Litigation and Outreach | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Lassen County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | For a legal challenge to protect Mountain Meadows; an environmentally significant area with important cultural resources; from the adverse impacts of a proposed mega- ski resort. | More details |
| Native Springs Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education | Humboldt and Del Norte Counties | California | http://www.nativespringsfoundation.org/ | For a unique program that enables Native and non-Native youth to acquire environmental knowledge and skills; for advocacy to remove 4 dams on the lower Klamath River and to ban suction mining; and to conduct the Sumeg Village Days; a celebration of Native culture and environmental preservation. | More details |
| No Wetlands Landfill Expansion | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Redwood Landfill Expansion Challenge | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.greencoalitionmarin.org | Supports a legal challenge to Marin County's approval of the expansion of the Redwood Landfill; which is on the edge of an environmentally sensitive marsh and the Petaluma River estuary. | More details |
| North Coast Action | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Mendocino County | California | For remediation; research and education on the toxic legacy of the 434-acre Georgia Pacific mill site that stretches four miles along the northern coast of California and makes up one-third of the coastal town of Fort Bragg. | More details | |
| North Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California Youth Water Warrior Training & Tour | Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.northrichmondshoreline.org/ | For 5 youth from low-income communities in the Richmond/West Contra Costa area to participate in the California Youth Water Warrior Training and Tour; a 6-month intensive training program that includes hands-on water justice curriculum; a variety of skill building trainings; and a 10-day tour of California's water system. | More details |
| Noyo Food Forest | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyofoodforest.org/ | For a bilingual (Spanish) website on organic gardening and information about educational programs at their five public gardens; and for permanent; outdoor bilingual signs at the gardens. | More details |
| Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyoheadlands.org | To facilitate broad community involvement in the cleanup and sustainable redevelopment of the 430-acre former lumber mill site on the oceanfront in downtown Fort Bragg. | More details |
| People United for a Better Life in Oakland | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | YOUTH (Youth Oakland United Through Hope) Leadership Development Program | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.peopleunited.org/ | For a youth-focused green jobs training and food justice advocacy program based in East Oakland. Students will receive academic credit; training; and paid positions to redesign and reclaim underutilized parks; develop school-linked food production in urban open spaces; and advocate for healthy food access for East Oakland residents. | More details |
| Placer Group; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sierra Nevada Forestry Campaign | Sustainable Forestry | Placer County | California | http://motherlode.sierraclub.org/placer/index.html | For a public education campaign to end clearcutting on private forestland in the Sierra Nevada mountains. (While clearcutting is no longer allowed on Forest Service lands; over 1 million acres of privately-held timberlands are still at risk). | More details |
| Produce to the People | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://producetothepeople.org/ | For a summer youth employment and education program that creates green jobs for high school students who will harvest backyard fruit; build and maintain community gardens; aid free food distribution sites; grow vegetables; make compost; and learn about food justice; environmental stewardship and community organizing. | More details |
| San Joaquin et al | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Merced County | California | To monitor land use projects; track proposed developer mitigations; and ensure that land use decisions respect local; state and federal law and regulation regarding the environment; natural resources and public process. | More details | |
| Self-Sustaining Communities | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Contra Costa and Alameda Counties | California | http://www.self-sustainingcommunities.org/ | To help poor; urban communities be more self-sufficient by providing them with seeds; fruit trees and chickens so they can produce their own food. | More details |
| Shasta Cascade Farm and Food Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $2,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Shasta County | California | http://www.shastafarmandfood.org/ | For start-up costs for a new organization that is focused on food security and supply; including hosting a regional food system conference. | More details |
| Shasta County Citizens for a Healthy Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $4,500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County | California | http://keepshastasafe.org/ | To help local residents oppose a 268-acre gravel mining operation along a pristine stretch of the Sacramento River; which is designated critical habitat for the endangered winter run Chinook salmon. | More details |
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Smith River Estuary Enhancement Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Humboldt County | California | http://siskiyouland.wordpress.com/ | To reduce the use of pesticides in the Smith River area which threatens the health of farmworkers and the 2000 people living in the town of Smith River. | More details |
| Solar Richmond | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.solarrichmond.org/ | To build community; increase environmental awareness and create jobs. Will provide job training for at risk youth. the youth will install solar panels on ten low-income households in Richmond | More details |
| SPAWNERS | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.spawners.org/ | To conduct volunteer water monitoring and surveying programs; creek clean-ups; native gardening propagation and demonstration workdays; and riparian habitat restoration workdays; and to produce community outreach and education events; as well as bi-monthly newsletters and other publications. | More details |
| Stop the Garden Bar Dam Campaign | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.bearriver.us | To prevent the construction of a new dam at Garden Bar on the Bear River. The proposed Garden Bar Dam would flood pristine blue oak woodlands; including over one thousand acres recently placed in conservation easement; and destroy anadramous fishery restoration efforts. | More details |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Community Reforestation in Tahoe | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org/ | To conduct community reforestation projects on 20 acres of the 2007 Angora Fire burn scar in South Lake Tahoe. 200 students and community volunteers will plant 1500 blister rust resistant sugar pine and native Jeffrey pine seedlings and learn about forest health and fire ecology; while gaining hands-on forest stewardship experience. | More details |
| Sustainability; Parks; Recycling and Wildlife Legal Defense Fund | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Potrero Hills Landfill Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | To stop the proposed expansion of the Potrero Hills Landfill into the sensitive wetlands and ecologically rich Suisun Marsh. | More details | |
| Sustainable Fairfax | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Marin County | California | http://www.sustainablefairfax.org/ | To promote sustainable living through hands-on workshops; youth group tours; internships; community events; water conservation pilot project; and a sustainability center with a demonstration backyard garden. | More details |
| Sustainable Marin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Marin County | California | http://sustainablemarin.org/ | To harness the full potential of Marin's grassroots sustainability movement by increasing the capacity of the parent group; so it can better support its six local grassroots chapters and affiliates. | More details |
| Tri-County Watchdogs | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $4,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Kern County | California | http://www.cuddyvalley.org/tcwdogs/ | To support pollution monitoring; public education and litigation regarding the impacts of development and traffic in Kern County. | More details |
| Tsi-Akim Maidu Corporation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.tsi-akim.org/ | For the Tsi-Akim Maidu Tribe to participate in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) relicensing of hydroelectric operations in the Yuba River Watershed to protect and enhance ecological and cultural interests. | More details |
| United for Change in Tooleville/Unidos para Cambio en Tooleville | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To create a stronger; more engaged and healthier community in Tooleville through leadership development; trainings; and community meetings to empower residents of this small farmworker community to advocate for safe and reliable drinking water; storm drainage; sidewalks; a park and community center. | More details | |
| Valley Land Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Merced County | California | http://www.valleylandalliance.org/ | To protect Merced County's land; water and air by preserving valuable farmland; promoting agricultural-tourism; and educating youth through a sister school program between Livingston and Palo Alto High Schools that includes farm field trips. | More details |
| Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.walkoaklandbikeoakland.org | To enable non-motorized transportation by making Oakland a better place to walk and bike; thereby lowering Oakland's carbon emissions. | More details |
| West Oakland Asthma Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.prescottjoseph.org/partnerships/pj-woac.html | Conduct indoor/outdoor environmental assessments for asthma triggers; train families on integrated pest management to avoid toxic chemical exposure; and to conduct health assessment at local schools; identify and correct indoor air quality problems. | More details |
| Wild Equity Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Restore Sharp Park Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco and San Mateo Counties | California | http://wildequity.org/ | To restore Sharp Park; which is owned by San Francisco but located in Pacifica and contains a money-losing public golf course that harms endangered species. San Francisco continues to invest in the golf course while reducing services in other city parks. | More details |
| Winnemem Wintu Youth Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | California Youth Water Warrior Training & Tour | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County | California | For 8 Winnemem Wintu tribal youth to participate in the California Youth Water Warrior Training and Tour; a 6-month intensive training program that includes hands-on water justice curriculum; a variety of skill building trainings; and a 10-day tour of California's water system. | More details | |
| Winning Situation; Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2010 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://winningsituation.org/ | To keep waste out of local landfills by encouraging people and businesses to donate; not throw away; unwanted usable goods to local nonprofits. Winning Situations collects nonprofits' wish lists; solicits donations and transports the items to the nonprofits. | More details |
| Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.anvfarm.org | For an urban farm and community garden in an underserved neighborhood in East Oakland. | More details |
| AGUA - La Asociaci'_n de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/water-valley.php?content=AGUA | To educate the public and policymakers about water contamination in the San Joaquin Valley; and to organize communities to advocate for effective regulatory measures to protect drinking water. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Shasta County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To advocate for sustainable logging practices by prohibiting clearcuts and the use of herbicides in the headwaters of key Sacramento River watersheds. | More details |
| Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://headwaterspreserve.org | To save old-growth redwood trees in Richardson Grove State Park from a Caltrans plan to widen the road. | More details |
| Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.ecologycenter.org | For school; youth-training and community garden programs; including a new community garden on the Santa Fe Right of Way in West Berkeley. | More details |
| California Delta Water Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California Delta Water Education Get Equipped! Project | Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | http://caldeltawater.org/ | For water monitoring equipment for student experiments conducted on the San Joaquin Delta. Also for organizational development including fundraising; planning; and administrative support for partnership building and collaboration. | More details |
| California Urban Streams Alliance - The Stream Team | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.thestreamteam.org/ | For citizen water quality monitoring; resource management and watershed stewardship activities in the Northern Sacramento Valley. | More details |
| Campesinas Unidas Del Valle de San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To educate low-income campesina (farmworker) communities about the health hazards of pesticide drift; and to help them advocate for more health-protective pesticide policies. | More details | |
| Citizens Advocating Roblar Rural Quality | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sonoma County | California | http://www.carrq.org | For community-based outreach and advocacy opposing a gravel mine; and to oversee the mitigation of health hazards; including toxins and carcinogenic silica dust. | More details |
| Coast Action Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County | California | For research; advocacy and litigation to protect watersheds; fisheries and forests from water diversions; unsustainable logging; and development. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | For environmental justice organizing and advocacy for clean drinking water; air quality protection; pesticide-use policies; and other public health and environmental issues affecting this small rural community of mostly Spanish-speaking farmworkers. | More details | |
| Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Miss Alameda Says; Compost! | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://casa-alameda.org/ | To encourage every school; restaurant; and faith-based organization in Alameda to recycle and compost; thereby reducing waste and helping the City of Alameda achieve its greenhouse gas reduction goals. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Calaveras/Amador Planning Coalition | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Amador County | California | http://www.calaverascap.com | To promote rural smart growth and sustainable development in Amador and Calaveras Counties; in order to protect agricultural lands; historical and cultural resources; and the quality of rural life. | More details |
| Community Clean Water Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org | To protect the water quality of streams and rivers through water-quality monitoring; community outreach; and spreading their water-quality monitoring model to other groups. | More details |
| Community ORV Watch Kern County | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $2,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kern County | California | http://www.orvwatchkerncounty.com | To expand a successful program to curb illegal off-road vehicle use on public lands; including areas around the Pacific Crest Trail and Native American cultural sites. | More details |
| Community United in Lanare | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | To engage Lanare residents in public decision making processes; including working towards safe; reliable and affordable drinking water. | More details | |
| Community Water Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Emergency Funding | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/ | For emergency funding to reestablish their office after it was destroyed by a fallen oak tree. | More details |
| Dawn Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Healthy Youth; Healthy Communities | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Plumas County | California | http://www.dawngardens.org | To improve individual health and build healthy communities by engaging; mentoring; and educating youth in all aspects of food production and healthy eating. | More details |
| Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Inyo County | California | http://www.eswildlifecare.org | For wildlife rehabilitation services for birds; reptiles; and mammals with the goal of returning them to the wild; plus related educational programs in this underserved rural region. | More details |
| El Quinto Sol de America | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Safe Air and Clean Water Campaigns | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To educate farmworker communities in Tulare County about air and water pollution and mobilize them to advocate for policies that improve the air and water quality; and prevent further contamination of both. | More details | |
| Environment in the Public Interest | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | Central Coast | Closing a Gap in the SWMP | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.epicenteronline.org/ | To strengthen a weak and underfunded county Storm Water Management Program in order to keep storm water discharges from impairing nearly every water body in San Luis Obispo County. | More details |
| Fall River Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | Fall River Grassroots Community Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.fallriverconservancy.org | To mobilize a grassroots community campaign to protect 30 miles of Fall River California's largest cold-water spring-fed resource. | More details |
| Families for Clean Air | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Marin County | California | http://www.familiesforcleanair.org | For public education and advocacy about the extremely toxic effects of residential wood smoke pollution. | More details |
| Friends of Knowland Park | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.knowlandpark.com/ | For litigation or mediation to mitigate the expansion of the Oakland Zoo on 50-acres of Knowland Park; the largest remaining parcel of wildland open space owned by the city of Oakland. | More details |
| Friends of Shollenberger Park | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | http://www.saveshollenberger.com | To oppose the citing of an asphalt plant on the banks of the Petaluma River near Shollenberger Park. | More details |
| Friends of the Swainson's Hawk | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $2,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.swainsonshawk.org | For outreach; education and legal advocacy to protect hawk habitat and nesting areas from the impacts of sprawl development on farmland and rangeland. | More details |
| Friends of the West Shore | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Advocating for a more Sustainable Homewood Mountain Resort Ski Area Master Plan Development | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.friendswestshore.org | To reduce the environmental and community impacts of a proposed ski area on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. | More details |
| Get the Lead Out | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.gettheleadout.org | For advocacy; awareness and policy efforts to protect the most vulnerable from lead poisoning young children and pregnant women. | More details |
| Green Dragon Farms | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Kern County | California | http://cuddyvalley.org/greendragonfarms | To open a second farm site; transforming an empty lot into a high-yield community farm in a rural area where the nearest supermarket is 45 miles down a mountain pass. | More details |
| Habitat 2020 | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sacramento County | California | http://www.habitat2020.org | To curb urban sprawl and preserve the world-class natural resources of the Sacramento Valley with a regional conservation vision for parks; preserves; and agriculture. | More details |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Wild Advocacy Program | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org | To protect valuable habitat in Sierra and Plumas Counties from premature and unwise development. | More details |
| Indigenous Permaculture Program | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://www.indigenous-permaculture.com | To mitigate the effects of toxins in Northern California Indigenous communities by educating community members of the existence and risk of toxins in their homes and surrounding environment; while strengthening traditional farming practices. | More details |
| Lagoon Valley Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Solano County | California | http://www.savelagoonvalley.org | To preserve land in Lagoon Valley; which is threatened by large-scale residential and commercial developments. Lagoon Valley is a habitat-rich valley; rimmed by rolling hills; with significant historic and cultural sites. | More details |
| League of Women Voters of Fresno | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Friant Ranch CEQA Challenge | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Fresno County | California | http://fresno.ca.lwvnet.org | For a legal challenge seeking environmental review of a proposed 900 acre residential development which lacks adequate transportation or municipal infrastructure and whose wastewater treatment facility will be adjacent to a public park and the San Joaquin River floodplan. | More details |
| Living Lands Agrarian Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Food Love Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Nevada County | California | http://livinglandsagrariannetwork.org | To develop an educational hub for gardening and nutrition education for youth and adults; including working with a hunger relief group from Truckee; at-risk Oakland youth; and retired seniors. | More details |
| Mare Island Heritage Trust | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Solano County | California | http://www.mareislandpreserve.org | To preserve; restore and manage the historic; cultural and natural resources of Mare Island; including hosting the 16th annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival. | More details |
| McCloud Local First Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Great Shasta Rail-Trail Public Outreach | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mccloudlocalfirst.org | To convert 80-miles of an old railway to a trail that will connect two rural towns; preserve an historic and scenic railroad corridor; and protect the surrounding natural environment; aquatic wildlife; and habitat. | More details |
| Middle Mountain Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Natural Resource Protection Advocacy and Local Membership Marketing | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sutter County | California | http://www.middlemountain.org | To preserve agricultural and natural resources in Colusa; Sutter; and Yuba Counties; including the Sutter Buttes region the world's smallest mountain range. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Save Medicine Lake Highlands | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org | To prevent devastating geothermal exploitation in the Medicine Lake Highlands; a vital aquifer for the Sacramento River watershed and a sacred area significant to Native Americans. | More details |
| Mountain Area Preservation Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Nevada County | California | http://www.mapf.org | To implement smart growth principles and protect open space in the greater Truckee region. | More details |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Lassen County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org | For a legal challenge to protect Mountain Meadows; an environmentally significant area with important cultural resources; from the adverse impacts of a proposed mega- ski resort. | More details |
| Movimiento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.movimagine.org/ | For a mentoring program for disadvantaged Oakland youth where they will work on organic farms and urban gardens; experience wilderness and participate in Native American ceremonies. | More details |
| North Coast Resource Conservation and Development Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ncrcanddc.org | For a forest biomass to biochar conversion pilot project and to help build regional food production infrastructure; including food storage; processing; brokerage services and commercial kitchens. | More details |
| Noyo Food Forest | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | Noyo Food Forest Signage & Translation | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyofoodforest.org | To engage Fort Bragg's diverse community in organic gardening and education projects by improving the Spanish translation on their website and informational materials and signs. | More details |
| Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyoheadlands.org/ | To facilitate broad community involvement in the remediation; restoration; and redevelopment of the 434-acre ocean-front property in downtown Fort Bragg that was formerly a lumber mill. | More details |
| Oakland Food Connection | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.foodcommunityculture.org | To engage low-income East Oakland youth in food justice education through gardening; cooking and nutrition education; and agro-ecological restoration experiences. | More details |
| Parents for a Safer Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | School IPM Legislation and Contra Costa County IPM | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.pfse.net | For state legislation that would restrict or ban dangerous pesticides from being used at schools (K-12) and child care facilities; and advocacy to reduce the use of pesticides by Contra Costa County; which uses over 700% more pesticides then the neighboring counties. | More details |
| Paula Lane Action Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | http://www.paulalaneactionnetwork.org | To preserve critical upland habitat and wildlife corridors in the Petaluma River watershed that provides habitat for wildlife including the American badger and over 100 avian species. Once the property is preserved; PLAN will implement environmental education programs; a sustainable agriculture demonstration project and conduct research on habitat and wildlife movement. | More details |
| Produce to the People | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://www.producetothepeople.org | For a summer youth employment program that creates green jobs for high school students who will harvest backyard fruit; build and maintain community gardens; and learn about food justice; environmental stewardship and community organizing. Grant will also help them develop a volunteer program. | More details |
| Project OLE | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Connecting to Earth: Expanding School-based Gardens in the Excelsior | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.my-sfcs.org | Provides experiential; standards-based learning for K-5th grade students in the working-class neighborhood of the Excelsior District in San Francisco. Grant will help them replicate a successful program into 2 more schools. | More details |
| Protect American River Canyons | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | American River: California Wild & Scenic River Designation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County | California | http://parc-auburn.org/ | To prevent the construction of the Auburn Dam; which would flood 50-miles of the North and Middle Forks of the American River; and seek Wild and Scenic designation for the river in the Auburn State Recreation Area. | More details |
| Redwood Chapter; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bohemian Grove Oversight Project | Sustainable Forestry | Sonoma County | California | http://www.redwood.sierraclub.org/sonoma | To protect the watershed and the old-growth stands of redwood and Douglas fir in the Bohemian Grove by encouraging the use of sustainable logging practices and harvest rates. | More details |
| San Jerardo Cooperative; Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $4,500.00 | Central Coast | Clean Drinking Water for the Salinas Valley | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Monterey County | California | To support community participation in the Central Coast Regional Water Board's pending regulation of polluted agricultural runoff; which contaminates the groundwater an important drinking water source. | More details | |
| Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County | California | http://www.sarsas.org/ | To promote the return of salmon and steelhead to the entire length of Auburn Ravine through public awareness including presentations to schools and government agencies; community events; a scholarship program; essay and art contests; video presentations; and school field trips to Auburn Ravine. | More details |
| Self-Sustaining Communities | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support & City Farms Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.self-sustainingcommunities.org | To help poor; urban neighborhoods in the West County area become more self-sufficient by establishing community gardens and providing seeds; garden tools; fruit trees and chickens so that community members can produce their own food. | More details |
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Smith River Estuary Enhancement Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Humboldt County | California | http://siskiyouland.wordpress.com/ | To reduce the use of pesticides in the Smith River area which threatens the health of farmworkers; the 2000 residents in the town of Smith River; and the health of Smith River one of the longest Wild & Scenic rivers in the country; the only major river in California that is without a single dam; and an key watershed for salmon recovery. | More details |
| Solano Group; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Solano Group Landfill Litigation | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Solano County | California | http://redwood.sierraclub.org/solano/index.html | For litigation to limit the amount of garbage that comes into Solano County from other areas; which causes increased air pollution and jeopardizes important habitat in the Suisun Marsh. | More details |
| Solar Richmond | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.solarrichmond.org/ | To build community; increase environmental awareness and create jobs. Will provide job training for at risk youth. the youth will install solar panels on ten low-income households in Richmond | More details |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $4,020.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sugar Pine Restoration in Tahoe | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org | For sugar pine restoration on 30 acres of land in the Ward Creek State Recreational Area south of Tahoe City. About 200 Tahoe City students; community members; and California State Parks field crew members will plant 2000 sugar pines in order to restore the sugar pine population in the area; which will increase forest diversity. | More details |
| Sustainable Fairfax | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Marin County | California | http://www.sustainablefairfax.org/ | For hands-on learning for youth groups and community members that includes a range of classes; workshops; and events on sustainability topics including a demonstration backyard garden; and for zero waste and pesticide control advocacy. | More details |
| Sustainable Marin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Resilient Neighborhoods Pilot Program | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Marin County | California | http://www.sustainablemarin.org | To give households the tools and support they need to reduce their carbon footprint and encourage them to enlist friends and family to do the same. | More details |
| Sutter Buttes Society | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $1,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Butte County | California | 2011 Convening Live Grantmaking Session | More details | |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org | To protect and restore the 11000 acres of unique coastal dune; estuarine and wetland habitats. The area is home to 40-70 endangered and sensitive species; many of which are impacted by illegal off-road vehicle activity. | More details |
| West Berkeley Alliance for Clean Air and Safe Jobs | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.westberkeleyalliance.org | To secure clean air and protect public health in West Berkeley; where the air is polluted by industrial manufacturing. | More details |
| WildPlaces Ecological Restoration and Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Immersed in the Wild | Environmental Education | Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net | For hands-on restoration and monitoring projects with youth on public lands and for general support. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | For water quality monitoring of the physical; chemical; and biological conditions of Wolf Creek; watershed management curriculum for Grass Valley students; restoration programs that remove invasive non-native plants and replant native plants; and public education and outreach programs. | More details |
| Yolano Group; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Yolo County | California | http://motherlode.sierraclub.org/yolano | To promote the creation of the 500000-acre Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area in order to protect valuable biological diversity including oak woodlands and serpentine soils; better manage recreational impacts to these public lands; and provide economic benefits to rural communities. | More details |
| Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.anvfarm.org | To complete construction of an urban farm and for summer youth training program in an underserved neighborhood in East Oakland. The goal is to encourage youth participants to stay in school by allowing them to earn money that can only be used for educational expenses. | More details |
| California Hydropower Reform Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.hydroreform.org/california/ | To protect and enhance rivers in California impacted by hydropower facilities by advocating for increased stream flow; improved water quality and habitat through participation in the relicensing of hydropower facilities and advocating for policy reform. | More details |
| Campesinas Unidas Del Valle de San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To educate low-income campesina (farmworker) communities about the health hazards of pesticide drift; and to help them advocate for more health-protective pesticide policies. | More details | |
| Capital Region Organizing Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $2,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | Start up funding for a leadership training program that will allow the disabled and low-income people to have a voice in regional planning decisions by engaging thousands of people in participatory democracy on issues such as transit oriented development; transportation planning and air quality. | More details | |
| Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaconservation.org | For strategic planning and organization development; including hiring a part-time staff person. CSNC watchdogs off-road vehicle use in Eldorado National Forest; works to protect the oak woodlands; and monitors water and riparian resources. | More details |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | http://www.ccejn.wordpress.com | To facilitate a merger between the Network and the San Joaquin Valley Cumulative Health Impacts Project. This merger will allow the Network to work more affectively to reduce the effects of environmental pollutants on low-income families in unincorporated; rural communities of color in the San Joaquin Valley. | More details |
| Central Coast Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $2,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org/affiliates/specific-51 | To participate in forest management in the Central Coast area in order to protect old growth and promote Coho salmon recovery. | More details |
| Coast Action Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $2,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County | California | For research; advocacy and litigation to protect watersheds; fisheries and forests in the North Coast from water diversions; unsustainable logging; and development. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | For environmental justice organizing and advocacy for clean drinking water; air quality protection; pesticide-use policies; and other public health and environmental issues affecting this small rural community of mostly Spanish-speaking farmworkers. | More details | |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County Amador County | California | http://www.calaverascap.com | To promote rural smart growth and sustainable development in Calaveras and Amador Counties; in order to protect agricultural lands; water quality; historical and cultural resources; and the quality of rural life. | More details |
| Conservation Action Fund for Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://www.cafefund.org | To organize the grassroots environmental movement in Sonoma County; through base-building forums which engage 30 environmental groups. | More details |
| Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Inyo County | California | http://www.eswildlifecare.org | For wildlife rehabilitation services for ill; injured and orphaned wildlife in California_''s Eastern Sierra and for educational programs and community outreach on behalf of native wildlife in this underserved; rural region. | More details |
| Eel River Recovery Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Eel River Recovery Project Citizen Assisted Monitoring | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.eelriverrecovery.org | For volunteer water quality and fisheries monitoring; including a Chinook Salmon dive count; so that community members will better understand the Eel River_''s condition and work together to improve it. | More details |
| El Quinto Sol de America | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.elquintosoldeamerica.org | To educate farmworker communities in Tulare County about air and water pollution; and to mobilize residents to become involved in crafting and advocating for policies that reduce and prevent further pollution. | More details |
| Families for Clean Air | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Wood Smoke Pollution Education and Outreach | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Marin County | California | http://www.familiesforcleanair.org | To educate medical professionals and parent/teacher groups about the health dangers of wood burning stoves and fireplaces and to promote cleaner and safer alternatives. | More details |
| Food Shift | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.foodshift.net | To work towards a sustainable food system which prioritizes food waste reduction as an integral component. They will work with families; community groups and businesses to build awareness about ways to reduce food waste and redistribute good quality food that would otherwise end up in a landfill. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte Conservation Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Lakes Earl and Tolowa Protection Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://fodn.org | To seek permanent protection for the wildlands and wetlands of the Lake Earl Lagoon region; the largest coastal lagoon in the western US and an important wildlife refuge on the Pacific Flyway. | More details |
| Friends of the Swainson's Hawk | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.swainsonshawk.org | For outreach; education and legal advocacy to protect hawk habitat and nesting areas from sprawl development on farm and rangeland. | More details |
| Gallinas Watershed Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.gallinaswatershed.org/ | To promote community-based stewardship to protect the Gallinas Creek watershed. They will sponsor a major photographic exhibit at the Sausalito Bay Model Visitor Center to raise public awareness about the problems and opportunities for water and wildlife protection. | More details |
| Green Dragon Farms | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Kern County | California | http://www.gdfarms.org | To develop a 3000 square foot orchard with 30 fruit trees; to construct a tool shed; and for scholarships for students to learn about food and farm systems and food justice. | More details |
| Green Sangha | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Teen Environmental Leadership Program | Environmental Education | Marin County | California | http://www.greensangha.org | For a hands-on summer environmental leadership program for underserved teens; which includes training in ecology; nutrition; waste reduction; advocacy; public speaking and persuasion. | More details |
| Healthier Children | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Childhood Obesity Prevention Adventure Garden for Santa Margarita Preschool Centers | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Marin County | California | http://www.healthierchildren.net | For a 1-acre adventure garden; that combines a nature-based adventure playground and children_''s nutrition gardens. It will serve 300 on-site pre-school children and their families; many of whom are underserved immigrant residents. | More details |
| Healthy Tehama Farms | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tehama County | California | To encourage healthy farming by teaching about the health related effects of pesticides; especially the effects on children. They will use drift catchers to test the air quality and publicize the results. | More details | |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sierra County Plumas County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org | To protect natural resources and wildlands in Sierra and Plumas Counties from unwise development. | More details |
| Hunter's View Tenants Association Mother's Committee | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | To educate; empower and mobilize the largely African American and Pacific Islander public housing residents in Bayview Hunters Point to participate in the revitalization of their community; which has been heavily burdened by environmental pollutants from an old Navy Shipyard; and coal and oil-fired power plants. | More details | |
| Institute of Urban Homesteading | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.iuhoakland.com | To provide hands-on educational experiences on sustainability topics such as organic gardening; food preservation; natural building; and greywater recycling in an effort to promote community resilience and sustainability. | More details |
| Leadership Council for Justice and Accountability | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | For start-up funding for a new organization that will address institutional and political barriers faced by rural; disadvantaged communities in the Central Valley. They will address issues such as access to drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and land-use policies that relate to environmental and community health. | More details | |
| Matheny Tract Committee | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | For community engagement to improve living conditions including advocating for safe drinking water; sewage and road infrastructure improvements; transportation planning; and street lighting. | More details | |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Lassen County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | For a legal challenge to protect Mountain Meadows; an environmentally significant area with important cultural resources; from the adverse impacts of a proposed mega-ski resort. Additional activities include reaching out to private landowners and government agencies to improve and restore the meadow and streams | More details |
| MyPetWormyWorm.info | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.mypetwormyworm.info | For a hands-on program for underserved pre-school and elementary children that uses worms to teach about vermicomposting; recycling; repurposing and reducing waste that would otherwise go into our landfills. | More details |
| North County Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Santa Margarita Ranch litigation | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.northcountywatch.org | For litigation to save a valley oak woodland that is home to numerous endangered species and cultural and historic sites. The area is threatened by a proposed subdivision with 110 lots on the Santa Margarita Ranch. | More details |
| Oakland Food Policy Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.oaklandfood.org | To advocate for the City of Oakland to establish purchasing protocols that will improve nutrition standards by favoring locally grown fruits and vegetables, to ensure participation of underserved communities in the creation of a sustainable food system in Oakland, and to serve as an advisor to the Oakland Planning Department as they develop urban agriculture zoning laws that will support a broad range of urban agriculture activities. | More details |
| ORV Watch Kern County | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kern County | California | http://www.orvwatchkerncounty.com | To curb illegal off-road vehicle use on public lands; including areas around the Pacific Crest Trail and Native American cultural sites. | More details |
| Phat Beets Produce | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Get Healthy with Food N_'' Justice Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://phatbeetsproduce.org | Nutrition education program centered at a medical clinic that serves the largely African American community. Program includes a weekly farmer_''s market; cooking demonstrations and a free weekly workshop series on topics such as backyard farming and healthy food preparation. | More details |
| Raindancer Media | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,800.00 | Central Coast | Riparian Corridors Documentary Video | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.loisrobin.com | To create a documentary film depicting the degraded condition of Soquel Creek and the San Lorenzo River and to show what actions property owners and others can take to improve the quality of these waterways. | More details |
| Redwood Chapter; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Redwood Chapter Protect Forest from Vineyard Conversion Campaign | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.redwood.sierraclub.org/sonoma/index.html | To preserve resilient habitats and increase carbon sequestration by protecting forest resources in Sonoma; Mendocino; and Napa counties from environmentally harmful conversion of forests to vineyards. | More details |
| Resource Restoration | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $2,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Humboldt County | California | For forest and fisheries restoration in the North Coast; including establishing a community-based demonstration forest which will be a model for sustainable forestry and a healthy economy. | More details | |
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | To encourage wider public participation in restoration and conservation of watersheds across the Bay Area by illustrating the linkages between the recovery of the river otter and healthy watersheds. | More details |
| Sacramento Area Creeks Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | 23rd Annual Creek Week | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.saccreeks.org | For Creek Week; where more than 2000 volunteers remove 20-tons of man-made garbage and 115-cubic yards of invasive plants at 60 sites on 32 miles of waterways. | More details |
| San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.epicenteronline.org | To insure a fair and proper implementation of environmental policies and practices in San Luis Obispo County; including SMART Growth policies; climate change action plans; marine debris reduction ordinance and regional storm water management requirements. | More details |
| Santa Lucia Chapter; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://santalucia.sierraclub.org/ | For projects that help reduce climate change; work to restore the health of our oceans; and for the expansion of community outreach and educational outings. They will work to increase the diversity of their outings by implementing a Building Bridges to the Outdoors program; which provides environmental education opportunities for underserved youth. | More details |
| Santa Rosa Southeast Greenway Campaign | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,950.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Capacity Building | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.southeastgreenway.org | For a data-management system that will enable them to solicit community input into the creation of a 2-mile; 300-foot wide greenway through southeast Santa Rosa. The greenway holds the potential for bike; running and walking paths; safe routes to school for children; community gardens; pocket parks; native trees and plant restoration and wildlife corridors. | More details |
| Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $2,700.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County | California | http://www.sarsas.org | To return salmon and steelhead to the entire thirty-three mile length Auburn Ravine. SARSAS will create curriculum for elementary and high school students; offer scholarships; essay and art contests; video presentations; and hands on school field trips at the Auburn Ravine; including regular water testing by elementary school students. | More details |
| Save Our Sandhill Cranes | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sacramento County | California | http://www.soscranes.org | To create a regionally coordinated strategy for a ''Regional Open Space Plan'' developed in conjunction with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG). The plan will curb the historical trend of low-density sprawl in the Sacramento Valley while preserving a network of parks; preserves and agricultural land. | More details |
| Save the Air in Nevada County | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nevada County | California | http://www.stainnc.org | To maintain ozone monitors; update their website to provide real-time ozone data; and educate community members about ozone pollution and its adverse health impacts. Western Nevada County has some of the worst ozone air pollution in the nation. | More details |
| Self-Sustaining Communities | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Contra Costa County | California | http://self-sustainingcommunities.org/ | To help poor; urban neighborhoods in Richmond become more self-sufficient by establishing community gardens and providing seeds; garden tools; fruit trees; beekeeping classes and chickens so that community members can produce their own food. | More details |
| Sonoma County Conservation Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Sonoma County | California | http://www.envirocentersoco.org | To improve the efficiency; communication and cooperation amongst the 17 council group members through an online data management system; computer and software training; video conferencing; media training; social media planning; and an online directory of environmental nonprofits in the North Bay. | More details |
| SPAWNERS | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.spawners.org | Grassroots community action to enhance and protect the health of the San Pablo Creek Watershed; including water quality monitoring; creek restoration and re-vegetation workdays; native plant demonstration gardens and service-learning workdays for students. | More details |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.theselc.org | For critical legal resources to at-risk small farms; urban agricultural efforts; and sustainable micro-enterprise; thereby supporting sustainable; localized alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture. | More details |
| Sutter Buttes Society | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Bidwell Park Internship Program | Environmental Education | Butte County | California | http://www.upperpark.net | For an education program for middle school students; conducted by university interns that includes classroom instruction and field trips about the geology; ecology; biology; and history of Chico_''s Bidwell Park. This program will grow over the next few years and then be transferred to the Sutter Buttes. The university interns will also guide weekend walks for the public at Bidwell Park. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org | To protect and restore 11000 acres of unique coastal dune; estuarine and wetland habitats that borders the Pacific Ocean for 11 miles and holds the Lake Earl coastal lagoon in the center. The area is home to 40-70 endangered and sensitive species; many of which are impacted by illegal off-road vehicle activity. | More details |
| Valley Land Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Merced County | California | http://www.valleylandalliance.org | To protect the land; water and air by preserving valuable farmland; promoting agricultural-tourism; educating youth through student exchanges and encouraging participation in local government. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org | To protect Washoe Meadows State Park and its natural; cultural and recreational resources from the impacts of a proposed golf course. | More details |
| Wild Equity Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.wildequity.org | 2012 Convening Live Grantmaking Session | More details |
| Wild Equity Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Antioch Dunes Litigation | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.wildequity.org | To prevent a new cluster of five power plants in Antioch and Oakley from harming community health and jeopardizing three endangered species. The proposed power plants are adjacent to the Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge; which is the last habitat for the three species; and nitrogen emissions from the plants will be deposited in the Antioch Dunes. | More details |
| WildPlaces | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net | For on-the-ground stewardship and restoration activities in the Sequoia National Monument by youth from underserved communities and adult volunteers and for general support. | More details |
| Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.anvfarm.org/ | For summer youth programs and year-round urban farm that creates a safe and creative outdoor space for children; youth and families in the low-income area of East Oakland. | More details |
| AGUA - La Asociaci'_n de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tulare County Kern County F Fresno County Kings County | California | To educate the public and policymakers about water contamination in the San Joaquin Valley; and to organize communities to advocate for effective regulatory measures to protect drinking water. | More details | |
| All One Ocean | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Beach Clean Up Station and Education Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.alloneocean.org | For beach cleanup stations at 12 beaches; to promote local schools and businesses to conduct beach cleanups; and for a pilot program to educate students about the dangers of marine debris; especially plastic trash; to marine life; ocean ecosystems and human health. | More details |
| California Hydropower Reform Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | To advocate for increased stream flow; improved water quality and better habitat conditions during the relicensing of hydropower facilities across the state. | More details | |
| Campesinas Unidas Del Valle De San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To educate low-income campesina (farmworker) communities about the health hazards of pesticide drift; and to help them advocate for more health-protective pesticide policies. | More details | |
| Central Coast Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $2,000.00 | Central Coast | Forest and Watershed Protection | Sustainable Forestry | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org/affiliates/specific-51 | To protect the forests and watersheds of California's Central Coast and the Sierra Nevada in order to protect old growth forests; promote Coho salmon recovery; and protect public drinking water sources. | More details |
| Community Garden Network of Sonoma County | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sonoma County | California | http://www.communitygardensonoma.org | To increase access to healthy; affordable food by strengthening community gardens throughout the county; with a special emphasis on lower income neighborhoods. | More details |
| Conservation Action Fund for Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Sonoma County | California | http://cafefund.org/ | To organize and empower the next generation of grassroots environmental leaders in Sonoma County; by organizing 5 core teams; conducting trainings; and building skills by working on local environmental campaigns. | More details |
| Eel River Recovery Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | ERRP 2013 Water Temperature and Flow Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.eelriverrecovery.org/ | For volunteer water quality and fisheries monitoring; including placement of temperature probes and time lapse cameras to monitor flow. Findings will be posted on their website and publicized through meetings to promote community action to improve the Eel River. | More details |
| El Quinto Sol de America | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | http://www.elquintosoldeamerica.org/ | To educate Tulare County residents about air and water pollution in their communities; and to mobilize them to advocate for policies that prevent or reduce pollution. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org/ | To improve aquatic health; restore salmon and enhance recreational opportunities along 300 river miles of the Yuba; Bear and American rivers through collaborative negotiations in the relicensing of three hydropower projects. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte Conservation Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Restoring the Largest Coastal Lagoon in the West | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County | California | http://www.fodn.org | To seek permanent protection for the wildlands and wetlands of the Lake Earl Lagoon region; the largest coastal lagoon in the western US and an important wildlife refuge on the Pacific Flyway. | More details |
| Friends of Knowland Park | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Knowland Park Media & Legal Campaign | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.saveknowland.org/ | To protect native wildlife habitat and preserve open space in Knowland Park from a plan to expand the Oakland Zoo. Knowland Park is the largest remaining parcel of wildlands open space in Oakland and is owned by the City. | More details |
| Go Next Generation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Green Schools - Youth In Nature Initiative | Environmental Education | Marin County | California | http://www.gonextgeneration.org/ | For hands-on learning in school gardens; eco-adventure field trips and school-wide ecological learning events for schools in Marin County with a high number of students who come from low-income families. | More details |
| Green Sangha | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Teen Environmental Leadership Academy | Environmental Education | Marin County | California | http://www.greensangha.org | For a hands-on summer environmental leadership program for underserved teens who will learn sustainability practices with an emphasis on permaculture and indigenous practices; public speaking and advocacy | More details |
| Growing Leaders | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | To train at-risk high school youth to be cooking and gardening peer educators and employ them at the cooking and gardening program at Willard Middle School in Berkeley. | More details | |
| Growing Together | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://growingtogetherproject.org | To help underserved Bay Area residents plant and nurture fruit trees in their neighborhoods. The trees will make urban spaces more green and attractive; provide healthy food; and create a stronger sense of community through neighborhood planting days and distributing the harvest. | More details |
| Habitat 2020 | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sacramento County | California | http://www.habitat2020.org/ | To curb urban sprawl and preserve the world-class natural resources of the Sacramento Valley with a regional conservation vision for parks; preserves; and agriculture. | More details |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sierra County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org/ | To protect valuable habitat; natural resources; and wildlands in Sierra and Plumas Counties from unwise development. | More details |
| Incorporate Olympic Valley | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Incorporation of Olympic Valley | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://incorporateolympicvalley.org/ | For a grassroots effort to incorporate Olympic Valley as a town; giving the local community control over land-use planning to avert a large-scale development in the valley that would nearly double the number of living units in the valley. | More details |
| Indigenous Permaculture Program | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.indigenous-permaculture.com/ | Workshops for Native American youth about indigenous methods of land stewardship and food production including alternative energy and efficient water technologies. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Humboldt County Del Norte County Siskiyou County Shasta County Trinity County Modoc County Lassen County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org/ | To protect millions of acres of remote and rugged North Coast watersheds by monitoring timber sales on public land; documenting the effects of fire suppression; and through litigation. | More details |
| Lake County Community Radio | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Clear Lake Watershed Watch | Environmental Education | Lake County | California | http://www.KPFZ.org | Support for the nonprofit community radio station KPFZ to provide ongoing education about the protection of the Clear Lake watershed; the largest fresh water lake in California. KPFZ will host a bi-weekly radio show called Watershed Watch; and conduct 3 water quality monitoring days in conjunction with the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians. | More details |
| League of Women Voters of Fresno | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | Central Valley | CEQA Lawsuit Appeal | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Fresno County | California | http://fresno.ca.lwvnet.org/ | For a legal challenge of a proposed 2500-unit retirement community which lacks adequate transportation or municipal infrastructure and whose wastewater treatment facility will be adjacent to the San Joaquin River flood plan. | More details |
| McCloud Local First Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Great Shasta Rail Trail Concept Plan | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mccloudlocalfirst.org/ | To convert 80-miles of an old railway to a trail that will connect two rural towns; preserve a historic and scenic railroad corridor; and protect the surrounding natural environment; aquatic wildlife; and habitat. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To protect the natural environment of Mount Shasta and the Sacramento River watershed from industrial threats such as a geothermal facility that threatens the aquifer and sacred Native American sites. | More details |
| Movimiento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.movimagine.org/ | Supports underserved youth in Oakland and Nevada City in becoming leaders through urban-rural cultural exchange; leadership training; backpacking and outdoor experiences; farming; indigenous gatherings; and a service learning trip. | More details |
| No Penny Opera | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://www.freefarmstand.org/ | To grow; collect and distribute organic; locally grown produce and bread through a free farm stand for low-income residents. | More details |
| Noyo Food Forest | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | Garden Within Reach | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyofoodforest.org | For a handicap accessible community garden with raised beds at wheelchair and standing height; so that seniors and people with developmental disabilities can grow healthy organic food. | More details |
| Oakland Food Policy Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.oaklandfood.org/ | To establish an equitable and sustainable food system in Oakland. The 21-seat council advances forward-thinking policies that will protect natural resources while increasing access to affordable; healthy; and sustainable food. | More details |
| OneFam/Bikes 4 Life | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Re-Cycle a Bike Program | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.onefam.org/ | To improve the air quality and health of residents in West Oakland; by promoting bicycle transportation through a job-training program which employs formerly incarcerated youth to repair used bicycles and sell them to low-income residents at an affordable price. | More details |
| ORV Watch Kern County | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $1,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kern County | California | http://www.orvwatchkerncounty.com/ | To curb illegal off-road vehicle use on public and private lands; including areas around the Pacific Crest Trail and Native American cultural sites. | More details |
| Partners for Sustainable Pollination | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sonoma County | California | http://www.pfspbees.org | To improve the health of honeybees and other pollinators through the Bee Friendly Farming (BFF) initiative a self-certification program for farmers; gardeners; schools; and others who adopt practices that support bees. | More details |
| Placer Group; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Environmental Protection and Conservation in Placer County | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | http://www.motherlode.sierraclub.org/placer | To protect natural resources and conserve land zoned as agriculture; farm; and open space from environmentally destructive projects in Placer County. | More details |
| Raptors Are The Solution | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Faces of Rat Poison campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County Alameda County Contra Costa County | California | http://www.raptorsarethesolution.org/ | To educate the public about the dangers of using rat poisons to wildlife; pets and children. | More details |
| RE-volv | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | http://www.re-volv.org/ | Re-volv conducts grassroots financing to support community-based solar energy projects that benefit nonprofit organizations; reducing the threat of climate change and building local community resilience. | More details |
| Redwood Chapter; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Redwood Chapter Forest Protection Campaign | Sustainable Forestry | Sonoma County Mendocino County | California | http://www.redwood.sierraclub.org/ | To protect forest habitats in Sonoma and Mendocino counties from environmentally harmful conversion of forests to vineyards. | More details |
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | To foster public and organizational participation in restoration and conservation of watersheds across the Bay Area by illustrating the linkages between the recovery of local river otter populations and healthy waterways. | More details |
| Sacramento Area Creeks Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Creek Week 2014 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.creekweek.net/ | For Creek Week; where more than 2000 volunteers will remove 20-tons of man-made garbage and 115-cubic yards of invasive plants at 60 sites on 32 miles of waterways and natural streams in Sacramento County. | More details |
| Santa Lucia Chapter; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Luis Obispo County | California | For projects that reduce climate change; restore the health of our oceans; and protect wildlife habitat and local ecosystems. | More details | |
| Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County | California | To return salmon and steelhead to the thirty-three mile length of Auburn Ravine; and to serve as a model for organizations serving other spawning sites along the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. | More details | |
| Sierra Water Work Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierrawaterworkgroup.org/ | To protect and enhance water quality; water supply; and watershed health by developing a cooperative regional response to protect and enhance Sierra watersheds; which supplies 60% of water used statewide. | More details |
| Small World | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sierra House Elementary Growing Dome Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | El Dorado County | California | http://smallworld.cloudaccess.net/ | To teach students and the community good nutrition; how to grow food sustainably; and about energy efficient design by planning; constructing and managing a self-sufficient growing dome at Sierra House Elementary. | More details |
| Solar Richmond | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Carbon Offsets for 2013 Grantee Convening | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Contra Costa County | California | More details | ||
| Sonoma County Water Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Russian River ISRP Peer Reviews | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.scwatercoalition.org/ | To give community input on an assessment process of the Russian River watershed including the ecological impact of human ground and surface water usage. | More details |
| Southeast Greenway Campaign | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | To work towards the creation of a 2-mile; 300-foot wide greenway through southeast Santa Rosa. The greenway holds the potential for bike; running and walking paths; safe routes to schools; community gardens; pocket parks; wildlife corridors; native trees and plant restoration. | More details | |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Student Sugar Pine Planting in Tahoe | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org/ | To conduct two field trips with middle school students to plant 500 blister rust resistant sugar pines on 10 acres in South Lake Tahoe. | More details |
| Sustainable Fairfax | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Marin County | California | http://www.sustainablefairfax.org | For a town-wide zero waste initiative in Fairfax; workshops on beekeeping; composting; and food preservation; events including a film series; Eco Festival and holiday crafts fair; and advocacy on toxic reduction and GMO labeling. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | Stop ORVs and Youth Connect with Wetlands and Dunes | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org/ | To protect and restore 11000 acres of unique coastal dune; estuarine and wetland habitats bordering the Pacific Ocean that is threatened by illegal off-road vehicles and invasive exotic species. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect Washoe Meadows Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org/ | To protect Washoe Meadows State Park and its natural; cultural and recreational resources from the impacts of a proposed golf course. | More details |
| Watershed Alliance of Marin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | To serve as an information center; policy advocate and to provide legal support for groups working to protect Marin's watersheds; salmonids and natural resources. | More details | |
| WildPlaces | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net/ | For on-the-ground stewardship and restoration activities in the Sequoia National Monument by youth from underserved communities and adult volunteers. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | For water quality monitoring of Wolf Creek, to assist city and county resource managers on proper stream management and wetland protection, restoration programs that remove invasive non-native plants and replant native plants, and public education and outreach programs. | More details |
| Women's Mountain Passages | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Digging In: Experiential Agroecology | Environmental Education | Plumas County | California | http://www.womensmountainpassages.org/ | For a nutrition education program in Plumas County that increases elementary students' understanding of agriculture's relationship to the environment and the interconnected nature of agriculture; ecology; and society. | More details |
| 350 Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sacramento County | California | http://www.350sacramento.org/ | For a town hall meeting that will bring together individuals; organizations; agencies; and elected officials to develop creative solutions and empower people to take action on climate change. | More details |
| Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.anvfarm.org | More details | |
| All One Ocean | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County Contra Costa County Marin County San Francisco County San Mateo County Sonoma County | California | http://www.alloneocean.org/ | For a community-generated response to marine pollution in Northern California by educating and empowering beachgoers to clean up beach trash (80% of ocean trash comes from the land). | More details |
| Alliance for Humane Biotechnology | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Critical Conversations on Emerging Technologies | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County Contra Costa County Marin County Napa County San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Clara County Solano County Sonoma County | California | http://www.humanebiotech.org/ | For an event series that highlights the need for civic oversight of synthetic biology; extreme genetic engineering and other controversial technologies affecting the natural environment and all species. | More details |
| American River Watershed Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop Parker Dam Campaign: Phase I | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County Placer County | California | http://www.arwi.us/ | For early stakeholder education and grassroots organizing to halt construction of the proposed Parker Dam which would disrupt one of the last free flowing stretches of the Bear River. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County Contra Costa County San Francisco County Solano County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | To provide technical services and support to disadvantaged communities so they can assert their voice in projects and policies that affect their health and environment. Projects include radiologic and toxics threats to residents on Treasure Island; a Hunters Point Shipyard cleanup; and remediation of Yosemite Slough from PCBs and other toxins in San Francisco_''s Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood. | More details |
| Bay Area Refinery Corridor Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County Solano County | California | Supports Bay Area Refinery Corridor Coalition_''s efforts to educate the public about the risks to San Francisco Bay of oil spills from the increase in oil-by-rail shipments of Bakken and tar sands crude along the shores of the Bay to refineries in Benicia; Richmond; Crockett; Rodeo; Pittsburg; and Martinez with the purpose of building significant community opposition. | More details | |
| Burrowing Owl Preservation Society | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Burrowing Owl Census | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County Yolo County | California | http://burrowingowlpreservation.org/ | To monitor the population trends for nesting pairs of Burrowing Owls in order to advocate for conservation and habitat protection. | More details |
| California Environmental Justice Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | Statewide | Environmental Justice Convening | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County Contra Costa County Fresno County Kern County Kings County Monterey County San Francisco County San Mateo County Stanislaus County | California | To support a new diverse and inclusive statewide grassroots coalition of urban; rural and indigenous groups that will strengthen and build the environmental justice movement in California. At the Convening; the Coalition will develop priorities; initiatives; and strategies. | More details | |
| Central Coast Forest Watch | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Forest and Watershed Protection | Sustainable Forestry | Calaveras County San Mateo County Santa Clara County Tuolumne County | California | https://treesfoundation.org/affiliates/specific-51 | To protect the forests and watersheds of California's Central Coast and the Sierra Nevada in order to protect old growth forests; promote Coho salmon recovery; protect public drinking water sources; and reduce clear-cutting. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | For leadership development and movement building in the rural town of Alpaugh to address environmental justice and public health concerns including assess to safe drinking water; air quality and toxics. | More details | |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | State Approval Requirements (Stars) Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com/ | To work with county officials and members of the business community to implement environmental protection provisions that apply to new land use development in Calaveras County; protecting the environment and promoting greener development. | More details |
| Community Bike Kitchen at Jefferson School | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | http://https//www.facebook.com/CommunityBikeKitchenAtJeffersonSchool | To provide low and no cost bicycles; along with the resources necessary to maintain and repair them; to residents of Eureka; thereby providing community members with an alternative to driving. | More details |
| Community Health Watch Lake Almanor | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Plumas County | California | For air; water; and soil monitoring to investigate an excessive spike in illness and sudden death incidences in the Almanor Basin; which houses a waste-to-energy plant. | More details | |
| Compost Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sonoma County | California | http://compostclub.org/ | For waste reduction education and the construction of 3 to 5 vermiculture composting systems at schools; a senior center and a Boys and Girls Club in Sonoma County. Their current 15 sites divert more than 45000 pounds per year of compost and food waste from landfills. | More details |
| Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County Contra Costa County San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Clara County | California | http://www.ditchingdirtydiesel.org/ | To build a coalition of environmental justice and health groups that will advocate to reduce diesel pollution in the San Francisco Bay Area while educating and building an informed constituency for change. | More details |
| Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Inyo County Mono County | California | http://eswildlifecare.org/ | For wildlife rehabilitation services to over 400 wild patients per year; and classroom and outreach programs that educate the local community about the importance of cohabitating with native wildlife. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County Placer County Yuba County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org/ | To organize a diverse coalition to protect and restore 300 miles of the iconic Yuba River and its watershed through legally binding hydropower licensing processes and related negotiations. | More details |
| Friends of Calwa; Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | Central Valley | Champions for Parks & Recreation Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Fresno County | California | http://www.friendsofcalwa.org/ | To improve the health of Calwa residents by creating healthy spaces for people to live and play. 90% of Calwa residents are Latino and 40% live in poverty. Residents lack access to healthy and affordable food; are exposed to air pollutants and other toxics; and lack access to public green spaces. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte Conservation Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Restoring the West_''s Largest Coastal Lagoon to Wildness Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://fodn.org/fodn/ | To seek permanent protection for the wildlands and wetlands of the Lake Earl Lagoon region; the largest coastal lagoon in the western U.S. and an important wildlife refuge on the Pacific Flyway. | More details |
| Friends of Knowland Park | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.saveknowland.org/ | To protect native wildlife habitat and preserve open space in Knowland Park from a plan to expand the Oakland Zoo. Knowland Park is the largest remaining parcel of wildlands open space in Oakland and is owned by the City. | More details |
| Friends of the West Shore | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | El Dorado County Placer County | California | http://www.friendswestshore.org/ | To protect the environment and serene beauty of Lake Tahoe_''s West Shore by educating and engaging community members in local and regional planning processes. | More details |
| Great Shasta Rail Trail Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Shasta County Siskiyou County | California | http://www.greatshastarailtrail.org/ | To perform trail maintenance; develop promotion materials and create signs for the 80-miles of railroad corridor that is being converted to a recreational trail that connects 2 rural towns; and will preserve the surrounding natural environment; aquatic wildlife; and habitat. | More details |
| Green Dragon Farms | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Kern County | California | http://www.gdfarms.org/ | To support farms in Frazier Park; including the creation of a new farm; installation of backyard garden boxes for low income community members; demonstration of water conservation methods; and to work toward social; economic and food justice to restore and empower local residents. | More details |
| Greywater Action | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,000.00 | Statewide | Greywater Resource Kit for California | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County Butte County Calaveras County Contra Costa County Del Norte County Humboldt County Los Angeles County Marin County Mendocino County Monterey County Orange County Placer County Sacramento County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Sonoma County Trinity County Tuolumne County Ventura County | California | http://greywateraction.org/ | To empower individuals and local communities to take water conservation into their own hands through a free online resource kit including workshop videos; PowerPoint presentations; handouts; and technical documents for installing greywater systems. | More details |
| Growing Together | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.growingtogetherproject.org/ | To help underserved Bay Area residents plant fruit trees in their neighborhoods. The trees will make urban spaces greener and more attractive; provide residents with healthy food; and help build a stronger sense of community. | More details |
| Higher Gliffs/Community Rejuvenation Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Seeds of Style: Urban Garden Murals in Richmond | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.crpbayarea.org/ | To engage disadvantaged youth in their communities through a mural project that will create food justice themed murals at several community gardens in Richmond. The murals will help promote the community gardens; increase youth participation in the gardens; and promote healthy eating. | More details |
| Huntersview Mothers and Fathers Committee | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Huntersview Environmental Learning Program (HELP) | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | To educate and empower public housing tenants and the other residents of San Francisco_''s Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood about health and environmental issues facing the community; including the toxic clean up of the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard; and the restoration of Yosemite Slough. | More details | |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Del Norte County Humboldt County Lassen County Modoc County Shasta County Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org/ | To protect and conserve millions of acres of forests; watersheds; and wildlife in remote Northern California by collaborating with rural community residents. Klamath Forest Alliance will use the best available science and environmental law to hold land managers accountable for destructive projects in national forests. | More details |
| League of Women Voters of Fresno | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Central Valley | CEQA Litigation | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Fresno County | California | http://fresno.ca.lwvnet.org/ | To oppose the development of a 2500-unit retirement community that lacks adequate transportation or municipal infrastructure; and whose wastewater treatment facility would be adjacent to the San Joaquin River flood plan. | More details |
| Local Ecology & Agriculture Fremont | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | LEAF Community Garden at the California Nursery Historic Park | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.fremontleaf.org/ | To help establish the first public community garden in the City of Fremont. The garden is located in the California Nursery Historic Park; once the largest nursery west of the Rockies; which was founded in 1865. | More details |
| Mendocino Environmental Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education | Mendocino County | California | http://www.mecgrassroots.org | For a membership and outreach coordinator who will work to expand membership and increase income. The Center_''s Radio Station KMEC is an important source of news on environmental issues in this rural area. They are currently working on several campaigns including trying to prevent CalTrans from harming Richardson Grove by widening Hwy 101 and to stop the use of herbicides in our forests. | More details |
| North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Lake County Marin County Mendocino County Sonoma County | California | http://www.ncrcanddc.org/ | For general support and to continue several initiatives: ''Healthy Bees; Healthy Planet'' pollinator habitat protection; ''Rain Catchers'' water recycling; and ''Cultivating Commerce'' agricultural entrepreneurship support including regional food production and commercial kitchens. | More details |
| Noyo Food Forest | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Mendocino County | California | http://noyofoodforest.org/ | To increase the amount of produce grown at their community gardens so they can provide most of the produce used by the 2000-student school district in Fort Bragg. Other projects include a summer youth internship program; nutrition and cooking classes; and a Learning Garden at Fort Bragg High School. | More details |
| Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $1,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyoheadlands.org/noyoheadlands.org/Home.html | For remediation; restoration; and redevelopment of the 434-acre oceanfront property in downtown Fort Bragg that was formerly a lumber mill. Efforts include working to daylight and restore two creeks and advocating for the cleanup of toxics on the former mill site. | More details |
| Oakland Food Policy Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.oaklandfood.org/ | More details | |
| Oakland Food Policy Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.oaklandfood.org/ | To establish an equitable and sustainable food system in Oakland. The 21-seat council advances forward-thinking policies that will protect natural resources while increasing access to affordable; healthy; and sustainable food. | More details |
| Oroville Dioxin Education Committee | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | Dioxin Testing | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Butte County | California | To collect data on the high levels of dioxin pollution from a wood treatment plant in the City of Oroville; and compel public policy makers to pursue cleanup or remediation of the affected areas and to issue public health advisories to residents. | More details | |
| Parents for a Safer Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Pesticide Use Reform in Contra Costa County | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.pfse.net/ | To train high school students to evaluate the toxicity and quantity of pesticides being used by six public agencies in Contra Costa County _'' and then work with the agencies to institute least toxic pest management protocols in tangible steps. | More details |
| Phat Beets Produce | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.phatbeetsproduce.org | More details | |
| Raptors Are The Solution | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.raptorsarethesolution.org/ | More details | |
| Raptors Are The Solution | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Expand Faces of Rat Poison Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County Contra Costa County Humboldt County Mendocino County San Francisco County | California | http://www.raptorsarethesolution.org/ | To increase public awareness of the urgent problem of secondary poisoning of wildlife from rat poison; while simultaneously educating the public about the important role of raptors and other predatory animals in the food chain. | More details |
| RE-volv | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County San Francisco County | California | http://www.re-volv.org/ | Supports a grassroots effort to finance community-based solar energy projects for nonprofits that will lower organizations_'' energy costs; reduce the threat of climate change; and build community resilience. | More details |
| Red; Bike and Green | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County San Francisco County | California | http://www.redbikeandgreen.org/ | Promotes bike riding amongst African Americans and engages riders on issues of health; environmental justice; access to transportation and sustainable development; all of which are inextricably linked to urban; low-income communities of color. | More details |
| Richmond Trees | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 2014/2015 Street Tree Planting in Richmond | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Contra Costa County | California | For the planting and early care of 50 street trees in the City of Richmond which will make the neighborhoods healthier and greener. Local youth will gain job experience while learning to be stewards and advocates of the environment and their neighborhoods. | More details | |
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County Contra Costa County Marin County Napa County San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Clara County Solano County Sonoma County | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org/ | To promote the restoration and conservation of watersheds across the Bay Area by illustrating the linkages between the recovery of local river otter populations and healthy waterways. | More details |
| Sacramento Area Creeks Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Citizen Science Cleanup Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County Yolo County | California | http://www.creekweek.net/ | For creek stewardship; documentation of trash removal; and the development and implementation of a pilot _''Citizen Science Cleanup_''_ curriculum for classroom use. | More details |
| San Juan Ridge Taxpayers Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.sjrtaxpayers.org/ | Supports raising public awareness about pollution threats related to the proposed re-opening of the San Juan Ridge gold mine located on the Yuba River; a tributary to the Sacramento River. Before its closure in the 1990_''s; the mine discharged untreated water containing mercury and other heavy metals into the Yuba River watershed in Nevada County; destroying community wells and damaging riparian habitat in the local area and sending pulses of toxic pollution downstream into the main stem of the Sacramento River; a source of drinking water for 25 million Californians. | More details |
| Save Our Sandhill Cranes | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | El Dorado County Placer County Sacramento County Sutter County Yolo County Yuba County | California | http://www.soscranes.org/ | To create a regionally coordinated strategy for a ''Regional Open Space Plan'' that will curb the historical trend of low-density sprawl in the Sacramento Valley while preserving a network of parks; preserves and agricultural land. | More details |
| School Garden Network of Sonoma County | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sonoma County | California | http://www.schoolgardens.org/ | To support sustainable garden and nutrition-based learning programs in K-12 schools throughout Sonoma County by hosting gatherings; conducting trainings and providing direct financial and mentoring support to school garden programs. | More details |
| Self-Sustaining Communities | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Contra Costa County | California | http://self-sustainingcommunities.org | More details | |
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Smith River Estuary Enhancement Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Del Norte County | California | To eliminate threats to the estuary and wildlife of California_''s wildest river; the Smith River; and to promote restoration projects. Foremost amongst these threats are Easter lily bulb farms; which annually apply more pound-per-acre of toxic pesticides than anywhere else in the state. | More details | |
| Small World | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | El Dorado County | California | http://smallworld.cloudaccess.net/ | For school and community gardens in South Lake Tahoe; nutrition and composting classes; promotion of energy efficiency in schools; and development of family-oriented biking and walking routes to and from schools. | More details |
| Solar Richmond | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.solarrichmond.org | More details | |
| Southeast Greenway Campaign | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.southeastgreenway.org/ | To work with the City of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County to acquire the 2-mile; 52-acre Southeast Greenway from Caltrans. The Greenway is part of the Laguna de Santa Rosa and will become public open space with bike paths; walking trails; community gardens; restored riparian features and other natural habitat. | More details |
| SPAWNERS | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | https://sites.google.com/site/spawnersofelsobrante/ | To enhance and protect the health of the San Pablo Creek Watershed; including water quality monitoring; creek restoration and re-vegetation workdays; native plant demonstration gardens and service-learning workdays for students. | More details |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Forest Restoration with At-Risk Youth | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County Nevada County Placer County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org/ | To plant; water and monitor sugar pine seedlings with at-risk youth in the Lake Tahoe area as part of the _''No Child Left Inside'' environmental outreach program. | More details |
| Sustainable Economies Law Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.theselc.org | More details | |
| Sustainable Fairfax | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Marin County | California | http://www.sustainablefairfax.org/ | To empower people to take action on issues such as climate change; zero waste; food security; and water conservation. They will build a _''Sustainable Garden_''_ in downtown Fairfax that will demonstrate low-water sustainable gardening and provide an educational space for workshops and events. | More details |
| Tehipite Chapter; Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | For Merced County Regional Transportation Plan Litigation | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Merced County | California | http://www.tehipitesierraclub.org/ | To legally challenge Merced County for their failure to develop a plan for future transportation and land use that will reduce per capita vehicle miles traveled; as required by California_''s Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act (SB 375). | More details |
| Valley Improvement Projects | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Merced County San Joaquin County Stanislaus County | California | http://www.valleyimprovementprojects.org/ | To open a community space to hold workshops and educational trainings on social and environmental justice topics including bike repair and bike safety; clean air and clean water advocacy; sustainable agricultural practices; and green community development. | More details |
| Valley LEAP | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Valley LEAP Capacity & Board Development | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County Kings County | California | http://valleyleap.org/ | To organize a tour of local; state; regional and federal agencies on the environmental health hazards in Kings County; to educate residents on how to use a web-based tool to report air pollution violations and other environmental hazards; and to create a task force of government officials and community members to follow-up on complaints and to monitor enforcement actions. | More details |
| Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://wobo.org/ | To improve Oakland_''s neighborhood vitality; livability and sustainability by supporting car-free; health-focused open streets events as a way to promote bike and walk friendly city planning. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect Washoe Meadows Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org/ | To protect Washoe Meadows State Park and its rare natural; cultural and recreational resources from the impacts of a proposed golf course within the State Park boundaries. | More details |
| Watershed Alliance of Marin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support and Website Development | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.watermarin.org/ | For the protection of Marin County watersheds and to serve as an information center for local residents and community groups working to protect Marin_''s watersheds; salmonids; and natural resources. | More details |
| Watertrough Children's Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | CEQA Litigation Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sonoma County | California | http://wcachildren.org/ | For litigation to ensure that large-scale vineyard conversions in Sonoma County undergo proper environmental review; specifically the effects of pesticide drift on the 700 children attending school next to a proposed vineyard on Watertrough Road. | More details |
| Watsonville Safe Strawberries | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast | Drift Catching Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Monterey County Santa Cruz County | California | To protect children and vulnerable residents in Santa Cruz County from pesticide drifting off strawberry fields. This comes at a key moment as the California Department of Pesticide Regulation plans to restrict the use of the cancer-causing chloropicrin. | More details | |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To protect and restore the Wolf Creek watershed through water quality monitoring; invasive plant removal; replanting native plants; meadow restoration; assessing the impact of abandoned mine sites on the watershed; and advocacy for low-impact development; creek setbacks and creek friendly landscaping. | More details |
| 350 Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Building Capacity for Climate Action Plan | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sacramento County | California | http://www.350sacramento.org/ | For capacity building; media and community outreach; and implementation of a Climate Action Plan; which will empower people and communities to take action on climate change. | More details |
| All One Ocean | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County_x000B_Contra Costa County_x000B_Marin County_x000B_Sonoma County | California | http://www.alloneocean.org/ | For a community-generated response to marine pollution in Northern California by providing beachgoers with information and practical tools to clean up ocean trash; 80% of which comes from the land. | More details |
| American River Watershed Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop Parker Dam Campaign: Phase I | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County_x000B_Placer County | California | http://www.arwi.us/ | For early stakeholder education and grassroots organizing to halt construction of the proposed Parker Dam which would disrupt one of the last free flowing stretches of the Bear River. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County_x000B_Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org/ | To study the effects of logging on water quality by collecting long-term; year-round water quality data on streams that are downstream from areas that are clearcut and excessively salvage logged. | More details |
| Burrowing Owl Preservation Society | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Reclaiming ''Lost '' Burrowing Owl Habitat | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County_x000B_Santa Clara County_x000B_Santa Cruz County_x000B_Solano County_x000B_Sutter County_x000B_Yolo County | California | http://burrowingowlpreservation.org/ | To protect burrowing owl habitat in the Sacramento Valley by advocating for protective mitigation projects that are required when burrowing owl habitat is destroyed by development projects. | More details |
| California Environmental Health Initiative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Review of Ecological Agriculture Pest Management and Other Benefits in California | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cal-ehi.org/ | To research and report on how ecological farming practices can be used for pest management; crop nutrition; climate change adaptation; pollinator health; and soil health and to use this information to shift the states pest management practices away from the current heavy dependence on extremely hazardous pesticides. | More details |
| California Environmental Justice Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Statewide | Capacity Building and Advocacy Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County_x000B_Contra Costa County_x000B_San Francisco County_x000B_Fresno County_x000B_San Mateo County_x000B_Kern County_x000B_Kings County_x000B_Stanislaus County_x000B_Monterey County | California | http://cejcoalition.org/ | To build the capacity of a statewide environmental justice coalition to undertake new campaigns; stipend a new part time coordinator; and help the 57 member groups take action; advocate; and speak out at key state policy forums. | More details |
| Candlestick Point Neighborhood Committee | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Oversight of Candlestick Stadium Demolition Dust Management | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.bayviewhillsf.org/ | To oversee the dismantling of Candlestick Stadium to prevent further damage to local air quality in an underserved neighborhood; where there already exists a disproportionate number of residents with respiratory illnesses resulting from toxic pollution from shipyards; power plants and industrial worksites. | More details |
| Citizens Looking at Impacts of Mining-GV | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | Sierra Nevada | Campaign to Prevent Hard-Rock Mining in Grass Valley | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nevada County | California | http://claim-gv.org/index.html; ralph@claim-gv.org | To prevent the reopening of a hard-rock gold mine at the edge of Grass Valley that could have devastating human health and environmental consequences._x000B_ | More details |
| Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Del Norte County_x000B_Humboldt County | California | http://www.transportationpriorities.org/ | To engage local community members; educate leaders; and offer alternative perspectives focused on sustainability and livability to change transportation planning priorities on the North Coast. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | For movement building and critical environmental justice work in the areas of water and air quality; pesticides; and public health in the small rural community of Alpaugh. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Shafter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | For environmental health advocacy; community development projects; and a community garden that will allow low-income residents to grow food organically and improve their nutrition without exposure to toxic pesticides. | More details | |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Outreach Coordinator | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com/ | To protect the natural resources of Calaveras County and prohibit unwise development by hiring an outreach coordinator to participate in the Calaveras County General Plan process. | More details |
| Community Bike Kitchen at Jefferson School | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | http://www.facebook.com/CommunityBikeKitchenAtJeffersonSchool | To provide low and no cost bicycles; along with the resources necessary to maintain and repair them; to disadvantaged residents of Eureka; CA. Support will also help the bike kitchen transition to a new permanent location. | More details |
| Community Health Watch Lake Almanor | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Plumas County | California | For air and water compliance monitoring in the low-income community of Chester; which houses a waste-to-energy plant and witnessed an excessive spike in illness and sudden death incidences in recent years. | More details | |
| Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Inyo County_x000B_Mono County | California | http://eswildlifecare.org/ | For wildlife rehabilitation services to over 400 wild patients per year in the Eastern Sierra; and classroom and outreach programs that educate the local community about the importance of cohabitating with native wildlife. | More details |
| Eel River Recovery Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County_x000B_Mendocino County_x000B_Trinity County | California | http://www.eelriverrecovery.org/ | To restore the Eel River; one of the last wild river ecosystems in Northern California; so that it is swimmable; drinkable and fishable. This grant will support membership recruitment; improved outreach; and volunteer coordination for the Is it Swimmable and toxic algae detection programs. | More details |
| Energy Solidarity Cooperative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Building Solidarity With Community-Owned Solar: East Oakland Boxing Association Gaining Energy Independence | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County_x000B_Contra Costa County | California | http://www.esc.coop/ | For installing a solar system at the East Oakland Boxing Association and reinvesting the money into other community-owned clean energy systems in local underserved communities. | More details |
| Farms to Grow; Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County_x000B_Sacramento County_x000B_Contra Costa County_x000B_San Francisco County_x000B_Fresno County_x000B_San Joaquin County_x000B_Marin County_x000B_Merced County_x000B_Yolo County | California | http://www.farmstogrow.com/ | To promote sustainable farming and innovative agricultural practices; inspire a new generation of farmers; and assist African-American and other underserved farmers and gardeners in creating and maintaining sustainable farms. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County_x000B_Placer County_x000B_Yuba County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org/ | To organize a diverse coalition to protect and restore 300 miles of the iconic Yuba River and its watershed through legally binding hydropower licensing processes and related negotiations. | More details |
| Fort Ord Environmental Justice Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,500.00 | Central Coast | Communicating Through Community Voices to Achieve Local Solutions | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Monterey County | California | http://www.foejn.org/ | To inform and empower community residents about the health risks posed by the former Fort Ord Army Base. Health risks include contaminated groundwater; open burning that releases toxic smoke; soil contamination at small arms ranges; and the detonation of munitions. | More details |
| Freedom Breathers | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | https://sites.google.com/site/freedombreathers/ | For air quality monitoring by high school students in Pittsburg; CA. Students will educate their peers and the larger community about environmental health concerns and advocate for the reopening of an air quality monitoring station. | More details |
| Friends of Knowland Park | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.saveknowland.org/ | To protect Knowland Park; the largest remaining open space in Oakland; from a planned zoo expansion that will irreparably damage the park by leveling hilltops; cutting down oak and other native trees; damaging native grasslands; and threatening wildlife species. | More details |
| Friends of Outlet Creek | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Lawsuit to Stop Asphalt Plant | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Mendocino County | California | http://www.friendsofoutletcreek.com/ | For a lawsuit to protect Outlet Creek and the Eel River from a proposed asphalt plant that would threaten water quality and three species of threatened salmonids. | More details |
| Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.friendsofpinolecreek.org/ | For community outreach; volunteer stewardship; and restoration of the Pinole Creek Watershed. Continued grassroots engagement is essential for the survival and recovery of federally protected steelhead trout in San Francisco Bay tributary Pinole Creek. | More details |
| Friends of the Napa River | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Napa County | California | http://www.fonr.org/ | For watershed and wildlife oriented environmental education programs in Napa County schools and the development of the Napa Youth Watershed Stewardship Council; a youth program that engages high school student leaders in the Napa River watershed; a tributary to San Francisco Bay. In coordination with the Napa County Resource Conservation District; the program supports the students in project-based learning activities including creek restoration; water quality monitoring and river cleanups; and provides training to support extending hands-on; innovative environmental education to their peers; linking middle school and high school students with 13 other Napa County organizations to help foster larger scale projects that benefit the Napa River watershed and the local ecosystem. | More details |
| Gallinas Watershed Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Marin Civic Center Watershed Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.gallinaswatershed.org/ | To improve the water quality of the Marin Civic Center lagoon and the nearby Gallinas Creek; a tributary to San Francisco Bay; through community stewardship; engagement of local volunteers in hands-on restoration projects; and watershed restoration methods including floating islands.. The first step in improving the lagoon will be to increase water circulation. This will then allow the reintroduction and also natural growth of plants that help clean and filter the water. In addition to the direct water quality benefits; the highly-visible nature of the lagoon will help showcase the restoration to inspire and educate other local watershed restoration initiatives. | More details |
| Great Shasta Rail Trail Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Shasta County_x000B_Siskiyou County | California | http://www.greatshastarailtrail.org/ | To convert a former railroad corridor into a public recreation trail by embarking on important maintenance tasks such as bridge rehabilitation and trailhead development. | More details |
| Green Schools Initiative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,000.00 | Statewide | Greenhouse Gas Reductions at K-12 Schools in Disadvantaged Communities | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County_x000B_Sacramento County_x000B_Contra Costa County_x000B_San Francisco County_x000B_Fresno County_x000B_San Joaquin County_x000B_Santa Clara County_x000B_Stanislaus County_x000B_Merced County | California | http://www.greenschools.net/ | For a grassroots campaign to guarantee that underserved K-12 schools receive California Air Resources Board cap-and-trade funds for green schoolyards; waste reduction; transit; energy conservation; and climate literacy. | More details |
| Growing Together | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://growingtogetherproject.org/ | To reforest urban Oakland neighborhoods in order to improve the environment; build community; and create a long-term source of local healthy food in neighborhoods classified as food deserts. | More details |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Plumas County_x000B_Sierra County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org/ | To protect valuable habitat; natural resources; and wildlands in Sierra and Plumas Counties from premature and unwise development. | More details |
| Humboldt Baykeeper | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Healthy Waterways; Safe Communities Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.humboldtbaykeeper.org/ | To identify and quantify sources of bacterial pollution runoff in Humboldt Bay and adjacent coastal watersheds. This data will inform action plans to clean up waterways recently designated as Impaired under the Clean Water Act. | More details |
| Idle No More SF Bay | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 2nd Annual Connect-The-Dots Refinery Corridor Healing Walks | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County_x000B_Sonoma County | California | http://www.refineryhealingwalks.com/ | To support Native-led walks that bring attention to the second largest concentration of refineries in the United States by visiting a cluster of five fossil fuel refineries in the San Francisco Bay Area. These refineries process Bakken crude and Alberta Tar Sands oil and negatively impact nearby residents who are primarily low income people-of-color. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Defending the Wildlife and Watersheds of Northern California | Sustainable Forestry | Del Norte County_x000B_Humboldt County_x000B_Siskiyou County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org/ | To defend wildlife habitat; mature forests; and watersheds within the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forest by working closely with small rural river communities; the Karuk Tribe; watershed and firesafe councils; and local agencies. | More details |
| Lake County Community Radio | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | Access to Water | Environmental Education | Lake County | California | http://kpfz.org/ | For a collaborative grassroots campaign to provide the residents of Lucerne with safe and affordable drinking water by establishing community control over the local water supply; which is currently privately owned and controlled. | More details |
| Mission Community Market | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Increasing Healthy Food Benefits in San Francisco's Mission District | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://www.missioncommunitymarket.org/ | To increase access to healthy fruits and vegetables among low-income; urban households; at an independent weekly community market in the Mission District. This program will match Cal Fresh (formerly called food stamps) and other food aid programs 1 to 1; providing access to fresh; healthy food in a neighborhood that has elevated rates of diet related chronic disease. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Shasta County_x000B_Siskiyou County_x000B_Modoc County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To protect Mount Shastas watersheds; forests; and stunning landscapes from unsustainable development and implement a climate adaptation initiative. | More details |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,000.00 | North Central & East | Development of A Local Trail Alliance | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Lassen County_x000B_Plumas County_x000B_Tehama County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | To support a diverse coalition in rural northeastern California working to map and promote an existing network of recreational trails on three local lakes in the Upper Feather River watershed. | More details |
| Nature's Voices Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County_x000B_Contra Costa County_x000B_San Francisco County_x000B_Solano County_x000B_Sonoma County | California | For an online project to honor and amplify the voices of young people whose lives have been transformed by environmental education programs. Natures Voices Project will create a platform to lift youth stories and perspectives and build support for environmental literacy as a fundamental component of a high-quality 21st Century education. | More details | |
| Nevada County Climate Change Coalition Education Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,200.00 | Sierra Nevada | Mobilizing Young Climate Change Agents | Environmental Education | Nevada County | California | For the Climate Change Agents Camp; a weeklong overnight camp where high-potential; underserved youth are given the tools to be climate change agents in their community. | More details | |
| Oroville Dioxin Education Committee | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Oroville Toxics and Dioxin Identification and Education Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Butte County | California | To collect data on the high levels of dioxin pollution from a wood treatment plant in the City of Oroville; compel public policy makers to pursue cleanup or remediation of the affected areas; and to issue public health advisories to residents. | More details | |
| Paula Lane Action Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County_x000B_Marin County | California | http://www.paulalaneactionnetwork.org/ | For protection of upland habitat and wildlife movement in Sonoma Countys Petaluma River Watershed. Paul Lane Action Network will support advocacy to prevent urban sprawl and destruction of open space in Sonoma County. | More details |
| People for Clean Air & Water of Kettleman City | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Kettleman City Youth Protecting Our Planet | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kings County | California | To organize and educate youth in Kettleman City on environmental justice issues affecting their community. | More details | |
| PLACE for Sustainable Living | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.aplaceforsustainableliving.org/ | For a grassroots experiential learning center in Northwest Oakland that showcases sustainable living practices for the general public through community workshops and outreach programs focused on urban homesteading; neighborhood community building; community resilience and preparedness; social justice; and artistic expression. | More details |
| Raptors Are the Solution | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County_x000B_Contra Costa County_x000B_Humboldt County_x000B_Mendocino County_x000B_San Francisco County | California | http://www.raptorsarethesolution.org/ | To increase public awareness about the dangers to children; pets; and wildlife from rat poison; and to promote alternatives to rodenticides. | More details |
| Reimagine! Movements Making Media; Race; Poverty & the Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Statewide | Building a Beat: Environmental and Climate Justice in Northern California | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County_x000B_San Benito County_x000B_Contra Costa County_x000B_San Francisco County_x000B_San Mateo County_x000B_Santa Clara County_x000B_Sonoma County_x000B_Marin County_x000B_Monterey County | California | http://reimaginerpe.org/ | To inspire activists; educate policy makers; and mobilize our communities by publishing and disseminating photo essays; narratives; and interviews about the effects of climate change on low-income people and communities of color. | More details |
| Sacramento Food Policy Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $1,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sacramento County | California | https://www.facebook.com/SacFoodPolicy | To bring community voices to the local planning processes in order to promote healthy food and sustainable farming in Sacramento County. | More details |
| Sacramento Valley Water Justice Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Community-Based Environmental Justice Reporting Through IVAN | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County_x000B_San Joaquin County_x000B_Sutter County_x000B_Yolo County_x000B_Yuba County | California | To support the expansion of the Identifying Violations Affecting Neighborhoods (IVAN) app into the Southern Sacramento Valley. The IVAN app allows residents to report water quality and other environmental violations directly to local and statewide enforcement agencies and has been used successfully in other areas of the state to protect watersheds and communities. | More details | |
| Safe Strawberry Monterey Bay Working Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Cruz County_x000B_Monterey County | California | For coalition work and community engagement to reduce pesticide threats in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties. The Central Coast region; where much of the nations produce is grown; suffers a disproportionate burden of pesticide pollution; resulting in contaminated runoff that damages water quality in the watersheds of Monterey Bay; and public health threats including increased community risk of cancer; reproductive and developmental harm; and nervous system damage. | More details | |
| San Juan Ridge Taxpayers Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.sjrtaxpayers.org/ | Supports raising public awareness about pollution threats related to the proposed re-opening of the San Juan Ridge gold mine located on the Yuba River; a tributary to the Sacramento River. Before its closure in the 1990s; the mine discharged untreated water containing mercury and other heavy metals into the Yuba River watershed in Nevada County; destroying community wells and damaging riparian habitat in the local area and sending pulses of toxic pollution downstream into the main stem of the Sacramento River; a source of drinking water for 25 million Californians. | More details |
| School Garden Network of Sonoma County | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sonoma County | California | http://www.schoolgardens.org/ | To support sustainable garden and nutrition-based learning programs in K-12 schools throughout Sonoma County. The School Garden Network addresses significant obstacles school gardens face by providing trainings; financial support; and mentoring to school garden programs. | More details |
| Sierra Harvest | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | Sierra Nevada | Food Love Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Nevada County | California | http://livinglandsagrariannetwork.org | To develop an educational hub for gardening and nutrition education for youth and adults; including working with a hunger relief group from Truckee; at-risk Oakland youth; and retired seniors. | More details |
| Sierra National Monument Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Fresno County_x000B_Madera County_x000B_Mariposa County | California | http://www.sierranationalmonument.org/ | To create a new national monument between Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks. The monument would include approximately one million acres of land renowned for its spectacular beauty and biodiversity; create wildlife corridors; and encompass three major watersheds. | More details |
| Sierra Water Work Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alpine County_x000B_Amador County_x000B_Butte County_x000B_Calaveras County_x000B_El Dorado County_x000B_Fresno County_x000B_Inyo County_x000B_Kern County_x000B_Lassen County_x000B_Madera County_x000B_Mariposa County_x000B_Merced County_x000B_Modoc County_x000B_Mono County_x000B_Nevada County_x000B_Placer County_x000B_Plumas County_x000B_Shasta County_x000B_Sierra County_x000B_Stanislaus County_x000B_Tulare County_x000B_Tuolumne County | California | http://www.sierrawaterworkgroup.org/ | To participate in regional efforts in the Sierra Nevada to protect and enhance water quality; water supply; and watershed health; with a focus on serving disadvantaged communities and Native American tribes. | More details |
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Smith River Estuary Enhancement Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Del Norte County_x000B_Humboldt County | California | http://siskiyouland.org/ | To eliminate threats to the estuary and wildlife of Californias wildest river; the Smith River; and to promote restoration projects. Foremost amongst these threats are Easter lily bulb farms; which annually apply more pound-per-acre of toxic pesticides than anywhere else in the state. | More details |
| Solar Richmond | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Carbon Offsets for 2015 Grantee Convening | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Contra Costa County | California | More details | ||
| Soul Flower Farm | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Contra Costa County | California | http://soulflowerfarm.blogspot.com/ | To provide hands-on lessons in growing food and medicine; fostering community resilience; and developing healthy urban food systems for underserved communities and people of color. Soul Flower Farm partners with dozens of Bay Area organizations and schools for educational farm tours; classes; workshops; and work opportunities. | More details |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | To protect the South Yuba River through advocacy; stewardship and public education and community action._x000B_ | More details | ||||
| SPAWNERS | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.spawners.org/ | For grassroots community action to enhance and protect the San Pablo Creek Watershed. SPAWNERS leads monthly creek restoration and water quality assessment workdays; maintains native plant demonstration gardens; holds creek cleanups; and leads service-learning workdays for students. | More details |
| Stop the Garden Bar Dam Campaign | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | www.bearriver.us | To prevent the construction of a new dam at Garden Bar on the Bear River. The proposed Garden Bar Dam would flood pristine blue oak woodlands; including over one thousand acres recently placed in conservation easement; and destroy anadramous fishery restoration efforts. | More details |
| Stop the Spray! Committee of Fair Oaks and Carmichael | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $1,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | To oppose the mandatory chemical spraying of the Japanese beetle by CA Department of Food and Agriculture in suburban Sacramento County and to promote equally effective green alternatives. Urban runoff from chemically treated lawns drains into the nearby American River. | More details | |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Western White Pine Restoration in Tahoe | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alpine County_x000B_El Dorado County_x000B_Placer County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org/ | To plant and monitor western white pine seedlings at several locations around Tahoe. About 200 local students; volunteers; and field crews will participate in this project to restore the western white pine population and enhance forest health and wildlife habitat. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org/ | To engage youth and other volunteers for targeted; urgently needed dune and wetland restoration at the mouth of the Wests largest coastal lagoon in Del Norte County. | More details |
| Urban Farmacy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Urban Farmacy Curriculum and Food Hack Shipping Containers | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.theurbanfarmacy.org/ | To increase food production in urban areas; create economic viability within urban agriculture; educate communities about food entrepreneurship; and improve the health of the community by harvesting; foraging; and processing locally grown food and herbs. | More details |
| Valley Improvement Projects | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County_x000B_San Joaquin County_x000B_Stanislaus County | California | http://www.valleyimprovementprojects.org/ | To promote responsible waste management practices in Stanislaus County and end waste incineration in the unincorporated territory of Crows Landing. Waste incineration threatens air quality and has a disproportionate impact on low-income; Latino communities. | More details |
| Watertrough Children's Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | CEQA Project Renewal and Advancement | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sonoma County | California | http://wcachildren.org/ | For advocacy to ensure that large-scale vineyard conversions in Sonoma County undergo proper environmental review to determine impacts to Russian River water quality and public health; especially the effects to Russian River tributary Atascadero Creek and the 700 children attending school next to a proposed vineyard on Watertrough Road. | More details |
| WildPlaces | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Fresno County_x000B_Kern County_x000B_Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net/ | For habitat restoration and education projects targeting low-income communities and communities of color in the Central Valley; and to support capacity-building targets such as the creation of a five-year strategic plan and the development of an advisory board. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To protect and restore Wolf Creek; part of the Sacramento River watershed; through water quality monitoring; invasive plant removal; replanting native plants; meadow restoration; assessing the impact of abandoned mine sites on the watershed; and advocacy for low-impact development; creek setbacks and creek friendly landscaping. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To protect and restore Wolf Creek; part of the Sacramento River watershed; through water quality monitoring; invasive plant removal; replanting native plants; meadow restoration; assessing the impact of abandoned mine sites on the watershed; and advocacy for low-impact development; creek setbacks and creek friendly landscaping. | More details |
| 350 Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Continuing to Build Capacity | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sacramento County | California | http://www.350sacramento.org/ | To improve organizational capacity and continue environmental education and advocacy around local climate issues in Sacramento. | More details |
| AGUA-La Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Fresno County Kern County Kings County Tulare County | California | To support a grassroots coalition of 118 members from 22 low-income communities and communities of color dedicated to securing safe; clean; and affordable drinking water in the San Joaquin Valley. | More details | |
| American River Watershed Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop Centennial/Parker Dam Campaign Phase 3 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County Sutter County Nevada County Yuba County | California | http://www.arwi.us/ | For early stakeholder education and grassroots organizing to stop the proposed Centennial/Parker Dam and to protect one of the last free flowing stretches of the Bear River. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To study the effects of logging on water quality by collecting long-term; year-round water quality data on streams that are downstream from areas that are clearcut and excessively salvage logged. | More details |
| Brown Girl Surf | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.browngirlsurf.com | More details | |
| California Environmental Health Initiative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | Statewide | Review of Ecological-Agriculture Pest Management and Other Benefits in California | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County Butte County Sacramento County Santa Cruz County Sonoma County Napa County Yolo County | California | http://www.cal-ehi.org/ | To shift California Department of Food & Agriculture's pest management away from hazardous pesticides through the preparation of a comprehensive report on ecological agriculture's benefits and policy vehicles for incorporating this approach. | More details |
| Citizens for a Sustainable Point Molate | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.cfspm.org/ | To permanently protect over 100 acres at Point Molate in Richmond; one of the last undeveloped headlands on the shores of San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Shafter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | To build capacity; administer a community garden; and advocate for environmental health and community development projects in the Central Valley. | More details | |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protecting the Environment through the Calaveras County General Plan Update | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | More details | |
| Conservation Action Fund for Education | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Save Our Sonoma Coast | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | http://cafefund.org/ | To ensure free public access at Sonoma Coast State Park and preserve the Park's natural resources and habitat. | More details |
| Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Alameda and Regional County Goods Movement Plan Implementation | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.ditchingdirtydiesel.org/ | To community support to reduce the harm caused by the movement of goods throughout the Bay Area; especially in low-income communities of color that already bear a disproportionate health burden from these activities. | More details |
| Environment in the Public Interest | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast | Citizen-Science Training: From Observing Environmental Harms to Solving Environmental Problems | Environmental Education | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.epicenteronline.org | More details | |
| Fairmead Community & Friends | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Madera County | California | http://www.fairmead.org/ | To advocate for safe and affordable drinking water; improved access to transit; and improved air quality through community engagement and empowerment in Fairmead; CA. | More details |
| Farms to Grow; Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County Sacramento County Contra Costa County San Francisco County Fresno County San Joaquin County Marin County Yolo County | California | http://www.farmstogrow.com | More details | |
| Forest Unlimited | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Ground Truth: Under Reported Deforestation | Sustainable Forestry | Sonoma County | California | http://www.forestunlimited.org | More details | |
| Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,925.00 | Central Valley | Central Valley Green Business Outreach Project | Environmental Education | Fresno County Kern County Kings County Tulare County | California | http://www.fmbcc.com/ | More details | |
| Friends of Willow Creek of Sausalito | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Willow Creek Upper Reach: Restoration; Education and Engagement | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Marin County | California | http://www.friendsofthecreek.org/ | More details | |
| Gallinas Watershed Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Civic Center Watershed Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.gallinaswatershed.org | More details | |
| GrassRoots Oakland West Incubator | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Free-er Way Garden | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | https://www.facebook.com/seventhandmarket/ | For a community garden in West Oakland that grows a wide variety of organic fruits and vegetables of significant cultural; historical; and nutritional value and offers cooking classes; gardening demonstrations; and other community building opportunities to local residents. | More details |
| Humboldt Baykeeper | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Healthy Waterways; Safe Communities Initiative; Phase II | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.humboldtbaykeeper.org/ | To identify and quantify sources of bacterial pollution and inform action plans to clean up waterways in Humboldt County that were recently designated as Impaired under the Clean Water Act. | More details |
| Idle No More SF Bay | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 2015 Indigenous Women of the Americas Defenders of Mother Earth Treaty Compact and Northern California Direct Actions Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County Contra Costa County San Francisco County Humboldt County Santa Cruz County Solano County | California | http://www.IdleNoMoreSFBay.org | For outreach and education in Native American and San Francisco Bay Area communities to address the harmful effects of environmental degradation and climate change. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Shasta County Siskiyou County Modoc County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | More details | |
| Movimiento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County Sacramento County Nevada County | California | http://www.movimagine.org/ | For an Outdoor Mental Health program supporting underserved youth in developing a robust connection to the environment; enabling them to become long-term environmental stewards and advocates. | More details |
| MyValleySprings.com | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://myvalleysprings.com/ | For grassroots advocacy promoting responsible land use planning and the protection of oak woodlands; agricultural rangelands; and forests in Calaveras County. | More details |
| Nevada County Climate Change Coalition Education Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,850.00 | Sierra Nevada | Climate Change Agents Camp 2017 | Environmental Education | Nevada County | California | More details | ||
| North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Lake County Sonoma County Marin County Mendocino County | California | http://www.ncrcanddc.org | More details | |
| Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyoheadlands.org | More details | |
| PLACE for Sustainable Living | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Rooted in PLACE Community Garden Work Days | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.aplaceforsustainableliving.org | More details | |
| Plant Exchange | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://theplantexchange.com | For events and monthly demonstrations emphasizing gray water recycling; worm bins; composting; natural pest management; drought-resilient gardening; and other sustainable living practices. | More details |
| Regeneration/Regeneracin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Advancing a Climate Justice Initiative in the Pjaro Valley; California | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Santa Cruz County | California | More details | ||
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County Contra Costa County San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Clara County Solano County Sonoma County Marin County Napa County | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | More details | |
| Sacramento Food Policy Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sacramento County | California | https://www.facebook.com/SacFoodPolicy | More details | |
| Safe Strawberry Monterey Bay Working Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Cruz County Monterey County | California | More details | ||
| Save the Klamath-Trinity Salmon | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County Humboldt County Shasta County Siskiyou County Trinity County | California | More details | ||
| Sierra National Monument Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Fresno County Madera County Mariposa County | California | http://www.sierranationalmonument.org/ | More details | |
| Sierra Water Workgroup | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alpine County Placer County Amador County Plumas County Butte County Calaveras County El Dorado County Fresno County Inyo County Kern County Shasta County Sierra County Lassen County Madera County Stanislaus County Mariposa County Merced County Modoc County Tulare County Mono County Tuolumne County Nevada County | California | http://www.sierrawaterworkgroup.org | To engage Integrated Regional Water Management stakeholders throughout the Sierra Nevada and facilitate regional efforts to protect and enhance water quality; water supply; and watershed health. | More details |
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Smith River Estuary Enhancement Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Del Norte County Humboldt County | California | http://siskiyouland.org/ | More details | |
| Small World | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | El Dorado County | California | http://smallworld.cloudaccess.net | For school and community gardens throughout South Lake Tahoe; nutrition and composting classes; the promotion of energy efficiency in schools; and the development of family-oriented biking and walking routes to and from schools. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org | More details | |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect Washoe Meadows | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org | More details | |
| Watertrough Children's Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Complete CEQA Education and Litigation around Toxics; Agriculture; and Children | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sonoma County | California | http://wcachildren.org/ | For community-based advocacy to protect local school children and the Russian River from pesticide drift from a large winery located near an elementary school and adjacent to Russian River tributary Atascadero Creek. | More details |
| West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.woeip.org | For community advocacy; research; policy development; and air quality monitoring programs in West Oakland; a neighborhood with disproportionately high levels of asthma; respiratory disease; and cancer. | More details |
| WildPlaces | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Fresno County Kern County Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net | To build organizational capacity and support programs that address environmental degradation of rivers; enhanced meadow restoration; drought impacts in California's Central Valley; and protection of wild spaces. | More details |
| AGUA | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Fresno County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Madera County ; Merced County ; Tulare County | California | To secure safe, clean and affordable drinking water in California's San Joaquin Valley by working to clean up existing pollution and prevent water from further contamination. | More details | |
| American River Watershed Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop Centennial Dam Campaign Phase 4 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County ; Placer County ; Sutter County | California | http://www.arwi.us/ | This project is a river preservation campaign to stop the proposed Centennial Dam and instead establish protections for one of the last free flowing stretches of the Bear River through early stakeholder education and grassroots organization. The focus of the past year has been increased public awareness through materials, website, social media, and events related to initial environmental processes and permitting with CEQA NOP and State Water Resources Control Board water rights proceedings. | More details |
| Art & Science for Kids interested in Media & Education (ASK ME) | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Broader Impacts | Environmental Education | Alameda County ; Humboldt County ; Mendocino County | California | http://www.theyoungmediamakers.org | Broader Impacts is a collaboration between the University of California at Berkeley, Mary Power Lab, the Eel River Recovery Project and Art & Science for Kids interested in Media & Education (Ink People /ASK ME ). Specifically for this project, Broader Impacts, several of The Young MediaMakers led by ASK ME project director Barbara Domanchuk will follow and document the activity of UC Berkeley scientists with the goal to produce and distribute scientific web streams and a short documentary about microbial and Eel River ecology with an emphasis on cyanobacteria. | More details |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Ascend Tenderfoot Trip | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Trinity County | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | Ascend offers five-day excursions for local youth ranging in age from 9-18 years old into the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area in Northern California. These trips are offered at no cost to participants, who are divided into three age groups: 9-11, 12-14 and 15-18. Ascend is dedicated to environmental education and promoting nature based experiences. Ascend seeks to empower young participants to overcome their personal limitations while also enhancing their sense of appreciation and responsibility for humanity and the preservation and conservation of wild spaces. | More details |
| AsianWeek Foundation/Florence Fang Asian Community Garden | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Developing Sustainable Community Garden | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | California | http://www.sfasiangarden.com/ | This project will add sustainability to San Francisco's only community garden focused on Asian communities/traditions through building garden infrastructure (including more planter boxes, irrigation and rainwater reclamation), and by building capacity through creation of a farm stand program to sell extra produce to local residents. The project supports the Florence Fang Asian Community Gardens goals of repurposing public land for community use, empowering marginalized communities, and promoting relations between different communities of color in San Francisco's most neglected neighborhood. | More details | |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To collect long-term, year-round data and evidence regarding the diminished water quality of streams downstream of clearcut and salvage logged land in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges. | More details |
| Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; San Francisco County | California | http://www.baehc.org | To build the capacity of community members to participate in regulatory decision-making and work with local lawmakers and regulatory agencies to advance policies to reduce cumulative air pollution and ensure better health for residents | More details |
| Bayview Hunters Point Mothers and Fathers Committee for Health and Environmental Justice | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Capacity Building and Community Organizing | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | To increase community engagement in environmental and climate justice advocacy around pollution and health issues in the at-risk and impacted community by participating in trainings conducted by Greenaction, participate in the Bayview Hunters Point Environmental Justice Response Task Force meetings and process, and in organizing on other pollution, health and gentrification issues. | More details | |
| Benicia Tree Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sustainable Forestry | Solano County | California | http://beniciatrees.org/ | To sponsor tree planting and maintenance projects in Benicia while educating the community on the benefits of trees to the environment and how to grow trees sustainably. | More details | |
| Brown Girl Surf | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Education | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; San Francisco County ; San Mateo County | California | http://www.browngirlsurf.com/ | To build a joyful, diverse, and environmentally reverent women’s surf community locally through highly accessible, culturally resonant, beach-based programs, conservation efforts, and community celebrations which connect us to the ocean. | More details | |
| California Trade Justice Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County ; San Francisco County ; Solano County | California | http://catradejustice.org/ | To mobilize and educate communities to stand up for a strong, equitable and enforceable set of worker and environmental standards | More details | |
| Campesinas Unidas Del Valle De San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | https://www.facebook.com/Campesinas-Unidas-Del-Valle-de-san-joaquin-603433056398878/ | To educate children and teens in identifying hazardous pesticides sprayed around their schools and homes | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | To educate the entire Alpaugh community about important health and environmental issues affecting their daily lives, such as water and wastewater infrastructure needs, the impact of harmful industrial/commercial operations, and air quality issues. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Shafter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | As a community based organization we needs to continue to improve our capacity to be able to advocate for environmental health, community development projects and to have a successful community garden that can help participants grow food organically and improve nutrition without exposure to pesticides, this is important since Shafter and the Valley have a high rate of low-income population. | More details | |
| Community Bike Kitchen at Jefferson School | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | https://www.facebook.com/CommunityBikeKitchenAtJeffersonSchool | To provide low and no-cost bicycles, along with the resources and skills necessary to repair them, to all members of the community. The bike kitchen is a community skill-sharing workshop & providing tools, space and mechanics knowledge for bike repair and also volunteer opportunities to earn a new set of wheels. | More details |
| Community United Lanare | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | To engage community residents in advocacy for a safe and healthy community, as well as to continue the group's advocacy for environmental justice issues on the local, regional and state levels. | More details | |
| Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | http://www.ditchingdirtydiesel.org | To engage members in education and advocacy activities to reduce the disproportionate harm caused by goods movement in low-income, minority communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. | More details | |
| Friends of Outlet Creek | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Outlet Creek Citizen Monitoring & School Education: Towards a Salmon Safe Willits | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Mendocino County | California | http://www.friendsofoutletcreek.com/ | To create a community based watershed awareness and protection program by inviting interested citizens and students from Willits public schools to help monitor and learn more about the Outlet Creek basin in which they live. | More details |
| Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.friendsofpinolecreek.org | To design a creek access map highlighting ADA-compliant trails and engage volunteers in high-visibility stewardship projects that emphasize the watershed’s ecological and cultural connections. | More details | |
| Friends of the Napa River | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Education | Napa County | California | http://www.fonr.org | To educate communities about healthy habitat, streams, rivers, and water resources by forging connections to the Napa river. | More details | |
| Great Shasta Rail Trail Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Shasta County ; Siskiyou County | California | http://www.greatshastarailtrail.org | To convert the railroad right of way into a public recreation trail by conducting bridge rehabilitation and trailhead development. | More details |
| Greenfield Walking Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Kern County | California | http://californiawalks.org/greenfield-walking-group/ | To support the engagement of South Kern residents through health promoting recreation opportunities while advancing advocacy efforts for healthy and inclusive land use priorities as part of the Kern General Plan Update process. | More details | |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protecting Forest Resources | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Placer County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org | To file a lawsuit challenging Placer County's approval of the zoning text amendment which allows ski lift facilities and ski runs as compatible uses on lands managed for timber production. | More details |
| Humboldt Baykeeper | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.humboldtbaykeeper.org | To advocate for a site-specific fish advisory to inform Humboldt Bay area residents on reducing mercury exposure from eating locally-caught fish. | More details | |
| Indian Cultural Organization | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | Run4Salmon | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County ; Colusa County ; Marin County ; Napa County ; Shasta County ; Tehama County ; Yolo County | California | http://www.winnememwintu.us/ | To host the Run4Salmon: a two-week prayerful journey in which more than 300 tribal members, indigenous relatives and allies travel the historical path wild Chinook salmon once swam before the Shasta Dam by walking, running, boating biking, boating, paddling and horse riding from the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta to the McCloud River. | More details |
| Kids With A Conscious | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.kidswac.org/index.html | We are teaching the community how to create and sustain edible gardens that will empower them with a voice through gardening and education. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | To defend mature forests, watersheds and wildlife on the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests and beyond by active participation in planning, commenting, collaborating, monitoring and litigating projects while applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge, science, law, policy, place-based knowledge and community needs. | More details |
| Lake Almanor Watershed Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $2,500.00 | North Central & East | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Lassen County ; Plumas County | California | https://sierrainstitute.us/lake-almanor-watershed-group/ | To work towards developing an outreach campaign to increase understanding by local residents and visitors of human-mediated impacts in the Almanor Basin and their role in stewarding watershed health. | More details | |
| LEAF (Local Ecology & Agriculture Fremont) | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.fremontleaf.org | To maintain the C.R. Stone Garden, which grows vegetables that are donated to Tri-Cities Volunteer Food Bank, the largest client-direct food bank in Alameda County. | More details | |
| Mad River Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Citizen Biological & Water Quality Monitoring Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.madriveralliance.org/ | Mad River Alliance (MRA) is a community driven group working to protect clean local water and the ecological integrity of the Mad River watershed for the benefit of its human and natural communities. MRA has 4 main programs; Education, Water Quality & Biological Monitoring, Restoration, and Conservation Outreach. | More details |
| Mother Lode Harvest | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Amador County ; Calaveras County | California | http://www.mlharvest.com/ | To promote and preserve local sustainable community scale agriculture by providing a venue for local producers to market food, products and services, and to provide year-round access to local products for consumers. | More details | |
| NorCal Community Resilience Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | California | http://norcalresilience.org/ | The NorCal Community Resilience Network is requesting general operating support to support the expansion of our regional hub, building resilience in our homes and communities through low-cost, nature-inspired, community-based projects. Our work increases capacity for grassroots projects and programs, builds solidarity between network members and broadens support for the movement to build regenerative, locally-based, and equitable communities in Northern California. | More details | |
| Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Mendocino County | California | http://www.noyoheadlands.org/ | To advocate a thorough clean-up and environmental restoration of a 400 acre mill site closed in 2002 by pulling the community together to daylight two creeks that were covered during mill operation and restore 60 acres of wetlands. | More details | |
| Oakland Climate Action Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.oaklandclimateaction.org/ | To organize and unify Oakland community organizations in creating equitable climate solutions that strengthen the resilience of frontline communities. | More details | |
| Parents for a Safer Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | http://www.pfse.net | To educate and empower community members to obtain pesticide use records, learn their toxicities, and negotiate changes in public agencies practices through written, enforceable policies that achieve least-toxic maintenance and pest-control practices. Also, to train maintenance and landscape professionals how to reduce and eliminate the toxic chemicals used at schools, in parks, and on public lands. | More details |
| Paula Lane Action Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; Mendocino County ; Monterey County ; Napa County ; San Diego County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Cruz County ; Sonoma County | California | http://www.paulalaneactionnetwork.org | To protect upland habitat and wildlife movement, preserving connectivity, in the Petaluma River Watershed in Sonoma County, and support advocacy to prevent urban sprawl, destruction and fragmentation of habitat and wildlife movement areas. | More details | |
| Pollinator Posse | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $1,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Streets in Old Oakland Neighborhood | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | gardensatlakemerritt.org | The Pollinator Posse will create pollinator habitats by building a pollinator pathway that radiates out from the Citys notable pollinator garden at Lake Merritt. The project will result in the installation of pollinator gardens at three sites in Old Oakland. Pollinator plants will also be seeded at 100 recently planted street trees near each designated garden site to reinforce the pollinator pathway. The Pollinator Posse will work with the Old Oakland Mosaic Trash Can Program to integrate art, education and litter reduction by transforming two blighted trash cans with a pollinator designs. | More details |
| Pollinator Posse | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $1,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Streets in Old Oakland Neighborhood | Environmental Education | California | http://gardensatlakemerritt.org/ | The Pollinator Posse will create pollinator habitats by building a pollinator pathway that radiates out from the Cities notable pollinator garden at Lake Merritt. The project will result in the installation of pollinator gardens at three sites in Old Oakland. Pollinator plants will also be seeded at 100 recently planted street trees near each designated garden site to reinforce the pollinator pathway. The Pollinator Posse will work with the Old Oakland Mosaic Trash Can Program to integrate art, education and litter reduction by transforming two blighted trash cans with a pollinator designs. | More details | |
| Raptors Are The Solution | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County ; San Luis Obispo County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.raptorsarethesolution.org | To educate people about the dangers of rat poison to wildlife, pets, and children with successful campaigns on public transit, billboards, social media, public events, and presentations. | More details | |
| Regeneration/Regeneración | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Monterey County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.regenerationpajarovalley.org/ | To create a community that has achieved climate justice so all people in the Pájaro Valley can live in harmony with the natural world; by advocating for a fair economy, planning for a healthy ecosystem, and guiding the community to a sustainable way of life. | More details | |
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Education | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; Monterey County ; Napa County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Cruz County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | To research and link river otter population recovery to watershed health and conservation through community science, research, outreach and education. | More details | |
| Sacramento Area Creeks Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento Area Creeks Council Creek Week | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.creekweek.net/ | We would like to use the funds to help us improve our creek week trash clean-up. The improvements that we would like to make include working with Hammerdirt another local 501C3 charity that works to determine the density of different types of trash in an area and the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Conservancy in order to track how our clean-ups are affecting the environment as well as educate school children about how they can help improve nearby natural habitats through in-class demonstrations. We would also use some of the funds to purchase more and new supplies for the actual clean-up. | More details |
| Sacramento Food Policy Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sacramento County | California | https://www.facebook.com/SacFoodPolicy | To propel collective action toward an equitable and sustainable food system by building alignment, advancing policies, and convening advocates, policy makers, and organizations around a shared agenda. | More details | |
| Save California's Salmon | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Lake County ; Mendocino County ; Sacramento County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County | California | https://www.facebook.com/SaveCaliforniaSalmon/ | To use the Federal Energy Regulatory (FERC) and administrative processes, along with state water quality laws, to take down antiquated large dams and/or restore flows and water quality in key salmon watersheds. | More details | |
| Shiftworks | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | https://www.shiftworks.design | To bring Waterspots, an onsite water harvesting hub that provides experiential education in water security and resilience issues, to schoolchildren across the San Francisco Bay Area, engaging the next generation in climate change action. | More details | |
| The East Oakland Collective | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.eastoaklandcollective.com/ | To support Deep East Oakland communities to guide the design, building, development and implementation of a pedestrian/bike greenway along the San Leandro Creek as an economically thriving, clean, safe, affordable, environmentally healthy place which reflects the local cultures without being displaced by the regional improvement. | More details | |
| The Plant Exchange | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://theplantexchange.com | To teach best practices for sustainable city-living gardening using hands-on presentations and demonstrations led by experienced professionals. Topics will include natural pest management, responsible water use, composting, and secrets to developing a bountiful edible garden. | More details | |
| Trees Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $1,000.00 | North Coast | Sustainable Forestry | Alameda County ; Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Marin County ; Mariposa County ; Mendocino County ; Napa County ; San Francisco County ; Siskiyou County ; Sonoma County ; Trinity County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org | To restore the ecological integrity of California's North Coast by empowering and assisting regional community-based conservation and restoration projects. | More details | |
| Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Fresno County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Tulare County | California | http://www.tularebasinwildlifepartners.org/ | To help advance collaborative whole-watershed planning and resource management in the Tulare Basin based on sound science and mutually identified needs for regional economic and ecological sustainability. | More details | |
| United Trail Maintainers of California | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Humboldt County ; Siskiyou County | California | http://www.unitedtrailmaintainers.org/photos.aspx | To fund student interns augmenting the organization’s volunteer workforce during the summer of 2018 to help recover trail systems and facilities in burn areas from the 2017 Marble Mountains Wildnerness fires. | More details | |
| Valley Improvement Projects | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Stanislaus County | California | http://www.valleyimprovementprojects.org | VIP's mission statement is to improve the quality of life of underrepresented and marginalized residents of California’s Central Valley by promoting social and environmental justice issues through youth outreach, education, technology, and art. We hope to continue building on our work in air quality and waste diversion and expand into local and regional water issues and soil sustainability, especially as related to climate change. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Environmental Education | El Dorado County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org | To educate legislators and other elected and appointed officials as well as members of the public about the resources of the Washoe Meadows State Park and make the park more accessible to all. | More details | |
| Watershed Alliance of Marin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.watermarin.org/ | To protect and restore Marin County’s watersheds and the native wildlife nourished by our natural heritage. | More details |
| We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Environmental Education | Siskiyou County | California | http://cawater.net/ | To advocate for the protection of the environment and natural resources, defend against corporate privatization of natural resources, and encourage a community-wide democratic role and participation in sustainable economic development. | More details | |
| West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.woeip.org | To engage youth in advocacy processes to shape the City of Oakland’s new Truck Management Plan (TMP). Youth participants will learn to use scientific findings to influence policy making using a new body of air quality data that shows high rates of street level truck pollution in West Oakland. | More details | |
| WildPlaces | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Fresno County ; Kern County ; Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net | To use habitat restoration, job creation, and mass mobilization as a proactive response to the current attempts to dismantle the Giant Sequoia National Monument and other eminent threats to public lands. | More details | |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | GENERAL SUPPORT for Wolf Creek Community Alliance - a volunteer run organization located in Northern California - whose focus and mission is to protect and restore Wolf Creek and its watershed to a condition of optimal health and integrity for the benefit of present and future generations. Our goals are closely aligned with the EPA Strategic Plan for improving water quality on a watershed-wide basis, promoting programs and projects to restore and protect the watershed and aquatic ecosystems by understanding water quality problems in the watershed and increasing community awareness. | More details |
| Yahi Group of the Sierra Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Lassen Forest Preservation Project | Sustainable Forestry | Butte County ; Lassen County ; Plumas County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.sierraclub.org/mother-lode/yahi | The goal of the Lassen Forest Preservation Project is to positively affect the outcomes on all significant projects located on national forest lands in northeastern California for the protection of our local communities and environment. We will do this by mobilizing the public to participate in the forest planning process for Lassen and Plumas national forests. | More details |
| 350 Bay Area | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Youth Versus Apocalypse | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; San Francisco County ; Sonoma County | California | http://www.350bayarea.org | To support “Youth Versus Apocalypseâ€, which will train a team of youth leaders around the Bay Area to become a network for social and environmental justice in their schools and communities. | More details |
| 350 Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Continue to Build Capacity As We Lead the Sacramento Region to Carbon Zero | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sacramento County | California | http://www.350sacramento.org | To accelerate the transition to a just and sustainable future by making the Sacramento region a leader in the race to carbon zero. | More details |
| AGUA | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Fresno County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Madera County ; Merced County ; Tulare County | California | To secure safe, clean, and affordable drinking water in California’s San Joaquin Valley by working to clean up existing pollution and preventing further pollution. Funds will support AGUA’s Movement Building and Safe and Affordable Water Campaign. | More details | |
| All One Ocean | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Ocean Warriors and Beach Cleanup Program | Environmental Education | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; Monterey County ; San Francisco County ; Sonoma County | California | https://www.alloneocean.org/ | To educate communities about the destructive effect of litter on oceans and waterways by providing effective methods to reduce our impact. By focusing on youth through the Ocean Warriors program, All One Ocean aims to create a sustainable approach to changing behaviors at the source and creating a new generation of environmental leaders. | More details |
| Alliance for Environmental Leadership | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Funding to Develop a Citizen-Initiated Smart Growth Plan for Western Placer County, CA | Placer County | California | https://auburndemocrats.com/index.php/local-advocates/ | To create a climate resilient-oriented alternative Master Plan for the Placer County Board of Supervisor’s proposed 11,000-acre industrial growth area in Western Placer County. | More details | |
| AsianWeek Foundation/Florence Fang Asian Community Garden | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Phase 3 of the Florence Fang Asian Community Garden Build Out | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfasiangarden.com/ | To improve one of the city’s largest urban farms in Bayview/Hunters Point through increased crop harvests, food distribution, outdoor activity, and diverse community interaction. | More details |
| Brown Girl Surf | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; San Francisco County ; San Mateo County | California | https://www.browngirlsurf.com/ | To build a diverse and environmentally reverent local women’s surf community through accessible, culturally resonant beach-based programs, conservation efforts, and community celebrations that connect us to the ocean. | More details | |
| California Alliance for Community Composting | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County ; Los Angeles County ; Marin County ; Mendocino County ; Sacramento County ; San Diego County ; San Francisco County ; Sonoma County | California | http://www.theselc.org/compost | To engage in education and advocacy to support the growth and diversification of small-scale and community-based composting in California. Members of the Alliance represent compost micro-enterprises and nonprofits that face a growing number of legal barriers. The Alliance raises a collective voice for emerging small-scale composting operations, shares resources, educates regulators, and advocates for community compost friendly regulations and policies. | More details |
| California Environmental Justice Coalition (CEJC) | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Fresno County ; Imperial County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Los Angeles County ; Madera County ; Marin County ; Mendocino County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Stanislaus County ; Tulare County | California | https://cejcoalition.org/ | To mobilize and organize grassroots environmental groups and communities to engage governmental stakeholders to protect health and promote justice and resilient communities. | More details | |
| California Trade Justice Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,000.00 | Statewide | Fair Trade Green Stories Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Monterey County ; Sacramento County ; Sonoma County | California | http://catradejustice.org/ | To strategically utilize the voices within CTJC’s community to highlight stories of people impacted by trade in order to mobilize Californians into action in pushing for trade deals that put people and the planet first. | More details |
| California Urban Streams Alliance - The Stream Team | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,900.00 | Sierra Nevada | The Stream Team | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.thestreamteam.org/ | To engage members in citizen monitoring, stream-side restoration, storm water management actions, data analysis, and watershed education in Butte County. | More details |
| Campesinas Unidas Del Valle De San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Kern County ; Los Angeles County ; Tulare County | California | https://www.facebook.com/pg/Campesinas-Unidas-Del-Valle-de-san-joaquin-603433056398878/about/?ref=page_internal | To conduct outreach and communication regarding pesticides and clean water in the community through educational community meetings and coordinating with local media outlets. | More details | |
| Comite Progreso de Lamont | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | To participate in the Kern County General plan update and budget approval to advocate for funds as well as looking for county, state sources of funds to improve infrastructure in unincorporated communities. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Alpaugh | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Tulare County | California | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih8UVwl1jWs | To continue to educate the Alpaugh community on issues that affect health and quality of life, including water infrastructure needs, impacts of industrial operations, and air quality issues. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Arvin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | https://www.facebook.com/betterarvin/ | To provide community input to the Kern General Plan update, addressing inequities in housing, transportation, and infrastructure investments in rural Kern County, and to participate in county budget approvals to advocate funds for Arvin and other Kern County disadvantaged communities. | More details |
| Community Health Watch Lake Almanor | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Plumas County | California | https://www.facebook.com/chwlakealmanorbasin/ | To protect the community, as well as the North Fork Feather River, headwaters to many downstream recreational, drinking supply, and habitat needs. | More details |
| Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solutions, Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Youth Community Garden Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.facessolidarity.org/ | To grow a vibrant community garden in Union City that will serve as a hands-on space to engage youth in growing solutions to local health issues, as well as an educational center where Filipino youth can make connections between their communities and broader issues of environmental justice, climate change, and resiliency. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Save Bear River: Stop Centennial Dam | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County ; Placer County ; Sutter County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | To lead a coalition of groups in a coordinated grassroots campaign to stop the proposed Centennial dam. If built, this new dam would be located on the Bear River and would flood the last free-flowing and publicly accessible stretch of the Bear, destroying the native fishery, over 100 Native American cultural sites, popular recreation opportunities and over 25 homes. | More details |
| Foundations and the Future | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Celebrating Women's Leadership in the Food Movement | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Sonoma County | California | https://foundationsandthefuture.wordpress.com/ | To fund the third annual synopsium of Foundations and the Future: Celebrating Women’s Leadership in the Food Movement; which will lift up the leadership of women in the food movement and catalyze inter-generational dialogue that weaves together policy, advocacy, art, and farming. | More details |
| Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.friendsofpinolecreek.org | To mitigate illegal dumping and trash by collaborating with agencies and providing opportunities for people to directly protect, experience, and learn about Pinole Creek. | More details |
| Gaviota Coast Conservancy | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | Gaviota Coastal Trail Alliance | Santa Barbara County | California | https://www.gaviotacoastconservancy.org/ | To advocate the opening of the currently private state-owned beaches at Hollister Ranch by fortifying their grassroots alliance and undergoing litigation. | More details | |
| Greywater Action | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Justice track at Localizing California Waters Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Tuolumne County | California | http://greywateraction.org | To develop a “Water Justice†track and bring community leaders working in this field to an existing water reuse conference, as well as record and post the sessions to make available to the public. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | To protect watersheds and wildlife on the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests through active participation in planning, commenting, monitoring, and litigating projects; while applying traditional ecological knowledge, science, law, policy, place-based knowledge and community needs. | More details |
| Lead to Life | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Lead to Life: A People's Alchemy Regeneration | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | https://www.leadtolife.org/ | To support an event that transforms weapons into shovels for ceremonial tree plantings at sites impacted by violence and sites of spiritual significance across Oakland, as well as offering education centered on disrupting environmental racism. | More details |
| Mycelium Youth Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | https://www.myceliumyouthnetwork.org/ | To empower young people to proactively respond to the realities of climate change using hands-on skills training in disaster preparedness, urban homesteading, permaculture, and ecological sustainability and leadership. | More details |
| Nature Rights Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County | California | https://naturerightscouncil.org/ | To purchase water quality monitoring testing kits and GPS mapping software to track environmental issues and local resources, to restore relationships and responsibilities between tribal families and local communities. | More details |
| Oakland Climate Action Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://oaklandclimateaction.org/ | To unify Oakland community organizations in creating equitable climate solutions that advance racial, economic, environmental, and climate justice through leading and facilitating community-driven climate resilience planning. | More details |
| OneFam/Bikes 4 Life | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | "On the Bricks" Youth Bike Mechanic Training (YBMT) | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.onefam.org | To fund the Youth Bike Mechanic Training program, which provides leadership development for adolescent African Americans, as well as prvides the cohort with a range of experiences associated with bicycle maintenance and safety, health, and ecological awareness. | More details |
| Protect American River Canyons | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $192.00 | Grassroots fund build your roots mini-grant | California | http://parc-auburn.org/ | More details | ||||
| Raptors Are The Solution | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County ; Alpine County ; Amador County ; Butte County ; Calaveras County ; Colusa County ; Contra Costa County ; Del Norte County ; El Dorado County ; Fresno County ; Glenn County ; Humboldt County ; Imperial County ; Inyo County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Lake County ; Lassen County ; Los Angeles County ; Madera County ; Marin County ; Mariposa County ; Mendocino County ; Merced County ; Modoc County ; Mono County ; Monterey County ; Napa County ; Nevada County ; Orange County ; Placer County ; Plumas County ; Riverside County ; Sacramento County ; San Benito County ; San Bernardino County ; San Diego County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; San Luis Obispo County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Barbara County ; Santa Clara County ; Santa Cruz County ; Shasta County ; Sierra County ; Siskiyou County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Stanislaus County ; Sutter County ; Tehama County ; Trinity County ; Tulare County ; Tuolumne County ; Ventura County ; Yolo County ; Yuba County | California | http://www.raptorsarethesolution.org | To continue a lawsuit against the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, as well as continuing public education and outreach activities about the ecological effects of pesticides. | More details |
| Redwood Empire Trout Unlimited | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Laguna de Santa Rosa Coho Salmon Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | https://www.redwoodempire-tu.org/ | To conduct a PIT tag survey in the central Laguna de Santa Rosa to determine whether endangered coho salmon are utilizing potentially high-quality habitat in the Laguna, which will help inform management and habitat restorations in the central Laguna and Russian River. | More details |
| Regeneration/Regeneración | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Monterey County ; Santa Cruz County | California | https://www.regenerationpajarovalley.org/ | To continue to empower local residents in the Pájaro Valley to respond to the changing climate as projects prioritized by the community are carried out. | More details |
| Rooted in Resilience | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Sacramento County | California | http://rootedinresilience.org/ | To develop programming for youth to plan and lead a session at the California Adaptation Forum to support planning professionals communicating solutions to frontline communities in ways that empower lived experience and local expertise. | More details |
| Safe Strawberry Monterey Bay Working Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Monterey County | California | http://www.safeagsafeschools.org/ | To strengthen the pesticide reform movement in the rural south county, home to some of the poorest, most disenfranchised and most heavily impacted people in the region. | More details |
| Sama Sama Cooperative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County ; San Francisco County | California | http://samasamacooperative.org/ | To support the organization’s 4-week multidisciplinary environmental and cultural summer camp for 28 Philipino American youth from the Bay Area, aimed to nurture a healthy sense of self as a vital part of the Philippine diaspora and as stewards of the Earth. | More details |
| Save California Salmon | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | The North Coast Salmon People and River Flows Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Mendocino County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County | California | https://www.californiasalmon.org/ | To provide outreach and support for Tribal people and youth on issues that impact salmon and clean water on the North Coast and in the Klamath River system. | More details |
| Small World | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | El Dorado County | California | http://smallworld.cloudaccess.net | To expand Tahoe Food Hub to South Shore, support Liberty Energy to be the first 100% renewable utility agency, complete Green Spaces at 4 elementary schools in South Lake Tahoe, and to promote safe biking and walking in the community. | More details |
| SPAWNERS | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org | To connect community members of all ages to their natural spaces, provide hands-on ecosystem education and the fundamentals of restoration, and foster appreciation and stewardship of the San Pablo Creek Watershed. | More details |
| SustainUS | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California Allegory Youth Fellowship | Environmental Education | Alameda County ; San Francisco County | California | https://sustainus.org/ | To support the California Allegory Youth Fellowship, an action-oriented, arts-activism fellowship for California youth working from the grassroots for climate justice. | More details |
| The Green Life | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Leadership Training and Education Program for Formerly Incarcerated Adults | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/projects/green-life | To fund the Environmental Leadership Training and Education Program for Formerly Incarcerated Adults, which engages in grassroots environmental training, education, and community outreach with men and women who have been recently released from prison and are reentering the community. | More details |
| The Plant Exchange | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://theplantexchange.com | To continue educational programs focusing on reuse, recycling and conservation, while expanding into providing community gardens for underserved populations and educating other agencies and neighborhoods on how to replicate the Plant Exchange event. | More details |
| The Wild Oyster Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Marin County ; San Francisco County ; San Mateo County | California | https://wildoysters.org/ | To support the aim of bringing native oysters back to the San Francisco Bay through restoration, community engagement, and thoughtful urban planning. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org | To engage youth, tribal members, and other community members for targeted, urgently needed restoration at the mouth of the West’s largest coastal lagoon and other activities within Tolowa Dunes State Park and the State Lake Earl Wildlife Area. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | Protect Washoe Meadows | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alpine County ; El Dorado County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Barbara County ; Santa Clara County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org | To protect Washoe Meadows State Park from the impacts of a proposed golf course through analysis demonstrating alternative projects that would be better for the environment and community. | More details |
| We Advocate Thorough Environmental Review | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Siskiyou County | California | http://cawater.net/ | To promote sustainable economic development in the region around Mount Shasta, defend against corporate privatization of natural resources, and encourage a community-wide democratic role in decision-making. | More details | |
| West Petaluma Hills Wildlife Corridor Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $1,000.00 | West Petaluma Hills Wildlife Corridor Coalition | California | https://www.westpetalumahills.com/ | More details | ||||
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To protect and restore Wolf Creek and its watershed to a condition of optimal health and integrity for the benefit of present and future generations. | More details |
| 350 Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $3,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Youth Activist Outdoor Training Camps | Sacramento County | California | http://www.350sacramento.org | To offer a 3-weekend training for approximately 30 students for youth to learn the basics of grassroots organizing. | More details | |
| All One Ocean | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $2,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Alameda County ; Marin County ; Monterey County ; Napa County ; San Francisco County ; San Luis Obispo County ; Sonoma County | California | www.alloneocean.org | To support the Ocean Warriors program, an elementary school-level environmental leadership program that educates students on the impact of pollution and ways to integrate everyday sustainable practices. | More details | |
| Alliance for Environmental Leadership | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Mobilize Grassroots Action in Support of the Citizen Initiated Smart Growth Plan | Nevada County ; Placer County | California | To support of the Citizen Initiated Smart Growth Plan (CISGP), a smart-growth alternative to the County of Placer's proposed new industrial city built on 15 sq. miles of prairie wetland. Funds will help mobilize citizen action against the County's Plan and create a compelling message about the CISGP. | More details | ||
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Ascend Wilderness Experience 5-Day Backpack Trip: Youth Leadership and Mentor Training | Humboldt County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County | California | ascendwilderness.org | To expand the Leadership and Mentor Training Program, which offers a 5-day backpacking trip to give youth a holistic experience and promote self-efficacy to positively impact the planet, as well as stewardship skills building. | More details | |
| Barbara A Domanchuk Media | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $2,000.00 | North Coast | Changing Landscapes: The Eel River Estuary | Humboldt County ; Lake County ; Mendocino County ; Sonoma County | California | To complete the webcasts & documentary of Changing Landscapes: The Eel River Estuary, which spotlights the community-driven effort to reconnect the Salt River tidal zone to its original freshwater salmonoid streams. | More details | ||
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To collect long-term, year-round data and evidence regarding the diminished water quality of streams which are downstream of clearcut and salvage logged land in the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges. | More details | |
| Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | San Francisco County | California | After eight months of volunteer efforts, the Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates are returning to action and launching several new programs this September. As these programs launch, it is critical to engage our Directors, staff, and allies to: 1) Build leadership capacity and governance, update organizational bylaws, and recruit/secure new Board members; 2) Develop and ratify our Strategic Plan in 2019 and a Business Plan for specific programs in 2020; and 3) Establish standards for ongoing program assessment and new opportunities for organizing. | More details | ||
| Bike Lodi | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | Central Valley | Public Bicycle Repair Station and Street Supplies Program | San Joaquin County | California | https://bikelodi.weebly.com | Bike Lodi is working to advocate and act to improve sustainable, active transportation options in Lodi and San Joaquin County. This work will make a difference by improving local air quality, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, decreasing negative health impacts ranging from obesity to asthma, and developing a greater sense of community. Lodi is located in the San Joaquin Valley air basin, which faces some of the worst air pollution challenges in the country. Central Valley communities like ours has a long history of non-attainment status for ozone, PM 2.5, and other criteria pollutants. One of the primary causes of this air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in California in general is the transportation sector and vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Encouraging a mode shift to active transportation options such as bicycling and walking is an important first step in reducing the large number of short, vehicle-based trips that contribute to VMT--for example, the Safe Routes to Schools Partnership estimates that half of all drives to schools can be covered by foot or bike. This is especially true in Lodi, which is a fairly compact, flat, well-planned city. Moreover, not only is Lodi well suited for a mode shift, residents would benefit from more active lifestyles. San Joaquin County's adult obesity rate is nearly 40% higher than California's. Bicycle coalitions and other advocacy groups are already responding to active transportation opportunities in the Bay Area. There, Bike East Bay is proposing to increase the number of trips taken by active transportation by investing in people-first infrastructure, neighborhood-based bike programs, and bike education in schools, among other initiatives. The work plan purposed in this grant application supports this type of approach as well: funds would be used to acquire a county-wide tactical urbanism lending library, useful for demonstrating the benefits of this type of infrastructure as well as offering bike education through bike rodeos. Bike rodeos in turn help inspire generations of kids to view riding a bicycle as a safe, effective, and coequal means of transportation. Separately, a deluxe bicycle repair station centrally located in a city without a bike shop is a means for those new riders to continue to move around on their bikes and publicly signals the legitimacy of this mode of transportation. | More details | |
| California Field School | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Wheels of Time - An Environmental Justice Bike Tour | Alameda County ; Marin County ; Sonoma County | California | californiafieldschool.org | To participate in an exploratory learning program designed to provide opportunities for under-resourced students to learn about the history and culture of the Ohlone people by visiting historic sites on a series of bike rides, culminating in a week long bike tour through the Bay Area. | More details | |
| Campesinas Unidas Del Valle De San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Tulare County | California | To collaborate with other organizations and media to conduct outreach and communication regarding pesticides, mercury, clean water and other environmental hazards by holding educational community meetings and coordinating with local health agencies. | More details | ||
| Center for Farmworker Families | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Watsonville Center for a Healthy Environment | Monterey County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.farmworkerfamily.org/ | To purchase an office space that will provide shared space for allies, enhance local collaboration on projects such as Safe Ag Safe Schools coalition, and strengthen partnerships for the benefit of the Central Coast environment and its constituency. | More details | |
| Cleveland Elementary School PTA | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Vegetable Garden for Cleveland Elementary School PTA's Ecoliteracy Program | Alameda County | California | https://www.ousd.org/cleveland | To fix and improve Cleveland Elementary School’s vegetable garden in order to continue work teaching the school’s 400 students on how to sustainably grow their own food. | More details | |
| Comite Lost Hills En Accion | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Kern County | California | To advocate for better agricultural protections, and to participate in the Kern general plan update and yearly budget to get funds for the community. | More details | ||
| Comite Progreso de Lamont | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Kern County | California | To support participation in the Kern County General Plan and advocate for more investment in the community’s infrastructure; including projects to build more sidewalks, resolve flooding issues, improve park facilities, and more. | More details | ||
| Committee for a Better Arvin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Kern County | California | To collaborate with other groups to provide community input to the Kern General Plan update, and participate in county budget approval to advocate for disadvantaged communities. | More details | ||
| Committee for a Better Shafter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Kern County | California | To participate in the SB617 steering committee to have Shafter as one of the first communities to implement the act and identify projects to reduce pollution and promote public health in the community. | More details | ||
| Common Vision | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | http://www.commonvision.org | Common Vision supports schools and districts to cultivate outdoor garden learning spaces that inspire integrated academic learning, environmental education, wellness, character development, cohesive cross-cultural community involvement, and long-term earth stewardship. These school gardens are sustainable, effective models for equitable education and are essential to growing the whole child, authentic community, and a healthy planet. The grant funds will defray work with Hoover Elementary (Oakland Unified School District), Mira Vista Elementary (West Contra Costa County Unified School District) and Ruby Bridges Elementary (Alameda Unified School District) to plant fruit trees on schools grounds, combining green infrastructure to filter and reduce stormwater runoff with environmental education and growing food for the community. | More details | |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | To provide the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission with policy guidance on the flaws in the updated General Plan Elements and help with implementation of recommended fixes. | More details | |
| Community Bike Kitchen at Jefferson School | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Humboldt County | California | https://www.facebook.com/CommunityBikeKitchenAtJeffersonSchool | The Community Bike Kitchen, thriving in Eureka since June 2013, is dedicated to providing low and no-cost bicycles, along with the resources and skills necessary to repair and maintain them, to all members of the community. The 3-Wheelin’ Vets project will expand our services for a key population that utilizes the bike kitchen – providing tricycles to local veterans for transportation and health benefit as well as on-trike support and trike maintenance training to each participant so they can gain confidence in riding on the road for practical transportation and maintaining their tricycles. | More details | |
| Community Environmental Advocates Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Nevada County | California | http://www.cea-nc.org/ | To address the threats from a local mining project, reduce chemical herbicide usage by local public agencies, and address county and city land use policy and multiple land use development projects to advocate for quality environmental planning and affordable housing. | More details | |
| Diablo Rising Tide | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; Monterey County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; Sonoma County | California | To challenge the root causes of climate change using creative non-violent direct action, grassroots organizing, and solidarity with communities most impacted by energy extraction, infrastructure and combustion, as well as the after effects of cataclysmic climate change. | More details | ||
| Foothills Water Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Save Bear River: Stop Centennial Dam | El Dorado County ; Nevada County ; Placer County ; Yuba County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | The Foothills Water Network is a coalition of groups involved in a coordinated grassroots campaign to stop the proposed Centennial dam. If built, this new dam would be located on the Bear River and would flood the last free-flowing and publicly accessible stretch of the Bear, destroying the native fishery, over 100 Native American cultural sites, popular recreation opportunities, and over 25 homes. | More details | |
| Fossil Free California | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | DivestCalSTRS Intergenerational Justice Campaign | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Clara County ; Sonoma County | California | fossilfreeca.org | Fossil Free CA works to end financial support for climate-damaging fossil fuels by calling for divestment by the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) – the eleventh largest public pension fund in the world – with more than $6B invested in fossil fuel extraction companies. Divestment will have global ramifications for financial investment decision-makers and fossil fuel companies' bottom lines. FFCA's grassroots DivestCalSTRS Intergenerational Justice Campaign unites low-income students, public school teachers, and retired pension fund beneficiaries to advocate for divestment. | More details | |
| Great Shasta Rail Trail Association | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Shasta County ; Siskiyou County | California | http://www.greatshastarailtrail.org | To advance public access and enjoyment of the 80-mile Great Shasta Rail Trail in rural, northeastern California, including maintaining open segments of the trail for safe public non-motorized travel, beginning the process of restoring two bridges, recruiting volunteers, and implementing a way-finding plan. | More details | |
| Greenfield Walking Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Engaging Residents in Health Promoting Land Use Planning | Kern County | California | To support the engagement of South Kern residents through promoting recreational opportunities and advocacy efforts for healthy and inclusive land use priorities as part of the Kern General Plan Update process. | More details | ||
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | To protect 2.6 million acres of mature forests, watersheds and wildlife on the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests by active participation in planning, commenting, collaborating, monitoring and litigating projects while applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge, science, law, policy, place-based knowledge and community needs. | More details | |
| Lead to Life | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Oakland People’s Alchemy Lab and Tree Planting Ceremonies | Alameda County | California | www.leadtolife.org | To convene and deliver a “People’s Alchemy Lab†in Oakland in the Winter of 2019, which will serve as a creative design space for participants from grassroots organizations and families directly affected by violence to heal, connect, imagine, and co-design transformational and regenerative events. | More details | |
| Mycelium Youth Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Alameda County | California | www.myceliumyouthnetwork.org | To empower young people in Oakland to proactively respond to the realities of climate change using hands-on skills training in disaster preparedness, urban homesteading, permaculture, and ecological sustainability and leadership. | More details | |
| Point Molate Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Contra Costa County | California | To advocate to keep Point Molate as a public resource and to actively oppose the current city plan to sell it off for a high-end 1,000+ private housing development. | More details | ||
| Raptors Are The Solution | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $3,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Alameda County ; Alpine County ; Amador County ; Butte County ; Calaveras County ; Colusa County ; Contra Costa County ; Del Norte County ; El Dorado County ; Fresno County ; Glenn County ; Humboldt County ; Imperial County ; Inyo County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Lake County ; Lassen County ; Los Angeles County ; Madera County ; Marin County ; Mariposa County ; Mendocino County ; Merced County ; Modoc County ; Mono County ; Monterey County ; Napa County ; Nevada County ; Orange County ; Placer County ; Plumas County ; Riverside County ; Sacramento County ; San Benito County ; San Bernardino County ; San Diego County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; San Luis Obispo County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Barbara County ; Santa Clara County ; Santa Cruz County ; Shasta County ; Sierra County ; Siskiyou County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Stanislaus County ; Sutter County ; Tehama County ; Trinity County ; Tulare County ; Tuolumne County ; Ventura County ; Yolo County ; Yuba County | California | http://www.raptorsarethesolution.org | To continue a lawsuit against the CA Dept. of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) - winning would mean DPR must comply with the California Environmental Quality Act in the future when it re-registers harmful rodenticides every year. | More details | |
| Redwood Empire Trout Unlimited | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Humboldt County ; Mendocino County ; Sonoma County | California | www.redwoodempire-tu.org | Redwood Empire Trout Unlimited (RETU) is seeking general support to continue to grow our organization. Our mission is to conserve, protect, and restore the Redwood Empire's coldwater fisheres and their watersheds. | More details | |
| Sacramento Climate Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $1,500.00 | Statewide | Climate Emergency Campaign | Butte County ; El Dorado County ; Nevada County ; Placer County ; Sacramento County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Yolo County | California | sacclimatecoalition.org | To bring together leaders and young activists from throughout the region with a special emphasis on those who represent communities of color and other disadvantaged communities for a two-day training on how to present the Climate Emergency Campaign in local communities. | More details | |
| Sama Sama Cooperative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Alameda County ; San Francisco County | California | http://samasamacooperative.org/ | Sama Sama, meaning “all together†in Tagalog, is a cooperative that runs a 4-week environmental and cultural summer camp for Pilipino American youth from all over the Bay Area. With an emphasis in ecology, language, and pre-colonial arts, our program takes a multi-disciplinary approach to educating our children and nurtures a healthy sense of self as a vital part of the Philippine diaspora and as stewards of the earth. | More details | |
| Sequoia Chapter, California Native Plant Society | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $3,000.00 | Central Valley | China Creek Park Project | Fresno County | California | www.cnps.org | To restore China Creek, a Fresno County undeveloped Park with 140 acres of remnant Valley Oak woodland and savannah; and to maintain a signed nature trail for the enjoyment and education of the community. | More details | |
| Shasta Environmental Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $2,500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Shasta County | California | www.ecoshasta.org | To establish a community advocacy effort in favor of developing a new City Tree Ordinance and protecting riparian areas through educational field trips and a film series. | More details | |
| The Green Life | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Green Life Environmental Leadership Training and Education Program for Returning Citizens | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthisland.org | To engage in grassroots environmental training, education, and community outreach with men and women who have been recently released from prison and are reentering the community. Program participants gain leadership skills and educational tools in order to make significant contributions to local environmental concerns and policies such as environmental health and justice, urban agriculture, toxic waste, air quality, climate change, and sustainability. | More details | |
| Three Sisters Garden | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Yolo County | California | www.3sistersgardens.com | Three Sisters Gardens is transforming vacant land in West Sacramento into mini farms where children, youth, adults and elders gather, grow and share food. Located in a neighborhood scarred by years of a punitive gang injunctions, the gardens are a safe place to experience the fruits of labor, sun, water and soil and to practice community-minded self-determination. | More details | |
| Wholly H2O | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | www.whollyh2o.org | Wholly H2O is an innovative educator in watershed health, grassroots water conservation and green infrastructure in California. The grant will support BioBlitz citizen science events in local creeks in Alameda and Contra Costa counties in partnership with the California Center for Natural History, the California Academy of Sciences and the Watershed Project to collect biodiversity data which will be used will to educate watershed restoration planning. Funding also supports collaboration with local science teachers to implement watershed-based learning and stewardship programs. | More details | |
| All One Ocean | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; San Mateo County ; Sonoma County | California | https://www.alloneocean.org/ | To provide engaging and thoughtful environmental education about the impact of pollution on our Oceans, and teach sustainable alternative solutions which will promote environmental preservation, change consumer behavior, and ultimately create policy change. | More details |
| Alliance for Environmental Leadership | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Social Media Outreach Program | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Environmental Justice | El Dorado County ; Nevada County ; Placer County ; Yolo County | California | https://enviroalliance.org/ | To implement a coordinated social media outreach program that will grow civic engagement and citizen advocacy among people of color and youth in the Sierra Foothills. | More details |
| AsianWeek Foundation/Florence Fang Community Farm | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | The Florence Fang Community Farm's Black Organic Farmers Program | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | San Francisco County | California | https://ffcommunityfarm.org/ | To revitalize the land and strengthen food sovereignty, security, and access, by creating a sustainable, regenerative food system that serves and empowers the Black community and cultivates intercultural learning and connections across communities of all backgrounds in Bayview-Hunters Point. | More details |
| AsianWeek Foundation/Florence Fang Community Farm | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $320.00 | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | California | https://ffcommunityfarm.org/ | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | More details | ||
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | General support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To collect long-term, year-round data regarding the diminished water quality of streams which are downstream of clearcut and salvage logged land in the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges, and pursue litigation to promote resource conservation and protect the water supply from further degradation. | More details |
| Bay Area Green Tours | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Virtual Experience Program | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice ; Other | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Fresno County ; Marin County ; Napa County ; San Francisco County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Clara County ; Santa Cruz County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Yolo County ; Yuba County | California | https://www.bayareagreentours.org/ | To create virtual educational tours and digital content for Bay Area residents about local environmental topics, from sustainable and regenerative agriculture, to waste management and food justice. | More details |
| Center for Farmworker Families | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Watsonville Center for a Healthy Environment | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Monterey County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.farmworkerfamily.org/ | To provide a central resource center for farmworkers and strengthen relationships with ally organizations, in order to pursue local and state campaigns to restrict hazardous pesticide use and inform impacted residents about pesticides. | More details |
| Comite Progreso de Lamont | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kern County ; Orange County | California | To provide community input on the Kern General Plan update and county budget approval, and advocate for infrastructure improvements and environmental health protections for disadvantaged communities. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Arvin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Climate Change & Energy ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | To provide community input on the Kern General Plan update and yearly county budget approval, administer a community garden for 40 families, and continue environmental justice advocacy for disadvantaged communities in the Central Valley. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Shafter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kern County | California | To participate in the ongoing AB 617 processes to reduce air pollution in Shafter, ensure its implementation, and advocate for disadvantaged communities. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Shafter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $330.00 | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | California | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | More details | ||||
| Foothills Water Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Save the Bear River: Stop Centennial Dam | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Nevada County ; Placer County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | To stop the proposed Centennial dam, which would flood the last free-flowing and publicly accessible stretch of the Bear River, destroying the native fishery, over 100 Native American cultural sites, popular recreation opportunities, and nearly 35 homes. | More details |
| Greenfield Walking Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Climate Change & Energy ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | To support the engagement of South Kern residents in health-promoting recreation opportunities, and community advocacy efforts to prioritize inclusive land use and improved infrastructure in the county budget and Kern General Plan Update process. | More details | |
| Greenfield Walking Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $330.00 | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | California | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini Grant | More details | ||||
| Indigenous Permaculture Program | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Santiago Food Project | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County ; San Francisco County | California | http://indigenouspermaculture.org/ | To grow and distribute food through the Santiago Food Project Garden and provide bilingual Spanish/English programing based on traditional indigenous agricultural practices to communities in the San Antonio and Fruitvale Districts of Oakland. | More details |
| La Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Fresno County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Madera County ; Merced County ; Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org | To advocate for safe, clean and affordable drinking water in low-income communities of color in California's San Joaquin Valley, by working to clean up existing pollution and preventing further contamination. | More details |
| Laguna Creek Watershed Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $2,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Sacramento County | California | https://lagunacreek.org/ | To develop and disseminate educational information on the effects of climate change in the Laguna Creek watershed and the Sacramento region, and work with partners to create a mitigation strategy focused on tree planting. | More details |
| Local Ecology and Agriculture Fremont | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.fremontleaf.org | To scale up activities to feed at-risk residents by expanding their community garden acreage, increasing donations of organically- grown food to the Tri-Cities Volunteer Food Bank, and creating a new Urban Farm to bring healthy food to people with obesity and diabetes risks through a county-driven Food-As-Medicine program. | More details |
| Lost Sierra Food Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Plumas County | California | https://www.lostsierrafoodproject.org/ | To manage an educational and production farm in Plumas County to increase access to local foods, provide workforce development programs, and create educational food and farming opportunities for rural, low-income residents. | More details |
| Mycelium Youth Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support for our Climate Resilient Classrooms | Climate Change & Energy ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; San Francisco County | California | https://www.myceliumyouthnetwork.org/ | To empower young people in Oakland and San Francisco to proactively respond to the realities of climate change through the Climate Resilient Classrooms Initiative, a scalable model for climate adaptation and mitigation in 3rd - 12th grade education. | More details |
| Mycelium Youth Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $330.00 | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | California | https://www.myceliumyouthnetwork.org/ | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| NorCal Community Resilience Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $3,000.00 | Statewide | Resilience Hubs Initiative | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County ; Humboldt County ; Santa Cruz County ; Sonoma County ; Tuolumne County | California | https://norcalresilience.org/ | To support the Neighborhood Resilience Hubs Initiative in creating a network of demonstration sites in the East Bay that integrate climate solutions, community building, and disaster preparedness to help neighborhoods create climate resiliency hubs. | More details |
| NorCal Resilience Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $330.00 | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | California | http://norcalresilience.org/ | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Point Molate Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; San Francisco County | California | https://ptmolatealliance.org/ | To advocate for the conservation of Point Molate, the last undeveloped natural headland on San Francisco Bay, as a public resource and a regional park. | More details |
| Regeneration/Regeneración | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $330.00 | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | California | https://www.regenerationpajarovalley.org/ | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Sacred Roots | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sacred Roots Food Solidarity Project | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.sacred-roots.org/ | To build a network of "mutual support pods" throughout Fruitvale, San Antonio and East Oakland, including a network of home-based gardens, medicine sowers, medicine makers and artists, to feed, heal and connect communities of color during the COVID-19 public health emergency. | More details |
| Safe Ag Safe Schools | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Monterey County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.safeagsafeschools.org/ | To engage residents in efforts to reduce pesticide threats in Monterey County, including cultivating media attention, monitoring the regulatory process, and training and mobilizing residents to participate in government decision-making. | More details |
| Save California Salmon | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Colusa County ; Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Mendocino County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County ; Yolo County | California | https://www.californiasalmon.org | To provide support and resources to rural and Native American communities through online classes, trainings, and speaker series, to continue mobilization against new dams, diversions, and development projects that detrimentally impact Northern California’s rivers, salmon, and communities. | More details |
| Save Del Puerto Canyon | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $4,500.00 | Central Valley | Save Del Puerto Canyon Community Engagement | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Stanislaus County | California | http://savedelpuertocanyon.org/ | To engage, educate, and empower the community to stand against the proposed Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir, which threatens the air, culture, history, and well-being of the residents of Patterson, CA. | More details |
| Save North Petaluma River and Wetlands | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | https://www.facebook.com/SaveNorthPetalumaRiver/ | To support community engagement and litigation efforts to prevent development of the north end of the Petaluma River, which would increase flood risk, destroy critical fish and wildlife, and reduce an important site for wetland carbon sequestration. | More details |
| SPAWNERS | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org | To provide hands-on ecosystem education, and foster appreciation and stewardship of the San Pablo Creek Watershed. | More details |
| Ten Mile Creek Watershed Council | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Mendocino County | California | https://treesfoundation.org/partner-groups/ten-mile-creek-watershed-council/ | To improve the riparian and woodland environment of the Tenmile Creek watershed through community environmental education and outreach, stream restoration, habitat improvement, forest management and forest fire risk reduction efforts. | More details |
| Trees Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | Website Revamp 2020! Phase 2 | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Marin County ; Mendocino County ; San Francisco County ; Santa Cruz County ; Sonoma County ; Trinity County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org | To continue the redesign of Trees Foundation's website and database, and modernize their digital communications strategy to enable broader outreach and more sophisticated messaging to partners, donors and constituents. | More details |
| WildPlaces | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy | Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net | To develop online and virtual activities that embrace Two Spirit and indigenous ceremonial practices and prepare community leaders to implement stewardship projects on the Tule River. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To continue a 16- year water quality monitoring program to improve creek access and water quality and promote projects to restore and protect the Wolf Creek Watershed. | More details |
| Zero Waste Humboldt | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | https://zerowastehumboldt.org/ | To increase capacity for grassroots organizing and recruit and train new leaders to promote proactive waste prevention strategies in businesses, partner organizations, local government, schools, and youth groups in Humboldt County, including establishing a local Zero Waste Business Certification Program, and increasing citizen science monitoring. | More details |
| Zero Waste Humboldt | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $330.00 | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | California | https://zerowastehumboldt.org/ | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| 350 Sacramento | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Student Environmental Activist Training (SEAT) | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Sacramento County | California | http://www.350sacramento.org | To hire five youth interns in the Sacramento area to expand their knowledge and skills around climate justice and movement building and work on a 6-month climate justice activism project to benefit the community. | More details |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $330.00 | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | More details | ||||
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | More details | ||||
| AsianWeek Foundation/Florence Fang Community Farm | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | https://ffcommunityfarm.org/ | More details | ||||
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To collect long-term, year-round data regarding the diminished water quality downstream from clearcut and salvage-logged land in the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges, and pursue litigation to promote resource conservation and protect the water supply from further degradation. | More details |
| Bring Back the Kern | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Environmental Justice for Bakersfield | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | https://www.bringbackthekern.org/ | To advocate for the return of water to the Kern River for the benefit of communities and wildlife. | More details |
| California Environmental Technology Education Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,500.00 | North Coast | WebGIS Training for Teacher Credential Students | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County | California | http://environmentalteched.net/index.html | To provide professional development workshops for teacher credential students in the use of WebGIS and GPS units as an instructional tool for environmental education and stewardship fieldwork. | More details |
| California Field School | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Freewheel: A Bike Club for Girls & Gender Nonconforming Young People | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Marin County ; San Francisco County ; San Mateo County | California | https://www.californiafieldschool.org/ | To help Bay Area girls and gender nonconforming youth develop skills, familiarity, and connection with traveling by bicycle, and learn about the social and ecological histories of the land they live on through Freewheel, a monthly bike-riding club. | More details |
| Center for Farmworker Families | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | http://www.farmworkerfamily.org/ | More details | ||||
| Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County | California | https://transportationpriorities.org/ | To educate and advocate for policies and infrastructure that support low-carbon, healthy transportation in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. | More details |
| Comite Progreso de Lamont | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | More details | |||||
| Committee for a Better Arvin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | More details | |||||
| Committee for a Better Shafter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | To participate in the ongoing AB 617 process to reduce air pollution in Shafter, and continue to advocate for environmental health and justice. | More details | |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | To protect open space and promote sustainable development through citizen engagement and litigation of the Calaveras County General Plan. | More details |
| Community Environmental Advocates Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy | Nevada County | California | http://www.cea-nc.org/ | To oppose the reopening of the Idaho-Maryland gold mine though citizen advocacy, public outreach and education. | More details |
| Community Hiking Club | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $2,000.00 | Southern Coast | Piru Creek Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Program | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://communityhikingclub.org/ | To promote stewardship, and remove trash, graffiti and user-created swimming holes that threaten steelhead trout populations along Los Angeles County’s much used, Wild and Scenic designated, Piru Creek. | More details |
| Don't Dump on San Benito | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Fight the Fivefold Expansion of San Benito County's Landfill | Environmental Education ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | San Benito County | California | https://sites.google.com/view/dont-dump-on-san-benito/home | To stop the tenfold expansion of San Benito County’s landfill (from 95 to 483 acres) to accommodate garbage which would be shipped in to this lower-income, majority Latinx community from Silicon Valley. | More details |
| Eureka Bike Kitchen | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Climate Change & Energy | Humboldt County | California | https://eurekabikekitchen.org/ | To provide low and no-cost bicycles and bicycle repair, along with the sources and skills necessary to maintain them, to members of the community in west Eureka. | More details |
| Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | http://www.friendsofpinolecreek.org | More details | ||||
| Gill Tract Farm Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Monarch Protection and Education Project | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | https://www.gilltractfarm.org/ | To protect, restore and improve the redwood grove which hosts the largest number of overwintering monarchs in the East Bay through community-driven stewardship and restoration. | More details |
| Greenfield Walking Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | More details | |||||
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Sustainable Forestry | Del Norte County ; Glenn County ; Humboldt County ; Lake County ; Shasta County ; Tehama County ; Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | To protect over 5 million acres of mature forests, watersheds and wildlife on public land in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion by actively commenting and litigating timber sales, stopping post-fire logging, participating in Forest Plan revisions, and collaborating with Native tribes, local communities and US Forest Service in landscape scale fire planning. | More details |
| La Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Fresno County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Madera County ; Merced County ; Monterey County ; Tulare County | California | https://www.communitywatercenter.org/agua | To secure safe, clean and affordable drinking water in California's San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast through water justice movement building and community-led campaigns for safe and affordable drinking water, groundwater protection; and PFAS and 1,2,3-TCP regulation. | More details |
| Los Osos Sustainability Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://thelosg.com/ | To advocate for policies and decision making that ensure the long-term sustainability of the Los Osos Groundwater Basin, the sole source of water for the Los Osos Community, area farms, and groundwater-dependent environmentally sensitive habitat. | More details |
| Lost Sierra Food Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Plumas County | California | https://www.lostsierrafoodproject.org/ | To increase access to locally grown produce for low-income Plumas County residents, and provide local workforce development programs and ecological farming educational opportunities for the community. | More details |
| Moving South Berkeley Forward | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | https://movingsouthberkeleyforward.weebly.com/ | To engage Berkeley High students of color in the creation of an urban greenway and community garden on the previous Santa Fe Right of Way railroad site in South Berkeley. | More details |
| Mycelium Youth Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $330.00 | Grassroots Fund Build Your Roots Mini-Grant | California | https://www.myceliumyouthnetwork.org/ | More details | ||||
| Oakland Climate Action Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice ; Other | Alameda County | California | http://oaklandclimateaction.org/ | To unify Oakland community organizations in creating equitable climate solutions that advance racial, economic, environmental and climate justice through leading and facilitating community-driven climate resilience planning and engagement in City of Oakland plans, such as the Equitable Climate Action Plan 2030, General Plan, and the 2021-2023 City budget. | More details |
| Point Molate Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | https://ptmolatealliance.org/ | More details | ||||
| Point Molate Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; San Francisco County | California | https://ptmolatealliance.org/ | To advocate for the conservation of Point Molate, the last undeveloped natural headland on the San Francisco Bay, as a public resource and regional park. | More details |
| Safe Ag Safe Schools | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Monterey County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.safeagsafeschools.org/ | To engage residents in efforts to reduce pesticide threats in Monterey County, push local and state decision makers to provide advance notification of hazardous pesticide applications, and continue to build the power and knowledge of the community to participate in decisions that impact their lives and health. | More details |
| Sama Sama Cooperative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; San Francisco County | California | http://samasamacooperative.org/ | To support a 4-week cultural and environmental summer camp for Bay Area Filipinx youth with an emphasis on Filipino language, traditional arts, and community organizing through an environmental justice lens. | More details |
| Sama Sama Cooperative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $198.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Alameda County | California | http://samasamacooperative.org/ | More details | |
| Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | Southern Coast | Stop the Block! Campaign to Ensure Safe Passage for Animals in the Rim of the Valley Corridor | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.scope.org | To raise public awareness and support for the protection of the Los Pinetos wildlife undercrossing- the only safe wildlife passage under Highway 14 in the Newhall Pass area. | More details |
| Sequoia Chapter, California Native Plant Society | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | https://www.cnps.org/ | More details | ||||
| Shasta Environmental Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | https://www.ecoshasta.org/ | More details | ||||
| The Green Life | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | The Green Life Reentry and Youth Leadership Watershed Steward Project | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/project/entry/green-life | To engage carceral system impacted leaders, youth, and Oakland residents in educational activities that foster a love of local waterways and the coastal East Bay, including healthy physical recreation, team-building activities, community service projects, and learning about habitat restoration, pollution prevention, stream protection. | More details |
| The Plant Exchange | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | http://theplantexchange.com | To promote waste reduction, sustainable gardening, urban farming and environmental justice through educational programming and the rescue, repair and redistribution of plants, pottery, and other gardening items that are headed to landfill. With the help of The Rose Foundation mini-grant, and the help of our volunteers, The Plant Exchange expanded its collection, triage, and redistribution of plant materials and supplies. | More details |
| The Wild Oyster Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your Story video project | California | https://wildoysters.org/ | More details | ||||
| Trees Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $100.00 | Share your story video project | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org | More details | ||||
| Valley Improvement Projects | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Merced County ; San Joaquin County ; Stanislaus County | California | http://www.valleyimprovementprojects.org | To support climate justice work, advocacy to reduce local plastic waste, and outreach to youth and farmworkers on environmental justice issues in low-income, Spanish speaking communities in Stanislaus County. | More details |
| Wholly H2O | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | https://whollyh2o.org/ | Wholly H2O seeks to foster the next generation of water conservationists and watershed stewards by creating personal connections between communities and their watersheds. Through citizen science, online environmental educational programming, public guided walks, and interdisciplinary projects that connect art, science and grassroots activism, they create active and engaged watershed health leaders who model the practices necessary for the long-term survival and revitalization of local waterways. Their unique watershed educational programs engage the diverse urban communities of the East Bay, particularly youth, with the region’s dynamic creek ecosystems from San Leandro and Oakland to El Cerrito, Berkeley and Richmond. This grant will support their ongoing “Walking Waterhoods†community education program. They will expand on the eight live-streamed virtual walking tours they produced last year to create eight new live stream events in the East Bay watershed system. This funding will also support eight citizen scientists BioBlitz events along Codornices, Sausal, Strawberry and Temescal Creeks, the Berkeley Marina, and Point Molate. These events bring community members and scientists out into the watershed to document the various species living there and are valuable opportunities for grassroots learning and collecting biodiversity data that can be used by researchers and Bay Delta open space activists. | More details |
| Zero Waste Humboldt | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $2,000.00 | North Coast | Zero Waste Business Cooperative Bulk Purchase and Truth in Foodware Project | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Humboldt County | California | https://zerowastehumboldt.org/ | To develop a Cooperative Bulk Purchase Program of food service items to help small businesses and schools reduce the per unit cost of compostable foodware and ensure their compliance with the City of Arcata’s ordinance to reduce plastics and single use discarded materials. | More details |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | North Coast | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Trinity County | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | More details | |
| AsianWeek Foundation/Florence Fang Community Farm | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | San Francisco County | California | https://ffcommunityfarm.org/ | To build a strong community by pursuing food and environmental justice in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood through regenerative community farming. | More details |
| Bay Area Green Tours | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Alameda County | California | https://www.bayareagreentours.org/ | More details | |
| Bring Back the Kern | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Central Valley | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Kern County | California | https://www.bringbackthekern.org/ | More details | |
| Bring Back the Kern | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | https://www.bringbackthekern.org/ | To advocate for the return of water to the Kern River in Bakersfield for the benefit of communities and wildlife. | More details |
| California Field School | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; San Francisco County | California | https://www.californiafieldschool.org/ | To help Bay Area youth of color develop skills, familiarity, and connection with traveling by bicycle, and learn about the social and ecological histories of the land they live on, through bike tours and educational programing. | More details |
| California Urban Streams Alliance - The Stream Team | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Butte County ; Glenn County ; Mendocino County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thestreamteam.org/ | To protect, enhance, manage, and restore the biological integrity of crucial California river systems while simultaneously providing educational opportunities about these ecosystems targeting rural communities in Butte and Mendocino Counties. | More details |
| Campesinas Unidas Del Valle De San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Central Valley | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Kern County ; Kings County ; Tulare County | California | https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/Campesinas-unidas-Del-Valle-de-san-joaquin-101148844963934/ | More details | |
| Campesinas Unidas Del Valle De San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Safe and Sustainable Food Systems | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Kern County ; Kings County ; Tulare County | California | https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/Campesinas-unidas-Del-Valle-de-san-joaquin-101148844963934/ | To work with rural, low-income, farmworker communities to grow sustainable food gardens, conduct outreach and communication regarding pesticides, mercury, clean water and other environmental hazards. | More details |
| Center for Farmworker Families | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | Central Coast (incl. Monterey Bay and San Luis Obispo) | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Monterey County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.farmworkerfamily.org/ | To provide a central resource center for farmworkers and strengthen relationships with ally organizations, in order to pursue local and state campaigns to restrict hazardous pesticide use and inform impacted residents about pesticides. | More details |
| Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County | California | https://transportationpriorities.org/ | To educate and advocate for policies and infrastructure that support low-carbon, healthy transportation in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. | More details |
| Comite Progreso de Lamont | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Climate Change & Energy ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community-Organization/Comite-Progreso-de-Lamont-1441249392556175/ | To advocate for environmental health protections and community investments in the Kern County budget process, and ensure proper implementation of the county’s planned flood mitigation efforts and improvements to Lamont Park. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Arvin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | https://www.facebook.com/betterarvin/ | To advocate for environmental justice for disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley by participating in the AB- 617 implementation process for the city of Arvin, advocating for a state pesticide application notification system, and providing community input on the Kern County budget in support of infrastructure investments. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | To protect open space and promote sustainable development through citizen engagement in planning and land use decisions and litigation of the Calaveras County General Plan. | More details |
| Community Environmental Advocates Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Nevada County | California | http://www.cea-nc.org/ | More details | |
| Community RePower Movement | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Environmental Education ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.communityrepower.org/ | To conduct a major clean up of the Compton Creek channel in order to address flooding, water quality, water supply, ecological health, public health, community education, homeless services and neighborhood beautification for the surrounding community. | More details |
| Cudahy Alliance for Justice | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.facebook.com/cudahyallianceforjustice | To ensure the City of Cudahy and KIPP SoCal work with the Department of Substances Control to conduct the proper studies and clean-up before a new school is built on the toxic site of a historic metal foundry. | More details |
| Dragonspunk | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | San Francisco County | California | https://www.dragonspunk.org/ | To meet the challenges of food insecurity, urban blight, environmental injustice, soil depletion, carbon footprint reduction, community building, and habitat restoration, through community gardens in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. | More details |
| Families for a Future | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County ; Orange County | California | https://www.families4future.com/ | To build a youth-led, family centered, intergenerational movement in Los Angeles to address the water crisis and climate catastrophe. | More details |
| Friends of Fife Creek | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $2,500.00 | Russian River | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | To protect Fife Creek, undertake riparian enhancements, conduct trash cleanups, monitor creek health, and replace invasive plants with native plants, which will provide much needed habitat to endangered and threatened butterfly species. | More details |
| Friends of Puvungna | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Los Angeles County ; Orange County | California | https://www.friendsofpuvungna.org/ | To restore, preserve, and protect Puvungna, a 10,000 year-old sacred site of the Acjachemem and Tongva tribes on the campus of CA State University, Long Beach. | More details |
| Frontline Catalysts | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | https://frontlinecatalysts.org | To empower frontline youth to lead the movement for transformative climate justice through the Climate Justice Youth Leadership Development Program, a curriculum for middle and high school students in frontline communities in Oakland. | More details |
| Gardena Willows Wetlands Preserve | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.gardenawillows.org/ | To provide environmental stewardship and public education about the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve,Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, the last intact remnant of the former Dominguez Slough, an important vernal marsh and riparian forest in L.A. County. | More details |
| Gill Tract Farm Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Alameda County | California | https://www.gilltractfarm.org/ | More details | |
| Gill Tract Farm Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Tools for Sustainability-Building Project | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | https://www.gilltractfarm.org/ | To sustain a volunteer-run urban community farm, provide hands-on agroecological programming, and donate fresh healthy produce to reduce community food insecurity for Bay Area residents. | More details |
| Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | San Diego Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | San Diego County | California | https://icejsd.org/ | To educate, equip, and mobilize faith communities to work for environmental and climate justice though policy advocacy, direct action and educational outreach. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | North Coast | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Del Norte County ; Glenn County ; Humboldt County ; Lake County ; Shasta County ; Tehama County ; Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | More details | |
| Los Osos Sustainability Group | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast (incl. Monterey Bay and San Luis Obispo) | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://thelosg.com/ | To advocate for policies and decision making that ensure the long-term sustainability of the Los Osos Groundwater Basin, the sole source of water for the Los Osos community, area farms, and groundwater-dependent environmentally sensitive habitat. | More details |
| Moving South Berkeley Forward | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Alameda County | California | https://movingsouthberkeleyforward.weebly.com/ | More details | |
| Moving South Berkeley Forward | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | https://movingsouthberkeleyforward.weebly.com/ | To engage South Berkeley High School students of color in the creation of a youth-led community garden site, which will simultaneously improve air quality while providing local healthy food and a lush community greenspace for all. | More details |
| Mycelium Youth Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Alameda County | California | https://www.myceliumyouthnetwork.org/ | More details | |
| Northern Mendocino Ecosystem Recovery Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Sustainable Forestry ; Other | Mendocino County | California | http://nm-era.org/ | To foster fire resilience and responsible land stewardship in Northern Mendocino by hosting community outreach events and developing a local workforce to perform regenerative forest health and fire prevention work. | More details |
| Oakland Climate Action Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Climate Change & Energy ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | http://oaklandclimateaction.org/ | To unify Oakland community organizations in creating equitable climate solutions that advance racial, economic, environmental and climate justice by facilitating community-driven climate resilience planning and engagement in City of Oakland plans, such as the Equitable Climate Action Plan 2030, General Plan, and City budget. | More details |
| OneFam/Bikes 4 Life | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | On the Bricks | Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.onefam.org | To support a three-month leadership development program for Oakland youth ages 16-21, which provides job training, political and social movement education, and a supportive community at the Bikes 4 Life Bicycle Shop in West Oakland. | More details |
| PLACE | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | https://www.place.community/ | To support a community sustainability hub which showcases sustainable living practices, urban homesteading and affordable housing, and fosters community resiliency and preparedness. | More details |
| Protect Wild Petaluma | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Sonoma County | California | https://www.facebook.com/SaveNorthPetalumaRiver/ | To support community engagement and litigation efforts to prevent development of the north end of the Petaluma River, which would increase flood risk, destroy critical fish and wildlife, and reduce an important site for wetland carbon sequestration. | More details |
| Regeneration/Regeneración | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Central Coast (incl. Monterey Bay and San Luis Obispo) | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Santa Cruz County | California | https://www.regenerationpajarovalley.org/ | More details | |
| Rich City Rays | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Climate Change & Energy ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | To recruit, train and equip a flotilla of “kayaktivists†to challenge the oil and gas industry through on-water protests and disruptions in Richmond, CA. | More details | |
| Sacramento Climate Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | El Dorado County ; Placer County ; Sacramento County ; Yolo County | California | https://www.sacclimatecoalition.com/ | To promote environmental justice through advocacy, train BIPOC and grassroots leaders in climate emergency mitigation and adaptation policies, and mobilize support for these policies at the Sacramento city, county, and municipal utility. | More details |
| Safe Ag Safe Schools | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast (incl. Monterey Bay and San Luis Obispo) | General Support | Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Monterey County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.safeagsafeschools.org/ | To push local and state decision makers to provide advance notification of hazardous pesticide applications in Monterey County, and build the power and knowledge of local communities to participate in decisions that impact their lives and health. | More details |
| Sama Sama Cooperative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; San Francisco County ; Santa Clara County | California | http://samasamacooperative.org/ | To support a 4-week cultural and environmental summer camp for Bay Area Filipinx youth with an emphasis on Filipino language, traditional arts, and community organizing through an environmental justice lens. | More details |
| Save Del Puerto Canyon | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Save Del Puerto Canyon Community Engagement | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Environmental Justice | Stanislaus County | California | https://www.savedelpuertocanyon.org/ | To engage, educate, and empower the local community to stand against the proposed Del Puerto Canyon Reservoir, which threatens the air, culture, history, wellbeing, and access to local recreation of the residents of Patterson. | More details |
| Sonoma Safe Ag Safe Schools | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $3,000.00 | Russian River | Petaluma Non-Toxic Integrated Pesticide Management Plan | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Sonoma County | California | https://www.sonomasass.org/ | To help the City of Petaluma create and provide to city council a non-toxic Integrated Pesticide Management Plan (IPMP) that eliminates the use of pesticides in parks, playgrounds and public spaces. | More details |
| Soul Flower Farm | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Contra Costa County | California | http://soulflowerfarm.blogspot.com/ | To provide people of color and aligned organizations with hands-on lessons in growing food and medicine, taking care of our environment, and utilizing sustainable growing and living practices. | More details |
| The Green Life | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; San Francisco County | California | http://www.earthisland.org/index.php/project/entry/green-life | To engage carceral system impacted leaders, youth, and Oakland residents in educational activities that foster a love of local waterways and the coastal East Bay, including healthy physical recreation, community service projects, and learning about habitat restoration, pollution prevention, and stream protection. | More details |
| The Plant Exchange | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | http://theplantexchange.com | To promote waste reduction, sustainable gardening, urban farming and environmental justice through educational programming and the rescue, repair and redistribution of plants, pottery, and other gardening items that are headed to landfill. | More details |
| The Resilience Network | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | https://norcalresilience.org/ | To support the Resilience Network's current leadership transition, which will shift power to frontline communities and elevate the voices of communities of color in the work towards a just transition. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org | To engage youth, tribal members, and community volunteers in education, advocacy and hands-on restoration of Tolowa Dunes State Park and the Lake Earl Wildlife Area. | More details |
| Trees Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Sustainable Forestry | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Marin County ; Mendocino County ; San Francisco County ; Santa Cruz County ; Sonoma County ; Trinity County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org | To empower grassroots environmental efforts on California's North Coast by supporting regional community-based conservation, restoration and resiliency projects. | More details |
| Valley Improvement Projects | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Climate Change & Energy ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Merced County ; San Joaquin County ; Stanislaus County | California | http://www.valleyimprovementprojects.org | To inform, protect, and empower environmental justice communities in Stanislaus County and the Northern San Joaquin Valley by focusing on air quality, pesticide exposure, sustainable waste practices, safe drinking water access, climate justice, and youth outreach. | More details |
| Wholly H2O | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Fund Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Alameda County | California | https://whollyh2o.org/ | More details | |
| Wholly H2O | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | https://whollyh2o.org/ | To help communities of the San Francisco Bay Area connect with their watershed ecosystems through education programs, “Walking Waterhoods†tours, citizen science events, and an informational podcast. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To protect, preserve, and restore the Wolf Creek Watershed through watershed stewardship, water quality testing, and public education and action on local issues such as pollution, climate resilience, threats to wildlife and injustices against local tribes. | More details |
| Hollister Guardians | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,000.00 | Central Coast (incl. Monterey Bay and San Luis Obispo) | General Support | Environmental Education;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Environmental Justice | San Benito County | California | https://sites.google.com/view/hollisterguardians/whose-city-council/ | To empower historically marginalized Latino members of Hollister’s west side to advocate for their interests on environmental and land use issues that affect their quality of life. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Arvin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $575.00 | Central Valley | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Kern County | California | https://www.facebook.com/betterarvin/ | To provide an all-day training to the Committee for a Better Arvin alongside its sister committees in Shafter and Lamont. Using the grant, expenses for food, travel, and supplies would be covered. The training would be also coincide with capacity-building activities in order to strengthen the relationship between the three committees who do environmental justice work in Kern County. Specifically, the training would also be used to develop the skills of the staff and strengthen the camaraderie between the three Kern County committees. | More details | |
| Comite Progreso de Lamont | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Education;Climate Change & Energy;Toxics & Environmental Health;Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community-Organization/Comite-Progreso-de-Lamont-1441249392556175/ | To advocate for environmental health protections and community investments in the Kern County budget process, ensure proper implementation of the county’s planned flood mitigation efforts and participate in the Arvin/Lamont AB617 process to improve local air quality. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Shafter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Climate Change & Energy;Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security;Toxics & Environmental Health;Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | To advocate for environmental health and environmental justice by participating in the Shafter AB-617 steering committee, defend oil and gas setback regulations, and watchdog industrial development plans to reduce health impacts and maximize community benefits. | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Arvin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Climate Change & Energy;Toxics & Environmental Health;Environmental Justice | Kern County | California | https://www.facebook.com/betterarvin/ | To advocate for environmental justice for disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley by participating in the AB- 617 implementation process for the city of Arvin, advocating for a state pesticide application notification system, and providing community input on the Kern County budget. | More details |
| Campesinas Unidas Del Valle De San Joaquin | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $4,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Education;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Kern County;Kings County;Tulare County | California | https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/Campesinas-unidas-Del-Valle-de-san-joaquin-101148844963934/ | To educate and support low-income farm working families on the environmental hazards affecting them on a daily basis and advocate for safe drinking water and a safe work environment without pesticides and other hazards. | More details |
| Comunidades Aliadas Tomando Accion | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $2,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Climate Change & Energy;Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security;Environmental Justice | Fresno County;Kern County;Tulare County | California | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081988801733 | To engage residents of Arvin around the environmental issues that affect their health, from contaminated air, water and toxic pesticides to climate change; and empower community leaders to advocate for change. | More details |
| Voice For Our Children | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Environmental Education;Climate Change & Energy;Toxics & Environmental Health | Tulare County | California | To protect and educate child daycares and young mothers to reduce the use of harmful pesticides and products around children in Tulare County. | More details | |
| La Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Toxics & Environmental Health;Environmental Justice | Fresno County;Kern County;Kings County;Madera County;Merced County;Monterey County;Tulare County | California | https://www.aguacoalition.org/ | To secure safe, clean and affordable drinking water in California's San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast through water justice movement building and community-led campaigns for safe and affordable drinking water, groundwater protection; and PFAS and Chrome 6 regulation. | More details |
| Comite Progreso de Lamont | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $525.00 | Central Valley | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Kern County | California | https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community-Organization/Comite-Progreso-de-Lamont-1441249392556175/ | For a full day in person training including the topics of issue resolution, communications, and organizing/recruiting skills | More details | |
| Committee for a Better Shafter | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $575.00 | Central Valley | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Kern County | California | For a full day in-person capacity development training provided by CRPE on conflict resolution, organizing/recruiting skills. and how to identify other people communication characteristics and how to better communicate with them and identify better ways to engage them in our committee activities. | More details | ||
| Voice For Our Children | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | Central Valley; California | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Tulare County | California | Quickbooks system to help with accounting and bookkeeping. | More details | ||
| La Asociacion de Gente Unida por el Agua | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $384.48 | Central Valley; California | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Fresno County;Kern County;Kings County;Madera County;Merced County;Monterey County;Tulare County | California | https://www.aguacoalition.org/ | AGUA would spend the Mini-Grant on Zoom licenses for the organization. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we transitioned our monthly meetings to virtual meeting. We recently (in March 2023), changed our meetings to a hybrid model to allow for members to attend in person if they can, and to allow others to attend virtually. While the pandemic is seen as over, we have many members who are medically vulnerable. In addition, we have expanded the coalition to the Central Coast. With members scattered across the San Joaquin Valley and Central Coast, it has been very important to have a virtual option for meeting attendance, and in fact, it has increased our engagement levels overall. Our Zoom licenses are now integral to our base-building and grassroots organizing efforts. | More details | |
| Coyotl + Macehualli | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.instagram.com/coyotl.macehualli/ | To advocate for conservation, remediation and decolonization of our relationship with natural resources and plant and animal relatives within our community. | More details |
| Families for a Future | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $3,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Environmental Education;Climate Change & Energy;Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County;Orange County | California | https://www.families4future.com/ | To build an inter-generational, multiracial, family-centered, youth-led movement to face the climate chaos with love, hope, and courage in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. | More details |
| East Side of the River | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Environmental Education;Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | https://eastsideoftheriver.org/ | To empower BIPOC communities through nature-based education, indigenous ceremonies, art classes and mural painting, nature cleanups, mentorship and community activism. ESR uses environmental justice and cultural self-determination to address issues of criminality and gang violence in the most vulnerable segments of South and East Los Angeles. | More details |
| Long Beach Roots of Unity | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $2,500.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Environmental Education;Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security;Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | To engage community residents in implementing a garden project which will serve as a site for community-building and education about sustainable agriculture, climate change and environmental justice. | More details | |
| Gardena Willows Wetlands Preserve | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $2,500.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.gardenawillows.org/ | To provide environmental stewardship and public education about the Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, the last intact remnant of the former Dominguez Slough, an important vernal marsh and riparian forest in L.A. County. | More details |
| Cudahy Alliance For Justice | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | To provide opportunities for students and community to develop social skills, communication, teamwork, responsibility and environmental education through an alliance with Cudahy schools to establish a community garden and green the campus with drought resistant plants. | More details | |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Climate Change & Energy | Shasta County;Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To collect long-term, year-round data regarding the diminished water quality downstream from clearcut and salvage-logged land in the Sierra and Cascade Mountain ranges and pursue litigation to promote resource conservation and protect the water supply from further degradation. | More details |
| Pàah Áama | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Environmental Education;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice | Humboldt County;Siskiyou County | California | To strengthen the ability of Native youth in CA’s Klamath Basin to defend and enjoy their ancestral waterways and prepare native youth to be the first to paddle an undammed Klamath river from source to sea. | More details | |
| Zero Waste Humboldt | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $575.00 | North Central & East; California | Grow Your Roots Mini- Grant | Humboldt County | California | https://zerowastehumboldt.org/ | To support 2 ZWH Board members in attending the 2024 Deconstruction and Reuse Conference in Savannah, Georgia. This is the only North American conference focused on reuse in the building environment. | More details | |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | North Coast | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Trinity County | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | To hire an equity coach to work with our board of directors and staff. We will work through goals and desired incomes to tailor strategic plans and policies in creating an equity framework to guide our work moving forward. After that initial work the consultant can continue to coach, support or train us. | More details | |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Sustainable Forestry | Del Norte County;Humboldt County;Shasta County;Siskiyou County;Trinity County | California | https://klamathforestalliance.org/ | To defend forests, watersheds and wildlife in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion by active participation in planning, commenting, collaborating, monitoring and litigating projects while applying Traditional Knowledge, science, law, policy, place-based knowledge and community needs. | More details |
| Zero Waste Humboldt | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education;Climate Change & Energy;Other | Humboldt County | California | https://zerowastehumboldt.org/ | To educate and empower the community to implement strategies that reduce waste generation by helping local businesses integrate reusable materials into their processes and providing citizens with material reuse alternatives. | More details |
| Native Health in Native Hands | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security;Environmental Justice | Humboldt County;Mendocino County;Trinity County | California | https://www.nativehealthinnativehands.org/ | To empower native youth and other native community members to become caretakers of ancestral lands by providing opportunities to access nature and learn traditional ecological skills. | More details |
| Trees Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | North Coast; California | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | El Dorado County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org | To hire a consultant to advise our bookkeeper and provide training to augment her skills in grant tracking and invoicing. As our organization grows, an important part of our capacity building includes the need to accurately budget for the year. We have already reached out to one of our partner groups to connect with their consultant who has agreed to provide one-on-one skill building trainings, as well as to assist us in creating a new annual budget. | More details | |
| Sonoma Safe Ag Safe Schools | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Russian River | General Support | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Toxics & Environmental Health;Environmental Justice | Sonoma County;Statewide | California | https://www.sonomasass.org/ | To educate communities and local and state leaders on how to manage roadside vegetation without synthetic herbicides like RoundUP. | More details |
| Sonoma County Tomorrow, Inc. | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Russian River | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Sonoma County | California | https://broccoli-caterpillar-wlt7.squarespace.com/ | To fund a lawsuit requiring a full Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed development of the Sonoma Developmental Center's 750 acres of wildlife habitat and historical sites. | More details |
| Community Soil Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $4,000.00 | Russian River | General Support | Environmental Education;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security | Sonoma County | California | https://www.communitysoil.org/ | To offer land-based education in regenerative agriculture, habitat restoration, and volunteer-driven fieldwork at the Larkfield Community Garden & Learning Center. | More details |
| Friends of Fife Creek | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $2,500.00 | Russian River | General Support | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | https://www.communitycleanwater.org/ | To protect Fife Creek, undertake riparian enhancements, conduct trash cleanups, monitor creek health, and replace invasive plants with native plants, which will provide much needed habitat to endangered and threatened butterfly species. | More details |
| Protect Wild Petaluma | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | Russian River | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Sonoma County | California | https://www.facebook.com/SaveNorthPetalumaRiver/ | To attend the Environmental Law Institute Boot Camp (virtually). It is a 3-day training and is considered highly useful for environmental professionals such as environmental managers, policy and advocacy experts, paralegals, and technicians seeking deeper knowledge of environmental law. | More details | |
| Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Diego Area | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | San Diego County | California | https://icejsd.org/ | To purchase a branded tablecloth and print ICEJ tri-fold brochures. | More details | |
| Zero Waste San Diego | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $3,000.00 | San Diego Area | General Support | Environmental Education;Environmental Justice;Other | San Diego County | California | http://zerowastesandiego.com/ | To advocate for resource management policy change and educate the people of San Diego on how they can move toward a sustainable lifestyle, promote repair culture, support trade skill development, and reduce the number of repairable items thrown in landfills. | More details |
| Activist San Diego | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | San Diego Area | General Support | Climate Change & Energy;Toxics & Environmental Health;Environmental Justice | San Diego County | California | https://www.activistsandiego.org/ | To build community and advance social justice in San Diego, through grassroots and grasstops organizing, coalition building, monthly community education and discussion meetings featuring pressing topics, and running KNSJ 89.1FM community-powered radio. | More details |
| Interfaith Coalition for Earth Justice | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $3,500.00 | San Diego Area | General Support | Environmental Education;Climate Change & Energy;Environmental Justice | San Diego County | California | https://icejsd.org/ | To educate, equip, and mobilize faith communities to work for environmental and climate justice though policy advocacy, direct action and educational outreach. | More details |
| Activist San Diego | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Diego Area; California | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | San Diego County | California | https://www.activistsandiego.org/ | To support the cost of our EveryAction subscription, which has risen to $1,688.40 this coming year. Your support helping us with part of that expense would be an incredible gift. Our database and email newsletters are an essential tools in our organizing toolbox. | More details | |
| California Field School | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Alameda County | California | https://www.californiafieldschool.org/ | We are looking to update our digital work communication equipment and would use this grant towards a refurbished laptop. At CFS, laptops has offered us freedom and flexibility to plan our youth bike tours anywhere and anytime. No matter if we are local, planning future tours, or we are on bike tours - laptops have made communications, route mapping, meetings and, trip planning, etc. an essential and effective tool for our work. | More details | |
| Point Molate Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Environmental Justice | Contra Costa County | California | https://ptmolatealliance.org/ | To advocate for the conservation of Point Molate, the last undeveloped natural headland on the San Francisco Bay, as a public resource and regional park. | More details |
| Bayview Community Concerned Citizens | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education;Toxics & Environmental Health;Environmental Justice | San Francisco County | California | To combat pollution, influence policy and promote health, environmental quality, and economic vitality in the Bayview Hunter’s Point neighborhood of San Francisco. | More details | |
| Oakland Climate Action Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Climate Change & Energy;Environmental Justice;Other | Alameda County | California | http://oaklandclimateaction.org/ | To create equitable climate solutions that advance racial, economic, environmental and climate justice and strengthen the resilience of frontline communities, particularly low-income communities of color, in Oakland, CA. | More details |
| Wholly H2O | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice | Alameda County;Contra Costa County | California | https://whollyh2o.org/ | To help communities of the San Francisco Bay Area connect with their watershed ecosystems through education programs that spotlight the history of BIPOC environmental activism, “Walking Waterhoods” tours, citizen science events, and an informational podcast. | More details |
| Richmond Shoreline Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education;Toxics & Environmental Health;Environmental Justice | Contra Costa County | California | https://richmondshorelinealliance.org/ | To promote a healthy and accessible shoreline for all Richmond residents and to demand a single-family residential grade cleanup of the AstraZeneca Superfund-qualified toxic waste site near the Crescent Park community. | More details |
| Alliance for Felix Cove | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Climate Change & Energy;Environmental Justice;Other | Marin County | California | https://www.alliance4felixcove.org/ | To protect, restore, and re-matriate the sacred lands and waters of Felix Cove at Point Reyes National Seashore, and to advocate for Indigenous access and stewardship of ancestral homelands on public lands. The Alliance is an Indigenous women-founded and led organization. | More details |
| No Penny Opera | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://thefreefarm.org/ | To provide healthy, sustainable, and free food to low-income residents in the Mission District of San Francisco, along with garden training and seedlings from the community garden so residents can grow their own food. | More details |
| Rich City Rays | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Climate Change & Energy;Toxics & Environmental Health;Environmental Justice | Alameda County;Contra Costa County | California | https://www.richcityrays.com/ | To recruit, train and equip a flotilla of “kayaktivists” to challenge the oil and gas industry through on-water protests and disruptions in Richmond, CA. | More details |
| Gill Tract Farm Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education;Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security;Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | https://www.gilltractfarm.org/ | To sustain their volunteer-run farm community's social-justice-guided agroecology programs and activities by staffing a part-time employee and intern to provide stability within the collective. | More details |
| Moving South Berkeley Forward | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | San Francisco County | California | https://movingsouthberkeleyforward.weebly.com/ | To support the 501(c)(3) application process for MSBF which will be provided by the East Bay Community Law Center. The center is a community service of the U.C. Berkeley Law School. The funds will cover the cost of filing. The Law Center in addition to assisting the filing process will collaboratively work with future board members (currently community members) to draft the bylaws for MSBF as well. While other city garden sites are dues based, MSBF will be a sweat equity site. Therefore having a board that can apply for funding, recruit garden educators/admin staff, obtain tools and support structures, and interact with community and city partners is integral to this projects' success and longevity. | More details | |
| Wholly H2O | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Alameda County | California | https://whollyh2o.org/ | Our grant writing team is looking at online training courses to bolster the hands-on experience they’ve had so far, with expert resources and educational content. We will use the Grow Your Roots Mini Grant for grant writing trainings, and as online trainings are usually made accessible for a year, it is likely these trainings will benefit our current grant team as well as our next year’s team. | More details | |
| Richmond Shoreline Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Contra Costa County | California | https://richmondshorelinealliance.org/ | To transfer our website to a more user-friendly web host. The new host will enable features that are not available with our current host, such as a calendar of events. It also doesn't require users to use HTML. | More details | |
| Gill Tract Farm Coalition | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Alameda County | California | https://www.gilltractfarm.org/ | We will use these funds to pay a consultant to advise us on strategic planning at our annual retreat this spring. We are excited to work with this consultant, a long time friend of the farm, in discussions on the political, social, economic, and ecological landscape. | More details | |
| Sama Sama Cooperative | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Alameda County;Contra Costa County;San Francisco County;Santa Clara County | California | http://samasamacooperative.org/ | We have recently launched an updated public website through a new host, Squarespace which integrates with Google Workspace. Through workspace, we plan to maintain our domain name, website, and Google Workspace subscriptions. We are seeking this capacity grant to help fund the projected annual combined subscriptions for Squarespace and Google Workspace. | More details | |
| Saticoy Food Hub | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $3,000.00 | Santa Barbara Area (incl. Oxnard and Ventura) | General Support | Environmental Education;Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security;Environmental Justice | Ventura County | California | https://www.saticoyfoodhub.org/home | To create equitable economic opportunities for food producers, while increasing access to fresh, local food for community members in Ventura County. | More details |
| California Urban Streams Alliance - The Stream Team | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $575.00 | Sierra Nevada | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Butte County;Glenn County;Mendocino County;Tehama County | California | http://www.thestreamteam.org/ | To attend the Waterkeeper Alliance Pacific Regional Summit. | More details | |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To purchase a mobile WIFI hot spot for faster internet connectivity, and a small room AC for climate control in the heat of summer, so that the monitoring program director can work effectively during monitoring days and so that samples can be properly stored and analyzed. Any remaining funds will be put toward the monthly fee for fundraising software charged by Donor Perfect. | More details | |
| American River Watershed Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Nevada County;Placer County;Sutter County;Yuba County | California | http://www.arwi.us/ | To establish BearPARC, a new citizen advocacy group dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the Bear River from its Bear Valley headwaters to its confluence with the Feather River. | More details |
| Community Environmental Advocates Foundation | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Environmental Education;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Climate Change & Energy | Nevada County | California | http://www.cea-nc.org/ | To oppose the reopening of the Idaho-Maryland gold mine though citizen advocacy, public outreach and participation in the county's environmental review process. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Climate Change & Energy | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | To protect and improve the natural environments in Calaveras County by empowering the community to participate in local government planning and land use decisions. CAP will proceed with litigation against the 2019 County General Plan, engage in the GHG reduction plan and support the Copperopolis community plan. | More details |
| California Urban Streams Alliance - The Stream Team | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Environmental Education;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Climate Change & Energy | Butte County;Glenn County;Mendocino County;Sonoma County | California | http://www.thestreamteam.org/ | To protect, enhance, manage, and restore the biological integrity of crucial California river systems while simultaneously providing educational opportunities about these ecosystems through community engagement in environmental stewardship. | More details |
| American River Watershed Institute | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | Sierra Nevada; California | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Napa County;Placer County;Sutter County;Yuba County | California | http://www.arwi.us/ | To purchase an LCD projector for use in our outreach program. We are expanding this outreach, and in addition to the funded four public events we will be inviting our community to host coffee klatches at their homes, or at convenient small venues like coffee house meeting rooms. And for for specialized training in WordPress for our new BearPARC website which will launch early 2024. As we are moving from Weebly to the Greengeeks WordPress toolkit, and need some specialized assistance to help our very capable inhouse team on template modifications that meet our predominantly graphic/map/photo needs. | More details | |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Military Base Closures Environmental Task Force | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports the Military Base Closures Environmental Task Force; a collaborative effort to monitor and enforce Clean Water Act compliance at closing military facilities in the Bay Area. | More details |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Richmond Laotian Environmental Justice Project | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.apen4ej.org/ | Supports the Richmond Laotian Environmental Justice Project; educating Laotian sustenance fishers in the Richmond area about toxic contamination in fish; identify and build leadership within the community; facilitate communication between the Laotian community and various regulators; and to build bridges between the Laotian community and the local African American community. | More details |
| Citizens for a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Selenium Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Supports CBE's Selenium project; which seeks to bring all Bay Area oil refineries in compliance with federal selenium discharge limits. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Coalition for Better Wastewater Solutions | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/ca | Supports the Coalition for Better Wastewater Solutions; a grassroots association of several neighborhood organizations working to clean up wastewater discharges into the Bay and ocean. | More details |
| Conservation Science Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Transport of Sediment Associated Pollutants Through SF Estuary Food Webs | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://csi-global.org/ | Funds a study of Transport of Sediment Associated Pollutants through SF Estuary Food Webs; which would document the movement of toxic pollutants from sediments at the floor of the Bay through the food web. | More details |
| Earth Island Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $48,750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Seal Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://earthisland.org/immp/seal.html | Funds San Francisco Bay Seal Project; including production and dissemination of a report of declining seal populations in the San Francisco Bay; as well as ongoing monitoring of resident seal populations. The report culminates four years of research conducted by Earth Island's Bay Seal project. | More details |
| East Palo Alto Historical & Agricultural Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Mateo County | California | Supports sustainable human-scale redevelopment planning for the area which will preserve large tracts of existing open space as community resources while fostering development which is people-friendly and preserves the existing rual character of the area. | More details | |
| Golden Gate University Environmental Law & Justice Clinic | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Base Closures Environmental Task Force | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ggu.edu/school_of_law/academic_law_programs/jd_program/environmental_law/environmental_law_justice_clinic | Supports technical legal assistance at the Base Closures Environmental Task Force | More details |
| SAFER | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Advocates for Environmental Rights (SAFER) Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | Funds the San Francisco Bay Advocates for Environmental Rights (SAFER) project. SAFER educates low income; sustenance anglers about safe consumption of local seafood; and encourages them to become involved in governmental regulatory activities. | More details | |
| Save San Francisco Bay Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean South Bay Storm Drain Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.savesfbay.org/ | Supports the Clean South Bay Storm Drain Campaign. The campaign seeks national precedent-setting controls on urban runoff from municipalities in the South San Francisco Bay region. | More details |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1995 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Campaign to End the Miscarriage of Justice | Environmental Education | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | Funds a collaborative effort with Santa Clara Center for Occupational Safety and Health to conduct the Campaign to End the Miscarriage of Justice. The project's objective is to educate residents and workers from Silicon Valley's low income communitites of color about the reproductive health risks of industrial solvents; promote the use of health-based exposure standards rather than traditional ''risk assessment'' models; and promote the concepts of toxic reduction at the source. | More details |
| Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.cccrrefuge.org/ | Funds investigation of a dump site located on the grounds of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. | More details |
| Conservation Science Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://csi-global.org/ | Funds dissemination of Transport of Sediment Associated Pollutants Through SF Estuary Food Webs; a study which documents the movement of toxic pollutants from sediments at the Bay floor through the food web. | More details |
| Earth Island Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Seal Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://earthisland.org/immp/seal.html | Funds the San Francisco Bay Seal Project; which studies the declining harbor seal populations in the San Francisco Bay as well as ongoing monitoring of resident seal populations. | More details |
| East Bay Conservation Corps | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.cvcorps.org/ | Supports used oil recycling and creek clean up programs. | More details |
| Environmental Law Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Investigation Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.envirolaw.org/ | Supports the Investigation Project into potential sources of storm drain contamination. | More details |
| Fresh Start Farms | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | Supports organic farming by homeless people. The reduction in pesticide use reduces toxic discharge to the Bay. | More details | |
| Friends of the Estuary | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | Helps set up a creek monitoring station in conjunction with Castlemont High School. | More details | |
| Golden Gate University Environmental Law & Justice Clinic | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ggu.edu/school_of_law/academic_law_programs/jd_program/environmental_law/environmental_law_justice_clinic | Supports technical legal assistance and community education about development proposals in East Palo Alto. | More details |
| Lake Merritt Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.lakemerrittinstitute.org/ | Supports youth scholarships to Camp Eco Aqua. | More details |
| Nautilus Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Pegasus Project | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.nautilus.org/ | Supports the Pegasus Project; a demonstration ''green boat'' which showcases low impact boating technology and serves a floating classroom. | More details |
| SAFER | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $45,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Advocates for Environmental Rights (SAFER) Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | Funds the San Francisco Bay Advocates for Environmental Rights (SAFER) project. SAFER educates low income; sustenance anglers about safe consumption of local seafood; and encourages them to become involved in governmental regulatory activities. | More details | |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $17,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Stormwater Discharge Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | West Coast Keepers Pretreatment Project | Funds the Stormwater Discharge Project ($12500) in San Francisco Bay and West Coast Keepers Pretreatment Project; a cooperative project with Santa Monica and San Diego Baykeepers ($5000). | More details |
| Save San Francisco Bay Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean South Bay Storm Drain Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.savesfbay.org/ | Supports the Clean South Bay Storm Drain Campaign. The campaign seeks national precedent-setting controls on urban runoff from municipalities in the South San Francisco Bay region. | More details |
| Urban Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1996 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbanecology.org/ | Supports advocacy of public transportation and sustainable design projects which reduce toxic runoff into the San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | More details | |
| Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.cccrrefuge.org/ | More details | |
| Clean South Bay Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $20,700.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Clara County | California | More details | ||
| Coastside Habitat Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Mateo County | California | http://www.isart.com/chc_intro_page.htm | More details | |
| EcoCity Builders | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.ecocitybuilders.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Education Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $2,050.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| Environmental Network of Military Base Closures | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| Estuary Action Challenge | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Greenbelt Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenbelt.org/index.shtml | More details | |
| Iron Triangle Neighborhood Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $970.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Contra Costa County | California | More details | ||
| Nautilus Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.nautilus.org/ | More details | |
| Poetry Flash | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.poetryflash.org/ | More details | |
| Urban Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1997 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbanecology.org/ | More details | |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Treasure Island Wetlands Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Provides supplemental support for the Treasure Island Wetlands Project. | More details |
| Bay Institute of San Francisco | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Industrial Wastewater Efficiency Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.bay.org/ | Provides seed funding for the Industrial Wastewater Efficiency Project to work cooperatively with local businesses to reduce the amount of toxicity of commercial and industrial wastewater flows in the Petaluma area. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Delta Non-Point Source Action Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/ca | Supports public education about reducing stormwater pollution in the North Bay. | More details |
| Coastal Advocates | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $3,750.00 | North Coast | Toxic Mercury Leachate | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Lake County | California | http://www.coastaladvocates.com/ | Funds research and advocacy about toxic mercury leachate from abandoned mines. | More details |
| East Bay Conservation Corps | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $9,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | West Oakland Oil Recycling and Pollution Prevention Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cvcorps.org/ | Supports the Used Oil Recycling and Pollution Prevention Project in West Oakland. | More details |
| Environmental Law Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Pollution Prevention Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.envirolaw.org/ | Helps defray research into public attitudes about effective strategies for pollution prevention in San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Golden Gate University Environmental Law & Justice Clinic | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ggu.edu/school_of_law/academic_law_programs/jd_program/environmental_law/environmental_law_justice_clinic | Provides general support for community technical and legal assistance. | More details |
| Green Thumb; Inc. | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Thompson Creek/Westridge Open Space Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | Funds restoration of Thompson Creek in Petaluma. | More details | |
| Greenbelt Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $6,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Urban Growth Boundary Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenbelt.org/ | Supports the Urban Growth Boundary Project to reduce sprawl development and auto-dependency in the North Bay. | More details |
| Northern California River Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Healthy Waters Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | http://www.northerncaliforniariverwatch.org/ | Supports Healthy Waters Project for citizen enforcement in San Pablo and Suisun Bays. | More details |
| Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | Supports the Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge's advocacy to protect Toroges Creek in Fremont. | More details | |
| Petaluma Tree Planters | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Testing for Diazinon | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | Diazinon and Ammonia Monitoring in Upper Petaluma River Watershed | More details | |
| Petaluma Tree Planters | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sartori Reach Restoration | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | Funds hands on restoration in the Sartori Reach of the Petaluma River. | More details | |
| Romberg Tiburon Center/SF Bay Seal Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $475.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Marin County | California | http://rtc.sfsu.edu/ | Provides general support for the San Francisco Bay Seal Project | More details |
| Save the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean South Bay Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.savesfbay.org/ | Supports the establishment of tough new stormwater controls from municipal dischargers in Santa Clara County. | More details |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | Helps support the Watershed Project to reduce municipal sources of heavy metals. | More details |
| Sonoma Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Lower Ranch Dump Clean Up Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/ | Provides seed money to initiate clean up of an illegal dump near the mouth of the Petaluma River. | More details |
| Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $4,750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Willow Creek Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sescdc.org/ | Leverages matching funds to conduct streamside restoration projects in the Petaluma watershed. | More details |
| Southwest Center for Biodiversity/Alameda Creek Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $350.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Steelhead Habitat Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.alamedacreek.org/ | Supports efforts by the Alameda Creek Alliance to restore steelhead habitat. | More details |
| United Anglers of Casa Grande High School | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Creek Restoration by Petaluma High School Students | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.uacg.org/ | Funds ongoing creek restoration projects conducted by Petaluma-area high school students. | More details |
| Urban Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1998 | $3,550.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Area Transportation and Land Use Coalition | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbanecology.org/ | Supports the Bay Area Transportation and Land Use Coalition to advocate sustainable transportation policies. | More details |
| Aquatic Habitat Institute/Aquatic Outreach Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sausal Creek Restoration & Pollution Prevention Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | Supports neighborhood education; clean-up and community protection of Sausal Creek. | More details | |
| Blue Water Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | SF Bay Shipping Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.bluewaternetwork.org/ | Supports advocacy to protect SF Bay from oil spills; ballast water discharge and risks associated with ship traffic. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $11,425.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Habitat Protection Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | Supports habitat protection in the Bay/Delta through research and administrative petitions to state and federal governments. | More details |
| Ecological Rights Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Groundwater Enforcement Network | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ecorights.org/ | Provides seed funding to stop illegal storm drain discharges of contaminated groundwater. | More details |
| Friends of the Estuary | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Richmond High School Environmental Justice Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.sfestuary.org/pages/index.php?ID=13 | Funds water quality monitoring and creek bank restoration in Wildcat Creek. | More details |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $6,020.00 | Southern Coast | Eco Heroes Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://folar.org/ | Funds citizen monitors to find and report illegal discharges to the river. | More details |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $10,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Environmental Water Caucus | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/ | Supports advocacy of increasing flow to the Delta through residential water conservation. | More details |
| Golden Gate Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Alameda Wild! | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/ | Supports elementary school program linking with the Alameda National Wildlife Refuge. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $3,550.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | Funds community efforts to reduce storm drain pollution in the flatlands of Richmond. | More details |
| Madres del Este de Los Angeles | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $1,500.00 | Southern Coast | Auto Repair Shop Stormwater Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://clnet.ucla.edu/community/intercambios/melasi/ | Supports outreach to automotive repair shops in the Boyle Heights area to reduce contaminated runoff to storm drains. | More details |
| San Francisco Estuary Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Technical Support for Policy Development and Outreach on the Problem of Biological Invasions | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.sfei.org/ | Supports technical assistance to policy makers; non-profits and legislators regarding the proper sampling and regulation of exotic species contaminating ballast water discharge. | More details |
| Save the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | CALFED Advocacy | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.savesfbay.org/ | Supports advocacy of Bay/Delta watershed protections through participation in the CALFED process. | More details |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $40,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Silicon Valley Sustainable Water Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | Supports comprehensively addressing water consumption and contamination issues in the Silicon Valley. | More details |
| Urban Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $5,550.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | http://www.urbanecology.org/ | Supports advocacy of sustainable growth; reducing private automobile use and increasing public transit. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 1999 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Clean Up and Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | Supports community outreach to African American and Laotian neighborhoods to combat a variety of water pollution problems. | More details |
| Alliance for A Clean Waterfront | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $42,750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfcleanwaterfront.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Ecoliteracy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Students & Teachers Restoring a Wetland (STRAW) Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ecoliteracy.org/ | More details | |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Healthy Bay Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/california | More details | |
| Communities for a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $9,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Summer Youth Empowerment Project | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | More details | |
| Ecological Rights Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Quality Enforcement Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ecorights.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Law Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Quality Analysis & Report Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.envirolaw.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Protection Information Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $12,250.00 | North Coast | Eel River Watershed Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.wildcalifornia.org/ | More details | |
| Estuary Action Challenge | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Friends of Five Creeks | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $6,350.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Creek Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of the Eel River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $6,000.00 | North Central & East | Living Eel River Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.eelriver.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of the Russian River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $9,400.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sustainable Wastewater Management in the Laguna de Santa Rosa/Russian River Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.russianriverkeeper.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of the San Gabriel River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $3,300.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | More details | ||
| Golden Gate Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | West Beach Landfill Project (Alameda) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/ | More details | |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Coalition for Community Health (Richmond Marina) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | More details | |
| San Francisco Estuary Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Exotic Species Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfei.org/ | Technical support for policy development on the problem of biological invasions | More details |
| Tracy Region Alliance for a Quality Community | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Growth Control | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Joaquin County | California | More details | ||
| Urban Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Regional Policy Leadership Program - Sustainable Transportation | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbanecology.org/ | More details | |
| Urban Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2000 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Tennessee Hollow Riparian Corridor Restoration Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| Alliance for A Clean Waterfront | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $7,144.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Beyond 2000 Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfcleanwaterfront.org/ | More details | |
| Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $37,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Education Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | Providing neighborhood input into the redevelopment of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. | More details | |
| Beth Abrams Center for Peace & Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Coalition for Better Wastewater Solutions | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | Integrating environmentally-sound wastewater treatment systems into San Francisco redevelopment planning. | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $3,000.00 | Southern Coast | Southern California Coastal Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | Protecting endangered species in southern California watersheds. | More details |
| Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 'Salmon & Steelhead in Your Creek'' Symposium | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cemar.org/ | Building consensus amongst environmentalists; planners and agencies about watershed restoration and anadromous fish protection. Promoting stewardship of salmon and steelhead in Bay Area watersheds. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $13,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean & Safe Water Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/california | Protecting drinking water through research; policy advocacy; and building community coalitions. | More details |
| Coalition for Clean Air | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $9,000.00 | Southern Coast | Dump Diesel Program | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.coalitionforcleanair.org/ | Advocating alternatives to diesel-powered school and transit busses in Los Angeles. | More details |
| Earth Island Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Estuary Action Challenge | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.earthisland.org/ | Using San Francisco Bay as a living classroom to teach environmental education at the elementary and middle school levels. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Restoration Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | Involving SF Bay Area high school students in hands-on creek restoration and other environmental stewardship projects. | More details |
| Environmental Defense Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $14,000.00 | Central Coast | Santa Barbara ChannelKeeper | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.edcnet.org/ | Protecting the Santa Barbara coastline from pollution through litigation and volunteer monitoring. | More details |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $12,500.00 | Southern Coast | LAUSD River Guide and Curriculum Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://folar.org/ | Piloting a science curriculum based on the Los Angeles River in partnership with LA Unified School District. | More details |
| Friends of the Napa River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $37,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Basinwide Habitat and Fish Populations Study | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Napa County | California | http://www.friendsofthenapariver.org/ | Evaluating the relationships between vineyard conversions and the health of the Napa River watershed. | More details |
| Golden Gate Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $3,760.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Delta Watershed Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/ | Ensuring adequate fresh water flows through the sensitive habitat of the San Francisco/San Joaquin Delta estuary. | More details |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $3,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | GreenAction/Green Energy and Environmental Justice Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenaction.org | More details | |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $12,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Western Water Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.nrdc.org/ | Restoring the San Joaquin River in cooperation with agricultural interests. | More details |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles Chapter | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | Public Health and Diesel Education Campaign | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.psr.org/ | Advocating alternatives to diesel-powered school and transit busses in Los Angeles. | More details |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility - San Francisco Bay Chapter | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | In Harm's Way | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.psr.org/ | Educating health professionals about environmental exposure issues and pollution prevention. | More details |
| Project for Energy; Labor and the Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $28,940.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | Protecting environmental quality and public health by linking renewable energy production and energy with the creation of family-wage jobs. | More details | |
| San Francisco Estuary Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Area Watersheds Contaminant Profiles Project (PCB's) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.sfei.org/ | More details | |
| Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Construction Site/Stormwater Pollution Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.scvas.org/ | Monitoring runoff from construction sites and auditing municipal enforcement procedures. | More details |
| Santa Monica BayKeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $500.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.smbaykeeper.org/ | Encouraging coastal watershed stewardship through; research; advocacy and litigation. | More details |
| Save Our Danville Creeks | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $7,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Wendt Ranch Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | Protecting central Contra Costa County watersheds by reducing construction site runoff and household pollution. | More details | |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | General support of programs to protect the San Francisco Bay watershed. | More details |
| Sunrise Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Business Industry Professionals for Environmental Responsibility | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.sunrise-center.org/ | Helping architects and contractors employ sustainable building practices and materials. | More details |
| Tides Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Literacy for Environmental Justice | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.tidescenter.org/ | Maintaining environmental education programs at Heron's Head Park near Hunters Point in San Francisco. | More details |
| Tracy Region Alliance for a Quality Community | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Growth Control Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Joaquin County | California | Promoting smart growth in San Joaquin County. | More details | |
| WaterKeepers Northern California | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2001 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Impaired Waters Listing Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.waterkeeper.org/ | Analyzing water quality data for specific waterbodies as part of the Clean Water Act's; impaired waters' listing process. | More details |
| Agape Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Redwood Activists SLAPP Defense Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.agapefdn.org/ | Supports environmental advocacy to reduce the pollution impacts of destructive logging practices on the sensitive watersheds of California's north coast. | More details |
| California CoastKeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $18,000.00 | Central Coast | Pacific Grove Sanitary Sewage Overflows Action | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Monterey County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org/ | Assist community-based efforts to protect Monterey Bay. | More details |
| CALPIRG Charitable Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $12,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay/Delta Pollution Discharge Report | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.calpirg.org/ | For a report and outreach on the effectiveness of current monitoring and enforcement of wastewater and storm water pollution discharges into the Bay/Delta. | More details |
| Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $9,794.80 | Southern Desert | Healthy Communities Campaign | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Riverside County | California | http://www.ccaej.org/ | Advocate reduction of severe pollution problems from industrial sources and inappropriate commercial development in the Riverside County area. | More details |
| Chabot Elementary School PTA | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $5,800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Chabot School Garden Program | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.chabotelementary.org/ | Supports environmental education program serving 400 youth. | More details |
| Coalition for Clean Air | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $100.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.coalitionforcleanair.org/ | Supports pre-development activities of opening a Sacramento-area office. | More details |
| Desert Protection Society/Eagle Mountain Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $20,000.00 | Southern Desert | Eagle Mountain Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Riverside County | California | Opposition to the construction of landfill next to Joshua Tree that would take 40 million pounds/day of trash from LA County for the next 100 years. | More details | |
| Ecological Rights Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Oakland Contaminated Storm Water Runoff Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ecorights.org/ | Citizen enforcement of industrial stormwater permits in Oakland. | More details |
| Estuary Action Challenge/ Kids for the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | School Wide Impact Approach | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | Educate East Bay students about local creeks; foster restoration and stewardship; and plan pollution reduction efforts with several school districts. | More details | |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Bay-Delta Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Strategic Plan | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/ | Implement a 3-year strategic plan promoting a mix of education; grassroots organizing; coalition building; public policy advocacy; and litigation to protect and restore rivers and watersheds. | More details |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Green Ports Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.nrdc.org/ | Identify potential best environmental practices and pollution prevention methods that will help clean up the Port of Oakland and be a blueprint for ports throughout the country. | More details |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Farms Clean Water Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.panna.org/ | Expand the online Pesticide Information Database to include water related data currently unavailable on the web. | More details |
| Save our Danville Creeks | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $9,355.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California Red-Legged Frog Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | Hydrology and biology support to evaluate the impacts of the Wendt Ranch Project on endangered species in the Contra Costa County area. | More details | |
| Save the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $12,400.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Moffet Field Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.savesfbay.org/ | Promote wetlands restoration; toxic cleanup; and community involvement in the decision-making process for the redevelopment of Moffet Field. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Travel Scholarships for Annual Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Provides scholarships to enable community members to attend a major conference exploring upstream impacts to San Francisco Bay ecosystem water quality. | More details |
| Transportation for Livable Cities | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | Create a balanced and sustainable transportation network throughout San Francisco and promote complementary land use for a safer; healthier and more environmentally sustainable city. | More details | |
| Turtle Island Restoration Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $4,700.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Salmon Protection & Watershed Network | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.tirn.net/ | To develop a citizen-based water quality monitoring program on Lagunitas Creek; conduct public education activities; participate in the regional water board's process for setting water quality goals for the creek; and develop and implement a model restoration project | More details |
| Urban Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Urban Planning Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbanecology.org/ | Community-based; sustainable urban planning of the redevelopment of a former manufacturing facility in SF. | More details |
| Waterkeepers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $1,965.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Technical Assistance Grant | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.waterkeeper.org/ | Funds court-ordered oversight of a Clean Water Act consent decree. | More details |
| West; Inc. | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $6,431.73 | San Francisco Bay Area | Mine Remediation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.west-inc.com/ | Supports technical studies related to the remediation of acid mine drainage in the Clear Lake area | More details |
| National Association for Public Interest Law | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2002 | $20,000.00 | National | Technical Assistance Grant | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nationwide | http://www.napil.org/ | To defray the expense of training a legal intern in water quality citizen enforcement. | More details | |
| Agape Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Redwood Defense Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.agapefdn.org/ | Supports environmental advocacy to reduce pollution impacts of destructive logging practices on watersheds in coastal northern California. | More details |
| Anthony Chabot School PTA | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $7,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | School Garden Program | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.chabotelementary.org/ | Supports a school garden and environmental education curriculum teaching students about their relationship with the San Francisco Bay ecosystem. | More details |
| Bay Institute of San Francisco | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Delta Ecological Scorecard Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.bay.org/ | Supports outreach to community and environmental organizations on the Scorecard - a set of indices that measures the health of the Bay; such as fish; bird; invertebrate communities; flow; habitat and water quality. | More details |
| Blue Water Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Vessels Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.bluewaternetwork.org/ | Supports policy engagement related to reducing pollution from cruise ships; ferries and the general operations of the Port of San Francisco. | More details |
| California Certified Organic Farmers Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $10,000.00 | Central Coast | Salmon Safe Certification Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Santa Cruz County | California | http://71.18.29.111/ | Supports the development of a pilot program centered on organic grape growers in the Napa and Sonoma areas that certifies growers as salmon-safe; and educates consumers about sustainably grown farm products. | More details |
| California Communities Against Toxics | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | Annual Environmental Health & Justice Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kern County | California | http://www.stoptoxics.org/ | Supports travel scholarships to allow San Francisco Bay Area community activists to receive training at the annual Environmental Health and Justice Conference in Los Angeles | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $8,000.00 | Central Valley | Clean Water Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Supports outreach to recreational and commercial anglers to encourage participation in a broad coalition advocating the reduction of agricultural pesticide use. | More details |
| Californians for Alternatives to Toxics | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $7,260.00 | North Coast | Mokelumne River Projects | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/ | Supports technical assistance to reduce the use and impacts of pesticides in the Mokulumne watershed. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay & Tributaries Water Quality Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | Supports the development and dissemination of a study documenting the impacts of pesticides on species throughout the San Francisco Bay watershed. | More details |
| Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $6,825.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Promoting Stewardship of Salmon & Steelhead in Bay Area Watersheds | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cemar.org/ | Supports the dissemination of the Streams Report on the status of conservation; protection and restoration of anadromous fish runs in the Bay Area; including adapting the report to the web; and outreach to community partners to help them use the report. | More details |
| Community Alliance For Family Farmers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Reducing Off-farm Impacts of Irrigation Drainage | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Yolo County | California | http://www.caff.org/ | Supports outreach to the sustainable agriculture community to encourage participation in a broad coalition advocating the reduction of agricultural pesticide use. | More details |
| Earth Island Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Kids for the Bay | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.earthisland.org/ | Supports environmental education programs for young students using local creeks as an educational resource; including restoring habitat with native plants and releasing tree frogs. | More details |
| Greenbelt Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protection of Contra Costa & Solano County Watershed Lands | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.greenbelt.org/ | Supports a variety of outreach programs in the Solano and Contra Costa areas designed to reduce suburban sprawl and associated stormwater pollution. | More details |
| Life Garden | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | City Creeks Project | Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | Supports creek-based environmental education programs serving middle school students in Walnut Creek; including the production of a City Creeks Handbook. | More details | |
| Literacy for Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Heron's Head Park Water and Mud Sampling Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.lejyouth.org/ | Supports a collaborative process to document the effects of chronic overflows from a sewage treatment plant in order to help the predominantly low-income; African American community advocate for improved sewage treatment. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Coalition for Community Health | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | Supports a study on the health effects of methlymercury in San Francisco Bay fish on young children and pregnant women in the low-income; predominantly African American neighborhoods in Richmond in collaboration with doctors and UC Berkeley. | More details |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Joaquin River Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.nrdc.org/ | Supports a collaborative project with Central Valley farmers to restore portions of the San Joaquin River. | More details |
| Northern California Grantmakers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Summer Youth Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ncg.org/ | Supports San Francisco Bay-related elements of a pooled fund that supports youth programs. | More details |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Californians for Pesticide Reform's Central Valley Organizing Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.panna.org/ | Supports the hiring of a bi-lingual organizer to help Central Valley communities push for reductions in agricultural pesticides. | More details |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $12,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | North America Clean Farms Clean Water Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.panna.org/ | Supports community outreach in the Central Valley about the dangers of pesticides and polluted agricultural discharge. | More details |
| Public Trust Group | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | Supports a network of organizations and individuals working to protect public trust lands in the Bay Area from massive bay fill developments and promoting public stewardship of shoreline property. | More details | |
| San Francisco Estuary Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Technical Support for Policy Development and Outreach on the Problem of Biological Invasions | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.sfei.org/ | Supports scientific analysis and policy advice related to controlling exotic species in the San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Travel Scholarships for Annual Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports travel scholarships allowing grassroots activists to attend a conference related to Sierra Nevada watersheds. | More details |
| Sustainable Conservation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Auto Recycling Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.suscon.org/ | Supports work to develop and implement best management practices related to controlling pollution runoff (metals; oil & grease) from auto wrecking facilities in the Bay Area. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $14,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Clean up & Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | Supports community outreach to reduce pollution in the Richmond area. | More details |
| West; Inc. | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2003 | $4,478.75 | San Francisco Bay Area | Mine Remediation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.west-inc.com/ | Supports technical studies related to the remediation of acid mine drainage in the Clear Lake area. | More details |
| Algalita Marine Research Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $8,500.00 | Southern Coast | Our Synthetic Sea | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Orange County | California | http://www.algalita.org/index.php | Funds documentation of the impacts of plastics and trash in the marine environment. | More details |
| Aquatic Bioassay & Consulting | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $17,570.00 | Southern Coast | Technical Assistance Grant | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://www.aquabio.org/ | Site characterization to investigate suspected pollution of an arroyo in the Ventura area; in cooperation with local; state and federal government stakeholders. | More details |
| California CoastKeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Pacific Grove Sanitary Sewage Overflows Action | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Monterey County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org/ | Assist community-based efforts to protect Monterey Bay. | More details |
| California Communities Against Toxics | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $8,000.00 | Central Valley | Maywood Environmental Justice Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kern County | California | http://www.stoptoxics.org/ | Funds a collaborative effort to support community outreach; education and advocacy related to various contaminated sites along the Los Angeles River. | More details |
| California League for Environmental Enforcement Now | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $40,000.00 | National | Environmental Enforcement Protection Project | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://cleenca.org/ | Funds a report that would examine the positive role that environmental protections in California and nationwide have played in protecting public health and preserving valuable ecosystems. | More details |
| California Resource Recovery Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $1,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Zero Waste Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.crra.com/ | Co-sponsors conference exploring innovative ways to reduce the impact to San Francisco Bay and California coastal waters of toxics; plastic wastes and litter. | More details |
| California State University Sacramento Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $20,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Pesticides & the Decline of the California Red Legged Frog | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.csus.edu/universityfoundation/ | Supports field and laboratory research analyzing the effects of the commonly used pesticide; carbaryl; on suppressing frogs' immune systems. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean & Safe Water Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/california | Supports advocacy of people's right to know about the quality and sources of their drinking water in the Bay Area; teaching people about the precautionary principle; and mobilizing both upstream and downstream communities to protect water sources. | More details |
| Community Clean Water Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $11,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Russian River Middle Reach Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | Supports a Riparian Zone Planting Day where school students will plant native species to control bank erosion and enhance habitat along this heavily-used section of the river. | More details |
| Eco-Home Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $2,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://ecohome.org/ | Supports advocacy to reduce runoff and its attendant pollution into streams rivers and the ocean; in the Los Angeles area. | More details |
| Ecological Rights Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Survey of Storm Water Compliance | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ecorights.org/ | Funds a survey examining storm water runoff compliance at construction sites throughout Northern California; with results presented to the State Water Board in an effort to encourage greater oversight. | More details |
| Friends of Five Creeks | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $1,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | Supports protection and restoration of watersheds and aquatic and riparian habitat of the creeks of North Berkeley; Albany; Kensington; and southern El Cerrito and Richmond. | More details |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Nursery & Native Plant Community Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.sausalcreek.org/ | Supports a native plant nursery and hands-on restoration as part of a large; volunteer-based creek restoration project conducted in partnership with the City of Oakland. | More details |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $8,500.00 | Southern Coast | State of the River Report | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://folar.org/ | Supports the publication and distribution of FOLAR's first-annual State of the River Report; which will compile; analyze and publish data from volunteer Riverwatch patrols. | More details |
| Friends of the Napa River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Basinwide Estimation of Habitat and Fish Population | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Napa County | California | http://www.friendsofthenapariver.org/ | To study the number and distribution of salmonids in the Napa River watershed and track their decline as it relates to major land use in Napa County. | More details |
| Global Exchange | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | The Green Festival | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | http://www.globalexchange.org/ | Supports the annual bi-coastal conference that supports a new economic paradigm of sustainability and social equity. | More details |
| League of Women Voters | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Area Education Fund Decision Makers directory booklet | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://ca.lwv.org/ | Supports the publication of the Decision Makers directory; a resource for citizens interested in influencing local governmental policy. Contains detailed contact information for Bay Area water agencies; and other agencies. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Fish Consumption Study for Women & Children | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | Funds monitoring of mercury levels in women and children whose families regularly eat fish caught in local waters that are heavily polluted by runoff from past industrial activity. | More details |
| Northern California Grantmakers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Summer Youth Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ncg.org/ | Supports San Francisco Bay-related elements of a pooled fund that supports youth programs. | More details |
| Russian River Watershed Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $11,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Stormwater Sampling for the Middle Reach of the Russian River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.rrwc.net/ | Funds will support wintertime peak flow monitoring for key pollutants and sediment. Data will be made widely available; and will educate a number of ongoing watershed preservation activities. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Travel Scholarships for Annual Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports travel scholarships allowing grassroots activists to attend a conference related to Sierra Nevada watersheds. | More details |
| Thimmakka's Resources for Environmental Education | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $3,065.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Greening Ethnic Restaurants | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.thimmakka.org/ | Supports outreach to ethnic restaurants about how to save money by reducing water use; electric consumption and waste. | More details |
| Transportation for Livable Cities | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Reforming Transportation & Land Use Policies | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | Supports advocacy for the development of walk/bike/public-transit oriented development in San Francisco; as well as the development of affordable housing. | More details | |
| Urban Creeks Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | East Bay Going Native Garden Tour | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbancreeks.org/ | Supports outreach to gardeners about the use of native plants to reduce pesticide use; and encouraging home-based conservation efforts. | More details |
| WaterKeepers Northern California | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Pollutant Clean Up Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.waterkeeper.org/ | Supports efforts to secure aggressive clean-up plans for polluted waterways; tighten permit limits on toxic discharges; reduce stormwater pollution by cities; and regulate agricultural pollution. | More details |
| Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $12,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Awareness Programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org/ | Funds trash abatement and pollution reduction in San Pablo Creek; Pinole Creek retoration; and a school-based stewardship program at Baxter Creek. | More details |
| West; Inc. | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2004 | $9,543.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Mine Remediation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.west-inc.com/ | Supports technical studies related to the remediation of acid mine drainage in the Clear Lake area. | More details |
| Abandoned Mine Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $10,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | Start-up funding to facilitate remediation of contaminated mining sites on public lands. | More details | |
| Aquatic Bioassay & Consulting | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $24,236.00 | Southern Coast | Technical Assistance Grant | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://www.aquabio.org/ | Site characterization to investigate suspected pollution of an arroyo in the Ventura area; in cooperation with local; state and federal government stakeholders. | More details |
| Berkeley Community Orchard Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | To promote sustainable urban agriculture and access to organic food in the African American and Latino neighborhoods of South Berkeley. The project will remediate contaminated soil (which is currently leaching into the groundwater) and plant an orchard along a former railroad right-of-way. | More details | |
| Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | The Dairy Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/ | For monitoring; public education; and developing community capacity around the issue of pollution runoff from ''mega-dairies'' in Madera; Fresno and Merced Counties. | More details |
| Citizens for East Shore Parks | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $4,950.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.eastshorepark.org/ | For preservation and acquisition of parkland along the east shore of the San Francisco Bay; in order to protect natural habitat and provide recreational open space for the entire length of the East Bay shore from Oakland through Richmond. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean and Safe Water Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/california | To integrate the precautionary principal into water quality regulation; including advocating for a health-protective mercury clean-up plan for the San Francisco Bay; building a coalition around the safe-disposal of pharmaceutical medicines (which are generally not removed by sewage treatment); and evaluating of the cumulative impacts of multiple contaminants to our drinking water. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $9,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | Coordination of hands-on environmental restoration projects for middle and high school students that connects the students to their local watersheds and parks; and teaches leadership through environmental stewardship. | More details |
| Golden Gate Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $1,700.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Preservation of the Alameda National Wildlife Refuge | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/ | To support oversight of efforts to cleanup contamination from the former Alameda Naval Air Station at the Refuge; which is home to the endangered Least Tern and generally provides an important oasis of wildlife habitat in the urbanized Bay Area. | More details |
| Kids for the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $9,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.kidsforthebay.org/ | For the Watershed Action program; which will partner 60 - 4th grade teachers and 1800 students to deliver four full day workshops and associated environmental action projects in local creeks. | More details |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $70,000.00 | Central Valley | Restoring the San Joaquin River and Protecting Water Quality in the Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.nrdc.org/ | For restoration of salmon populations and to conduct regional and state advocacy to improve water quality related to salinity; TMDLs; and the use of drinking water on the San Joaquin River and watershed. | More details |
| Northern California Grantmakers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Summer Youth Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ncg.org/ | Supports San Francisco Bay-related elements of a pooled fund that supports youth programs. | More details |
| River of Words | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.riverofwords.org/ | To support an annual watershed poetry and art contest; which motivates K-12 students to learn about their local watersheds and encourages them to become stewards over their local environments. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $43,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxics Pollution and Runoff Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | To support participation in state administrative activities to develop stronger agricultural pesticide regulations related to waterways and monitoring discharges. | More details |
| San Joaquin Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $70,000.00 | Central Valley | Watershed Enforcers Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/ | For citizen enforcement of state and federal water quality statutes in the southern Delta; San Joaquin River and tributaries. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $1,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Travel Scholarships for Annual Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports travel scholarships allowing grassroots activists to attend a conference related to Sierra Nevada watersheds. | More details |
| Urban Creeks Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbancreeks.org/ | For a new copy machine. | More details |
| Woods Edge/Archway School | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $40,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Archway School Ecology and Environmental Science Curriculum | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.archwayschool.org/go/about | For development and implementation of a two-year curriculum for middle school students about the ecology and natural history of the San Francisco Bay that teaches how to become an active steward over Bay resources. Activities include hands-on restoration of Glen Echo Creek; numerous field trips; and hands-on; inquiry based classroom science projects. | More details |
| Youth United for Community Action | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2005 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Higher Learning in East Palo Alto | Environmental Education | San Mateo County | California | http://www.youthunited.net/ | For intensive leadership development and community organizing curriculum for low income; high school aged youth in East Palo Alto around local toxic issues such as cyanide discharges into the sewer system; and arsenic contamination. Students will research pollution sources; compile statistics on asthma and cancer; conduct community educational events; and organize testimony at environmental impact hearing. | More details |
| Bay Institute of San Francisco | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $16,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Developing Key Components of a Delta Index | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.bay.org/ | To develop the Delta Index; which will educate the public about the ecological condition of the Delta; key stressors on the system; and opportunities to improve aquatic life. | More details |
| California Communities Against Toxics | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | Travel Scholarships | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kern County | California | http://www.stoptoxics.org/ | Travel Scholarships to annual toxics conference. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $30,000.00 | Central Valley | Watershed Enforcers Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | To build a new watershed monitoring and citizen enforcement network to protect sensitive watersheds from toxic pollution. | More details |
| Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $1,500.00 | Central Valley | Emergency Funding | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/ | To support community participation in agricultural runoff pollution regulatory hearings. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean and Safe Water Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/california | To improve the water quality of the San Francisco Bay and Delta regions by advocating and organizing health-protective clean-up plans; building momentum for pollution prevention through chemical polices that protect worker; environmental and consumer health; and facilitating community input into the development of risk reduction strategies for subsistence fishers. | More details |
| Coalition for a Safe Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $3,599.00 | Southern Coast | Consolidated Slip North Shore Restoration Preliminary Concept Plan | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | To mitigate the impacts of the Port of Los Angeles on nearby communities by developing a wetlands restoration plan that would restore 20-30 acres of coastal waters and wetlands in the San Pedro Bay; which has already lost 99% of its wetlands. | More details | |
| Environment California Research & Policy Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $7,500.00 | Southern Coast | Clean Water Future for California (Delta Element) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/center | To help the State Water Board draft TMDL implementation policy that includes stopping new pollution from entering a polluted waterway; requiring cleanup of existing contamination; and ensuring sufficient flow to restore essential Delta habitat. | More details |
| Environmental Law Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Anti-degradation and Public Trust Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.envirolaw.org/ | For a new; long-term project that would integrate two key legal theories - the anti-degradation clause of the federal Clean Water Act and the ancient ''rights to waterways'' concept of the Public Trust Doctrine - to create a comprehensive water resources protection framework. | More details |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Outreach and Volunteer Recruitment | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.sausalcreek.org/ | For restoration and native re-vegetation of the 2656-acre Sausal Creek Watershed; by marshaling hundreds of community members (including 80 different school; youth and neighborhood groups) who volunteer thousands of hours to help restore native plant communities and propagate over 35000 native plants. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | For environmental education to increase academic achievement levels and improve the quality of life for communities of color and low-income residents in Richmond and West Contra Costa County. Projects include conducting safe fish consumption workshops at WIC clinics; health centers and high schools. | More details |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $12,250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Western Water Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.nrdc.org/ | To encourage responsible management of state and federal water projects in the Delta; to improve Delta water quality; and prepare and implement an effective vision for the future of the Delta. | More details |
| Northern California Grantmakers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Summer Youth Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ncg.org/ | Supports San Francisco Bay-related elements of a pooled fund that supports youth programs. | More details |
| Restore the Delta | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $35,000.00 | Central Valley | General support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://restorethedelta.org/ | Seed money to launch a new coalition of environmental; business and agricultural interests. The coalition's goal is to find common ground amongst diverse interests to build a broad citizen-based campaign to restore the Delta by repairing levees; reducing pollution; increasing water flows; and creating a new state-run Delta Conservancy. | More details |
| Revive the San Joaquin | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Speakers Bureau Logistical Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Fresno County | California | http://www.revivethesanjoaquin.org/ | Promote a collective stewardship ethic that sustains the economic; environmental; and recreational benefits of a healthy San Joaquin River. | More details |
| River of Words | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $5,735.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Re-membering Cordonices | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.riverofwords.org/ | For a poetry and art contest that encourages environmental awareness and stewardship amongst young people. The Re-membering Cordonices project focuses attention locally on a major creek in Berkeley. A central feature of the project is the development of a curriculum that integrates historic wisdom regarding creek stewardship; the memories of elders in the community; and youth energy to examine and investigate current creek conditions. | More details |
| San Bruno Mountain Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Pollution Litigation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | http://www.mountainwatch.org/ | Watchdog the Hillside Landfill on the west slope of San Bruno Mountain for compliance with state and federal water pollution laws. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | More details | |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $35,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support for the Deltakeeper Chapter | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | For protection and restoration of the Sacramento - San Joaquin Delta; the largest estuarine system on the Pacific Coast. Activities include investigating sewage spills; watchdogging of discharge permits; participating in the development of a mercury clean plan to address historic toxic contamination from old mines; watchdogging municipal stormwater discharge permits; advocating for the enforcement of new interim state rules designed to control agricultural pollution; protecting the Delta's salmon fishery; and educating the public to build an informed constituency for Delta stewardship. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $45,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Healthy Waters Education Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | To promote resource stewardship; increase knowledge of water quality issues and pollution impacts and encourage awareness of aquatic systems by educating high school and college students; government officials; community leaders and the public about the value of the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary. | More details |
| San Joaquin Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $80,000.00 | Central Valley | Watershed Enforcers Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/ | For citizen enforcement of state and federal water quality statutes in the southern Delta; San Joaquin River and tributaries. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $2,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Travel Scholarships for Annual Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports travel scholarships allowing grassroots activists to attend a conference related to Sierra Nevada watersheds. | More details |
| SPAWNERS | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.spawners.org/ | For community-based stewardship of the San Pablo Creek watershed. Activities include organizing volunteer restoration activities; training students in habitat assessment and restoration; hosting an Adopt-A-Creek Day; and creating materials about creek restoration that are distributed through the local library. | More details |
| Stockton Standing Up | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $14,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | To protect the waters around the Port of Stockton from toxics that would be stirred up by a large-scale dredging project. The area has been contaminated by decades of use by the Navy. | More details | |
| Sustainable Conservation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $9,940.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Brake Pad Partnership | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.suscon.org/ | For finalizing a comprehensive and technically accurate study of the deposition of brake pad debris to the San Francisco Bay. The study will be the basis for implementation plans developed in cooperation with manufacturers to reduce copper; and will educate the general development of copper TMDLs for the Bay. | More details |
| Sustainable Opportunities in Land | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $7,000.00 | North Coast | Redwood Defense Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | For protection of the redwood ecosystem in the Headwaters Forest area. | More details | |
| Environmental Protection Information Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2006 | $15,000.00 | National | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Lawsuit | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.wildcalifornia.org/ | To support a lawsuit that seeks to establish an important legal precedent mandating that logging operators obtain federal water pollution control permits for logging operations. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Hunters Point Design Studio Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Defrays costs for a team of Harvard University landscape architecture graduate students to develop plans to remediate wetlands and propose other improvements for a heavily contaminated; but ecologically rich; part of Hunters Point. | More details |
| Bay Institute of San Francisco | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Joaquin Delta Water Quality Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.bay.org/ | Helps support development of models for Delta habitats; ecosystem processes; stressors; and key species to help environmental groups evaluate policy solutions being debated in regulatory and stakeholder processes. | More details |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $27,000.00 | North Central & East | North Sacramento Valley Water Advocacy & Education Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.becnet.org/ | Supports ongoing community education; monitoring; and advocacy programs to reduce pollution to the Sacramento River watershed. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $75,000.00 | Central Valley | Watershed Enforcers Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | For a citizen monitoring and enforcement network dedicated to protecting the water quality of the entire San Francisco Bay watershed. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $50,000.00 | Central Coast | Strategic Actions to Save the Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org/ | Helps support water rights and water quality regulatory advocacy and litigation focused on the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Water Resources. | More details |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | Central Valley Pesticide Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.pesticidereform.org/ | Over 100 million pounds of pesticides are applied every year in the San Joaquin Valley - these toxins run off into Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta waterways; where 750 plant and animal species have their home and 25 million Californians derive their drinking water. Funding supports organizing in farmworker communities to develop a strong constituency for reduced pesticide use. | More details |
| Carpinteria Valley Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $9,000.00 | Central Coast | Opposition to Project Paredon | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.silcom.com/~cva/ | Supports grassroots opposition to a huge new slant oil drilling tower proposed to be built on DDT-contaminated land near a residential neighborhood and adjacent to the scenic Carpinteria bluffs and a seal haul-out area. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay & Delta Water Quality Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | To protect key water quality indicator species including Green Sturgeon and Delta Smelt; by challenging governmental agencies to consider pesticide impacts; plus public education about the environmental and health dangers of pesticides. | More details |
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $27,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect Mokelumne River Water Resources | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tuolumne County | California | http://www.cserc.org/ | Helps support education of government officials and the community about excessive sedimentation and other run-off problems associated with bulldozing oak woodland habitat and clear-cutting forests in the Mokelumne River watershed. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | SF Bay & Delta TMDL Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/california | For technical support related to the creation of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) standards for various toxic pollutants discharged into San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $27,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Delta Water Quality Outreach Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/california | Helps support work with communities to advocate for tough regulatory standards for mercury pollution in the Delta. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund (Massachusetts) | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | Litigation Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/ma | Provides seed money to initiate a citizen enforcement program addressing Clean Water Act violations. | More details | |
| Communities for a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Fallout Prevention Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Helps support organizing and advocacy to address the cumulative impacts of smokestack pollution from oil refineries. In addition to harming public health; deposition of refinery emissions and associated run-off contributes 10 times more toxic pollution to the Bay than point source discharges. | More details |
| Community Alliance for Family Farmers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $18,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Protecting Water Quality Through On-Farm Habitat | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Yolo County | California | http://www.caff.org/ | Supports advocacy of the value of biological processes and the promotion and planting of native hedgerows and other onfarm habitats that attract beneficial insects and reduces pesticide usage and toxic run-off. | More details |
| Community Water Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $30,000.00 | Central Valley | Asociació | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tulare County | California | n de Gente Unida por el Agua (AGUA) | The Community Water Center and AGUA work with lowincome Latino farmworkers in the Central Valley who bear the brunt of pollution impacts from intensive fertilizer and pesticide applications; and confined animal feeding and processing operations. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $44,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Richmond High School Creek Care Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | Supports a creek stewardship program at Richmond High School focused on local watershed ecology and restoration; including hands-on shoreline and creek restoration projects; wildlife surveys and water quality monitoring. | More details |
| Ecological Rights Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $12,500.00 | North Coast | NPDES Permit Survey | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.ecorights.org/ | Supports a comprehensive survey of water pollution discharge permit status in the Bay Area. Results will be shared with governmental agencies to aid compliance programs. | More details |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $45,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Justice in the Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ejcw.org/ | Supports community participation in the Delta Visions stakeholder process by a network of 60 grassroots environmental justice organizations concerned about water quality and public health issues. | More details |
| Environmental Water Caucus | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $16,300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ewccalifornia.org | Helps support advocacy for state and federal protection of endangered delta species; development of a community-based ''Delta Vision'' document to feed into the official Delta Vision process; advocacy for reduced Southern CA water diversion; and opposition to the ''South Delta Improvements'' dredging. | More details |
| First Amendment Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Advocacy Fellowship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.thefirstamendment.org/ | Helps support the continued dissemination of the Environmental Activists' Guide to Avoiding Defamation and Other Publication Lawsuits; which helps activists safely raise toxic pollution and wilderness protection issues without fear of reprisal by SLAPP lawsuits designed to silence activists' opposition to pollution and environmental resource threats. | More details |
| Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.pinolecreek.org/ | Helps defray costs of community meetings; newsletter production; water quality monitoring; bio-monitoring; and a native plant restoration project in Pinole Creek; which runs through Pinole; Hercules and unincorporated areas of Contra Costa County and discharges into San Pablo Bay. | More details |
| Global Community Monitor | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Student Pollution Monitoring | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.gcmonitor.org/ | Global Community Monitor trains and supports communities throughout the world in responding to toxic pollution threats. Funding supports training McClymonds High School Students in monitoring pollution the affects San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Golden Gate Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Eco-Oakland/Eco-Richmond Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/ | Helps support the Eco-Oakland Program; a year-round; handson environmental education program for inner city youth that has served nearly 10000 students since its inception in 1999; and also helps defray the expansion of the program into Richmond. Activities include creek restoration; exploration of nearby wetlands; watershed mapping; trash and invasive plant removal; and classroom activities. | More details |
| Green Sangha | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $10,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Rethinking Plastics Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://greensangha.org/ | Supports advocacy towards the elimination of disposable plastic bags through public education; partnerships with businesses; outreach to county and city officials; and advocating for waste fees to discourage the use of disposable plastics. Plastics make up 51% of trash in Bay Area creeks. | More details |
| Kids for the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $52,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Richmond Area Schools Watershed Action Programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.kidsforthebay.org/ | Helps support intensive training of 8 teachers and 240 students in low-income Richmond schools in a year-long cycle of classroom workshops; field trips to local creeks or Bay habitat; creek or Bay clean-up projects; and a watershed action project which the students themselves select; plan; and implement. | More details |
| Literacy for Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Living Machine at the Living Classroom | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.lejyouth.org/ | Literacy for Environmental Justice conducts youth empowerment and environmental education programs in the Hunters Point area. Funding supports the construction of a ''Living Machine'' wastewater treatment facility at their ''Living Classroom'' at Heron's Head Park. | More details |
| Natural Heritage Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | An Evaluation of Water Quality Impacts of Urbanization in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.n-h-i.org/ | Supports a study investigating water quality impacts of the urbanization of agricultural lands on the edges of the Delta. The study will be provided to major stakeholder processes underway that are planning the future of the Delta. | More details |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Western Water Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.nrdc.org/ | Helps support outreach to environmental justice; farmer; and business communities; and Southern California water exporters to build an informed constituency for better Delta water quality; and to develop consensus points around Delta and San Joaquin River restoration and water quality issues. | More details |
| Neighborhood House of North Richmond | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $35,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | West County Indicators Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.nhnr.org/ | Helps defray the cost of outreach to community members and to support an environmental justice assessment of local environmental; economic and community health concerns and assets - including the water quality of Richmond area watersheds; industrial pollution; and blight and litter contaminating Wildcat Creek and other waterways. | More details |
| Northern California Grantmakers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Summer Youth Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ncg.org/ | Supports San Francisco Bay-related elements of a pooled fund that supports programs for disadvantaged youth. | More details |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | CEQA Education and Outreach Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://pclf.org | Supports an update (in English & Spanish) of the Planning and Conservation League Foundation's Citizens Guide to the California Environmental Quality Act to incorporate key Delta water quality issues; and related public workshops for Delta communities. | More details |
| Protected Harvest | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $10,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Delta Certification Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.protectedharvest.org/ | Protected Harvest is dedicated to the development of sustainable growing standards for crops and eco-labeling in the marketplace. Funding supports a pilot certification program with four tomato growers in the Delta area. | More details |
| Putah Creek Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $10,700.00 | Sacramento Valley | Bio-monitoring and Outreach Programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Yolo County | California | http://www.putahcreekcouncil.org/ | Funding supports a volunteer-based bio-monitoring program for invasive species in the Lower Putah Creek watershed between Lake Berryessa and the Yolo Bypass; plus environmental education to 4th - 6th grade students about water quality and creek stewardship. | More details |
| Restore the Delta | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $40,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://restorethedelta.org/ | Stockton-based Restore the Delta is an emerging grassroots coalition of Delta residents; community groups; farmers; business leaders; fishermen; faith-based communities; unions and environmentalists dedicated to integrating the economic; recreation; farming; wildlife and fisheries values of the Delta. | More details |
| Sacramento Region Water Forum | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $29,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | American River Parkway Drain Naturalization Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.waterforum.org/ | Supports the completion of baseline soil mapping; topographic inventory; hydrologic studies and hydrologic modeling necessary for the restoration and naturalization of two large storm drain channels (Clifton's Drain and Carmichael Creek) that feed into the American River near Sacramento. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Delta Water Quality and Pollution Prevention Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | Supports advocacy and public education to reduce non-point source and sedimentation pollution to the Delta and its tributaries - including reducing mercury run-off from old mines; ensuring that water quality is preserved in major dredging projects; and advocating permanent regulations governing agricultural discharge. | More details |
| San Joaquin Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $30,000.00 | Central Valley | Watershed Enforcers Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.sanjoaquinaudubon.org/ | Supports continuation of a citizen-based pollution monitoring and enforcement program to protect the Delta. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $2,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Travel Scholarships for Annual Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports travel costs allowing 10 grassroots activists to attend discussions related to the water quality of the rivers that form the headwaters of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $50,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Pollution Reduction and Restoration of the Headwaters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports programs to reduce storm water run-off and improve water quality through public education; restoration; and the production and dissemination of model land use and stormwater runoff control guidelines for local government and private landowners. | More details |
| SPAWNERS | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $7,900.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Pollution and Sediment Control Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.spawners.org/ | Supports volunteer pollution monitoring; stabilization of exposed creek banks; and a public education program targeting schools and local residents to teach them about the effects of pollution and sediments on the overall health of San Pablo Creek and San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Student Conservation Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Area Conservation Leadership Corps Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.thesca.org/ | Supports participation of 40 urban high school students in a 3-year program including restoration and trails maintenance in sensitive wetlands areas; plus placing students in career-track internships with state and federal resource agencies. | More details |
| Urban Creeks Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $21,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Rheem Creek Riparian Habitat Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.urbancreeks.org/ | Supports a partnership project with Contra Costa College to improve native riparian habitat and water quality of a 500-foot segment of Rheem Creek at the college entrance. | More details |
| Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $6,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Building Creek & Watershed Group Capacity | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org/ | Supports an intensive training program for small ''friends of creek'' type organizations; including water quality monitoring; community outreach; and volunteer recruitment. | More details |
| Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Richmond Watershed Awareness and Action Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org/ | Supports targeted outreach to businesses and residents near creek corridors and the Richmond Greenway; plus broader outreach to educators; students; businesses and residents. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | West County Indicators Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | Helps support participation in the West County Indicators Project to assess local environmental; economic and community health concerns and assets; including the water quality of Richmond area watersheds; industrial pollution; and blight and litter contaminating Wildcat Creek and other waterways. | More details |
| Yolo Basin Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $7,200.00 | Sacramento Valley | Discover the Flyway | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Yolo County | California | http://www.yolobasin.org/ | The Yolo Basin Foundation manages 16000 acres of restored wetland habitat between Davis and West Sacramento. Funding supports the Discover the Flyway Program; which trains hundreds of teachers and hosts 4000 K-12 students each year. | More details |
| Bio-Integral Resource Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2007 | $10,300.00 | National | 'Ask the Expert'' Interactive Website Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.birc.org/ | For the ''Ask the Expert'' interactive portion of the www.ourwaterourworld.org website where the public can ask questions about pesticide toxicity and alternatives. | More details |
| Acorn Soupe | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Restoration Stewardship Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Napa County | California | http://www.acornsoupe.org/ | Hands-on environmental education for elementary school kids in Napa and Sonoma Counties; including raise and release of Steelhead trout and riparian habitat restoration. | More details |
| Aqua Terra | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $18,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Remove Sunken Vessel Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | Aqua Terra is an all-volunteer collaboration that has removed more than 100 derelict boats from the sloughs that comprise Redwood City's shoreline. Funds will defray removal and scrapping of three 30-foot derelict boats. | More details | |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Cleaning up the Suisun Bay National Reserve (Mothball) Fleet | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | The US Maritime Administration utilizes 2000 acres in Suisun Bay to store reserve and end-of-life vessels. Ongoing pollution from this Mothball Fleet includes peeling leadbased paint; mercury; PCBs; asbestos and waste oil. Funding supports a community-based effort to clean up the affected area and scrap the mothball fleet locally in accordance with strict environmental standards. In addition to stopping pollution; this would preserve bluecollar jobs and support local industry. | More details |
| Bay Institute of San Francisco | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Advancing Ecosystem Protections for the Delta's Aquatic Species | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.bay.org/ | Massive pumping of fresh water out of the Delta sucks tremendous numbers of young fish into the pumps and has been identified as a major contributor to the record low populations of salmon; smelt; sturgeon; steelhead and striped bass. Funding helps the Bay Institute provide scientific expertise to several environmental organizations involved in agency petitions and judiciary proceedings seeking to benefit salmon; steelhead and smelt through reduced water pumping. | More details |
| Cache Creek Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $22,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Cache Creek Riparian Restoration at Road 94B | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Yolo County | California | http://www.cacheconserv.org/ | Supports restoration of a 2000-foot corridor (50-feet wide) along one bank of Cache Creek in Yolo County. Invasive species would be removed; and banks would be stabilized and replanted with native grasses and willows. | More details |
| California CoastKeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $13,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Pollution Mapping | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org/ | Mapping surface and ground water quality; land uses and pollution sources to the Delta. Results will be disseminated to the public; media and governmental decision-makers. | More details |
| California Native Plant Society - Sacramento Valley Chapter | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $6,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | American River Parkway Restoration Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.sacvalleycnps.org/ | Supports riparian restoration along a stretch of the American River near Sacramento. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $32,940.00 | Central Valley | Watershed Enforcers Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Prevent Bay Delta water pollution and water transfers; citizen enforcement of state and federal water quality statutes; and organizational capacity building; including updating website. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $55,560.00 | Central Valley | Watershed Enforcers Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Prevent Bay Delta water pollution and water transfers; citizen enforcement of state and federal water quality statutes; and organizational capacity building; including updating website. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $43,750.00 | Central Coast | Strategic Actions to Save the Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org/ | Helps support water rights and water quality regulatory advocacy and litigation focused on the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Water Resources. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay & Delta Water Quality Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | Reduce pesticide usage and freshwater diversions from the Delta and tributaries. Also; helps defray a Pesticide Summit conference in San Francisco to help environmental and health activists discuss regional efforts to reduce pesticide use in the Bay/Delta watershed. | More details |
| Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $13,750.00 | Central Valley | General Support for the San Joaquin River Watershed Protection Programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/ | Pesticide use; agricultural and industrial waste; and run-off from mega-dairies heavily impact both public health and the water quality of the San Joaquin River. CRPE works with local communities to help them push for pollution reductions; and conducts strategic litigation to reduce pollution run-off. | More details |
| Citizens for East Shore Parks | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | North Richmond Shoreline Parklands | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.eastshorepark.org/ | Citizens for East Shore Parks are working to develop and enhance a chain of parks from the Oakland Estuary to the Carquinez Strait. They were instrumental in the establishment of the Eastshore State Park; and now are focused on helping the East Bay Regional Parks District acquire and restore several hundred acres of marshland in Richmond. | More details |
| Community Water Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | San Joaquin Non-Point Source Pollution Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/ | Through community education; organizing and advocacy all conducted through an environmental justice lens the Community Water Center acts as a catalyst for protecting public health and improving water quality in the San Joaquin River watershed. Funding supports assistance to several on-the-ground community coalitions working for safe; clean water in the Central Valley. | More details |
| Ducks Unlimited | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $1,715.00 | Sacramento Valley | SF Bay Estuary Projects | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.ducks.org/ | Supports Ducks Unlimited's watershed stewardship activities in the Bay Area. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Eco-Stewards Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | EarthTeam conducts environmental stewardship activities with a network of high school students throughout the East Bay. Funding supports work with 260 students at eight West Contra Costa County and Oakland schools. Activities include classroom presentations; field trips; and student involvement in Green Screen; EarthTeam's cable TV show that is produced by; and for; students. | More details |
| Environmental Law Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Anti-degradation and Public Trust Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.envirolaw.org/ | Watershed protection of the Bay-Delta based on the interlocking themes of the Public Trust Doctrine and the anti-degradation provisions of the Clean Water Act. | More details |
| Environmental Water Caucus | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $18,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ewccalifornia.org | Supports coordination of a broad coalition of groups active on California water resource issues that affect the Bay/Delta watershed. Issues addressed will include the recovery of Delta smelt and Coho salmon advocacy of reduced water pumping and increased water conservation opposition to major new dam projects and continued involvement in the Delta Visions stakeholder process. | More details |
| Friends of the Petaluma River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Stormwater Pollution Reduction Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.friendsofthepetalumariver.org/ | Annual River Clean Up Day; which marshals broad community participation in removing detritus from the Petaluma River; and for on-going pollution monitoring. | More details |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Environmental Justice and Health Projects | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenaction.org | Help Hunters Point residents push for safe and thorough toxic clean up and full disclosure of contamination risks; including a superfund toxic site and a sewage plant that handles 80% of San Francisco's raw sewage. | More details |
| Kids for the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Action Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.kidsforthebay.org/ | Kids for the Bay provides hands-on activist-oriented environmental education to low-income schools throughout the East Bay. In the next school year; the Watershed Action Program will work with 36 teachers and over 1100 students on a series of field trips; creek and bay clean-up projects; student-led action projects; accredited teacher training; and parent engagement activities. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $14,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | Ma'at Youth conducts activist-oriented environmental justice education and youth leadership development programs serving disadvantaged students and other residents of Contra Costa County. Funding supports a seven-week environmental education course involving classroom exercises and field trips taught to 300 at-risk Richmond high school students; as well as youth-led community workshops on safe fish consumption; and youth involvement in commenting on pollution and neighborhood impacts of the proposed expansion of the ChevronTexaco facility and other projects in Richmond. | More details |
| Northern California Grantmakers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Summer Youth Project | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ncg.org/ | More details | |
| People for Children's Health and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Fish Contamination Project and Related Issues | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/pchej_home.htm | To evaluate 3 years of fish surveys from sites in Richmond; Berkeley; and San Francisco; and to educate sustenance fishers and the community about the risks of eating fish from the Bay that is contaminated with mercury; PCBs and toxins. | More details |
| People for Children's Health and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Fish Contamination Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/pchej_home.htm | To evaluate 3 years of fish surveys from sites in Richmond; Berkeley; and San Francisco; and to educate sustenance fishers and the community about the risks of eating fish from the Bay that is contaminated with mercury; PCBs and toxins. | More details |
| Pesticide Watch Education Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $6,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | For Northern California Community Assistance Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pesticidewatch.org/ | Reduce unnecessary spraying for West Nile virus by mosquito abatement districts in the Sacramento Area. | More details |
| Restore the Delta | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $40,000.00 | Central Valley | Healthy Delta Communities | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://restorethedelta.org/ | Restore the Delta is a broad-based community stakeholder coalition dedicated to building wide consensus on key Delta water quality issues including: maintaining adequate flows, opposing a new peripheral canal, establishing a Delta Conservancy to create funding for key restoration projects, and restructuring California's overall water governance system to include meaningful participation by Delta representatives. | More details |
| San Bruno Mountain Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Brookfield Water Quality Legal Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | http://www.mountainwatch.org/ | More details | |
| San Bruno Mountain Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Habitat Preservation and Restoration on San Bruno Mountain | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | http://www.mountainwatch.org/ | More details | |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | More details | |
| San Francisquito Watershed Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Core Projects | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.sanfrancisquito.org/ | More details | |
| Save The Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Bay Projects | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.savesfbay.org/ | Public education about the negative effects of trash and litter on the Bay through the Keep It Clean! pollution prevention program and advocacy on stormwater permits. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | State of Sierra Frogs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Helps defray publication and release of the State of Sierra Frogs paper; which reviews the impacts of pesticides on red-legged frogs and other amphibians. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Travel Scholarships for Annual Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports travel scholarships allowing grassroots activists to attend a conference related to Sierra Nevada watersheds. | More details |
| Stevens & Permanente Creek Watershed Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | SPCWC Capacity Building | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.spcwc.org/ | More details | |
| University of the Pacific - Dept of Biological Sciences | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $28,750.00 | Central Valley | Water Quality Effects on Food Web Structure in the Non-tidal to Tidal Transition Zone of the San Joaquin River Estuary | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | Supports a study by the Stockton-based University of the Pacific on fish; plankton and zooplankton at selected points above and below key water diversion sites at various times during the year. The goal of the study is to determine how varying water levels effect populations of fish and plankton; and to also determine how parasite levels correspond to water flows. | More details | |
| Watershed Watch Campaign | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2008 | $150.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.mywatershedwatch.org/index.html | Scholarships for teacher trainings. | More details |
| Acterra Action for a Sustainable Earth | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $17,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Young Earth Stewards | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | http://www.acterra.org/ | Provides high school and middle school students in Redwood City with at least 30 habitat restoration; creek cleanup and similar stewardship activities related to the restoration of Arroyo Ojo de Aga; a tributary to Redwood Creek; plus integration of the field work with classroom activities. | More details |
| AquAlliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $40,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.aqualliance.net/ | Provides seed funding to launch a new organization dedicated to protecting the hydrologic health of the Sacramento River watershed; including both ground water and surface water. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $23,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Hunters Point and Candlestick Alternatives | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports promotion of communitybased alternatives to the proposed development plans for Hunters Point and Candlestick Point that would preserve shoreline habitat; protect a proposed state park bird sanctuary; create less demand on fresh water and water treatment resources; and generally include watershed management concepts into the development scheme. The Arc alternative would also increase open space; improve transportation and create more jobs for local residents. | More details |
| Bay Institute of San Francisco | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $16,009.20 | San Francisco Bay Area | Restoration of the San Joaquin River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.bay.org/ | Supports the analysis of the scientific and policy basis for increasing San Joaquin River inflows to the Delta; establishing biological indicators for San Joaquin salmon and steelhead protection; and salinity and contaminant reduction plans especially downstream of the Merced River confluence. | More details |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $5,400.00 | North Central & East | Developing Capacity to Protect the Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.becnet.org/ | The BEC is a regional leader in promoting community-based stewardship of Sacramento Valley watersheds. Funds will support capacity development to enhance all of BEC's watershed protection programs. | More details |
| California Product Stewardship Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.calpsc.org/ | Supports an association of local governments and organizations dedicated to promoting the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility as a practical and costeffective way to reduce the amount of toxics in the consumer waste stream. | More details | |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $23,475.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Supports administrative and legal advocacy to challenge water rights allocations (currently water rights that have been issued related to the Delta exceed actual water flows by more than a factor of 10); as well as litigation to challenge the use of the Delta and its tributaries as a giant waste discharge system for agricultural; urban and industrial effluent. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $30,785.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Supports administrative and legal advocacy to challenge water rights allocations (currently water rights that have been issued related to the Delta exceed actual water flows by more than a factor of 10); as well as litigation to challenge the use of the Delta and its tributaries as a giant waste discharge system for agricultural; urban and industrial effluent. | More details |
| Center for Environmental Health | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Port and Freight Transport Pollution Mitigation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ceh.org/ | Supports continued work with the Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative and the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports to help unite and amplify grassroots voices from communities and watersheds impacted by the largest source of diesel pollution in the Bay Area the movement of freight and consumer goods by trucks; trains; ships and planes. | More details |
| Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Cargill Salt Ponds Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.cccrrefuge.org | More details | |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $12,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxics Exposure Reduction Project: Upstream/Downstream Approach | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/california | Through policy advocacy and community leadership training; Clean Water Fund will help reduce Bay and Delta water pollution through promoting green chemistry alternatives to hazardous chemicals; advocating take-back campaigns for pharmaceuticals; and by supporting local community advocacy to reduce mercury; perchlorate and other toxics in the Bay/Delta watershed. | More details |
| Communities For a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Fallout & Ecological Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Community-based advocacy focused on the cumulative environmental impacts of power plant air and water discharges in the San Mateo/San Francisco area; many of these impacts stem from an antiquated cooling system that uses bay water; killing an estimated 300 million larval fish each year. | More details |
| Community Water Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $12,500.00 | Central Valley | AGUA Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/ | Supports work with local environmental justice activists in Tulare and Fresno Counties to reduce pollution from dairies; and train local residents how to effectively participate in local; regional and statewide decision making forums on water quality issues. | More details |
| Dry Creek Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $30,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Secret Ravine Fish Passage Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County | California | http://www.drycreekconservancy.org/ | Helps support the removal of a bridge and old pipelines that obstruct Dry Creek; and helps defray costs related to riparian restoration. | More details |
| Earth Island Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $21,350.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Action Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthisland.org/ | Supports work with 24 teachers and 720 students in lowincome urban elementary schools in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Each class will each adopt their local watershed and engage in a yearlong cycle of watershedbased classroom lessons; field trips and service learning action projects to conduct shoreline and riparian restoration and promote watershed stewardship. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Eco-Stewards | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | Supports work with more than 300 students in 13 Contra Costa and Alameda county schools providing classroom presentations; field trips and afterschool workshops related to understanding; restoring and monitoring local watersheds. | More details |
| Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $10,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Community Action Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Calaveras County | California | http://www.ebbettspassforestwatch.org/ | The Community Action Project educates and organizes Calaveras residents to become active in promoting the inclusion of water quality; watershed protection; and environmental sustainability objectives in updating the Calaveras County General Plan and in individual development proposals. | More details |
| Ecological Rights Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $25,000.00 | North Coast | San Francisco Bay TMDL Tracking Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.ecorights.org/ | To track the State of California's progress and review its technical approach to establishing TMDLs for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Environment California Research & Policy Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $8,850.00 | Statewide | Toxic Toys Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/center | Supports media outreach on the latest results of testing children's toys for phthalates; a toxic compound linked to hormonal interference; premature puberty; reproductive disorders and other health problems. | More details |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $22,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Justice in the Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ejcw.org/ | The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water is a coalition of more than 60 grassroots groups and policy organizations working to empower low income communities of color on water justice issues. Funding will support community training to enable better Delta communities' participation water quality policy and decision making. Funds will also help defray the publication of a report on the relationships between water quality and community health in the Delta. | More details |
| Environmental Law Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $21,500.00 | Statewide | Anti-degradation & Public Trust Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.envirolaw.org/ | The federal Clean Water Act and the common-law Public Trust Doctrine require the State of California to protect water quality and maintain beneficial uses of all watersheds. Through policy development; regulatory advocacy; and strategic litigation; ELF is utilizing these doctrines to achieve broad water quality improvements for the entire watershed. | More details |
| Fishery Foundation of California | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $46,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Purchase of World Cat Boat | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.fisheryfoundation.org/ | Supports the purchase and operations of a 26' World Cat boat which has been specially equipped for water quality monitoring. In addition to playing a central role in ongoing monitoring programs; the boat; which will be berthed in Stockton; will also be used to take local students; community members and agency officials on educational tours of the Delta. | More details |
| Food & Water Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $6,750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Marin Desalinization Campaign | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ | Supports work with the community to oppose the water quality impacts of a proposed desalinization facility; and to generally raise issues related to the economic and ecological impacts of water conservation vs. energy and wastewaterintensive desalinization. | More details |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $29,250.00 | Sierra Nevada | Wild & Scenic Mokelumne | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Amador County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org/ | Supports efforts to secure permanent protection of more than 60 miles of the North Fork and main stem of the Mokelumne River by securing federal Wild & Scenic River status. | More details |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $30,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/ | Supports outreach by a broad coalition of business interests; water agencies; boaters; anglers; environmental organizations and religious leaders on Delta fisheries and water quality issues. | More details |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $60,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Environmental Water Caucus | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/ | Supports core operations of an association of more than 30 environmental groups and native tribes who have come together to advocate for restoring the ecology of the Bay/Delta Estuary and its fishery resources; as well as strategic outreach to California's 2 million recreational anglers to inform and mobilize them on Delta water quality issues. | More details |
| Golden Gate University | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Protection | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://ggu.edu/school_of_law/ | Supports probono work with the BayviewHunters Point Community Advocates to encourage improvements to the City of San Francisco's main sewage treatment plant one of the largest sources of Bay pollution in the area; as well as engagement to reduce water and air pollution impacts from the nearby Mirant power plant and others that employ antiquated oncethrough cooling systems. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $22,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | Supports multicultural; youthcentric programs serving lowincome communities of color in the East Bay; especially in the Richmond area. Activities include environmental and outdoor education; indepth mentoring in the science and policies behind environmental issues; and helping young leaders become involved in planning issues in Richmond and nearby cities. | More details |
| O.W.L. Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $14,800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Asphalt Plant Litigation Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://owlfoundation.net/ | To challenge the proposed siting of an asphalt plant right next to the Petaluma River; just south of the City of Petaluma; and across the river from a city park within the Petaluma Marsh that recently completed a $1million dollar wetland restoration. | More details |
| OBUGS | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $4,620.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://obugs.org/ | City Slicker Farms involves hundreds of West Oakland community volunteers in growing nearly 20000 pounds of organic produce each year at six urban garden sites; diverting over 60000 pounds of waste from landfills; and utilizing 100% fossil fuel-free bicycle transportation. They host organic farming workshops for local schools and the community. | More details |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $12,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Central Valley Pesticide Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.panna.org/ | Over 80 million pounds of pesticides are applied each year in the San Joaquin Valley counties of Fresno; Tulare; Kern and Madera. Funding supports continued outreach and organizing to Central Valley farmworker communities to demand health and watershed-protective pesticide policies. | More details |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $17,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Reduce Herbicide Use in Contra Costa County Flood Control Channels | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.panna.org/ | Last year Contra Costa County applied 8000 pounds of herbicides to the 70 miles of flood control channels that flow into San Pablo Bay; Suisun Bay and the San Joaquin River. Although alternative non-toxic weed control measures; such as goats; have been widely utilized elsewhere; to date Contra Costa has refused to consider these alternatives. Funding will support monitoring to assess how much of the herbicides sprayed on the channels are flushed downstream after rainfall; a demonstration project to show the county that goats are fully capable of weed abatement; a review paper summarizing the effectiveness of goat-based weed control; and policy advocacy to encourage non-toxic methods for weed control. | More details |
| San Bruno Mountain Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Bruno Mountain Ecosystem Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | http://www.mountainwatch.org/ | Supports a CEQA challenge to a proposed largescale residential development on the mountain's northeast ridge. As currently proposed; the development threatens to increase urban runoff into the watershed and would destroy endangered species habitat. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | 20th Anniversary Launch Party | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | Funding will support monitoring; policy development; advocacy and strategic litigation to protect the San Francisco Bay & Delta from raw sewage spills; reduce non-point source runoff from industrial facilities; and regulate agricultural pollution and invasive species. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $75,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | Supports policy advocacy; media outreach and legal efforts to prevent raw sewage spills; reduce urban runoff and industrial and agricultural discharges; control oil spills and invasive species from shipping; and generally promotes the aquatic health of the Bay/Delta ecosystem. | More details |
| Sierra Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $10,000.00 | Central Valley | Mining's Toxic Legacy Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.sierrafund.org/ | Supports ongoing efforts to convene state; federal and tribal governments; and academic; health; environmental and community representatives to examine real solutions to mercury; arsenic; lead and asbestos from leachate and mine tailings from more than 10000 abandoned mines that have been identified in the Sierra. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Travel Scholarships for Annual Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports travel scholarships allowing grassroots activists to attend a conference related to Sierra Nevada watersheds. | More details |
| Student Conservation Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Mateo County Parks Green Force Conservation Crew | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.thesca.org/ | The Green Corps engages diverse Bay Area teens in accomplishing important habitat restoration projects; achieving direct watershed benefits while also helping at-risk youth build important life skills. Funding supports a partnership with the San Mateo Parks Dept. to conduct trail maintenance and habitat restoration in a dozen county parks. | More details |
| Tri-Valley Cares | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protecting Bay Area Water | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.trivalleycares.org/ | Last year; Tri-Valley CARES stopped Livermore lab from discharging up to 80 million gallons of contaminated groundwater directly into the municipal sewage system as part of a Superfund clean-up. Funding supports continued monitoring of the clean-up plan. | More details |
| Tuolumne River Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Let the Tuolumne Flow | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.tuolumne.org/content/ | Helps support a strategic opportunity to engage with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to increase river flows while promoting a sustainable water vision of conservation; efficiency and recycling. | More details |
| University of the Pacific | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $30,400.00 | Central Valley | Arundo donax Invasive Species Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | Arundo is an aggressive; bamboo-like invasive grass that thrives in the Delta's warm fresh-water ecosystem. Currently accepted treatments involve herbicide spraying or heavy machinery but both of these methods degrade water quality and riparian habitat. Funding supports work by a team of graduate students to field-test and refine non-toxic eradication methods. | More details | |
| Yolo Basin Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $6,525.00 | Sacramento Valley | Discover the Flyway | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Yolo County | California | http://www.yolobasin.org/ | Helps support environmental education programs for approximately 4000 K12 students and 1000 parents from 15 school districts in Yolo; Solano; Sacramento; Placer and El Dorado counties. | More details |
| Breast Cancer Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2009 | $50,000.00 | National | State to Federal Legislative Advocacy Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | Nationwide | http://www.breastcancerfund.org/ | Compelling scientific evidence links US women's 1 in 8 risk of suffering breast cancer with the many thousands of synthetic chemicals in daily use. Through public education; policy advocacy; media outreach and corporate campaigns; the Breast Cancer Fund mobilizes its network of over 70000 supporters to push for federal and state laws and regulation around safe cosmetics; bio-monitoring; radiation monitoring; toxic toys and green chemistry. | More details |
| AquAlliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $16,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Healing the Waters Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.aqualliance.net/ | AquAlliance is dedicated to protecting the hydrologic health of the Sacramento River watershed; which is a source of drinking water for 25 million Californians; and a vital ecological and economic resource. Funding helps support community outreach; participation in state and regional planning processes; and litigation to stop a proposed federal transfer of 400000 acre feet of water out of the region. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $21,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Waterfront Development & Green Maritime | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports administrative advocacy regarding the traffic; air and water quality and viewshed impacts of proposed developments on Treasure Island and San Francisco's eastern waterfront; which are projected to add a combined 100000 new residents to the area. Also supports continued advocacy of creating green jobs through promoting recycling the Suisun Bay mothball fleet at Hunters Point as a first step towards building a green maritime industrial incubator at this former navy shipyard. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $60,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Supports water quality monitoring; public education and advocacy to protect the water quality of the San Francisco Bay/Delta estuary; and key tributaries including the Sacramento and San Joaquin River. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $75,000.00 | Statewide | Clean Farms/Clean Water Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Supports public education and advocacy to protect the water quality of the San Francisco Bay/Delta estuary; and key tributaries including the Sacramento and San Joaquin River. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Delta Hydrology Economic Study | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org/ | Supports economic and policy analysis of recent state Delta-flow criteria; and community and media outreach offering practical solutions designed to improve the water quality and habitat values of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $50,000.00 | Southern Coast | Economic and Policy Analysis of Hydrologic Alternatives for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org/ | Supports a collaboration with Delta water agencies to produce a comprehensive analysis of current Delta management policies and alternative; and analyze the natural resource and economic costs and benefits of each alternative. The report will be widely disseminated to the media; public and governmental decision makers. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $9,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay and Delta Water Quality Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | Supports litigation and advocacy of protecting key indicator species in the Bay and Delta including longfin smelt; the Sacramento splittail; and green sturgeon. CBD seeks protection and recovery plans for these species that will entail significant water quality benefits including reductions in industrial waste; urban runoff and pesticide use. | More details |
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $13,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Tributaries Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tuolumne County | California | http://www.cserc.org/ | Supports water sampling; volunteer-based hands-on restoration work; and ongoing public education and advocacy to protect four major tributaries to the San Joaquin River - the Stanislaus; Mokelumne; Tuolumne and Merced Rivers - from impacts of clear-cutting; livestock grazing; forest roads and off-road vehicle routes; and development proposals | More details |
| Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.cccrrefuge.org | Supports broad-based public outreach and advocacy related to protecting sensitive wetlands and other shoreline habitat in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. | More details |
| Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.cccrrefuge.org | Supports broad-based public outreach and advocacy related to protecting sensitive wetlands and other shoreline habitat in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. | More details |
| Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.cccrrefuge.org | Supports broad-based public outreach and advocacy related to protecting sensitive wetlands and other shoreline habitat in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. | More details |
| Citizens for a Sustainable Point Molate | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $12,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | (fiscal sponsor Ocean Awareness Project) | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.cfspm.org/ | Supports community outreach promoting the sustainable redevelopment of Point Molate in Richmond; including open space protection; shoreline access; renewable energy; bioremediation of historic toxics; and preservation of historic buildings and cultural resources. | More details |
| City Slicker Farms | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support-Matching Funds | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.cityslickerfarms.org/ | Supports locally-based food security programs in West Oakland. In addition to receiving national recognition for the programs that involve hundreds of community members in growing thousands of pounds of organic food; City Slickers in transforming blighted empty lots that are magnets for illegal dumping into productive community garden centers; thereby helping to keep litter and toxins out of urban runoff. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Reforming the TMDL Process | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/california | Supports advocacy and community technical assistance in the development of methyl mercury Total Daily Maximum Load rules the San Francisco Bay watershed; and to prepare recommendations to make the overall TMDL process (a multi-year resource-intensive stakeholder exercise requiring the participation of costly experts) more community-friendly. Also supports a Bay Area clinic-based program in partnership with the UCSF Nursing School; Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates and the California Indian Environmental Alliance to reduce mercury exposure to subsistence fishers in low-income communities of color. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Fallout Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Supports community organizing; policy development and advocacy to prevent the cumulative impact of pollution directly discharged into San Francisco Bay as well as toxic run-off from aerial fallout. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $10,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Calaveras County | California | http://www.calaverascap.com/ | Supports community organizing to engage citizens in protecting the watersheds of Calaveras; Tuolumne and Amador counties from the negative impacts of poorly planned development. | More details |
| Community Alliance with Family Farmers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $8,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Harmonizing Food Safety and Conservation Practices | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Yolo County | California | http://www.caff.org/ | Supports the development of model Good Agricultural Practices that are designed for small; minority-owned; organic or limited resource farmers in the Delta; Sacramento Valley and other areas. These model GAPs promote food safety; habitat and climate-friendly farming approaches that emphasize riparian habitat protection; filter strips; grassed waterways and other biological practices to control harmful pests and bacteria rather than ''sterilizing'' farms through pesticide use and stripping on-farm vegetation. | More details |
| Coyote Point Museum | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Conservation Programs | Environmental Education | San Mateo County | California | http://www.coyoteptmuseum.org/ | Supports programs that involve San Mateo County youth and their families in learning how they can become active stewards over their local watersheds; marshlands; and Bayshore. Includes hands-on exploration of Coyote Point marsh; and utilizes local beaches and marshes as living classrooms. | More details |
| Daily Acts | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $7,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 350 Garden Challenge | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.dailyacts.org/ | Supports protection of the Laguna de Santa Rosa watershed through collaboration with more than 40 local organization to promote more than 100 local sustainable garden projects that will reduce pesticide and fertilizer use which are a major source of urban runoff pollution. | More details |
| EarthJustice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Using the Power of Law to Protect the Bay-Delta Ecosystem | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://earthjustice.org/ | Supports legal defense of the biological opinions and related Delta smelt; salmon; steelhead and ecosystem protections that require reduced pumping at the giant Central Valley Project and the State Water Project water diversion facilities. | More details |
| East Bay Academy for Young Scientists | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Youth Research into Oakland Watersheds | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://lawrencehallofscience.org/ays/ | Helps support hands-on watershed based after school and summer education programs for 60 underserved youth from ARISE High School and Mills TRIO programs conducted in partnership with UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science. Programs include collecting litter; developing public information signs; and field observations in San Leandro Bay and Lake Merritt; with the data collected regarding water quality; macro invertebrates; plastics; dissolved oxygen; Coliform and Nitrate/Phosphate presented to the Regional Water Quality Control Board. | More details |
| East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $12,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Port of Oakland Pollution | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.workingeastbay.org/ | Supports advocacy to reduce air and water pollution at the Port of Oakland and to stimulate more economic benefit for the local community; which bears the brunt of pollution from port operations. | More details |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Every Drop Counts; Every Voice Counts | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ejcw.org/ | Supports outreach and public education in Delta communities about how to apply sustainability and equity concepts in water policy decisions; and to promote the involvement of disadvantaged communities in the Delta in shaping the water policies that affect their lives. | More details |
| Environmental Law Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $12,675.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Anti-degradation and Public Trust Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.envirolaw.org/ | Supports the development and dissemination to Delta water quality advocates of legal tools built around the anti-degradation clause of the Clean Water Act and the Public Trust Doctrine through ELF's RiverLaw program. Activities also include legal advocacy related to wastewater discharge affecting the Delta. | More details |
| Environmental Water Caucus | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ewccalifornia.org | Supports community outreach and advocacy to protect the water quality and fisheries of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta estuary. | More details |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $10,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Wild & Scenic Mokelumne | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Amador County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org/ | Supports community outreach and advocacy to secure wild and scenic status for the Mokelumne River; a key tributary to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. | More details |
| Forest Unlimited | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Santa Rose Plain Watershed Group Organizing | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.forestunlimited.org/ | Supports community organizing and training of grassroots urban and suburban watersehd groups wihin the Santa Rosa Plain. | More details |
| Friends of the Petaluma River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.friendsofthepetalumariver.org/ | Supports public education and advocacy to protect the Petaluma River watershed. | More details |
| Friends of the Petaluma River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $40,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Core Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.friendsofthepetalumariver.org/ | Defrays the purchase of two boats and associated overhead. The boats will be the centerpiece of Friends of the Petaluma River's public education efforts to build a strong and vibrant constituency for the long-term stewardship of the Petaluma River estuary; a key tributary to San Francisco Bay; and will be used to facilitate tours for scientists and regional decision makers; help the Coastal Conservancy map and eradicate evasive Spartina grass; and support regular River clean-ups ferrying dozens of volunteers to riverside sites and hauling tons of garbage away from the river for proper disposal. | More details |
| Global Community Monitor | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protect San Francisco Bay from Toxic Runoff | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.gcmonitor.org/ | Supports a review of storm water pollution discharges from 30 Bay Area metal facilities; and to coordinate related legal advocacy and public outreach with local communities. | More details |
| Golden Gate Audubon Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Eco-Richmond | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.goldengateaudubon.org/ | Supports bi-lingual watershed-based environmental education at 6 8 classes at Bayview and Lake Elementary Schools in North Richmond. Related student activities will include shoreline clean-up and invasive plant removal. | More details |
| Golden Gate University | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Greenspace Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Francisco County | California | http://ggu.edu/school_of_law/ | Supports advocacy to remediate toxic contamination along the bayshore and the creation of a new waterfront park on a 500-acre parcel located at the former Alameda Naval Air Station. | More details |
| Heal the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $36,000.00 | Southern Coast | Streamline and Urban Stream Team | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.healthebay.org/ | Supports the Streamline program; working in partnership with high schools in the Compton Creek watershed to deliver a standards-based science curriculum centered around Compton Creek to at least 150 students; as well as the Urban Stream Team; involving at least 60 high school students in the Compton area with creek-oriented community learning projects including water quality monitoring; creek cleanups; storm drain audits; and constructing campus rain gardens to capture and filter runoff. | More details |
| Healdsburg Education Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $23,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Campus Clean Creeks Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.hefschools.com/ | Supports a collaborative project with Healdsburg High School's Construction and Sustainability Academy to create a campus rain garden that will be a living demonstration of how to control stormwater pollution through carefully-designed landscaping; and to develop an associated stormwater education curriculum module based on state science standards. | More details |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Combating Threats to Endangered Species in the Bay-Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.nrdc.org/ | Supports public education; media outreach and technical assistance to environmental and fishing groups regarding Bay-Delta water quality policy decisions critical to the future of salmon populations that spawn in the Delta watershed. | More details |
| Pesticide Watch Education Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $10,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Northern California Community Assistance Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pesticidewatch.org/ | Supports continued work in the Sacramento Valley and Delta communities to teach media; organizing and outreach skills; and to help local organizations develop strategic plans to guide their advocacy to improve watershed health through reduced pesticide use. | More details |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $1,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pclfoundation.org/ | Supports public education and policy development to protect the water quality of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. | More details |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $11,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | California Water Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pclfoundation.org/ | To support public education about the need to ease Delta water conflicts by supporting water neutral development in regional and local development decisions; and to help defray the broad dissemination of ''8 Affordable Water Solutions for California;'' a policy blueprint calling for cost-effective measures to protect the Delta watershed including adopting and enforcing updated flow and water quality standards; promoting the use of recycled water; retiring drainage-impaired lands in the San Joaquin Valley; and analyzing the potential of a smaller Delta diversion tunnel. | More details |
| Restore the Delta | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $15,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://restorethedelta.org/ | Supports public education and advocacy to protect the Sacramento/San Joaquin Bay Delta. | More details |
| Rockridge Community Planning Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Safeway Shopping Center Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.rockridge.org/ | To help defray the costs of technical and legal experts to address the water quality impacts of a proposed ''traffic magnet'' superstore in the Rockridge district of Oakland. Automobiles are a significant source of oil; grease and toxic metal pollution in stormwater runoff to San Francisco Bay. For example; studies show that up to 80% of the copper pollution in stormwater runoff comes from eroding brake pads. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | Supports public education and advocacy to protect the San Francisco Bay watershed. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $60,750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | Supports research; outreach; advocacy and litigation to protect the water quality of the San Francisco Bay-Delta watershed. Activities will include mapping known pollution violators into a publicly accessible on-line resource; education of municipalities about reducing sources of stormwater pollution; litigation to curb raw sewage spills by requiring upgrades of municipal sewage treatment facilities; advocacy of reduced pesticide use in key tributary watersheds; and ongoing monitoring of a variety of threats to the Bay-Delta ecosystem. | More details |
| Save Strawberry Canyon | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $685.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://savestrawberrycanyon.org/ | To support community based advocacy to protect riparian habitat and reduce sedimentation and other development impacts in the Strawberry Canyon watershed. | More details |
| Sequoia Union High School | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Redwood Environmental Academy of Leadership | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | http://www.sequoiadistrict.org/ | Supports watershed-based service-learning environmental education programs developed in conjunction with Stanford University and several other partners for underserved and disadvantaged youth at Redwood Continuation High School. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | 2010 Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Provides scholarships for grassroots activists to defray costs of attending SNA's annual conference on Sierra watersheds; wilderness and land use issues. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $15,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | SNAP-SWAT! | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports work to mobilize 27 AmeriCorps members and their host organizations to form a Swift Watershed Action Team. The team will conduct 6 days of intensive watershed restoration in the Yuba River watershed as part of an overall effort to restore 1100 acres of sensitive riparian habitat and improve water quality in several key tributaries to the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. | More details |
| Solano Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed & Wetland Surveys for the Vallejo Swett Ranch | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | http://www.solanolandtrust.org | Supports the first stage of a long-term effort to restore the Vallejo Swett Ranch watershed; a 1400 acre working cattle ranch. | More details |
| Stevens & Permanente Creek Watershed Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $6,915.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Volunteer Monitoring and Outreach Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.spcwc.org/ | Supports volunteer-based water quality monitoring measuring water chemistry and benthic macro invertebrates; as well as community education about local creek stewardship. | More details |
| Town Hall Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Town Hall Forums | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.townhallcoalition.org/ | Defrays the costs of community forums to educate the public about the importance of protecting the environment within the Santa Rosa Plain. Also supports baseline water quality monitoring for habitat and creek restoration. | More details |
| Urban Habitat Program | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $11,700.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Transportation Justice Organizing Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://urbanhabitat.org/ | Supports community leadership development to conduct transportation justice campaigns and advocate for greater funding for public transit in Alameda County and elsewhere in the Bay Area. Getting people out of cars and onto buses would significantly reduce urban runoff pollution for example; according to a 2010 finding by the California legislature; approximately 190000 lbs of copper from brake pads ends up in the San Francisco Bay watershed each year. | More details |
| Urban Semilas | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $14,000.00 | Southern Coast | AGUA University | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.urbansemillas.com/urbansemillas.com/Welcome_to_Urban_Semillas.html | Supports a seven-week set of intensive educational workshops for 20 high school students in the Compton Creek watershed. In a combination of classroom activities and field trips to the creek; students learn about water science; supply and quality; and how to become personally involved and to involve their communities in local watershed protection issues. | More details |
| Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2010 | $33,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org/ | Supports programs to educate Bay Area residents about watershed stewardship. Primary activities will include marshalling large-scale volunteer creek and shoreline clean-ups; widely acclaimed K-12 environmental education programs such as Kids In Creeks and Kids in Gardens; and involving students and the public in constructing a native oyster reef at the Pt. Pinole shoreline. | More details |
| Acterra | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Conservation and Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | http://www.acterra.org | Supports mobilization of hundreds of volunteers to remove invasive weeds; clean up garbage; and restore creekside habitat by planting native plants grown from seed collected in the watershed by Acterra's nursery staff. Restoration sites will include San Francisquito; Madfly and Adobe Creeks. | More details |
| AquAlliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $25,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Defend The Waters | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.aqualliance.net | The Sacramento River is a source of drinking water for 25 million Californians; however it is threatened by proposed transfers of an additional 600000 acre-feet/year; as well as massive groundwater extractions that would lower the water table - directly harming valuable river habitat as well as impacting pollution flushing and the delicate saline balance of the entire San Francisco Bay Estuary. AquAlliance will oppose the de-watering of the Sacramento River through public education; and regulatory and legal advocacy. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Treasure Island Development | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports administrative advocacy regarding the traffic; air and water quality and viewshed impacts of proposed development on Treasure Island. | More details |
| As You Sow Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $26,450.00 | Central Valley | CAFO Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.asyousow.org | The San Francisco Bay watershed is home to more than 200 factory farms or concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) mostly dairies with 1000 cows or more. In addition to high concentrations of manure; runoff from CAFOs is also typically high in animal pharmaceuticals. Funding supports data collection and the production and dissemination of a report on CAFO ownership and waste handling practices in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties; and related advocacy. | More details |
| California Coastkeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $12,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Abundant Flows Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org | Help lead community-based efforts to include strong controls in the re-adoption of industrial; municipal and Caltrans stormwater permits that have significant water quality implications for the Sacramento River and the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. Additional activities will focus on stronger statewide municipal sanitary sewer permit guidelines; as well as advocate for policies to reduce trash impacts on water ways; and increase water flows through the Delta. | More details |
| California Product Stewardship Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Extended Producer Responsibility | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.calpsc.org | Disposable packaging and containers often litter the Bay-Delta Estuary and its upstream watershed; impacting recreation and fishing. Household hazardous wastes such as pharmaceuticals; mercury-containing florescent lamps; and batteries are often simply thrown in the trash; contaminating landfills and burdening local governments with huge clean-up costs. Funding supports outreach to local governments and other stakeholders to build support for local and regional product stewardship policies that require the producers of disposables and toxics to be responsible for taking these items back at the end of the products' useful lives; thus keeping toxics and litter out of the watershed. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $30,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento Sewage Spills Litigation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Helps defray technical experts and other up-front hard costs related to ongoing litigation targeting unpermitted sewage overflows in the Sacramento region. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $40,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org | Legal advocacy to restore the water quality of the Bay-Delta Estuary through the return of approximately 6.4 million acre feet of which is currently diverted; and to reduce flows of selenium-contaminated agricultural run-off from the Western San Joaquin Valley. These water flows are crucial to the Estuary's saline balance; and the flush industrial; municipal and agricultural pollution out of the water system. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay & Delta Water Quality Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org | Supports legal advocacy to protect Bay-Delta water quality and the aquatic ecosystem; with a focus on pesticide impacts and endangered species protection. | More details |
| Central Valley Air Quality Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Community Technical Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | http://www.calcleanair.org | Provide technical support to the A. Phillip Randolph CDC in developing their air pollution public education program. | More details |
| City Slicker Farms | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cityslickerfarms.org | Reduce non-point source pollution to San Francisco Bay through transforming the compacted soils and concrete of vacant lots in West Oakland into bay-friendly organic food gardens tended by hundreds of community volunteers. Water quality benefits include increased groundwater percolation; and widespread public education about non-toxic alternatives to pesticides and water conservation techniques. Additional benefits include helping some of our region's most impoverished residents annually grow over 9000 lbs of food; teaching green jobs skills to at-risk youth; and helping to leverage $4 million in long-term matching funds to purchase a local urban farm site. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $25,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org | Advocate for strong water quality protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its tributaries through engagement the Delta Plan; with an emphasis on reducing methylmercury; reduce salt buildup on irrigated agricultural lands that drain into the Delta through the Water Board's Central Valley Salinity Program; and to push for regulatory reforms in the statewide Total Maximum Daily Load process; which guides water quality standards throughout California. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Fallout Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org | A substantial portion of the 100000 lbs. of toxic chemicals emitted into the air from Bay Area industrial facilities and automobile tailpipes precipitates back into San Francisco Bay and its watershed; and is scoured by storm drain runoff back into the Bay. Funding will support advocacy to reduce the emissions that create this contaminated runoff; with a focus on community-based advocacy towards reducing pollution from oil refining in Contra Costa County and participating in the development of local renewable energy projects to help supplant fossil-fueled power generation. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $30,000.00 | Southern Coast | Los Angeles River Watershed Protection: Stormwater Litigation Grant | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Support community-based monitoring; advocacy and enforcement to clean up stormwater discharges in the Los Angeles River watershed. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Calaveras County | California | http://www.calaverascap.com | Coordinate community-based outreach and advocacy to protect key Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watersheds in Calaveras and Amador counties; with an emphasis on promoting water-wise development; increasing investment in water conservation and recycling; protecting agricultural lands; and promoting the dedication of unused water rights to the Deltathereby preserving these rights in the long term while returning flows to the Delta to improve water quality now. | More details |
| Community Water Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $500.00 | Central Valley | 5th Birthday Celebration Sponsorship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/ | More details | |
| Community Water Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $10,250.00 | Central Valley | Irrigated Lands Regulatory Advocacy | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org | Community-based engagement in the Central Valley Regional Water Board's Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program to promote increased water quality in the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers and other key Delta tributaries. Currently; these watersheds are heavily impacted by over-application of pesticides and fertilizers; and by run-off contaminated by animal waste from concentrated animal operations such as large dairies. | More details |
| Cotati Creek Critters | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.cotaticreekcritters.info | Supports volunteer-based riparian stewardship in the Laguna de Santa Rosa area. | More details |
| Cycles of Change | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Ambassadors | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cyclesofchange.org | Builds on an existing EPA-funded Watershed Stewardship Project to train students to contact local businesses in the East Bay; providing information about how companies can reduce storm water pollution and seeking specific commitments from business owners. The students will conduct follow-up to track implementation of pollution reduction measures. | More details |
| Earthjustice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Using the Power of Law to Protect the Bay-Delta Ecosystem | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthjustice.org | Supports legal defense of species and ecosystem protections for the Delta that are contained in current federal management plans for the Central Valley Project and State Water Project. The overall goal is to end the chronic over-pumping of river and groundwater that is killing the Bay-Delta ecosystem; native fish species and the commercial salmon-fishing industry. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Eco-Stewards | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net | Supports watershed education; hands-on field work and restoration involving over 300 middle and high school students who will engage in more than 1500 hours of community service to restore more than 1000 linear feet of East Bay Creeks and shorelines. | More details |
| East Lake Resource Conservation District | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $20,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Upper Cache Creek Ravenna Eradication | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Lake County | California | http://www.lakecountyrcds.org | Supports a limited hand-spray application of glyphosate herbicide to eradicate invasive Ravenna grass in the rugged; wilderness-designated upper Cache Creek Watershed. Ravenna's stands of tall; hardy; clumping grasses outcompete native riparian plants; destroying habitat and degrading water quality. Currently; Ravenna seeds wash downstream throughout Cache Creek and into the Delta area; forcing widespread and expensive herbicide spraying and mechanical removal programs in the lower watershed and Delta. | More details |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $11,000.00 | Statewide | Water Justice for the Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ejcw.org | Core support for community-based advocacy to include people of color living in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region in water quality and water management decisions affecting the Delta. | More details |
| Environmental Law Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $20,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | RiverLaw Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.envirolaw.org | Supports legal and policy advocacy to support a continuation of the ban on suction-dredge mining in the Sacramento River and Delta watershed and to promote Wild & Scenic River status as a way to prevent or reduce gravel mining in key Sacramento River tributaries; as well as continued advocacy to apply California's anti-degradation policy to dairy waste discharge permits; and promoting the application of the Public Trust Doctrine to protect the Delta and its tributary watersheds. | More details |
| Environmental Water Caucus | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California Water Solutions Now | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ewccalifornia.org | Community-based advocacy to protect Delta water quality through reducing urban water consumption by as much as 5 million acre-feet per year; opposing new dam construction; and reducing agricultural diversion through greater efficiency and retirement of drainage-impaired lands; and to distribute California Water Solutions Now; a comprehensive blueprint for reforming California's water supply and delivery infrastructure which is available in both Spanish and English. | More details |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $18,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Wild & Scenic Mokelumne | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Amador County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org | Protect the water quality of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta by advocating federal wild and scenic status for the Mokelumne River; thus preventing East Bay MUD's proposed diversion of an additional 172000 acre feet of water from this important Delta tributary. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $13,200.00 | Sierra Nevada | Hydropower Relicensing | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | Advocate for improved water quality and increased flows along 200 miles of Sacramento River tributaries Yuba and Bear rivers through the FERC relicensing process of 44 dams. | More details |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sausal Creek Watershed Enhancement Plan | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.sausalcreek.org | Supports community-based riparian stewardship and restoration activities at numerous sites in the Diamond Canyon and Joaquin Miller areas; and public education to promote rainwater catchment; groundwater recharge and to reduce storm water pollutant loads. | More details |
| Global Community Monitor | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protect San Francisco Bay from Toxic Scrapyard Runoff | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.gcmonitor.org | Reduce run-off to San Francisco Bay of lead; copper; nickel; aluminum; zinc and cadmium from scrapyards in the East Bay and on the Peninsula through policy development; regulatory advocacy and legal challenges. | More details |
| Golden Gate Audubon | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Waterfront Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.goldengateaudubon.org | Helps leverage $2.5 million in governmental funding to support planning; restoration and monitoring of wildlife and wetland habitat conservation activities along the San Francisco waterfront including the Mission Bay; Pier 94 and Hunters Point areas. | More details |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $21,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bayview Hunters Point Environmental Health; Toxic Cleanup and Bay Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenaction.org | Supports community-based outreach; organizing and advocacy to clean up toxics including PCBs; PAHs; VOCs; arsenic; lead; hexavalent chromium; nickel; cobalt; zinc; asbestos and radioactive materials on the former navy shipyard and adjacent PG&E facility an area slated for redevelopment into 10500 new residential units. Part of the contaminated area is wetlands; and contaminated groundwater from the entire 702 acre area leaches into San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Kids for the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Action Programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.kidsforthebay.org | Supports watershed-based environmental education and advocacy training for 840 students and 28 teachers at low-income; urban elementary schools in Alameda and Contra Cost County. The program includes both classrooms instruction and field work; and the students engage in action projects to protect and restore local creeks and watersheds; and write letters to regulators and elected officials expressing their views about the need to protect the San Francisco Bay ecosystem. | More details |
| Literacy for Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Heron's Head Park Environmental Justice Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.lejyouth.org | Supports hand-on shoreline habitat restoration and watershed stewardship training for at-risk youth at LEJ's award-winning environmental justice EcoCenter in San Francisco's Hunters Point. Approximately 1500 students participate in LEJ programs each year. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $12,000.00 | North Central & East | Medicine Lake Volcano Watershed Protection Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org | In partnership with the Pitt River Tribe; to protect the pure aquifers that supply Sacramento River tributaries Pitt and Fall rivers from hydrofracking contamination; and to generally advocate protection of the watershed from widespread geothermal development. | More details |
| Pesticide Watch Education Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Northern California Community Assistance Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.pesticidewatch.org | In addition to being linked to a broad range of adverse human health impacts; pesticides used in schools; homes and agriculture are a major source of non-point source pollution to the Sacramento River and Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. Funding supports work with several Sacramento-based community organizations to advocate eliminating pesticide use in schools and create pesticide-free parks throughout the Sacramento area. | More details |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $1,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | 2012 Symposium Sponsorship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pclfoundation.org/ | Supports public education and policy development to protect the water quality of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | Supports community-based research; policy development and advocacy to protect the water quality of San Francisco Bay and the entire Bay/Delta watershed. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $80,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.baykeeper.org | Supports public education; policy development; regulatory advocacy and legal enforcement to protect the San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary and its tributaries. Primary activities center around reducing industrial and municipal stormwater pollution; preventing sewage spills and overflows; reducing the aerial deposition of toxics including mercury; and reducing pesticide contamination from aquatic pesticide spraying; urban pest management and roadside application. | More details |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $18,500.00 | Southern Coast | Ventura River Watershed Protection Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.sbck.org | Conduct water quality monitoring; advocacy; enforcement; volunteer training and mobilization; and overall community outreach to protect and restore the Ventura River. | More details |
| Santa Rosa Southeast Greenway Campaign | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.southeastgreenway.org | Leverages approximately $100000 worth of pro-bono assistance from the American Institute of Architects to educate local residents and flesh out plans for creek restoration; groundwater re-charge; stormwater management and landscape design for the proposed Southeast Greenway a 2 mile long; 50 acre strip of land in the Laguna de Santa Rosa which is the largest remaining undeveloped parcel in the City of Santa Rosa. | More details |
| Sea Stewards | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.seasteward.org | Supports ongoing tagging of large sharks in San Francisco Bay to define their populations and determine risk factors; and sampling of shark tissue to determine levels of mercury and other toxins. Also supports policy advocacy related to banning plastic bags and better response to oil spills; as well as outreach activities including Sharktoberfest; which educates 1000s of people annually about San Francisco Bay conservation issues. | More details |
| Sierra Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $10,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Reclaiming the Sierra: Green Solutions for Abandoned Mines | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.sierrafund.org | Ongoing acid drainage; and the continued release of mercury and other heavy metals from thousands of abandoned mines; is one of the most significant threats to the water quality of the Sacramento River watershed and the entire Sacramento/San Joaquin Bay-Delta ecosystem. The Reclaiming the Sierra conference will bring technical experts together with hundreds of community members to learn about effective remediation techniques and how residents throughout the watershed can reduce their exposure; as well as strategies for developing markets for sustainably-mined minerals; gravel and gold. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | 2011 Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Provides scholarships for grassroots activists to defray costs of attending SNA's annual conference on Sierra watersheds; wilderness and land use issues. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $20,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sierra Watershed Action Team Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org | Mobilize 27 Sierra Nevada Americorps members for 6 days of intensive riparian and habitat restoration in the American River watershed; in partnership with the American River Conservancy. Since 2007; the Sierra Nevada Alliance has mobilized 32 local conservation organizations to restore over 8900 acres of watersheds at more than 900 separate sites throughout the Sierra tributaries that serve as headwaters to much of the Sacramento River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. | More details |
| Sierra Streams Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $27,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Deer Creek Heavy Metal Remediation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.sierrastreamsinstitute.org | Supports a pilot phytoremediation project to test the efficacy of various grasses; weeds and trees in removing mercury and other toxic metals from abandoned mine tailings which leach into Deer Creek and the Sacramento Rover watershed; as part of an EPA-funded brownfields clean-up program in Nevada City. | More details |
| Solano Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $19,800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protect Rockville Trails | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | http://www.solanolandtrust.org | Since 1986 the Solano Land Trust has protected over 20000 acres of sensitive habitat in the vicinity of Suisun Bay. Funding supports the acquisition and permanent protection of 1500 acres of upland habitat and will help establish the basis for a long-term; best-practices livestock grazing program to protect the steelhead habitat of Suisun Marsh tributaries Suisun Creek and Green Valley Creek. | More details |
| Turtle Island Restoration Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Greening the America's Cup | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County | California | http://www.seaturtles.org | An estimated 5 million people; and hundreds of marine vessels including super-yachts and cruise ships will visit San Francisco Bay for the 2013 America's Cup; including several months of pre-cup races and activities. TRIN will advocate a series of specific protections to prevent fuel and wastewater discharges; and promote shore-side power hookups to reduce air emissions from cruise ships and other large vessels. | More details |
| Upper Green Valley Homeowners | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Green Creek Water Quality Litigation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | Support neighborhood-based efforts to protect the salmonid habitat and overall water quality of an important tributary to Suisun Bay. | More details | |
| Walk Oakland Bike Oakland | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bikeways Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.wobo.org | Storm water run-off contaminated by automotive oil and grease; and brake pad-related heavy metals; is a major source of pollution to San Francisco Bay. Since 85% of the population of the City of Oakland live within 2 miles of either downtown or a major transit center; increasing bikeways that serve downtown and transit hubs could significantly reduce automotive use. WOBO's priority in the coming year is to advocate for the construction of 30 miles of bikeways that have already been design and funded; but not yet completed. | More details |
| Wishtoyo Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2011 | $13,000.00 | Southern Coast | Ventura Coastkeeper | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://www.wishtoyo.org | Protect the coastal waters adjacent to the Ventura River from municipal and industrial pollution discharges through water quality monitoring; community outreach and education; policy advocacy and litigation. | More details |
| Acterra | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $13,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Conservation and Restoration Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.acterra.org | Supports the expansion of watershed stewardship programs into two new South SF Bay watersheds: Stevens Creek and Permanente Creek to conduct habitat restoration and citizen science programs involving youth from underserved neighborhoods in Mountain View. | More details |
| AquAlliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | 10-Year Water Transfer Program and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.aqualliance.net | Supports community-based outreach and advocacy to oppose water transfers that seek to drain Sacramento Valley watersheds in order to support agricultural operations in the most arid parts of California. Both surface and ground water in the Sacramento Valley are key components of Sacramento River and Delta flows; and preventing the proposed annual transfers of 600000 acre-feet of water would benefit family farms; local communities and riparian habitat and wildlife; including but not limited to Chinook salmon and steelhead. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org | Supports administrative advocacy regarding the traffic; air and water quality and viewshed impacts of proposed development on Treasure Island. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Island | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org | Supports community environmental technical support and advocacy regarding the toxic and radiological contamination of Treasure Island and the impacts of the Treasure Island development plan to San Francisco Bay and the local community. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $20,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Citizens Water Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | Supports water quality monitoring to analyze watershed and stream data; including geology; soils; geomorphic properties; stream flow; sediment; and habitat data. A follow up report will illustrate a conceptual model for surface and groundwater flow through the watershed; identify the points that could be the most susceptible to the cumulative impacts from logging; recommend future monitoring needs; and make qualitative assessment of how additional logging will affect the Battle Creek watershed and the Sacramento River. | More details |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $17,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Northern Sacramento Valley Water Citizen Engagement Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.becnet.org/ | Supports public outreach to ensure that Sacramento Valley communities are informed; engaged and have a voice in protecting their water supply and the health of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta around the current proposals to withdraw water from the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta through the State_''s proposed peripheral tunnels; as well as other water transfers of the region_''s surface and groundwater. | More details |
| California Product Stewardship Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $40,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Pharmaceutical Take-Back Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.calpsc.org/ | Disposal of pharmaceuticals in the rubbish or sewage systems causes significant adverse water quality impacts and burdens municipalities with unaffordable remediation costs. The grant supports outreach in Sacramento and Yolo County to partner with municipal government to educate everyone in the product chain about the problems caused from flushing medications, partner with municipalities and medical service providers to add more collection locations for unused medications, and educate the public and medical community about using the collection locations instead of flushing to dispose of unused medications. Deliverables will include tracking the increase in medications collected and the cost savings to local governments and water treatment facilities. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $45,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area Central Valley Sacramento Valley | Bay-Delta Estuary Protection Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.calsport.org | Supports community-based policy development; advocacy and litigation to protect the water quality of the entire San Francisco Bay watershed. Primary focus is on reducing industrial and municipal stormwater pollution; and ensuring adequate water flows through the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $60,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.calsport.org | Supports community-based policy development; advocacy and litigation to protect the water quality of San Francisco Bay and its tributaries. Primary focus is on reducing industrial and municipal stormwater pollution; and ensuring adequate water flows through the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. | More details |
| California Urban Streams Alliance - The Stream Team | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $6,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Citizen Monitoring and Ecosystems Enhancement Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.thestreamteam.org | Supports a multi pronged approach which engages community members in citizen monitoring and ecosystem enhancement projects; compiles and analyses data collected; and provides information and education to promote understanding and community action related to protecting watershed health and demonstrate the role collaborative watershed stewardship actions can play in helping achieve federal; state; and local resource management objectives. | More details |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $25,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Tehama County Pesticide Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.pesticidereform.org | Organophosphate pesticides; especially diazinon and chlorpyrifos; have been routinely detected in water monitoring projects in the Sacramento River watersheds because pesticides enter surface water through runoff; leaching; volatilization; and airborne drift. The pesticide-polluted water moves from irrigation and drainage ditches to tributary streams; to the Sacramento River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; where 700 plant and animal species make their home and 25 million Californians derive their drinking water. Through technical support; equipment and training; the project will help local communities advocate for reduced pesticide use in the northern Sacramento Valley and push decision makers to respond to pesticide-related water and air pollution. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $10,800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay and Delta Water Quality Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | Supports a campaign to secure the health and well-being of both the natural and human communities of the San Francisco Bay Area through the improvement of the water quality of the San Francisco Bay and its tributaries. Primary activities will center around advocating policies that would cancel or restrict the application of harmful pesticides in the Bay Area; an endangered species initiative which seeks protection and recovery of several aquatic indicator species in the Bay Delta as well as habitats that protect the entire San Francisco Bay Area ecosystem; and an effort to monitor and challenge fracking activities in the Bay Area which pose a threat to local water quality and ecosystems. | More details | |
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $19,000.00 | Central Valley | Delta Water Quality Programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tuolumne County | California | http://www.cserc.org | Supports community advocacy and policy development protecting the upper watersheds of the Mokelumne River and the Calaveras River in order to benefit water quality as the rivers flow through the Stockton and Lodi area into the Delta; with a particular emphasis on reducing large-scale herbicide applications on commercial timberlands; reducing clearcutting and the associated erosion of sediments; and conduct sampling for Fecal coliform and E. coli to document negative impacts of livestock grazing and the need for greater controls. Funds will also support community involvement in land use decisions to advocate for project designs that reduce stormwater impacts; as well as educate over 2000 students in the Lodi and Stockton areas about watershed health issues. | More details |
| City Slicker Farms | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $12,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.cityslickerfarms.org/ | Supports ongoing programs that will partner with over 3400 Oakland residents in 2013 to help them transforms vacant lots; which are often magnets for illegal dumping which can result in contaminated runoff into waterways; into urban farms that overcome food insecurity. City Slickers also promotes organic gardening methods; which avoid the use of toxic pesticides and herbicides that pollute our waterways and groundwater. | More details |
| Cloverdale Unified School District | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Campus Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.cusd.org | Supports classroom and applied education at Cloverdale High School about stormwater pollution in conformance with state science standards. Students audit their homes and campus; and then design and build a stormwater reduction project on the school grounds. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Fallout Prevention Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org | CBE's Toxic Fallout Prevention Project addresses mobile and stationary sources of toxins and pollution in the East Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay Area. The goal of this project is to improve the water quality and ecosystems of the Bay and its tributaries through community organizing; research; policy advocacy and legal interventions. The most important outcome will be a first-ever regional air district policy that will control the refining of low-quality crude at oil refineries. | More details |
| Community Water Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tulare County | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org | Supports regulatory advocacy related to the development of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program at the Central Valley Regional Water Board; in order to improve nutrient and pesticide use efficiency for irrigated lands in the region. The overall goal of this project is to reduce the discharges and runoff from Central Valley farms and dairies that pollute the surface waters that empty into the San Francisco/Bay Delta and its tributaries. | More details |
| Daily Acts | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Greywater System Laundry to Landscape Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.dailyacts.org | Supports collaboration with the City of Santa Rosa and other nearby municipalities to conduct the 100 Greywater Systems Laundry to landscape Challenge. Through broad public outreach and a series of free trainings; the project will help at least 100 homeowners to install code-compliant greywater systems designed to collectively recycle 375000 gallons of water annually; and serve as a large-scale pilot to show the potential for water conservation and reuse. | More details |
| Earthjustice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay-Delta Legal Defense Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.earthjustice.org | Supports legal defense of historic ecosystem; species and water quality benefits contained in current federal regulatory management plans for the Central Valley Project and State Water Project. These plans promise to end the chronic over pumping of water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; however; the biological opinions that require reduced pumping to restore the salmon fishery have been subject to a series of legal challenges. Earthjustice is the lead non-profit agency defending the fishery for possible extirpation. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $16,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Eco-Stewards Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net | Supports in-depth classroom activities and field trips that connect middle and high school students in Alameda And Contra Costa Counties with hands-on restoration activities at watersheds at San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary sites near their schools. Field sites include New Marsh at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline in Oakland; Dow Wetlands Preserve in Pittsburg; Eden Landing in Hayward; Sausal Creek in Oakland; and Baxter Creek in Richmond. Project partners include: SPAWNERS; The Watershed Project; Friends of Sausal Creek; Save the Bay; the City of Pinole; the Dow Wetlands Team; East Bay Regional Parks District; National Parks Service; and Alameda County Resource Conservation District. | More details |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $20,000.00 | Statewide | Water Justice for the Delta Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.ejcw.org | Helps support ongoing efforts to ensure that disadvantaged communities in the Delta and throughout California have access to clean and affordable water; and can fully participate in the decisions affecting water; with a major focus around educating Delta communities around the proposed Delta tunnels project; and other policies that threaten harm to the integrity of the Delta ecosystem. | More details |
| Environmental Water Caucus | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $30,000.00 | Statewide | California Water Solutions Project; Phase 3 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ewccalifornia.org/home/index.php | Supports community education and related advocacy with the Delta Stewardship Council; the Bay Delta Conservation Project; and the State Water Resources Control Board urging the abandonment of the state_''s ill-conceived plans to construct tunnels under the Delta in favor of ecosystem friendly; _''soft path_''_ solutions are critical to the recovery of the Bay Delta; and emphasizing that better utilization of existing water supplies rather than increased Delta exports will be the main source of future water supplies throughout the state. | More details |
| Fall River Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $4,925.00 | North Central & East | Fall River Grassroots Community Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.fallriverconservancy.org | To build an important grassroots base in the Fall River Valley and to open new lines of communication amongst funders; resource agencies; conservation groups; and grassroots activists. | More details |
| Food & Water Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $50,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Stop the Corporate Water Grab | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org | Supports a grassroots campaign led by environmental organizations and labor unions to educate the public about water supply issues that threaten the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta ecosystem. Much of the outreach will center around the costs of the current deficit financing schemes promoted by large agricultural and urban water districts which would subsidize private corporations_'' profiteering at the expense of other critical public services. The campaign will educate urban water users about the rate increases that would be imposed to fund the proposed peripheral canal or tunnel that fundamentally threaten to dewater the Delta. The public outreach will also focus on building support for alternative long-term water solutions including investing in conservation and public water systems; finding sustainable financing for water improvements; and cleaning up polluted water resources to improve the lives of all Californians. | More details |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $25,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Upper Mokelumne River Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Amador County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org | Supports community-based efforts to further the conservation and restoration of the Mokelumne River; a tributary to the San Joaquin River. Activities will include promoting the inclusion of river_''healthy projects in regional watershed programs; the reintroduction of salmon and steelhead to their historic spawning habitat above East Bay MUD_''s dams; and continue to build local; regional and statewide support for long_''term conservation and protection of the Mokelumne River. | More details |
| Friends of Marsh Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $7,250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fomcw.org | Support community-based clean water and habitat restoration projects protecting Marsh Creek; which flows 30 miles from the eastern slope of Mount Diablo into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Marsh Creek is threatened by storm water runoff; agricultural runoff; urban development; and previous canalization for flood control that destroyed riparian habitat. Activities include water quality monitoring; habitat restoration involving youth and other volunteers; large-scale public education and targeted advocacy promoting cooperative water quality solutions. | More details |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $40,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Bay Delta Conservation Plan Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.friendsoftheriver.org | Supports legal research; technical analysis; comment writing; media outreach and coalition building around the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. The primary focus will be to improve the BDCP_''s analysis of upstream river impacts; particularly in regard to the proposed massive fresh water diversions from the Sacramento River and the construction of new and expanded upstream dams and reservoirs to meet Delta export demands. FOR will provide an important counterweight to the BDCP_''s proponents; who are largely federal and state water contractors seeking continued and expanded fresh water exports south of the Delta _'' if allowed; these exports would cause considerable damage to the fragile Delta ecosystem. | More details |
| Friends of the Santa Clara River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://www.fscr.org | Supports volunteer-based habitat restoration projects in the Santa Clara River watershed; including the Hendrick Ranch Nature preserve; which FOSC owns and manages; advocacy to modify dams and/or remove fish-passage barriers in the Santa Clara River and its tributaries; and community-based analysis and involvement in the proposed Newhall Ranch development. Newhall Ranch would locate over 20000 new homes and over 4 million square feet of commercial development along 6 miles of the Santa Clara River. | More details |
| Global Community Monitor | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Work to Protect San Francisco Bay from Toxic Runoff from Scrap Metal Facilities | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.gcmonitor.org | Supports a research; regulatory and legal strategy protect San Francisco Bay from toxic runoff from scrap metal facilities by compelling Bay Area scrap recyclers to reduce or eliminate stormwater discharge and toxic aerial depositions that are returning to the ground and contaminating groundwater and running off into San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $15,413.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Health; Justice; Toxic Cleanup and Bay Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenaction.org | Supports community-based efforts to hold government and industry accountable to conduct full and safe cleanups of three major toxic contamination sites located adjacent to the San Francisco Bay: the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and the former PG&E Hunters Point power plant site in Bayview Hunters Point; and the AMCO Chemical Superfund Site in West Oakland. The project will educate; empower and mobilize residents to become active pollution watchdogs and cleanup advocates; encourage the state Department of Toxic Substances Control and US EPA to provide better regulatory oversight at the Hunters Point Shipyard site and the AMCO Superfund site; and encourage DTSC to be more involved at the PG&E site. | More details |
| Institute for Fisheries Resources | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $28,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Fisheries Coalition to Restore Salmon Populations | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ifrfish.org | Supports continued participation in a broad coalition of environmental; fishing; tribal; and nongovernmental organizations working to restore the San Francisco/Sacramento/San Joaquin Bay-Delta Estuary and Pacific salmon populations. A major focus will be participation in the State Water Resources Control Board Bay-Delta Plan update and Bay Delta Conservation Plan hearings. | More details |
| Institute for Fisheries Resources | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | Support Technical and Legal Analysis of the Delta Stewardship Plan Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.ifrfish.org | Supports a a comprehensive legal and technical analysis and report regarding the proposed Delta Stewardship Plan to that ensure that public trust values; water quality values; essential flows; mitigation and measureable/enforceable criteria are included. The report will be made broadly available to regulators and the entire stakeholder community of environmental; fishing; recreational user; Delta & Sacramento Valley farming interests. | More details | |
| Kids for the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Action Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.kidsforthebay.org | Supports a comprehensive; in-depth environmental education and action program helping elementary schools in Alameda and Contra Costa County schools adopt their local watershed and use it as a stimulating educational resource through classroom lessons and field trips to local creek and bay habitats. Every school receives five two-hour classroom lessons; help conducting creek; bay; and neighborhood clean-up projects; a field trip to a local creek; bay; or ocean habitat; a service-learning action project that restores and protects our local creek and San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary watersheds; and; professional development and academic credit for classroom teachers who learn to teach the program alongside their students and continue to teach it themselves with each new class. | More details |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper (Santa Monica Baykeeper) | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $22,500.00 | Southern Coast | Advocacy Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.lawaterkeeper.org | Supports ongoing investigation and citizen enforcement activities designed to reduce industrial pollution discharge in east and south Los Angeles. Activities will include site investigation and water quality monitoring; followed by collaborative; regulatory and legal initiatives to solve bacterial; metals; toxics and trash pollution problems in the Los Angeles River watershed. | More details |
| Mare Island Heritage Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Mare Island Preserve Natural Resources/Geology Documentation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | http://www.mareislandpreserve.org | Supports long-range planning for watershed management and restoration of Mare Island; which sits at the confluence of the Carquinez Straits and San Pablo Bay. In addition; two demonstration projects will be completed and showcased to the thousands of visitors to the Mare Island Preserve. One is a rainwater collection system in an 80-year old cultural landscaped garden in which native plants have established so that the public can learn about landscaping with drought tolerant natives; rainwater harvesting and what they can do to improve not only this watershed; but the one in which they live; too. The second is to improve the water quality and quantity to enhance habitat for wildlife in a _''stock_''_ pond located in the Preserve fed only by rainwater runoff. | More details |
| Northern California Regional Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Tucson Headwaters Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://landconservation.org/ | Supports coordinated outreach with eight collaborating; local watershed conservation groups located within the Tuscan Land Formation in western Butte and Tehama counties. Anticipated results include the permanent protection of important headwater and aquifer recharge areas in ten key tributaries to the Sacramento River through working with interested landowners to facilitate the permanent protection of strategic properties in headwater and aquifer recharge locations. Protecting the headwaters of Butte Creek and other Sacramento River tributaries is an important part of maintaining downstream water quality in the Sacramento river and the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. | More details |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $25,000.00 | Statewide | Water for Life Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pcl.org | Supports protection of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and its tributaries by encouraging broad community participation and advocacy for regional self-sufficiency and prioritization of a reduce; reuse; recycle and restore approach in the California Water Plan Update. Program elements include creating a Water Advisory Committee of California_''s leading water experts tasked with development of an alternate and more sustainable vision for water management than the current approach of massive deficit financing of large conveyances and dams which threaten the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and empowering communities to engage in the water planning debate through a variety of mechanisms including hosting of quarterly Water Summits and additional community education and outreach efforts. | More details |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $45,000.00 | Statewide | Restoring the Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pcl.org/ | Supports a thorough technical and legal analysis of the impacts to the ecosystem and environment proposed by Bay Delta Conservation Plan and Delta Stewardship Council_''s EIR and EIS; as well as detailed and focused comments on State Water Resources Control Board_''s update of the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan to ensure that the updated plan is fully protective of the Bay-Delta ecosystem. The analysis and comments will be broadly shared with other environmental; Delta; fishing and environmental justice stakeholders to aide their participation in these processes. | More details |
| River Exchange | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $13,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Disadvantaged Community Support for Participation in IRWM Planning | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.riverexchange.org | Provides supports for disadvantaged communities; including tribes; to participate in the Integrated Regional Watershed Management Planning for the Upper Sacramento Region. The stipends to community members will lower barriers to participation and help ensure robust community participation in a broad stakeholder process that will regional water quality management goals and policies. | More details |
| Salmon Water Now | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $6,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Kill the Peripheral Tunnels Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://salmonwaternow.org | Supports the production and dissemination of digital media describing the damage to the sensitive Delta ecosystem that would occur if the peripheral tunnels are built. The combination of web-based outreach; 30_''second TV commercials and long_''form programs will be made freely available to organizations working to stop the Tunnels project; as well as journalists covering the issue. | More details |
| Salmonid Restoration Federation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $10,250.00 | Central Valley | San Joaquin Delta Chinook Salmon Symposium and Outreach Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.calsalmon.org | Supports a convening of more than 80 watershed groups; agencies; tribes; landowners and institutions to share information about; and set priorities regarding; habitat restoration and water flow requirements needed by salmonids in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and the San Joaquin River. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | More details | |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $80,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | Supports advocacy; water quality monitoring; on-the-water patrols; public education and strategic litigation to protect the water quality of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta watershed. Primary efforts will be directed towards reducing sewage contamination; industrial and urban stormwater pollution; and historic and ongoing mercury contaminations; and protecting estuarine; wetland; shoreline; riparian and upland habitat. Additional efforts will focus on improving policies related to oil spill prevention; trash reduction in waterways and invasive species. | More details |
| Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $10,000.00 | Southern Coast | Santa Clara River Water Quality Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.scope.org | SCOPE is an all-volunteer non-profit that has led community-based efforts to protect the Santa Clarita Valley in northern Los Angeles County for the last 25 years. Funding supports public outreach; advocacy and litigation related to the proposed Newhall Ranch project. The 12000 acre Newhall Ranch site abuts the Santa Clara River. If built; this 60000 person development would fill 20 miles of on-site streams with more than 200 million cub yard of fill taken from nearby mountaintops; and would channelize 5 miles of the main stream of the Santa Clara River _'' building homes in a known floodplain area. The primary focus of SCOPE_''s advocacy will revolve around a pending Army Corps of Engineers decision to grant a river alteration permit that would allow the bulk of the development. | More details |
| Save the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Bay Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.savesfbay.org/ | Supports an ongoing initiative to help thousands of Bay Area residents and their city leaders to adopt best practices in trash reduction thereby improving the water quality of the San Francisco Bay. The program builds on existing Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit requirements to reduce municipal trash flowing into the Bay by 40 percent by 2014; and eliminate all trash hot spots by 2022 by helping cities implement best practices and achieve these reductions; diminishing sources of trash like plastic bags and polystyrene foodware containers. Activities will also include educating and mobilizing local residents to ensure that the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board enforces the requirements it mandated in the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit. | More details |
| Self-Sustaining Communities | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Kings Court/Safeway Bioremediation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://self-sustainingcommunities.org/ | Supports a multi-faceted approach to reduce flooding; crime and dumping in a challenged and small residential _'' light industrial area in one of the Bay Area_''s most underserved communities; and to provide wildlife habitat; native plantings and bioremediation of storm water prior to entering storm and sewer drains going directly to the bay. Additional important outcomes will be the reduction of sewage and toxins to the bay from over flowing due to flooding _'' a potential solution for other Richmond sites to model; and city staff and politicians_'' knowledge and skill building in green solutions. | More details |
| Sierra Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $13,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Humbug Creek Assessment and Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.sierrafund.org | Supports assessment activities in partnership with the Sierra Nevada Conservancy and California State Parks to assess and remediate Humbug Creek; one of the keystone watersheds of the South Yuba River; a federally designated wild and scenic river; and tributary to the San Francisco Bay-Delta water system. Activities will include identifying and quantifying the source(s) of the mercury in Humbug Creek; identifying the location of all eight historic air shafts and characterizing the water quality in the flooded air shafts that are discharging to Humbug Creek; quantifying the erosion rate of the mine pit walls in order to inform re-vegetation planning; and describing the soil quality in disturbed and undisturbed areas of the pit in order to design soil amendments and promote re-vegetation. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Annual Conference Sponsorship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports travel scholarships allowing grassroots activists to attend a conference related to protecting Sierra Nevada watersheds. These watersheds collectively form the headwaters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. | More details |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $20,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Yuba Mining - Back to the Future Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.yubariver.org | Supports volunteer River Monitors to collect data in accordance with an established State approved Monitoring Program to allow the local community to hold two gold mines proposed for reopening on the South Yuba River accountable to high scientific and environmental standards. Important project outcomes will be ensuring that any new mining on the Yuba River will be respect water quality concerns _'' protecting the health of the Yuba River while giving local community members greater insight into the ecology of the watershed and empowering SYRCL members and the wider community to use scientific data and conclusions to preserve and protect the Yuba River; an important tributary to the Sacramento River. | More details |
| Tuolumne River Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $12,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Reviving the Tuolumne | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.tuolumne.org | Supports grassroots organizing and media outreach related to the annual Paddle to the Sea event to focus widespread support to protect and restore the Sacramento-San San Joaquin Delta; and the San Joaquin; Tuolumne and Merced rivers. The primary focus will be on increasing flows and reducing fish barriers during upcoming FERC relicensing of the Don Pedro and Exchequer dams; as well as advocating for the full implementation of the San Joaquin River Restoration Plan. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $18,825.00 | Sierra Nevada | Wolf Creek Water Quality Analysis Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org | Supports community-based water quality monitoring to identify the physical; chemical and biological conditions of Sacramento River tributary Wolf Creek. Ongoing monitoring data will be added to a 7 year database; and help provide the scientific basis for local planning and regulatory decisions to protect the Wolf Creek riparian zone. | More details |
| Yolo Basin Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2012 | $3,600.00 | Sacramento Valley | Discover the Flyaway Program | Environmental Education | Yolo County | California | http://www.yolobasin.org | Supports an outdoor environmental education program that provides interactive science-based wetland and wildlife field trips for K-12 classes; with activities that follow the California Department of Education content standards for science; history; and social science. The 2012-2013 Discover the Flyway program plans get 4000 students out of their classrooms and into the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area to learn first hand what wetlands are; and why they are important; instilling in them a sense of long-term stewardship of an environmentally sensitive ecosystem. | More details |
| American Whitewater | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $13,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Restoring Spring Snowmelt Flows to Sacramento-San Joaquin Tributaries | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.americanwhitewater.org | Supports review and comments on the flow provisions of the Yuba County Water Agency's draft Federal Energy Regulatory Commission application; ensuring that more protective snowmelt recession measures are adopted and restoring natural flow regimes to the Mokelumne; Middle Fork and North Fork Yuba Rivers preserving and increasing flows to these rivers is crucial to maintaining and enhancing the water quality of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed. | More details | |
| AquAlliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $27,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | North-to-South Water Transfers and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.aqualliance.net | Supports participation in the Bay Delta Conservation Plan's environmental review; and continued advocacy related to projected 2014 water transfers and the 10-Year Water transfer Program. This project would contribute to the protection of the Sacramento River Hydrologic Region by working against efforts to extract massive amounts of water to transfer through or around the Delta. Preserving adequate water flows is a crucial component of protecting the water quality of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org | Supports adoption of a long term monitoring agreement with the Maritime Administration regarding the Mothball Fleet's sixty-year pollution of Suisun Bay that damaged water quality; threatened local fisheries; and spread pollutants into the San Joaquin Delta; San Pablo and San Francisco Bay. As many as 300 ships were anchored in Suisun Bay; just off Benicia's wetlands; with new vessels added annually; and documentation reported that the fleet had dropped more than twenty tons of chemical and heavy metal contaminated paint chips into the San Francisco Bay. Arc Ecology wants to guarantee that the Maritime Administration remains in compliance with the Clean Water Act by pursuing an accord ensuring compliance well into the future. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $16,000.00 | North Central & East | Citizen's Water Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | Supports ongoing watershed monitoring centered around Shasta County to demonstrate impacts occurring in the watershed due to excessive logging (primarily clearcutting). The monitoring data will support regulatory advocacy to address negative impacts and will benefit the Battle Creek watershed in Shasta County and the entire Sacramento River. | More details |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $18,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Northern Sacramento Valley Water Citizen Engagement Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.becnet.org | Supports Phase II of the Northern Sacramento Valley Water Citizen Engagement Campaign which will focus on current proposals to withdraw water from the Sacramento River and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta through the proposed peripheral tunnels; as well as the 2014 Water Bond; the threat of fracking; and other water transfers of surface and groundwater out of the hydrologic basin. BEC will encourage individuals to become more involved in water issues and address the steep learning curve that prevents many from becoming engaged through monthly public forums and partnership with a local grassroots group; Citizen Action Network; that will mobilize people with signature gatherings; outreach at community events; and coordinated carpooling to public hearings. Objectives are to follow and digest government and regional water districts' complicated water policy and proposals; provide accurate and easily understood information on these policies and proposals to local citizens; and encourage and facilitate citizen participation in decision making on water policies and proposals that affect the Sacramento River watershed. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $10,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Delta Water Quality Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org/news/ | Supports technical review of a 100000 page administrative record associated with the issuance of an NPDES permit for a waste water treatment plant in the heart of the Delta. The treatment plant provides wastewater conveyance; treatment; and disposal services for approximately 1.3 million people in the urbanized area of Sacramento County and the city of West Sacramento in Yolo County. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $45,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | San Francisco Bay-Delta Watershed Protection Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.calsport.org | Supports professional and technical review of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan; the Delta Stewardship Council's Delta Plan and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. In addition to reviewing volumes of highly-technical water quality information; activities will include broadly disseminating information about these proceedings to environmental; fishing; recreational and environmental justice communities to facilitate their participation in these proceedings; plus media outreach to ensure broad public awareness of the water quality issues at stake. The overall goal of the project is to protect the water quality of the entire San Francisco Bay watershed by ensuring that it retains adequate water flows from the Sacramento and San Joaquin river systems. | More details |
| California Urban Streams Alliance - The Stream Team | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $8,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | The Stream Team General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.thestreamteam.org | Supports the Stream Team; which utilizes a multi pronged approach to engage community members in citizen monitoring and ecosystem enhancement projects; clean up pollution and reduce contamination; compile and analyze data collected; and provide information and education to promote understanding and community action related to protecting watershed health in the Butte County portion of the Sacramento River watershed. | More details |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $30,000.00 | Central Coast | Improving Central Coast Water Quality by Reducing Pesticide Use | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.PesticideReform.org | Supports the reduction of pesticide water contaminants; specifically organophosphate pesticides; in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties by supporting safe replacements. The project goal is to reduce the use of organophosphate pesticides in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties by at least 25% by the year 2018. This will produce direct and quantifiable watershed benefits in the region and improve water quality by decreasing the toxicity of both surface water and groundwater. In addition to measurable reductions in toxicity; the project will also foster more diverse invertebrate and amphibian communities both of which constitute measurable indictors of increased water quality as well as providing ecosystem benefits throughout the food chain by creating healthier waterways that can better support life of all kinds. Activities will include raising awareness of pesticide and water quality issues in Central Coast communities; and leveraging public pressure to push state and regional agencies to create stronger rules limiting the use of pesticides that harm water quality in the region. This grant was enabled by a legal settlement between California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $19,800.00 | Statewide | Bay Delta Impact Litigation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org | Supports community-based advocacy to around the Bay Delta Conservation Plan to prevent the privatization of the Bay Delta water delivery system and the proposed massive diversions that would harm the water quality of the Sacramento River and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The project will leverage the Center's strengths in state and local environmental regulatory processes and litigation (including water law and endangered species law); conservation advocacy; and creative media to question the ostensible coequal goals of protecting the ecosystem and providing a more reliable water supply that are expressed in the BDCP. The overall goal of the project is to ensure that maximum water is preserved for the environment and public use in throughout the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area and guaranteeing local communities fair access and use of future water security; conservation and storage funding. | More details |
| Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Green and Healthy South Oxnard Project (GHSOP) | Environmental Education | Ventura County | California | http://www.causenow.org/ | Supports the restoration of the Ormond Beach Wetlands in Ventura County; a neglected coastal community that was promoted in the 1960s as a good area for industry because pollution would be blown away from residential communities. As a result of attracting industry; land uses in South Oxnard; such as the Halaco Superfund site; continue to be environmental risks to the bordering low-income; predominantly Latino residential communities. The Green and Healthy South Oxnard Project focuses on expediting the clean up of the Halaco Superfund site; advocating for the preservation and restoration of the Ormond Beach Wetlands; and activating youth to become stewards of Ormond Beach by building knowledge of environmental issues and developing leadership potential. | More details |
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $35,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Watershed Protection Projects | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tuolumne County | California | http://www.cserc.org/ | CSERC is leading observation community advocacy in the Tuolumne-Stanislaus IRWM process and the Yosemite Strategic Solutions landscape collaborative processes that together affect more than one million acres in the San Joaquin River watershed. Funding supports review and response to every U.S. Forest Service and private land planning project and agency policy of importance in the region; water quality monitoring of forest streams and some foothill streams; advocacy to significantly improve Wild River management plans for the Tuolumne and Merced rivers; review and response to every proposed clearcut Timber Harvest plan across the region; meadow and stream monitoring of livestock impacts within the Stanislaus Forest; construction of fences and restoration work to protect and restore meadows and riparian areas; service as a watchdog and key influence for the Tuolumne Utilities District as TUD struggles to comply with its NPDES permit; and engagement in Calaveras County land planning and water issues. CSERC will reach 7000-9000 students in the Stockton-Modesto area with slide show presentations inspiring them to care about water; wildlife; and conservation. | More details |
| Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $7,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protect Mowry Slough Wetlands | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.bayrefuge.org | Supports the preservation of the western edge of Mowry Slough; one of the most important wetlands on San Francisco Bay's eastern shoreline. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | Cleaning Up Contaminated Waterways: Making the Clean Water Act Work Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/ | Supports the education of Central Valley Regional Board members on important issues; participation in state and regional programs to address specific Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water quality problems; advocacy for strong non-point agricultural runoff controls from 80% of the state's agricultural land; and organizing impacted communities to promote regional recognition of subsistence fishing and tribal cultural uses and beneficial uses on which water cleanup goals are based. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Fallout Prevention Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Supports community organizing; research; and legal intervention in reviewing the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) process for a refinery expansion project at the Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo; the revised DEIR process for the refinery expansion project proposed by Chevron in Richmond; and related regulatory proceedings including efforts to track and map how toxic fallout from refinery air emissions precipitates into San Francisco Bay. Other significant water quality issues related to the proposed expansions include the cumulative impacts of the Rodeo refinery's proposal to expand their once-through cooling system by nearly 500%; increasing output of hot salty water into San Francisco Bay to 40000 gallons per minute. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $10,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sound Water Planning Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Calaveras County | California | http://www.calaverascap.com | Supports community-based advocacy to implement sound water planning in Amador and Calaveras Counties that balances the water quality of important tributaries to the San Joaquin watershed with human water needs. | More details |
| Community Conservation Solutions | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Green Solution Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://conservationsolutions.org/ | Supports a study to address Sonoma County's pressing water quality and supply problems on a watershed scale; focusing on smart habitat; parks and open space to naturally capture; treat; and store water for re-use. Community Conservation Solutions will conduct the scoping; data evaluation; preliminary research; and stakeholder coordination necessary to define a complete Green Solution Project analysis for Sonoma County; which will result in an integrated; ecosystem-based and metrics-driven tool to help decision-makers meet long-term water sustainability and habitat conservation goals. | More details |
| Daily Acts | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $18,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 2014 Greywater Systems Challenge | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.dailyacts.org | Supports continued development of the greywater movement in the Russian River watershed by collaborating with partner cities in Sonoma County and the Sonoma County Water Agency; with the goals of inspiring and educating 100 households to commit to installing a greywater system; supporting the installation of 50100 systems; and educating 1000 citizens about how greywater systems combined with water conservation will reduce stormwater pollution and enable groundwater recharge. Educational activities will encompass community-based workshops; tours; presentations and targeted follow-up to increase watershed stewardship activities in the Russian and Petaluma river watersheds. The project will also facilitate increased greywater installations by building a skilled group of trainers to support households through the installation process; refining the program through assessment including implementing a survey of past 100 Greywater Systems Challenge registrants; and strengthening and further catalyzing watershed-focused; community networks by sharing knowledge and resources. | More details |
| Del Amo Action Committee | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $40,000.00 | Southern Coast | Los Angeles Basin Groundwater Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kern County | California | http://www.delamoactioncommittee.org | Supports community-based efforts to stop the spread of contamination in numerous groundwater aquifers in the greater Los Angeles basin. In addition to rendering the groundwater unsafe; many of these plumes are contiguous to the Los Angeles River and affect the river; especially in South LA. This project involves engaging numerous governmental partners and elected officials at both the state and federal level to support the issuance of cleanup and abatement orders to install pump and treat systems to stop the contamination spread to the parties responsible for the contamination of the aquifers; as well as invoking the power of science and using congressional allies to convene an expert panel for recommendations on the actual cleanup of the sources of these contaminated plumes. A portion of this grant was enabled by a legal settlement between California Communities Against Toxics and Allied Waste Transfer (Wilmington). | More details |
| Earth Law Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $18,500.00 | Central Valley | Bay/Delta Flows and the Clean Water Act | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthlawcenter.org | Supports the application of the Clean Water Act to existing and upcoming Delta processes to ensure adequate; clean flows in the Delta that will build CWA flow accountability into the proposed Peripheral Tunnel (BCDP) project; the Delta Plan; and the update of the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control plan. The goal is to fully protect Delta aquatic life and habitat health; ensure the listing of Delta waterways impaired by altered flows on the 2012 CWA Section 303(d) impaired waters list to provide new support for their restoration (e.g. through waste and unreasonable use hearings); and build support for the adoption of water rights for Delta waterways. | More details |
| Earthjustice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $15,000.00 | Central Valley | Using the Power of the Law to Protect the Bay-Delta Ecosystem | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://earthjustice.org | Supports the continuing legal defense of the historic species and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta ecosystem protections contained in the current federal management plans for the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project. These management plans promise to end the chronic over-pumping that undermines the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Bay-Delta) ecosystem; its native fish; and the region's commercial salmon fishing industry. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $12,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Eco-Stewards Watershed Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | Supports the Eco-Stewards Project; an in-depth classroom and field trip project that connects middle and high school students with hands-on restoration activities at watersheds near their schools. The project enriches the capabilities of teens to engage in science investigations and lead action projects that promote environmental and watershed stewardship in their communities. Students discover the connection between individual actions and the health of local watershed sites. Expected outcomes from this grant include: 12 classroom presentations; 8 restoration field days; approximately 500 hours of community service to be conducted by teens restoring local watershed sites; hundreds of native plants to be installed in riparian habitat; nearly 1000 square feet of riparian habitat to be mulched; and hundreds of pounds of trash to be removed from waterways. | More details |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $21,300.00 | Central Coast | Central Coast Community Clean Water Capacity-Building Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://ejcw.org | Supports capacity building among the Monterey County region's disadvantaged communities so that they can effectively engage in decisions that affect the health and well being of the watersheds on which they depend for drinking water and other ecological services. Activities will include coordination of training and education as part of a community leadership development curriculum. The curriculum will include ecological and public health as it relates to water; water policy and governance; and advocacy and organizing. Activities will also include forming a council of community water justice leaders; creating a space where these leaders can share information and meet regularly to identify challenges and generate solutions; engage new partners and groom evermore powerful leaders; provide peer-to-peer education and other training; hold forums and other public meetings and demonstrations to hold decision-makers accountable; and utilize EJCW's statewide infrastructure of work groups and task forces in order to advance the human right to water in California. | More details |
| Environmental Water Caucus | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $25,000.00 | Statewide | California Water Solutions Project; Phase 3 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ewccalifornia.org/home/index.php | Supports community education and related advocacy with the Delta Stewardship Council; the Bay Delta Conservation Project; and the State Water Resources Control Board urging the abandonment of the state's ill-conceived plans to construct tunnels under the Delta in favor of ecosystem friendly; soft path solutions are critical to the recovery of the Bay Delta; and emphasizing that better utilization of existing water supplies rather than increased Delta exports will be the main source of future water supplies throughout the state. | More details |
| Environmental Water Caucus | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | California Water Solutions Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.ewccalifornia.org/home/index.php | Supports specialized research; analysis and comments on the draft EIR of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan; with an overall goal of promoting an environmentally-superior alternative; the Reasonable Exports Plan; which would reduced proposed water exports form the Delta in favor of water conservation and better utilization of existing water supplies. As it is currently proposed; the BDCP is one of the primary supports for the proposed peripheral tunnels that would shift massive amounts of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin- San Francisco Bay watershed and ship it south to benefit large private agricultural interests and Southern California municipal water users. Reducing water exports to reasonable levels; thus preserving adequate flows into the Delta is absolutely crucial to any chance of preserving water quality; California's salmon fishery; and the rich local family-farm agricultural economy of the Delta region. | More details |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $20,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Amador County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org | Supports continued conservation and restoration efforts for the Mokelumne River and its watershed; a primary tributary to the San Joaquin River. The primary outcomes will be to ward off projects that can damage the river and watershed; ensure that river-healthy projects are included in regional watershed programs; promote reintroduction of salmon and steelhead to their historic spawning habitat above East Bay MUD's dams; and continue to build local; regional and statewide support for long-term conservation and protection of the upper Mokelumne River through Wild and Scenic River designation. | More details |
| Friends of Marsh Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Citizen Water Quality Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://fomcw.org/ | Supports a partnership between the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy and Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed to expand the reach of the Citizen Water Quality Monitoring program; increasing the scope of the program's environmental education and outreach efforts and expanding the program's water quality monitoring and advocacy work further into the Delta waterway system. Funding will broaden the Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed's Youth Internship Program; which develops youth as stewards; provides opportunities for university; junior college; and alternative high school students; and expands the community's sense of ownership and stewardship of its watershed. | More details |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $40,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Protect the Delta and Upstream Rivers Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.friendsoftheriver.org | Supports analysis and advocacy related to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP); the Shasta Dam; and Sites Off-Stream Reservoir Project. Friends of the River plans to change or halt the BDCP which would permit the construction of two giant tunnels to provide subsidized irrigation water from the Sacramento River to corporate agricultural operations in the Western San Joaquin Valley and in Southern California; creating alterations in upstream reservoirs that could negatively impact river flows and fish habitat throughout the entire Sacramento River watershed. Friends of the River will continue its multi-pronged approach to river advocacy by utilizing legal strategy; public education; coalition building and media exposure. | More details |
| Friends of the San Francisco Estuary | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Estuary Freshwater Flows Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://friendsofsfestuary.weebly.com/ | Supports an outreach and advocacy campaign to demand increased freshwater flows for the San Francisco-Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. Key planning processes; including the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and the State Water Resources Control Board's updates to the San Francisco Bay-Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary Water Quality Control Plan; will determine the amount of fresh water that will flow into the Delta and San Francisco Bay for many years to come. These water flows decisions will have a significant impact on the health of the entire Bay-Delta Estuary ecosystem; its fisheries; the livelihood of family farmers in the Delta region and quality of life for millions of residents; yet currently these plans do not ensure adequate freshwater flows to the Delta or San Francisco Bay Estuary. Friends of the San Francisco Estuary will meet with municipal and county leaders throughout the Delta region to educate municipal leaders and encourage city and county resolutions on freshwater flows; modeled on similar resolutions passed by Contra Costa County and the Association of Bay Area Governments in 2012; and will also bring leaders together for a meeting or conference that will lead to region-wide action and a more cohesive engagement with the watershed planning processes currently underway. | More details |
| Global Community Monitor | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $22,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | SF Bay Pollution Prevention Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.gcmonitor.org | Supports community-based engagement to strengthen regulatory policies to reduce stormwater run off and dust into the San Francisco Bay watershed. Activities will also include citizen enforcement actions targeted towards metals processing facilities in the region with the goal of achieving commitments from these facilities to reduce their contributions to stormwater pollution. The overall goal of the project is to reduce levels of toxic pollution and metals in San Francisco Bay; including lead; copper; nickel; aluminum; zinc; and also bring greater regulatory attention towards under-regulated industrial pollution sources to encourage overall regulatory and policy change to protect Bay Area water quality. | More details |
| Guadalupe Coyote Resource Conservation District | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Permanente Creek Steelhead Restoration Investigation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.gcrcd.org/ | Supports initial engineering studies to determine the extent of reasonable alternatives to modify a 1.3 mile concrete diversion channel between Stevens Creek and Permanente Creek to allow steelhead and other anadromous fish to migrate from San Francisco Bay to the upper reaches of Permanente Creek. The results of this investigation will be used to direct a comprehensive feasibility study of returning anadromous fish to the upper reaches of Permanente Creek. The overall goal of the project is to connect of the upper reaches of Permanente Creek; including those within Rancho San Antonio Regional Park and approximately 3.5 miles of court-ordered fish habitat within the Lehigh Cement property; with steelhead and other anadromous fish in San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Institute for Fisheries Resources | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $15,000.00 | Central Valley | Delta Tunnels Boondoggle Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ifrfish.org/ | Supports a broad-based social media campaign targeting metropolitan water users in order to build public support for water conservation rather than the proposed 35 mile-long twin tunnels; a $16 billion engineering project that would divert massive amounts of fresh water out of the Delta for use by large agricultural and urban development interests. In addition to educating water users about the water quality and fisheries issues at stake; the project highlights economic analysis according to the State Legislative Analyst's Office; the proposed tunnels would generate a net economic benefit of about $5 billion over the 50-year life of the project; while water customers would pay more than $17 billion in higher water rates. | More details |
| Kids for the Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $13,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Action Program | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.kidsforthebay.org | Supports delivery of a comprehensive; in-depth environmental education and action program in elementary schools in Pittsburg and Antioch. The program includes five two-hour classroom lessons that engage students in hands-on science activities and critical thinking to learn about their watershed; creek; bay; and neighborhood clean-up projects; field trips in the local environment and to creek; bay; and ocean habitats; student-led action projects to solve local environmental problems; creative activities to engage parents in their children's learning; experiential professional development for teachers and academic credit opportunities; and opportunities for school partnerships with community environmental groups and local government agencies to restore; protect; and beautify local habitats. Students learn about the unique ecosystem of the San Francisco Bay Estuary and how it connects with their neighborhoods; and also study sources of pollution to the watershed and learn how pollution entering the storm drain system affects the entire ecosystem. Students organize clean-up projects and recruit their families and other classes at the school to participate; giving them a direct; hands-on experience in a natural watershed habitat and developing further reasons to protect and care for their watershed. | More details |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $35,000.00 | Southern Coast | Advocacy Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.lawaterkeeper.org | Supports ongoing investigation and enforcement activities in east and south Los Angeles. LA Waterkeeper has identified dozens of industrial facilities either conducting business without a water quality permit or in violation of issued permits. Pollutants originating from these facilities contribute to water quality impairments in the Los Angeles River and the San Pedro Bay - including impairments for bacteria; metals and trash. Funding will support the investigation of these facilities and collection of water quality samples during the rainy season. After appropriately documenting the violations; Waterkeeper will address these violations through stormwater expert recommendations; and litigation if needed. Funding also supports ongoing compliance monitoring to protect habitat and water quality in the Malibu ASBS under a settlement agreement with the City of Malibu. The goal of the monitoring is to ensure that Malibu complies with its agreement to cease all non-stormwater flow; and to meet water quality standards at public beaches in and adjacent to the Malibu ASBS. A portion of this grant was enabled by a legal settlement between California Communities Against Toxics and Allied Waste Transfer (Wilmington). | More details |
| Maven's Notebook | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $50,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://mavensnotebook.com/ | Supports Maven's Notebook; an online news journal that provides in-depth coverage of California water and environmental issues; with a strong focus on water quality issues affecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Widely hailed as a crucial and objective source of information by all the different parties involved in Delta watershed planning; Maven's Notebook allows readers to follow important events and key conferences; while also providing a directory of links on web resources; research papers; publications; and a growing library of legal documents; maps; and diagrams. The website also features innovative tools like the BDCP Road Map; a navigational tool that dissects; organizes; and arranges the 30000+ pages of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan into a user-friendly interface that helps people navigate this complex document. By providing these resources free to all users; Maven's Notebook helps to open the entire Delta watershed planning process to the public; and grounds the often-acrimonious debate over the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in science and fact. | More details |
| Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $29,700.00 | Central Coast | Water Quality Project: Scott Creek Watershed; Santa Cruz County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.mbstp.org/ | The water quality of Big Creek; tributary to Scott Creek in northern Santa Cruz County has declined significantly as a result of the Lockheed Fire of 2009; and the occurrence of a natural landslide. The sediment load during turbidity events is resulting in large amounts of sand and silt being deposited in the local Coho salmon and trout fish rearing facilities. The health of the fish is being severely compromised by the sediment and fungal infections; resulting in increased fish mortality. Funding supports engineered design; acquisition and installation of sediment removal equipment to alleviate the problem in the hatchery and improve overall water quality as turbid sediment laden water diverted from the creek will be returned to the creek with the bulk of the sediment removed. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $20,000.00 | North Central & East | Medicine Lake Volcano Watershed Protection Project and Mount Shasta Regional Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | The Mount Shasta Watershed Protection Project safeguards the pure waters; rich biodiversity and forests of Mount Shasta and the surrounding region. Fall River Springs is the largest spring system in the State; constituting a major source for Shasta County's Fall River and Pitt River; the Upper Sacramento River watershed and Shasta Lake Reservoir. The area above the 6000-foot elevation was designated as eligible for listing as a Native American Traditional Cultural District on the National Register of Historic Places due to its sacred significance to Tribes in Shasta County and the surrounding area. | More details |
| Northern California River Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $13,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California Tiger Salamander Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://ncriverwatch.org/ | Supports the protection of threatened and endangered aquatic species; most notably Steelhead Trout; Coho Salmon; and California Tiger Salamander; in the Russian River Watershed. These species are currently threatened by land development and vineyard management practices. The grant monies would be used for training and equipping volunteers to monitor surface waters in Sonoma and Mendocino Counties for draw downs of water to levels; which can endanger Steelhead and Coho. | More details |
| Our Children's Earth Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $40,000.00 | Central Valley | Central Valley Commercial Animal Feed Operations Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ocefoundation.org | Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) produce large quantities of manure and other animal related wastes; which are typically not managed in an environmentally sound manner. Animal wastes produced by CAFOs include numerous potentially harmful pollutants; including: nitrogen and phosphorus; organic matter; solids; including the manure itself and other elements mixed with it such as spilled feed; bedding and litter materials; hair; feathers and animal corpses; pathogens (disease-causing organisms such as bacteria and viruses); salts; trace elements such as arsenic; odorous/volatile compounds such as carbon dioxide; methane; hydrogen-sulfide; and ammonia; antibiotics; pesticides and hormones. Funding supports the identification of CAFOs in the Delta watershed and their proximity to vernal pools; wetlands streams; and the Sacramento; American and San Joaquin rivers; as well as the gathering of both general and specific information concerning adverse impact of CAFOs in the Delta watershed on endangered and threatened species (such as fairy shrimp; California red-legged frog; and various subspecies of salmon; steelhead; and sturgeon) and on sensitive water bodies such as vernal pools; wetlands; small streams and larger rivers. | More details |
| Pesticide Watch Education Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $12,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Northern California Community Assistance Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://pesticidewatch.org/ | Supports continuing work with communities in the Sacramento and Yolo Counties to protect the watershed and their neighborhoods from toxic pesticides. Through the Northern California Community Assistance Program; PWEF will empower five resident groups with the skills; strategy; and training needed to develop effective campaigns to address pesticide problems and establish protections for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed. | More details |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $2,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | 2014 Water for Life Annual Symposium Sponsorship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pclfoundation.org | More details | |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Coordinating an Effective Response to BDCP | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pclfoundation.org/ | Supports coordination of public outreach and media communications around the environmental community's response to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan's draft Environmental Impact Report. The BDCP is one of the primary supports for the proposed peripheral tunnels that would shift massive amounts of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin-San Francisco Bay watershed and ship it south to benefit large private agricultural interests and Southern California municipal water users. Preserving adequate flows into the Delta is absolutely crucial to any chance of preserving water quality; California's salmon fishery; and the rich local family-farm agricultural economy of the Delta region. By providing coordination for the many grassroots organizations that are reviewing the 30000 page BDCP EIR; the project will ensure broad public dissemination of the community's water quality analysis; and help make sure that the general public can participate in the debate over the future of the Delta. | More details |
| Plumas Corporation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $36,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Watershed Monitoring Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Plumas County | California | http://plumascorporation.org/ | Supports water quality monitoring and data collection to guide watershed restoration in the upper Feather River watershed; the headwaters of the State Water Project; serving 23 million Californians. Funding will support six continuous recording stations; which require standard protocols; maintenance; and the compilation and analysis of data by staff. With technical support provided by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board; Plumas Corporation will install three more continuous recording stations in Red Clover Valley; and will continue data collection and station maintenance. By collecting and analyzing this data; the project will improve the existing fourteen years of baseline data and enable stakeholders throughout the upper Sacramento Watershed to more accurately describe and quantify stream and meadow restoration benefits to water quality; specifically water temperatures and sediment supply; and stream hydrology. | More details |
| Russian Riverkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $26,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.russianriverkeeper.org | Supports two initiatives to reduce impacts to water quality and the biological health of the Russian River from vineyards; the largest land use in the watershed. The first initiative is robust participation in the development of the Agricultural Lands Discharge Program. The second initiative aims at improving the width; area and health of streamside riparian areas to reduce pollutants and flood impacts; increase salmon populations and improve wildlife habitat quality and connectivity. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $60,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://baykeeper.org | Supports advocacy; water quality monitoring and science; on-the-water patrols; public education; and when necessary; strategic lawsuits. Important projected outcomes include: cleanup of toxic rainy-season runoff pollution from industrial facilities in the San Francisco Bay; strengthening of state regulations and policies that protect both the Delta and the Bay; the continued safe cleanup of the Ghost Fleet of Suisun Bay at the gateway to the Delta; and advocacy to protect Monterey County watersheds from impacts of fracking. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Annual Conference Sponsorship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | Supports travel scholarships allowing grassroots activists to attend a conference related to protecting Sierra Nevada watersheds. These watersheds collectively form the headwaters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. | More details | |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $19,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Watershed Restoration Is A SNAP | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Supports on the ground watershed restoration work performed by the Sierra Nevada Alliance's Member Group Support Program to improve water quality; increase native frog habitat; improve wetland function; remove invasive species; and control erosion in the Bear-Yuba watershed; located at the headwaters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Funding will also support the Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership's twenty-eight AmeriCorps members in completing the work in one intensive week that will include restoration training; benefitting not only the San Joaquin/Bay Delta watershed at the targeted restoration site; but also allowing members to bring back restoration skills benefitting other headwaters to the Delta watershed. | More details |
| Sonoma County Water Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Peer Reviews of Russian River Science Review Panel Products | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://scwatercoalition.org/ | 2008; 2009 and 2010 spring fish kills in the Russian River and tributary streams correlated in time and space to episodes of water extraction for vineyard frost protection. In 2011; SCWA fostered a public-private partnership for an Independent Science Review Panel (ISRP) to develop deeper understanding of the Russian River Watershed's geomorphic and hydrologic systems; and to create a conceptual model of their interactive functions; and the ecological impacts of human ground and surface water use. This grant supports peer reviews on written ISRP products. | More details |
| Tuolumne River Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $15,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Revive the Tuolumne | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.tuolumne.org | Supports increased water flows down the Tuolumne River and other tributaries to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The project will continue to build a grassroots base of support for protecting the Tuolumne River and the Delta by implementing Revive the Tuolumne as the central message; organizing a grassroots media event as Paddle to the Sea comes through Sacramento. Activities will include generating 1000 unique letters to the Governor urging him to support the SWRCB in their efforts to set adequate flow standards and to submit 25 letters to the editor in local papers; encouraging at least 25 people; including technical experts and elected officials; to attend the SWRCB public hearing; after they release their revised flow standard; and pooling resources and expertise with other organizations by organizing monthly meetings to bolster the grassroots effort to protect the watershed; including formulating joint comments and filings; and coordination of strategy. | More details |
| Waldo Holt San Joaquin Wildlife Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2013 | $18,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Land Acquisition Plan | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Stanislaus County | California | http://www.waldoconservancy.org/ | Supports the acquisition of parcels of riparian habitat in cooperation with the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Conservation Plan (SJMSCP) adjacent to their agricultural mitigation preserves or other conserved land. WHSJWC is looking at mainly 40-200 acre parcels that will otherwise not be preserved. | More details |
| Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Peninsula Watershed Stewardship Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.acterra.org/ | Supports habitat restoration in seven watersheds of Southern San Mateo and Northern Santa Clara Counties; including Arroyo Ojo de Agua; San Francisco; Matadero; Barron; Adobe; Permanente and Stevens Creeks. This project would contribute to the launch of 2 new restoration sites; steward 13 existing sites; and expand educational programming to diverse and undeserved communities. | More details |
| American River Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Ladies Valley Habitat Enhancement | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.arconservancy.org/ | Supports the restoration and enhancement of the oak woodland; riparian; floodplain and wetland habitat at the 320-acre Ladies' Valley property on the North Fork Cosumnes River. This project would contribute to the removal and treatment of non-native invasive plants through integrated methods; including prescribed fire; hand removal and mechanical control (mowing; cutting). It will also focus on the establishment of native plants and propagation of existing remnant populations of locally rare populations of perennial bunch grasses; native sedges; shrubs; and trees. | More details |
| AquAlliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento River Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County Colusa County Glenn County Placer County Sacramento County Shasta County Sutter County Yolo County Yuba County | California | http://aqualliance.net | The overall goal of the project is to protect the hydrologic health of the Sacramento River; the primary tributary to the San Francisco Bay watershed; by halting the planned massive overdrafts of Sacramento Valley groundwater. Recharge of the Sacramento River_''s many tributaries from groundwater springs is vital to preserving adequate water flows and temperatures needed to support robust commercial and recreational fisheries; support recreational uses; provide drinking water for millions of Californians; preserve the salinity balance of the Sacramento-San Joaquin-San Francisco Bay Delta; and flush pollutants from the entire San Francisco Bay watershed. Activities will center around technical analysis of the proposed transfer of 600000 acre feet of water per year from the Sacramento River watershed to Southern California agricultural and municipal users; and educating the community members about the impact these transfers would have on the aquatic habitat and water quality of the Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $14,700.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Treasure Island Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County Contra Costa County Yolo County | California | http://www.arcecology.org | Supports community-led cleanup and watershed management projects related to decades of US Navy-related pollution in Suisun Bay (Mothball Fleet); Yosemite Slough (Hunters Point Shipyard) and Yerba Buena/Treasure Island. Each site is at a critical stage of restoration. Since the badly deteriorated ships of the Suisun Mothball Fleet are located where tidal influences from San Francisco Bay impact fresh water flows from the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta; they are positioned to spread lead and other pollutants throughout the entire San Francisco Bay/Delta area; thus Arc_''s continued leadership as a watchdog to ensure that the US Maritime Administration fully implements its clean up and restoration agreements is crucial. The other main project activity centers around Arc_''s participation in the US Navy_''s Shipyard Base Clean-up Team and the USEPA_''s Yosemite Slough Technical Advisory Group. Arc facilitates community in these processes to ensure adequate cleanup; restoration and long-term watershed management of this Superfund site. Additional activities include supporting community engagement in an ongoing determination of whether Treasure Island should be classified on the National Priorities List due to decades of pollution impacts from US Navy and current Coast Guard activities. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $15,750.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org/ | Supports the Citizen's Water Monitoring project; which documents the changes that are occurring in the watershed due to clearcutting and post-fire salvage logging Battle Creek; one of the largest tributaries of the Sacramento River and one of the few remaining habitats for wild-run Chinook salmon. Data about the negative water quality impacts of clearcutting and salvage logging will be provided to governmental agencies. | More details |
| Blue Tomorrow | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $61,282.13 | Southern Coast | Environmental Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.blue-tomorrow.com | More details | |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $12,600.00 | Sacramento Valley | Northern Sacramento Valley Water Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.becnet.org | Supports the education of Butte County citizens and policy makers about threats to Big Chico Creek and the Sacramento River; and promote sustainable water policy solutions that prioritize conservation over massive water transfers out of the Sacramento basin. BEC will also continue its campaign to educate local residents about the water quality impacts of hydraulic fracturing in Butte County; and hold public workshops and perform community outreach to promote local water quality and conservation initiatives; including the installation of BioSwales to control stormwater runoff and boost water table recharge in the City of Chico. | More details |
| California Coastkeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $40,000.00 | Statewide | Industrial Stormwater Permit Challenge | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org/ | Runoff from industrial facilities can contain heavy metals including lead; zinc and copper; and industrial stormwater runoff remains the single largest source of contamination to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and is associated with a myriad of negative impacts to plant; wildlife; and human populations. Nearly 2000 industrial sites discharge stormwater and associated pollutants into the San Joaquin River and the San Joaquin Delta watershed. Contaminants in stormwater runoff from these sites include dioxins; PCBs; and mercury - chemical compounds with acute impacts to ecosystems and human health. Funding supports legal advocacy to require state monitoring to determine compliance with water quality standards and to require the incorporation of TMDLs and associated pollutant target levels into the statewide industrial general permit. The goal of the project is to require implementation of best management practices and technologies to treat stormwater runoff before it enters the San Joaquin River; its tributaries; and the San Joaquin Delta. This grant also supports work done in the Los Angeles River; where copper; zinc; mercury; lead; bacteria; oil and grease; trash; and nitrogen are actively contributed through stormwater discharge by a diverse mix of industrial facilities including auto yards; scrap metal recycling facilities; oil refineries; and waste transfer stations. These runoff pollutants are the primary source of the LA River's impairment; and impose a significant economic burden on the region related to cleanup costs; beach closures; and associated health impacts. Funding supports legal advocacy to require state monitoring to determine compliance with water quality standards and to require the incorporation of TMDLs and associated pollutant target levels into the statewide industrial general permit. The goal of the project is to require implementation of best management practices and technologies to treat stormwater runoff before it enters the LA River. | More details |
| California Native Plant Society | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $10,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Native Plant Horticulture for Healthy Watersheds | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cnps.org | Supports the development of a standard curriculum to educate homeowners on native plant landscaping and conduct training workshops throughout the Bay Area. Residential runoff has been identified as a leading constituent of San Francisco Bay stormwater pollution and workshops will teach Bay Area homeowners how to reduce irrigation and chemical inputs while addressing the larger issue of stormwater retention; creek erosion; and chemical runoff in the Bay watershed. To date; CNPS has reached 1700 homeowners. The goal for this funding is to leverage the volunteer power of CNPS' seven SF Bay Area chapters to expand the workshops to reach 5000 homeowners. The curriculum will also be shared with StopWaste and municipal utility districts to augment their conservation and water quality efforts. | More details |
| California Product Stewardship Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $16,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Sustainable Medication Take Back for Sacramento River and San Francisco Bay-Delta Watershed Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.calpsc.org/ | Supports pharmaceutical disposal education and outreach efforts to protect the San Francisco Bay-Delta Watershed by focusing on East Contra Costa County communities including the cities of Pittsburg; Antioch; Brentwood and Oakley; and the unincorporated areas of Bay Point; Bethel Island; Discovery Bay and Knightsen. This project would provide technical assistance to develop new partnerships to expand the existing collection program in East Contra Costa County; which would establish three new medication collection bins; promote the DRTF program to the community; and find hosts to pay ongoing disposal costs. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $45,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Watershed Enforcers | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County Colusa County Fresno County Glenn County Kern County Merced County Placer County Sacramento County Shasta County Solano County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Yuba County | California | http://calsport.org/ | Waters from Redding to Fresno drain into San Francisco Bay; flushing downstream every drop of agricultural runoff; industrial effluent; stormwater runoff and municipal sewage discharged into the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Funding supports CSPA_''s network of regional investigators; technical experts and attorneys; who conduct an ongoing; systemic and highly-effective campaign to enforce state and federal water quality standards and bring polluters into compliance with clean water laws. CSPA_''s specialists will also review and comment on numerous State of California agency processes related to San Francisco Bay; including the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and the proposed Delta Tunnels water diversions; to encourage greater flows of clean; fresh water to the Bay and oppose of new diversions of water from the San Francisco Bay watershed. Adequate fresh water flows to San Francisco Bay are a fundamental cornerstone of Bay water quality; flushing pollution out of the system; maintaining the estuary_''s proper temperature and salinity balance; and maintaining the quality of fisheries and recreational uses. | More details |
| California Trout | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $1,950.00 | Southern Coast | Public Outreach for the Santa Clara River Steelhead Coalition | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://caltrout.org/ | Supports public outreach to promote the efforts of the CalTrout-led Santa Clara River Steelhead Coalition to recover the endangered Southern California steelhead and its habitat in the Santa Clara River Watershed. | More details |
| Center on Race; Poverty & the Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sponsor 25th Anniversary | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/ | More details | |
| Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Green and Healthy South Oxnard Project (GHSOP) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://www.causenow.org | Supports community involvement in the restoration and protection of the Oxnard Plain and Ormond Beach Wetlands. South Oxnard is an industrial area situated on the coast. Part of the area; notably the Halaco sitem is on the national Superfund list; other local pollution sources include power plants; a paper mill; waste water treatment facilities and other industrial uses such as metal recyclers. Contaminated runoff and discharges from these facilities threaten the ecosystem of the Oxnard Beach Wetlands and the adjacent coastal waters of the Southern California Bight. Activities include engaging local youth in hands-on environmental stewardship including conducting at least six Ormond Wetland and beach trash cleanups; and strengthening community engagement in local watershed management and long-term clean-up and remediation issues to support a greener; healthier Oxnard through bi-weekly meetings that will involve 2000 community members over the course of the year. | More details |
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $31,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support Watershed Programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Merced County Stanislaus County Tuolumne County | California | http://www.cserc.org/ | Supports 4 water-focused program efforts that target the Mokelumne; Stanislaus; and Tuolumne River watersheds. This project would contribute to watershed field assessments and advocacy to protect at-risk riparian areas and wet meadows on Stanislaus National Forest lands where livestock contamination poses health risks to forest visitors and meadow damage diminishes watershed health; engagement in IRWMP planning and project development for the upper Tuolumne and upper Stanislaus River systems; public awareness outreach to youth and community groups; Rim Fire watershed recovery planning; and restoration of the highly degraded 402-square mile burn area. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Central Valley Irrigated Lands & Salinity Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/ | Runoff from agricultural fields and dairies that is discharged into the San Joaquin River and its tributaries causes the river to become increasingly contaminated as it travels north; and the lower San Joaquin River is currently listed as impaired for numerous contaminants related to agriculture; including Chlorpyrifos; Diuron; Toxaphene; DDT; DDE; Class A Pesticides; salinity; and e-coli. The grant supports community-based advocacy to reduce these discharges by educating decision-makers about the contribution of agriculture to water contamination in the San Joaquin River and throughout the Delta; and the need for strong; effective regulation to protect water quality. | More details | |
| Coastal Habitat Education & Environmental Restoration | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $45,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support Grant | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://cheercentral.org | Supports trash removal and continuous maintenance of the Pajaro River and surrounding watershed. CHEER engages in large scale; volunteer driven clean ups. Since 2007; CHEER has removed over 7500 cubic yards of trash without the use of heavy machinery _'' thus protecting sensitive riparian areas to the maximum extent possible. The following specific activities will be conducted with grant funds: identify dumping ''hot spots'' along the Pajaro River; reclaim and restore these areas and post cameras to continuously monitor dumping sites; and create a mobile monument of the trash extracted from Pajaro River to be used in school demonstrations and special events to raise awareness about river stewardship. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $36,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Crude Awakenings | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cbecal.org | The oil production boom spurred by Canadian tar sands and Bakken crude is driving a massive increase in rail shipments of oil to San Francisco Bay Area refineries. Along the way; much of this oil travels on rail lines adjacent to the Carquinez Straits along the shores of San Francisco Bay; through the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta; and before reaching San Francisco Bay or the Delta; some of the oil trains run alongside the Sacramento River; which is the primary tributary to San Francisco Bay. This creates a significant risk of exposure from both routine and catastrophic oil spills into the Bay-Delta watershed; threatening fisheries; recreational uses; and drinking water supplies. Funding supports technical analysis; community education and legal advocacy to prevent damage to San Francisco Bay and its watershed from oil spills related to trains servicing the WesPac/Pittsburg; Valero/Benicia; Phillips 66 _''_SFR_''/Santa Maria-Rodeo; and Chevron/Richmond refineries. In addition to protecting San Francisco Bay-Delta water quality; the project will also promote emergency response planning to help communities near the rail lines prepare for fires and other dangers from oil train derailments. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $8,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | MokeWISE | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sierra County | California | http://calaverascap.com | The Mokelumne Watershed Interregional Sustainability Evaluation Program is an in-depth study being conducted by municipalities; water agencies; utilities and community organizations in the Mokelumne River; a major tributary to the San Joaquin River. The goal of this MokeWISE program is to develop a scientifically-based and broadly supported approach to water resources management that is comprehensive and sustainable in the Mokelumne River. Funding will support Community Action Project and its coalition of community groups' continued participation in the review and commentary of the study as well as the design of the public interest criteria considered in the process of the State Water Resource's issuance of water rights; diversion; and/or storage permits. | More details |
| Community Alliance with Family Farmers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $21,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Outreach and Education for On-Farm Water Stewardship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.caff.org/ | Supports on-farm water stewardship in the Russian River watershed by providing outreach and education to family farmers on best management practices (BMPs) such as: irrigation scheduling; regulated deficit irrigation; soil management; compost systems; sap flow sensors; and dry farming. This project would also contribute to continued work in the Monterey/Santa Cruz area with Driscoll's; the Santa Cruz Resource Conservation District (RCD); and berry farmers in the ongoing Community Dialogue process to reduce on-farm water use of berry growers to balance the aquifer and reduce runoff. It would also focus on employing irrigation scheduling technologies; especially soil moisture monitoring. | More details | |
| Community Conservation Solutions | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sonoma County Green Solution Study: Integrated and Sustainable Solutions to Regional Water Problems | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.conservationsolutions.org/ | Supports a Green Solution study to identify priority opportunities for re-using stormwater runoff in Sonoma County watersheds. This integrated; metrics-based analysis will result in a practical; watershed-scale tool to help Sonoma County's decision-makers know where to implement stormwater and urban runoff capture projects to solve the county's serious water quality; water supply and habitat restoration problems. This project would help re-establish natural watershed functions; replenish groundwater; provide new water supplies for irrigation; restore riparian and other native habitat; and create community-serving open space. | More details |
| Community Water Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $38,250.00 | Central Valley | Irrigated Lands Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://communitywatercenter.org/ | Supports the reduction of discharges and runoff from Central Valley farms that pollute the surface waters that empty into the San Francisco Bay Delta and its tributaries. This project would provide community and environmental justice input into the development of the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program at the Central Valley Regional Water Board and State Water Resources Control Board in order to improve nutrient and pesticide use efficiency for irrigated lands in the region. Activities will include the oversight and review of the Eastside San Joaquin Waste Discharge Requirements through participation in stakeholder processes; technical and legal review; oral testimony and written comment letters and the facilitation of community participation in decision-making processes impacting water quality in the Central Valley region. | More details | |
| Daily Acts | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Petaluma Greywater Challenge | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.dailyacts.org | Since launching the Greywater System Challenge in 2010; Daily Acts has taught hundreds of community members how to install do-it-yourself greywater systems and registered thousands of individual actions to conserve water and take other ecologically benficial actions. To date; over 350 people have pledged to install greywater systems in their homes. These ''laundry-to-landscape'' systems would divert over 2.2 million gallons of water from overtaxed wastewater treatment facilities and dramatically reduce the use of potable water for landscape irrigation. Funding supports: further DIY greywater system installation workshops to residents throughout Petaluma; development of outreach methods and materials for school presentations; seasonal stewardship workshops for at-risk youth; and follow-up evaluations on the greywater installations that result from the workshops. | More details |
| Earthjustice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Legal Advocacy to Protect the Bay-Delta Ecosystem | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.conservationsolutions.org/ | Supports legal advocacy promoting the end of the chronic over-pumping of water that undermines the San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem and its native fish. Activities will include the preservation of the federal government's 2008 Delta Smelt Biological Opinion (bi-op); the defense of the bi-ops' pumping restrictions and other protective measures from attempts by large water users to get them enjoined; challenging long-term federal water contracts with large water users; which have over-committed the Central Valley's scarce water resources; and submitting comments detailing shortcomings of the draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan; which would increase Delta water exports via construction of two massive tunnels through the Delta. | More details | |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sustainable Youth: 2014 Watershed Internships | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | Supports building on a successful weekly after-school creek stewardship internship based in Pinole Valley High School (PVHS) along Pinole Creek. This project would contribute to long-term opportunities for students to build real-world skill sets and career preparedness through hands-on training and leadership opportunities in waste reduction; habitat stewardship; and climate change. Students receive hands-on training scientific riparian habitat monitoring and restoration techniques while actively improving upland and creek corridor habitat along an adopted portion of Pinole Creek near PVHS. The internship is in partnership with the East Bay Municipal Utility District and the Friends of Pinole Creek Watershed. | More details |
| Ecological Rights Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $26,950.00 | Central Coast | Monterey Bay Watersheds (Pajaro/San Lorenzo) Water Quality Assessment & Workplan | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | www.ecorights.org | The Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary contains the United States' largest kelp forest. Upwelling of nutrient rich water in the large underwater canyon offshore of the kelp forest has helped create a vibrant food web for an incredible variety of marine life; including 34 species of marine mammals; more than 180 species of seabirds and shorebirds; and at least 525 species of fish. However; the rich biodiversity of Monterey Bay is threatened by polluted runoff from industrial sources; agricultural pesticides; cement plants and landfill leachate. Funding supports an in-depth assessment of current threats to water quality in the San Lorenzo River watershed and adjacent Monterey Bay coastal waters; including industrial stormwater runoff and its impacts to coho salmon and steelhead trout. Much of the assessment will be based on Central Coast Regional Water Board monitoring data; and these monitoring records will be compared to state and federal water quality standards. Polluting facilities will be ranked and evaluated for potential clean-up solutions including possible legal actions to enforce compliance with clean water laws. | More details | |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Statewide | Water Justice Organizing in the Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.ejcw.org/ | Last year; California passed a human right to water law; AB 685. The implications of this legislation are still being explored; but by recognizing the basic human right to water; the State of California has provided robust new avenues for community involvement in raising water justice concerns about the policy decisions that impact the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta _'' a source of drinking water for 25 million people. Funding supports a public awareness campaign about the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and associated Twin Tunnels proposal; which would remove large quantities of high-quality fresh water from the Delta and cause salinity intrusion that would degrade local water supplies. EJCW will develop and coordinate a Delta-based coalition of water justice leaders to raise local public health and water quality issues in the statewide water policy debate. | More details |
| Food & Water Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $11,000.00 | Statewide | Stop the Tunnels Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://foodandwaterwatch.org/ | Supports the Stop the Tunnel campaign to educate communities in the Los Angeles area about the high costs of the water diversions bring proposed under the the Bay Delta Conservation Plan. Grassroots organizing and advocacy will be primarily directed to the L.A. City Council; pressuring these officials to reject funding the tunnels and instead invest in local water initiatives including stormwater infrastructure; recycled water; groundwater cleanup; and efficiency programs. The aim is to reduce L.A. imports from the Delta by about 50% from 2010 levels _'' thus significantly reducing pressure on the already-overburdened Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. | More details | |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $13,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Calaveras County San Joaquin County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org | Supports work to conserve the ecology of the Mokelumne River; an important tributary to the San Joaquin River; via grassroots campaigns to protect local watersheds and active participation in local water supply and forest restoration planning. Funding also supports the implementation of the MokeWISE water supply analysis program; a broad-based stakeholder initiative involving municipal government; utilities; eater districts and community members to reduce the reliance on the Mokelumne River as a source for irrigation _'' thus preserving crucial freshwater flows to the San Joaquin River. The lower reaches of the Mokelumne River flow through San Joaquin County; where the river flows into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; much of this portion of the watershed is within 50 miles of Ripon. | More details |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $9,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.sausalcreek.org/ | Supports locally-based watershed restoration; environmental education; and monitoring programs. This project would contribute to 3000 volunteers at restoration workdays in Oakland's Sausal Creek Watershed and at propagation workdays at a native plant nursery in Joaquin Miller Park; 25 environmental education and hands-on restoration field trips for local school children; a five-week; 70-hour high school summer intern program for ten students; teaching ecological restoration and leadership skills; support for our citizen science teams in conducting monthly water quality monitoring; support for the 12 volunteer-led restoration sites in the watershed through outreach; restoration and planting plans utilizing native plants from FSC's nursery; and workshops on volunteer management and training in specific restoration techniques. | More details |
| Global Community Monitor | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $36,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | SF Bay Pollution Prevention Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.gcmonitor.org | Stormwater runoff from industrial sources in the San Francisco Bay region often contains lead; zinc; copper; nickel; aluminum; and other toxics. Funding supports citizen enforcement of the Clean Water Act that help bring these San Francisco Bay polluters into compliance with federal and state water quality standards. In addition to legal advocacy; project activities also include promoting a model scrap metal recycler policy that would help the Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board encourage voluntary compliance to help facilities implement best practices to reduce pollution runoff. Funding also supports GCM's work with local communities in Benicia; Martinez and Crocket; providing technical support regarding the water quality and public health impacts related to the transport of explosive and hazardous crude oil to refineries along the San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Institute for Fisheries Resources | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $13,500.00 | Statewide | Bay Delta Restoration - Fisheries Coalition to Restore Salmon Populations | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.ifrfish.org/ | Supports engagement of the commercial fishing community in the three critical elements of water planning related to drought response; the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan; and the State Water Resources Control Board workshops and hearings related to delta outflow and related water quality and groundwater (i.e. relationship to surface water flows). Activities will include building confidence within the fishing community to address complex state water issues related to the Bay-Delta and its Central Valley watershed; and providing a strong economic; employment and food production argument for the protection of Bay-Delta fish flows. | More details | |
| KCETLink | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Rewater: Sacramento Delta/Bay Area | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.kcet.org/ | Supports a new web journalism project; REWATER: San Francisco Bay/Delta. As a public broadcaster since 1964; KCET has a long track record of award-winning regional journalism; both on the air and online. This project would contribute to a weekly REWATER programming strand dedicated to water issues centering on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed. The project will report on the California State Water Project and the Central Valley Project and their diversions of water from Northern California to use by Central Valley agricultural interests and Los Angeles; the intersection of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta levees; groundwater pumping and the subsidence of protected below-sea-level Delta islands plus the potential statewide harm if the levees were to break; the controversy surrounding the Bay Delta Conservation Plan; which would build two massive tunnels to divert fresh water from the Sacramento River for use in the Central Valley and Southern California; massively altering the freshwater balance of the entire Delta ecosystem and encouraging salt water intrusion into the San Joaquin River; and the perilous state of California salmon; Delta smelt and other wildlife if the Bay Delta Conservation Plan moves forward. | More details |
| Literacy for Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $1,815.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Yosemite Slough Watershed Stewardship Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.lejyouth.org | The project serves as a phase in the Yosemite Slough Wetland Restoration project; within Candlestick Point State Recreation Area (CPSRA). Work supports the improvement of water quality by utilizing disadvantaged youth as volunteer stewards of the watershed. Youth will provide critical maintenance plant native plants in the critical marsh transition zone. Local youth learn all aspects of the ecological cycle and about ongoing stewardship for their watershed; creating the next generation of environmental leaders and ensuring a long-term model for improved water quality. | More details |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $33,200.00 | Southern Coast | Advocacy Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.lawaterkeeper.org | Supports community outreach; policy development; investigation; monitoring and legal advocacy related to reducing industrial and municipal stormwater pollution impacts to the San Gabriel River and other Los Angeles County watersheds. The San Gabriel River is listed as impaired for toxic metals; bacteria and trash; in addition to addressing these pollutants; the project will also target oil and grease; plastic pellets; antifreeze; and transmission fluid. The project_''s overall goal is to help water quality and water supply agencies transform how Los Angeles County regards stormwater runoff; and to help develop a watershed management plan that prioritizes integrated water management and the utilization of stormwater for groundwater recharge and local water supply _'' promoting best management practices such as infiltration basins; rain gardens; green streets; green roofs and distributed storage. As part of achieving their overall vision of turning Los Angeles_''s major water pollution problem into a valuable resource; LA Waterkeeper will engage in legal advocacy to force industrial polluters to implement on-site conservation and employee training programs designed to eliminate stormwater discharged up to the 95th percentile storm. | More details |
| Maven's Notebook | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $33,750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.mavensnotebook.com | Supports Maven_''s Notebook; an online news journal that provides in-depth coverage of California water and environmental issues; with a strong focus on water quality issues affecting the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Maven_''s Notebook is widely hailed as a crucial and objective source of information by all the different parties involved in Delta watershed planning; and provides a vital source of easily accessible information to the public. It allows community members and organizers to find comprehensive and up-to-date information regarding the proceedings of the State Water Resources Control Board; the Delta Science Plan; and the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan. Maven_''s Notebook allows readers to follow important events and key conferences; while also providing a directory of links on web resources; research papers; publications; and a growing library of legal documents; maps; diagrams and scientific information from recent studies and symposiums about the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and its watershed. By providing these resources free to all users; Maven_''s Notebook helps to open the entire Delta watershed planning process to the public; and grounds the often-acrimonious debate over the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in science and fact. | More details |
| Monte Rio Recreation and Park District | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Creekside Park Rainwater Catchment | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.mrrpd.org/ | Supports the installation of a rainwater catchment system including two 3400 gallon water tanks to harvest rainwater for the purpose of irrigating the Creekside Communal Farm and Orchard throughout the dry season. This project would contribute to capturing rainwater for the purposes of irrigating a local community garden/farm; and reducing the impact of excessive storm water runoff on Dutch Bill Creek. The creek provides critical spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon; a species federally listed as endangered; and steelhead trout; listed as threatened. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $13,500.00 | North Central & East | Mount Shasta - Medicine Lake Headwaters Protection Alliance | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County Siskiyou County Tehama County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | Supports a comprehensive regional strategy to protect and restore the source waters of the Sacramento River; the longest and largest river in California that reaches the Bay Delta; providing a large portion of water to 25 million Californians. This campaign includes responding to immediate threats to the watershed such as pollution and excess water extraction from water and beverage manufacturing and geothermal ''fracking;'' and proactively organizing to address the interrelated issues of water security; forest health and climate resilience. | More details |
| Occidental Arts and Ecology Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $18,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bring Back the Beaver Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.oaecwater.org/ | This project seeks to empower and build the capacity of communities to become innovative change makers through training and education about the role of beavers in watershed health and water quality enhancement. Activities will include dispelling the myth that beavers are a non-native nuisance; changing community and agency perceptions to beavers as beneficial through educational presentations; changing management of beavers from lethal to non-lethal and encourage greater inclusion of beavers in restoration design and stewardship practices through targeted agency presentations; demonstration site tours and consultations; and mapping more beaver locations through Occidental's Beaver Mapper program. | More details |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $60,000.00 | Southern Coast | San Gabriel River/Coyote Creek Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Orange County | California | http://www.coastkeeper.org/ | Orange County Coastkeeper will conduct three synergistic activities designed to improve water quality in the San Gabriel River and Coyote Creek Watershed (a tributary to the San Gabriel River). The following activities will be conducted: 1) Organize at least 5 community trash pickup events with 40 _'' 100 volunteers per event at riparian areas in La Habra; Fullerton; Anaheim; City of Brea and Seal Beach; before and after surveys using California Rapid Trash Survey protocols will document amounts of trash collected. 2) Advocate for stricter Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (''MS4'') permits for North Orange County _'' building on successful efforts to strengthen the south Orange County MS4 permit last year; the goal is to limit the amount of harmful runoff pollution that can be discharged by counties; municipalities; and private industry in the entire San Gabriel watershed. 3) Implement the San Gabriel River Watershed Explorer Program; an educational program that provides targeted outreach to high school students to educate them on watershed issues and encourage them to become stewards of their local waterways; over the past 8 years; Coastkeeper has reached 7000 Orange County students through this program. | More details |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $18,200.00 | Statewide | Water for Life: Regional Self-Sufficiency and Drought Response Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pclfoundation.org/ | In addition to placing tremendous pressure on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; the historic 2013-2014 California drought has focused public and governmental attention on water management and water use. This grant supports protection of San Joaquin Delta water quality through a targeted campaign to develop and promote sustainable; equitable and resilient water supplies for California by adopting policies that foster regional water self-sufficiency and prioritize water conservation and efficiency; rainwater harvesting; graywater use; and stormwater capture; potable reclamation projects; and groundwater; surface water and ecosystem restoration. | More details |
| Russian Riverkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Agricultural Discharge Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://russianriverkeeper.drupalgardens.com/ | Supports the development of the Agricultural Lands Discharge Program that will cover orchards and vineyards throughout the Russian River watershed. This project will contribute to the reduction of pollution by incentivizing expanding riparian buffers (to improve in-stream processing of nutrients and sediment as well as prevent species extinction); prohibiting use of salmon-toxic pesticides; improving farm stewardship programs and ensuring public review of annual reports from agricultural operations. | More details |
| Sacramento Tree Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Watershed Wise Neighborhoods | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.sactree.com/ | The Watershed Wise Neighborhoods project will organize multiple local efforts that support watershed health and deliver information and resources directly into the hands of residents in the Stone Lakes neighborhood; a community in the Sacramento area. This project will provide tangible; hands on opportunities for community members to get involved in local stewardship activities benefitting their unique corner of the Sacramento River watershed and participate in projects on nearby public lands. It will also help with projects such as refuse clean up and environmental restoration; and connect people emotionally to their community and watershed. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | https://baykeeper.org/ | More details | |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | Supports community-based education; policy development and advocacy to protect the San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary and its watershed. For 25 years; Baykeeper has been a leader in establishing and enforcing strong pollution laws based on sound science. The grant will help Baykeeper continue to address toxic pollution from sites throughout the San Francisco Bay/Delta region; including industrial facilities; landfills; active and decommissioned military bases; and a fleet of decaying military ships. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $60,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Ghost Fleet Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County Contra Costa County Marin County Napa County San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Clara County Solano County Sonoma County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | Supports Baykeeper's programs to protect San Francisco Bay and the entire Bay-Delta watershed through water quality monitoring; science; and on-the-water patrols to identify and respond to the greatest threats to the health of the Bay and Delta ecosystem. Activities include public education; policy development; and regulatory and legal advocacy to secure solutions that stop pollution and restore water quality. Objectives include concluding a concentrated cycle of legal of advocacy designed to improve East Bay municipalities' wastewater treatment facilities; promoting green infrastructure solutions to reduce municipal stormwater discharges and toxicity; and reducing industrial stormwater pollution by investigating facilities' compliance records and securing legally-binding agreements that bring violators into compliance with state and federal water quality requirements; improving oil-spill response policies through participating in California's Office of Spill Prevention and Response Technical Advisory committee; advocating for reduced sand mining in San Francisco Bay and improved strategies for handling dredge spoils; and continued community-based watchdog involvement to ensure the safe cleanup of the ''Ghost Fleet'' of Suisun Bay. The badly deteriorated ships of the Suisun Mothball Fleet are located where tidal influences from San Francisco Bay impact fresh water flows from the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta; thus they are positioned to spread lead and other pollutants throughout Suisun Bay and the entire San Francisco Bay/Delta area. Baykeeper's technical and legal oversight is a crucial part of the coalition of environmental organizations working to ensure that the US Maritime Administration fully implements its clean up and restoration agreements. | More details |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $15,000.00 | Southern Coast | Sustaining Flow in the Ventura River: A Case for Reasonable Use | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.sbck.org/ | The Ventura River is one of the most important river systems that influences the water quality and aquatic health of the Southern California Bight coastal zone ecosystem; as one of only four major river watersheds in Southern California that bear steelhead; it is also crucial to steelhead recovery efforts. Due to current gyres that recirculate pollution rather than allowing it to disperse; the waters of the SoCal Bight are especially vulnerable to pollutant loading and studies have documented the significant impact that discharges from the Ventura River have on the water quality of the of the Santa Barbara Channel in particular and the SoCal Bight as a whole. The project's goal is to increase both the water quality and amount of flows from the Ventura River by requiring better storm drain and sanitary sewage management including retention/reuse for irrigation and groundwater recharge; thus reducing fresh water diversions from the river. The result would be increased in-stream water flows and decreased pollutant loads _'' a double win for water quality. Primary activities are legal advocacy examining the intersection of the City of Ventura's water rights; it's MS4 stormwater permits; recent new Total Maximum Daily Load requirements; and California state law and constitutional requirements mandating reasonable use of state waters. A successful outcome would force Ventura to take a holistic approach to managing its water resources; setting the bar for other municipalities statewide and establishing a mechanism to address low flows and contamination problems in our rivers _'' an outcome that would benefit numerous watersheds throughout California. | More details |
| Santa Clara County Creeks Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $8,237.50 | San Francisco Bay Area | Trash Free Coyote Creek Cleanup Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://sccreeks.org/ | The project will facilitate trash clean ups along a four mile reach of Coyote Creek- which feeds directly to the southern end of San Francisco Bay- to improve the area's water quality and ecological and recreational value. This reach has long served as a homeless encampment and over the years has accumulated enough trash to become a major driver of water pollution Following the city of San Jose's homeless encampment dismantlement and homeless relocation services; the project would recruit hundreds of community volunteers to remove trash in the areas vacated by homeless people relocated by the City. | More details |
| Save The Bay | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County Contra Costa County Marin County Napa County San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Clara County Solano County Sonoma County | California | http://www.savesfbay.org/ | This project will significantly reduce cigarette butts; plastic bags and other persistent and toxic trash that degrades water quality in all nine Bay Area counties and the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary. Activities will include: engaging and mobilizing local residents to support their communities to implement effective ordinances that reduce plastic bags; Styrofoam and tobacco litter; building awareness and assist cities and counties to develop strong policies that reduce tobacco litter at the source; and strengthening cross-sector community partnerships to expand awareness by diverse Bay Area audiences that cigarette butts threaten water quality and public health. Partners include 28 cities in the nine-county Bay Area; including large regional leaders like San Francisco and San Jose; statewide organizations like Californians Against Waste; Clean Water Action; Environment California; Surfrider; and Clean Seas Coalition; and business groups like California Grocers Association. | More details |
| Sierra Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $12,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Humbug Creek Watershed Restoration: Leveraging Research to Remediation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County Sutter County Yuba County | California | http://www.sierrafund.org | Supports remediation of the negative effects of mining in the Sierras; mainly the Malakoff Diggins pit on the South Yuba River; a significant tributary to the Sacramento River. The old Malakoff Diggins mine pit is one of thousands of abandoned mines from the Gold Rush era which threaten the entire Sierra Nevada watershed with highly-toxic mercury runoff. In collaboration with California State Parks; US Geological Survey and Cal State Chico; the Sierra Fund will help lead a pilot project at the Malakoff Diggins mine that will showcase remediation alternatives. The Sierra Fund's specific role is to be the liaison between the engineers who are designing the specific remediation activities; the archeologists who are evaluating cultural resources at the site; and the community. In addition to helping to remediate the Malakoff Diggins mine; the project has the potential to demonstrate new techniques which could be employed on mines throughout the Sierra. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sierra Nevada Member Group Support Program: Bear-Yuba Watershed Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County Placer County Sutter County Yuba County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org | The Bear and Yuba rivers are major tributaries to the Sacramento River. Riparian restoration efforts in these upstream watersheds reduce sedimentation; increase canopy cover that lowers in-stream water temperatures; and improve water quality and habitat for fish and other aquatic species. Funding supports a week of intensive on-the-ground work by 27 Americorps participants at a variety of local sites throughout the Bear-Yuba watershed to improve water quality; improve wetlands; control erosion; remove invasive plants; and restore critical habitat for wildlife. Monitoring of past years' restoration sites documents immediate payoff from these efforts to improve salmon habitat - for example; dramatic increases of numbers of redds in post-restoration areas. The grant funds are leveraged many times over through coordination with the Sierra Nevada Alliance's network of local organizations through the region. | More details |
| Tehama County Resource Conservation District | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $9,500.00 | North Central & East | Climate Adaptation Plan for Forest and Water Resources and Implementation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tehama County | California | http://www.tehamacountyrcd.org/ | This project will concentrate on establishing an engaged stakeholder group and setting the framework for a dynamic forest and water resource resilience strategy for Tehama County watersheds. It supports drawing a sense of community ownership in addressing climate change solutions that is crucial to plan implementation at the larger Sacramento River watershed scale. Through facilitation the District will lead the team to produce the plan as a reference tool for local and regional decision makers; planners and community groups to incorporate forest and water resource climate adaptation solutions within their operation for the mutual benefit of local biodiversity and economic resources. | More details |
| Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Rains to Roots | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://thewatershedproject.org/ | Supports community education and implementation of low impact design strategies to harvest rainwater for use in home gardens. Participants learn about rainwater catchment and rain garden systems that reduce the impact of pollution to San Francisco Bay and improve and beautify home gardens addressing concerns about pollution runoff and the capacity of aging water treatment plants. | More details |
| Wishtoyo Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | Ventura Coastkeeper Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County Colusa County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Kern County Kings County Madera County Merced County Placer County Sacramento County San Joaquin County Shasta County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Tulare County Yolo County Yuba County | California | http://www.wishtoyo.org | Supports restoration of the Southern California Bight by reducing pollution discharge from urban areas along the Ventura Coast. Pollution from this stretch of the coast is captured in a current gyre which recirculates in a counterclockwise pattern _'' thus heavily impacting the water quality of this biologically productive region. Wishtoyo_''s coastkeeper program conducts water quality monitoring and investigation and coordinates outreach; advocacy and litigation to remediate the damages of dischargers. Wishtoyo Foundation focuses on threats posed by industrial facilities; potential discharges from sites in development; and sewage leakage from aging municipal sewer lines and sewage treatment plants. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $6,500.00 | North Central & East | Battle Creek Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County, Tehama County | California | http://www.americanwhitewater.org/ | Supports ongoing water quality monitoring and data collection at 13 sites in the Battle Creek portion of the Sacramento River watershed. The primary theme of the monitoring is to document impacts from timber harvesting and related timber industry land management activities. These impacts include sedimentation from logging roads; as well as herbicide and nutrient runoff. The monitoring data will be reviewed by pro-bono university professors; and Battle Creek Alliance has secured the assistance of professional hydrologists to utilize the data for reports to governmental agencies and related policy recommendations seeking tighter regulations of logging impacts; such as requirements to better control runoff; erosion and sedimentation. A portion of the funds also supports the dissemination of the film Clearcut Nation; a documentary that describes the impacts of industrial logging on the Sacramento River watershed in order to help raise media and general public attention about the impacts of clearcutting on habitat and water quality. | More details |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Northern Sacramento Valley Water Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County, Colusa County, Glenn County, Shasta County, Tehama County | California | http://www.becnet.org | Supports locally-based education and outreach to Butte County citizens and other nearby counties to collaboratively encourage sustainable solutions to threats in the Sacramento River Watershed. The northern Sacramento Valley is home to the last major healthy aquifer system in California. Sacramento River tributaries Butte Creek and Feather River are threatened by surface water diversions from irrigation districts that can make far more money shipping water south than through local deliveries. And the local creeks; which would normally recharge the rivers; are fed by the groundwater aquifer; which is being drawn down by massive groundwater pumping projects. The goal of the project is to help community members digest complicated water policy and project proposals; and to provide a local Butte County voice in the development of the newly-mandated Groundwater Sustainability Plan. | More details |
| California Environmental Justice Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Congreso | Social Justice | California | Covers the travel; food and lodging for 10 community activists from the Riverside/Fontana/San Bernardino area to attend the annual Community Congreso; a statewide gathering of environmental justice leaders and activists from throughout California. The Riverside participants will learn about pollution impactsin the Santa Ana watershed; a 3;000 square mile area encompassing both urban and rural areas;and organizing techniques they can apply towards protecting the Santa Ana River;a major tributary to the Southern California Bight. | More details | |||
| California Water Impact Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $16,000.00 | Southern Coast | Coastal Southern California Water Education Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County_x000B_Orange County_x000B_San Bernardino County_x000B_San Diego County_x000B_Santa Barbara County_x000B_Ventura County | California | http://www.c-win.org/ | Supports C-WIN's efforts to educate Southern California's coastal residents about reliable; sustainable and affordable water supply and water quality improvement alternatives; including conservation; recycling and stormwater capture; with a primary focus on Los Angeles' Stormwater Capture Master Plan. The 2009 State Water Plan forecast that 2.25 million acre feet of water could be recovered by recycling; with the bulk of the projected recovery in Los Angeles and other cities located along the Southern California Bight. Ongoing drought and climate change also make it imperative to educate the public about locally-based opportunities that would meet community needs while reducing reliance on imported water supplies. According to the Scoping Plan for California's landmark 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act; 333;000 acre feet of stormwater could be annually captured for reuse in Southern California a crucial drought-response strategy to alleviate pressure on local watersheds as well as reduce reliance on imported water. The Los Angeles and San Gabriel River Watershed Council has estimated that immediate steps employing current technology could reduce stormwater volume by 30%. Reducing the volume of stormwater discharge aids groundwater recharge to build the local water table and increase flows to the region's seasonal streams; and also allows greater levels of treatment on the remaining runoff; thus leading to cleaner municipal and industrial stormwater runoff through the region. | More details |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $40,500.00 | Central Coast | Reducing Pesticide Use to Improve Monterey Bay Water Quality | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Monterey County, Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.pesticidereform.org/ | The Central Valley Water Board has acknowledged that pesticides are causing serious damage to Central Coast watersheds and state monitoring programs have documented high levels of chemicals from agricultural areas entering local waterways including the Pajaro River (CCRWQCB; March 2011). Funding supports CPR's ongoing efforts to protect water quality and public health by reducing hazardous pesticide use in the Monterey Bay watershed. Activities include educating and training Central Coast community members on pesticide and water quality issues; and leveraging public pressure to push state and regional agencies to strengthen rules limiting pesticide use that harms water quality and public health. Much of the focus will be on highly volatile pesticides; which are prone to drifting onto neighboring homes; schools and waterways. Those most linked to toxicity in surface water notably chlorpyrifos are also susceptible to leaching into groundwater; especially given the shallow water table and permeable soils in much of the Monterey Bay area. | More details |
| Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $31,500.00 | Southern Coast | Accountability; Compliance; Enforcement | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Riverside County, San Bernardino County | California | http://www.ccaej.org/ | The Santa Ana River is a primary tributary to the Southern California Bight and drains a significant part of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties to the ocean near Huntington Beach. Funding supports protection of the Santa Ana River watershed through CCAEJ's Accountability; Compliance and Enforcement Program; a community-based environmental problem-solving program which augments agency actions to enhance local environmental protection. Activities include developing a curriculum on water resource stewardship and training teams of local residents in watershed monitoring. The goal is to bring the eyes and ears of informed; trained and engaged local residents in identifying; researching and investigating violations of the Clean Water Act through focusing public awareness to the problem; compiling a list of non compliant industries and encouraging compliance with state and federal water quality standards through public pressure and legal advocacy. | More details |
| Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $276,000.00 | Southern Coast | Santa Clara River Action Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://www.causenow.org | SCRAP is a multi-year campaign to organize; educate; and mobilize residents around the stewardship of the Santa Clara River a major tributary to the Southern California bight. For centuries; the Santa Clara River's year round flows have supported important steelhead runs and provided water for agricultural; domestic and recreational uses. However; over-diversion of water combined with polluted agricultural; industrial and urban stormwater runoff has severely degraded water quality. A key component of the campaign is bilingual (Spanish/English) education and outreach to mobilize community support for low impact recreation use and access to the River as the gateway to building a long-term watershed stewardship ethic and widespread community support for reducing or mitigating pollution discharges into the river from upstream oil extraction; large-scale riparian zone commercial and residential development; and agricultural chemicals. In additional to directly addressing these water quality issues; this grant helps build environmental justice capacity in underserved communities and promotes a climate resilient approach to sustain the watershed in the future. | More details |
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $13,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alpine County, Calaveras County, Mariposa County, Tuolumne County | California | http://www.cserc.org | Supports water quality testing; field monitoring; community outreach and policy advocacy to protect water quality; watershed health; aquatic species; and downstream water users of San Joaquin Delta tributaries Mokelumne; Stanislaus; Tuolumne and Merced Rivers in relation to post-Rim Fire salvage logging and recovery efforts; as well as ongoing livestock grazing. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $31,500.00 | Central Valley | Source Water Protection in San Joaquin River Watershed Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Fresno County, Kern County, Kings County, Madera County, Merced County, San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, Tulare County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/ | Supports the Clean Water Fund's efforts to promote solutions that reduce or eliminate nutrient discharges in the San Joaquin Delta. The project's goal is to communicate the impacts of Central Valley water contamination on small disadvantaged communities to the public and decision-makers; and to ensure that quantifiable data drives the development of actions and recommendations to limit nutrient discharges. The project will revolve around participation in the Salt and Nutrients Advisory Group; a stakeholder process tasked with determining the linkages between high nutrient levels and water quality impairments such as invasive aquatic plants and algae blooms. To model the data; CWF and SNAG will use the nutrient management program in the Chesapeake Bay; the largest estuary on the east coast. The Chesapeake Bay TMDL for nutrients and phosphorus calls for reductions in the 20 25% range for nitrogen; phosphorus and sediments; and for a 60% achievement of target levels by 2017. Since the Chesapeake process is already underway; it has started to produce rigorous data-sets that quantify the impacts of the TMDL-driven reductions. Thus; the Chesapeake data provides a basis to estimate and quantify anticipated water quality benefits from similar types of actions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. At 75;000 square miles the Delta is somewhat larger than the 64;000 square mile Chesapeake; however; the regions exhibit many overall similarities; including significant acres of irrigated farmland; meaning that agricultural return flows tend to be dominated with pesticides; sediments and nutrients. This is particularly true for the project's main focus area; a 850;000 acre region defined by the state's Irrigated lands Regulatory Program which is centered around Stanislaus; Merced and San Joaquin Counties (ie within 50 miles of the facility in Merced). In addition to helping lead the stakeholder group process; activities will include review of Farm Evaluation Reports that collect best management practices data from 3;600 farms in the region. This data will help target follow-up grower education; erosion control and nutrient management plans. Clean Water Fund was informed of Allied Waste's role in enabling the grant; and the appropriate crediting language was attached to the grant description on the Rose Foundation's website. | More details |
| Daily Acts | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Greywater Program and Water Warriors Challenge | Environmental Education | Alameda County, Amador County, Sacramento County, Contra Costa County, San Diego County, Fresno County, San Luis Obispo County, Humboldt County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, Kings County, Los Angeles County, Solano County, Madera County, Sonoma County, Marin County, Stanislaus County, Mariposa County, Merced County, Ventura County, Yolo County | California | http://www.dailyacts.org | Supports the expansion of two existing initiatives; the Greywater Installation Program and the Community Resilience Challenge; and the launch of the Water Warriors Challenge; a youth-focused water stewardship education program. Funding will be matched 1:1 from partner organizations to implement the Water Warriors program throughout Sonoma County; will support dozens of households wanting to install greywater systems; and will train 35-40 students to perform water audits and to train classmates. | More details |
| Del Amo Action Committee | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $18,000.00 | Southern Coast | Dominguez Channel Community Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.delamoactioncommittee.org | Supports a community-driven stakeholder process with state and federal agencies to investigate a historical stormwater pathway that carried DDT; PCBs and other chlorinated chemicals such as cholrobenzene into the Dominguez Channel and Long Beach Harbor. The need for the project is particularly acute recent development activities adjacent to the former stormwater channel have uncovered these chemicals; exposing local residents in nearby low-income communities of color to toxic dust in addition to exacerbating the stormwater pollution. | More details |
| Earth Team | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $14,850.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | ZERO LITTER: A Student-Led Community Project to Protect our Local Watersheds | Environmental Education | Alameda County, Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net | Supports Zero Litter; a hands-on environmental education and outreach program that works with high schools students and their communities to protect San Francisco Bay Area watersheds in Alameda and Contra Costa County; identifying land-based litter sources; monitoring water quality in local creeks and storm drains; and promoting Community Projects that engage students; teachers and community leaders in local litter abatement and cleanup activities around participating schools. There is also an environmental education focus where students learn how reducing litter and storm water pollution supports healthy watersheds; protects human health and provides healthy habitats for fish and wildlife. | More details |
| Earthjustice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Restoring the Bay Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County, Butte County, Colusa County, Contra Costa County, El Dorado County, Fresno County, Glenn County, Kern County, Kings County, Madera County, Marin County, Merced County, Napa County, Placer County, Sacramento County, San Francisco County, San Joaquin County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Shasta County, Solano County, Sonoma County, Stanislaus County, Sutter County, Tehama County, Tulare County, Yolo County, Yuba County | California | http://earthjustice.org/ | Supports Earthjustice's efforts to protect the Sacramento River watershed and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta ecosystem through ending the chronic over-pumping of fresh water by the jointly operated federal Central Valley Project (CVP) and California's State Water Project (SWP) for distant agricultural and municipal uses; which undermines the ecosystem; the survival of imperiled native fish such as the Sacramento River's runs of salmon; sustainable agriculture in the Delta; and California's commercial and sport fishing industries. Earthjustice will continue to provide free legal counsel to conservationists; fishing interests; and Native Americans in their efforts to obtain and enforce federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for salmon and delta smelt and their habitats; as a means of protecting the Sacramento River watershed and the Bay-Delta ecosystem. | More details |
| Ecological Rights Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $28,800.00 | Central Coast | Monitoring Proposed Monterey Bay Desalination Facilities | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Santa Cruz County_x000B_Monterey County | California | http://www.ecorights.org | Known as the Serengeti of the Sea; Monterey Bay is one of the richest marine food webs in the world and is home to 34 species of marine mammals; 180 species of shorebirds; and at least 525 species of fishes. However; pressure from the drought has led to proposals for several desalination plants in the Monterey Bay area threats associated with these proposed facilities include massive intake structures that vacuum fish from the sea and concentrated brine discharges that damage water quality. Funding supports community-based participation in the review and permitting of these proposed facilities; ensuring that less impactful water conservation and supply options are considered; and that; if a desalination plant is critically needed; it would be sited and sized appropriately; utilize the best available technology; have appropriate mitigations to offset damage; and properly address cumulative impacts of multiple desal plants. | More details |
| Environmental Water Caucus | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $27,000.00 | Statewide | California Water Solutions Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County, Amador County, Butte County, Calaveras County, Colusa County, Contra Costa County, El Dorado County, Fresno County, Glenn County, Kern County, Kings County, Lassen County, Los Angeles County, Madera County, Mariposa County, Merced County, Nevada County, Orange County, Placer County, Plumas County, Riverside County, Sacramento County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County, San Joaquin County, Santa Barbara County, Shasta County, Sierra County, Siskiyou County, Solano County, Stanislaus County, Sutter County, Tehama County, Trinity County, Tuolumne County, Ventura County, Yolo County, Yuba County | California | http://ewccalifornia.org/home/index.php | Supports EWC's California Water Solutions Project; a multi-year; statewide educational and advocacy project aiming to convince Californians and their decision makers that ecosystem-friendly soft path water supply solutions including groundwater recharge; stormwater capture; water recycling and water efficiency must be a vital part of any plan to protect the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta from current threats of massive new water exports out of the region. The suite of water management solutions promoted by EWC would reduce pollution discharges and pollutant loading in the Delta; while protecting vital fresh water flows needed for the health of the Delta's delicate aquatic ecosystem. Activities will center around advocating for soft path solutions in the pending re-release of the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP); and related advocacy and public education promoting Bay-Delta water protections at the State Water Resources Control Board. Deliverables will include completing and distributing a revised and updated California Water Solutions Plan; and extensive technical comments on the re-circulated and revised Draft BDCP EIR/S and Implementing Agreement; and the revised draft Substitute Environmental Document on Phase 1 San Joaquin River flow and South Delta salinity objectives by the State Water Board. | More details |
| Food & Water Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Stop the Tunnels Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://foodandwaterwatch.org | Supports public outreach throughout the Los Angeles area to educate ratepayers and decision makers about the value of local water initiatives that would reduce Southern California's dependence on imported water. Instead of investing up to $5;000 per household in new infrastructure to pipe water from the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta; Food & Water Watch advocates investing these funds in improving local stormwater infrastructure capturing rainwater for groundwater recharge; and in cisterns and home rain barrels for direct use while significantly reducing the volume of stormwater runoff. Reducing the volume of stormwater runoff also facilitates treatment opportunities to remove pollutants from the system before they impact local streams and beaches. | More details |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $5,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Calaveras County Amador County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org | Supports the work of Foothill Conservancy to protect; conserve and sustain the natural and cultural features of the Mokelumne River and its watershed for the benefits they provide to people; aquatic species and other wildlife. Activities will include continued participation in the MokeWISE stakeholder process to track the progress of a broad portfolio of water projects and studies; active involvement to represent community interests in the Mokelumne-Amador-Calaveras Integrated Regional Watershed Management group (including advocacy of rain catchment projects benefitting disadvantaged communities); helping to mobilize community participation in post-Butte Fire restoration activities; and providing community input into the Ecological Resources Committee process that is tracking impacts from hydropower operations on the Mokelumne River. | More details |
| Friends of SF Estuary | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Freshwater Flows Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Napa County, Sacramento County, San Francisco County, San Joaquin County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Solano County, Sonoma County, Yolo County | California | http://friendsofsfestuary.weebly.com/ | Supports protection of the Sacramento River Delta by advocating for improved freshwater flows from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers into the Bay-Delta estuary. These flows are necessary for the recovery of listed Delta species and to provide conditions for a healthy aquatic ecosystem. The campaign consists of a large-scale volunteer-based effort to meet with local governmental officials including city council members; mayors and supervisors; as well as legislators throughout the Delta region to generate freshwater flows resolutions modeled on the resolution passed by the Association of Bay Area Governments in 2012. To date; ten government entities in seven of the twelve San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta counties have adopted a water flows resolution. Funding will support expansion of the campaign to Solano; Sacramento and Yolo counties all within 50 miles of the facility's location in Davis. Through the process of seeking passage of water flows resolutions; the project will educate and motivate local public officials to stand up for Delta water quality. Specific activities include policy updates; meetings; and requests for comments; letters; and attendance at hearings that affect decisions related to freshwater flows. | More details |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $21,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Campaign to Save the SF Bay-Delta from the Twin Tunnels and Upstream Storage | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Colusa County_x000B_Contra Costa County_x000B_Fresno County_x000B_Lake County_x000B_Mariposa County_x000B_Merced County_x000B_Sacramento County_x000B_San Joaquin County_x000B_Shasta County | California | http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/site/PageServer | Supports policy advocacy; media outreach; and broad public outreach directed towards protecting the Sacramento River watershed and its downstream Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta waters from a suite of water development projects that would degrade the water quality of the Sacramento River a water source that millions of Californians rely on for water supply; jobs and recreation and lead to the ecological collapse of the sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. At the center of the proposed water infrastructure projects is a proposal to build two massive tunnels through the Delta to transfer more water from the Sacramento River to southern California. The tunnels project is driving plans for new and expanded dams on the Sacramento River; as well as the Merced and San Joaquin Rivers; to provide the water to fill the tunnels. Primary outreach and public advocacy will revolve around opposing the proposed raise of the Shasta Dam on the Sacramento River. In addition to decreasing downstream flows; raising the Shasta Dam would flood cultural sites of the Winnemen Wintu tribe on Sacramento tributary the McCloud River a project the US Fish and Wildlife Service has also opposed as being damaging to Sacramento River fisheries. Additional activities will include opposing the proposed Sites Reservoir in Colusa County; which would also divert large quantities of water from the Sacramento River. As alternatives; FOR will promote sustainable water solutions so people can meet their water needs without destroying more of our waterways. | More details |
| Golden Gate Salmon Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $20,000.00 | Statewide | Implementation of Salmon Rebuilding Plan | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County, Colusa County, Glenn County, Nevada County, Placer County, Plumas County, Sacramento County, San Joaquin County, Shasta County, Sutter County, Tehama County, Trinity County, Tuolumne County, Yolo County, Yuba County | California | http://goldengatesalmonassociation.com/ | Supports GGSA's goals to secure more freshwater flows and healthy spawning; rearing; and migratory habitat in the Sacramento River basin and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta; and to reverse the damage done by human development of Central Valley rivers and their tributaries so that they are more hospitable to salmon. For example; according to a joint 2010 study released by the California Department of Water Resources; US Bureau of Reclamation and California Department of Fish and Wildlife; high losses of juvenile salmon are associated with operations of state and federal water export facilities because fish are sucked into the huge Delta pumps and up to 100% predation of juvenile salmon occurs at the end of the pipes that currently return salvaged fish to the Delta. The GGSA project team has developed and is implementing a 26-project restoration plan with guidance from state and federal fish; wildlife and water agencies; and starting in 2013 several projects were adopted and implemented. Their goal for the upcoming year is to see implementation of more salmon rebuilding projects that will result in more salmon in California. The efforts of GGSA also secures habitat for a host of other species; sustainable agriculture and jobs in fishing-related industries. Activities will include encouraging expedited permitting of 13 restoration sites along the Sacramento River which have been identified by the Bureau of Reclamation and Department of Water Resources as high-value targets; promote a pilot project to demonstrate that alternative fish release strategies that return salvaged fish to net pens (allowing them to acclimate before release) can significantly reduce mortality rates; promote the removal of a large pipe near the Freeport Wastewater Treatment Plant in Sacramento which forces fish to pass through a confined area and has been identified as a major hotspot for juvenile fish predation; and promote continued trucking of hatchery fish to appropriate release points to help mitigate drought impacts (which have made many traditional release points near hatcheries untenable). | More details |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $14,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Climate Justice Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://goldengatesalmonassociation.com/ | Supports public outreach and education to protect the San Francisco Bay watershed and residents of San Francisco Hunters Point/Bayview community from toxic contamination; and the threat posed by rising sea levels and climate change. Activities will revolve around multilingual (English; Spanish and Chinese) outreach to 2;000 local residents with fact sheets; workshops and presentations; as well as broad media outreach to educate local residents and the general public about the threat from contamination of the former shipyard; which is on the shores of San Francisco Bay and leaches a variety of toxics into the Bay. Some of these areas are also popular fishing spots used by the community; providing another pathway for human exposure to the contaminants. Public education also includes threats of rising sea levels due to climate change such sea level rise could overflow or erode current containment caps and structures; causing more toxic leachate. The project's goal is to teach residents in one of the Bay Area's most disadvantaged communities how to be watchdogs over local pollution problems and advocate with government and industry to ensure remediation and/or mitigation of toxic sites near the San Francisco Bay waterfront; with a major focus on the Hunter Point Naval Shipyard Superfund site and other contaminated bayfront Brownfields sites. Greenaction representatives speak at government and industry meetings and submit comments advocating for cleanup of contamination wherever possible and for effective measures (such as seawalls) to protect the bayshore pollution sites from inundation. Greenaction representatives will also engage local government agencies in climate resiliency and adaptation planning; including advocating for San Francisco to improve its Climate Action Plan to address toxic sites along the Bay. | More details |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $500.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.lawaterkeeper.org | Los Angeles Waterkeeper's mission is to protect and restore Santa Monica Bay; San Pedro Bay; and adjacent waters through enforcement; fieldwork; and community action. They work to achieve this goal through litigation and regulatory programs that ensure water quality protections in waterways throughout L.A. County. LA Waterkeeper's Litigation & Advocacy; Marine; and Water Quality teams conduct interconnected projects that serve this mission. | More details |
| Los Padres ForestWatch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $18,000.00 | Southern Coast | Sespe Clean Water Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://www.lpfw.org/ | Supports field investigation to measure erosion and associated impacts to water quality from the Sespe Oil Field. The project's goal is to quantify the erosion and analyze the downstream impacts from portions of the Sespe Oil Field; located on National Forest lands in the Sespe Creek watershed; which is designated critical habitat for endangered steelhead and provides a source of clean water for downstream farms and cities in the Santa Clara River watershed; an important tributary to the Southern California Bight. Past studies; including a recently published U.C. Santa Barbara study of runoff from oilfields in northern Ventra County; have identified significant sediment loading associated with roads and well pads; and measured significant negative impacts to water quality in these receiving coastal watersheds. Project activities involve water quality sampling and erosion surveying of oil field access roads and publicly-accessible accessible well pads. The information generated through this project will be used to provide evidence of erosion-related oil field impacts to water quality; and support enforcement of environmental regulations and encouragement of best management practices. | More details |
| Maven's Notebook | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $12,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County, Contra Costa County, San Joaquin County, Solano County, Yolo County | California | http://www.MavensNotebook.com | Supports the work of Maven's Notebook; an highly-regarded website which tracks how activities of state agencies; major planning processes and legislation affect the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed. The value of Maven's Notebook is that it does not take sides in California's often-acrimonious debate over water supply issues. Instead; it is a reliable and accurate information source; providing unbiased summaries of important public meetings; conferences; published reports and other issues rarely followed in detail by the mainstream media. Maven's Notebook is more than simply a compilation its explanatory tools help both casual readers and policy leaders navigate complex planning documents to find the information they need about Delta watershed issues. | More details |
| Occidental Arts & Ecology Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $30,000.00 | Statewide | WATER Institute Bring Back the Beaver Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.oaecwater.org | Beaver dams can improve water quality by reducing suspended sediments in the water column; moderating upstream temperatures; improving nutrient cycling and storing contaminants. However; many agencies and landowners in Sonoma County manage beaver as nuisances rather than strategically stewarding them to maximize water quality benefits. The Bring Back the Beaver Campaign focuses on restoring beaver to optimize aquatic resource conservation; fisheries recovery and climate change adaptation strategies. Activities include outreach to landowners; regulators and restoration practitioners; using OAECs proprietary CASTOR mapping software to cooperatively select beaver demonstration sites with tribal; community and governmental leaders; and convening a Beaver Stewardship Committee develop recommendations regarding beaver management practices in Sonoma County and beyond. | More details | |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $27,000.00 | Southern Coast | Orange County Marine Resources Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Orange County | California | http://www.coastkeeper.org/ | Supports Orange County Coastkeeper's efforts to stop the development of the Poseidon Huntington Beach Desalination Project as it is currently designed. As proposed; the project would utilize an open ocean intake and outfall that will impact marine life and water quality along a 60 mile stretch of the Southern California Bight from Palos Verdes to Dana Point an area which is already highly stressed from urban stormwater runoff. The primary negative water quality impacts from the proposed facility would be the impingement and entrainment of marine organisms; and the release of concentrated salty brine. If permitted to go forward; the facility would also set a statewide precedent for the use of open ocean intakes and outfalls for desalination plants and expansion of antiquated once-through cooling technology that many agencies such as the California Coastal Commission and Ocean Protection Council consider obsolete and due for phase-out. Project activities will involve widespread outreach to mobilize the public and a coalition of environmental and community groups to oppose the project at the California Coastal Commission and Orange County Water District. In addition to educating the public and decision makers about the high energy costs of desal and the negative impacts of releasing the brine by-product; Coastkeeper will encourage the Poseidon proponents to work with the Coastal Commission's Independent Science Technical Advisory panel to investigate sub-surface water intakes; thereby significantly reducing marine organism mortality associated with surface intake. | More details |
| Otter Project/Monterey County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $29,500.00 | Central Coast | 2017 Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.otterproject.org | Historically; agricultural runoff has largely been considered exempt from federal and state clean water requirements imposed on most other businesses. However; this exemption carries a heavy public health burden according to UC Davis; over 250;000 people in the Salinas Valley are at risk for nitrate contamination of their drinking water. This Ag Waiver of normal clean water regulations undergoes periodic regulatory renewal; which provides an opportunity for clean water advocates to push for tighter oversight over agricultural contaminants including pesticides; herbicides; fertilizers; sediments and animal waste. Additionally; a recent court ruling has now encouraged the Central Coast Regional Water Board to rethink its Ag Waiver standards and promulgate new regulations that would be more protective of the Monterey Bay watershed and human health a process that will be closely watched by agricultural and environmental interests throughout California. The goal of the project is to provide community-based scientific input into the process of writing the new Ag Waiver for the direct benefit of the Monterey Bay watershed and as a blueprint for agricultural areas throughout the state. | More details | |
| Residents for Responsible Desalination | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $12,000.00 | Southern Coast | Coastal Commission CDP Appeal Brief | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Orange County | California | http://r4rd.org/ | Supports local community-based efforts to stop the development of the Poseidon Huntington Beach Desalination Project. The proposed Poseidon project would utilize an open ocean intake and outfall that will damage marine life and water quality along a 60 mile stretch of the Southern California Bight from Palos Verdes to Dana Point an area which is already highly stressed from urban stormwater runoff. The primary negative water quality impacts from the proposed facility would be the impingement and entrainment of marine organisms; and the release of concentrated salty brine. Funding will support technical review of the Poseidon applicant and related community outreach to mobilize the public to oppose the project at the California Coastal Commission and Orange County Water District. As an alternative to expensive and environmentally damaging ocean desal; R4RD advocates for enhanced watershed management to increase groundwater recharge. The Santa Ana River watershed and its basin aquifers currently comprise about 40% of Orange County's fresh water supply; with primary groundwater recharge being simple seepage. The Orange County Water District is already utilizing reverse osmosis technology to treat recycled wastewater to potable standards for groundwater recharge. R4Rd believes investment in further treatment technology to facilitate more widespread groundwater recharge would be a far more cost-effective and environmentally-beneficial approach than ocean desal. Improved wastewater treatment would also decrease pollutant loading; benefitting coastal water quality throughout the entire area. | More details |
| Return of the Natives Restoration Education Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $20,000.00 | Central Coast | Creeks to the Bay in Salinas: Going Beyond Water Quality | Environmental Education | Monterey County | California | http://ron.csumb.edu | Supports a watershed education/water quality improvement program that mobilizes marginalized populations in Salinas to work with Cal State Monterey university students on a variety of watershed protection projects in the Monterey/Salinas area. University students affiliated with CSUMBs Watershed Initiative will work with teachers; elementary and middle school students; and their families to implement a series of service learning projects including restoring riparian areas; conducting beach cleanups and trash surveys; taking water quality readings; counting birds; and catch and release of aquatic indicator species. | More details |
| River Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $28,500.00 | Southern Coast | Water LA Collaborative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.theriverproject.org/ | Residential properties; which comprise 60% of Los Angeles developed land areas; are dominated by irrigation-intensive lawns and housing/landscape designs intended to drain rainwater to the streets and storm drains. Funding supports the initial development of a strategic plan & a set of agreements for Water LA; a new NGO-led collaborative which will channel the expertise of environmental non-profits; green infrastructure specialists and businesses to collectively facilitate widespread adoption of distributed residential stormwater retrofits (as well as greywater systems and rain tanks) across Los Angeles to aid groundwater recharge; and capture potable water which is currently flushed into storm drains. A critical need exists for consistent methods; means; and messaging to support the rapid rate of residential adoption that the LA Department of Water & Powers Stormwater Capture Master Plan and the Los Angeles Enhanced Watershed Management Plans rely on to meet their objectives; which include reducing the volume of stormwater runoff and facilitating treatment opportunities to remove pollutants from the system before they impact local streams and beaches. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $45,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protecting San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta from Pollution Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County, Amador County, Contra Costa County, El Dorado County, Marin County, Napa County, Placer County, Sacramento County, San Francisco County, San Joaquin County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Solano County, Sonoma County, Stanislaus County, Sutter County, Yolo County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | Supports Baykeeper's ongoing work to protect San Francisco Bay and the entire Bay-Delta watershed through water quality monitoring; science; and on-the-water patrols to identify the greatest threats to the health of the Bay and Delta ecosystem. Activities include public education; policy development; and regulatory and legal advocacy to secure solutions that stop pollution and restore water quality. Objectives include: improving municipal wastewater treatment through the development of new standards that would reduce nitrogen and phosphorus; and through periodic review of East Bay municipalities' compliance towards established 20-year upgrade goals; promoting green infrastructure solutions to reduce municipal stormwater discharges and toxicity; and reducing industrial stormwater pollution by investigating facilities' compliance records and securing legally-binding agreements that bring violators into compliance with state and federal water quality requirements; improving oil-spill response policies through participating in California's Office of Spill Prevention and Response Technical Advisory committee; and opposing the expansion of new oil refining and storage that would accommodate oil trains running along the shores of the Bay and Delta; advocating for reduced sand mining in San Francisco Bay; improved strategies for handling dredge spoils and opposing increased dredging at the Port of Stockton to avoid disturbing highly-contaminated sediments in that area; and continuing to monitor the removal and remediation of the final five ships of the Suisun Ghost Fleet. | More details |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $13,500.00 | Southern Coast | Santa Barbara County Transfer Station Stormwater Enforcement Case | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.sbck.org | Supports strategic legal advocacy to eliminate the discharge of pollutants from Santa Barbara Countys trash transfer and recycling facility to Atascadero Creek; Goleta Slough; Goleta Beach and associated coastal waters in southern Santa Barbara County an important stretch of the Southern California bight visited by 1.6 million beachgoers each year and an area identified as an important existing steelhead habitat and a high-priority steelhead recovery area. Over the past five years; the transfer station has exceeded EPA Multisector Benchmarks and/or California Toxics Rule standards 57 times for contaminants including zinc; aluminum and iron. In addition to this well-documented metals pollution from the transfer station; recent independent monitoring samples have indicated non-compliance with total suspended solids; chemical oxygen demand and E. coli. The goal of the project is to compel stormwater permit compliance; and to establish best practices standards for pollution control; sampling and reporting for all facilities owned and operated by Santa Barbara County. | More details |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $5,400.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sierra Nevada Alliance's 21st Annual Conference | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County_x000B_Placer County_x000B_Sutter County_x000B_Yuba County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org | Sponsor the Water; Drought and Watershed Management track of the Sierra Nevada Alliance annual conference. The funding helps defray travel and attendance of community activists throughout the Sierra to help them share knowledge about stewardship of the upstream waters that are the headwaters of the entire Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; and whose flow and water quality is crucial to the health of the Delta. The goal of the conference is to foster information exchange; collaborative problem solving; and to help develop unified policies to push for greater investment in water flows and watershed restoration. | More details |
| South Yuba River Citizens League | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $25,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Yuba Mining- Back to the Future Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://yubariver.org/ | Supports community-based opposition to the proposed re-opening of the San Juan Ridge Mine; and data collection to ensure that surface waters in the Yuba watershed a major tributary to the Sacramento River are not contaminated by millions of gallons of untreated mine discharge; threatening a robust fishery of fall-run Chinook salmon and the endangered spring-run Chinook. Due to unprecedented increases in the price of gold; the San Juan Ridge Mine proposes to re-open and plans to pump up to 3.5 million gallons of water out of the ground every day. The pumping will impact the underground aquifer that provides water to hundreds community members and could lower the water table to such an extent as to dewater Spring and Shady Creeks; tributaries of the South Yuba River. In addition to the threat of dewatering; these creeks would be heavily impacted by sedimentation; as well as mercury and other pollution from the mine runoff. SYRCL's goals include engaging and commenting in the review and permitting process; and collecting data to assess surface water quality from the creeks that drain the mine. If the mine is permitted; the project's goal is to use this data to ensure that effective water quality controls are put in place; if the mine is not permitted; the goal is to identify alternative land uses and support mine reclamation efforts. | More details |
| The Bay Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $14,650.00 | Central Valley | Retiring the Toxic Lands in Westlands to Help the San Francisco Bay-Delta Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Fresno County, Kings County, Merced County, San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County | California | http://www.bay.org/ | Decades of irrigation of hundreds of thousands of acres of salty; drainage-impaired lands on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley have led to a tremendous buildup of toxic selenium and other contaminants. The resulting runoff has been implicated in large-scale ecological disasters (for example; the massive bird kills at the Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge); and annual irrigation continues to send pulses of toxic discharge to downstream aquatic habitats. Funding supports the Bay Institute's effort to focus regulatory and agency attention on resolving the environmental and water quality problems caused by irrigating these drainage-impaired lands. Reducing the amount of agricultural drainage by retiring west-side drainage-impaired lands would significantly improve the water quality of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and revitalize the entire San Francisco BayDelta ecosystem; and promote the recovery of endangered species. | More details |
| Watsonville Wetlands Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2015 | $25,000.00 | Central Coast | Community Education; Outreach; and Participation to Restore Watsonville Wetlands | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Monterey County, Santa Cruz County | California | http://watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/ | Supports Watsonville Wetlands Watch (WWW) in expanding their two major initiatives to protect 800 acres of high-quality wetlands in southern Santa Cruz County which drain into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Initiative One is Community Education and Outreach to students and community members of the predominantly low-income Latino agricultural community about why it is crucial to maintain and restore the Watsonville Wetlands; the role of wetlands in watershed health; and protective behaviors to support the wetlands; and to provide outreach and develop management recommendations to local landowners and businesses that neighbor wetlands in enacting conservation and environmental protection and restoration activities. Initiative Two is Wetland Restoration to restore native habitat and expand student and community direct involvement in restoring wetlands through removal of invasive species and planting native species. | More details |
| Algalita Marine Research and Education | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Southern Coast | Ship2Shore Environmental Education Program | Environmental Education | Placer County, Los Angeles County | California | www.algalita.org | Supports the Ship-2-Shore Program; an exciting Long Beach-based opportunity for students and teachers to immerse themselves in real-world; scientific research in Southern California Bight coastal waters near Los Angeles and Orange counties; and learn about the impact of plastic debris in our marine environment and how they can take action to solve this problem. In addition to directly teaching students about how plastics enter the ocean through storm drains; the program also engages students in STEM subjects; which helps to close the educational gap facing American students today. The research conducted by the students will contribute to Algalita's overall efforts to increase awareness and personal actions to reduce; prevent and eliminate plastic from our waterways; and the students' Community Action Projects (which are student-led programs to directly reduce plastic waste and other throw-away packaging that washes off of the streets and into storm drains) will help reduce a significant source of coastal watershed contamination in this heavily-populated area. | More details |
| American River Parkway Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $38,250.00 | Sacramento Valley | Ensuring Water Quality via Clean-ups | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | www.arpf.org | Supports broad volunteer mobilization to remove trash and debris from a 23 mile stretch of the lower American River in the Sacramento area. It is estimated that over 50;000 pounds of trash wlll be removed; including broken glass; beverage containers; metal and bicycle parts; paper and plastic; and cigarette butts and human waste. In addition to periodic clean-up days; the clean-up program inlcudes ''Pups in the Park''; which will distribute 40;000 pet waste bags. The American River Parkway Foundaiton estimates that; without the clean-up program; 70% of this waste; refuse and debris would wash into the American River; contaminating it with pathogens including strepococci and fecal coliform as well as cadmium; lead and arsenic from cigarette filters. This grant was enabled by a legal settlement paid by Elder Creek Transfer and Recovery. | More details | |
| AquAlliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $2,200.00 | Sacramento Valley | Water for Seven Generations Conference 2016 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | www.aqualliance.net | To support a two-day conference that will bring more than 100 water quality activists; community members and policymakers together to discuss how to improve the hydrologic health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and its watershed. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | Supports wildlife rescue and rehabilitation; public education; and water quality monitoring in Battle Creek; a major tributary to the Sacramento River; and other nearby watersheds. The water quality data is analyzed by volunteer hydrologists and used to create an ongoing series of reports documenting the diminished water quality of streams; which are downstream of clear-cut and salvage logged land in the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges. In addition to educating policy decision about water quality in the Sacramento River watershed; these reports also feed into a public education campaign that teaches how the interconnected water; forest; and climate cycles are the foundation that all life on earth is built upon; and provides factual grounding for a documental film; ''Clearcut Nation'' that will become a centerpiece of Battle Creek Alliance's public outreach around the water quality impacts of industrial forestry. | More details | |
| Calaveras Healthy Impact Product Solutions | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $13,500.00 | Central Valley | Watershed Restoration in the Butte Fire Footprint and unburned forests | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Amador County, Calaveras County | California | www.calaveraschips.org | Supports community-based watershed restoration in the wake of the Butte Fire; which decimated over 70;000 acres in of the Mokelumne watershed in Calaveras County; including some areas that are within 50 miles of the facility in Ripon CA. CHIPS is a major partner in advancing grassroots efforts to restore the burned areas; funding will support collection of seeds and saplings from adjacent unburnt areas; cultivation by high school students; and planting by students and 4H clubs supervised by two Sierra Fellows but support is needed to expand and manages the efforts in this critical watershed; which not only provides hydroelectric power and myriad other ecological services; but also drinking water to the over 1.3 million residents of the San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| California Coastkeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Central Coast | Tackling Threats to Monterey Bay Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Monterey County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org | Monterey Bay is one of the richest marine habitats in the world; however; its abundance and concentrations of marine life are vulnerable to intake predation and brine discharge from proposed desalinization facilities and millions of pounds of pesticides and agricultural chemicals that enter the Pajaro River and the more than 50 other creeks and rivers that drain the nearby coastal agricultural watersheds and the Salinas Valley. Three large desal facilities are proposed for Monterey Bay (Santa Cruz; Moss Landing and near the City of Monterey). The funding helps defray community based advocacy and policy development to ensure that any new desal facilities in the Monterey Bay area are properly sited to reduce impacts to marine life; use the most advanced energy-efficiency and sub-surface intake technology. Funding will also support advocacy to reduce nitrogen pollution and improve nutrient regulations in the area. Finally; a portion of the funding will help support a pilot project to restore coastal water quality in Elkhorn Slough by leveraging state bond funding related to the Blanco Drain Wetlands. | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $12,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Russian River Water Quality Project | Environmental Education | California | Supports coordination with the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians to engage in broad tribal outreach to mobilize tribal participation in a California Water Resources Board process to lead to the adoption of beneficial use language to protect environmental health and water quality in the Russian River watershed. In particular; the outreach will center around mercury contamination and stromwater issues. Activities will also include fish consumption surveys to show that tribal members may be consuming six times more locally caught fish than the current 1 meal per week standard. This information will feed into the Water Board process to encourage more health-protective standards and tighter regulation of sources of pollution that currently impair Russian River water quality. | More details | ||
| California Product Stewardship Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Sustainable Medication Take Back for Watersheds within Monterey; Orange and Los Angeles Counties | Environmental Education | Orange County ;Los Angeles County ;Monterey County | California | http://www.CalPSC.org | California Product Stewardship Council's Don't Rush To Flush; Meds in the Bin We All Win! pharmaceutical disposal education and disposal program has been hailed by both CalRecycle and the Department of Toxic Substances Control as a model initiative that has been successful in building public-private partnerships to keep unused medicines from contaminating municipal sanitary sewage treatment effluent and landfill leachate. Funds support the expansion of this effort to Monterey County to assist community and local government partners to establish 20 new sustainably funded secure medication collections bins through expansion of the campaign. Funding would be used for bin purchase; labor; and public relations to harmonize messaging to the public with DRTF in these counties to protect water quality. | More details |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $40,000.00 | Central Coast | Reducing Pesticide Use to Improve Monterey Bay Water Quality | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | California | www.PesticideReform.org | Supports close collaboration with the Salinas-based Safe Ag/Safe Schools coalition; and helps SASS expand by launching new branches in Watsonville and Greenfiled. SASS is a broad coalition of local residents worked to reduce pesticide use and associated pollution runoff problems impacting local communities and the Salinas and Pajaro Rivers. The pesticides (including Telone and chloropiricin) most linked to aquatic toxicity in this surface water are among the most heavily used in the Monterey area. The goal for the coming year is to highlight the problems of pesticide drift from fields onto schools; homes neighborhoods and waterways; and to push for new regulations to reduce fumigant in order to better protect human and environmental health | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $13,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Secure Binding Legal Protections for the Santa Clara River and Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | www.biologicaldiversity.org | In an area that has already lost 97% of its historic river woodlands; the 116 mile-long Santa Clara River is one of the last free-flowing rivers in Southern California and it supports a great diversity of rare threatened and endangered aquatic and riparian species including the southern steelhead trout. Funding supports the use of biological data to inform both board public education and targeted legal advocacy to maintain the integrity of the Santa Clara River and watershed; including its riverbanks; floodplains; riparian habitats; and the many plant and animal species that depend on this ecosystem. One primary focus of activity will be to promote a more sustainable design for phases of the proposed Newhall Ranch development; especially to minimize how this massive development would permanently alter the Santa Clara River and its tributaries. | More details | |
| Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $40,000.00 | Southern Desert | Accountability; Compliance; and Enforcement (ACE) Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | www.ccaej.org | Supports a community-based environmental problem-solving program; which augments regulatory agency actions and enhances protection of our local environment in the Santa Ana River Watershed. Activities will include a Community Water Stewards training program that will teach 10 local residents in the San Bernardino and Riverside areas environmental testing techniques in order to identify and investigate violations of the Clean Water Act. The Water Stewards will then research compliance records of at least 3 suspected violators; and provide detailed documentation to state regulators to encourage full enforcement of water quality standards and permit requirements. The program also includes a community technical assistance element designed to help communities suffering from high levels of toxic contamination with basic training in how to identify soil and water contamination problems; and to help community members investigate these problems further and proposed solutions. The overall goal of the program is to develop more widespread community awareness of water quality problems and encourage public pressure for compliance with water quality standards. | More details | |
| Coastal Watershed Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $30,000.00 | Central Coast | San Lorenzo River Health Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Cruz County | California | www.coastal-watershed.org | The San Lorenzo River Health Project educates and engages the Santa Cruz community in watershed protection through source identification and control measures to reduce and eliminate pathogens in the San Lorenzo River. It is a public information campaign coupled with community-based advocacy to generate city and county policies for a cleaner; healthier San Lorenzo River. | More details |
| Community Science Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $18,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Toxic Protection | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | Supports work with local communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area to investigate and document pollution that affects San Francisco Bay. The primary focus is to investigate metal finishing facilities for potential releases; including lead; copper; nickel; aluminum; zinc and other toxic pollution into San Francisco Bay. CSI and its community partners will investigate air emissions from metal facilities; which pose public health threats in addition to being sources of air deposition into the Bay. In addition; CSI will help local community organizations in neighborhoods near refineries and within the potential blast zones from explosive oil train derailments advocate for greater safety measures from these threats to both water quality and public safety. | More details | ||
| Concerned Neighbors of Wildomar | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $40,000.00 | Southern Desert | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Riverside County | California | Supports community-based education and advocacy to push for clean-up and remediation of toxics including benzene; dichlorobethane; trichloroethylene and formadehyde in the Autumnwood district of Wildomar. the contaminants are associated with fill material placed in conjunction with the original development of the area; and contamination for the site has been measured in groundwater and surface runoff entering Murrieta Creek; a tributary to the Southern California Bight. Activities supported include a planned partnership with the UC Riverside Medical School to investigate and document human health impacts; and press regulatory agencies for investigation and clean-up. | More details | |
| East Bay Academy for Young Scientists | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $5,850.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | East Creek Watershed Research and Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://static.lawrencehallofscience.org/ays/ | Supports a watershed awareness and STEM training program based in the Lawrence Hall of Science. Since 2011; the program has taught East Oakland youth how to monitor water quality and led local habitat restoration work along Oakland's Courtland Creek. Funding will help support the expansion of the program to Peralta Creek; and the students will present their findings at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. | More details | |
| Elkhorn Slough Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $40,000.00 | Central Coast | Transforming Sand Hill Farm: a Model for Protecting Water Quality & Economy in a Coastal Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | www.elkhornslough.org | The Elkhorn Slough Foundation acquired Sand Hill Farm in June. For 40 years this conventional strawberry farm; perched above the National Estuarine Research Reserve; has been a chronic source of water quality and habitat degradation. Funding will help support a full restoration plan guided by research demonstrating significant improvements in Slough water quality; subsequent to restoration on other ESF-owned farms. Activities revolve around retiring steep eroding slopes and restoring native habitat saving 32 million gallons of groundwater a year and increasing recharge. Lower gentle slopes will become a 15-acre sustainable organic farm. | More details | |
| Environmental Defense Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $7,500.00 | Southern Coast | Protecting Oxnard's beaches and communities by defeating the Puente Power Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | www.EnvironmentalDefenseCenter.org | Supports community-based advocacy around ware and air pollution impacts from the proposed NRG Puente Power Project.'' The Puente project; which is immediately adjacent to the Ormond Beach Wetlands; would impact the wetland area and the Santa Clara River estuary and nearby coastal water quality and habitat values with processed wastewater and the visual impacts of a large development adjacent to popular beaches enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. | More details |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Central Coast | Monterey Bay Pollution Prevention and Water Justice Advocacy Project | Environmental Education | California | Helps support the graduates of EJCW's Water Justice Leadership Curriculum to work with Salinas and Pajaro Valley communities in a regional pilot planning project designed to improve drinking water quality and wastewater management. Activities include conducting two environmental justice water tours for relevant decision-makers and advocate for the just and sustainable implementation of the Salinas River Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency; the Central Coast Ag Order; and Prop 1 DAC Involvement. By helping new and emerging community leaders participate in the GAS and the Regional Integrated Water Management processes; the project will ensure that the community has a voice in pushing for implementation of stronger water quality monitoring programs and reporting requirements that are more protective of water quality and public health. | More details | ||
| Environmental Water Caucus | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $13,500.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://ewccalifornia.org/home/index.php | Supports the Southern California Watershed Alliance (SCWA) and its work advocating for local water supplies focused at reducing demand in Southern California watersheds through work on stormwater and rainwater capture and reuse. Activities will include SCWA efforts to develop; document and communicate on realistic; feasible alternatives to imported water supply. Stormwater recapture represents a local resource that contributes to pollution reduction while significantly enhancing local water supply through groundwater recharge. SCWA is positioned to help coordinate the planning and implementation to prioritize proposed government programs to capture; treat; store and reuse stormwater; and to advance new ones. The goal is provide a coordinated; integrated community and environmentally just response on stormwater and rainwater capture water issues | More details | |
| Feather River Chapter Trout Unlimited | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $9,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Upper Feather River Basin-Wide Native Fish Assessment and Improvement Strategy | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Plumas County, Sierra County, Lassen County | California | www.frtu.org | Supports the collaborative development of basin-wide Fish Assessment and Restoration Plan for the Feather River Watershed. Activities will include microbiological water quality sampling of stream flows for environmental DNA (eDNA). eDNA sampling will target two pathogens of major concern: Myxobolus cerebralis (whirling disease) and Ceratomyxa Shasta. The distribution of these pathogens in the basin is currently unknown and the presence of the pathogens has important ramifications in the development of the overall restoration plan. | More details |
| Food & Water Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Stop the Tunnels Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | foodandwaterwatch.org | A 1-inch rainstorm in Los Angeles can produce approximately 10 billion gallons of water. Funding support a campaign to promote investing in local water initiatives in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas; especially improved stormwater infrastructure to better capture and use rainwater and prevent urban runoff pollution of our beaches; and groundwater cleanup. LADWP has already identified that these initiatives could increase the local water supply by approximately 100;000 acre-feet of water. Other activities will include support for the implementation of plans that have recently been developed by the City of Los Angeles. Both the Sustainable City Plan and the LADWP Urban Water Management Plan of 2015; and the Los Angeles Stormwater Capture Management Master plan have called for obtaining 50% of Los Angeles' water supply locally as part of a larger plan to reduce imported water by 50% by 2025 and reduce per capita water use 25% by 2035. The overall project goal is to improve water conservation and stormwater management in the LA area; and also the continuation and expansion of the Stop the Tunnels campaign. | More details | |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect the Mokelumne River and Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org | Supports the Protect the Mokelumne River and Watershed Program to protect; conserve and sustain the natural and cultural features of the Mokelumne River and its watershed for the benefits this major tributary to the San Joaquin River provides to people; aquatic species and other wildlife. Activities will include working with local water agencies to improve water conservation programs benefitting disadvantaged communities; involvement in the Mokelumne-Amador-Calaveras Integrated Regional Water Quality Management Group; and partnership in the Amador Claveras Consensus Group; a program led by the US Forest Service to design and implement watershed and forest restoration work in the Mokelumne Watershed. | More details | |
| Friends of Lafferty Park | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Lafferty Ranch-General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | California | http://www.laffertyranch.org | Friends of Lafferty Park is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to restoring a permanently protecting a 270 acre parcel at the headwaters of Adobe Creek; a tributary to the Petaluma River. Adobe Creek provides important habitat for steelhead; California red-legged frogs and numerous other species. Restoration goals include removing barriers to fish passage and establishing a 200 foot wide riparian buffer zone to protect water quality and related habitat. Similar buffer zones would be created around wetland portions. Funds will support community participation in a series of detailed studies related to salmonids; sensitive habitats and wetlands delineation. These studies will be used to guide restoration activities and direct public access into appropriate areas of the park. | More details | |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $11,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sausal Creek Walkable Watershed Plan Implementation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | www.sausalcreek.org | Supports a strategic initiative to expand community engagement and improve water quality in the Fruitvale District from I-580 to the Oakland Estuary. Funding will allow FSC to take the Sausal Creek Walkable Watershed Plan developed over the last year through a community engagement process into the first phase of implementation. Activates will include building and strengthening the local coalition of Sausal Creek stewards; and proceeding with design development for the first pilot riparian restoration and public access projects. | More details | |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $27,400.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | www.lawaterkeeper.org | Support broad community-based stewardship activities to protect and restore the bays; rivers and creeks throughout Los Angeles County through a series of integrated projects aimed at ensuring that one day every Angeleno will have access to swimmable; fishable and drinkable waters. Activities include the Urban Water Civic Action Program; which trains teachers and students from watersheds (Ballona Creek; LA River; Dominguez Channel and Compton Creek) to assess water quality and remove trash and debris. The Marine Program; which has been successful in restoring kelp forests in local Los Angeles area coastal waters; will expand to collaborate with academic; public and private partners to monitor and abate invasive species including Saragassum horneri; which feed on kelp. The Marine Program will also provide a variety of water quality data to boost the enhancement and protection of a network of local Marine Protected Areas. More than 300 volunteers will be involved in these efforts. Additional activates will include investigation fieldwork and strategically-targeted legal advocacy to ensure compliance with state and federal clean water laws in Los Angeles County and Santa Monica Bay. | More details | |
| Los Padres ForestWatch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $15,000.00 | Southern Coast | Sespe Clean Water Initiative; Phase II | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | www.LPFW.org | Supports fieldwork to assess erosion and sediment inputs from roads; well pads and other cleared areas in the Sespe Oil Field in the Santa Clara River watershed; a primary tributary to the Santa Barbara Channel. The project will compile high-quality scientific data about stormwater runoff and sediment loading into a public report containing recommendations for follow-up by public agencies to reduce polluted runoff from the Sespe oil fields. Activates will also encompass tracking compliance with the oil company's new stormwater permit and its application for exemption from state requirements to protect groundwater supplies from fracking. | More details | |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $31,500.00 | Southern Desert | Inland Empire Water Quality Improvement Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Riverside County | California | www.coastkeeper.org | Supports the continuation and expansion of the RiverKATS; Stream Team and stormwater pollution prevention programs. RiverKATS (Kids Activism Through Science) provides students in low-income communities with environmental stewardship field trips to the San Ana River and other local waterbodies. Funding will allow RiverKATS to expand from 10 to 17 classes. Students perform water quality sampling and wetlands restoration with local biologists; and generally learn STEM biology and chemistry skills. The Stream Team is a volunteer-based water quality monitoring program in the middle Santa Ana River; testing weekly for 6 nutrients and 2 types of bacteria to gage the health of the River on an ongoing basis. The date is shared with the Santa An Watershed Project Authority and the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board to assist in developing TMDLs for the Santa Ana River. The stormwater program will use the Stream Team data and additional technical information to advocate for strong MS4 permit for the Inland Empire. | More details |
| Our Children's Earth Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $22,498.20 | Central Coast | Elkhorn Slough Water Quality: Research & Outreach | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Monterey County | California | www.ocefoundation.org | Despite high levels of methylmercury; a bioaccumulative toxin; in fish tissue samples from the Elkhorn Slough area in Monterey Bay; there are no formal advisories warning anglers about these toxins or providing guidance about how to limit exposure through reducing consumption or during preparation. Funding supports additional research regarding local fish contamination and work with subsistence anglers who catch and consume marine species from the Elkhorn Slough. Partners in the project include the Moss Landing Marine Lab; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; UC Santa Cruz and Cal State Monterey. Activities will include additional research into sources of contamination to the local waters; a survey (English and Spanish) of anglers' fish consumption and cultural practices related catching and eating fish; public outreach including dissemination of information about contaminants in local fish and preparation methods that may reduce some of the toxicity; and policy advocacy with the California Office of Environmental Health hazard assessment to urge a formal fish contamination advisory for the Elkhorn Slough area and associated Monterey Bay coastal waters. | More details |
| Planning and Conservation League | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protect the San Francisco Bay-Delta watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | To support Amicus Curiae in support of community-based efforts to protect the San Francisco Bay-Delta watershed from the impacts of increased diversions driven by harmful sprawl development and unsustainable agricultural practices in the San Joaquin Valley. | More details | ||
| Point Blue Conservation Science | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $40,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed: Stemple Creek Watershed in Sonoma County | Environmental Education | Sonoma County | California | www.pointblue.org | Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed (STRAW) will engage 12 underserved Sonoma classrooms to restore riparian ecosystems in the Stemple Creek; Russian River and other Sonoma County watersheds. With 24 years of experience in providing watershed science education and facilitating community-based restoration in these watersheds; the STRAW team will engage a strong network of teachers; students; restoration specialists; landowners and land managers at three restoration sites. The project will improve watershed health; water quality and habitat using Point Blue's climate-smart restoration model. | More details |
| Resources Legacy Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $40,000.00 | Advancing responsible seawater desalination in Southern California through effective communications and outreach | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.resourceslegacyfund.org/ | Supports communications and outreachto advance responsibleseawater desalination in the Los Angeles area and throughout Southern California. Activities will revolve aroundstrengthening conservation and community engagement on desalinationissues and major project proposals including the Poseidon Huntington Beach project.RLF also aims to secure strong implementation of statewide desalination policy such as a State WaterResources Control Board ocean plan amendment; which will be applied beginning in 2016. Thegrant will support communications and outreach among public officials and themedia regarding key issues such as the costs of seawater desalination; the availability of feasible alternativewater supplies; and the need for measures to avoid or minimize unnecessary costs and ecological impacts.These efforts would be focused on advancing conservation outcomes with respect to key Southern Californiaprojects and decisions; including the proposed Poseidon Huntington Beach desalination facility as well as anticipated proposals impacting areas throughout the Southern California Bight including Santa Barbara; El Segundo; Dana Point; and Camp Pendleton. | More details | ||
| Russian Riverkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $30,000.00 | North Coast | Russian River Pollution Reduction Projects | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | www.russianriverkeeper.org | Supports three projects that will directly improve water quality in the Russian River. The upper Russian River Trash Project will organize community volunteers to cleanup illegal dump sites and work with homeless individuals with riverside camps to help them keep the river clean. The Pollution Trading Advocacy project will prevent the use of water pollution trading to evade Clean Water Act permits -- instead; the Riverkeeper will advocate for a regenerative land conservation approach that ensures pollution is actually reduced over time and not merely shuffled from one location to another. The Stormwater Enforcement Project uses citizen science monitoring that meets quality assurance standards mandated by the North Coast Water Board. Activities will include training Riverkeeper staff to become Qualified Industrial Stormwater Practioners in order to properly document illegal runoff from industrial facilities and construction sites. Information collected through this process will be provided to the water board to encourage enforcement of state and federal water quality standards throughout the Russian River watershed. | More details | |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $4,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | More details | |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $15,375.00 | Southern Coast | City of Santa Barbara Sewer System Consent Decree Enforcement | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | California | http://www.sbck.org | In 2012; after researchers at UC Santa Barbara documented that significant amounts of sewage was infiltrating from the 260 miles of sewer pipes underlying Santa Barbara; federal courts issued a consent decree specifying a series of conditions for the City of Santa Barbara in managing its sewer system to prevent sewage spills and to protect the millions of Californians that come into contact with the local coastal waters ever year along the Santa Barbara Channel's famous beaches. However; the City has failed to meet spill reduction standards and other key requirements of the agreement in three out of the first four years of the 5-year agreement. Funds will support Channelkeeper's reengagement with the City of Santa Barbara through a dispute resolution process choreographed in the original agreement. Through this process Channelkeeper will propose specific sewer system management improvements designed to meet spill standards; and seek an extended settlement agreement that will allow the court to track the City's progress past the terms of the original Consent Decree and allow sufficient time for improved sewage management to be achieved and documented. | More details | |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | 2016 Conference Sponsorship | California | www.sierranevadaalliance.org | As the source of 60% of the water used by Californians; the Sierra play an instrumental role in providing water for the entire San Francisco Bay-Delta. Funding helps support a conference where conservationists; community members and government leaders from throughout the Sierra come together for discussion about how to preserve the upstream portions of this huge watershed. Discussion themes will include strategies for guiding management and research related to both natural water storage systems such as meadows and forests; and constructed water storage systems such as dams and reservoirs; and how the stresses ofclimate change are effecting these storage systems. | More details | ||
| Sonoma Ecology Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $15,750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Neighborhood Water Teams (NeWTs) for Diverse Communities in the Sonoma Creek Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | www.sonomaecologycenter.org | Supports Neighborhood Water Teams (NeWTs); which use proven methods to change households' land and water management practices in the Sonoma Creek watershed to reduce stormwater runoff and flood risk; increase infiltration and groundwater recharge; reduce water use; and improve water quality. This grant brings the NeWTs into diverse; low-income neighborhoods in the Springs area of Sonoma County to reach more communities facing water quality and conservation challenges. | More details |
| The Bay Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Central Valley | Retiring the Toxic Lands in Westlands to Help the San Francisco Bay-Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County, Contra Costa County, San Francisco County, Fresno County, Madera County, Merced County | California | http://www.thebayinstitute.org/ | Supports research and advocacy seeking to retire 300;000 acres of drainage-impaired lands in the Westlands portion of the San Joaquin Valley which have been identified by the US Fish & Wildlife Service as threatening the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta due to toxic runoff from the leaching of selenium and other salts as a by-product of agricultural irrigation. In addition to preventing toxic runoff into the Delta; retiring these lands would reduce demand for harmful Delta water exports. Reducing the pressure to export water from the Delta benefits the entire San Francisco-Bay Delta watershed by providing more water for fish and local Delta-based agriculture; and enhancing a variety of aquatic and riparian habitat values as well as boosting water-related recreational uses in the Delta. Activities will include media outreach to the general public and direct outreach to Delta stakeholders and policymakers to achieve retirement of these drainage-impaired lands and a drainage solution for additional Westlands acreage. | More details |
| Warehouse Worker Resource Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | Southern Desert | Inland Empire Warehouse Worker Toxics Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Bernardino County | California | www.warehouseworkers.org | The warehouse-dense Inland Empire region is home to over 400 major truck and warehouse facilities which employ over 85;000 people -- many of whom are low-income people of color. But in addition to providing jobs; warehouses large paved areas provide a ready conduit for oil and grease; and metals from deteriorating brake pads to enter the Santa Ana River. In addition to watershed impacts; warehouse workers and truck drivers are often also exposed to elevated levels of truck exhaust. Workers who understand the impacts of the substances they deal can identify potential hazards or impacts at their workplace; and can play a leading role in advocating for pollution reductions to reduce runoff and air emissions. The two-year project will develop and train a cohort of 10 - 20 warehouse workers who will survey their facilities for stormwater runoff and other pollution problems; and develop a report on water and air pollution problems associated with these facilities. The report will identify pollution vectors between these facilities and the Santa Ana River; and best practices that could be implemented to address and reduce pollution impacts. The report will be will broadly distributed to workers; warehouse owners and governmental regulators to develop active dialogue on pollution associated with warehouse facilities and solutions that can be implemented on both voluntary and regulatory levels. The overall goal of the project is to maintain the economic viability of the goods movement sector while reducing its watershed and environmental health impacts. | More details |
| Wishtoyo Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2016 | $27,000.00 | Southern Coast | Southern California Bight Marine Protected Area (MPA) Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County; Los Angeles County; Ventura County | California | http://www.wishtoyo.org | Supports community-based technical analysis and regulatory advocacy to mitigate and prevent impacts of stormwater pollution to the Southern California Bight (Bight) and its Marine Protected Areas. There are four main elements to the project: 1.) Delivering Chumash MPA and Ocean Conservation Education Programs to youth; 2.) Mobilizing California Tribes to advocate for MPAs and Tribal co-management of MPAs; 3.) Training other Tribes to deliver tribal MPA and ocean conservation education programs; and 4.) Monitor industrial stormwater and individual Clean Water Act permits; advocate for rigorous pollution discharge permits and full enforcement of permit limits to ensure MPA success and to protect the Bight. | More details |
| AquAlliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $11,250.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.aqualliance.net/ | Water agencies wish to transfer significantly more water from the Sacramento River watershed to corporate agriculture and urban sprawl in the most arid portions of California. Expanding this trend in the Sacramento Valley, particularly when groundwater is substituted for surface water, will jeopardize what remains of the hydrology that supports the majority of California’s economy, the Central Valley’s fish and flyway, and the largest estuary in North America: the Sacramento/San Joaquin Bay Delta. We seek to prevent the historic calamities made in the Owens and San Joaquin valleys. | More details | |
| bay.org DBA The Bay Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $13,500.00 | Statewide | Helping San Francisco Bay Delta by Retiring Drainage-Impaired Farmlands in West San Joaquin Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.thebayinstitute.org/ | The Bay Institute seeks to retire more drainage-impaired lands in Westlands and neighboring federal irrigation districts in the San Joaquin Valley, thus reducing the demand for harmful Delta exports and pollution that currently flows from those toxic lands. The federal government executed a misguided Settlement with Westlands, and is proposing a parallel one with neighboring districts, which minimize land retirement, perpetuate harmful Delta exports, and fail to solve the drainage problem. Our project seeks to block or rewrite these settlements and replace them with a proper drainage solution. | More details | |
| California Communities Against Toxics | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $30,000.00 | Southern Coast | Los Angeles County | California | http://stoptoxics.org/ | During work on the recent/ongoing crisis of hexavalent chromium releases in the City of Paramount, California Communities Against Toxics (CCAT) had a simple and powerful insight that many of the most dangerous polluters in Los Angeles threaten our community’s air and water at the same time. The Project aims to undertake a research initiative and advocacy campaign designed to dramatically reduce toxic stormwater pollution through citizen education and advocacy directed at air and water regulators; and improved coordination between the agencies responsible for our air and water quality. | More details | ||
| California Safe Schools | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $4,500.00 | Southern Coast | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.calisafe.org | California Safe Schools (CSS) will address the exposure to toxic chemicals which may threaten children in the school environment and in communities adjacent to the schools throughout the greater Los Angeles area. CSS will work with a Task Force of local, state, federal officials ,regulatory/enforcement agencies, and assist members of the public in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley who are impacted by groundwater contamination, potential vapor intrusion, & extremely poor air quality conditions due to the close proximity of freeways and polluting facilities. | More details | |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $40,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://calsport.org/news/ | CSPA is presently involved in a series of complex multi-faceted administrative and legal proceedings addressing: the State Water Resource Control Board’s hearing regarding California WaterFix Project; the State Board’s update to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary; the Delta Stewardship Council’s Delta Plan and a lawsuit against the State Board for relaxing water quality standards and public trust violations. Each of these proceedings is critical to the future of the Bay/Delta. | More details | |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $11,150.00 | Central Coast | Monterey County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.pesticidereform.org/ | Pesticides are a significant source of water contamination and a major threat to water quality in local watersheds. CPR’s local coalition in the Monterey Bay area has achieved considerable momentum in local and state campaigns and movement building, leading to policy wins with the potential to reduce pesticide use. This year we will join the statewide campaign to ban the chlorpyrifos, push for additional limits on the use of RoundUp in local schools, pursue legal action against state regulators for their policies on Telone, and push for an expansion of the schools notification program. | More details | ||
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $24,500.00 | Central Coast | Keeping Monterey Bay Off Drugs: Preventing Pharmaceutical Pollution | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org | Clean Water Fund (CWF) seeks a one-year grant to promote proper disposal of household pharmaceuticals to protect the Monterey Bay Watershed. Building on the success of the Don’t Rush to Flush campaign to place disposal bins within Monterey County, CWF will identify and reach out to diverse organizations, decision makers, and residents in and around the watershed (including neighboring San Benito County) and provide educational presentations and materials on proper drug disposal as a means of ensuring the success and ultimate expansion of Don’t Rush to Flush. | More details | |
| Coastal Watershed Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $22,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Lorenzo River Health Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Cruz County | California | https://coastal-watershed.org/ | The San Lorenzo River Health Project will engage, educate and empower disadvantaged communities living along the San Lorenzo River to implement best management practices that reduce bacteria entering the San Lorenzo River and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. These management practices have been identified by the current work of the Water Quality Working Group. Using a data-driven approach and by involving people in decision-making processes that affect them and their communities, we seek to remove barriers to access and empower residents to take action to improve water quality. | More details |
| Del Amo Action Committee | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | 2017 Environmental Health and Enforcement Symposium | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.delamoactioncommittee.org/ | Our event is April 10th and 11th, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and is two full days of skill building workshops, panel presentations and round table discussions. We have taken a leadership role in several successful partnering efforts and will be bringing a wide variety of stakeholders together to teach, learn and discuss with each other the critical importance of protecting the environment through multi-agency initiatives. Our event statement clearly conveys our goal and objective: Focusing on Success Stories: Building Robust Enforcement Partnerships in Environmental Justice Communities. | More details |
| Del Amo Action Committee | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.delamoactioncommittee.org/ | We will bring together stakeholders who can collectively develop a proactive, community led stormwater management plan. that incorporates landuse. This is a priority for us because so many of the undeveloped parcels in our planning area are impacted with toxic soils which have or are currently are being disturbed. We have identified the initial stakeholders and are currently seeking resources to implement our project. To shape our collective efforts we will use a real life, environmental justice, understanding of the environmental impacts landuse and mismanaged stormwater practices cause. | More details | ||
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $9,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sustainable Youth Watershed Internships at Marsh Creek | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net | Earth Team Program Associate, Julia Dorosh (PI) and FOMCW Aquatic Biologist, Mary Helen Niccolini (co-PI) will recruit and train a team of 14 youth from Antioch High School's Environmental Science Academy as paid interns to work as research assistants to help restore native vegetation and monitor water quality on a 3 acre adopted site in the upper Marsh Creek area. The proposed project benefits fish and wildlife habitat, promotes scientific research and STEM skills amongst our youth and educates the public on the importance of healthy watershed and clean water. | More details |
| Environmental Defense Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $4,500.00 | Southern Coast | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Ventura County | California | https://www.environmentaldefensecenter.org/ | EDC is the lead (and only local) law firm opposing NRG’s proposed “Puente Power Project†before the California Energy Commission (“CECâ€). Puente would be the 4th fossil-fuel power plant constructed on Oxnard’s coastline, with detrimental impacts to the environment, including rare coastal wetlands, the Santa Clara River estuary, and human health. Rose Foundation’s support would make a significant difference in helping our clients, the Sierra Club Los Padres Chapter, Environmental Coalition of Ventura County, and EDC to provide the legal and scientific expertise necessary to fight the project. | More details | |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Los Angeles County ; Orange County | California | http://www.ejcw.org/ | The Los Angeles and Orange County Water Quality Improvement Community Engagement Training Project will mobilize watershed stewardship leaders from disadvantaged and impacted communities from Los Angeles and Orange County Watersheds. This project expands EJCW’s current coalition work within the Los Angeles and Orange County Watersheds to include direct watershed improvement activities resulting in coastal and watershed protection, cleanup, pollution prevention, and increased community participation in watershed related governance processes. | More details | ||
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $9,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Alpine County ; Amador County ; Calaveras County ; Contra Costa County ; El Dorado County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org | Continued advocacy for ecologically sound watershed restoration, creating safer communities & local economic benefits. Protecting the Cosumnes River from harmful upstream diversions. Continue efforts to secure state Wild & Scenic River designation for the Mokelumne River. Continue educating the public & officials about the importance of protecting local rivers & streams. Participating in the Stanislaus & Eldorado National Forest Land & Resource Management Plan updates. Continued coordination of the Upper Mokelumne Salmon Restoration Team. | More details | |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $31,500.00 | Statewide | San Francisco Bay-Delta Watershed Protection | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.friendsoftheriver.org/ | After five years of severe drought fueling an intense push to take us back to the era of big dam building, Donald Trump is President and anti-environmentalists control Congress. Now we are hearing calls for new dams to control flooding as California is on pace for the wettest year on record. At the same time, we have an opportunity to harness the public outcry since the election to protect our rivers. In this extreme political context, FOR is organizing to save the SF Bay-Delta from a host of water projects that would cost at least $35 billion to add less than 5% to our water supply.; Our rivers haven’t been more threatened since the go-go years of dam building ended 40 years ago. After severe drought fueled an intense push to return to the era of big dam building, Donald Trump is President, anti-environmentalists control Congress, and we are now hearing calls for dams to control flooding in this wet year. At the same time, we have an opportunity to harness the public outcry since the election. In this extreme political context, FOR is organizing to save the SF Bay-Delta from a host of water projects costing at least $35 billion to increase water supply by less than 5%. | More details | |
| Grassroots Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $4,950.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Stewardship and Education in East Palo Alto and Redwood City | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | http://www.grassrootsecology.org/ | Grassroots Ecology requests support for our watershed stewardship and education programs in East Palo Alto and Redwood City. Within these two communities we will engage approximately 800 youth and adults to protect and improve over 50 acres. Together with the public and partner agencies, we will restore riparian and baylands habitat; reduce, monitor, and prevent water pollution; enhance water conservation; and preserve biodiversity. Our programs will result in measurable improvements to each site while teaching youth in historically underserved areas and building future community leaders. | More details |
| Greenbelt Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | https://www.greenbelt.org/ | The Promoting Equitable, Water-Wise Development in Contra Costa County project will, in eastern Contra Costa County and Antioch in particular, highlight suburban sprawl’s negative water impacts, limit those impacts, and promote water-wise developments within the existing urban footprint. Being smarter about land use can help protect the San Joaquin River water supply and improve its water quality, through water-wise development on the southern edge of Antioch, known as the “Sand Creek Focus Area.†| More details | |
| Humboldt Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $20,000.00 | North Coast | Environmental Education | Humboldt County | California | http://www.humboldtbaykeeper.org | The Humboldt Bay Dioxin Site Investigation and Prioritization will build on past work by researching and prioritizing cleanup of dioxin hotspots. Dioxins are extremely persistent toxic legacy contaminants from wood preservatives used in former lumber mills. Despite the bay’s designation in 2006 as impaired by dioxins, few cleanups have taken place, and many sites remain poorly documented. With support from the Rose Foundation, sites will be investigated and prioritized, with the goal of developing action plans to implement cleanups and restoration. | More details | |
| Institute for Fisheries Resources | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $18,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.ifrfish.org/ | IFR advocates at the state and federal levels for the restoration Sacramento, San Joaquin and Trinity River salmon runs and their habitat. Climate change, mismanagement, and destructive infrastructure projects threaten these iconic public resources. The State Water Resources Control Board and the Bureau of Reclamation oversee many of the critical water policies that influence the health of California’s watersheds and anadromous fisheries. IFR influences regulatory decision-making at these agencies by offering a strong socioeconomic justification for protecting salmon-supporting watersheds. | More details | |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $13,500.00 | Southern Coast | Environmental Education | Los Angeles County | California | http://lawaterkeeper.org/ | Los Angeles Waterkeeper (LAW) requests general operating support for our efforts in working to protect and restore the bays, rivers and creeks throughout Los Angeles County through enforcement, fieldwork and community action. Our team of dedicated lawyers, scientists, educators and support staff collaborate on integrated projects aimed at ensuring that one day every Angeleno will have access to swimmable, fishable and drinkable waters. | More details | |
| Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $18,350.00 | Southern Coast | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County ; Orange County | California | http://www.lcwlandtrust.org/ | Zedler Marsh is a 3-acre remnant tidal salt marsh fed by the San Gabriel River (SGR). It represents one of two locations where SGR supports tidal wetlands. Re-introductory plantings of Pacific cordgrass (Spartina foliosa) performed in 2012 resulted in the establishment of two healthy patches of this low marsh plant that is crucial in trapping nutrients, pollutants, and sediments from the watershed. This project will plant cordgrass throughout Zedler Marsh, and monitor water quality for 12 months to better understand this plant’s positive impacts on water quality in the SGR. | More details | |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Conservation Programs at Center for Sustainable Communities | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.nhslacounty.org/ | As part of NHS’ new Center for Sustainable Communities, which opened in April 2017 in Compton, CA, NHS will provide resources and programming on water conservation. NHS will conduct outreach to residents on water conservation in addition to existing efforts. NHS will distribute materials on water in addition to NHS materials on buying, fixing, keeping and selling your home. A curriculum will be included as part of homebuyer education and foreclosure prevention course offerings. Finally, NHS will provide rain barrels to home purchase and rehabilitation clients. | More details |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $15,750.00 | Southern Coast | Santa Ana River Watershed Water Quality Improvement Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Orange County | California | https://www.coastkeeper.org/ | This project will improve water quality in the Santa Ana River Watershed through advocacy on trash and water policy issues. The trash component will consist of an expansion of our Cleanup OC creek and channel clean ups to support the statewide trash policy to rid our waters of trash. The water policy component will consist of work on the Dairy and Scrap Metal Recyclers permits and that will be considered by the Regional Water Board in the next year. | More details |
| Residents for Responsible Desalination | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $9,000.00 | Southern Coast | Environmental Education | Orange County | California | http://r4rd.org/ | Poseidon Water LLC proposes to build a 50 Million-gallon-per-day seawater desalination project on the Huntington Beach coast near the mouth of the Santa Ana River in Orange County. The project would use reverse osmosis processes to remove the salts and impurities from seawater to produce potable water. Residents for Responsible Desalination has been against the Poseidon HB seawater desalination project since first proposed in 2005. This project would usurp monies and resources available for Santa Ana River watershed reclamation and retention projects and groundwater clean-up of contaminants. | More details | |
| Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians - Environmental Department | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $14,625.00 | Southern Coast | Zanja de Cota Creek Steelhead Habitat Assessment | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | https://syceo.org/ | We propose to conduct a stream condition assessment of the lower Zanja de Cota Creek on the Santa Ynez Chumash Reservation, a historic steelhead stream and tributary to the lower Santa Ynez River. The Southern California Steelhead is a federally listed endangered species and historically fished by the Chumash. This project will collect and evaluate physical survey and water quality data from the Zanja de Cota Creek to determine potential areas for habitat improvement and plan future restoration projects | More details |
| Sierra Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $72,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Mariposa County | California | http://www.sierrafoothill.org/ | To preserve an additional 200 acres of the 410 acre Stockton Creek Preserve for water quality protection. Located in Mariposa CA, immediately south of the Stockton Creek Reservoir. The site encompasses 1.2 miles of primary channel of Stockton Creek, and will connect to 2.04 miles of primary channel already conserved. Stockton Creek is an ephemeral stream which holds ponded water and features unique geography, including metamorphosed grottos shaped by the stream channel. Home to numerous native plant and animal species, the Preserve is open to the Public and utilized for hiking and programming. | More details | ||
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Alpine County ; Butte County ; El Dorado County ; Fresno County ; Inyo County ; Mariposa County ; Mono County ; Nevada County ; Placer County ; Plumas County ; San Joaquin County ; Sierra County ; Tuolumne County | California | http://sierranevadaalliance.com/ | Sierra Nevada Alliance will use this grant to bring together 28 AmeriCorps members for five days of watershed restoration and training in April of 2018. This project will positively impact water quality in the Sacramento River watershed. Members will restore 10 impaired Sacramento River watershed acres of critical riparian habitat through invasive species removal, native plant restoration and erosion control. Members will be given hands-on training in watershed restoration techniques. They will use those skills to complete an additional 100 acres of watershed restoration. | More details | ||
| The 5 Gyres Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Southern Coast | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Los Angeles County ; Orange County | California | https://www.5gyres.org/ | The 5 Gyres Institute (5 Gyres) is seeking $10,000 from the Rose Foundation to support the expansion of the Mi Mar program in 2018. Mi Mar engages underserved youth through one-day research expeditions onboard a boat off the coast of southern California. Students from Title 1 high schools will collect ocean plastics using one of 5 Gyres' signature trawls, analyze the findings, and learn about the science, impacts, and solutions to plastic pollution. The students will then be challenged to design and launch their own plastic pollution reduction projects in the classroom. | More details | |
| The City Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $18,000.00 | Southern Coast | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.cityprojectca.org | This project provides planning and education for water quality and people, watersheds, and ecosystems along Ballona Creek, Compton Creek, and the lower L.A. Rivers. A diverse team of community leaders with public and private agencies will promote water quality; engage residents on environmental and health quality and justice; and alleviate access barriers through education and planning. | More details | |
| The River Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $27,000.00 | Southern Coast | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.theriverproject.org/ | The grant would help fund the next phase of development of the Water LA Collaborative: identifying and selecting the ideal legal structure and systems to support an effective Collaborative program. The Rose Foundation supported the initial work of establishing the Collaborative with funding in 2015, now we plan to move more powerfully toward our full implementation phase. The Water LA Collaborative mission is to leverage the collective expertise and energy of our local communities to raise awareness and empower residents and landscape professionals to implement urban acupuncture strategies. | More details | |
| United Anglers of Casa Grande | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $18,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | UACG Petaluma Watershed Habitat and Restoration Education Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://uacg.org/ | United Anglers of Casa Grande seeks support of our Watershed habitat assessment and restoration education program. Our state of the art fishery is unique in that it provides economically and culturally-diverse high school students an intensive environmental hands-on, science curriculum program. Our well established program has been in operation for 30 years and has become a key partner with public agencies in the collaborative effort to restore, conserve and protect, the endangered native coho salmon and threatened steelhead fish populations in the Petaluma Watershed. | More details |
| Urban Tilth | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Basins of Relations: Watershed Stewardship and Training Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.urbantilth.org/ | The Basins of Relations Watershed Stewardship and Training Program trains young people from West Contra Costa County to become stewards of their watersheds, communities, and the creeks that run through them. Natural spaces in urban areas are frequently neglected, fenced off, overgrown, and viewed as a public safety hazard rather than a community resource. This trend is especially pronounced in underserved communities of color. The Basins of Relations program seeks to fight this injustice and reconnect members of the Richmond community with their natural surroundings. | More details |
| Watsonville Wetlands Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Cruz County | California | https://www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/ | Watsonville Wetlands Watch will restore habitat and water quality in the Watsonville Slough System, a rare, impaired and critical coastal resource. Project activity will engage over 1000 Watsonville youth, students, families, and community members in the restoration of wetland habitat on urban trails, public open space, and local farms, in citizen science water quality monitoring, and the creation and dissemination of a bi-lingual water quality report card designed to increase the awareness of the importance of clean water and the restoration of this important watershed. | More details | |
| Yolo Basin Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $6,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Discover the Flyway Outdoor Education Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Yolo County | California | http://yolobasin.org | Since 1997, Yolo Basin Foundation’s Discover the Flyway Outdoor Education Program has enabled roughly 64,000 K-12 students to experience the wetlands and wildlife of the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, one of five natural basins along the Sacramento River. The field trip also engages students in a variety of outdoor activity stations related to native plants, birds, mammals, agriculture, and water quality testing in the Sacramento Valley. Through active outdoor engagement, the program cultivates responsible stewards of our water and other precious natural resources. | More details |
| Natural Resources Protective Association | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | East Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | New York | http://www.nrpa.com/ | Supports shoreline clean ups and related activities to protect and preserve marine habitat in New York Harbor and connecting waterways. | More details | |
| American Whitewater | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $9,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Recovering from the Oroville Dam Crisis and Improving Water Quality in the Feather River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County ; Yuba County | California | https://www.americanwhitewater.org/ | Supports protection and improvement of water quality by conserving and restoring privately owned meadows and wetlands in the Feather River Watershed, headwaters of the CA State Water Project and a source of water for 65% of Californians. Healthy meadows improve water quality through filtration by capturing sediment and water storage that prevents peak season runoff, while degraded meadows are a source of unhealthy sediment for waterways, which affects water quality, fish habitat, and operability of dams and hydroelectric facilities. Of the 2.3 million acres of the Feather River watershed, 800,000 acres are in private ownership and 105,000 acres constitute wet and dry meadows. The recent Risk Assessment of California’s Key Watersheds by the Pacific Forest Trust finds that 100% of the dry meadows and 85% of the wet meadows are candidates for restoration. Presently, FRLT has conserved 23,000 acres or 22% of these meadows and is on track in the next four years to conserve a total of 53,750 acres or 50% of the meadows. Protecting meadows is dependent upon educating landowners and the public concerning the ecosystem impact. Willing landowners are then prepared to collaborate in developing land management plans with water quality improvements in mind for specific properties. The grant funds will help defray local communications with key constituencies about the value of the Feather River watershed and the need to conserve and steward these lands in order to protect biodiversity and water quality. The primary focus is to produce print and digital stories from ranchers who are working to protect the conservation values of their ranches, highlighting why they agreed to place conservation easements on their lands as a central part of conservation/restoration efforts on Sierra meadows. FRLT is also partnering with other local watershed groups which do regular water monitoring, including the Lake Almanor Watershed Group and the Upper Feather River Watershed Group to sponsor a local event entitled The State of the Water in June, 2019. This event will further public outreach about the value of protecting and restoring the watershed and help recruit more willing partners form the community. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $8,636.00 | Battle Creek Water Quality Protection Project | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | Seeking funding for a lawsuit against a Timber Harvest Plan in the Battle Creek Watershed which fails, once again, to acknowledge the ongoing cumulative impacts of industrial logging. We now have 7 years of analyzed data + 5 hydrologists’ reviews as evidence. There has never been specific data evidence of significant impacts to a Sierra/Cascade CA watershed in the past. This is a groundbreaking first to test the regulatory agencies’ failure to uphold the CEQA rules and laws--the failure which has been occurring for 20 years. | More details | ||
| bay.org DBA The Bay Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $7,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Reforming Westlands Drainage Deal to Help SF Bay-Delta and Retire Toxic Farmlands | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County ; Fresno County ; Madera County ; Merced County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County | California | http://www.thebayinstitute.org/ | The Bay Institute (TBI) seeks to retire more drainage-impaired lands in Westlands and neighboring federal irrigation districts in the San Joaquin Valley, thus reducing the demand for harmful Delta exports and the pollution that flows from those toxic lands. The Trump Administration is still pushing the flawed Settlement with Westlands, and parallel ones with neighboring districts, which minimize land retirement, perpetuate harmful Delta exports, and fail to clean up the drainage problem. Our project seeks to block or rewrite these settlements and replace them with a proper drainage solution. | More details |
| California Coastkeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $18,000.00 | Statewide | Empowering the Homeless to Protect their Watershed Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County ; Orange County ; Riverside County ; Sonoma County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org | California Coastkeeper Alliance’s Empowering the Homeless to Protect their Watershed Initiative pairs statewide and local programs to address the water quality and public health impacts of homeless encampments. The Initiative develops local programs to empower homeless communities living along the Russian and Santa Ana Rivers to manage the waste and debris associated with their camps, culminating in a statewide trash hotspot program that will require counties to identify and address watershed impacts from homeless encampments. | More details |
| California Wilderness Coalition | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $15,000.00 | Statewide | Making the San Gabriel a Wilder Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County ; El Dorado County ; Fresno County ; Humboldt County ; Inyo County ; Los Angeles County ; Madera County ; Mariposa County ; Mendocino County ; Riverside County ; San Bernardino County ; San Luis Obispo County ; Stanislaus County ; Trinity County ; Tulare County ; Tuolumne County ; Ventura County | California | https://www.calwild.org/ | The recently created San Gabriel Mountains National Monument on the edge of the Los Angeles Basin contains the headwaters of the San Gabriel River watershed as well as thousands of acres of scenic wilderness. The San Gabriel River watershed provides the adjacent urban communities in the Los Angeles Basin with more than 30% of their drinking water. Further, the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument represents more than 70% of the open space in Los Angeles County which has a population of over ten million people. Not only does the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument provide recreational opportunities for the neighboring communities, it is also home to dozens of threatened and endangered fish and wildlife species. This grant will be used by CalWild to continue their advocacy urging the Forest Service to adopt a land management plan that protects water quality in the San Gabriel River watershed while providing recreational access for residents of the Los Angeles Basin. CalWild hopes to work collaboratively with the Forest Service, Watershed Conservation Authority, and the Nature for All coalition in finalizing and implementing the management plan. CalWild will also assist local water agencies along the San Gabriel River on the development of the SWRCB’s suction dredge mining regulations with the goal of ensuring protection of the river’s water quality and habitat for threatened and endangered species. The grant will further allow CalWild to continue its collaboration with the Nature for All coalition and provide the group with important policy guidance towards to the shared goal of protecting, improving, and providing equitable access to public lands in the San Gabriel River watershed. California Wilderness Coalition (CalWild) requests $15,000 in funding from the Rose Foundation Watershed Protection Fund for our work to protect wild places in the upper San Gabriel River watershed. Funding will be used to continue our advocacy with the Forest Service to protect wild places in the San Gabriel Mountains, including the San Gabriel River. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $22,950.00 | Southern Coast | Saving the Santa Ana River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | The Santa Ana River watershed is the largest in Southern California, and is one of the region’s most important natural resources. Through scientific analysis, planning, public outreach, and policy and legal advocacy, the project’s overall goal is to protect and maintain the integrity of the interlocking natural components of the Santa Ana River watershed ecosystem. Grant funds will support promoting water quality and riparian habitat protections related to proposed multiple large-scale development projects, including the Harmony Housing Development – a proposed development project which would promote urban sprawl and increased stormwater runoff at the confluence of the Santa Ana River and Mill Creek, one of the Santa Ana’s main headwaters tributaries, directly adjacent to San Bernardino National Forest lands. The goal of this element is to push Harmony’s developers towards establishing sustainable wildlife corridors for animals to move safely between the Santa Ana River, Mill Creek, and adjacent San Bernardino National Forest; these wildlife corridors would also help capture and infiltrate rainfall and exiting runoff, maintaining existing hydrological regimes which benefit downstream water quality and flow rates. Additional activities center around ensuring that the Seven Oaks Dam, a major flood control dam located in the upper Santa Ana River watershed, is operated in a way that lives up to its commitments to protect and enhance wildlife and fish populations downstream of the dam and return more natural hydrology and flows to the river. Finally, the project is pushing the San Bernardino Water Department to maintain at least 35-40 cubic feet per second of water below water treatment plants during the dry season (a minimum flow range required to maintain water temperature and hydrological health determined through extensive modeling by USGS). | More details |
| City Fabrick | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Westside Yards - Barrier Park | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.cityfabrick.org/ | City Fabrick is collaborating with West Long Beach residents and stakeholders to address impacts on their community from industry and freight, by repurposing redundant infrastructure within the historic flood plains of the Los Angeles River, as a barrier park. Components include transforming existing freight infrastructure adjacent to homes and schools – including a freeway, railroad corridor, and transmission corridor, into a regional-scale park, land-use buffer, and sustainable water management system. The project will be working with the community to advance the proposal over the next year. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Area Environmental Justice Project: Protecting Subsistence Fishers | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; San Francisco County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Clara County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org | Pollutants in San Francisco Bay disproportionately threaten disadvantaged communities who consume higher amounts of contaminated, self- caught fish out of economic need or cultural tradition. Established cleanup goals will not protect them because subsistence fishing is not recognized among the Bay’s beneficial uses. Clean Water Fund (CWF) seeks a one-year grant to drive greater protections by engaging impacted communities and engaging with the SF Bay Regional Board’s Triennial Review process to collect data and advance designating the Bay as supporting subsistence fishing and tribal culture. | More details |
| Coastal Watershed Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $10,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Lorenzo River Health Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Cruz County | California | https://coastal-watershed.org/ | The San Lorenzo River Health Project builds community capacity to address bacterial pollution and urban runoff entering the San Lorenzo River and the Monterey Bay. The Coastal Watershed Council (CWC) uses a data-driven approach to engage the communities with the greatest connectivity to the lower river to implement strategic best management practices that benefit water quality. Using the power of informed community involvement, CWC will inspire action that improves water quality, while implementing sustainable projects that are meaningful and relevant to those CWC serves. | More details |
| Community Alliance with Family Farmers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $18,000.00 | Central Valley | Cover Crops as a Solution to Agricultural Run-off in the Delta Region | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County | California | https://www.caff.org/ | Supports the Community Alliance with Family Farmers to work with a group of farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to implement planting of winter cover crops in order to reduce runoff and water contamination from rainfall events in areas of the watershed that are at high risk of polluted waterways. The organization’s Climate Smart Farming team will provide cover crop seed mix, conduct baseline water infiltration, and aggregate stability and compaction. Once the cover crop at each participating farm is planted, CAFF will conduct a field visit to assess the cover crops and discuss the farmer’s experience. During the second year of the project, CAFF will hold a field day to share the experiences and results with a broader group of Delta farmers interested in reducing rainfall-induced water pollution through planting cover crops. | More details |
| Conservation Action Fund for Education | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Â | Post-Fire Russian River watershed protection | California | http://cafefund.org/ | More details | |||
| Del Amo Action Committee | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $2,000.00 | Los Angeles Environmental Health and Enforcement Symposium | California | http://www.delamoactioncommittee.org/ | Supports a two-day symposium where community members, regulatory agencies and municipal government officials meet to discus solutions to local air and water problems that threaten community health in the Los Angeles area. The funding is targeted towards supporting tow of the mina sessions: Stormwater Monitoring Certification – a “how to†citizen science primer on scientific protocols related to accurate stormwater monitoring, and Stormwater: A Proxy for Community Health – exploring how stormwater monitoring can document fallout of airborne toxins and other health threats. | More details | |||
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Sustainable Youth Watershed Internships at Refugio Creek | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net | With this grant, Earth Team will recruit, fund, and train a team of low-income youth from Hercules High School to restore native habitat, test water quality, and implement a campaign to improve water quality on Refugio Creek, a tributary to San Francisco Bay in West Contra Costa County. The proposed project will have numerous environmental and community benefits including improving water quality, reviving aquatic based fish and wildlife habitats along the creek, and educating both local youth and the wider community about importance of healthy watersheds. After a hands-on education and skills training, the students will conduct restoration and field work to measure water quality, remove invasive plant species, restore native riparian plants, and document trash sources at three sites along Refugio Creek. The students will then help to create an educational campaign directed towards their peers, the local community, and town council. The campaign will focus on reducing litter and other pollutants from reaching stormwater pathways and explain the benefits to Refugio Creek and San Francisco Bay stemming from a healthier creek. | More details |
| Elkhorn Slough Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $24,800.00 | Central Coast | Transforming Sand Hill Farm: Phase 2 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Monterey County | California | https://www.elkhornslough.org/ | The Rose Foundation 'jump-started' the restoration of a degraded abandoned strawberry farm in Elkhorn Slough with the 2016 grant. The fresh grant funds are supporting the second phase of the project to accelerate habitat transformation and significant improvements in water quality. Specific activities will include: • Removal of the remaining caches of farm and other debris from the land including buried plastic sheeting and farm material. • Expansion of the restoration areas and the beginning of experimental planting of Maritime chaparral species, and vegetation of 2,000 linear feet of major drainages with willow cuttings to stabilize the swales. • Continuing to bring North County High ‘Slough Stewards’ onto farm for hands-on clean-up and restoration, along with community groups and volunteers. • Engagement in local seed propagation and harvesting of native bunchgrass and chaparral, and plant native oaks and chaparral species on retired fields post stabilization. | More details |
| Feather River Chapter Trout Unlimited | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $10,545.00 | Sierra Nevada | Pathogens and Passage: Restoring Feather River Fisheries | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Lassen County ; Plumas County | California | http://frtu.org/ | Our project focuses on 2 priority fish improvement needs in the Feather River, Whirling Disease and habitat connectivity. Whirling Disease is addressed by forming a public-private task group to develop a plan to control its spread; and by collecting water quality samples to better describe current distribution of the disease. First steps to improve habitat connectivity would be taken by gathering site specific information on fish passage needs at road crossings of perennial streams in priority subwatersheds. Surveys will lead to design and implementation of actions to restore fish passage. | More details |
| Feather River Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $22,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Feather River Watershed protection and restoration through diverse communication strategies. | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Plumas County ; Sierra County | California | https://www.frlt.org/ | FRLT protects and improves water quality by conserving and restoring privately owned meadows and wetlands in the Feather River Watershed, headwaters of the CA State Water Project and a source of water for 65% of Californians. Support from local residents and ranchers is key in accomplishing this goal. With expanded conservation goals—75,000 additional acres--we need to enhance our communications with key constituencies about the value of the watershed and the need to conserve and steward these lands. Deliverables include a new website, annual report, rancher stories and a public presentation. | More details |
| Friends of Ballona Wetlands | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $18,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.ballonafriends.org/ | Friends of Ballona Wetlands (FBW) is seeking a general support grant to sustain and enhance our current programming. Through our educational tours, our Explore Ballona! K-12 curricula, our restoration projects, and our advocacy work, we help our neighbors and school children from throughout the Greater Los Angeles area acquire the knowledge needed to take action to reduce negative environmental impacts. | More details |
| Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Youth Watershed Awareness and Restoration Programs at Peralta Hacienda | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.peraltahacienda.org/pages/main.php?pageid=1&pagecategory=1 | Peralta Hacienda Historical Park requests $15,000 to support winter, spring and summer watershed education and restoration programs, which engage youth in hands-on watershed experiences in the East Creek Watershed. Participants monitor water quality, visit nearby creeks to compare and contrast creek health, clean up trash and remove invasive species, and restore native plant communities. Youth communicate their findings to the greater community through presentations and interpretive installation to spearhead a sustained movement for creek health. | More details |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $22,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Quality Improvement and Capacity Building | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | https://www.sausalcreek.org/ | Sausal Creek runs for about three miles through the East Bay hills into San Francisco Bay and has been highly degraded from surrounding urban and industrial land uses. Although some of the creek is undergrounded in culverts, FOSC have been working for over twenty years to help restore numerous daylighted sections and provide stewardship for the watershed. Their work has helped to minimize the impacts of urban stormwater runoff, improved water quality, and restored salmonid habitat. This grant will fund operating expenses for FOSC that will allow staff to implement and update the Rainbow Trout Conservation and Management Plan. The funding will also be used to train additional volunteers to conduct a variety of tasks including, among others, water quality and insect monitoring, invasive vegetation removal, and native plantings. FOSC will continue to increase community awareness and participation of their restoration activities by leading tours and publishing a newsletter. The grant will further allow FOSC to build organizational capacity, identifying and implementing long-term fundraising strategies to maintain a diverse and sustainable funding stream; and to support their community based stewardship, which mobilizes hundreds of volunteers each year in hands on riparian maintenance and restoration. | More details |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Crack the Concrete, Restoring Habitat and Improving Water Quality on the Los Angeles River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | https://folar.org/ | For 30 years FoLAR has led the movement to reimagine the River as a place where humans, wildlife and habitat coexist. Through programming, we engage, educate and mobilize diverse communities to protect the River. Restoring and stewarding the River is going to take the power of thousands calling out in one voice, “CRACK THE CONCRETE!†As such, FoLAR’s signature campaign will reinvigorate programs and provide opportunities to take action. Crack the Concrete is only the beginning of a longer-term vision; the pilot of a multi-generational undertaking to bring back a vibrant 51-mile LA River. | More details |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $18,000.00 | Statewide | San Francisco Bay-Delta Watershed Protection | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Calaveras County ; Colusa County ; Fresno County ; Kern County ; Mariposa County ; Merced County ; Placer County ; Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County ; Tehama County | California | https://www.friendsoftheriver.org/ | Our rivers haven’t been more threatened since the go-go years of dam building ended in 1978. With severe drought fueling a push to return to that era, President Trump and this Congress are attacking our environmental protections and California will allocate $2.7 billion to new storage projects this year. FOR is organizing to save the SF Bay-Delta from a host of proposed water projects that would cost at least $25 billion to increase water supply by less than 5%. We are promoting sustainable water solutions that offer a more reliable and equitable water supply portfolio for the state. | More details |
| Grassroots Ecology | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $5,625.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Stewardship and Education in East Palo Alto and Redwood City | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Mateo County | California | https://www.grassrootsecology.org/ | Grassroots Ecology requests a renewal of support for our comprehensive watershed stewardship and education programs in East Palo Alto and Redwood City. Within these two communities we will engage approximately 1,000 youth and adults to enhance riparian and baylands habitat, reduce water pollution, increase water conservation, and preserve and restore biodiversity from the ground up. Our programs will result in measurable improvements to the local environment while developing environmental stewards from historically underserved areas. | More details |
| Los Angeles Conservation Corps | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $22,500.00 | Southern Coast | LA River Corps—clean-up activities in Northeast LA disadvantaged communities | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.lacorps.org | LA River Corps is conducting cleanup work and vegetation removal to protect and restore the Sepulveda Basin and Glendale Narrows sections of the LA River watershed. This project will be accomplished through hiring and training five at-risk young adults (ages 18-24) to conduct river cleanup and restoration under the supervision of a trained naturalist. Activities to restore and protect the watershed include litter removal, graffiti abatement, bulky item pickup, vegetation management, and habitat restoration. The youth partake in classroom education and outdoor, covering watershed ecology, river hydrology, water-wise landscaping, biodiversity, and water quality management. This program also includes four public one-off cleanup events including Northeast LA neighborhood volunteers and students to engage the communities in watershed protection efforts. | More details |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Watershed and Marine Program Outreach and Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | https://lawaterkeeper.org/ | Los Angeles Waterkeeper (LAW) requests a one-year grant to support our efforts to engage our diverse Angeleno community through trainings, classes, water samplings, and trash assessments, with a special focus on plastics. Through our community-supported River Assessment Fieldwork Team (RAFT) and Creeks to Coast (C2C) programs, our Watershed and Marine programs staff will collaborate on integrated projects and activities that educate and co-power our community of water stewards to work toward pollution-free waters. | More details |
| Los Padres ForestWatch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Southern Coast | Sespe Creek Clean Water Initiative -- Stage 3 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | https://lpfw.org/ | We are seeking funding for the third and final phase of our Sespe Creek Clean Water Initiative, for which the Rose Foundation has provided core funding since 2015. This phase includes filing litigation against an oil company that operates the Sespe Oil Field in the Los Padres National Forest. The oil field is located along Sespe Creek, a tributary to the Santa Clara River and one of the last remaining wild, undammed rivers remaining in southern California. The litigation is based on storm water pollutant discharges that exceed permitted levels, in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. | More details |
| Mad River Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | North Coast | Mad River Alliance Water Quality Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.madriveralliance.org/ | Mad River Alliance's Water Quality Monitoring Project (MRWQMP) puts citizens in touch with the Mad River, the source of water for approximately 88,000 Humboldt County residents. The MRWQMP trains teams of citizen scientists to collect, test, record, and share Mad River water quality data results with the public, agencies, and land managers. Ongoing monitoring provides a feedback loop so managers can understand how practices are effective in reducing negative impacts. This monitoring program will help managers improve upon practices and improve water quality over time. | More details |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $15,750.00 | Southern Coast | Clean Camp Coalition | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | https://www.coastkeeper.org/ | Grant funds are helping provide trash and clean water services to individuals experiencing homelessness in the Santa Ana River to provide an immediate improvement in water quality of the river, health of the environment and those living in this stretch of the Santa Ana. Grant funding will support Orange County Coastkeeper’s work with local community partners including Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful, Rivers and Lands Conservancy, and the City of Riverside to implement the program at three sites where encampments are most abundant in Riverside: Van Buren bridge, Market Street bridge, and Mission bridge. All three project locations are within 50 miles of Bloomington, and all of the sites are located directly adjacent to the Santa Ana River and its flood control embankments, allowing for an easily accessible method for people experiencing homelessness to leave bags filled with trash as well as easy pick up and transport for members of the Clean Camp Coalition. In addition to directly benefitting the water quality of the Santa Ana River, the overall goal of this public, private, and government partnership is aimed at truly alleviating the issue of homelessness and its impact on our waterways, and become a model which could be replicated in regions across the country. To achieve this goal, the project will partner with the City of Riverside’s Community and Economic Development Department’s Homelessness Services program and Path of Life Ministries and their resources to help homeless move out of riverside encampments and into affordable housing. | More details |
| Point Blue Conservation Science | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $13,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Restoring the Petaluma River Watershed with the STRAW Program | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | https://www.pointblue.org/ | Point Blue is building on their award-winning Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed program (STRAW) to expand their existing curricula into at least four new underserved Sonoma County classrooms, whose students will complete riparian or wetland transition zone habitat restoration projects in the Sonoma County section of the Petaluma River Watershed. Through their fieldwork, program participants directly engage with the benefits of restoration, including providing wildlife habitat, improving water quality, helping groundwater recharge, and increasing adaptability to climate change including drought, floods, extreme heat and changes in animal life cycles. The STRAW’s multi-visit program engages students deeply to help them directly improve watershed health and increase ecosystem resilience to climate extremes, as well as develop ecological literacy and a sense of connection to the natural world which helps them become lifelong environmental stewards. | More details |
| Redwood Community Action Agency | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $16,500.00 | North Coast | "Adopt-a-Storm Drain" | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://rcaa.org/ | RCAA will work with middle school science classes in Eureka on a year long watershed and water quality-focused program. Through monthly class visits, students will participate in learning experiences focused on watershed function and boundary, connection between storm water runoff and marine environments, water quality testing, 'Adopt-a-Storm Drain' civic clean ups and an interpretive boating tour on Humboldt Bay. Students will connect with community partners, share project with school and be recognized by the City of Eureka for as civic leaders in reducing pollutant runoff into waterways. | More details |
| Russian Riverkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $50,000.00 | Â | North Bay Fire Watershed Protection Project | California | https://russianriverkeeper.org/ | More details | |||
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $27,500.00 | Statewide | San Francisco Bay Water Quality Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; Napa County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Clara County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Sutter County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | The project’s goal is to address the greatest threats to San Francisco Bay to ensure that the water is healthy for recreation and wildlife, and that the ecosystem is sustainable, using water quality monitoring and science to identify and address the greatest threats to the Bay’s health. Specific activities supported by the grant include: weekly patrols of the Bay in the Baykeeper boat to detect and investigate pollution as well as air patrols (manned and by drone); investigate approximately 75 reports from local residents to Baykeeper’s Pollution Hotline; mobilize community members to clean up trash at 8-10 shoreline trash cleanups; help community organizations oppose plans to export coal from the Bay Area on tracks alongside the Bay and through Bay Area communities, shedding toxic dust and pieces of coal into the Bay watershed; continue to participate in quarterly Office of Spill Prevention and Response Technical Advisory Committee meetings, monthly Harbor Safety Committee meetings, and quarterly San Francisco Bay Area Committee meetings on maritime threats to the Bay; create a map and related online tools to help cities and counties incorporate climate adaptation efforts into their sea level rise planning; participate in regular meetings of the Nutrient Management Strategy Executive Committee and Steering Committee to help ensure region-wide adoption in healthier wastewater strategies to make the Bay Area more resilient to drought; advocate for improved sediment management for the Bay and advocate for clean dredged sediment to be used for wetland restoration and pursue legal advocacy to require the State to California to set more sustainable sand mining limits; support the City of San Jose’s efforts to invest in green infrastructure to keep trash, sewage, and other pollution out of Bay tributaries; and advocate with the Regional Water Board, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and other agencies for increased fresh water flows from major San Joaquin River tributaries into the Bay and Delta, as well as continue to provide expert comments in opposition to plans for twin tunnels under the Delta to divert water from the Sacramento River. Numerous scientific studies show that the Bay is already starved for fresh water and document salinity encroachment further upstream into the Sacramento/San Joaquin/San Francisco Bay Delta, and the proposed tunnels would rob the Bay and local fish of even more fresh water. | More details |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $10,300.00 | Southern Coast | Ventura River Watershed Protection Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://www.sbck.org | The grant funds will help implement a cohesive suite of monitoring, education, outreach, advocacy and citizen enforcement strategies to protect and restore water quality, wildlife habitat and recreational opportunities in the Ventura River watershed. Activities will include the Ventura Stream Team citizen science program, which conducts monthly water quality monitoring at 14 sampling sites on the Ventura River and its six tributaries taking measurements of dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pH, temperature, and flow, and collecting and analyzing samples for fecal indicator bacteria, turbidity, and nitrate. The data will be uploaded to the California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN), the state’s centralized online water quality data portal. Monitoring will also encompass assessment of the impacts of the Thomas Fire that recently ravaged the watershed, including quarterly sampling of river water and sediments at strategic sites to track the accumulation and persistence of heavy metals, and deploy dissolved oxygen sensors in the river in the spring and summer to document harmful algal blooms caused by increases in nutrient concentrations from the fire-impacted areas, as well as stream flow monitoring using in-stream surveys and deploying flow level sensors, which will facilitate a better understanding of the river’s condition and identify specific stretches where pumping may exceed the river’s capacity to help inform the Department of Fish & Wildlife’s ongoing development of in-stream flow requirements. The intended outcomes are a clean, flowing river that provides healthy habitat for fish and wildlife and safe, accessible spaces for education and recreation, and an informed and engaged community that supports and advances the protection and restoration of the Ventura River watershed. | More details |
| Save California Salmon | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | California Salmon People's Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County ; Colusa County ; Contra Costa County ; Glenn County ; Lassen County ; Modoc County ; Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Sutter County ; Tehama County ; Trinity County ; Yolo County ; Yuba County | California | Save California Salmon is requesting $25,000 to support its California Salmon People's Project. This project focuses on restoring Sacramento watershed salmon and water quality through flow restoration, fish passage, and toxin clean up, along with fighting off attacks on flows and clean water by the Trump administration, private interests, and the state. Clean water in the Sacramento River benefits fish and people. This project is focused on supporting and empowering fisheries based communities, such as Tribes and fishermen, along with people of color and youth whom depend on clean water. | More details | |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Â | Creating a Regional Framework for Sierra Watersheds | California | https://sierranevadaalliance.org/ | The Sierra Nevada Alliance's report State of Sierra Waters 2006 used publicly available data from various state and federal agencies, including US Environmental Protection Agency, US Geological Survey, California State Water Quality Control Board and Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to document that Sierra rivers, lakes and streams are impaired chemically, biologically, and physically. It is time for a reassessment and evaluation of what progress or continued degradation have occurred. Grant funds support Sierra Nevada Alliance activities to update the index with the goal to collect input on how to best measure watershed health and changes across the west slope of the Sierra - which is the main water source for the entire Sacramento River and Delta, how to best share restoration and monitoring methods, and how to move this effort forward with their expanded watershed program work. The activities include: - Workshop for the re-evaluation of established indicators from the 2006 index report - Creation of an evaluation plan post Sierra Nevada Alliance's 2018 annual conference for updating the index publication - Collecting input on how to best provide Sierra-wide regional watershed coordination and framework for sharing, and access what the gaps and needs are. | More details | ||
| Stand | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Tar Sands & Tankers: Fighting Phillips 66's Threat to the San Francisco Bay | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; Napa County ; San Francisco County ; Solano County | California | http://www.stand.earth | Stand requests $20,000 to defeat Phillips 66's proposed marine terminal expansion at its Rodeo facility. If built, this project would more than double the number of tankers carrying crude oil to the facility (from 59 to 129/year), dramatically increasing the risk of spills in the San Francisco Bay, with 10 to 14 times more sinking tar sands moving across the Bay. The expansion is gearing up to be a high-profile fight; it is uniting groups concerned about threats to the marine environment, Indigenous fishing rights, and air quality, particularly among low-income people of color. | More details |
| Surfrider Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Line Canyon Base Flow Investigation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | https://www.surfrider.org/ | This project will investigate the perennial Line Canyon base flow to determine if it is a result of oil field water flooding operations. Line Canyon is a small watershed with intense oil field development and is found on the northern Ventura County coast in California. There is a perennial flow from this canyon, despite a lack of groundwater storage capacity. There are two major faults that transect the watersheds, and hundreds of millions of gallons of produced water are extracted and injected into the oil field each year, indicating that produced water could be the source of the base flow. | More details |
| The 5 Gyres Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | TrashBlitz Los Angeles: Your city's plastic pollution footprint | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.5gyres.org/ | TrashBlitz evaluates plastic pollution in the watershed, and nearshore environments of Los Angeles using citizen science, creating a toolkit and results that inform the public and city decision/policymakers. This project will be piloted in 2019, and will test the project's feasibility for volunteers to collect baseline information of their city's plastic pollution footprint as well as test the sampling methodology. TrashBlitz serves to act as replicable model for other cities, to facilitate comparisons and better mitigate plastic pollution with prescribed solutions for their city/region. | More details |
| The Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Richmond Area Citizen Science Monitoring: A Data Visualization Tool to Improve Aquatic Ecosystems | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org/home.php | This project will create an easy to use, web-based data visualization tool that integrates water quality data collected by citizen scientists with other available existing water quality datasets. The desired outcome is that the tool would help facilitate quantitative analysis of water quality parameters, resulting in findings that lead to changes in public and ecosystem health in West Contra Costa County. A publicly accessible data visualization tool such as this will help empower communities to advocate for necessary changes in their watersheds and be involved in the restoration process. | More details |
| Urban Tilth | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Basins of Relations: Watershed Stewardship and Training Program | Environmental Education | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County | California | https://www.urbantilth.org/ | The Basins of Relations Watershed Stewardship & Training Program trains young people from West Contra Costa County to become stewards of their watersheds, communities, and the creeks that run through them. Natural spaces in urban areas are often neglected, fenced off, overgrown, and viewed as a hazard rather than a community resource. This trend is particularly pronounced in underserved communities of color. The BoR program fights this injustice and reconnects members of the Richmond community with their natural surroundings through holistic education and multi-benefit restoration projects. | More details |
| California Urban Streams Alliance - The Stream Team | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $9,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | The Stream Team Camp Fire Water Quality Recovery Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.thestreamteam.org/ | Funding will allow California Urban Streams Alliance to expand its existing citizen water quality monitoring efforts to benefit disadvantaged communities (DACs) impacted by the recent Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise. The project aims facilitate informed community engagement to implement solutions regarding water quality impacts within DACs in Butte County. In particular, the project will get local citizenry involved in planning and decision-making processes before state and federal agencies as well as use their help to collect water samples in fire impacted watersheds. The lab results will be compared to water quality standards in the Sacramento River Basin Plan and enable pollution source identification. California Urban Streams Alliance will use part of the grant to educate residents about storm water best management practices that can prevent erosion and sedimentation during the rebuilding process. The group will also implement stream restoration projects to improve stormwater runoff. Paradise area students will be educated about how forest fires impacted the area’s water quality. The expected outcomes of these various projects are improved water quality in Feather River tributaries, increased knowledge in DACs about land use practices affecting area water quality, and the creation of water quality dataset that can be used during the rebuilding process. | More details |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $22,250.00 | North Coast | Pesticides and Water Quality in Sonoma County | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sonoma County | California | www.pesticidereform.org | Pesticides are a major threat to ground and surface water quality in agricultural regions, particularly in the wine growing regions throughout Sonoma County. In 2018, an ambient water quality study found increased levels of pesticides and herbicides toxic to aquatic organisms in numerous locations. These findings have fueled concern over the ongoing environmental impacts created by contaminated run-off from both urban and agricultural sources. Californians for Pesticide Reform will use the grant to hire an organizer and coordinate the many engaged stakeholders within a new coalition that addresses pesticide threats. The project will focus on building a grassroots community effort to have growers, elected officials, and land managers become aware of the negative watershed-wide impacts associated with continuous pesticide use. The long term goal of this community building and advocacy work is to put the region on a path to sustainability by reducing the use of the most hazardous pesticides and supporting safe replacements. Californians for Pesticide Reform hopes to produce direct watershed benefits by decreasing the toxicity of both surface and groundwater. This, in turn, will provide ecosystem benefits up the food chain by creating healthier waterways that can better support life of all kinds. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $31,500.00 | Southern Coast | Protecting the Santa Ana River Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | www.biologicaldiversity.org | The Santa Ana River is the largest in Southern California, and it supports numerous threatened and endangered species. The River also serves as an important source of municipal drinking water and provides recreational opportunities for the 4.8 million local residents. Through scientific analysis, planning, outreach, advocacy and litigation, CBD has worked for many years to help protect and maintain the interlocking natural components of this ecosystem. By protecting the Santa Ana River from water mismanagement and excessive development, CBD hopes to help protect both water quality and quantity and secure habitat for water dependent species. CBD will use this grant to support a number of water quality advocacy projects. Specifically, part of the grant will support administrative advocacy on two Habitat Conservation Plans and flow management plans which could alter the habitat of numerous aquatic dependent wildlife species. CBD will also monitor agency compliance with secured settlement agreements and other court orders. Further, CBD will use the grant to support two ongoing legal advocacy efforts. The first is against the Army Corps of Engineers whereby CBD seeks to require an adequate release of water from the Seven Oaks dam to support endangered species downstream. The second action involves halting irresponsible development projects that would negatively impact the upper Santa Ana watershed. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Addressing the PFAS Crisis in San Francisco Bay | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org | Building on our efforts to protect San Francisco Bay and the vulnerable populations that depend on it for sustenance and cultural tradition, Clean Water Fund has taken on the crisis posed by fluorinated chemicals. With the Rose Foundation's support we will educate the public on the threat of PFAS to the Bay, its wildlife and area residents, especially subsistence fishers; drive demand for action in the Bay Area; and work with impacted communities, local scientists and regulators to identify local sources of PFAS and reduce use of products containing fluorinated chemicals. | More details |
| Coastal Watershed Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $13,500.00 | Central Coast | San Lorenzo River Health Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Cruz County | California | www.coastal-watershed.org | The San Lorenzo River flows 29 miles from the Santa Cruz Mountains, through the City of Santa Cruz, and into Monterey Bay. It is the primary source of drinking water for 100,000 people and home to several fish, bird, and wildlife species of special concern. However, the river is considered one of California’s impaired water bodies due to high levels of pathogens, nutrients, and sediments. The San Lorenzo River Health Project will address bacterial pollution and urban runoff entering the river as well as facilitate community engagement. The Coastal Watershed Council (CWC) will use a data-driven approach to engage the communities with the greatest connectivity to the lower river and implement strategic best management practices that benefit water quality. The grant will continue to support CWC staff in training community leaders and providing materials on neighborhood improvement projects to benefit the low-income riverside neighborhoods adjacent to the river. CWC will build upon the community momentum garnered by the installation of storm drain murals and stormwater gardens made possibly by previous Rose Foundation funding. CWC will facilitate additional community-driven projects including neighborhood cleanup events, enhancement of stormwater gardens, and the installation of additional beautification practices that reduce non-point source pollution and benefit water quality. The grant will be used to purchase materials to complete the neighborhood projects, promote these accomplishments to residents throughout the City of Santa Cruz, and coordinate with city officials to implement permitting for these neighborhood projects as needed. | More details |
| Environmental Protection Information Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $12,500.00 | North Coast | Elk River Advocacy Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | www.wildcalifornia.org | The Elk River watershed is the largest tributary to Humboldt Bay, California’s second-largest natural estuary. Past and present logging have severely damaged the river, depositing some 600,000 cubic yards of sediment. This sediment pollution has resulted in the routine flooding of adjacent residents, as well as the impairment of the fisheries and river ecosystem. Through support from the Rose Foundation, EPIC will work to promote river recovery through watchdogging private timber companies and the Regional Water Board while pushing for in-channel sediment removal and other recovery activities. | More details |
| Friends of Ballona Wetlands | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $19,640.00 | Southern Coast | Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | www.ballonafriends.org | Friends of Ballona Wetlands (FBW) requests a grant to sustain and enhance our watershed protection work, which serves our mission. Our all-encompassing work includes restoration, educational tours, advocacy, and our standards-based Explore Ballona! educational programming. Collectively, FBW efforts help our neighbors and school children from throughout the Greater LA area acquire the knowledge needed to take action to reduce negative environmental impacts. We bring together local stakeholders. | More details |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $13,500.00 | Statewide | Campaign to Save the SF Bay-Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Butte County ; Calaveras County ; Colusa County ; Contra Costa County ; El Dorado County ; Fresno County ; Glenn County ; Madera County ; Mariposa County ; Merced County ; Placer County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Clara County ; Shasta County ; Sierra County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Stanislaus County ; Tehama County ; Tuolumne County ; Yolo County ; Yuba County | California | www.friendsoftheriver.org | San Joaquin Valley interests are pushing a new comprehensive plan to build several dams and divert 2 million acre-feet of water to the Valley. This amounts to a demolition plan for the San Francisco Bay-Delta and the rivers that flow into it. Friends of the River is requesting $13,500 to defeat it through extensive coalition building, grassroots organizing, policy advocacy and litigation which is already underway. It is imperative that we prevent federal support for the plan through the end of the Trump Administration and keep it out of Governor Newsom’s Water Resilience Portfolio plan. | More details |
| From Lot to Spot | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Watts Urban Tree Canopy & Parkway Rain Gardens | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | fromlottospot.org | The Watts Urban Tree Canopy and Parkway Rain Gardens is a multi-benefit project that involves planting 600 native plants and 50 native trees along 103rd Street in Watts, California. The proposed project will not only increase the tree canopy, but it will also create 2800 square feet of pervious surface to capture storm water through parkway raingardens. This project will facilitate an interconnected network of greenspaces and public parkways in disadvantaged communities and serve as an example that can be replicated elsewhere. As part of this project, FLTS will continue their successful program of engaging with local high school students and educating them about the importance of urban tree canopies, particularly in park-poor communities. The students will assist in community workshops that demonstrate how to care for the trees once planted. Given the trees are on the same street as their school, this will allow for ongoing participation by the students. FLTS will use the part of the grant for actual construction costs associated with the tree planting and rain gardens. The funding will also be used for advocacy in support of disadvantaged communities throughout the region. To date, the City of Los Angeles has mostly installed parkway raingardens in in more affluent communities. FLTS staff will urge the City to begin installing raingardens and parkways is less advantaged communities that likewise deserved the numerous benefits associated with these projects. | More details |
| Greenbelt Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $22,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | The Promoting Water-Wise Development in Solano County project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Solano County | California | www.greenbelt.org | The Promoting Water-Wise Development in Solano County project will, in the City of Fairfield, highlight suburban sprawl’s negative water impacts, limit those impacts, and promote water-wise development within the existing urban footprint. Being smarter about land use in Fairfield through water-wise development can help protect water supply and water quality for Suisun Bay and the San Joaquin River watershed. | More details |
| Humboldt Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $20,500.00 | North Coast | Humboldt Bay and Mad River Toxics and Water Quality Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Humboldt County | California | http://www.humboldtbaykeeper.org | Humboldt Bay is the second largest estuary in California, and the Mad River is the fifth largest river in the State. Their connected watersheds support hundreds of species of birds, fish, shellfish, and mammals, including many protected and culturally-important species. With this grant, Humboldt Baykeeper seeks to advance the two most pressing water quality issues in the region: non-point source bacteria pollution and legacy dioxin contamination. Humboldt Baykeeper has made tremendous progress on these issues in recent years through on the ground water quality monitoring. However, more work remains to be done to restore water quality and aquatic habitat. Although the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board is responsible for protecting area water quality, it has been extremely slow to address bacteria and dioxin pollution in that region, and a recovery plan for dioxin has been delayed without explanation. This grant will support Humboldt Baykeeper’s administrative advocacy in front of the Water Board as well as allow Baykeeper to continue its science-based research in wetland, riparian, and estuarine habitats. In particular, the grant will be used to support several analytical projects including the Humboldt Bay Dioxin Site Investigation and Restoration Initiative. The funding will also help to expand bacteria monitoring in five Humboldt Bay tributaries. Humboldt Baykeeper will use these sampling results to convince state regulators to take action and complete the regulatory actions needed to curb these pollutants from entering Humboldt Bay. | More details |
| Indian Cultural Organization | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Run4Salmon Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Butte County ; Colusa County ; Glenn County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; Shasta County ; Solano County ; Tehama County ; Yolo County | California | www.winnememwintu.us | Winter-run Chinook salmon are on the verge of extinction due to a range of causes including the barrier created by Shasta Dam, water mismanagement, drought, habitat destruction, and water pollution. Indian Cultural Organization (ICO) will use the Rose Foundation grant to continue the Run4Salmon Campaign -- a two-week prayerful journey that follows the salmon upstream from the San Francisco Bay Delta to the McCloud River. The goal of the Run4Salmon Campaign is to raise awareness about the importance of protecting waterways, restoring wild salmon runs, defending sacred sites, and revitalizing indigenous lifeways in the face of climate change. This grant will specifically support outreach to current and prospective supporters to participate in the program. In partnership with Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, ICO will conduct an all-day Environmental Justice Bay Delta to Sacramento Watershed Boat Tour that will bring government officials and key stakeholders together and facilitate discussion about water quality issues throughout the Sacramento watershed. This grant will also support the group’s efforts to increase civic engagement in opposition to the Shasta Dam Raise Project, which as currently proposed would destroy the Winnemem Wintu Salmon Restoration Project. The Winnemem chinook winter-run salmon are in the top 3 of endangered runs in California, and populations are continuing to plummet. ICO hopes to leverage their supporter base to engage with, educate, and influence government bodies to join them in their restoration efforts. Overall, ICO’s campaign will help to improve the water quality of the rivers and contribute to the successful restoration for critical salmon runs. | More details |
| Institute for Fisheries Resources | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $20,000.00 | North Coast | Reducing coastal sedimentation in Humboldt Bay | Sustainable Forestry | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Mendocino County ; Trinity County | California | www.ifrfish.org | Irresponsible timber harvest practices are believed to be the primary source of sediments entering the Humboldt Bay watershed. This sedimentation loading has contributed to extreme changes in elevation throughout the Bay such that many fishing vessels are unable to berth at low tide. Excessive sedimentation also has negative ecosystem impacts such as reducing successful salmon reproduction and eelgrass abundance, which are critically important for environmental quality. IFR will use the grant funds to support grassroots advocacy focused on preventing and remediating impacts from forestry practices in the Elk River and other salmon bearing streams. IFR's partner organization Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman’s Associations is cosponsoring Senate Bill 69, which contains provisions that would mandate Regional Water Quality Control Board oversight of sediment management plans within Timber Harvest Plans (THPs) and other timber related permits. Currently, THPs are required to consider sediment mitigation, but these plans are not subject to Water Board approval nor are they required to comply with area TMDL requirements. IFR's advocacy for this legislation, which entails energizing grassroots support from Humboldt Bay communities (including tribes and other stakeholder groups) and speaking in support of sediment management reform in Sacramento, will greatly increase the chances of the bill's passage. IFR believes the passage of this landmark legislation will not only decrease sediment loading in the region, but also it will also increase attention to sedimentation impacts to coastal communities in other areas of the State. | More details |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Improving LA's Waterways and Communities | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | www.lawaterkeeper.org | Los Angeles Waterkeeper (LAW) requests a one-year $25,000 grant to support our efforts to protect and restore LA’s inland and coastal waterways using outreach and education, fieldwork, and community action. Together, our Watershed, Marine, and Advocacy programs teams work on integrated projects that provide community members – especially those living in historically underserved communities – the tools and trainings necessary to monitor water quality, take ecological health and human use assessments, and make their voices heard as LA County navigates its water future. | More details |
| Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $7,500.00 | Southern Coast | Los Cerritos Wetlands Water Quality Monitoring Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County ; Orange County | California | www.lcwlandtrust.org | The estuary of the San Gabriel River and Los Cerritos Wetlands provides habitat for hundreds of plants and animal species, including the federally threatened Pacific green sea turtle. Sea turtles have been studied for many years in the River, and it has been determined that the turtles are most active at the outfall of Zedler Marsh. With previous funding from the Rose Foundation in 2018, the Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust established the first water quality monitoring program at Zedler Marsh. This project yielded critical information about the current health of San Gabriel River’s estuarine ecosystem, demonstrated the establishment of cordgrass populations can improve ecosystem health, and provided a glimpse of what large-scale restoration of Los Cerritos Wetlands could do for overall habitat and water quality. The proposed project is an expansion of those efforts. LCWLT will enhance their previous findings by gathering data from additional sampling locations and measuring two additional parameters. The information collected will be used to develop a management plan for the Los Cerritos Wetlands Complex. It will also help with conservation efforts for endangered and threatened species found in the area including the Belding’s savannah sparrow, California least tern, and Pacific green sea turtle. LCWLT will evaluate their monitoring program using pre- and post-surveys. Ultimately, it is hoped that the project will succeed in generating water quality improvements resulting from cordgrass installation. | More details |
| Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $24,750.00 | North Coast | Ukiah Rifle & Pistol Club | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Mendocino County | California | This project involves lead discharge to the Russian River, a source of drinking water for Mendocino and Sonoma Counties. The Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation (Mateel) is currently engaged in a Proposition 65 discharge-to-drinking water enforcement action against the Ukiah Rifle & Pistol Club who operates a large shooting range on a hillside above Sulphur Creek, a tributary to the Russian River. Mateel has determined that lead pellets at the Club cover about a half-acre area in size at a depth of two inches. Given the amount of material on the ground, it is extremely likely that lead is leaching into Sulphur Creek and subsequently the Russian River water supply. Mateel's strategy is to force the Gun Club to remove the lead from the shooting ranges and build structural controls to prevent future discharges of lead into the creek via stormwater leaching. It’s likely that the case will go to trial given that the remedy will be expensive. Mateel will use the funds for lab analyses, expert reports and testimony, trial exhibits, and courtroom technology. Since litigation costs may potentially be reimbursed, Mateel will return to the Rose Foundation whatever portion of the grant that is repaid by Defendant if Mateel prevails. | More details | |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $18,400.00 | Southern Desert | Clean Camp Coalition | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | www.coastkeeper.org | The Clean Camp Coalition studies the impacts of homelessness in the Santa Ana River and provides trash services to individuals experiencing homelessness in the river. The Coalition will improve the quality of the river, the health of the environment and those living in this stretch of the Santa Ana. In addition to directly benefiting the Santa Ana River, the overall goal of this public, private, and government partnership is aimed at truly alleviating the issue of homelessness and its impact on our waterways, and become a model which could be replicated in regions across the country. | More details |
| Russian Riverkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | North Coast | Clean Farms Clean Water Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Mendocino County ; Siskiyou County ; Sonoma County ; Trinity County | California | www.russianriverkeeper.org | The Russian River watershed extends from southern Mendocino County to central Sonoma County, and it provides drinking water and recreational opportunities as well as critical habitat to three species of endangered salmon. The North Coast Water Quality Control Board has yet to develop any effective or enforceable Clean Water Act permits to control agricultural runoff despite the fact that it is the primary source of pollutants found this watershed. Years of monitoring data demonstrate that the Water Board’s regulations have not protected receiving waters from pollutants associated with dairy and vineyard operations. Russian Riverkeeper will use the Rose Foundation funding to continue their advocacy on two fronts. The first advocacy issue involves strengthening the general Dairy Permit to require that permit related documents be subject to public review. Russian Riverkeeper will further to urge the Water Board to adopt numeric water quality standards which will allow dairy facilities to demonstrate their management controls are effective. The second issue for advocacy involves reducing agricultural pesticides from vineyards throughout the region. Russian Riverkeeper will push the Water Board to adopt a general permit for vineyard operations that requires publicly available documentation and imposes numeric discharge limits to ensure compliance. Russian Riverkeeper will partner with the Sonoma County Conservation Alliance and Californians for Pesticide Reform on this administrative advocacy. Russian Riverkeeper also hopes to work cooperatively with vineyard managers to educate them practices that can reduce pollution. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $31,500.00 | Central Valley | Policy Advocacy for a Healthy Bay-Delta Estuary | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; Napa County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Clara County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Yolo County | California | www.baykeeper.org | Healthy levels of fresh water are vital for San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Without sufficient flows through these waterways, toxic algae spread, fish die, and pollutants accumulate. Baykeeper intends to use this grant to advocate before regulators makers on a variety of issues that will benefit from public input. The goal of this advocacy is to ensure wildlife in the region survive, to make the region’s water healthier for recreation, and to foster a sustainable Bay-Delta ecosystem. In particular, Baykeeper will advocate against the State’s proposals to build tunnels to redirect water from the Delta to Central Valley agribusiness as this would decrease freshwater flows available to wildlife. Baykeeper will further advocate for stronger limits on selenium, a toxic pollutant that inhibits growth and can cause gross deformities in wildlife. Baykeeper will follow two EPA regulatory processes aimed at regulating discharges containing selenium from refineries and other sources in order to urge that stringent requirements are adopted. Advocacy involving nutrient reduction from wastewater treatment plant discharges will also continue in collaboration with other stakeholders. Baykeeper will carry on its work advocating for commercial abandoned boat removal in the Delta as well as continue its watchdog role on refinery expansion to help stem increased risk of accidents and explosions in Delta communities. Baykeeper will advocate before regulators and other decision-makers for policies that ensure the survival of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta wildlife, make Delta water healthier for recreation, and lead to a sustainable Bay-Delta ecosystem. | More details |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Tackling Plastic Pollution in the Santa Barbara Channel and its Watersheds | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County ; Ventura County | California | http://www.sbck.org | Santa Barbara Channelkeeper will conduct a coordinated suite of monitoring, outreach and education, community engagement, and advocacy activities in 2020 to stem the tide of plastics polluting the beaches and marine waters of the Santa Barbara Channel and the streams and watersheds that empty into it. We will broaden the scope of our efforts, which to date have focused on plastic bags, Styrofoam, and plastic straws and cutlery, to address additional forms of plastic that we know are particularly problematic, including microplastics and balloons. | More details |
| Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians - Environmental Department | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $13,500.00 | Central Coast | Assessment of Agricultural and Vinicultural Land Use Impacts on the Zanja de Cota Creek Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | www.syceo.org | Zanja de Cota Creek is an environmentally and culturally valuable natural resource that historically provided over-summering habitat for steelhead trout and water for the Chumash Reservation. The Santa Ynez Chumash Environmental Office (SYCEO) is concerned with nearby pesticide and nutrient uses by growers in the Zanja de Cota Creek Watershed. Land use changes throughout the area appear to have led to increased pesticide and nutrient application. Tribal members are concerned about health impacts that could result from this increase in chemical usage. The funding will be used to perform a watershed-scale assessment of agricultural and vinicultural land uses in order to quantify impacts to the watershed. The assessment will first identify pesticides and nutrients currently used by growers that may be present in runoff. The frequency and timing of chemical applications will be assessed as will the potential fate of those chemicals entering receiving waters. The SYCEO will use the information generated by this project to inform their outreach with regulators, land owners, and agricultural and vinicultural operators. This project is the first step in understanding these impacts and outlining actionable steps to reduce future pesticide and nutrient loading to the watershed. | More details |
| Save Mount Diablo | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $20,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Marsh Creek Watershed Impact Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | www.savemountdiablo.org | The proposed project will improve the water quality of two fresh waterways in Contra Costa County that impact the health of the San Joaquin River Delta: (1) Marsh Creek, which feeds into the Delta near Oakley, and (2) Curry Creek, a tributary to Marsh Creek. In Year 1 we will establish a stream-monitoring system to inform creek restoration and begin key projects (road decommissioning and oak plantings) to restore stream health. In Year 2 we will use the data from Year 1 to develop a restoration/impact plan for sections of both creeks and finalize the restoration projects started in Year 1. | More details |
| The Sierra Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Reclaiming the Sierra 2019: Headwater Mercury Source Reduction | California | www.sierrafund.org | The Sierra Fund has invested real time and effort to create a complex and comprehensive, multi-pronged, multi-stakeholder strategy to address mercury contamination that now flows unfettered from the Sierra to the Sea. Our Technical Advisory Committee has met over the last many years in various forms around our targets. Our “exposure†target is predominately led by public health experts at CalEPA (including folks from the Office of Environmental Health Hazards Assessment and the Department of Toxic Substances) and the CA Department Public Health; our “reservoir†target TAC is dominated by State and Regional Water Board staff, local water agency staff, water quality engineers and mining folks; our “hydraulic mine†target by environmental scientists and land managers such as CA State Parks; while our “mine-scarred forest lands†target has more participation from USFS and the EPA and forest ecologists. This conference brings all of these four areas of expertise into one room for one long facilitated conversation on “how to get it done†– building support from agency and industry, non-profit and science thought leaders – to find the political will and funding to actually implement the strategy. Following the conference, we will be able to reach out to the agencies and leaders that have agreed to this approach to gain their official support including the development of: - Budget initiatives to direct implementation of the projects in the plan - Policy development to ensure best management practices and protocols are adopted for any projects going forward - Collaborative project implementation with transparent information sharing on what is learned - Ongoing improvement of our Headwater Mercury Source Reduction Strategy, which we see as a living document that will help to direct and evaluate concrete action to reduce mercury discharge from legacy mines to the Sea. | More details | |||
| The Wild Oyster Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $7,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Restoring Oysters and Improving Water Quality in the BayView | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | www.wildoysters.org | The Wild Oyster Project is an organization whose aim is to bring native oysters back to San Francisco Bay through restoration, community engagement, and thoughtful urban planning. Wild Oyster will use the funding to collect and store oyster shells from area restaurants. These shells will later be used as substrate for new oyster colonies that will be introduced near heavily degraded San Francisco waterways such as Islais Creek and Mission Creek. The new oyster colonies will aid in improving water quality over time by filtering algae and non-organic particles that subsequently creates a positive feedback loop within the ecosystem. The Wild Oyster Project will hire staff, including several youths from the economically disadvantaged Bayview-Hunter’s Point community, as lead shell collectors. The youth will learn tools and methods of stewardship they can apply to future projects. Interns will also participate in outreach events including the International Ocean Film Festival, the Brower Youth Awards, OysterFest, Sunday Streets, and National Oyster Day as well as the California Academy of Sciences and Careers in Science program. In addition to helping to revitalize native oyster populations and water quality, the project has the added benefit of diverting oyster shells from area landfills. | More details |
| Wild Farm Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2019 | $20,000.00 | North Coast | Advancing IPM Practices to Reduce Pesticide Contamination in the Russian River Watershed | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Mendocino County ; Sonoma County | California | www.wildfarmalliance.org | Our project will advance adoption of practices that use beneficial birds to control pest insects and rodents, discourage pest birds and protect water quality in the Russian River Watershed. We will: 1)Educate farmers on bird-friendly practices they can implement to reduce pesticides; 2)Develop new tools and provide training to farmers and conservation planners on how to effectively assess and identify opportunities to support beneficial birds while protecting water quality; and 3)Help farmers implement bird-friendly practices with accessing financial, technical and on-the-ground assistance. | More details |
| Amigos de los Rios | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Emerald Necklace - Rio Hondo River Watershed - Multiple Objective Greenway Enhancement Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.amigosdelosrios.org | Amigos de los Rios requests $20,000 to support our Emerald Necklace - Rio Hondo River Watershed - Multiple Objective Greenway Enhancement project. This project will engage local students and community members in transforming a segment of the Rio Hondo flood control channel right of way from a barren area to one with enhanced habitat, urban forest canopy, active transit, habitat, and recreation value for adjacent disadvantaged communities. This initiative is part of a larger “Mountains to Sea†natural infrastructure network along the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo Rivers. We have completed native landscape design and permit process with L.A. County Public Works and relevant agencies to implement Urban Greening Project adjacent to the existing County Class 1 regional bike trail. Amigos will lead a series of Emerald Necklace Watershed Steward Volunteer Events, guiding participants in activities including planting native trees, shrubs and grasses along river corridor, to improve soil health, create infiltration planters to promote groundwater infiltration and prevent pollutants from entering river corridor and flowing to ocean. This multi-benefit project will improve stormwater capture, water resources management, and will provide environmental justice co-benefits for underserved Latino and Asian communities of eastern L.A. County, Project will improve watershed health, access to recreation, air and water quality protection, vector control, water conservation in public landscapes, reduce heat island impacts in response to public health challenges: including120 trees, over 800 native shrubs & grasses, i watershed health interpretive signage, enhanced permeable surfaces.This will transform a blighted underutilized area that serves local Arroyo High School and other student regionally as well as residents of El Monte, unincorporated L.A. County, and surrounding cities and provide a regional natural infrastructure amenity while training next-generation watershed stewards. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Battle Creek Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | Battle Creek Alliance is seeking funding to continue its Citizen’s Water Monitoring Project in the rural Battle Creek watershed in eastern Shasta and Tehama counties, northeastern California. This project has collected data since 2009 to track the effects occurring from major landscape-level changes downstream of Lassen National Forest and upstream of the Sacramento River. Over 12,000 water and habitat quality samples have already been collected, which continue to be analyzed to identify ongoing cumulative effects. The project provides education to broaden community knowledge and evidence to promote resource conservation, and to protect the water supply from degradation for the local low-income rural community, as well as the larger downstream communities in the Sacramento River watershed. Battle Creek is also the site of one of the largest salmon restoration projects in the country, due to it being one of the most important fish spawning streams in the Sacramento Valley. Along with the benefits to water quality, intact forests are a crucial piece of nature that protect air quality and store carbon. Funding is additionally needed for a lawsuit (initially filed in May 2020) which challenges the ongoing approval of logging plans which consistently state the multitude of logging plans have no significant effects. These effects include non-point source water pollution from the permanently deforested miles of logging roads as well as the hundreds of thousands of cutover acres from clearcutting and salvage logging. This is our first suit in 10 years, so is the first where we have real evidence from our water quality sampling and our research paper. We also have a second claim regarding the overall "Patterns and Practices" that the regulatory agency has used for so long to avoid honestly admitting to the cumulative impacts. We have a well-known water attorney, but he expects the case to cost 30,000. | More details |
| California Coastkeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $11,000.00 | Statewide | Permitting Unregulated Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Humboldt County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Los Angeles County ; Mendocino County ; Orange County ; Riverside County ; Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County ; San Luis Obispo County ; Sutter County ; Yuba County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org | California Coastkeeper Alliance’s Permitting Unregulated Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) Initiative will result in a Santa Ana regional permit that will require currently unregulated Non-Dairy CAFOs in the Santa Ana watershed to dispose of their animal sewage and other pollutants in a safe manner to ensure clean and healthy California waterways. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $49,950.00 | Central Valley | Bay-Delta Water Quality Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Other | Contra Costa County ; Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County ; Solano County ; Stanislaus County ; Yolo County | California | https://calsport.org/news/ | CSPA is presently involved in a series of complex multi-faceted administrative and legal proceedings before state and federal agencies addressing instream flows and water quality standards for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary and tributary waterways, including the San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Calaveras and Mokelumne Rivers in San Joaquin County. Each of the proceedings is critical to the health, viability and restoration of the water quality and aquatic and riparian ecosystems of these waters. | More details |
| Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $9,000.00 | Southern Coast | From Air Pollution 2 Water Pollution in the Inland Empire | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | https://www.ccaej.org/ | The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice has studied air pollution impacts from the explosion of the logistics industry in the Inland Empire region for many years. We are recognizing what starts as air pollution may end up as water pollution. In the last decade, more than 150 million square feet of industrial space, the vast majority of it warehouses was constructed. With this logistics industry boom brings increase of road transport of heavy-duty diesel and drayage trucks (at the facility site) which is the largest contributor to nitrogen dioxide pollution. In southern California, tremendous effort been expended on monitoring air quality for human health concerns but virtually no effort has been expended on monitoring deposits of air pollutants into our waterways such as the Santa Ana River. CCAEJ is interested as to how many warehouse developments constructed along the Santa Ana River that runs through part of San Bernardino and Riverside County and just how close in proximity to the watershed. We assume that the density of warehouse developments along the Santa Ana River contributes to an increase in atmospheric pollutant source(s) entering the waterway. Understanding the pollutant mobility is critical when considering the ecological and human health impacts of air pollution. We should also evaluate the implications of climate change on the Santa Ana River, especially with the increase of heat, increase of air pollutants from transportation and greenhouse gas emissions effects. Our intent for this proposal is two-fold: first to conduct a ground truth assessment on the proximity and number of warehouse development along the Santa Ana River in San Bernardino and Riverside County, secondly to educate/engage residents to understand the relationship between air and water pollution and to advocate for their rights to good health. We will do this by providing toxic tours, teach ins, ground truth, community meetings and leadership training. | More details |
| Council for Watershed Health | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Enhancing Trash Assessments and Developing Educational Tools Through Student Participation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.watershedhealth.org/ | Trash is pervasive in the streets and streams of the Los Angeles River Watershed, a River with one of the nation’s first trash TMDLs. The ecological, health, and aesthetic impacts of trash are increasingly coming into focus. While the solutions and consequences of the trash issue are complex, we can begin with a better inventory of trash extent within the watershed by engaging future scientists, leaders, and voters on the issue. The proposed project is inspired by the pervasiveness of trash at popular recreational sites monitored by Council for Watershed Health (CWH), and leverages an ongoing partnership with Pasadena City College (PCC). The proposed project will aid in coordinating and training local students to assess their own communities for trash, provide a hands-on opportunity for students to engage in a local water quality issue and scientific research, and activate and leverage collected data through the creation of trash maps and educational resources. Students from PCC will be trained to implement a customized trash assessment that, like the riverine trash assessment implemented as part of the 2018 Bight Program, will involve trash surveys that count and categorize trash types. CWH, in partnership with PCC instructors, will create educational resources that highlight the impact of trash and visualize the project’s findings. After data collection concludes, instructor interviews and student focus groups will further inform the development of educational resources, communication strategies, and messaging. The resources and trash maps generated through this program will be shared with decision makers and stakeholders to inform future research, signage, and target best management practices. Additionally, the resources and framework for participation will be made available for other educators to implement in their own classrooms. | More details |
| Creek Lands Conservation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $23,500.00 | Central Coast | Santa Maria River Healthy Watershed Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | https://creeklands.org/ | Our proposed "Santa Maria River Healthy Watershed Initiative" will bring much needed attention and monitoring to this watershed focusing on the highly impaired areas of the Santa Maria River Estuary and Orcutt-Solomon Creek tributary. While some studies and plans have been completed in the past, sufficient action has not been taken to enact plan recommendations or perform consistent monitoring. This project will develop real action in this neglected watershed and its impaired estuary. The Santa Maria River watershed is one of the four largest river systems within the northern range of the federally endangered Southern California Steelhead Distinct Population Segment (DPS) and supports large urban and agricultural areas. This initiative builds partnerships with local organizations and stakeholders to generate concepts for water quality and habitat improvements. Local volunteers are organized to collect monthly water quality monitoring data from the Santa Maria River Estuary, the state's highest legacy DDT estuary. We will develop a framework for an index or report card for the watershed. Education and outreach are an important part of this project and will increase the local visibility and awareness of the river and watershed, providing a valuable nexus with nature and an opportunity to harness local support for future projects. The Santa Maria and Guadalupe areas are home to many agricultural and disadvantaged communities, which have less access to resources about nature or opportunities to recreate in or engage with it. By working with the communities to build this initiative, we foster connections between communities and their local ecosystems. Funds support projects to engage stakeholders, monitor current conditions, further develop existing project concepts, and involve local partners in education and outreach efforts for children, college students, and adults. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $7,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Upper Sand Creek Basin Restoration Project - Marsh Creek Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net | Fourteen low-income students from Antioch High will be recruited as research interns for one year to work with the Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed, and Contra Costa Flood Control District to restore native habitat, assess litter contamination, and survey water quality in the Upper Sand Creek Basin. Interns will study the correlation between the restoration of native vegetation and water quality. They will also address litter concentration issues and waterway blockage at the urban drool inflow at the Upper Sand Creek Basin. The Upper Sand Creek Basin is an excellent site for restoration efforts and WQ monitoring because it was constructed recently and revegetated using native plants collected from the basin before excavation. Despite restoration efforts, the basin requires study and maintenance to ensure the effective filtration of water through stream-side willows and the thorough re-installation of diverse native plant species throughout open spaces. The research team will use scientific methods and GLOBE instrumentation to perform WQ surveying, invasive species removal, litter mapping and clean-up, and native plant installations in the Upper Sand Creek Basin for one year, with in-class training and a minimum of 10 field days. Interns will implement an outreach campaign to community members with a series of on-campus presentations and one to two community events at the basin, including the fourth annual Earth Day event. The project has essential long-term ecological restoration objectives that include the viability of the stream for endangered species, including the red-legged frog and California tiger salamander. Other species that call the basin home include red-winged blackbirds, bobcats, owls, and more. | More details |
| Environment in the Public Interest | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $12,000.00 | Central Coast | Santa Maria River Watershed Steelhead Trout Enhancement | Water Resources/Watershed Protection; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Other | San Luis Obispo County ; Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.epicenteronline.org | "The Santa Maria River watershed is one of the four largest river systems within the northern range of the federally endangered Southern California Steelhead Distinct Population Segment (DPS). The Santa Maria River watershed supports a self-sustaining population of rainbow trout (the resident life-history form of O mykiss) in the Sisquoc River watershed. It also supports anadromous spawning of adult steelhead (the ocean-going life-history form of O. mykiss) during some wet years. Nearly the entire Santa Maria River watershed, including the Cuyama and Sisquoc rivers, are designated critical habitat for the Southern California Steelhead DPS. (Stillwater Sciences 2012, Santa Maria River Instream Flow Study: Flow Recommendations for Steelhead Passage, p ES-2)." In 2012, NOAA Fisheries Service released the “Southern Steelhead Recovery Plan,†concluding that increasing stream flow in the Santa Maria River watershed is a vital step in restoring steelhead in all of Southern California. Twitchell Dam on the Cuyama River, tributary to the Santa Maria River, has been identified as a major obstacle to steelhead passage as Twitchell Dam, limits the timing and quantity of flow into the Santa Maria River. This prevents Steelhead fry from reaching the Pacific, and ocean dwelling Steelhead from reaching Sisquoc spawning habitat. The 2013 Flow Study provides a detailed plan for restoring the Steelhead population using “modified operation of Twitchell Dam to approximate pre-dam hydrologic conditions in the mainstem Santa Maria River…†Stillwater Sciences 2012, Santa Maria River Instream Flow Study: Flow Recommendations for Steelhead Passage (“Stillwater Studyâ€). Since the conclusion of the Flow Study no corrective action has occurred and the flow regime remains unchanged. In 2017 SLO Coastkeeper and Los Padres Forest Watch initiated litigation seeking to improve flows for the benefit of Steelhead Trout under State code 5937 and the Endangered Species Act. | More details |
| Foothill Conservancy | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $6,750.00 | Sierra Nevada | Mokelumne River and Watershed Protection Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Amador County | California | http://www.foothillconservancy.org | Foothill Conservancy's Mokelumne River and Watershed Protection Program seeks long-term solutions for protecting the watershed’s valuable natural attributes, including clean water and habitat relied on by people, fish, and wildlife. The program has four broad goals: 1) Ensure that local and interregional water and use planning decisions do not harm the Mokelumne River and watershed and protect water quality. 2) Ensure continued protection of the Mokelumne River's extraordinary cultural, historical, recreational, and scenic values. Human and natural stressors continue to affect the Mokelumne River watershed, exacerbated by climate change and the threat of larger more severe fires. 3) Protect and restore wildlife habitat within the Mokelumne watershed through a combination of actions, including ecologically sound forest restoration, proper management of existing hydroelectric projects, and native anadromous fish reintroduction to the upper Mokelumne River. 4) Develop a larger, younger, and more diverse cadre of advocates for our rivers, watersheds, lands, and communities. | More details |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Quality Improvement through Study, Monitoring, and Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | https://www.sausalcreek.org/ | The major program areas of FOSC are restoration, monitoring, and environmental education--all intertwined and supported by volunteers, staff, and board members. Since our founding 24 years ago, our work in the watershed has revolved around improving water quality and ensuring the survival of creek species, including the native fish populations, by encouraging native plant growth and by stabilizing stream and tributary banks. This type of work requires both a long view and a persistent, year-in-year-out, on-the-ground effort. This grant will provide essential funding for our core areas of work in two complementary projects: The Dimond Canyon Erosion Control Project (Erosion Control Project) and the Rainbow Trout Conservation and Management Plan (Trout Plan). Monitoring, maintaining, and improving water quality form the core of these projects. Success of both the Erosion Control Project and the Trout Plan will rely on assessing riparian habitat damage and threats, monitoring interventions, determining necessary restoration and remediation actions, and implementing those actions with the ongoing support of our dedicated volunteers. At the same time, we will be training the next generation of local citizen scientists and environmentalists to carry on the work and help protect this resource. Rose Foundation funding will pay staff to oversee and coordinate these efforts, purchase supplies and equipment, and support other program and administrative costs. | More details |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Rewilding the LA River through Education and Community Engagement | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Los Angeles County | California | https://folar.org/ | For the first time since the River was channelized, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studied and approved a plan that looks at removing concrete from stretches of the channel, making way for vegetated, widened, and terraced River banks. The ARBOR Plan focuses on an 11-mile stretch from Griffith Park to downtown Los Angeles, the longest continuous natural-bottom section of River where vegetation and wildlife are plentiful. It sets the gold standard for urban river restoration, identifying places where wetland habitat can be restored, and water quality can be improved without compromising flood protection. FoLAR is focused on a future for the LA River where equitable public access and ecological restoration are prioritized – removing concrete from the River where appropriate is the best way to accomplish this. That’s why we are calling for over 100 continuous acres of open space along the east bank of the River in the Glendale Narrows. We support concrete removal and meaningful ecological restoration at the Taylor Yard G2 River Park project, which will reconnect people with nature, and we oppose the Casitas Lofts Luxury Development, which threatens to choke off public access to and restoration of the River. Promoting green infrastructure as a means to return wildlife habitat, clean runoff, and recharge aquifers, while also improving public health and community wellness are key to this effort. Now more than ever FoLAR must continue to inspire and involve diverse community members - especially those in the disadvantaged communities proximal to the 100 acres - through the Great LA River CleanUp, Source to Sea watershed education, and Crack the Concrete Community Engagement programs. | More details |
| Humboldt Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | North Coast | Mad River Toxics Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Humboldt County | California | http://www.humboldtbaykeeper.org | The 2021 Mad River Toxics Initiative will advance one of the region’s most pressing water quality issues: legacy dioxin contamination that threatens the drinking water supplies for two-thirds of Humboldt County residents. The former McNamara & Peepe lumber mill is located adjacent to a Mad River tributary near the city of Blue Lake. Fungicide spills from the mill in the late 1960s killed tens of thousands of fish in the Mad River. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in the 1990s, delegating responsibility for site cleanup to the California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC). This site has been a major concern for decades due to its proximity to the Mad River, just a mile upstream from the municipal drinking water supply wells owned and operated by the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District. However, with no viable Responsible Party to be held liable, there has been little opportunity to press for further cleanup and restoration of the site until December 2018, when DTSC announced that it will develop a new “Remedial Action Plan†to contain contaminated groundwater plume that is moving toward the Mad River. In 2019, the agency conducted groundwater monitoring and found very high dioxins levels. Its new cleanup and restoration plan was delayed until 2021. This new plan will be subject to public review and comment afforded by the California Environmental Quality Act, providing the first opportunity since 1998 to press for meaningful action on the site. Humboldt Baykeeper has made progress on this issue in the past year, but more work remains to be done to protect and restore water quality, including groundwater, surface waters, municipal drinking water supplies, and private wells. Working with scientists, community members, and government agencies, we will use a multi-pronged approach to reduce water quality impacts and restore the health of critical riparian habitats while protecting drinkable, fishable, swimmable waters from further degradation. | More details |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Community Plastics Activation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.lawaterkeeper.org/ | Los Angeles Waterkeeper (LAW) requests a one-year 25,000 grant to support our efforts to protect and restore LA’s inland and coastal waters using outreach and education, fieldwork, and community action. Grant funding will help us launch our new Community Cleanup Challenge, with Plastics Activation (Cleanup Challenge), a new program under our Healthy Habitats strategy. Healthy Habitats aims to restore our inland waterways and impacted marine environment back to functioning ecosystems. Our innovative Cleanup Challenge builds upon previous community engagement programs and expands our impact and reach across LA County. We fuse hands-on science and technology to reconnect Angelenos to the waterways in their backyard and provide resources for environmental stewardship. This program aims to educate communities about the impact of human consumption on the planet and encourage behavior change that will ultimately reduce negative externalities on our environment and the life that depends on it. Over the next year, the pilot of our cleanup challenge will engage hundreds of community members to clean up and collect critical data on plastic pollution, improving the health of Los Angeles’s watershed. Utilizing the state of the art Litterati app, participants will engage in cleanups across the county, and capture critical data on waste through geo-tagged photos that help make the problem measurable. Data captured from cleanups help illustrate the magnitude of the pollution problem locally, and can be used to advocate for larger systems change and enable development of effective solutions. Ultimately, we aim to provide community members – especially those living in historically underserved communities – the tools necessary to address pollution in their waterways, and make their voices heard as LA County addresses its pollution challenges. All of these efforts will improve the health and safety of our communities and encourage shared stewardship of our environment. | More details |
| Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $15,000.00 | Southern Coast | Los Cerritos Wetlands Water Quality Monitoring Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County ; Orange County | California | http://lcwlandtrust.org/ | Zedler Marsh is a remnant tidal salt marsh within the Los Cerritos Wetlands (LCW) at the mouth of the San Gabriel River (SGR), and is one of two locations where the River supports tidal wetlands. Plantings of Pacific cordgrass were performed in 2012 and 2018 and have been key in trapping nutrients, pollutants, and sediments from the watershed. A water quality monitoring program began in 2018 to measure this plant’s impacts on water quality in the SGR as well as Zedler Marsh and the program has been collecting data ever since. We propose to expand the water quality monitoring program to include 5 already existing sampling locations in Zedler Marsh and the San Gabriel River, and incorporate 5 new sampling locations throughout the Haynes Cooling Channel and Hellman Ranch Lowlands. Data collected as part of this program will assist in broadening the Land Trust’s advocacy, outreach, and education efforts. Final reporting documents will be shared with a variety of stakeholders including: Aquarium of the Pacific’s Citizen Science Sea Turtle Monitoring Program, NOAA, California State University, Long Beach researchers, local Lifeguard Associations, Marine Safety Departments, and SGR watershed health agencies and nonprofit partners in Upper and Lower SGR working groups. Results will also be shared with local citizens attending Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program events and through social media posts. This monitoring program will allow local agencies and landowners to make informed design and planning decisions based on multiple years of water quality data ultimately leading to scientifically rigorous large-scale restoration programs. | More details |
| Mad River Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | North Coast | Mad River Alliance Water Quality and Temperature Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Humboldt County | California | http://www.madriveralliance.org/ | Mad River Alliance's Water Quality Monitoring Project (MRWQMP) and Temperature Monitoring Study (TMS) put citizens in touch with the Mad River, the source of water for approximately 88,000 Humboldt County residents. The MRWQMP trains teams of citizen scientists to collect, test, record, and share Mad River water quality data results with the public, agencies, and land managers. The TMS works with other agencies to collect, record, and share Mad River temperature data results with the public, agencies, and land managers. Ongoing monitoring provides a feedback loop so managers can understand how practices are effective in reducing negative impacts. This monitoring will help managers improve upon practices and improve water quality over time. | More details |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Statewide | NHS Environmental Justice and Water Conservation Outreach Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Los Angeles County | California | https://nhslacounty.org/ | As part of the ongoing programming at NHS’ Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC), located in Compton, CA, NHS will provide resources and programming on green infrastructure, environmental justice and water quality and conservation to residents. NHS will conduct outreach and begin distributing materials on green infrastructure, environmental justice, and water quality and conservation training to residents, in addition to regular NHS materials on buying, fixing, and keeping your home. An expanded curriculum will be included as part of both our urban agriculture programming, and our homebuyer education and foreclosure prevention education course offerings. Finally, NHS will provide rain barrels to home purchase and home rehabilitation clients. | More details |
| Orange County Environmental Justice Education Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Building Community Capacity with Photovoice (BCCP) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Orange County | California | https://www.ocej.org/ | Building Community Capacity with Photovoice (BCCP) is a tested project, in which residents of disadvantaged communities in the Santa Ana River Watershed employ participatory research, specifically the photovoice methodology, to document, understand, educate, communicate, advocate, and ultimately build community capacity to ensure water quality for all. Photovoice uses photography to document storm water, point, and non point pollution within disadvantaged communities. BCCP is a response to Orange County Environmental Justice Education Fund’s (OCEJEF) 2016-2017 door- to-door multilingual survey of Orange County (OC) residents living within CalEPA Disadvantaged Communities. Of 4,163 respondents, 41.3% rated water quality “below average or bad.†The survey also revealed a prevailing mistrust of public water sources and water management systems. Moreover, residents also described a myriad of socio-economic issues that impacted their capacity to engage with local governments to find solutions and to create opportunities for building trust. Additionally, studies of internal reconnaissance of water pollution show that the OC cities with the largest populations of people of color have disproportionately high numbers of toxic industries compared to other Orange County cities(i). The findings from the survey led OCEJEF to implement a water-related leadership development and education program, Communities Organizing for Better Water (COBW) in 2018. COBW increases knowledge of water systems and government transparency by documenting water quality issues, building resident leadership, and developing an advocacy campaign. With support from the Rose Foundation, OCEJF will expand BCCP in Anaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Orange, and Santa Ana with the ultimate goal of empowering community members to hold public and private systems accountable to high water quality as well as be engaged and a part of creating systems and policies that support this goal. | More details |
| Pepperwood Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $8,750.00 | North Coast | Shadehouse Rebuild for Post Fire Restoration of Native Grasslands | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | https://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/ | Pepperwood Foundation requests support to build a new native plant shadehouse propagation facility to replace the one damaged during the 2017 Tubbs Fire. Two recent fires have significantly altered the ecological health of the native grasslands at Pepperwood Preserve and destroyed and damaged buildings on our property. Bulldozer fire lines created to stop the Kincade Fire in October 2019 resulted in significant disturbance to 15 miles of oak woodlands and native grasslands. In 2017, the Tubbs Fire burned our barn and shop to the ground, heavily impacting the nearby plant propagation facility. Our rebuild of the barn and shop is under way but requires moving the damaged propagation facility away from the shadow of the new structure. Given the extensive loss of native grasslands to the bulldozer lines, we want to double our native grass plug production numbers from 14,000 to 28,000 plants annually. This increase in production will require doubling the footprint of our propagation facility. By increasing native plant propagation capacity and plantings this project will improve water quality by reducing erosion as well as improving stream flow by improving water infiltration and soil water holding capacity. Perennial grasses improve soil organic matter and provide better ground cover than non-native annual grasses. These grasses reduce impacts of hard rainfall, slow run-off, and increase water retention, thus reducing potential flooding downstream. Native plants favor healthy wildlife populations and support invertebrates including pollinators. | More details |
| Project Grow | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Riparian Restoration Team | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Orange County | California | http://www.projectgrowca.org/ | One acre of riparian habitat will be restored at the Newport Valley site in Upper Newport Bay through a project involving high school students, mentored by college students. A minimum of 10 college student interns from diverse backgrounds, will be recruited and trained as “Environmental Leaders." The college student leaders will mentor and engage three classes of students from Title 1 high schools (approximately 30 students per class). Each class will participate in six habitat restoration field trips during the 2020-2021 school year, for a total of 18 restoration field visits. Environmental Leaders will learn ecological restoration techniques, environmental education methods, and volunteer and event management. The high school students will learn about the ecology of the area, restoration techniques, and will observe changes in the habitat over the course of the year as the restoration progresses. The high school student's teachers will receive orientation materials as well as lesson plans from habitat restoration curricula such as Our Wetlands, Our World and other sources to extend learning into the classroom. | More details |
| Proyecto Pastoral | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $15,750.00 | Southern Coast | Promesa Boyle Heights: Green Infrastructure & Surface Water Quality Leadership Training Series | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.proyectopastoral.org/ | Investment from the Rose Foundation will allow Promesa to train a core group of community leaders to become environmental health promotoras by deepening their knowledge and understanding of watershed health, surface water quality issues and green infrastructure projects in Boyle Heights. Funding will enable Promesa to build its infrastructure for incorporating environmental health into Promesa’s existing promotora model for long-term and sustainable change, and to develop curriculum and outreach materials. This will lay the groundwork to be able to train future cohorts of environmental health promotoras. By engaging a group of residents leaders in the work, Promesa will develop resident capacity in Boyle Heights to connect green infrastructure projects with surface water quality, protection from pollutants, as well as connecting the issues to a broader environmental justice and health framework. | More details |
| Redwood Community Action Agency | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $7,000.00 | North Coast | Gulch to Bay: Urban Waterway | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Humboldt County | California | http://rcaa.org/ | The Gulch to Bay Urban Waterway project focuses on First Slough in Eureka, an urban waterway which was recently given another chance. Last fall, a sinkhole depression formed on a busy city street presenting a public safety emergency. Water was pooling under the road. The City designed and installed a larger culvert to accommodate storm events and provide for fish passage. The prior culvert presented barriers to fish passage. This urban stream section got a riparian 'facelift.' The work that was done to stabilize the banks and enhance the stream for fish passage is highly visible from the main road and presents a great public outreach opportunity. It received a lot of public attention when traffic was rerouted. It lies at the gateway to Cooper Gulch Park, a city-owned property with educational and recreational amenities. With this project still in the public memory and public eye, now is the time to bring awareness to, and steward protection of, this important tributary to Humboldt Bay. The culvert replacement site is about a half-mile upstream from the bay and this lower section through Cooper Gulch Park has received more than its fair share of encampments and dump sites. Natural Resources Services (NRS) division of Redwood Community Action Agency (RCAA) requests funding to implement a year-long program working with Cooper Gulch youth, community members and neighbors. The program will include interpretive programming for two Gulch school sites highlighting: water quality, stormwater, watershed health for aquatic life and connection to marine environments. Walking field trips will include trash pickups, water quality testing and aquatic-life exploration. Project partners (constituency section) and neighbors will engage in larger scale clean-ups to remove abandoned encampments. At the project's conclusion, interpretive displays featuring youth's artwork will educate the visiting public about the values of healthy watersheds. Schools will be gifted trash grabbers. | More details |
| Restore the Delta | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | Environmental Justice Youth Initiative for the Urban Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | San Joaquin County | California | https://www.restorethedelta.org/ | Stockton lies at the seat of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the heart of the battle for water in CA. Restore the Delta (RTD) is a local nonprofit in Stockton dedicated to preserving the Delta and fostering young environmental justice leaders. To create advocates for our waterways, we must build opportunities for them to understand and appreciate the impact water quality has to the health and history of Stockton and CA overall. RTD has recently developed strategic partnerships with grassroots social justice nonprofits in Stockton that represent underserved communities and have a strong focus on developing youth advocates. Through this collaboration, RTD will engage youth from disinvested neighborhoods in Stockton and communities of color, providing them with the tools and know-how to become citizen scientists. So how do you get these youth to care about a local resource they know little about? Their experience of the Delta involves seeing homeless camps on slough embankments and stagnant, uninviting green water. Many of them are already involved in local advocacy, but they haven't heard about how harmful algal blooms in their backyards contribute to the asthma their families experience, create smelly toxic air when fish and plants die off, and harm local economics dependent on our waterways. RTD and their partners plan to train youth to become Citizen Scientists. This includes learning about the science and economics of Stockton’s local waterways, conducting water quality testing, practicing public speaking and advocacy skills, and using technology to connect local data with health, education, and economic outcomes for their communities. Through Citizen Science, youth will understand how water quality testing and how that data can make changes in our city and region. The data collected will be used by them to inform policy recommendations and report to regional and state water boards, the county board of supervisors, and within their local communities. | More details |
| Russian Riverkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | North Coast | Clean Water Advocacy Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Mendocino County ; Sonoma County | California | https://russianriverkeeper.org/ | We are requesting support for our Clean Water Advocacy Program to reduce pollution, improve flows and increase inclusion of BIPOC communities in our work. We will improve the Dairy and Vineyard permits to reduce nutrient and sediment pollution and improve enforcement of permit violations and work on State Nutrient Policy to provide more enforceable numeric criteria. We will advocate for mandatory water conservation for all flow reductions in times of drought. To better serve BIPOC communities we will devote a portion of this grant to working to become more inclusive in all aspects of our work. The Russian River suffers from nine pollution impairments and has many segments that are pumped dry leaving our community with an unhealthy river. Further climate change will put even more strain on our watersheds health as we are seeing wild swings from the floods of February 2018 to our current drought in 2020 which is the third driest yearn recorded history. We have gone from one extreme of too much water to not enough water in less than18 months, this is not sustainable. In order to prepare our watershed and community to ensure and thrive in climate change we must reduce pollution, reduce water use and make more room for the river for bigger floods which will increase groundwater recharge to prepare for droughts. Our work in this grant will address the biggest impacts to water quality, seek to reduce water loss that impacts water quality and engage our entire community by becoming more inclusive of BIPOC communities that suffer more from environmental degradation and pollution. | More details |
| Salmonid Restoration Federation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $10,500.00 | North Coast | Humboldt Bay Aquaculture Research, Outreach, and Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | https://www.calsalmon.org/ | Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF) is a state-wide non-profit in the fisheries sector that proposes to track the Nordic Aquafarms project (NAF), advocate on behalf of the community, communicate important information to the public, and prepare for future aquafarming scoping projects in the Humboldt Bay watershed. Nordic Aquafarms (NAF) plans to build a land-based fish farm at an old pulp mill site on Humboldt Bay, with an outfall pipe for discharge extending approximately one mile into the Pacific Ocean. The local community is concerned about the potential impacts of this project related to water quality, native species, and the economy. This is a major land development project, with the potential to have both large costs and benefits to Humboldt County’s economy and environment. The current NAF proposal requires a large amount of fresh water, which would come from the municipal water supply in the Mad River. Diverting this water may have detrimental effects on the water quality of the river and its estuary. Environmental impacts such as reducing available summer flow in the Mad River or polluting Humboldt and Arcata bays could disproportionately affect specific communities. This grant would fund SRF staff to attend meetings and public hearings with Nordic Aquaculture, as well as review project elements for potential environmental impacts, and communicate with stakeholders throughout the review process. SRF would contribute to the process by identifying potential environmental issues and crucial questions to ask of the project, as well as advocating for specific decisions and engaging the public through outreach and education. Regardless of whether the Nordic Aquafarms project is completed or not, the Humboldt Bay area has been identified as a desirable site for future aquaculture projects, and this baseline research will be valuable and necessary for local entities to evaluate the environmental impacts of such projects on water quality and other risk factors. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $3,500.00 | The Healthy Bay Challenge | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | https://baykeeper.org/ | Sponsorship support for the 2020 virtual Bay Parade to move together for San Francisco Bay. Baykeeper’s Healthy Bay Challenge goals is encourage people to be healthy and keep the Bay healthy, too. Baykeeper’s mission is to hold polluters accountable and defend the Bay from the biggest threats. Their team of lawyers, scientists, and advocates is hard at work remotely – because the Bay needs to be protected, now more than ever. | More details | ||
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $15,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sacramento River Watershed Restoration & AmeriCorps Service Learning | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | https://sierranevadaalliance.org/ | Sierra Nevada Alliance will use this grant to bring together 28 AmeriCorps members for five days of watershed restoration and service learning in April of 2021. This project will positively impact water quality and riparian habitat in the upper Sacramento River watershed, addressing issues related to regional wildfires. Members will restore 10 impaired Sacramento River watershed acres of critical riparian habitat through invasive species removal, native plant restoration and erosion control. Members will be given hands-on training in watershed restoration techniques, learning from local experts. They will use those skills to complete an additional 100 acres of watershed restoration at their host sites across the Sierra Nevada. As part of our mission to increase inclusiveness and equity in our organization, we will feature perspectives on local environmental issues and restoration approaches from diverse individuals in the Butte County region. This will reinforce Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training provided to members at the beginning of their service term in October and increase awareness of traditional ecological knowledge. Should COVID-19 restrictions prevent us from conducting this project in person, we will create a virtual training, which will be delivered online. This will feature experts from partner organizations, presenting on local environmental issues and projects. If it is safe to do so, we will amend on-the-ground restoration to only involve local (Butte County-based) SNAP members, preventing unsafe travel and group lodging. We will create video content of SNAP members in the field to share with the cohort and facilitate group learning, supported by presentations from experts on detailed techniques and project results. This virtual training will have the capacity to highlight diverse voices across the Sierra and create a connection among SNAP members and host sites throughout the region, even if we cannot work together in the same physical space. | More details |
| Sonoma Safe Ag Safe Schools | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | North Coast | Regenerative Land Management for Watershed Resiliency | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://sonomasass.org/ | Natural disasters including fires and floods have had devastating impacts on the Russian River Watershed in recent years with the potential to create more disturbances in the future. Negative impacts would, however, be reduced by employing regenerative/â€climate smart†land management principles and by educating local landowners on alternatives to using toxic chemicals, like pesticides. The focus of this proposal is to provide community education to residents, farms, and schools in fire prone Russian River Watershed areas to decrease future degradation to the watershed. | More details |
| The Bay Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Improving Delta Salinity and Selenium Protections | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County ; San Joaquin County | California | http://www.thebayinstitute.org/ | Late 2019 saw two major and related decisions on managing Central Valley salt and selenium discharges to the Delta – but both decisions left open the door to improving salinity and selenium management. The State Water Resources Control Board tentatively approved a Central Valley Regional Board basin plan amendment governing salt and nitrate management for the next few decades – but mandated that the Regional Board correct a number of problems with the salt management proposal within the next year. These concerns include effects on water quality relating to environmental justice, fish and wildlife impacts and water quality for downstream urban suppliers. Around the same time the Regional Board also approved a waste discharge permit for stormwater discharge from westside San Joaquin Valley irrigators that will also be in place for decades – but also put in a two-year reopener to address potential impacts of selenium in stormwater on fish and wildlife downstream. This automatic reopener, and the accelerated remand to the Regional Board and guaranteed review by the State Board of the salt management plan, represent enormous opportunities for critics of the stormwater permits and original salt management plan to secure additional improvements, in part because salinity and selenium reduction actions are closely related. The Bay Institute (TBI) has been a leader of the coalition focusing on salinity and selenium issues, which includes Contra Costa County & CCWD. We seek the support of the Rose Foundation to enable TBI to continue to play this lead role on the salinity and selenium issues, with the assistance of Hal Candee of Altshuler Berzon LLP, who has worked closely with TBI and other conservation groups for many years on related Delta and Agricultural Drainage issues. | More details |
| The Sierra Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Feasibility Analysis for Carbon Credits for Meadow Restoration in the Upper Feather River Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change and Energy | Plumas County | California | https://sierrafund.org/ | Purpose: The purpose of this project is to quantify and monetize the carbon sequestration capacity of healthy meadows, using the Upper Feather River Watershed (UFRW) as a feasibility study. This approach aims to incentivize investments in multi-benefit meadow restoration activities on privately-owned meadowlands in the region. Background: In the 1800s, California’s rivers were engineered to deliver water in support of the newfound state. Today, an extensive system of built infrastructure in conjunction with natural waterways is “operated†to provide water for habitat, human consumption, agriculture, and hydroelectricity. The system’s ability to meet the increased demands for water and power, as well as environmental flows, depends on the functioning of the “green infrastructure†of the headwaters and the restoration and protection of key areas, such as meadows. Healthy meadows are among the most valuable green infrastructure in the Sierra Nevada. They provide a disproportionate number of ecosystem services compared to the area they cover, including flood attenuation, sediment filtration, water storage, water quality improvement, carbon sequestration, and livestock forage. Prior to European contact, hydrologically functional meadows existed across the region; however, beginning in the 1850s, livestock grazing became widespread, leading to degraded meadows that cease to function as wetlands and instead have ongoing erosion, and degraded water quality. There are an estimated 190,000 acres of meadows in the Sierra Nevada and 50 percent are considered to be degraded from overgrazing. The UFRW features an abundance of meadows as compared to the rest of the Sierra Nevada. Within the UFRW alone approximately 39,384 acres of meadow exists. Restoration of these ecosystems will enhance the capacity of meadows to perform their stabilizing functions, to the benefit of all water users along the river’s 185 miles from the headwaters to its confluence with the Sacramento River. | More details |
| The Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2020 | $9,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Pursuing Water Quality Concerns in West Contra Costa County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | http://thewatershedproject.org/ | This project will use and build on The Watershed Project’s water quality database and visualization platform (https://app.thewatershedproject.org/), previously funded by the California Watershed Protection Fund in 2018, to explore water quality in West Contra Costa County, CA (WCCC) in greater depth. We will expand the parameters we sample to include data related to homeless encampments, continue to collect baseline data that will be used to identify trends, and will use the visualization app as an educational tool to engage policy makers, community members, and youth. Working with our local partner groups, this multi-benefit project engages environmental justice challenges facing WCCC communities. These include the need for reliable water quality data for local creeks, the opportunity to address water quality concerns facing creeks in the area, and the opportunity to involve local schools for hands-on learning. Through these three prongs, we will gather and input quality open source data to our “Explore Contra Costa Creeks†database that decision makers can use in developing effective public policy, and a variety of stakeholder groups can use for advocacy and education tools. First, we want to take this database tool to local groups in each watershed and identify where we can provide more value. Next, an item of growing and urgent community concern in WCCC is the increasing number of homeless encampments on creeks and waterways, which may pose a threat to water quality downstream. We propose to collect and analyze fecal coliform samples from stretches of creek above and below these encampments. If we find an impact to the health of the creek, we hope to use the data to advocate for better housing alternatives and/or better waste and toilet facilities for those facing homelessness. Third, we will also begin a creek-oriented environmental education campaign with local schools, getting students out in the creeks and contributing data to our project. | More details |
| American Rivers | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $21,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Quality and Biodiversity Monitoring in the Marsh Creek Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | https://www.americanrivers.org/ | The goal of the Water Quality and Biodiversity Monitoring in the Marsh Creek Watershed Project is to establish a healthy riparian corridor along the lower Marsh Creek flood control channel that provides habitat for fish and wildlife and improves water quality flowing into the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta. Marsh Creek provides an important ecological corridor in a rapidly urbanizing area. Despite the pace of urbanization over the last two decades, there is still an opportunity to restore a riparian corridor and improve water quality in the communities of Brentwood and Oakley. Our vision for Marsh Creek is a stream of clean, cool water, surrounded by stands of native trees and a spread of grasses and wildflowers that serves as a community asset and a vital, healthy habitat corridor between protected conservation areas on the Delta shoreline and Mount Diablo State Park. Over the past decade, American Rivers and our project partners have been working to achieve this vision, organizing community residents, building a fish ladder, and advancing restoration of riparian areas and floodplains along the creek to improve habitat and water quality for fish, wildlife, and people. Funding from the Rose Foundation through the California Watershed Protection Fund will allow American Rivers to support local community and agency partners in managing the newly restored healthy riparian corridor along the Marsh Creek flood control channel to provide habitat for fish and wildlife and to improve water quality. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $6,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Battle Creek Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | Battle Creek Alliance is continuing its Citizen’s Water Monitoring Project in the rural Battle Creek watershed in eastern Shasta and Tehama counties, northeastern California. This project has collected data since 2009 to track the effects occurring from major landscape-level changes downstream of Lassen National Forest and upstream of the Sacramento River. Over 14,000 water and habitat quality samples have already been collected, which continue to be analyzed to identify ongoing cumulative effects. The project provides education to broaden community knowledge and evidence to promote resource conservation, and to protect the water supply from degradation for the local low-income rural community, as well as the larger downstream communities in the Sacramento River watershed. Battle Creek is also the site of one of the largest salmon restoration projects in the country, due to it being one of the most important fish spawning streams in the Sacramento Valley. Along with the benefits to water quality, intact forests are a crucial piece of nature that protect air quality and store carbon. Funding is additionally needed for a new lawsuit (filed in July 2021) which challenges the ongoing approval of logging plans which consistently state the multitude of logging plans have no significant effects. These effects include non-point source water pollution from the permanently deforested miles of logging roads as well as the hundreds of thousands of cutover acres from clearcutting and salvage logging. This is the 2nd suit where we have real evidence from our water quality sampling and our research paper. These suits contain a second claim regarding the overall "Patterns and Practices" that the regulatory agency has used for so long to avoid honestly analyzing cumulative impacts, as required by CEQA. | More details |
| Butte Environmental Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $11,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Northern Sacramento Valley Water Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy | Butte County | California | https://www.becnet.org/ | Butte Environmental Council is seeking Rose Foundation funding for the Northern Sacramento Valley Water Protection Project, a community- and volunteer-based program that promotes clean up, outreach, and advocacy surrounding water quality issues within the Big Chico Creek and Butte Creek Watersheds, located within the Sacramento Valley Subregion. Many of the streams in these watersheds flow through disadvantaged and low-income neighborhoods and have been subject to illegal dumping of hazardous chemicals, used syringes, makeshift latrines, and used car parts. Vandalism also occurs frequently at these sites; healthy riparian trees have been cut, areas have been covered in graffiti, and small fires have been started. As part of its efforts to address these problems, the proposed Water Protection Project will sponsor “Block Parties With A Purpose.†These block parties will promote neighborhood efforts to clean up these areas by removing overgrown invasive species, which will minimize the potential for vandalism and other environmental harm while making the sites more accessible to recreational use by local residents. Opening up these areas will allow for more walking, running, biking, hiking, photography, bird watching, wildflower viewing, and create a more inviting recreational environment for families in disadvantaged and low-income communities. Having clean waterways and wetlands promotes wildlife activity, creating homes for birds, beavers, frogs, and other animal species. Local wetlands are also a frequent stop for migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway. Protected wetlands filter pollutants from stormwater runoff, enhancing local water quality for recreation and wildlife. In all of its efforts, the proposed Water Protection Project will also provide educational opportunities for neighborhoods about the benefits of responsible water stewardship, recycling, invasive species management, environmental justice, advocacy, and ongoing water quality assessment. | More details |
| California Coastkeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $11,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Improving Sanitary Sewer Overflows in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Contra Costa County ; Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County ; Solano County ; Yolo County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org | California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA)’s Sanitary Sewer Overflow (SSO) project will aim to reduce SSOs statewide while focusing on SSO enforcement in the Sacramento region in order to reduce nutrient and bacteria pollution that flows into the Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta (Delta). CCKA will target the State Water Board’s reissuance of the statewide Sanitary Sewer System General Order to improve the management and accountability of sanitary sewer systems to prevent SSOs, improve the health of communities near failing systems, and improve access to swimmable waters for all. CCKA’s project will develop strategic communications centered around the lack of community access – particularly underserved community access – to fishable and swimmable waters in the Delta. CCKA will place media articles, op-eds, blogs, and social media detailing how SSOs cause harmful algal blooms, eutrophication, and unsafe swimming holes in the Delta. CCKA will also use the 50-year anniversary of the Clean Water Act to generate media attention on the lack of progress to restore California's waters and to advocate for the state to re-energize its commitment to achieve fishable, swimmable, and drinkable waters for all Californians. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $15,000.00 | Central Valley | Drought Emergency Response | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County ; Solano County ; Stanislaus County ; Yolo County | California | https://calsport.org/ | California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) seeks to fundamentally change the way California addresses recurrent droughts. We can no longer allow state and federal water managers to blindly assume that they can make full water allocations during drought years on the assumption that next year may rain. Hope for rain is NOT an adequate water management plan in our current era where climate change is fundamentally altering our weather, and changing snowfall, snowmelt and rainfall patterns. Our efforts to modernize California and federal water management policies are critical to the future of the fisheries, wildlife, beneficial uses and those who dependent upon them in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento – San Joaquin Delta Estuary and its tributary waterways. The funds will help cover legal and technical representation in myriad proceedings before state and federal agencies. | More details |
| Californians for Alternatives to Toxics | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $22,000.00 | North Coast | Pesticides in the Russian River Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Lake County ; Mendocino County ; Sonoma County | California | http://www.alt2tox.org | We will revisit and expand on a section of our 1997 report “Time for a Change: Pesticides and Wine Grapes in Sonoma and Napa Counties,†focused on premium wine grapes that also included a map and chart describing pesticides used within a half mile of the Russian River, which we found to be intensive. Since then, wine grape and other agricultural acreage has increased in the watershed. It’s time to take a hard look at what is known of the potential for pollution and impacts of pesticide use to further community awareness and efforts to restore and reinvigorate the Russian River. We will focus on all reported agricultural applications in the watershed and cover creeks and streams. We will build on our long history of revealing industrial pesticide use at the field level and naming places and owners specifically. With our broad experience and extensive use of California's Pesticide Use Reporting data, we will shine light on the Russian River watershed, using scientific literature and agency information to reveal the potential for harm from these toxic chemicals in order to spur further study. We will also seek anecdotal information on unreported pesticide use from good sources to fill out the picture. A key component will be to move the information into the general and agricultural communities to become owned by people in the industry and those in the local community who desire to realize a clean and healthy Russian River. Our goal is to develop and integrate specific information to stir the interested public to demand--and pesticide-using agriculturalists to embrace--changes that haven't been adequately considered or used previously, thus moving to better stewardship of, and a much healthier water quality for the Russian River. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $22,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Addressing the PFAS Crisis in San Francisco Bay: Part 2 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; San Francisco County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Clara County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org | Clean Water Fund (CWF) will combine its 20 years of expertise working to address San Francisco Bay’s pollution in protection of subsistence fishers and other vulnerable populations, with its leadership on PFAS water pollution, to advance the study of the effects of these chemicals on water quality, wildlife, and humans; the development of policies to prevent PFAS from entering the watershed; as well as possible remediation actions. The program is a next step after 2020's successful effort to phase out PFAS containing firefighting foam (a major contributor of PFAS into the environment) through coalition building and public education that built demand for strict restrictions. In 2021-22, CWF will facilitate collaboration with local scientists, wastewater agency personnel, residents, regulators, and advocates to address PFAS specifically in the Bay. Key activities will include policy development meetings with water regulators and local advocates, regular convenings of our successful California PFAS workgroup, and possibly a remote conference. In addition, we will continue our grassroots and decision maker education efforts about the human and environmental dangers of PFAS, and the need to eradicate their production and use for non-essential uses. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $5,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Marsh Creek Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net | Fourteen low-income students from Antioch High School will be recruited as research interns for one year to work with the Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed, and Contra Costa Flood Control District to restore native habitat, assess litter contamination, and survey water quality in the Upper Sand Creek Basin. Interns will study the correlation between the restoration of native vegetation and water quality. They will also address litter concentration issues and waterway blockage at the urban drool inflow at the Upper Sand Creek Basin. The Upper Sand Creek Basin is an excellent site for restoration efforts and WQ monitoring because it was constructed recently and revegetated using native plants collected from the basin before excavation. Despite restoration efforts, the basin requires study and maintenance to ensure the effective filtration of water through stream-side willows and the thorough re-installation of diverse native plant species throughout open spaces. The research team will use scientific methods and GLOBE instrumentation to perform WQ surveying, invasive species removal, litter mapping and clean-up, and native plant installations in the Upper Sand Creek Basin for one year, with in-class training and a minimum of 10 field days. Interns will implement an outreach campaign to community members with a series of on-campus presentations and one to two community events at the basin, including the fourth annual Earth Day event. The project has essential long-term ecological restoration objectives that include the viability of the stream for endangered species, including the red-legged frog and California tiger salamander. Other species that call the basin home include red-winged blackbirds, bobcats, owls, and more. | More details |
| Ecological Rights Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | Central Coast | Plastics and Toxic Metals Free Ormond Beach and Wetlands | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Ventura County | California | https://www.ecorights.org/ | Ecological Rights Foundation (“EcoRightsâ€) requests financial support to stop an industrial polluter in the City of Oxnard from discharging expanded polystyrene plastic and toxic metals into our community, including specifically to Ormond Beach and the renowned Ormond Beach Wetlands. The polluting company, Diversified Panels Systems (“Diversifiedâ€), produces industrial scale refrigeration and freezer systems, as well as grow rooms, using expanded polystyrene cores for insulation. Diversified stores vast quantities of expanded polystyrene outdoors without any effort to control the dispersal of plastics into our community. Storm water sampling/analysis conducted by EcoRights has also found elevated levels of aluminum, iron and zinc in discharges from the Diversified Facility. EcoRights’ investigation has determined that Diversified operates without a Clean Water Act permit. EcoRights’ strategy is to initiate a Clean Water Act citizen suit to force the company to acquire and comply with California’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (“NPDESâ€) storm water permit. The NPDES permit would require the company to take substantial measures to prevent the discharge of plastics to our community and Ormond Beach and Wetlands—including entirely eliminating all discharges of plastics--including microplastics. | More details |
| Feather River Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $19,750.00 | Sierra Nevada | Climate-resilient and Indigenous-inclusive conservation in the North Fork Feather River Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Lassen County ; Plumas County | California | https://www.frlt.org/ | Feather River Land Trust (FRLT) protects and improves water quality by conserving privately owned meadows, wetlands, waterways and reservoirs in the Feather River Watershed—the Sierra Nevada’s largest watershed, which provides water for 27 million Californians. We request funds to i) start implementing a data-driven conservation strategy to protect ecologically important tributary watershed lands in the North Fork Feather River region, and ii) deepen engagement with Indigenous Maidu partners to ensure their voices and knowledge inform this strategy. In summer 2021, the Dixie and Beckwourth Complex fires ravaged communities and watershed lands in the Upper Feather River region. Please see overflow section for more on impacts to conservation efforts, and our Fire Response & Recovery initiative to address it. FRLT’s strategy identifies ~20 priority parcels (20,000 acres) for conservation in the North Fork Feather River region, through GIS analysis, scientific review, and collaborating with local partners including tribal organizations. The water resources of these lands flow into the North Fork, which drains into Lake Almanor, the northernmost reservoir of the CA State Water project. Conservation easements—which permanently restrict land use changes and development—are the most effective tool for preserving hydrological function of these privately-owned ecosystems and the quality of water they store and convey. Once private lands are converted to other uses and degraded, it is nearly impossible to restore their ecological function. These lands targeted for climate resilience hold water resources, including creeks and streams, volcanic groundwater discharge areas (springs and seeps) that are critical to regional ecosystem function, and wet meadows that support snowpack retention, water filtration, and groundwater recharge for long-term water security and quality. This project kickstarts an initiative to permanently protect 10,000+ acres with conservation easements. | More details |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $22,500.00 | Southern Coast | Rewilding the LA River through Education and Community Engagement | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.folar.org | Our mission is to ensure an equitable, publicly accessible, and ecologically sustainable Los Angeles River by inspiring River stewardship through community engagement, education, advocacy, and thought leadership. It is essential to provide opportunities that link Angelinos with the natural environment for the benefit of wildlife, people, and the natural areas that remain. Promoting green infrastructure as a means to return wildlife habitat, clean runoff, and recharge aquifers, while also improving public health and community wellness are key to this effort. Now more than ever FoLAR is committed to inspire and involve diverse community members - especially those in the disadvantaged communities proximal to the 100 acres - through the Great LA River CleanUp, Source to Sea watershed education, and Crack the Concrete Community Engagement programs. Friends of Los Angeles River (FoLAR) is focused on a future for the LA River where equitable public access and ecological restoration are prioritized – removing concrete from the River where appropriate is the best way to accomplish this. We support concrete removal and meaningful ecological restoration at the Taylor Yard G2 River Park project, which will reconnect people with nature, and we oppose exclusive private riverfront developments that threaten public access to and restoration of the river habitat. | More details |
| Friends of the Petaluma River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Equity in Environmental Education | Environmental Education | Marin County ; Sonoma County | California | http://www.friendsofthepetalumariver.org | Friends of the Petaluma River (FOPR) is seeking funding to bring the Watershed Classroom program to a more diverse group of students. The Watershed Classroom is a hands-on, standards-based, outdoor, environmental literacy program founded by Friends of the Petaluma River (FOPR). Now in its eighth year of implementation, the program provides curriculum and instruction about the Petaluma Watershed to educate students on how they are connected to their local environment, how their decisions affect their local environment and inspire stewardship of the Petaluma Watershed. To date, over 7,600 students have participated, learning about the Petaluma Watershed and increasing student-driven stewardship. As part of the program, high school and middle school students are invited to create and submit Public Service Announcements (PSAs) regarding a topic affecting local water quality. Last year over 200 students submitted 1-minute videos educating the community about micro plastics in local waterways and solutions to improve the problem. FOPR is seeking funding to expand our reach into underserved schools and populations. There are three components to this project: - Conduct coordinated outreach and develop teacher relationships to expand Watershed Classroom into schools with higher rates of disadvantaged students - Develop and implement culturally relevant curriculum based on the Petaluma Watershed - Promote bilingual water quality PSA contest in middle and high schools and bilingual water quality poster contest in elementary schools This project will increase access to outdoor, environmental education with a focus on the Petaluma Watershed. Students participating will gain an appreciation of the Petaluma River and attain the skills to protect it. Students will attain a deeper understanding of the Petaluma Watershed as a system, how their lives are interconnected with the local environment and learn about issues affecting the health of the Watershed through outdoor learning. | More details |
| Humboldt State University Sponsored Programs Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $18,000.00 | North Coast | Interactions between toxic cyanobacteria and invasive New Zealand mud snails in the Mad River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Humboldt County | California | https://research.humboldt.edu/ | The Mad River watershed provides drinking water and recreational opportunities for over 100,000 Humboldt County residents and critical habitat for 5 listed fish species. In 2018, two potential threats were documented in the Mad River ecosystem for the first time: toxic blue green algae (BGA) and non-native New Zealand mud snails (NZMS). Although there is no formal monitoring for BGA or NZMS in the Mad River, observations indicate that both were more abundant in 2020 than 2018. Increased populations of these species are problematic. The toxic BGA observed in the Mad River include taxa that produce both hepatotoxic microcystin and neurotoxic anatoxin. NZMS are a concern because they can reach enormously high abundance, co-opting most of the algae produced at a site and reducing the abundance of prey for endangered fish. Both BGA and NZMS thrive in areas in the lower watershed with slow flow, warm temperature, and elevated nutrient concentrations. Beyond co-occurrence in the same habitats, we hypothesize that NZMS affect the growth of BGA. NZMS consume a wide variety of food, including BGA. In other rivers in CA, dense NZMS aggregations alter the species composition of algal primary producers. Because of their similar habitat requirements and potential interaction, a data collection effort that targets both BGA and NZMS can provide useful information on the distribution and spread of both organisms and their potential effects on each other. We propose a study with two objectives: 1) Design a survey to evaluate the distribution and abundance of toxic BGA and NZMS, using low-cost visual methods for identifying potential hotspots. We will implement this protocol for two summers and document the methods for ongoing use. 2) Implement experiments to evaluate the interaction between NZMS and toxic BGA species, to determine if NZMS might increase or decrease toxic BGA production. | More details |
| Indian Cultural Organization | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Run4Salmon Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Other | Alameda County ; Butte County ; Glenn County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; Solano County ; Yolo County | California | http://www.winnememwintu.us/ | The United Nations recognizes that Indigenous peoples represent less than 5% of the population yet we steward over 80% of the world's biodiversity. In the face of climate change, ecological collapse and pandemics, indigenous-led species restoration is key to building a resilient future that can withstand and thrive as climate change continues to unravel. Coupled with advocacy, campaigns and indigenous curriculum, the Run4Salmon prayerful journey for the past 5 years has engaged government officials, lawyers, advocates and everyday people on the 300-mile journey that the endangered Chinook salmon make along the waters of California’s largest watershed to inspire, educate and engage people in restoring this endangered keystone species essential to the health of California lands and waters. As we work to make this life-changing journey accessible for all in the times of COVID-19, we are working to make this tour accessible to anyone anywhere through the creation of a virtual reality video. We’ve found that there are two major challenges in our work to restore endangered salmon runs and protect our rivers; They are misinformation and disconnection from the natural world. Misinformation is dangerous in the face of ecological collapse and one powerful solution for that is to create accessible media to disseminate amongst our networks and the people in power who manage the natural resources we rely on. With the support of the Rose Foundation, in 2019 we led our first boat tour with 10 government officials and were shocked to learn that the large majority of government officials with decision-making power had never been on the river and didn't have accurate information about the impacts that massive water projects have on fish, water quality and riparian habitats. Another challenge to having more officials joining us was their busy schedules. A VR film would bring the video to government officials’ offices and to children and youth in k-12 and folks with disabilities. | More details |
| Landpaths | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | North Coast | Crane Creek Watershed Stewardship & Inclusion of Underrepresented Youth in Conservation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | https://www.landpaths.org/ | The proposed project will connect the need to restore wildfire-related ecosystem damage threatening water quality and watershed health in the Dry Creek watershed within the Russian River Valley, with the need for greater access for youth historically underrepresented in environmental education or meaningful, career-oriented employment in the field of conservation. The proposed project will address creek, riparian corridor, and up-slope damage created by a dozer line on LandPaths’ Riddell Preserve, which was formed to combat the fast-moving Wallbridge Fire in August 2020, and will enable LandPaths to implement other critical watershed stewardship on the Riddell Preserve. The Riddell Preserve is a 400-acre ecological preserve within the Russian River Watershed, owned and stewarded by LandPaths, with a conservation easement held by the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District. Of particular concern is to protect water quality through erosion control and restoring the site’s hydrology and native flora. The Young Stewards project, being piloted spring 2021, engages young people in land stewardship while contributing to a more diverse green workforce. The grant would allow at least 5 of 8 positions to be paid position for young people historically underrepresented in conservation fields. The grant will be accomplished by: 1) Contracting Pacific Watersheds Associates to conduct an assessment and develop a hydro-geologic plan to re-contour and restore the hillside cut by dozers during the Walbridge Fire. 2) Hire a “Young Stewards†crew of 8 youth/young adults during summer 2021 to implement invasive species removal, trail restoration and maintenance, and address erosion which threatens the Crane and Kelly Creeks. 3) Train and teach Young Stewards about the field of watershed science, fire fuel reduction, traditional ecological knowledge and other natural history and resources topics including macroinvertebrates, pollinators, botany, and hydrology. | More details |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $31,500.00 | Southern Coast | Los Angeles River Watershed Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.lawaterkeeper.org/ | Los Angeles Waterkeeper seeks funding from the Rose Foundation for our LA River Watershed Restoration work, which encompasses pollution response fieldwork, research and education. In pursuit of a thriving LA River, we work to engage community members in stewarding the Watershed by activating volunteers to clean up plastic and other waste polluting the River, gathering and publishing critical data to make a measurable impact on Watershed health, and promoting education and awareness about the importance of protecting the River’s biological health. | More details |
| Mycelium Youth Network | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water is Life: Healing Our Water-hood | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Alameda County ; San Francisco County | California | https://www.myceliumyouthnetwork.org/ | To empower young people in Oakland and San Francisco to proactively respond to the realities of climate change and water justice, this project employs our scalable curriculum Water is Life to engage local youth on issues related to environmental justice, climate change, and sea level rise mitigation efforts to respond to climate change impacts on infrastructure and frontline communities. Working with Title 1 schools (in which at least 40% of students meet federal poverty limits), youth will explore the following larger questions: (1) What is the role of water on earth? In our local communities? (2) Why is water important in the context of our indigenous and ancestral identities? (3) What does the future hold if we continue to interfere with water processes? (4) What is our role in the belief of “water is life� Our Water is Life curriculum is unique and innovative because it is the only NGSS-aligned approach that reaches youth where they are while preparing them with the tools to lead change in their homes and wider communities: (1) At a Social-Emotional Level: Building long-term change through cultural shifting via this culturally responsive, ancestrally-grounded curriculum. Youth learn which watershed they are a part of, see themselves as part of a watershed and water community, and see how their small and large actions impact their water and the water of their plant and animal relatives; (2) At a Local/Home level: Youth learn to measure water quality in their homes, how toxic pollutants affect their watershed, and about actions they can take to immediately improve their home water quality; (3) At a Community level: Youth learn to read water quality data for their neighborhood, identify their local watersheds, read Adapting to Rising Tides (app that tracks sea-level and ground level rise), and build out water catchment and purification systems. | More details |
| North Coast Resource Conservation & Development Council | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $25,050.00 | North Coast | Kids Creek Care: Russian River Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ncrcanddc.org | Our Kids Creek Care Russian River program engages underserved youth in southwest Santa Rosa from within the watershed in which they live. Two important Russian River tributaries flow through the diverse, economically disadvantaged southwest area neighborhoods, Colgan Creek and Roseland Creek. Our proposed environmental educational and “take action†project is designed to improve water quality protection within the two watersheds, and establish “youth action groups†for continued water quality protection advocacy and stewardship activities. The southwest area of Santa Rosa is the most culturally diverse area of Sonoma County with some neighborhoods within the watershed being over 60% Latinx. Many of the neighborhoods are classed as disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged, and the southwest area is on the edge of the city/county interface with jurisdictional infrastructure presenting challenges. We have worked in the area for several years. Our established youth programs already include bilingual Spanish support, and we are recruiting other language support services from students at Sonoma State University. We have networked on earlier projects with other groups working in the area and within these watersheds; our existing partnerships with the Laguna Foundation, Russian River Watershed Association, Russian River Confluence, and others enhance our environmental education work as well as often provide direct project support through in-kind donations of native plants, trash cleanup support, etc. This project starts with engaging youth in watershed discovery with a recognition of the important role people play in protecting fish and other wildlife in their watershed. Tracing the flow of a drop of water from their residence downstream through the Russian River to the Pacific Ocean starts the discovery of “what is a watershed†and is combined with several “take action†days to address invasive species, riparian zone enhancement plantings, and more. | More details |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $35,000.00 | Southern Coast | Watershed Explorers: Santa Ana River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Orange County ; Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | https://www.coastkeeper.org/ | Orange County Coastkeeper and Inland Empire Waterkeeper request funding to expand upon environmental education efforts centering the Santa Ana River watershed. In the highly developed, inland areas of our region, students tend to associate the term "environment" with somewhere far removed from the paved streets of their neighborhood, such as a rain forest or a coral reef. The Watershed Heroes: Santa Ana River program turns the Santa Ana River Watershed into a living laboratory for students located within its reaches allowing them to make personal connections to their environment and encouraging them to take action to help protect it. Field trips have been all but obliterated from schools’ curriculums even with studies showing that they re-engage students in STEM fields. To incorporate these findings, our education programs include hands-on research, field experience, and group projects. Our ultimate vision is to preserve the integrity of our communities by ensuring clean waterways, harbors, and coastal waters, along with a healthy water supply for generations to come. Through a series of in-class activities and field experiences, either in-person or through a virtual platform if in-person is unsafe, students explore the watershed and ecological concepts in their own community. | More details |
| Point Blue Conservation Science | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $22,750.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sierra Meadow Restoration Partnership with the Northern Maidu Tribe | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy | Plumas County | California | https://www.pointblue.org/ | Point Blue Conservation Science will collaborate with the Maidu Summit Consortium (MSC) to incorporate traditional ecological knowledge and indigenous history and language into our community-based K-12 Students and Teachers Restoring a Watershed (STRAW) Program and restore a meadow in the Feather River watershed. We have an established partnership with the MSC, representing multiple Maidu bands, and STRAW partnerships with public schools in the Upper Feather River Watershed. Tasman Koyom (also known as Humbug Valley) is a large meadow complex with outstanding ecological attributes, including breeding habitat for species such as the greater sandhill crane and endangered willow flycatcher, stream habitat for trout, and fawning grounds for the migratory deer herd. Previously, more than a century of poor management degraded the meadow, resulting in water quality impacts to the North Fork Feather River; reduction in groundwater recharge; loss of habitat for fish, wildlife, and culturally important plants; and decreased carbon storage. Tasman Koyom is culturally significant to the Maidu people. The MSC re-acquired this ancestral land from PG&E in 2019, creating an opportunity to restore repatriated sacred land. The MSC initiated meadow restoration in 2020, adopting a process-based approach—building structures that mimic beaver dams to restore hydrologic function in the meadow to improve water quality and timing, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity while also increasing the abundance of culturally important plants. We propose to begin work with the MSC in 2021 to build these structures and complete revegetation of restored areas. We will restore 50 acres of wet meadow and streams in Tasman Koyom in a collaboration including students, families, teachers, the Maidu people, and restoration practitioners. Maidu partners will co-create restoration curriculum and participate in lessons to increase youth’s understanding of indigenous culture and land management practices. | More details |
| Proyecto Pastoral | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $24,500.00 | Southern Coast | Promesa Boyle Heights - Intergenerational Watershed Health Community Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.proyectopastoral.org/ | This project will build off of the work Promesa Boyle Heights (Promesa) accomplished through its “Green Infrastructure & Surface Water Quality Leadership Training Series†project funded by the Rose Foundation last year, through which resident leaders deepened their knowledge and understanding of watershed health, surface water quality issues, and green infrastructure projects in Boyle Heights; co-developed an interactive watershed health curriculum; facilitated eight workshops for Boyle Heights residents; and began the process of conducting an asset map of existing green infrastructure projects in Boyle Heights. Environmental health community outreach workers (Promotoras de Salud Ambiental, hereafter promotoras) will expand their outreach to students and parents from Boyle Heights community schools by creating a lesson plan for use by educators in the community; coordinating a career panel to introduce students to careers in the watershed health, science, and environmental justice fields; and involving students and their families in a watershed health education and restoration project in the Boyle Heights community, with a focus on the Upper Los Angeles River Watershed. Ultimately, Promesa seeks to build an intergenerational movement of environmental stewards, empowered to act when funding decisions affect them and the environment around them. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $40,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protecting Water Quality in San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; Napa County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Clara County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County | California | https://baykeeper.org/ | Baykeeper will defend the water quality of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to protect its wildlife and local communities from stormwater and wastewater pollution. There are 86 cities and more than 1,600 industrial facilities around San Francisco Bay that threaten the ecosystem with pollution. Baykeeper has been working for decades to reduce polluted storm water runoff from industrial facilities and Bay Area cities, which is a major source of toxic chemicals, trash, bacteria, oil, pesticides, and other contaminants in the Bay. In the coming year we will conduct targeted advocacy initiatives to prevent runoff pollution from Bay Area cities and industrial facilities. In the southern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, harmful algal blooms (HABs) are rapidly emerging as a threat to ecosystem and community health in the southern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Toxins in HABs can kill aquatic organisms and threaten human health, both in the water and as airborne aerosols. HABs are fed by excessive nutrient inputs such as from waste water treatment plants and agricultural waste, by inadequate or restricted flow of water, and by increasing water temperatures. The lower San Joaquin River and Delta are plagued by each of these problems, and as a result, the frequency and diversity of HABs has increased dramatically in the southern Delta over the past decade. Baykeeper will document the emergence and spread of HABs in the southern Delta using a variety of remote-sensing technologies that will allow proper spatial resolution of the problem, and show how the HABS develop and spread as temperatures warm during the spring, summer, and fall. We will work closely with our partners at Restore the Delta, as they mobilize and train a cohort of youth interns to conduct water quality samples in areas throughout the southern Delta. We will use the conclusions of this research to advocate for targeted actions to limit the spread and toxicity of HABs in the Delta. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $2,700.00 | Clean Bay Challenge | California | https://baykeeper.org/ | For Earth Month 2021, Baykeeper is asking the Bay Area to join them in the Clean Bay Challenge, which helps clean up trash before it hurts San Francisco Bay and gives 1,000 volunteer hours to protect the Bay. Clean Bay Challenge volunteers conduct their own individual or household cleanups close to home, to remove trash from local shorelines and neighborhoods all across the Bay Area. It's great for kids and getting outdoors safely! Baykeeper will provide an easy-to-use app for volunteers to log activities and share with the virtual community -- post photos, comment, and give virtual high fives!It’s a fun way to get active, stay connected, and protect the Bay all at the same time. | More details | |||
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $9,850.00 | Southern Coast | Tackling Plastic Pollution in the Santa Barbara Channel and its Watersheds | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Santa Barbara County ; Ventura County | California | http://www.sbck.org | Santa Barbara Channelkeeper will conduct a coordinated suite of monitoring, outreach and education, community engagement, and advocacy activities in 2021 to stem the tide of plastics polluting the beaches and marine waters of the Santa Barbara Channel and the streams and watersheds that empty into it. We will broaden the scope of our efforts with a targeted focus on the increased litter at creeks, rivers, beaches, and trailheads as a result of the pandemic and our community-based efforts to address this. We will also continue to reduce other forms of single use plastic including plastic bags, Styrofoam, and plastic straws and cutlery, and also to address additional forms of plastic that we know are particularly problematic, including microplastics and balloons. | More details |
| Seventh Generation Advisors | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Protecting our Waters for Environmental Justice | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | https://7thgenerationadvisors.org/ | 7th Generation Advisors’ (7GA) Protecting our Waters for Environmental Justice campaign is a hands on educational project that activates middle and high school students in three underserved Los Angeles communities, the cities of Inglewood, Gardena and Lawndale. The campaign will take place at two locations; Edward Vincent Jr. Park in Inglewood, and Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve. These sites have been selected for stormwater renovation and wetland restoration, respectively. 7GA, Environmental Charter School (ECS) and Friends of Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve will teach and students will participate in, hands-on, real-time stormwater renovation/wetland restoration practices. Empowering students to take action in their own communities will enhance the human and environmental health of their communities, and grow strong leadership skills for life. Specifically, students will engage in the following learning/skill building activities: Design cost-effective, multi-benefit stormwater management systems taken from 7GA’s Multi-Benefit Stormwater Database (7thgenerationadvisors.org/protecting-our-water/); Design/create a “living stream†filled with fish and filtration plants, which will then serve as a hands-on science class for all grades; Research and identify an aquaponics system that creates pesticide-free, nutrient-rich water by using plants as natural filtration; Provide input on the green space plans within their school grounds, utilizing chemical-free, companion growing techniques to support an abundance of wildlife, both plants and animals; Learn about and plant native, drought tolerant plants to minimize water needs; Learn about “smart irrigation systems†that adjust watering based upon weather conditions; and host Community Engagement Days where they will demonstrate how rainwater harvesting and pesticide-free systems protect water quality and supply and can be utilized cost-effectively throughout the community. | More details |
| Sonoma Ecology Center | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $13,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Fire Recovery Community Science and Stewardship Program | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy | Sonoma County | California | https://sonomaecologycenter.org/ | Sonoma Ecology Center's research, education, restoration, and outreach efforts focus on the health of the Sonoma Creek Watershed, which drains into San Pablo Bay. We monitor water quality and erosion, study the wildlife and ecosystems that rely on the creek, educate children and the public about the importance of watershed protection, help landowners reduce erosion and runoff from their properties, and inform policymakers and public agencies. We also contribute to protecting the headwaters of Sonoma Creek by operating Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in agreement with the State and other local non-profits. Sugarloaf, like much of our watershed, burned in 2017 and again in 2020. More than 98% of the park burned between these two fires, and half of the park burned twice. We expect frequent fire like this to increase as the climate continues to change. This presents a significant risk to the quality of the water in Sonoma Creek. Mountainous terrain denuded of ground cover can deliver large amounts of soil and ash to the creek when the rains finally come. In response to this threat, Sonoma Ecology Center has created a Community Science Program, which, through research and public education, will inform the management of Sugarloaf and surrounding areas. Our research focuses on understanding the fire ecology of the park, documenting concerns that affect water quality such as the recovery of vegetative ground cover and duff, fire fuel reloading, and changes in plant communities after the fire, particularly invasive grasses that increase fire risk and increase surface runoff. This research is aided by bringing students and members of the public into our research team, asking them not only to help us gather data but to take on the challenge of studying those ecological questions that most interest them. | More details |
| The Bay Institute | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $17,550.00 | Central Valley | Advancing Key Water Quality Protections for the Central Valley and Delta | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Contra Costa County ; Fresno County ; Madera County ; Merced County ; San Joaquin County ; Stanislaus County | California | http://www.thebayinstitute.org/ | Despite delays caused by the pandemic, major decisions affecting Delta and Central Valley water quality are pending. The Bay Institute’s (TBI’s) highest water quality priorities are reducing the most pernicious and/or prevalent ingredients in agricultural and stormwater runoff – selenium, bioaccumulating in the food chain and causing death and deformities in fish and wildlife of the San Joaquin Valley and downstream in the Delta, and salt, degrading downstream water quality for millions of people. The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board allows 5 parts per billion (ppb) selenium in water, even though US Environmental Protection Agency guidance is 3 ppb for running waters, 1.5 ppb for wetlands, and 0.5 ppb for San Francisco Bay and the Delta. Building on TBI’s past success in eliminating the worst selenium-laden agricultural discharges and improving fish and wildlife impact monitoring, TBI proposes to use the Board’s upcoming Clean Water Act-mandated review of water quality standards to secure adoption of safer selenium standards to protect fish and wildlife – and the people who consume them – and downstream water quality. Also upcoming is the two-year review of stormwater permits for discharges from selenium-rich areas – required by the Board at TBI’s request – creating a chance to close loopholes in protection based on recent monitoring. Finally, a side effect of pandemic delays is more time to remedy defects identified by the State Water Board when it remanded the new salt and nitrate management plan back to the Central Valley Board, especially environmental justice concerns, fish and wildlife impacts, and downstream water quality. As the long-standing leader of a coalition of environmental and drinking water interests, TBI seeks the continued assistance of the Rose Foundation to tackle these closely related challenges of selenium and salinity protection. | More details |
| The Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Monitoring Creek Health and Bioswales and Increasing Partnerships in Contra Costa County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org/home.php | The Watershed Project (TWP) seeks funding for our overall monthly water quality monitoring work in Contra Costa County (CCC) creeks. We carry out our own monitoring at numerous creeks and bioswales throughout west CCC; provide training, support, and quality control for local groups planning to do their own monitoring; and lend equipment and staff expertise in the field. The key piece of this project will be re-engaging our volunteer network as we begin working with them again in a post-pandemic world. All of our nonprofit and community partnerships in Richmond and vicinity are crucial to advancing our work to determine creek health throughout the county, and we can provide the training, support, and quality control to ensure they collect comparable data. These local grassroots partners, in turn, provide important local knowledge of topography, tributaries, and land history so that we can choose our water quality monitoring sites wisely. As another part, we need to replace an important water quality meter, a $7,500 YSI multiparameter meter, that we rely on for our work monitoring bioswales in Richmond. The meter was stolen in early 2021, and it’s a crucial piece of equipment that’s required for us to continue our work cleaning stormwater in urban city centers before the water flows into the San Francisco Bay. Our Greening Urban Watersheds team builds these stormwater filter swales in the areas that need it most, some of which also suffer high incidents of crime. We depend on this type of equipment for our work, and moving forward we will ensure we always have at least two staff working together with it for safety. | More details |
| Urban Tilth | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $19,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Loyal to the Soil: Restoring resiliency and connection in under-resourced West County watersheds | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.urbantilth.org | We are requesting funding to support the restoration of riparian habitat along Lower Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks in North Richmond--thereby reducing pollutant delivery into San Francisco Bay and enhancing the resiliency of these impacted urban ecosystems. Urban Tilth has a profound connection to the Richmond community, and to North Richmond in particular, and we know it is this commitment that creates a lasting impact in the ecosystems we steward and the residents we empower. Unfortunately, the sporadic governmental resources that underserved watersheds receive are insufficient for combating the sort of challenges-- e.g., fragmented ecosystem processes, biodiversity loss, illegal dumping-- that destabilize our fragile riparian ecosystems and the SF Bay downstream. Urban Tilth’s Watershed Restoration Field Crew is a group of young Richmond residents who excelled in our Basins of Relations Training Program and now work year-round to support watershed health in West Contra Costa County. The Crew’s ability to restore sensitive ecological processes while also amplifying underrepresented voices has inspired several partnerships with local agencies to provide long-term care of public lands. While this crew has opportunities to work in far-flung (but well-funded) watersheds, the riparian corridors in our neighborhood remain neglected, overburdened, and disconnected from the community. Rose Foundation support would allow our Field Crew to nourish the natural spaces in our own community and continue their growth as community leaders, bringing an increasingly large percentage of our watershed’s residents into direct contact with the natural resources that sustain us. Restoring the capacity of urban riparian corridors to support a native food web, filter runoff, and be resilient in the face of change necessarily requires sustained community-based stewardship. We would be honored to have your support as we reconnect community and creek in mutually-beneficial relationship. | More details |
| Watsonville Wetlands Watch | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2021 | $9,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Driven Water Quality Monitoring and Action to Restore the Watsonville Wetlands | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Santa Cruz County | California | https://www.watsonvillewetlandswatch.org/ | Watsonville Wetlands Watch will expand and strengthen our youth and community water quality monitoring program in the Watsonville Slough System, an impaired waterbody that is one of the State’s largest remaining coastal freshwater wetlands. This work will be paired with creative and effective youth and community outreach and engagement to elevate and increase the impact of this work. | More details |
| Arroyo Seco Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $22,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Arroyo Seco Trout Scouts | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.arroyoseco.org/ | The Arroyo Seco Trout Scouts Project (ASTS) aims first to enhance and restore the natural hydrology and ecosystem functioning of the Arroyo Seco watershed, a key tributary of the Los Angeles River and secondly, to build support for watershed protection and restoration activities. In the upper mountain watershed, the stream has been choked by sediment, patches of invasives, and a series of human-created barriers that reduce stream flow and water quality and inhibit fish and wildlife passage. The urbanized twelve miles of the Arroyo Stream has been channelized and degraded by trash and polluted runoff. With this funding, ASTS will first conduct stream surveys to measure and record key habitat with the goal of improving the natural hydrology and habitat for fish, wildlife, and people. The data collected will be used to create maps which identify habitat conditions, the presence of invasive species, and fish inventories. The data will be shared with scientists at state agencies for use in evaluation and restoration projects. The assessment surveys also serve the purpose of educating volunteers about watershed processes and documenting relevant conditions to help the broader community better understand watershed health and the needs of wildlife. ASTS will also include an extensive program of educational activities directed at local communities including monthly in-person and online presentations, social media postings, workshops and programs developed with local disadvantaged communities and their organizations. | More details |
| California Greenworks | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $23,850.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Urban Forestry, south Los Angeles | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy | Los Angeles County; Los Angeles County ; Orange County | California | http://www.californiagreewnorks.org/ | The Urban Forestry, South Los Angeles project will promote stormwater capture, management, water and air pollutant treatment, and it will also increase community access to healthy green spaces by planting over 200 trees in the next two-year period. California Greenworks (CGW) will use the grant to plant and maintain 35 trees which will help the Ballona Creek stormwater catchment and help reduce air particulate and water pollutants in historically underserved communities. Grant funds will be specifically used for tree purchasing and maintenance. The objectives of the program are to: 1) address environmental justice issues, 2) mitigate air and water pollutants in underserved communities, 3) address historical urban blight. Success will be evaluated through community participation, pollutant measurements, and quality of life surveys. CGW will partner with their local conservation corps to assist with the planting and maintenance of the trees for 3 years, after which time the host city will maintain the trees. CGW will continue tracking water pollution levels in Ballona Creek (especially after storms/significant rain and during extreme heat events) to evaluate water quality improvements as well as the amount of stormwater capture and pollution mitigation per tree. | More details |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $25,000.00 | Santa Barbara Area (incl. Oxnard and Ventura) | Reducing Pesticide Use to Improve Ventura County Water Quality | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Ventura County | California | https://www.pesticidereform.org/ | Portions of both of Ventura County’s major watersheds (Santa Clara River and Calleguas Creek) are classified as impaired under the Clean Water Act because of pesticide pollution. Since 2015, California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation has found pesticides in Ventura County surface water and sediments over 200 times, with glyphosate, malathion, chlorthal-dimethyl, and bifenthrin being the most frequent problems. Pesticide use in California is an enormous, multi-faceted problem, and there are no simple, quick solutions. However, Californians for Pesticide Reform’s (CPR) local coalition in the Oxnard area has achieved considerable momentum in local and state campaigns and movement building. The group has participated in both statewide and local policymaking to reduce pesticide use with the goal of protecting water quality. CPR will use the grant funding to continue engaging Ventura County residents and leaders to reduce regional pesticide use and join in statewide pesticide policy campaigns aimed at reducing usage and protecting water resources in the County. The group’s long-term goal is to reduce the use of the most hazardous pesticides in the county and to support safe replacements for drift prone pesticides. In addition to putting the region on a path for agricultural sustainability, it will produce direct watershed benefits by decreasing toxic pollutants in local waterways and creating healthier habitats for aquatic dependent species. | More details |
| Center for Biological Diversity | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $25,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Promoting Ecologic and Community Resilience in the Santa Ana River Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Orange County ; Riverside County ; San Bernardino County; Los Angeles County ; Orange County ; Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | The Center for Biological Diversity is pleased to submit this proposal to the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment’s California Watershed Protection Fund. We respectfully request support for our work to promote ecologic and community resilience in the Santa Ana River watershed. In the Santa Ana River watershed, the Center will focus on preventing impacts to local wildlife, communities and the environment posed by two destructive developments: – Seven Oaks Dam: The Center has worked for many years to ensure this major flood control dam does not destroy wildlife and fish populations downstream of the dam. The Center sued the Army Corps of Engineers for violating the Endangered Species Act regarding the impact of Santa Ana River flood-control projects on the federally protected Santa Ana sucker fish and its designated critical habitat. We will continue mediation with stakeholders to develop science-based solutions to address impacts of the dam to species, including the Santa Ana sucker fish, San Bernardino kangaroo rat and Santa Ana River woolly-star. – Lytle Creek Ranch South Development: This development, as proposed, would destroy nearly 1,000 acres of critical habitat for the critically endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat and would hasten the extinction of the subspecies. The Center will follow up on a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for violating the Endangered Species Act for impacts of the proposed development. | More details |
| Creek Lands Conservation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $25,000.00 | Santa Barbara Area (incl. Oxnard and Ventura) | Santa Maria River Healthy Agriculture Watershed Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Santa Barbara County | California | https://www.creeklands.org | As a follow on to the Santa Maria River Healthy Watershed Initiative, this proposal continues to bring attention to this highly degraded watershed and its impaired estuary by continuing with two aspects of the first grant that would allow us to drill down into the agricultural sector to advance the work initiated under the first grant. The first grant successfully initiated building partnerships with local organizations and got the watershed report card underway. Significantly, the first grant allowed us to leverage two additional grants, one with Whale Tail/California Coastal Commission and a second with Cal EPA’s Environmental Justice program. Those grants are currently active and focus on community education and outreach advances beyond the first Rose Foundation grant. We return to Rose to focus on only ag sector development with a voluntary storage/recharge project on the upper SMR, a voluntary wetland treatment project at the confluence of the SMR and Orcutt Solomon Creek (OSC), and Small Farm Advisor relationship building to position parcels for additional voluntary treatment wetlands along OSC. This proposal would also provide support to both CLC and the Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District to position OSC for a State Coastal Conservancy grant using a model successfully implemented on the Lower Salinas by the Central Coast Wetlands Groups (CCWG) and Central Coast Water Quality Preservation, Inc. (Preservation, Inc.) with whom we are currently partnering to apply their model for treatment wetlands in the Lower SMR/Estuary. Both CLC and CCWG are parties to the CCRWQCB’s Irrigation Lands Regulatory Program’s Third Party Programs through Preservation, Inc. A successful OSC project would be a first for the SMR watershed under the 3rd party agreement. | More details |
| Don't Dump on San Benito | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $6,800.00 | Central Coast (incl. Monterey Bay and San Luis Obispo) | Don't Dump on San Benito | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | San Benito County | California | https://sites.google.com/view/dont-dump-on-san-benito/home | Don't Dump on San Benito (DDOSB) is currently raising awareness of potential water pollution associated with their local county landfill. The John Smith Road Landfill in Hollister, CA is currently in the process of seeking County Board of Supervisors approval to increase the landfill footprint nearly five times in size while also increasing the waste stream from outside the county. This increased daily tonnage could have detrimental impacts on the San Benito County watershed. As rainfall continues to decrease throughout the state, additional strain will be placed upon the watersheds to provide adequate drinking water to its residents. The group will use the funding to work with hydrology experts to identify contaminants that may be affecting the local watershed based on samples that have been collected along the current landfill site and tested for PFAS and other toxic chemicals that are often found in leachate. The group’s goal is to stop the expansion of the landfill and thereby reduce and mitigate any additional water contamination associated with the operation of it. DDOSB will also educate San Benito County residents regarding the potential water pollution associated with the landfill and its expansion. Any findings of contamination associated with landfill operation will be presented to the San Benito County Board of Supervisors before it considers approving the proposed expansion. The group will further work to demand mitigation to the watershed if it is determined the landfill is having a detrimental impact. | More details |
| EarthTeam | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Marsh Creek Restoration Project 2023 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.earthteam.net | Fourteen low-income students from Antioch High School will be recruited as research interns for one year to work with the Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed, American Rivers, and EPA to continue the ongoing work to restore native habitat, assess litter contamination, and survey water quality in the Upper Sand Creek Basin. Interns will study the correlation between the restoration of native vegetation and water quality. They will also address litter concentration issues and waterway blockage at the urban drool inflow at the Upper Sand Creek Basin. The Upper Sand Creek Basin is an excellent site for restoration efforts and WQ monitoring because it was constructed recently and revegetated using native plants collected from the basin before excavation. Despite restoration efforts, the basin requires study and maintenance to ensure the effective filtration of water through stream-side willows and the thorough re-installation of diverse native plant species throughout open spaces. The research team will use scientific methods and GLOBE instrumentation to perform WQ surveying, invasive species removal, litter mapping and clean-up, and native plant installations in the Upper Sand Creek Basin for one year, with in-class training and a minimum of 10 field days. Interns will implement an outreach campaign to community members with a series of on-campus presentations and one to two community events at the basin, including the fourth annual Earth Day event. The project has essential long-term ecological restoration objectives that include the viability of the stream for endangered species, including the red-legged frog and California tiger salamander. Other species that call the basin home include red-winged blackbirds, bobcats, owls, and more. | More details |
| Friends of Ballona Wetlands | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $15,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.ballonafriends.org/ | The grant to Friends of Ballona Wetlands will sustain and enhance the group’s Watershed Protection Project which includes on the ground restoration efforts in conjunction with educational tours designed to inspire environmental stewardship and efforts to advocate for environmental justice. The group has a large cadre of volunteers that are integral to the group’s restoration efforts at Ballona Wetlands, and they assist with habitat restoration and removal of non-native species. Many of the restoration worksites are the dunes and uplands immediately adjacent to the wetlands which serve as crucial buffer zones that protect wetland habitats and waters. The planting of native species in these areas helps to remove excess nutrients from stormwater runoff before water leaches from the soil into the wetlands. The funding will support ongoing student education and training projects throughout the Greater Los Angeles area including hosting regular restoration events at the wetlands and encouraging participants to bring their families and neighbors to the group’s activities. Friends of Ballona Wetlands is a member of the Wetlands Principles Restoration Coalition, and this grant will also allow them to work collaboratively with other local water quality advocacy groups to capture polluted urban runoff upstream via green infrastructure in order to offset pollutant loading to the lower watershed and wetland. | More details |
| Friends of the River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $25,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | River Advocacy Leadership Institute | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy | El Dorado County ; Sacramento County; Contra Costa County ; El Dorado County ; Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County | California | https://www.friendsoftheriver.org | The grant will support the development of the River Advocacy Leadership Institute (RALI) which aims to help grassroots advocates engage with California’s water bureaucracy and develop policies that better protect water resources in the Sacramento Delta. Friends of the River (FOR) has a successful track record of policy advocacy and inspiring passionate river advocates, and this project will allow FOR and related Delta groups advocate for cleaner drinking water standards, flood protection through green infrastructure, resilient water storage and conservation methods, and habitat protection and restoration for a host of endangered fish and wildlife in the Sacramento Delta. The group will network with other stakeholders in both virtual and in-person settings to train leaders from other water quality advocacy groups to effectively demand water policies that protect communities and environmental resources. The funds will allow the group to facilitate networking and coalition building, which will enable Delta communities to advocate for sustainable solutions to large scale problems. RALI participants will come away with more tools for effecting necessary change for their own community and new channels for collaboration. | More details |
| Humboldt Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $7,950.00 | North Coast | Arcata Bay and Janes Creek Bacteria Source Tracking Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | http://www.humboldtbaykeeper.org | The Arcata Bay Bacteria Source Tracking Project is the next phase of a long-term strategy to restore water quality by identifying the primary sources of bacteria pollution in Arcata Bay and several of its tributary streams. Using genetic analysis, gut bacteria from human, dog, cattle, and bird hosts will be quantified at six sample sites during three sampling events. From 2005 to 2012, Baykeeper volunteers sampled streams to document the levels of various pollutants in stormwater before, during, and after First Flush, the first major storm in the fall. In 2010, we submitted five years of data to support designating six streams as impaired by bacteria. These streams were added to the Clean Water Act’s Section 303(d) list of impaired waters in 2015, compelling the State to take action to restore and protect water quality. In 2012, we shifted our focus to bacteria pollution, since our results showed widespread high levels of indicator bacteria. In 2015, the Regional Water Board began sampling dozens of North Coast streams to identify the sources of bacteria pollution using genetic markers for gut bacteria from human, dog, bird and ruminants such as cattle, deer, and elk. The Humboldt and Sonoma County Public Health Labs became the first non-commercial labs in the State to offer this analysis to the public. In 2015, we conducted focused studies of Janes Creek and Little River to identify the sources and locate hotspots of bacteria. Our study was folded into the larger Regional Water Board study, which was completed in 2019. The draft reports have yet to be finalized and released to the public (but we have the data and the draft reports). In 2020, we began sampling in Jolly Giant Creek, an Arcata Bay tributary with high levels of human bacteria identified in the 2019 study. This research was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic after just one sampling event. The Regional Water Board took over that study, and sampling is ongoing. | More details |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Los Angeles River Watershed Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.lawaterkeeper.org/ | Los Angeles Waterkeeper seeks funding from the Rose Foundation for our LA River Watershed Restoration work, which encompasses assessment, remediation efforts, and community engagement and education. In pursuit of a thriving LA River, we work to bridge gaps in knowledge related to the health of the River (via monitoring, assessment, data collection and research) to clarify for decision-makers the best path forward for a healthy River and communities. We also work directly to improve the health of the Watershed through cleanups and other remediation efforts. | More details |
| Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $24,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Los Cerritos Wetlands Water Quality Monitoring Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County ; Orange County | California | https://lcwlandtrust.org/ | Zedler Marsh is a remnant tidal salt marsh within the Los Cerritos Wetlands (LCW) at the mouth of the San Gabriel River (SGR) on the boarder of Long Beach and Seal Beach, California. Zedler Marsh is one of two locations where the river supports tidal wetlands. Plantings of Pacific cordgrass were performed in 2012, 2018, 2020 and 2022 and have been key in trapping nutrients, pollutants and sediments from the watershed. A water quality monitoring program began in 2018 to measure this plant’s positive impacts on water quality in the SGR as well as Zedler Marsh. The program has since expanded to monitor water quality for reasons other than measuring the affects of cordgrass on water quality. The focus has shifted to understand 1) the impact of once-through-cooling by upstream power generating stations on this wetlands complex and the SGR and 2) the quality of the tidal water that will be used to restore the Southern Los Cerritos Wetlands. We propose to continue the water quality monitoring program at the 10 sampling stations in LCW and SGR and add monitoring of 5 new locations across the entire LCW complex and historical SGR watershed. The new locations will include at 4 stations in Alamitos Bay and 1 new station on the SGR near the outfall of the LADWP Haynes Generating Station. Furthermore, we intend to collect data at several existing piezometers located within the Southern Los Cerritos Wetlands Restoration Project area. | More details |
| National Forest Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $25,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Angeles National Forest Junior Field Rangers | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.nationalforests.org/ | This grant will support the group’s Junior Field Rangers Program, which is conducted annually in partnership with Pacoima Beautiful, the University of California Extension, and the U.S. Forest Service. This Program is seeking to restore and protect an under-resourced watershed that is heavily used by recreationalists from historically marginalized communities. The goals of the program include conducting restoration work on four acres of riparian habitat and two river miles of Big Tujunga Creek (a major tributary of the Los Angeles River) through clean-up efforts and re-naturalizing of areas impacted by heavy recreational use. The group also expects to reach at least 100 Angeles National Forest visitors through multilingual communications and educate them about recreating responsibly to protect water resources and wildlife habitat. The student participants in the program include BIPOC and economically disadvantaged youth as well as young adult leaders from northeastern San Fernando Valley who will help conduct this restoration over several months. The youth who participate in the program are paid a stipend, and upon completion, they will also earn a California Naturalist certification and college credit through University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources extension. This provides participants with knowledge of local ecology and the issues facing their public lands. Additionally, participants learn about careers in natural resource management, all with the aim of creating a diverse next generation of public land managers and stewards. | More details |
| Office of Historic Preservation, Winnemem Wintu Tribe | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $20,300.00 | Sacramento Valley | Office of Historic Preservation/WWT AB52 consultation re DWR Delta Conveyance Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Solano County ; Yolo County | California | http://www.winnememwintu.us | The Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) involves a plan to build a canal or a tunnel to move water around the Sacramento Delta instead of through it more naturally. The Office of Historic Preservation of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe (Tribe) has been consulting for the past year with the California Department of Water Resources regarding the DCP and its potential effects on both water quality and the ecology of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Thus far, the Tribe’s consultation has led DWR to acknowledging that the entire Delta is a Traditional Cultural Resource and therefore the impacts to the whole system must be assessed when considering projects under the California Environmental Quality Act. The Tribe will use the funding to continue studying and engaging the Department of Water Resources on their concerns surrounding: (1) the water quality impacts of additional extraction of water for transport to Southern California, (2) the potential for saltwater intrusion, 3) the mortality of anadromous and endemic fish species that may be destroyed by transport pumps, and 4) potential introduction of nonnative fish species. The Tribe believes the Delta must be protected from further negative impacts to maintain and improve salmon populations while providing water to satisfy human needs in California’s future. Tribal representatives will engage in the public stakeholder process and advocate that adequate streamflow to the Delta and outflow is needed to improve water quality and reduce saltwater incursion. They will also press the State to include solutions to mitigate potential pump mortality of migrating salmonids and reduce predation on salmon by exotic predators. The funding will support the creation of a report which identifies additional Tribal Cultural Resources likely to be affected by the DCP as well as summarize water quality and ecosystem impacts of the current proposal. | More details |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $29,800.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Santa Ana River Watershed Education and Cleanup Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Orange County ; Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | https://www.coastkeeper.org/ | The Santa Ana River Watershed Education and Cleanup Program will connect the Inland Empire community to their local Santa Ana River Watershed through a series of presentations, educational field trips, community outreach events, river cleanups, and advocacy work. The project goals include providing community members that have historically been excluded from outdoor spaces with hands-on environmental education and increased access to the outdoors. The project will also foster community involvement and increase environmental literacy by inviting participants to think critically and share their concerns. Students will conduct research in sensitive riparian habitats to monitor ecosystem health and restoration efforts to improve water quality. The project will have two main components: (1) educational activities such as presentations and field trips to restoration areas with students, and (2) trash cleanups and other restoration and education events for the public within the Santa Ana River Watershed. Key areas for field visits and restoration work include the Hidden Valley Nature Center, Chino Wetlands, Memory Lane Park, the mouth of the Santa Ana River at Huntington State Beach, as well as other areas within the Santa Ana River Watershed. | More details |
| Orange County Environmental Justice Education Fund | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $25,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Building Community Capacity with PhotoVoice (BCCP) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Orange County | California | https://www.ocej.org/ | OCEJEF’s mission is to forge permanent lines of communication and collaboration between disadvantaged communities, local governments, and Indigenous nations while continuing to document water pollution across the region. Building Community Capacity with Photovoice is a project in which residents of disadvantaged communities throughout the Santa Ana River Watershed document point and nonpoint water pollution sources as well as advocate for improved water quality. OCEJEF previously completed a PhotoVoice pilot project which culminated in a report and policy brief identifying numerous water pollution concerns. With this grant, OCEJEF will continue to document water pollution across the region, while facilitating a resident-led coalition to engage with local officials and the Regional Water Board to ensure implementation of community-proposed water quality policies. Concurrently, OCEJEF will host focus group sessions with members of the Acjachemen and Tongva Nations to document their perspectives on the health and custodianship of the Santa Ana River Watershed. The findings will be presented to elected officials and Regional Water Board members with the goal of building co-governance of water systems with Indigenous nations. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $27,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protecting the San Francisco Bay-Delta from Harmful Algal Blooms | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Contra Costa County ; San Joaquin County | California | https://baykeeper.org/ | Unsustainable diversion of fresh water from the San Francisco Bay-Delta has led to the decline of endangered species, fisheries, and water quality as well as the emergence of harmful algal blooms (HABs). Toxins in HABs can kill aquatic organisms, and they also threaten human health, both in the water and as airborne aerosols. Last year, Baykeeper initiated a project to research the blooms spatial extent, magnitude, and temporal occurrence. Baykeeper will use this grant to continue documenting the emergence and spread of algal blooms in the southern Delta by using remote-sensing technology that will capture how the blooms develop and spread during the year with greater spatial resolution. This year’s work will include synthesizing research that illustrates the biological response of Longfin Smelt and Chinook Salmon to river flows and algal blooms. Baykeeper will work closely with Restore the Delta and Little Manila Rising to mobilize and train a cohort of youth interns who will collect water quality samples in areas throughout the southern Delta to document the impact of HABs. Baykeeper will also coordinate with researchers from North Carolina State and update staff of the Central Valley Regional Water Board on their findings. When the research is completed, Baykeeper will use the results to advocate for the necessary flow releases and timing of those releases before the Central Valley Regional and State Water Resources Control Boards. | More details |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $15,500.00 | Central Coast (incl. Monterey Bay and San Luis Obispo) | Improving Regional Efforts to Reduce Agricultural Pollution for the Oxnard Area and Ventura County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Ventura County | California | http://www.sbck.org | This project focuses on maintaining (and improving where possible) critical elements of the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (Regional Board) Conditional Waiver for Discharges from Irrigated Lands (Ag Order), which is critical to improving the water quality of streams, rivers, and lakes throughout Ventura County and the Oxnard area. The Ag Order is the sole set of regulations designed to minimize non-point source pollution from over 2000 agricultural operations spanning approximately 93,500 acres throughout Ventura County. The Ag Order was first adopted in 2005. Despite the program's existence a large number of agricultural operations continue to pollute waterways and water quality standards are not currently being met. In the first ten years of its existence the Ag Order program was largely ineffective because it lacked firm deadlines and enforcement mechanisms. Without these elements to provide accountability, there is little incentive for farmers to participate and adequately invest in farm improvements, resulting in continued pollution. In 2016, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper (SBCK) successfully advocated to improve the Ag Order to incorporate firm timelines and enforcement mechanisms. Many of the deadlines are now approaching and farmers throughout Ventura County will soon be required, for the first time in history, to test their runoff for pollutants and demonstrate that they are achieving water quality standards. The agricultural industry, however, is strongly opposed to these monitoring requirements, and the Los Angeles Regional Board is currently considering back-sliding to accommodate the industry through its upcoming update to the Ag Order program. The Regional Board plans to adopt an updated order by the end of 2023. This project supports SBCK’s advocacy capacity to serve as the key environmental NGO stakeholder engaging to ensure that the renewed Ag Order remains effective in curbing agricultural pollution to Oxnard’s waterways. | More details |
| The Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Quality Monitoring and Capacity Building in Contra Costa County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org/home.php | The Watershed Project began a Contra Costa County-wide creek monitoring program five years ago in partnership with several other local watershed groups. By using protocols and quality assurance measures from the California Waterboards’ Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program, they ensured that the data collected, which includes water temperature, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, and turbidity, would be useful to multiple agencies and other volunteer groups. The Watershed Project has since uploaded their data to a state database used by regulators and professionals. The Watershed Project will use this grant to continue their monthly water quality monitoring work at 36 creek sites within the San Pablo Bay watershed. The group will provide training, increased support, and quality control for the other local groups doing concurrent monitoring as well as maintain their educational and interactive database to share results with the public. The grant will also enable The Watershed Project to purchase an additional meter and calibration standards to share between groups. The availability of additional monitoring equipment is a critical step toward having more highly trained community scientists who can educate their neighbors and work towards improved water quality in the years to come. By using standardized methods, The Watershed Project and their partners can compare data across watersheds and learn valuable information about regional and local trends, with the goal of improving creek and watershed health. The group hopes that this unique community science program in Contra Costa County will serve as a model in other areas. | More details |
| Wild Farm Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2022 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | Protecting Water Quality with Field Edge Habitat on San Joaquin County Farms | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.wildfarmalliance.org | Wild Farm Alliance’s work is centered around helping farms thrive with nature, and the funding will be used support San Joaquin County growers to implement practices that protect water quality and build resilient farms. San Joaquin County is among the top four California counties for pesticide use and more than 13 million pounds are applied there annually. The group will work directly with growers to install hedgerows, windbreaks, and other climate friendly agriculture practices. These field edge plantings have numerous water quality benefits such as reducing nonpoint source pesticide pollution, improving infiltration, and increasing nutrient retention. The plantings also reduce erosion, noise levels, and improve air quality from fugitive dust, and these co-benefits resonate with many farmers’ interests. The grant funding will also support the creation of a digital map that identifies farms that have already implemented field edge habitat. The group will use the map to showcase the growing movement of farmers incorporating conservation practices to inspire other growers. The outreach component of the project will focus on building relationships with members of California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), the Almond Board of California, and the California Walnut Commission, since almonds and walnut are among the most common crops grown in San Joaquin County. Wild Farms Alliance’s extensive experience in agricultural biodiversity conservation and recent programmatic work creating videos and working directly with growers throughout the state puts the group in an ideal position to successfully accomplish these goals. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $22,800.00 | Central Valley | 2023 Bay-Delta Watershed Flow and Water Quality Protection and Enhancement | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice | Alameda County;Butte County;Colusa County;Contra Costa County;Fresno County;Glenn County;Madera County;Merced County;Sacramento County;San Joaquin County;Shasta County;Solano County;Stanislaus County;Sutter County;Tehama County;Yolo County;Yuba County | California | https://calsport.org/ | California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) has decades of experience providing advocacy and technical comments to the State Water Board and the Central Valley Regional Water Board. With this funding, CSPA will review, research, analyze, and comment extensively on the Staff Report for the update of the relevant portions of the Bay-Delta Plan, as well as disseminating information to the public on this administrative process through blogs and other communications. CPSA’s goal is to advocate for the State Water Board's adoption of regulatory standards that contain flows protective of the rivers and the Delta, as well as reservoir operational requirements that protect water temperatures downstream of major Sacramento Valley dams thereby protecting fish populations. As part of its Bay-Delta Plan advocacy, CSPA will seek the rejection of any “Voluntary Agreements” that allow for weaker flow limits. Additionally, CSPA will negotiate permit conditions with Sites Reservoir proponents and participate in the water rights hearing for Sites. The Sites Reservoir, if constructed, would divert up to 4200 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water from the Sacramento River to a new off stream reservoir west of Colusa. This project would harm fish and degrade water quality in the Sacramento River and the Delta, an outcome that could be avoided by advocating for rigorous permit conditions. Finally, CSPA has ongoing work advocating against past Temporary Urgency Change Petitions (TUCPs) and Temperature Management Plans (TMPs) that weakened water quality and temperature requirements on the Sacramento River. They will continue to build administrative cases against these previous TUCPs and inadequate TMPs and, if necessary, oppose any 2024 TUCPs and/or an inadequate 2024 TMP. | More details |
| California Greenworks | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $25,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Urban Forestry, South Los Angeles — Ballona Creek and Dominguez Channel | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Climate Change and Energy | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.californiagreenworks.org/ | California Greenworks (CGW) has been planting trees and implementing/creating environmental educational opportunities for residents of south LA county for over 20 years. To date, CGW has planted over 150 trees, created numerous Butterfly/Pollinator gardens in schools, educated 5000+ students, and helped bring green job training to stakeholders. This grant will fund three tree planting events in the summer, fall, and winter of 2024 in underserved communities in south LA. The locations of the tree plantings will be selected to ensure that the trees directly affect runoff and water quality of the Ballona Creek, Dominquez Channel, or other important watersheds in southern California, as well as addressing urban blight. CGW will use a US Forest Service developed toolkit called iTree to calculate key metrics such as stormwater filtered by inputting data on the tree species, size, bioregion, etc. After the trees are planted, CGW contracts with California Conservation Corps to maintain them for three years at which time the host cities take ownership of the trees. CGW also plans to launch a new outreach initiative at Cal State University Dominguez Hills to recruit students to be educated on healthy urban watersheds and trained to perform relevant data collection. | More details |
| Friends of Ballona Wetlands | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Watershed Protection Project | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.ballonafriends.org/ | Friends of Ballona Wetlands (FBW) has been working in the Ballona Wetlands for over 30 years and is the only nonprofit agency permitted to do habitat restoration in the Ecological Reserve. The Watershed Protection Project is a multi-faceted approach that seeks to strengthen water quality and engage community members through restoration work, education, and advocacy. For this grant, FBW will host at least five restoration events each month, leveraging its 2,500 volunteers to remove at least 31 tons of non-native plants and solid waste and to seed more than 600 native plants within the wetlands ecosystem. Volunteers and staff will monitor those plants as well as the more than 23 special status and endangered species found in the Reserve. Additionally, FBW coordinates two educational programs. Explore Ballona! provides curriculum and field trips to more than 5,000 students to learn about watershed protection, while ECO Quest trains high school-age students to prepare for environmental careers, many of which will relate to water quality work. Finally, FBW helps guarantee water quality through its advocacy work, which focuses on increasing capture of urban runoff upstream, eliminating the use of harmful pesticides and fertilizers that end up in waterways, and advocating for wetlands restoration across Los Angeles. | More details |
| Orange County Coastkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $35,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Santa Ana River Watershed Education and Cleanup Program | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | Orange County;Riverside County;San Bernardino County | California | https://www.coastkeeper.org/ | In the highly developed inland areas of the Santa Ana Watershed, students tend to associate the term "environment" with somewhere far removed from the paved streets of their neighborhood, such as a rainforest or a coral reef. Orange County Coastkeeper (OCCK), in partnership with Inland Empire Waterkeeper, seeks to change that perception with their River KATS: Kids Activism Together with Science program. River KATS targets junior high and high schools with underserved populations, such as minority and low-income, to increase at least 600 students' participation and achievement in STEM fields. The curriculum takes students from the upper watershed regions in their neighborhoods all the way down to the coast through a series of presentations, educational field trips, community outreach events, river cleanups, and advocacy work. Students will conduct research in sensitive riparian habitats to monitor ecosystem health and restoration efforts to improve water quality. The project will have two main components: (1) educational activities such as presentations and field trips to restoration areas with students, and (2) trash cleanups and other restoration and education events for the public within the Santa Ana River Watershed. The project goals include providing community members who have historically been excluded from outdoor spaces with hands-on environmental education and increased access to the outdoors. The project will also foster community involvement and increase environmental literacy by inviting participants to think critically and share their concerns. | More details |
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $35,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Source to Sea | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.folar.org | Since 1986, Friends of the LA River (FoLAR) has led the largest annual urban river cleanup in the country - over the years, 78,000 Angelenos have removed over 1.6 million pounds (800 tons) of trash and hundreds of thousands of gallons of invasive species from along the LA River. Their Source to Sea Watershed Education program offers 40 classes of K-12 students access to immersive standards-based STEM education, which includes an interactive field trip to the LA River. Priority is given to schools with the highest % of low-income students (measured by % eligible for Free or Reduced Price Meals) – a group historically under-represented in STEM. This grant will allow FoLAR to incorporate a habitat restoration and river cleanup component to the traditional field trips for the first time ever. Habitat Restoration will take place at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve as one of three locations depending on the school location. Students will engage in removing invasive species of weeds that threaten the natural riparian ecosystem in this watershed park that is at the head of our 51-mile LA River. These restoration trips will be a part of a comprehensive curriculum focused on teaching the history of the river, components of the riparian ecosystems, the connection between the environment and public health, and STEM skills such as water sampling. | More details |
| Parents Against the Santa Susanna Field Lab | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $20,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Santa Susana Field Lab | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | Los Angeles County;Ventura County | California | https://parentsagainstssfl.com/ | The Santa Susana Field Lab (SSFL), formerly known as Rocketdyne, was a Cold War-era testing facility used for experimental nuclear work, rocket engine tests, experimental fuels, liquid metals, and chemical laser research. The 2,850-acre site experienced is one of California’s most toxic sites due to multiple nuclear meltdowns, leaks, radioactive fires, and illegal waste practices. The SSFL is located at the headwaters of the Los Angeles River and as such has the potential to impact local water quality throughout LA County. Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab (Parents) aims to protect kids and families from exposure to toxic and radioactive contamination from SSFL. This project will advocate for a strict National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit to protect the LA River from the Boeing Company’s dangerous SSFL contamination. Historically, this permit has been weakened at every renewal and at present does not adequately regulate VOCs, PCBs, and PFAFs, which have all been documented either at the site or in the LA River. Parents will accomplish this advocacy by organizing community participation at LA Regional Water Quality Control Board public hearings, meeting with Water Board Staff, and strategizing with other NGO partners. To support this work, Parents will train at least 5 members of a new Advocacy Corps who will help expand outreach to community members, generating Spanish-language materials for local Latino communities, and engage decision and policy makers around these issues. | More details |
| Proyecto Pastoral | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $28,999.96 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Promesa Boyle Heights: Watershed Health Community Project | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.proyectopastoral.org/ | This grant will support Promesa staff and environmental health community outreach workers who will facilitate an expanded version of an interactive Watershed Health curriculum for 100-120 local residents over three-five sessions. The program will include (1) facilitation of the Watershed Health curriculum for three classes of Roosevelt High School students over three sessions; (2) coordination of two in-person career panels to introduce 100-120 Roosevelt High and Mendez High students to careers in the watershed health, science, and environmental justice fields; and (3) four community cleanup events throughout Boyle Heights with approximately 20-30 adult and youth residents participating in each event. Promesa is excited to incorporate a new youth leadership component to the overall project, recruiting students who are especially interested in and passionate about environmental and watershed health to help facilitate future workshops and get involved in Promesa’s larger leadership pipeline. In addition to improving watershed health and beautifying the community, program participants will learn what watersheds and surface water runoff are and the direct connection between litter and the pollution of lakes, rivers, and the ocean. Particular focus will show how parks and other local multi-benefit projects play a role in stormwater runoff management and water capture. These events will also serve as an entry point to Promesa’s wider EJ leadership development and community advocacy efforts. | More details |
| Pacoima Beautiful | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Angeles National Forest Junior Field Rangers | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | www.pacoimabeautiful.org | This grant will support the Junior Field Rangers program which aims to engage Southern California BIPOC youth to help develop their knowledge about natural resources such as water and forge a deep-rooted connection to the land. The program provides twelve high school youth and at least three college age youth from the Northeast San Fernando Valley a 10-week paid program with classroom and on the field experience. Youth participating in the program assist with restoration work on four acres of riparian habitat and two river miles of the Big Tujunga Creek, a major tributary of the Los Angeles River Basin, through clean-up efforts and re-naturalizing of areas impacted. The youth also interact with visitors to the Angeles National Forest and community members from the Northeast Valley to provide information about outdoor access, recreational opportunities and how to protect our waterways and wildlife habitat. Upon completion, youth earn a California Naturalist certification and college credit through the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources extension. This provides participants with knowledge of local ecology and the issues facing their public lands. In addition to the water quality and stewardship benefits, the program teaches participants about careers and career pathways in natural resource management, all with the aim of creating a diverse next generation of public land managers and stewards. | More details |
| Del Amo Action Committee | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $25,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Dominguez Channel Phase 1 Revitalization Plan | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | https://delamoactioncommittee.org/ | West Carson is an environmental justice community that continues to be overburdened by the addition of warehouses, increasing truck traffic, road deterioration, and air pollution. The Dominguez Channel, a critical watershed in Southeast Los Angeles, runs through the community in several locations and is heavily impacted by local industries and runoff as well as pollution from unrestrained littering in the area. The measures that have been taken to ensure that trash cannot enter the channel are few, far between, and wholly inefficient. This project will allow the Del Amo Action Committee (DAAC) to take the lead in working with various stakeholders, including L.A. County Public Works, L.A. County Sanitation District, and the L.A. County Transportation Authority, to make improvements to a filth ridden Dominguez Channel intersection at the corner Torrance Blvd. and Vermont Ave. This area acts as an entrance to the Dominguez Channel watershed on both side of this major highway and DAAC has observed the daily flow of trash into the channel from this intersection. The primary goal of this project is to restore the area and construct fencing or another barrier to keep trash out of the channel. DAAC will reach out to stakeholders and develop community focus groups to generate project plans including design, implementation, and maintenance. As the project comes together, DAAC also hopes to leverage the restored site as an educational tool where, through signage and workshops, they can continue to generate community understandings around the impacts on human and ecosystem health of polluted waterways. Ideally, this project will serve as phase 1 of a broader effort as DAAC evaluates other sections of Dominguez Channel in the area and identifies other zones that need similar revitalization. | More details |
| Amigos de los Rios | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $25,200.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Emerald Necklace San Gabriel River Watershed Multi-objective Greenway Enhancement Project | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Climate Change and Energy;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.amigosdelosrios.org | With this funding, Amigos de los Rios will implement their Emerald Necklace greenway vision by engaging local students and community members in transforming a segment of the San Gabriel River through the removal of invasive plant species, trash, and rocks, and through urban forestry planting and stewardship care including the planting of 30 trees and 800 shrubs, all drawn from a native habitat plant palette. This project will protect water resources, restore ecosystem services, and provide co-benefits including improved air quality, urban heat island mitigation, and enhanced recreation and active trail spaces, promoting health and wellness in park-deficient communities and training environmental stewards. The group will work to connect Title 1 school communities along the San Gabriel River to the greenway network. This will include efforts to create campus native landscape areas and connect schools to the river. The project will also involve systematic removal of redundant rusted chain fences and replacement of chain link gates with artisan-made, nature-themed decorative gates to make the greenway more appealing and inviting. Emerald Necklace Fellows (from the California Climate Action Corps program) will lead project events, guiding volunteer activities and teaching the process and importance of urban forestry and sustainable infrastructure development. Fellows will also lead native habitat planting events and assist with 9 months of establishment care including hand watering, weeding, and removing and replacing plants that fail to thrive. L.A. County Public Works will take ongoing care of the site upon successful establishment. | More details |
| Russian Riverkeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $8,000.00 | Russian River | Water Quality and Public Trust Protections for San Pablo Bay | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Sonoma County | California | www.russianriverkeeper.org | Russian Riverkeeper will use this grant to challenge the recently adopted Sonoma County Well Ordinance (Well Ordinance) to protect public trust resources and water quality in streams and downstream receiving waters. In County streams such as the Petaluma River and Sonoma Creek, groundwater pumping has led to streamflow depletion that has degraded water quality in downstream receiving waters in the San Pablo Bay. Because the Petaluma River and Sonoma Creek are critical habitat for endangered steelhead trout and exert a strong influence on the health of the San Pablo Bay, the pumping has also may diminish habitat for listed Steelhead Trout, as low flows cause water temperatures to become lethal or streams become dry or disconnected. The Well Ordinance allows issuance of new well permits despite abundant evidence that existing groundwater pumping is depleting adjacent streams leading to degradation of water quality and habitat for listed species. In adopting the new Well Ordinance, Sonoma County did not analyze whether proposed mitigations will lead to protection of water quality or natural resources nor analyze whether the new Ordinance will allow cumulative impacts to continue. Given the precarious nature of water quality and public trust resources today, this advocacy will assist in improving water and habitat quality in the watersheds tributary to San Pablo Bay. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Protecting Sacramento River Ecosystem Functions and Fishes | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Butte County;Colusa County;Glenn County;Sacramento County;Shasta County;Sutter County;Tehama County;Yolo County | California | https://baykeeper.org/ | The productivity of the Sacramento River, as well as the entire San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary, depends on inflow of fresh water to provide water quality conditions that support healthy fisheries and communities. Yet less than half of winter and spring runoff in Central Valley rivers makes it all the way to the Bay in most years, due to excessive diversions to supply industrial agriculture and cities outside the Central Valley. As a result, the Sacramento River suffers from species loss, collapsing fisheries, habitat destruction, and water quality deterioration. Even so, industrial agriculture is fighting to divert even more water, and state water agencies are refusing to adapt their management approaches to support healthy flows and sustainable fisheries. In the coming year, Baykeeper will use the grant funding to pursue advocacy, litigation, and scientific analyses to secure protections for the Sacramento River flows and its native fish, for the benefit of the Sacramento and the larger Delta and San Francisco Bay to which the Sacramento River drains. | More details |
| Friends of Sausal Creek | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Restoration and Community Access to Sausal Creek at Barry Place | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Climate Change and Energy;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Alameda County | California | www.sausalcreek.org | Barry Place is a public City of Oakland-owned restoration site managed by Friends of Sausal Creek (FOSC) at the intersection of East 27 Street and Barry Place in the flatlands of Oakland. This 0.19-acre site is one of the only City-owned creek access points in the lower Sausal Creek Watershed. For over 20 years, FOSC has worked at Barry Place to increase native species biodiversity, restore the riparian habitat, improve creek access, reduce litter, improve water quality, and promote greater public awareness of Sausal Creek within the surrounding neighborhood. This project seeks to expand this work in several ways. First, FOSC will develop a revegetation plan with the goal of restoring the health of the riparian habitat of Sausal Creek at Barry Place. The implementation of the revegetation plan will offer a model for creekside residents by demonstrating how native plants appropriate to the habitat can enhance creekside soil stability and biodiversity. FOSC will also expand their capacity for water quality monitoring at Barry Place, which experiences many challenges including biohazards, and illegal dumping (including oil and large household items) in the creek. Native rainbow trout are found in this stretch, and consistent water quality is key to their survival. In order to help reduce illegal dumping and create new accessible green space in a neighborhood that lacks it, FOSC will also undertake a design and planning process for a pocket park. The local community will be deeply involved in conjunction with a highly qualified environmental consulting firm. Finally, FOSC will continue to organize and implement community volunteer workdays to help steward the site and build connections between the diverse volunteers throughout the East Bay who care about Barry Place and Sausal Creek. | More details |
| The Watershed Project | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Quality Monitoring & Apprenticeship in Contra Costa County: Fostering Community & Stewardship | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org/home.php | The Watershed Project (TWP) has been coordinating community-based water quality monitoring efforts across Contra Costa County in the Bay Area since 2017. Today, they partner with 12 different local organizations to monitor 46 different creek sites and perform other water quality-related activities. All data collected is published via The California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN), ensuring it is accessible to state regulators and other professionals. This grant will ensure the help TWP’s water quality monitoring program continues at existing sites and expands to three new local watersheds, all while maintaining the high data quality required to align the data with CEDEN standards to ensure it is scientifically sound and actionable by decision makers. TWP is also adding a Water Quality Apprenticeship Pathway to their Green Collar Corps program. This program will train two local low-income and BIPOC young adults in key skills for fieldwork, restoration, data collection, analysis, and networking. Since TWP's work is community-based, this grant will also support activities to strengthen their local network of water quality volunteers and advocates through both outreach and an annual gathering to share water quality data and identify new community priorities and opportunities. | More details |
| Our Children's Earth Foundation | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $20,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Our Vallejo Waterfront: planting for resiliency | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Climate Change and Energy | Solano County | California | www.ocefoundation.org | Vallejo’s 94589 and 94590 zip codes sit along the mouth of the Napa River as it empties into the Cariquinez Strait and the San Pablo Bay. Vallejo is diverse and these neighborhoods are largely economically disadvantaged, which a higher percentage of Black and Latino residents than the rest of the city. Our Children’s Earth Foundation (OCEF) will focus on these zip codes as they build out a new project focused on local water quality. First, OCEF will build collaborations with local community groups and community members through direct outreach and a physical presence at a variety of events in the area. Most immediately, this outreach will allow OCEF to identify planting locations for trees and shrubs that can slow stormwater runoff in these zip codes on the way to the Napa River. OCEF will provide both the plants and, as needed, labor to plant and maintain them. In the process, OCEF will grow awareness about local water quality issues and build a broader coalition of groups and community members that will collaborate on an industrial stormwater sampling plan. Existing water sampling efforts neglect key industrial zones of the city, such as South Vallejo and Mare Island, and this project will help fill that gap, with sampling expected to take place in late 2024 / early 2025. | More details |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Clean Bay Challenge | Alameda County;Contra Costa County;Marin County;San Francisco County;Santa Clara County | California | https://baykeeper.org/ | The Clean Bay Challenge is a fun, educational, and community-based campaign to engage Bay Area residents in protecting San Francisco Bay. For the month of April, volunteers will take action all around the Bay by cleaning up trash from their local neighborhoods, parks, and shorelines. Baykeeper will provide complete cleanup guidelines, location options, and safety instructions. They’ll also have channels for volunteers to post, connect, and share their impact with the community. Plus, the trash data collected will help Baykeeper advocate for stronger trash protections for San Francisco Bay. | More details | |
| Heal The Ocean | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $15,000.00 | Santa Barbara Area (incl. Oxnard and Ventura) | Survey of Abandoned Homeless Camps in Environmentally Sensitive Areas - Santa Ynez Riverbed | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Santa Barbara County | California | https://www.healtheocean.org/ | As the housing crisis in California continued to worsen, unhoused individuals seek out shelter in a variety of places, including along the Santa Ynez Riverbed. Not only do these people deserve safe and consistent housing, but encampments alongside the riverbed expose both people and water to potential harm. Debris and human waste can end up in waterbodies, worsening water quality, while fluctuations in water levels from storm surges, king tides, or the opening of dam floodgates put people’s safety and property at risk. Heal the Ocean (HTO) has been working on wastewater issues in Santa Barbara County for 25 years and now serves as a partner to the county and various municipalities in addressing this complex issue. After an encampment is identified, social workers connect with the individuals present and seek out alternative housing. Once housing is identified and the individuals depart the site, Heal the Ocean works with Earthcomb, an organization led and staffed by formerly unhoused individuals, to clean up now abandoned encampments, often after communicating with the departing individuals to ensure nothing of value is left behind. Heal the Ocean has also brought dumpsters and other supplies to active encampments so that individuals living there can properly dispose of waste and live in more sanitary conditions. This grant will fund these on-going efforts to clean the Santa Ynez Riverbed. | More details |
| California Coastkeeper Alliance | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $50,000.00 | Santa Barbara Area (incl. Oxnard and Ventura) | Water Quality and Public Trust Protections for the Santa Ynez River | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org | California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA) will use this grant to investigate and develop a report to the County of Santa Barbara on how the County should regulate groundwater pumping to protect the Santa Ynez River’s water quality and public trust resources. California was one of the last states in the nation to legally recognize the connectivity between groundwater and surface water. When groundwater pumping is not managed appropriately, it results in the depletion of surface water from the nearby river, thus harming water quality and public trust resources such as the endangered steelhead trout. Recent legal victories on the Scott and Russian Rivers have established a strong precedent that it is illegal to allow groundwater pumping to adversely impact public trust resources. Therefore, CCKA will investigate the full extent of the impact of groundwater pumping on surface water flows, steelhead, and other public trust resources of in the Santa Ynez River watershed. Should CCKA determine that groundwater pumping is hydrologically impacting the Santa Ynez, they will hire an expert hydrologist to provide technical recommendations to the County on how they need to balance groundwater pumping in order to protect the water quality and public trust resources of the Santa Ynez. CCKA will rely on their experience in the Russian River watershed, where they were able to obtain a moratorium on new groundwater well permits in Sonoma County until a groundwater well ordinance was developed that ensured the County met its duties under the Public Trust. | More details |
| True Nature Society dba Quail Springs | California Watershed Protection Fund | 2023 | $15,000.00 | Santa Barbara Area (incl. Oxnard and Ventura) | Improving Burges Creek Surface Water Quality with Beaver Dam Analogs | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Climate Change and Energy | Santa Barbara County;Ventura County | California | www.quailsprings.org | Quail Springs is located in the Cuyama Valley, a rural high-desert majority Latino community. Over the last nearly 20 years, they have honed and implemented a number of stream restoration techniques appropriate to this unique and water-scarce ecosystem. This grant will support the creation of beaver dam analogs (BDAs) in Burges Creek in the Santa Maria Watershed, which will improve water quality, increase water storage, create wetland habitat, and enhance riparian vegetation and biodiversity. These structures are intended to encourage the creek to slow down and create a greater wetted area, flow downstream further and for longer into the dry summer, and decrease sediment load. Decreased sediment load is a common benchmark for improved surface water quality. The BDAs will be constructed over the course of three workshops in the late spring and early summer, where Quail Springs staff and volunteers will be joined by community members from the Cuyama Valley who will participate as paid interns. Interested community members will be identified in collaboration with other local organizations, such as the Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center and the Blue Sky Center, and bilingual educational materials and instruction will be made available. | More details |
| California Wilderness Coalition | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | For the Carrizo Plain, we will work primarily in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties. For the Giant Sequoia, we will work primarily in Kern and Tulare Counties. | California | https://www.calwild.org/ | To lead the defense of Carrizo Plain and Giant Sequoia National Monuments. These areas have supportive networks that haven't been mobilized for years. As a group that led much of the organizing on the original designations, CalWild has revitalized long standing relationships to rally against this unprecedented attack. | More details | |||
| Defenders of Wildlife/California | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Statewide | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Ventura, and Yolo Counties. | California | http://www.defenders.org | To educate state legislators and Governor Brown, through coalition building, advocacy, and media, about the importance enacting two critical bills -- Senate Bill (SB) 49, the California Environmental Defense Act of 2017, and SB 50, the Public Lands Protection Act, that will serve as a backstop against federal efforts to erode environmental protections and give away public lands. SB 49 protects California from federal actions to undermine or abandon critical public health and environmental protections by ensuring that California will maintain, at a minimum, the existing standards for protection for our state’s people, wildlife, and natural resources. SB 50 would establish a new state policy to discourage the conveyance of federal public lands to private developers for resource extraction and development and directs the State Lands Commission to establish a right of refusal by California for any federal lands proposed for sale or conveyance to other parties. | More details | |
| Friends of the Inyo | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $6,050.00 | Inyo County | California | http://friendsoftheinyo.org | Conglomerate Mesa is wild, roadless, rare Joshua Tree habitat located where the Great Basin, Mojave and Eastern Sierra meet. It was recently designated as California Desert National Conservation Land. It is currently under threat from a proposed mining operation that could lead to an open pit cyanide heap leach gold mine. The mining operation would likely permanently destroy it's biological, historical and geological values, as well as negatively impact the local outdoor recreation economy. Friends of the Inyo seeks funding to support its campaign to protect Conglomerate Mesa from this proposed mine. The grant funded 1) professional consulting services to assist in drafting a substantive comment letter to BLM which will create standing should future litigation be needed 2) Organizing our members, supporters and the local community to mobilize around defending and protecting Conglomerate Mesa via a variety of tactics. | More details | |||
| John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Statewide | Sustainable Forestry | Shasta County Placer County Eldorado County Nevada County Sacramento County Alameda County Contra Costa County San Francisco County Marin County San Mateo County Fresno County Kern County Los Angeles County Santa Barbara County Ventura County Riverside County San Bernardino County San Diego County | California | http://johnmuirproject.org/ | To educate and politically activate the public to stop the Westerman logging bill, HR 2936 (The “Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017â€), which would greatly expand and accelerate logging operations on federal forests by eliminating full compliance with forest plan requirements, opening up roadless areas to road building and logging, allowing logging projects as large as 30,000 acres to proceed without NEPA impacts analysis or public participation, and preventing judicial review by requiring binding arbitration or eliminating non-profits' ability to recover fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act. | More details | |
| Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Siskiyou County, California Jackson County, Oregon | California | https://www.kswild.org/ | To prevent any reduction or rescission of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and subsequent efforts to roll back the 1906 Antiquities Act. | More details | |||
| Los Padres ForestWatch | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Southern Coast | Save the Carrizo Plain! | California | http://lpfw.org/ | The Trump Administration is reviewing the status of more than two dozen national monuments throughout the West -- including the Carrizo Plain National Monument in California's central coast region -- to determine whether to shrink their size, or eliminate them entirely. Our Save the Carrizo Plain! project aims to keep the Carrizo Plain National Monument intact by educating stakeholders and the general public about the importance of monument designation, the threats facing the CPNM, the benefits of monument designation (particularly economic benefits to local communities), and how concerned residents and businesses can contact decision-makers to show widespread community support for retaining the monument designation. | More details | ||
| Mojave Desert Land Trust | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Southern Desert | The Cadiz Hydroecology Project: A water study to protect the east Mojave | California | http://www.mdlt.org/ | Mojave Desert Land Trust seeks to carry out this water study project as a part of our broader program initiative to prevent the Cadiz groundwater project from destroying the east Mojave Desert’s fragile ecosystem and preserve landscapes of the Barstow, Needles and Twentynine Palms communities that are rich in Native American history and home to the longest undeveloped stretch of Historic Route 66, and the Amboy Crater National Landmark. | More details | ||
| National Parks Conservation Association | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $14,160.00 | Statewide | Opposing the Cadiz project | California | https://www.npca.org/ | An emergency grant of $14,160 will enable NPCA to immediately contract with a Sacramento-based consultant group to build legislative support with the State of California, and simultaneously implement a coalition building strategy to protect the Cadiz Valley Aquifer (Aquifer) from the groundwater extraction project proposed by Cadiz Inc – a program in direct contrast to California’s sustainable management legislation for the state’s groundwater basins. This strategy is in line with the strong statements that Governor Brown and legislative leadership have expressed regarding efforts by the Trump Administration to roll back environmental protections and regulations. | More details | ||
| Native American Land Conservancy | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Statewide | Sacramento and San Bernardino Counties | California | http://nativeamericanland.org/ | To provide additional support and education in Sacramento to ensure decision makers understand the importance of the Cadiz Water Mining Project to tribes and that tribal resources and values are considered by State officials who are unfamiliar with the region, yet will be casting votes to decide AB 1000. | More details | ||
| Sierra Forest Legacy | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $10,989.00 | All counties in California, with an emphasis on the portions of the following counties which fall within Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s congressional district: Tulare, Kern, and Los Angeles (northeastern portion). | California | https://www.sierraforestlegacy.org/ | To provide media expertise to support the ongoing campaign to defend the Giant Sequoia National Monument. | More details | |||
| WildPlaces | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Central Valley | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kern and Tulare Counties | California | http://www.wildplaces.net | To educate and engage communities and local agency representatives within Tulare and Kern Counties as to the importance of maintaining the current size of the GSNM while advocating through media and public forums the dire necessity to respond immediately to threats that will reduce the size of and introduce resource extraction into the Monument. | More details | |
| California Native Plant Society | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $24,727.00 | Desert Defense Campaign to Protect and Preserve Desert Botanical Treasures and the DRECP | Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Inyo, and Kern counties. | California | http://www.cnps.org | This project is an all-hands-on-deck emergency drive to protect the California deserts from devastating mining, development, and exploitation. While it tiers off of work that has been ongoing for years, this is a new and unexpected emergency. Last month the Trump administration took an action that is intended not only as a direct attack on California but also an attack on federal lands, federal agencies and their dedicated staff, and on the very concept of bringing adversaries together to develop collaborative conservation plans. We will fight to save the conservation lands delineated in the DRECP. We will support the good scientists in the BLM and beyond who worked so hard to secure those conservation gains, and we will fight to save the concept of working together. We will also bring together the broad public community that supports saving our priceless deserts, and coordinate their commitment to secure even broader protections. | More details | ||
| California Wilderness Coalition | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Defending the Desert Conservation Plan | Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties | California | https://www.calwild.org/ | The Obama administration's Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP), approved after a massive multi-agency collaboration process lasting several years, protected over 6 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) holdings in the California desert. President Trump wants to eliminate this historic conservation victory and we need the resources to stop him. | More details | ||
| Conservation Lands Foundation | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | DRECP Defense Phase 2 Communications and Accountability | Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties | California | https://conservationlands.org/ | To initiate a coordinated communications and accountability campaign in order to defend the millions of acres of Desert Lands protected as part of California’s Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP). | More details | ||
| Endangered Species Coalition | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $15,000.00 | California Endangered Species Act Field Campaign | Our work will benefit California species and wild lands statewide. A number of counties are particularly high priority areas for our target audiences. These are Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Merced, and Stanislaus counties. However, our work will benefit threatened and endangered species throughout the state. | California | http://www.endangered.org/ | To organize key California voices—e.g., veterans, faith, and others—to oppose the Department of Interior’s proposed regulations on the Endangered Species Act, which would gut protections for California’s threatened and endangered species and the wildlands on which they rely. | More details | ||
| Environmental Defense Center | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Protecting the Santa Barbara Channel MPAs and the CINMS from New Offshore Oil Drilling | Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo | California | https://www.environmentaldefensecenter.org/ | To serve as the lead local organization for the legal efforts to push back the Trump administration’s recently released plan to open more than 90% of our nation’s offshore waters to oil and gas exploration. EDC’s efforts will include research, educating the public, advocating for protections regionally and in Sacramento, and ultimately commenting on the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement anticipated this year. | More details | ||
| Friends of the Inyo | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $8,020.00 | Defending Wildlands of Conglomerate Mesa | Inyo County, California | California | http://friendsoftheinyo.org | To continue media outreach to keep community members and local elected officials informed and engaged about exploratory drilling related to a possible open-pit gold mine on Conglomerate Mesa, and complete a hydrological review to understand impacts to water resources to help make a case against the exploratory drilling with regulatory agencies. | More details | ||
| Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Digital engagement in defense of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument | Siskiyou, Del Norte, Shasta & more northern California Counties Jackson, Josephine, Multnomah and many more in Oregon | California | https://www.kswild.org/ | In December 2017, President Trump announced rollbacks to protections for two National Monuments in Utah - Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. One day later, conservation advocates also learned of the administration's desire to gut protections for the newly expanded Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, which straddles the Oregon/California border. Despite 90% of public comments being in support of protecting the Monument, the Administration is ignoring public sentiment and seeks to roll back protections for this National Monument. Our project seeks to use social media and online engagement to demonstrate widespread public support for the Cascade-Siskiyou to target elected officials and the White House, in hopes of discouraging further proclamations that take away protections for National Monuments. | More details | ||
| Nature For All | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $15,000.00 | Southern Coast | Public Lands Advocacy | Los Angeles County | California | Nature for All, a coalition of 13 organizations, will work to protect public lands in and around the San Gabriel Mountains from legislative attacks designed to weaken laws that preserve our public lands and waters. | More details | ||
| Resources Legacy Fund | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Protect California from Offshore Oil Drilling | Primarily Sacramento, Alameda, San Francisco, and Ventura counties with possible support for work in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties. | California | http://www.resourceslegacyfund.org/ | The U.S. Department of Interior has proposed new offshore oil drilling in the Pacific, which if approved would allow new drilling off the West Coast for the first time in more than 30 years. RLF seeks to support a broad and diverse constituency of California residents to voice their strong opposition at a public meeting in Sacramento on February 8, 2018, at local rallies around the state, and through other means during the public comment period that ends on March 9, 2018. | More details | ||
| Save Our Shores | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Saving the Davidson Seamount | Monterey County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, San Mateo County | California | https://saveourshores.org/ | To lead a fresh campaign to raise public awareness, empower the community to write and call local, regional and state legislators and petition Congress to stop the Administration from removing Sanctuary protections from the Davidson Seamount. | More details | ||
| Sierra Business Council | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $21,940.00 | Sierra Nevada | Giant Sequoia National Monument Support Billboard | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Tulare County | California | http://sierrabusiness.org/ | Giant Sequoia National Monument is a major economic driver in the Southern Sierra. In order to galvanize and inform Southern Sierra residents of the threats facing Giant Sequoia National Monuments that their tourism and outdoor industry economy relies on at large, SBC hopes to fund a billboard with a call to action for support of the monument and a consideration of the business community that benefits from its status. | More details |
| Sierra Club Foundation | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2018 | $14,300.00 | Our Wild California | Counties: Los Angeles, inland San Bernardino, Riverside, Davis, Yolo, San Francisco, Alameda, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Humboldt. | California | https://www.sierraclubfoundation.org/ | The goal of the Sierra Club’s Our Wild California Campaign is to create a powerful grassroots movement to protect the state’s public lands and waters and connect people to the great California outdoors for the benefit of both. California and the country as a whole are facing serious threats to the natural environment. The current federal administration threatens to undo decades of progress by cutting back 11 of California’s national monuments and national marine sanctuaries. This grant will support immediate efforts to stop new oil drilling in federal waters off the coast of California, protecting current and proposed marine monuments and sanctuaries, our coastal economy, communities, and wildlife by mobilizing a strong public response to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM’s) proposed five-year drilling plan. | More details | ||
| California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Protect our Desert: Prevent Water Pumping from the Mojave Aquifer | CLCVEF works on a statewide level. The work funded by this grant would focus on, but not be limited to, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino, Orange, and San Diego Counties. | California | http://www.clcvedfund.org/ | To pass California Senate Bill 307, which is the best chance to stop the Cadiz water project. The Cadiz project would pump more than 16 billion gallons of water per year from beneath the Mojave Desert, threatening fragile flora and fauna in one of the most unique protected National Monuments, in order to sell the water for profit to wealthier Southern California districts. CLCVEF will use a combination of direct lobbying efforts in-person in Sacramento and in-district, as well as digital outreach to trigger constituent actions and patch-through calls from constituents to their representatives. Engaging their inside knowledge of key legislators in Sacramento, CLCVEF will identify the 4-5 Senators who will provide the most strategic leverage to ensure passage of SB 307. Employing the tactics described above, CLCVEF will engage with these targets to build the support needed to move them to positions of strong support and to pass this critical legislation. | More details | ||
| California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $20,000.00 | Conservation Perspectives in California | CLCVEF works on a statewide level. The work funded by this grant would be focused in the Central Valley, including, but not limited to, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Kern County, as well as Orange County and the Inland Empire. | California | http://www.clcvedfund.org/ | To define the most impactful messaging on key environmental issues, and then use this information to immediately begin public outreach on imminent environmental concerns; including Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, offshore drilling, and national monument protections. The knowledge gained from the focus groups will also be used to inform, educate, and persuade decision makers at all levels to prioritize and champion these issues. | More details | ||
| California Wilderness Coalition | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $10,085.00 | Central Coast Wild Heritage Campaign 2019 Bill Rollout | Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Kern | California | www.calwild.org | Rep. Carbajal and Sen. Harris plan to re-introduce the Central Coast Heritage Protection Act on April 6th, 2019, following these junior legislators’ joint introduction to protect 245,665 acres and 159 miles of rivers along California’s Central Coast in October 2017. Building on a generation’s worth of organizing that started with Rep. Lois Capps’ original bill, CalWild needs to extend the contract of our Central Coast Conservation Director to properly complete introduction work while harnessing the current public lands momentum in Congress after the recent passage of the massive John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act. | More details | ||
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | Protect California’s Public Lands from Destructive Oil and Gas | Fresno, Tulare, and Kern County | California | https://ccejn.org/ | This project will enhance the organizing capacity of regional and state groups to protect California’s Public Lands from fracking. The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Bakersfield Field Office is analyzing the environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing for new oil and gas production leases on 400,000 acres of BLM-administered public land and an additional 1.2 million acres of federal mineral estate. The planning area includes Kern, Fresno, Kings, Madera, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura counties. Groups from all these Counties will join forces to educate and mobilize residents to oppose the expansion of fracking into Public Lands. | More details | |
| Conservation Lands Foundation | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $28,200.00 | Celebrating 25 Years of Conservation in the California Desert | Riverside, San Bernardino, and Inyo Counties | California | https://conservationlands.org/ | The Conservation Lands Foundation (CLF) has been working to oppose the current Administration’s re-opening of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, or DRECP. Covering more than 10.8 million acres across the Mojave Desert and Colorado/Sonoran Desert ecoregions, the DRECP was a hard-won victory that protected over 6 million acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands for conservation, while allowing renewable energy development on 388,000 acres of less-sensitive land, creating a unique and forward-thinking balance among responsible renewable energy development, conservation, and recreation. For this project, CLF will facilitate and support a range of activities including an art exhibit at the San Bernardino County Museum, hosting the Desertlands.org/25years website to share information about anniversary events and lands protected in the past 25 years, and helping their grassroots partners host local events to commemorate lands protected in the California Desert. Commemorating the lands that have been protected over the past 25 years and the anniversary of the California Desert Protection Act is a prime opportunity to engage communities, cities, counties, and chambers of commerce to acknowledge and state on the record their support for these protections and the benefits they bring. | More details | ||
| Defenders of Wildlife/California | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | California Wildland and Wildlife Defense: Building Public Resistance to Environmental Rollbacks | Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Marin, Merced, Monterey, Napa, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Ventura and Yolo Counties. | California | http://www.defenders.org | To expand media coverage through editorials, op-ed and news stories about the environmental rollbacks affecting public lands, which then will increase public awareness and place pressure on (a) key Congressional members to resist proposals to weaken environmental protections and (b) state legislators and agency officials to advance state policies that will help to protect federal lands and resources against Trump Administration and Congressional rollbacks. Increased public and media pressure will help to advance protective state policies, including efforts to defend U.S. Forest Service lands, BLM Lands and national wildlife refuges, and to oppose the various rollback efforts. | More details | ||
| Friends of the Inyo | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $1,800.00 | California Desert National Conservation Lands Super Bloom Photography | Inyo County | California | http://www.friendsoftheinyo.org | Conservation Lands across the California Desert like Conglomerate Mesa and Panamint Valley are currently experiencing a 20 year "super bloom". Friends of the Inyo seeks funds to hire a professional photographer to photograph the super bloom, including close up and landscape level photos. We will then use these images for the Conglomerate Mesa and Panamint Valley National Conservation Lands campaigns and share them with our conservation partners also working on defending the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan and protecting these places from industrial-scale mining. | More details | ||
| Imperial Valley Desert Museum Society, Inc. | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Community Connections: Celebrating Desert Wonders | Imperial County, San Diego County | California | http://www.ivdesertmuseum.org/ | Imperial Valley Desert Museum will conduct a series of community-focused and educational events to connect the communities of Imperial Valley with their local desert, inspire interest and activity in desert spaces, and foster advocacy for their conservation. On Saturday, November 16, IVDM will host a free community event, Ocotillo Rocks. It will feature family-friendly activities and educational talks focusing on the desert, with geode-cutting, panning for gold, hikes, and exhibits by community partners like BLM and Sonny Bono Wildlife Refuge. IVDM will virtually engage audiences on desert conservation through videos of desert wildlife, capturing them on outdoor cameras and sharing them across the Museum's social media networks. IVDM will host a series of Museum-led public hikes onto desert public lands through its "Lowlanders" beginner hiking program. These hikes include historical, cultural, and scientific talks and allow for deep conversation and meaningful exploration of desert spaces. | More details | ||
| Inland Empowerment | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $20,000.00 | Inland Empowerment | We work in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. This funding would go towards work in San Bernardino County only. | California | https://inlandempowerment.org/ | The County of San Bernardino has a critical and influential voice in policy issues that affect these lands. For many years Supervisor James Ramos, a cultural officer and tribal chairman of the San Manuel Band, was a strong conservation and public-lands advocate on the board; however, he vacated his position when he was elected to State Assembly in 2018, creating a vacancy that must be filled via an administrative, rather than electoral process. Inland Empire, a diverse coalition of community leaders whose mission is to build community leadership and organize policy campaigns around a broad spectrum of issues which impact families in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, is challenging the County’s administrative process to fill the vacant seat (which led to the appointment of a long-time champion of mining and off-roading interests) alleging numerous Brown Act violations and a general lack of transparency in the appointment process. | More details | ||
| Los Padres ForestWatch | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Rapid Response to Central Coast Drilling/Fracking and Commercial Logging | The commercial logging proposals are in western Kern County. The BLM's drilling/fracking plan covers eight counties, but our work would focus on Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, and western Kern counties. | California | www.LPFW.org | We have two issues in California's central coast region that are demanding a rapid response. (1) The U.S. Bureau of Land Management just released its draft Environmental Impact Statement that could open up more than one million acres of federal public land in eight counties in Central California to fossil fuel drilling and fracking, and we are seeking funding to prepare technical comments, to reach out to key landowners, local elected officials, and other stakeholders affected by the plan to encourage them to submit comments, and to encourage the public to attend hearings later this month. And (2) the U.S. Forest Service recently approved a plan to allow commercial logging across more than four square miles in the Los Padres National Forest, and we are seeking funding to file litigation to stop the project. | More details | ||
| Mojave Desert Land Trust | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $9,394.00 | California Desert Protection Act (CDPA) 25th Anniversary Commemorative Celebration | San Bernardino and Riverside County | California | www.mdlt.org | Mojave Desert Land Trust’s California Desert Protection Act (CDPA) 25th Anniversary Commemorative Celebration Project is a series of events open to the public, organized by a group of desert community members, organizations, and local governments, and held throughout the region in September, October and early November of 2019. The aim of CDPA 25th Anniversary Commemorative Celebration is to highlight and show support for protected lands throughout the desert while celebrating the milestones of the CDPA over the last 25 years and recognize elected officials, grass-root organizations, stakeholder groups and individuals whose work in the Mojave Desert provide important conservation benefits and unique recreation activities. MDLT will do this by creating content that promotes connecting, protecting, and respecting the desert’s unique natural, historic and cultural, and recreational resources values forward into the future. | More details | ||
| National Parks Conservation Association | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $21,000.00 | Opposing the Cadiz project to protect precious water resources underlying California desert parks | Sacramento, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Orange counties | California | npca.org | An emergency grant of $21,000 supported critical stopgap funding from March 2019 through May 2019 to extend our contract with a Sacramento-based lobbying firm to (1) push momentum on state legislation and heighten powerful existing legislative support with the State of California; (2) boost capacity for the activated legislative, political and NGO coalition building strategy in Sacramento and (3) bolster our communications effort, presence and credibility with Sacramento media to protect the Cadiz Valley Aquifer from the groundwater extraction project proposed by Cadiz Inc. This strategy continued to build on a multi-year effort that has created legislative champions, developed legislation that passed the Assembly, and has been strengthened by new science, political support, state agencies, and a strong local water district tactic. | More details | ||
| National Parks Conservation Association | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $10,000.00 | Continued: Opposing the Cadiz project | Sacramento, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, and Orange counties | California | npca.org | National Parks Conservation Association requests an emergency grant of $10,000 that will support critical work, travel, and progress in consultation with our Sacramento-based lobbying firm to (1) continue our successful push for state legislation to protect the water resources of Mojave Trails National Monument; (2) continue our work to protect the California desert from adjacent threats and build a movement around the designation of a new National Monument adjacent to Mojave National Preserve and Castle Mountains National Monument in the Eastern California desert; and (3) Cover the costs of travel needed to staff these important efforts. | More details | ||
| Native American Land Conservancy | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $9,000.00 | Protect Mojave Desert's Sacred Springs | Sacramento and San Bernardino Counties. | California | nativeamericanland.org | To bring tribal voices and organizations to support protection for groundwater in the Cadiz and Fenner Basins through advocacy, outreach, and and media efforts. NALC will provide additional support and education in Sacramento to ensure decision makers understand the importance of the Cadiz Water Mining Project to tribes, and that tribal resources and values are considered by State officials who are unfamiliar with the region, yet will be casting votes to decide SB 307 in the coming months. By focusing on support for stronger California agency role in groundwater protection, NALC will aim to protect springs, seeps, and groundwater from destructive groundwater pumping projects in Mojave Trails National Monument and Mojave National Preserve. | More details | ||
| Resource Renewal Institute | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $15,000.00 | Restore Point Reyes Seashore | Primarily, Marin County and neighboring counties. | California | rri.org | Two years of legal effort with partner organizations resulted in Resource Renewal Institute’s landmark settlement with the National Park Service at Point Reyes National Seashore. The litigation sought to protect the National Seashore from a special interest ranching plan that would bypass NPS management requirements, disregard public input, and threaten wildlife and natural resources. The settlement has put in motion a long overdue overhaul of the nearly 40-year old NPS Management Plan, which was drafted long before current scientific understanding of dairy farms’ impacts to water quality. The new plan requires an environmental review including a vitally important public comment period. The Rose Foundation grant supported organizing to ramp up the public outreach campaign in preparation for the final public comment and response period which began in July and lasted for 45 days. | More details | ||
| Safe Alternatives for Our Forest Environment | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Standing Strong for Public Lands in Trinity County | Trinity | California | safealt.org | There is a war being waged in Trinity County against wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, and public lands in general by far-right elements who are packing public meetings, submitting a stream of letters-to-the-editor and otherwise dominating the public discourse over public land management in the region. Trinity County-based SAFE proposes to fight back by printing a special insert for the Trinity Journal (the only local newspaper) extolling the value of public lands and by recruiting 800 people to sign a community letter in support of public lands. That represents 10% of Trinity County's population. This would send a powerful statement about public support for local public lands. | More details | ||
| Vet Voice Foundation | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $6,380.00 | 25 Years of Desert Conservation Radio Ads | Kern, Fresno, San Bernardino, Imperial or Riverside Counties. | California | www.vetvoicefoundation.org | Vet Voice Foundation, in conjunction with the Better World Group, created five radio ads to run in Kern, Fresno, San Bernardino, Imperial or Riverside Counties. These ads featured a U.S. Army Veteran who was born and raised in California. Throughout his career, he trained and was stationed in the California desert (Ft. Irwin). In the ads, Vet Voice Foundation highlighted the 25th anniversary of desert conservation, economic and national security, recreation, and water. The goal is to reach counties impacted by years of desert conservation and to share this from the perspective of a veteran. | More details | ||
| Victor Valley Chamber of Commerce | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Gateway to the Mojave National Preserve | San Bernardino County | California | vvchamber.com | The Victor Valley Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the High Desert Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Desert Conservation Act and to begin branding the Victor Valley as the Gateway to the Mojave National Preserve. This project is to use billboards on the well-traveled Interstates 15 and 215, featuring professional photography of the Mojave National Preserve and verbiage for the 25th anniversary of the Desert Conservation Act, as well as the introduction of the Victor Valley as Gateway to the Mojave National Preserve. They are also planning a kickoff event featuring a classic car ride from Victor Valley to Amboy to highlight the beauty of the Mojave National Preserve. Victor Valley’s enthusiastic willingness to identify themselves as a Gateway to the Mojave National Preserve is a huge step in changing the culture and strengthening support for protected lands in the region. | More details | ||
| California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Southern Desert | Protect Our Desert Water: Eagle Crest | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | CLCVEF works on a statewide level. The work funded by this grant would focus on, but not be limited to, Riverside County and San Bernadino County residents and elected officials. | California | http://www.clcvedfund.org/ | To stop California state legislation AB 1720, which threatens the aquifer under Joshua Tree, creates unwarranted and needless exemptions for its pumping, and authorizes a wasteful hydroelectric energy storage project in the town of Eagle Crest in Riverside County. CLCVEF will continue its long standing effort to halt this project, employing a multifaceted communications campaign across California that raises public awareness about the bill and exposes the corruption and true intentions of the supporting company, NextEra. | More details |
| California Native Plant Society | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2020 | $24,840.00 | North Central & East | Protect Walker Ridge: Preserving a Global Plant Diversity Hotspot | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Colusa and Lake counties | California | http://www.cnps.org | The California Native Plant Society and a diverse alliance of organizations will implement a two-pronged campaign to stop a proposed wind development and secure the long term protection of Walker Ridge, a region that contains more than two dozen rare plant species. The campaign, relying heavily on virtual engagement techniques, is designed to have immediate impact while also raising the site’s profile and building a constituency of individuals and organizations that understand and care deeply about the importance of Walker Ridge. | More details |
| California Wilderness Coalition | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2020 | $7,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Building State Support for Inventoried Roadless Areas | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento | California | https://www.calwild.org/ | To educate and urge state officials to exert their influence in U.S. Forest Service (USFS) projects that threaten inventoried roadless areas (IRAs) in California. IRA’s are some of the wildest remaining areas of our national forests. CalWild will inform state offices of four recent projects which threaten IRAs with logging, road-building, and/or new off-highway vehicle routes, and work to get letters from the state in support of modifying the projects or asking for full environmental impact statements. | More details |
| Defenders of Wildlife/California | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Statewide | Providing Policy Recommendation for Improved Fire Management for More Resilient Forests | Sustainable Forestry | Sacramento | California | http://www.defenders.org | To analyze the current policy terrain and provide recommendations to support ecologically beneficial management of California’s public and private forests, including the increased use of prescribed fire. Defenders of Wildlife/ California will assess the best options for policy change and formulate a suite of recommendations to be utilized by Defenders and shared with other conservation organizations working on resilient forest management. | More details |
| Earthworks | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protecting CA Wildlands from the “Critical Minerals†Agenda Toward a Just and Clean RE Transition | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Inyo | California | http://earthworksaction.org | To produce and disseminate a report on the fallacy of “critical minerals†rhetoric, preferred policy options and alternatives to new mining for the renewable energy transition, and public lands at risk from unregulated mining. California wildlands, notably sacred sites near Conglomerate Mesa, Panamint Valley, and areas around Death Valley, are at risk from U.S. policy proposals to fast-track new mining for so called “critical minerals.†Earthworks and allies will use this report to inform key members of California’s Congressional delegation and the Biden Administration as part of an early 2021 congressional briefing on critical minerals, and advocate for comprehensive mining reform toward a more circular economy and less new mining on public lands. | More details |
| Los Padres ForestWatch | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Defending the Los Padres National Forest from Loophole Logging | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Ventura County (Pine Mountain) Kern County (Cuddy Valley) | California | https://lpfw.org/ | The Los Padres National Forest is threatened by three planned logging projects targeting old-growth forests. Two of these projects are the subject of this request: (1) the Cuddy Valley Project, for which we are seeking funds to file an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and (2) the Pine Mountain Project, for which we are seeking funding to conduct surveys for California spotted owl and other species at risk. | More details |
| Resource Renewal Institute | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2020 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Restore Point Reyes Seashore | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Primarily, Marin County and neighboring counties. | California | https://www.rri.org/ | To delay the National Park Service’s finalization of a General Management Plan for Point Reyes National Seashore until a new, more open-minded administration and secretary of the interior are in place in Washington DC. Resource Renewal Institute will develop, gather and share extensive scientific research, documentation, expert testimony and public input with the California Coastal Commission whose own consistency determination process will influence the final Park Service decision. | More details |
| Sierra Business Council | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2020 | $4,130.00 | Sierra Nevada | "Biomass in the Sierra: A Case for Healthy Forests and Rural Economies" Outreach | Sustainable Forestry | Nevada, Sierra, Placer, El Dorado, Tuolumne, Sacramento, + presentations that reach across the state via web-based platforms. | California | www.sierrabusiness.org | SBC's recently released white paper, "Biomass in the Sierra: A Case for Healthy Forests and Rural Economies", provides a scientifically-backed look at the case for rural biomass utilization as a tool for wildfire mitigation, forest health, and rural economic development in the Sierra Nevada. The paper is being recognized by as a unique document in offering a deep look at the questions surrounding biomass and SBC is fielding frequent requests for copies of the paper as well as for presentations on its findings from key California decision makers, forestry experts, academic groups, and others. SBC is requesting funding to reprint the paper itself in order to quickly meet the demand while coordinating an effective and efficient outreach campaign via a number of meetings and presentations. | More details |
| Community Governance Partnership | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | North Coast | Cannabis Removal On Public Lands (CROP) | Sustainable Forestry | Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Siskiyou, Tehama | California | https://www.cgovpartnership.org/ | The Cannabis Removal On Public Lands (CROP) Project is a diverse, bipartisan partnership of stakeholders seeking to remove toxic, trespass cannabis grows from wild, public spaces. Our goals are to increase state and federal resources for reclamation, increase Forest Service law enforcement presence in National Forests, and increase criminal penalties for bringing toxicants onto public lands. | More details |
| Defenders of Wildlife/California | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2021 | $20,000.00 | Communications Support for Proposed Desert Conservation Program | Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Inyo, San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Imperial and San Diego counties | California | http://www.defenders.org | To support communications efforts to increase conservation investment in the California deserts region, home to the largest still-intact ecosystem in the lower 48 states. Unfortunately, California funding initiatives, including past bonds, have invested far less conservation funding into the deserts region than other areas of the state. This project will build support within the deserts region for increased funding for projects that address the impacts of climate change; protect, enhance or restore desert habitat and sacred ancestral lands of local indigenous peoples; provide public access and recreational amenities; or reduce the threats of wildfire, drought, flood and other catastrophic events. | More details | |
| Friends of Plumas Wilderness | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Building 30x30 Capacity in the Sierra-Cascade Region | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Plumas, Butte, Sierra, Lassen, Tehama, Shasta | California | https://plumaswilderness.org/ | To develop a multi-pronged lands designation campaign—including a local National Monument effort and a state-wide effort —to protect federal lands in Plumas County as a critical part of California meeting its 30x30 climate, biodiversity, and equity goals. The landscape where the Sierra Nevada and Cascades meet, often called the “Lost Sierraâ€, is largely unprotected yet biologically diverse, geologically stunning, and brimming with nationally significant cultural, historical, and recreational values. While 65% of this landscape is federal land, only 10% is protected. This makes it a key area for conservation under CA’s 30x30 initiative. Friends of Plumas Wilderness will take a leadership role for the Northern Sierra region in the Sierra Nevada 30x30 coalition and help build new partnerships around 30x30. | More details |
| Friends of the Inyo | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Conglomerate Mesa Defense | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Inyo County | California | http://www.friendsoftheinyo.org | In response to the recent escalation of efforts by a mining exploration company to facilitate the development of a cyanide heap leach gold mine on Conglomerate Mesa, the coalition working to defend and protect Conglomerate Mesa seeks funding to intensify defense and protection efforts. These efforts include on the ground marketing, press release services, consultants, and travel expenses to spread the word and get key decision makers on the ground. Conglomerate Mesa is a special place for many reasons, and its values would be destroyed by industrial cyanide heap leach mining. The Mesa is designated CDNCL, and is protected by the DRECP. It is ecologically important as a home to a thriving population of Joshua Trees and a handful of species of rare and endemic plants. Conglomerate Mesa is culturally significant, indeed sacred, to two local area tribes, both of which are steadfastly opposed to exploration or mining activities of any kind. | More details |
| Native American Land Conservancy | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2021 | $24,543.00 | Southern Desert | Coyote Hole Visitation Threat Relief Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Bernardino | California | https://www.nativeamericanland.org/ | The influx of visitors to Joshua Tree National Park and surrounding areas is creating negative impacts on the Coyote Hole Preserve. The slot canyon of the property is lined with dozens of rock art panels and the entirety of the property is rich in cultural artefacts. Climbing and increased visitation since the pandemic has resulted in damage to the rock art and unauthorized removal of cultural heritage items, now held by the National Park visitor center. This project will launch an urgently-needed volunteer site monitor corps to provide well-trained and equipped people to ensure there is no further unauthorized or harmful access to and/or use of the site. This corps will continue after the rapid response funding as it will require minimal funding from there as a volunteer program and the corps will have time to secure its funding stream. It will also enable us to consult with tribes and tribal elders to ensure the cultural heritage items are dealt with in the most appropriate manner. | More details |
| Nature For All | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2021 | $23,000.00 | Southern Coast | Importance of Public Lands and the California Citizens Redistricting Commission | Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. | California | http://www.lanatureforall.org | To advocate for public land enhancements and protections for the Angeles and Western San Bernardino National Forests as part of the congressional redistricting process. Nature for All will educate the nonpartisan California Citizens Redistricting Commission about the importance of these landscapes, and urge the commission to recognize that communities adjacent to public lands have a special interest in how they are managed and should be placed in the same congressional districts as the public lands. If Nature for All is not there to make this case, the welfare of the national forests may be ignored by the commission and hundreds of thousands of people could be disenfranchised and placed into different congressional districts than their neighboring public lands in which they hold a special interest. | More details |
| The Watershed Research and Training Center | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2021 | $23,000.00 | Statewide | Completing CA's First 5-year Prescribed Fire Strategic Plan | Sustainable Forestry | Statewide | California | https://www.thewatershedcenter.com/ | This project seeks to complete a 5-year strategic plan for advancing the use of prescribed fire in CA with proposed funding to support critical tasks including legal review and revisions, overall content editing, integration of state and federal land, air and fire management agency priorities, and final layout and formatting for publication. This plan will become the guiding framework for policy and cooperative investments on behalf of the CA state agencies (CAL FIRE, CA Air Resources Board, etc.), the federal land management agencies (US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service) and their partners in the conservation sector, tribes and other allies over the years to come, providing a shared platform to align energy and resources towards more good fire in CA. | More details |
| Walker Basin Conservancy | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2021 | $22,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protecting the Bodie Hills Using Science and Stakeholder Engagement | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Mono County, CA | California | https://www.walkerbasin.org/ | This project will help defend the Rough Creek watershed within the Bodie Hills from proposed exploratory gold mining by collecting data on the status of Rough Creek and developing partnerships with key stakeholders to strengthen the case for protection. | More details |
| Friends of the Eel River | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2022 | $15,000.00 | North Coast | No Coal In Humboldt | Environmental Justice ; Environmental Health and Toxics ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Sonoma, Marin | California | https://eelriver.org/ | To coordinate with agencies including the North Coast Railroad Authority, regional city and county municipalities, and the Coastal Commission, and gather evidence to oppose the approval of a coal train right-of-way along the Eel River and the potential development of a coal terminal port in Humboldt Bay. The grand vision of the Great Redwood Trail, the longest rail-trail in the nation, through the rugged Eel River Canyon, is under threat. Coal interests in the Powder River Basin and the Mendocino Railroad have indicated their interest in purchasing the line to transport bulk coal to the coast. A coal train through the Eel River Canyon poses a direct threat to water and air quality along the Wild and Scenic river, endangering sensitive species including steelhead, Chinook and Coho salmon. A broad coalition, No Coal In Humboldt, has formed to prevent the coal train development through the sensitive Eel River Canyon. | More details |
| National Parks Conservation Association | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2022 | $17,000.00 | Southern Deserts | Colorado Desert Public Lands Project | Environmental Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Imperial County ; Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | https://www.npca.org/ | To inventory open space areas, assess community needs and viewpoints in local park-poor communities, and work to craft a proposed solution that protects natural and cultural resources, while increasing access to desperately park-poor communities in the East Coachella Valley and elsewhere in the California portion of the Colorado Desert. The Colorado Desert area, comprising the desert portions of Riverside County, as well as Imperial County and parts of southeastern San Bernardino County, has some of the most important wildlife habitat that would ensure California’s climate resilience. It is a critical landscape adjacent to the Colorado River encompassing all of California’s Sonoran Desert. Through the Colorado Desert Public Lands Project, NPCA will work in coalition to help protect these critical wildlands. | More details |
| Resource Renewal Institute | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2022 | $7,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Restore Point Reyes Seashore: Seizing the moment for the park, the planet and the public | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change and Energy ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County, CA, where Point Reyes National Seashore is located. | California | https://www.rri.org/ | To build on growing local and national advocacy campaigns to oppose the recently approved management plan for Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS). Based on incomplete and inaccurate data, the approved plan locks in ranching operations on public lands in perpetuity, largely ignoring climate change, water quality impacts and extreme drought conditions. In revising the management plan for PRNS, the Park Service ignored 90% of public comments and the overwhelming opposition of over 60 environmental organizations representing millions of members. A successful outcome could provide a blueprint for other grassroots organizations to combat commercial resource extraction in National Parks. (Revised description based on grant award). | More details |
| Taxpayers for Common Sense | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2022 | $35,000.00 | Statewide | Wildfire Resilience Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change and Energy | Statewide | California | https://www.taxpayer.net/ | To provide analysis and educational outreach to agency and policymaker staff on the importance of prioritizing resilience and mitigation in wildfire planning and budgeting during a critical period of the wildfire debate. With the passage of significant new federal spending for wildfire and forest management, federal agencies and Congress are now tasked with deciding how this money will be spent. TCS will use their well-respected and trusted voice to inform and engage with the U.S. Forest Service on their wildfire crisis strategy; conduct rapid response analysis and educational outreach on congressional wildfire proposals and spending debates; and distribute their educational analysis to target audiences, including policymakers, the press, and national and local advocacy groups. | More details |
| The Environmental Center of San Diego | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2022 | $24,000.00 | San Diego Area | San Diego 30x30 Reboot | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change and Energy | San Diego County | California | https://sandiegoeco.org/ | To revitalize and expand the San Diego 30x30 Regional Working Group by increasing outreach, engaging more organizations, improving communication and collaboration, and increasing group effectiveness. This will allow the Environmental Center of San Diego to build a diverse, effective, and organized coalition ready to leverage state funding as it becomes available and steer it towards the most strategic regional conservation projects. The grant supports hiring a part-time organizer to revitalize the working group, increase the coalition’s effectiveness and collaboration, expand the group to include new and more diverse constituencies, and improve outreach and communication about 30x30 to key local officials and the general public. | More details |
| Tuleyome | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2022 | $35,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Save Condor (Walker) Ridge | Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change and Energy ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Economic Development | Statewide ; Colusa County ; Glenn County ; Lake County ; Mendocino County ; Napa County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; Siskiyou County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Yolo County | California | https://www.tuleyome.org/ | To design and implement a multilingual communications, education and outreach plan and conduct an Objects of Interest study to support a campaign to protect Condor Ridge (also known as Molok Luyuk or Walker Ridge). Molok Luyuk is one of the most important areas of rare serpentine plant habitat in the state, and hosts over 30 rare species. The area is threatened by fragmented management under both BLM and the Forest Service, which makes it vulnerable to recurring proposals for industrial-scale wind energy installations, rampant illegal OHV use, and neglect. The ultimate goal is to include Molok Luyuk as part of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, establish tribal co-management, and ensure effective stewardship of the Monument through a comprehensive management plan. The current campaign will educate the public and decision makers about Molok Luyuk, engage them with the area, and build urgency for protecting it. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2023 | $35,000.00 | North Central & East | National Monument Campaign for Medicine Lake Highlands and Protection of its Vital Aquifer | Environmental Justice;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Modoc County;Shasta County;Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To work in collaboration with the Pit River Tribe to defend and protect the unique, pristine, culturally significant, hydrologically vital, sacred Medicine Lake Highlands from desecration by landscape-fragmenting industrial geothermal development—through ongoing legal efforts with Stanford Environmental Law Clinic to end the geothermal leases, and through participation in a collaborative work plan for a tribally-led National Monument campaign. To also engage in related efforts to build support for the National Monument designation, including advocating with state and federal agencies for Outstanding National Resource Waters designation of the immense volcanic aquifer, source of the Fall River Springs, California's largest spring system; participating in California's 30x30 strategy through the Power in Nature Coalition and Far Northern California Work Group; and conducting outreach with environmental organizations and local communities. | More details |
| Environmental Council of Sacramento | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2023 | $34,550.00 | Sacramento Valley | Save Sacramento's Farmland! | Environmental Health and Toxics;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Climate Change and Energy;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Sacramento County;Sutter County | California | https://www.ecosacramento.net/ | To defeat the proposed development of the Airport South Industrial Project (ASIP) in the Natomas Basin through extensive outreach and engagement with the public and elected officials. ASIP seeks to turn 450 acres of agricultural land into over 6 million square feet of industrial warehouses. It would be inconsistent with City and County General Plans by developing land zoned for agriculture. And it would be inconsistent with the community’s intention to preserve habitat, agriculture, and open space, as expressed in the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (NBHCP) and the Sacramento County Urban Services Boundary, both established in the 1990s. Stopping ASIP could curtail future development of other, much larger projects that present similar issues. Environmental Council of Sacramento will conduct extensive outreach and engagement with the public and elected officials to build an organized and motivated public response to the DEIR. | More details |
| Community Governance Partnership | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2023 | $35,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Placer County Area Polling Project | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Other | Nevada County;Placer County;Sacramento County | California | https://www.cgovpartnership.org/ | To conduct polling and public opinion research of 2000 independent and decline-to-state voters in Placer, Nevada and Northern Sacramento County to provide key data on messaging and issue focus. The goal of the project is to discover what aspects of messaging around conservation, community, and regional social and environmental issues gain public traction and resonate with a centrist and independent audience. The data and related analysis will have broad geographical applications and will be shared with funders and organizations seeking to develop forward-looking conservation policies in the Placer County area and in other regions of the state. | More details |
| Move LA | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Statewide | Campaign to Achieve CA's Climate Goals By Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled | Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Climate Change and Energy;Other | Statewide;Los Angeles County | California | https://www.movela.org/ | To launch a grassroots-led coalition building and broad-based digital communications campaign to achieve California’s aggressive climate goals with equitable and affordable multi-modal transportation, smart growth strategies, and efforts to get people to drive less. Driving in California produces more planet-heating gasses than every power plant and the state’s entire building sector combined, and unless we reduce car usage by 25% by 2030, we will not meet the carbon reduction targets set by the State, even if we achieve vehicle electrification goals. | More details |
| The Watershed Research and Training Center | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2023 | $33,000.00 | Statewide | Balancing fire restoration and protection of public health in EPA's PM 2.5 rulemaking | Environmental Health and Toxics;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Statewide | California | https://www.thewatershedcenter.com/ | In early January 2023, the EPA proposed a rule to reduce the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM2.5). This action is intended to improve public health, but would inadvertently curtail the use of prescribed fire and cultural burning, some of the only tools available to help reduce wildfire smoke. The Watershed Research & Training Center (WRTC) will develop proposed policy solutions that will protect both the use of prescribed fire and the public health and build a coalition to advocate for regulatory or statutory changes in order to submit a comment letter to the EPA for this rulemaking. | More details |
| NextGen Policy | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2023 | $8,800.00 | Statewide | VMT Policy Roadmap | Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Climate Change and Energy;Housing | Statewide | California | https://www.nextgenpolicy.org/ | To draft a brief, technically-grounded, and highly practicable study that can serve as a policy roadmap for non-governmental organizations to facilitate the implementation of California’s Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) reduction goals. The study's main goal is to show that realistically available policy hooks exist that can effectively reduce per capita VMT and carry massive public benefits. | More details |
| California Environmental Voters Education Fund | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2023 | $35,000.00 | Statewide | Building Public Awareness and Engagement for Environmental Protection and Biodiversity | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Statewide | California | https://envirovotersedfund.org/ | To increase public awareness of the importance of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and empower local communities – especially marginalized communities and communities of color – in land use decisions. To use digital education strategy, incorporating social media and advertisements, and engaged the media to pitch news topics to shift the public narrative around CEQA so that it is clear that it must remain a strong climate mitigation policy to ensure that communities build a resilient future for the next generation. They will also engage with coalition partners to develop a coordinated strategy to educate policymakers and build support for maintaining a strong CEQA. | More details |
| National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers | California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund | 2023 | $35,000.00 | Statewide | 23rd Annual NATHPO Conference | Environmental Education;Environmental Justice;Environmental Health and Toxics;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Climate Change and Energy;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Statewide | California | https://www.nathpo.org/ | To host the 23rd Annual NATHPO Conference Feb. 13-17, 2023 -- the first in-person gathering of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, Tribes, federal agencies and related organizations since 2018. T THPOs work to build constituencies and secure stronger protections for public lands; protect landscapes of concern from sprawling development; safeguard existing conservation protections on public lands; defend against projects impacting National Forest, National Park, National Wildlife Refuge, and BLM lands; and advocate for strong agency rulemaking standards related to their Tribes. This convening will educate, inform and unite THPOs nationwide; including a large contingent of California-based THPOs, in fact 24% of all Tribes with a THPO are located California. | More details |
| Community ORV Watch | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Southern Desert | Stop Off Road Vehicle Abuse Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.orvwatchkerncounty.com | To protect wilderness areas; critical habitat; fragile soils; and riparian habitats from off-road vehicle damage in the Mojave Desert. | More details |
| Environment in the Public Interest | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast | Carrizo Plain Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.epicenteronline.org/ | To help ensure permit compliance; through citizen monitoring and watchdogging; for industrial-scale solar power plants being developed on Central California's Carrizo Plain. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte Conservation Council | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | Lake Earl Protection Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://fodn.org | To support legal action that defends the State of California's right to restore normal water level fluctuations in Lake Earl and thereby protect the West Coast's largest coastal lagoon. | More details |
| Friends of the Swainson's Hawk | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | CEQA Action Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.swainsonshawk.org | To support the use of the CEQA mitigation process to protect hawk habitat in the Central Valley. | More details |
| Habitat 2020 | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | California Heartland Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sacramento County | California | http://www.habitat2020.org | To create a connected network of parks; preserves; and conservation easements to protect open space and unique biodiversity in the Sacramento Valley. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | Linkages and Strongholds Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://www.klamathforestalliance.org/ | To use GIS mapping of vital wildlife connectivity corridors; including watersheds; ridges; and Roadless areas to strengthen the case for protecting core critical habitat and wilderness areas in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion. | More details |
| Morongo Basin Conservation Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,500.00 | Southern Desert | Morongo Basin Conservation Priorities Mapping Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Bernardino County | California | http://www.mbconservation.org/ | To restore and maintain a web-based mapping application that informs conservation efforts and growth planning and decision-making in the Morongo Basin. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,500.00 | North Central & East | Mount Shasta Bioregion Protection Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org | To protect the Mount Shasta bioregion through grassroots organizing; input into public agency planning processes; and a print; web and social media education/outreach campaign. | More details |
| North County Watch | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast | Santa Margarita Ranch Litigation | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.northcountywatch.org | To support litigation challenging San Luis Obispo County's approval of development on 13000 acres of mixed oak woodland; chaparral; and native grasslands in the Santa Margarita Ranch; which surrounds the town of the same name. | More details |
| Sacramento River Preservation Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | North Central & East | Sacramento River Road Show | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County | California | http://www.sacrivertrust.org/ | To educate Californians about the importance and fragility of the Sacramento River; the longest river in the state. | More details |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sugar Pine Restoration | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org | To support three tree plantings that will involve 240 middle school students in planting 500 blight-resistant sugar pine seedlings on five acres of U.S. Forest Service land northeast of Truckee near Lake Tahoe. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org | To support litigation to prevent the expansion of a golf course within Washoe Meadows State Park; and research to promote a more sustainable alternative solution. (Emergency Grant) | More details |
| Wild Equity Institute | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2012 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Big Year Program | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Francisco County | California | http://www.wildequity.org | To support the Big Year Program; a competitive event to engage high and middle school students in San Francisco; San Mateo and Marin counties in learning about and protecting endangered species in Golden Gate National Recreation Area. | More details |
| Atascadero Land Preservation Society | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | Southern Coast | Three Bridges Oak Preserve | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://supportalps.org/ALPS/About_Us.html | To build a two to three mile hiking; biking; and equestrian trail system on a 103-acre parcel of undeveloped oak woodlands and chaparral on the outskirts of Atascadero recently acquired by ALPS and the city for use as a public park. The trails are designed to protect natural resources and minimize impacts to fragile ecosystems and will ultimately link to the nearby Los Padres National Forest. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Outreach Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | To support an outreach coordinator who will work to strengthen and build local alliances in support of the General Plan update proposals in Calaveras County. | More details |
| Community ORV Watch | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,500.00 | Southern Desert | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Bernadino County | California | http://www.orvwatch.com/ | To protect private and public land in and near the Mojave Desert; including Native American sacred sites; from off-road vehicle abuse through public education; research; law enforcement; public outreach; advocacy; policy analysis; conservation/restoration of damaged lands; and the installation of historic/cultural interpretation and informational kiosks. | More details |
| Eel River Recovery Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,500.00 | North Coast | Expanding Eel River Wilderness and Protecting Existing Ones | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://www.eelriverrecovery.org/ | To work with government agencies and the public to protect and expand wilderness areas in the Eel River and Van Duzen watersheds. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Restore the Yuba Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org/ | To coordinate a network of environmental and angler/wildlife NGOs participating in the federal relicensing of 25 hydropower dams on the Yuba; Bear and American Rivers in order to advance environmental and clean water goals. | More details |
| Friends of Tesla Park | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Save Tesla Park - GP/DEIR Comment Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.teslapark.org/ | To hire legal and technical experts to prepare comments on the draft General Plan and EIS to challenge the Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area's expansion into 3000 acres of public lands known as Tesla Park. | More details |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Wildlands Advocacy Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sierra County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org | To protect natural resources and wildlands in Sierra and Plumas counties from premature and unwise development. | More details |
| Inland Empire Waterkeeper | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,500.00 | Southern Coast | ENCOR Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Riverside County | California | http://www.iewaterkeeper.org/ | To improve water quality on the Santa Ana River and tributaries in the city of Riversides by advocating for greater public access; and consequently increasing recreational use which will promote the river as an important natural resource. | More details |
| Middle Mountain Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sutter Buttes Regional Conservation and Stewardship Program Expansion | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sutter County | California | http://www.middlemountain.org/ | To protect farmland and open space in the Sutter Buttes area from development through public education and land acquisition and to support MMF's national Land Trust Alliance accreditation. | More details |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Save Mountain Meadows | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Lassen County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | To protect the upper watershed of the Hamilton Branch of the North Fork Feather River know as Mountain Meadows by helping private land owners improve and restore the meadow and streams. | More details |
| MyValleySprings.com | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | On the Record 2013 Video Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://www.myvalleysprings.com | To continue support for On the Record; a public; on-line video archive of meetings of the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors; Planning commission and other land use planning related bodies. | More details |
| Sierra County Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Public Outreach/Ranger Program | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | http://www.sierracountylandtrust.org | To support the public outreach/ranger program on SCLT's lands in the Sierra Buttes/Lakes Basin. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect Washoe Meadows Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://washoemeadowscommunity.org/ | To support advocacy and organizing to protect Washoe Meadows State Park and its natural; cultural and recreational resources from the impacts of a proposed state park status downgrade; which would allow the expansion of a golf course into fragile riparian areas. | More details |
| WildPlaces | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2013 | $3,500.00 | Central Valley | Tule Wildlands/River Docent and Outreach Project | Environmental Education | Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net | To recruit and train a local docent; who will manage and train river ambassadors (50 percent of whom are young people) to educate community members and visitors about the importance of the Tule River ecosystem; which is burdened with trash and other forms of pollution; and gang-related tagging. | More details |
| Alliance for Community Transformations | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | OUTside Mariposa Wilderness Hikes | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Mariposa County | California | http://www.ethosmariposa.org | More details | |
| Anza-Borrego Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Southern Coast | Colorado Desert Natural History Symposium | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Diego County | California | http://theabf.org/ | More details | |
| Backcountry Horsemen of California; Los Padres Unit | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | Stony Creek Trail Celebration | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.bchc-lpunit.org/ | More details | |
| Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Put the Brakes on Caltrans | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://headwaterspreserve.org/ | For the ''Put the Brakes on Caltrans'' campaign to support grassroots environmental activists challenging ecologically devastating highway projects in Richardson Grove State Park (Humboldt County); the Smith River Corridor (Del Norte County) and the Willits Bypass (Mendocino County); all inside California's fragile and unique North Coast. | More details |
| Burrowing Owl Preservation Society | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Burrowing Owl Census | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Yolo County Sacramento County Placer County Solano County Santa Cruz County | California | http://burrowingowlpreservation.org/ | To census nesting pairs of Burrowing Owls in Yolo County to monitor population trends for conservation planning in order to influence county planning processes; including the Habitat Conservation Plan. | More details |
| California/Nevada Desert Report | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | Southern Coast | Desert Report | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Imperial County Kern County Los Angeles County Orange County Riverside County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Luis Obispo County Santa Barbara County Ventura County | California | http://www.desertreport.org/ | To support the writing and publication of The Desert Report; a 24-page quarterly that describes current issues facing the deserts of CA and NV and advocates for the conservation and protection of these fragile ecosystems. | More details |
| Californians for Western Wilderness | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Visions of the Wild: Connecting Nature; Culture & Community - Vallejo; California; September 3-6; 2014 | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Solano County | California | http://www.caluwild.org/ | More details | |
| Center on Race; Poverty & the Environment | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Connecting Environmental Justice and Environmental Conservation | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kern County Tulare County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/ | More details | |
| Community Action Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Outreach Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Amador County Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com/ | To support an outreach coordinator to organize community support for Calaveras County General Plan revisions that promote conservation and sustainability. | More details |
| Community ORV Watch | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kern County San Bernardino County | California | http://www.orvwatch.com/ | To support public education; research; organizing; policy development and advocacy; and regulatory and restoration efforts to protect public and private land from irresponsible off-road-vehicle use. | More details |
| Condor Trail Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Southern Coast | Condor Trail | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kern County Los Angeles County Monterey County San Francisco County San Luis Obispo County Santa Barbara County Ventura County | California | http://www.condortrail.com/ | To support the creation of a 425-mile hiking trail through the Los Padres National Forest, the majority of the trail would traverse a designated wilderness area and 28 miles would follow national Wild and Scenic Rivers. | More details |
| Condor Trail Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | Condor Trail Wilderness Celebration and Stewardship | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.condortrail.com/ | More details | |
| EcoFlight | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Southern Desert | California Desert Wild Lands Overflights | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | http://www.ecoflight.org/ | More details | ||
| Eel River Recovery Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,500.00 | North Coast | 2014-2015 Wilderness Clean Up and Expansion Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County Mendocino County Trinity County | California | http://www.eelriverrecovery.org/ | To clean up illegal marijuana grow sites in designated Wilderness Areas within the Eel River basin. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Restore the Yuba: Coordination of Interlinked Hydropower Negotiations | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County Nevada County Placer County Yuba County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org/ | To protect and restore 300 river miles of the Yuba watershed through participation in two federally enforceable hydropower relicensing processes and other collaborative negotiation venues. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte Conservation Council | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Restoring the West's Largest Coastal Lagoon to Wildness | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://fodn.org/fodn/ | To support legal challenges aimed at wining permanent protection and restoration of the wildlands and wetlands of the Lake Earl lagoon region. | More details |
| Friends of Del Norte Conservation Council | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Del Norte/Siskiyou Wilderness Celebration | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://fodn.org/fodn/ | More details | |
| Friends of the Swainson's Hawk | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,300.00 | Sacramento Valley | Collaboration for Effective Habitat Conservation | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.swainsonshawk.org/ | To support the creation of a network of grassroots activists and organizations in the Central Valley working to protect habitat for Swainson's Hawks and other species through mitigation programs; land use planning and advocacy at the local and state level; litigation; organizing; outreach; and environmental education. | More details |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Plumas County General Plan Update Court Challenge | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Plumas County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org/ | To mount a legal challenge to Plumas County's General Plan Update; which will allow environmentally irresponsible development. | More details |
| Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Southern Desert | Joshua Tree National Park Art Exposition 2014 | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Bernardino County | California | http://www.jtnparts.org/ | More details | |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,500.00 | North Coast | Defending Wildlife and Wild Places of Northern California | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County Humboldt County Lassen County Modoc County Shasta County Siskiyou County Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org/ | To use advocacy; organizing; public education; agency watchdogging; scientific research; hands-on restoration; and litigation to defend old growth forests and promote the establishment of wildlife corridors in far northern California. | More details |
| Los Padres Forest Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | Wilderness Celebration at Big Sur Station | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.lpforest.org/ | More details | |
| Mojave Desert Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,000.00 | Southern Desert | Keeping the Wild; Wild- Ranger Training Program | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Bernardino County | California | http://www.mojavedesertlandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| Mojave National Preserve Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Southern Desert | The Wilderness in the Dark Night Sky | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Bernardino County | California | http://www.mojavepreserve.org/ | More details | |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Collaboration for Mountain Meadows Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Lassen County Plumas County | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org/ | To expand and facilitate the Mountain Meadows Watershed Group to identify consensus approaches to wildlands and watershed protections in the Upper Feather River Watershed. | More details |
| Portola and Castle Rock Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,470.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Park Stewardship Volunteer Training | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Mateo County Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.portolaandcastlerockfound.org/ | To train eight State Park volunteers to walk trails; and engage and educate visitors at Portola Redwoods and Castle Rock State Parks. | More details |
| Safe Alternatives for Our Forest Environment | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Trinity County Wilderness Celebrations | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Trinity County | California | http://safealt.org/ | More details | |
| San Gorgonio Wilderness Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Southern Desert | Celebrating Wilderness | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Bernardino County | California | http://www.sgwa.org/ | More details | |
| Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Southern Coast | Chiguita Canyon Landfill Expansion Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.scope.org/ | To work with the Val Verde community to stop the planned expansion of the Chiquita Canyon landfill in northern Los Angele County; which threatens the water quality of the Santa Clara River and the health of local residents. | More details |
| Shoshone Museum Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Shoshone Museum Association Celebrates 50 years of the Wilderness Act | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Inyo County | California | More details | ||
| Sierra County Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Public Outreach Ranger Program | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | http://www.sierracountylandtrust.org/ | To continue support for a Land Trust ranger who carries out public education; trail maintenance; safety; and interpretive programs in the Sierra Buttes/Lakes Basin area. | More details |
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | Smith River Estuary Enhancement Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://siskiyouland.org/ | To reduce or eliminate Easter lily producer pesticide use that is destroying the health of the Smith River estuary. | More details |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sugar Pine Restoration in Tahoe | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Placer County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org/ | To support forest health and restoration field trips that will give 200 North Tahoe School District fifth graders the opportunity to plant 1500 rust blight resistant sugar pine seedlings in recently thinned forests on California Tahoe Conservancy land near Kings Beach. | More details |
| Trees Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | Coho Confab | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County Humboldt County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org/ | To support the 17th annual Coho Confab; which will bring educators; community members; and landowners together with scientists; experienced restoration workers; agency staff; tribal members; and other experts to provide the inspiration; knowledge; and hands-on skills needed to aid in watershed recovery for Coho; Chinook; and steelhead salmon populations and their habitats. | More details |
| Upper Merced River Watershed Council | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Mariposa County Wildlands Fuels Reduction Campaign | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Mariposa County | California | http://www.merced-river.org/ | To support a fuels reduction program aimed at private landowners in the Upper Merced watershed; which will include a how-to manual; a daylong education program; and creation of five pilot fuels reduction neighborhood groups. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect Washoe Meadows Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org/ | To support two law suits and scientific data collection aimed at halting new golf course development on ecologically sensitive areas within the Washoe Meadows State Park. | More details |
| WildPlaces | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Tule Wildlands/River Docent Project 2014 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kern County Tulare County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net/ | To support that Tule River Docent/Rio Limpio Project to conduct on-site river outreach events to reduce trash; improve personal responsibility and river safety; reduce risk of catastrophic fire events; and educate the public about rivers; water; conservation; and recreation. | More details |
| Hispanic Access Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2014 | $4,500.00 | National | Discover the Desert Tour | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://hispanicaccess.org/ | More details | ||
| Back to Natives Restoration | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,500.00 | Southern Coast | Back to Natives Cleveland National Forest Habitat Restoration Program | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Orange County_x000B_Riverside County | California | http://www.backtonatives.org/ | To support restoration; stewardship; and monitoring habitat in the San Mateo Wilderness (Cleveland National Forest) that engages urban youth via field internships and training opportunities. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Shasta County_x000B_Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org/ | To gather and analyze long-term water quality data in the Battle Creek watershed of the Sierra-Cascades in order to monitor the impacts of clearcutting; salvage logging; and other irresponsible forestry practices and challenge these practices._x000B_ | More details |
| Blue Ridge-Berryessa Partnership | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Encouraging Cooperative Management of Invasive Species | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Napa County_x000B_Yolo County_x000B_Solano County_x000B_Lake County_x000B_Colusa County | California | http://www.brbna.org/ | To bring resource professionals; land managers and land owners together to collaboratively address invasives in the Blue Ridge-Berryessa Natural Area (Napa; Yolo; Solano; Lake; and Colusa Counties). | More details |
| Community ORV Watch | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Southern Desert_x000B_Inland Empire | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Bernardino County_x000B_Kern County | California | http://www.orvwatch.com/ | To protect private and public lands and Native American sacred sites in the Southern Desert from off-road-vehicle abuse by working in coalition with local and regional stakeholders. | More details |
| Condor Trail Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Southern Coast | Completion of MOU Process | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Ventura County, Santa Barbara County, San Luis Obispo County, Kern County, Monterey County | California | http://www.condortrail.com/ | To support the creation of a 425-mile hiking trail through the Los Padres National Forest, the majority of the trail would traverse a designated wilderness area and 28 miles would follow national Wild and Scenic Rivers. | More details |
| Eel River Recovery Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,500.00 | North Coast | Eel River Wilderness Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County_x000B_Mendocino County_x000B_Trinity County | California | http://www.eelriverrecovery.org/ | To develop the Eel River Wilderness Project; a multi-pronged strategy to expand wilderness areas along the Eel River in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties. | More details |
| Environmental Center of San Luis Obispo | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Central Coast | Docent Program Expansion | Environmental Education | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://ecoslo.org/ | To train and increase the expertise and number of docents who will serve as environmental stewards and lead interpretive hikes at natural spaces in the city of San Luis Obispo. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Restore the Yuba and Bear Rivers: Coordination of Interlinked Hydropower Negotiations | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | El Dorado County_x000B_Nevada County_x000B_Placer County_x000B_Sutter County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org/ | To protect and restore 300 river miles of the Yuba watershed through participation in two federally enforceable hydropower relicensing processes and other collaborative negotiation venues. | More details |
| Golden State Flycasters /Trout Unlimited Chapter 920 | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Southern Coast | Trout Population Survey by Underwater Videography | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Diego County | California | http://www.goldenstateflycasters.org/ | To conduct habitat surveys and collect real time quantitative data on trout populations in river pools in Southern California. | More details |
| Habitat 2020 | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,900.00 | Sacramento Valley | SACOG Regional Conservation Plan | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County_x000B_El Dorado County_x000B_Sacramento County_x000B_Sutter County_x000B_Yolo County _x000B_Yuba County | California | http://www.habitat2020.org/ | To participate in an ongoing planning initiative with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments and diverse regional stakeholders develop a regional open space conservation strategy for agriculture; wildlife habitat; education; and recreation. | More details |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sierra County_x000B_Plumas County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org/ | To protect natural resources and wildlands in Plumas County by challenging environmentally unsound revisions to the county General Plan. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Protect Medicine Lake Highlands and Aquifer Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Modoc County_x000B_Shasta County_x000B_Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To protect the Medicine Lake and its pristine aquifer from massive geothermal energy extraction._x000B_ | More details |
| MyValleySprings.com | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | On the Record 2015 (OTR-15) | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County_x000B_Amador County_x000B_El Dorado County_x000B_Tuolumne County | California | http://myvalleysprings.com/ | To support On the Record; a collaborative project to produce and post videos of local government agency and land use planning meetings on line in order to engage the public in key planning decisions and ensure transparency in decision-making. | More details |
| Sacramento River Discovery Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $2,500.00 | North Central & East | Creating a Showcase for a California Big Tree - Gooddings Black Willow | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Tehama County | California | http://www.sacramentoriverdiscoverycenter.com/ | To preserve and restore a portion of the Red Bluff Recreation Area of the Mendocino National Forest through invasives removal; planting of native flora; and creation of a trail to a specimen Goodding's Black Willow tree._x000B_ | More details |
| Save Auburn Ravine Salmon and Steelhead | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County_x000B_Sutter County | California | http://www.sarsas.org/ | To return salmon and steelhead to a 33-mile length of the Auburn Ravine through restoration; collaboration; and providing a fish ladder and fish screen for Hemphill Dam. | More details |
| Sierra County Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Public Outreach/Ranger Program | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | http://www.sierracountylandtrust.org/ | To support a public outreach and ranger project on open space lands in the Sierra Buttes/Lakes Basin area of Sierra County. | More details |
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $3,500.00 | North Coast | Smith River Estuary Enhancement Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Del Norte County_x000B_Humboldt County | California | http://siskiyouland.org/ | To protect the Smith River estuary and salmonid streams in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties by reducing or eliminating the use of highly toxic pesticides in Easter lily bulb production. | More details |
| Stop Clearcutting Campaign | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Sustainable Forestry | Sacramento County | California | http://www.sierraclub.org/clearcutting/ | To organize public pressure to compel the Sacramento City Council to pass a resolution opposing clearcutting. This effort is part of a statewide campaign to halt clearcutting by enlisting cities; counties; water districts; and other entities to oppose the practice._x000B_ | More details |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Planting in the American Fire | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Placer County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org/ | To support 100 volunteers planting 1200 sugar pines and restoring 40 acres of Tahoe National Forest lands in the American Fire burn scar near Foresthill CA. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,900.00 | North Coast | Partners for Restoration of Unique Coastal Wildlands | Environmental Education | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org/ | To carry out targeted; urgently needed dune and wetland restoration along the ecologically and culturally rich Tolowa Coast. Restoration activities will encourage children; students; and families to become environmental stewards through experiential; hands-on learning. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2015 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect Washoe Meadows Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org/ | To support two lawsuits and scientific data collection aimed at halting new golf course development on ecologically sensitive areas within the Washoe Meadows State Park and the downgrading of the Park itself._x000B_ | More details |
| 29 Palms Artists Guild | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | To create a late April multidisciplinary art project that centers on an area of specific cultural significance to four of the tribes (Cahuilla; Chemehuevi; Mojave; and Serrano) affiliated with Joshua Tree National Park. | California | http://www.29palmsartgallery.com | Sand to Stone: Contemporary Native American Art in Joshua Tree | More details | |||
| Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | To lead a community field trip to John Muir Woods in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to introduce low income East Oakland youth and their families to celebrate and experience the National Parks Centennial. | California | http://www.anvfarm.org | Community Field Trip for Youth and Families of Color from East Oakland to Celebrate our National Parks' Centennial | More details | |||
| Art of Survival Century | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | To support the May 28; 2016; 100-mile-bike ride from TuleLake CA to Klamath Falls OR to celebrate Lava Beds National Monument and the Tule Lake Unit of the National Park Service. | California | http://survivalcentury.com/ | Art of Survival Century bicycle ride | More details | |||
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,000.00 | North Central & East | To gather and analyze long-term water quality data in the Battle Creek watershed of the Sierra-Cascades in order to monitor and challenge the impacts of irresponsible forestry practices. | Sustainable Forestry | Shasta County Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | General Support | More details |
| Bigfoot Trail Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | To establish citizen science photo monitoring in the Klamath Mountain wilderness areas along the 360-mile-long Bigfoot Trail. The project will establish a baseline for monitoring climate change; create a citizen science experience for trail users; and develop a deeper sense of place for wilderness hikers. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Tehama County Trinity County Siskiyou County Del Norte County | California | http://bigfoottrail.org/ | Climate Change and Citizen Science Along the Bigfoot Trail | More details |
| California Native Plant Society | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,200.00 | To support a Fall 2016 Centennial-focused; two-day workshop at Joshua Tree National Park focused on the Joshua tree and its associated desert habitat that will highlight the role the National Parks Service plays in preserving this ancient species and its iconic landscapes. | California | http://www.cnps.org | The Joshua Tree Workshop | More details | |||
| California Safe Schools | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | To provide low income children from the LA Unified School District and their families direct nature experience via Summer 2016 Centennial celebration-focused field trips to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. | California | http://www.calisafe.org | California Safe Schools Nuturing Students with Nature | More details | |||
| California/Nevada Desert Report | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | Southern Coast | To support the Desert Report; a 24-page quarterly publication that educates the public about CA deserts and advocates for conversation and preservation of native habitat. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Imperial County Kern County Los Angeles County Orange County Riverside County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Luis Obispo County Santa Barbara County Ventura County | California | http://www.desertreport.org/ | Sierra Club California-Nevada Desert Report | More details |
| Center on Race; Poverty & the Environment | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | To support an August 2016 Centennial-focused field trip; with bilingual guides; to Yosemite National Park; for low income Kern County residents who have never been able to visit the park before. Co-sponsored with the Leadership Center for Justice and Accountability. | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org | Bridge the Gap! Kern County Communities Celebrate the National Parks Centennial | More details | |||
| City Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | To support a Centennial celebration hike in the proposed Rim of the Valley expansion of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area; providing community outreach and engagement; transportation; interpretive materials and programming; and food and drinks for participants from low-income communities of color in Los Angeles. | California | http://www.cityprojectca.org | NPS Centennial Celebration Hike in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to support Rim of the Valley and Transit to Trails | More details | |||
| Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | To support research; analysis; and mobilizing grassroots opposition to extensive road widening and realignment projects in Northern California that threaten the Smith River Canyon and Richardson Grove State Park and to advance planning for green; sustainable transportation systems in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties. | Del Norte County Humboldt County | California | http://www.transportationpriorities.org | General Support | More details | ||
| Coast Action Group | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | North Coast | To support a legal challenge to new state regulations for the creation of Working Forest Management Plan(s) that undercut the purpose of 2013 state legislation aimed at strengthening environmental protections for two to four million acres of private forest land. | Sustainable Forestry | Mendocino County Sonoma County Humboldt County | California | http://rcwa.us/cag/index.html | Forest Management Litigation Plans | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | To continue to challenge the proposed update of the Calaveras County General Plan and to develop a General Plan alternative rooted in environmental protection and community accountability. | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com/ | Preparing a General Plan Alternative Stage 1: Information Gathering | More details |
| Community Hiking Club | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $1,750.00 | To support a community art show celebrating the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. | California | http://communityhikingclub.org/ | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | More details | |||
| Concerned Citizens for Clean Air | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | Central Coast | To support restoration and litigation aimed at reducing air pollution from hazardous dust and habitat damage resulting from off-road vehicle use in the Oceano Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Park in San Luis Obispo County. Off-road vehicle use is destroying dune structure; native vegetation; wildlands; and creating unsafe air quality. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Luis Obispo County | California | http://nipomomesa-air.org/ | Litigation Support | More details |
| Condor Trail Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | To construct a new; sustainable trail route for the Potholes Trail and restore the Agua Blanca Trail; both on the southern end of the Condor Trail; and to support the development of a membership program. | Ventura County Santa Barbara County San Luis Obispo County | California | http://www.condortrail.com | Condor Trail | More details | ||
| Cuesta College Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | For Centennial-celebration focused backpacking trips to Yosemite or other iconic California national parks as course activities for low-income Cuesta College students; who would not able to afford to take part otherwise. | California | http://www.cuesta.edu | First-Time Backpacking Experience for Low-Income Students | More details | |||
| EarthTeam | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | To support 20+ high school students of color from EarthTeam's 2016 Sustainable Youth Internships program to participate in a camping trip to Yosemite in August 2016 for the Park's official Centennial Celebrations for. Campers will participate in special events organized by the park staff and make presentations about their experiences at their high schools after the school year begins. | California | http://www.earthteam.net | Leaf Hiking Series 2016: Celebrating the Centennial At Yosemite National Park | More details | |||
| Eel River Recovery Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | North Coast | To support the Eel River Wilderness Project; a multi-pronged strategy to expand wilderness areas along the Eel River in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County Mendocino County Trinity County Lake County | California | http://www.eelriverrecovery.org | Eel River Wildlands and Wilderness Protection and Expansion Implementation | More details |
| Family YMCA of the Desert | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | To introduce low-income youth who attend public schools in the Coachella Valley and their families to the natural and cultural wonders of Joshua Tree National Park through a series of interpretive hikes. | California | http://www.ymcaofthedesert.org | A Centennial Celebration: Connecting Coachella Valley Youth with Joshua Tree National Park | More details | |||
| Foothills Water Network | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | To support the negotiation of new license terms and conditions for the dams and powerhouses on the Yuba and Bear Rivers. | Nevada County Placer County Yuba County Sutter County Sierra County El Dorado County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | Yuba River Relicensing Project | More details | ||
| Friends of Tesla Park | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | To hire legal and technical experts to prepare comments on the final General Plan and EIS to challenge the Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area's expansion into the 3000-acres known as Tesla Park. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County San Joaquin County | California | http://www.teslapark.org/ | Save Tesla Park - FINAL EIR/GP Comment Project | More details |
| Friends of the Inyo | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,500.00 | To celebrate the NPS Centennial with a series of citizen science and volunteer stewardship projects taking place from June-September in Devils Postpile National Monument. | California | http://friendsoftheinyo.org | Citizen Science and Stewardship for the National Park Service Centennial at Devils Postpile National Monument | More details | |||
| Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | To support a four-day July 201 backpacking trip in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area for 60-70 low-income Bay Area youth; which will culminate in a July 24 public celebration at Crissy Field in San Francisco. | California | http://www.parkconservancy.org | Packing the Parks; A Centennial Adventure | More details | |||
| Golden State Flycasters /Trout Unlimited Chapter 920 | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,180.00 | To collect and analyze in-stream macro invertebrates as part of a project to restore steelhead habitat in the Santa Margarita River. | Riverside County | California | http://www.goldenstateflycasters.org | Santa Margarita River Trout Habitat Assessment | More details | ||
| Habitat 2020 | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | To work with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments and diverse regional stakeholders in an ongoing planning initiative to develop a regional open space conservation strategy for agriculture; wildlife habitat; education; and recreation. | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sacramento County Yolo County Yuba County Placer County El Dorado County Sutter County | California | http://www.habitat2020.org/ | SACOG Regional Conservation Plan | More details |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | To protect natural resources in Plumas County and appeal a Superior Court decision that will allow illegal; irresponsible development on resource production lands. | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Plumas County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org | Plumas County General Plan Court Challenge | More details |
| Joshua Tree National Park Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | To host The Joshua Tree Centennial Symposiums; a series of six community-focused events at nearby Copper Mountain College; and a Joshua Tree Centennial exhibit at the Hi Desert Nature Museum. | California | http//www.joshuatree.org | The Joshua Tree National Park Centennial Symposiums/Exhibit at Hi Desert Nature Museum | More details | |||
| Joshua Tree National Parks Council for the Arts | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | To support a September 27-28 Centennial celebration art exposition that highlights the relationship between artists and Joshua Tree National Park. | California | http://www.jtnparts.org | Joshua Tree National Park Art Exposition | More details | |||
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | To use advocacy; collaboration; organizing; public education; agency watchdogging; scientific research; hands-on restoration; and litigation to defend old growth forests and promote the establishment of wildlife corridors in far northern California. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County Humboldt County Siskiyou County Shasta County Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org/ | Forest Watch Program | More details |
| Lassen Park Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | To dedicate the new Volcano Adventure Camp f for youth camping with an August 9 ribbon cutting ceremony; followed by a festival of stewardship displays; activities; barbeque lunch; and music and celebrate the park's 100th anniversary. | California | http://www.lassenparkfoundation.org | Lassen Volcanic National Park Volcano Adventure Camp Ribbon Cutting and Day in the Park Festival | More details | |||
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,700.00 | To support an August 2016 Centennial-focused field trip; with bilingual guides; to Yosemite National Park; for low income Kern County residents who have never been able to visit the park before. Co-sponsored with the Center for Race; Poverty and the Environment. | California | http://www.leadershipcounsel.org/ | Bridge the Gap! Celebrate NPS Centennial with Communities | More details | |||
| Main Street Murals DBA Desert Discovery Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | California | http://desertdiscoverycenter.com | NPS Centennial & Old Spanish Trail Day Festival | More details | ||||
| Mojave Desert Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | To celebrate the Centennial by gathering community members together for an overnight tour of the most remote; newest NPS lands in the California desert. | California | http://www.mojavedesertlandtrust.org/ | Centennial Excursion & Hike: A Community Celebration of the Mojave National Preserve and Castle Mountains National Monument | More details | |||
| Mojave National Preserve Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | To support a Centennial celebration Star Party and related events for community members. | California | http://mojavepreserve.org/ | Mojave National Preserve Centennial Star Party: Protect the dark; protect the park | More details | |||
| Morongo Basin Conservation Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | To support descendants of Serrano; Chemehuevi; and other Native American tribes to return to their most sacred site; the Oasis of Mara; now the Joshua Tree National Park Oasis Visitor Center to celebrate the importance of the oasis and the park itself to their culture and history. | California | http://www.mbconservation.org/ | Indigenous Space; Place; and Presence: Tribal Relationships to Joshua Tree National Park and the Oasis of Mara | More details | |||
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | North Central & East | To support advocacy and litigation to protect the Medicine Lake Highlands and its pristine aquifer from massive geothermal energy extraction. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County Modoc County Shasta County | California | http://mountshastaecology.org/ | Medicine Lake Highlands and Aquifer Protection Campaign | More details |
| Nature Commission | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $1,500.00 | Southern Coast | To complete a book illustrating the rich coastal habitat of Banning Ranch; a 400-acre property in Orange County; and advocate for its protection. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Orange County | California | http://naturecommission.org | Book on Banning Ranch Coastal Ecosystem | More details |
| Outdoor Afro | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | To bring together Outdoor Afro's 65 national leaders its national leadership training and summit at Yosemite National Park; with the National Park Service's Centennial at the heart of the celebration. | California | http://outdoorafro.com | Outdoor Afro National Leadership: Celebrating the NPS Centennial and African American Heritage in Yosemite National Park | More details | |||
| Pinnacles Partnership | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | To support Centennial- focused service days that will bring the rock climbing community to Pinnacles National Park to participate in trail/climbing route maintenance and safety activities in partnership with Park staff. | California | http://www.pinnaclespartnership.org | Centennial Pinnacles Climber Appreciation Days | More details | |||
| Point Reyes National Seashore Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,000.00 | To connect local west Marin County ''gateway'' communities more closely with the National Park Service staff who manage the Point Reyes National Seashore through a series of Centennial-focused events. | California | http://www.ptreyes.org | Locals Night at the Seashore | More details | |||
| Redwood Parks Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | To provide support for September 24-25 Centennial activities in Redwood National and State Parks and adjacent public park lands; including the Redwood Cycle Fest; which will celebrate redwoods and cycling through interpretive; family-friendly activities; and mountain bike races. | California | redwoodparksassociation.org/ | Redwood Cycle Fest in Redwood National and State Parks | More details | |||
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | To restore and conserve Bay Area watersheds through a citizen science initiative illustrating the linkages between river otter population recovery and healthier waterways. | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County Napa County Sonoma County Contra Costa County Alameda County San Francisco County San Mateo County Solano County Santa Clara County | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | Citizen Science Monitoring; Research and Education: River Otters and Watersheds | More details |
| Salt River Watershed Council | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | To support outreach and hands-on learning activities to build community support for the restoration of the Salt River in Humboldt County. | Environmental Education | Humboldt County | California | http://saltriverwatershed.org/ | Outreach and Education Project | More details |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,000.00 | To celebrate the coastal and Channel Islands populations of California Indians during Native American Heritage month by providing the local community with a chance to connect with Channel Islands National Park and the cultural heritage of its native inhabitants. | California | http://www.sbnature.org | California Indian Festival | More details | |||
| Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | Central Coast | To halt the expansion of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in LA County. The landfill is located on the Santa Clara River and its expansion threatens air and water quality as well as the health of local residents. | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.scope.org/ | Chiquita Canyon Landfill Expansion Campaign - Phase 2 | More details |
| Sierra County Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | To support continued public outreach; maintenance; and security on open space lands in the Sierra Buttes/Lake Basin area of Sierra County adjacent to the Pacific Crest Trail. | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | http://www.sierracountylandtrust.org | Public Outreach/Ranger Program | More details |
| Sierra Institute for Community & Environment | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,500.00 | To support 12 Plumas Conservation Restoration and Education in Watershed interns; low income youth from the urban Bay Area and rural Butte; Lassen and Plumas Counties to work with the Lassen Park Foundation to turn an aging campground into the Volcano Adventure Camp (VAC); to ensure that Lassen National Park has camp facilities for under-served youth. | California | http://www.sierrainstitute.us | P-CREW Volcano Adventure Camp Work Days | More details | |||
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | To continue support for efforts to reduce and eliminate pesticide use on farms surrounding the Smith River Estuary; a key element a broader strategy to protect biodiversity and human health ad restore the estuary. | Del Norte County Humboldt County | California | http://siskiyouland.org/ | Smith River Estuary Enhancement Program | More details | ||
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $4,300.00 | Sierra Nevada | To plant 650 ponderosa pines and 350 sugar pines with 100 volunteers in the King Fire burn scar near Georgetown; CA to help restore approximately 10 acres of the El Dorado National Forest. | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org/ | Reforesting the King Fire | More details |
| Terra Fuego Resource Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | To lay the groundwork for large-scale restoration; mitigation; and preservation efforts through the creation of a Sacramento River Watershed Conservancy. | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Lassen County Modoc County Siskiyou County Shasta County Tehama County Glenn County Butte County Plumas County Sierra County Nevada County Placer County El Dorado County Yuba County Sacramento County Solano County Yolo County Napa County Lake County Colusa County Sutter County | California | http://www.terrafuego.org/ | Sacramento River Watershed Resiliency Project | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | North Coast | To engage youth and build collaboration with the Tolowa Nation for urgently needed dune and wetland restoration of 200 acres at the mouth of Lake Earl; the largest coastal lagoon on the Pacific Coast of the US. | Environmental Education | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org/ | The Next Generation of Youth; Tribal and Community Leaders for Tolowa Coast Stewardship | More details |
| Turtle Bay Exploration Park | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,000.00 | To support Find Your Park; an October 2016- January 2017 Centennial-focused exhibition about the National Parks of far northern California (and southern Oregon) sponsored by Turtle Bay Park; the National Park Service and the Shasta Historical Society. | California | http://www.turtlebay.org | Turtle Bay Exploration Park Centennial Exhibition: Find Your Park | More details | |||
| Ukiah Valley Trail Group | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $3,700.00 | To recruit and support a Community Action Team that will develop a strategy for the creation of the Orr Creek Greenway; 2.5-mile trail along Orr Creek; a tributary of the Russian River. | Mendocino County | California | http://www.mendotrails.org | Orr Creek Greenway Community Action Team | More details | ||
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | To pursue all legal challenges to defend the Washoe Meadows State Park from irresponsible commercial development and protect natural; cultural; and recreational resources. | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org | Protect Washoe Meadows Project | More details | ||
| Western National Parks Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | To support the opening of the new Western National Parks Center Los Angeles; celebrating the NPS centennial with a community event that will be part of the official celebration of the City of Los Angeles' 235th birthday. | California | http://www.wnpa.org | Western National Parks Center Los Angeles Ribbon-Cutting event | More details | |||
| WildPlaces | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | To support river outreach; restoration; and stewardship events within the Tule and Kern River watersheds that engage river users to reduce trash; improve awareness of riparian importance; reduce fire risks; protect native species; and provide long-term solutions to severe drought conditions in the watersheds. | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Tulare County Kern County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net/ | Tule/Kern Rivers Watershed Outreach; Protection; and Restoration Project 2016 | More details |
| Yosemite High School, Merced Union High School District,YHS Yosemite Stewards Centennial Backpacking Trip | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2016 | $2,500.00 | California | http://yhs.muhsd.org | To support low income students from the Yosemite High School Alternative Education program on an overnight backpacking trip into Yosemite National Park with YNP Rangers and UC Merced Yosemite Leadership Program students and staff. | More details | ||||
| American River Watershed Institute | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop Centennial Dam Campaign Phase 4 | Nevada County, Placer County, Sutter County | California | http://www.arwi.us/ | This project is a river preservation campaign to stop the proposed Centennial Dam and instead establish protections for one of the last free flowing stretches of the Bear River through early stakeholder education and grassroots organization. Phase 4 will activate comments on the NEPA NOI (Spring 2017), the CEQA Draft Environmental Impact Report (Fall 2017), and SWRCB water rights hearings (Fall 2017). Coalition building will extend to and support the local Nisenan tribes, while continuing to expand citizen opposition to the project. | More details | |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | North Coast | Ascend Wilderness Experience Trip | Trinity County | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | Ascend Wilderness Experience (Ascend) offers wilderness adventures into the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, providing all food, gear, transportation and training at no cost to participants, who range in age from 9-18. Our program promotes a more holistic sense of being in the wilderness and facilitates integrated experiences of self as well as awareness of our personal capacities for impact and place on this planet. Through environmental education, Ascend is dedicated to empowering and inspiring youth to play meaningful roles in future preservation for our wilderness areas. | More details | |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County Tehama County Lassen County Siskiyou County Trinity County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | Battle Creek Alliance works on watershed and forest issues in northern California. As far as we know, we are collecting the only long-term, year-round data and evidence regarding the diminished water quality of streams which are downstream of clearcut and salvage logged land in the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges; over 7,500 samples have been collected since 2009. We work to protect the interconnected water, forest, and climate cycles which are the foundation that all life on earth is built upon. | More details | |
| Community Action Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | The MMAP Project will protect wildlands and open spaces by securing policies and implementation programs in the text of the Calaveras County General Plan which support the maintenance of private ranch lands and forest lands, which minimize their conversion, which mitigate the impacts of any conversion, and which maintain their functional qualities. This will be done through comments on the General Plan Update Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). | More details | |
| Foothills Water Network | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County Yuba County Sutter County Placer County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | The Foothills Water Network is working to protect and restore 320 river miles of the spectacular Yuba and Bear watersheds through three federally enforceable hydropower licenses and other collaborative negotiation venues. | More details | |
| Friends of Auburn Ravine | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County Sutter County | California | http://www.auburnravine.org/ | The funds will be used to continue our Salmon Camera Project. It scientifically monitors the passage of fish and, in so doing, produces data on the salmon population in Auburn Ravine that will be valuable in protecting and enhancing the runs of wild chinook salmon that have spawned in Auburn Ravine since ancient times. | More details | |
| Friends of Plumas Wilderness | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Plumas County, Lassen County, Butte County, Sierra County, Yuba County. | California | http://plumaswilderness.org/ | We will facilitate the development of a Conservationist Alternative for the Plumas National Forest Land & Resource Management Plan with the goal of permanent protection of 80,000 acres of Wilderness and 100 miles of Wild & Scenic Rivers by 1) mapping a network of Wilderness Areas and Wild & Scenic Rivers at an all-day retreat with core partners; 2) mapping unique biological resources and wildlife corridors at an all-day retreat with local conservation organizations and agency staff; and 3) presenting findings to local recreation groups and tourism businesses to build support for our proposal. | More details | |
| Friends of Rose Canyon | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,500.00 | Southern Coast | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Diego County | California | http://www.rosecanyon.org/ | Rose Canyon is a last remaining greenbelt and wildlife corridor stretching across urban San Diego, with some undeveloped areas in and near Rose Canyon that are still at risk of development and many areas that are in need of significant habitat restoration. Our project will achieve: specific steps toward these goals: - assuring permanent protection and restoration of two areas (Areas 1 & 2) - assuring high-quality restoration of one severely degraded area (Area 3) | More details | |
| High Sierra Rural Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Placer County | California | http://www.highsierrarural.org | Placer County recently approved a zoning text amendment which adds ski facilities and ski runs to its list of compatible uses in the Timberland Production Zone. HSRA contends the amendment is contrary to state law; and, threatens to erode the environmental values protected by the Timber Production Act. | More details | |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,500.00 | North Coast | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Siskiyou County, Shasta County, Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | KFA works to protect 2.6 million acres of some of the most wild and biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. We defend mature forests, watersheds and wildlife on the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests and beyond by active participation in planning, commenting, collaborating, monitoring and litigating projects while applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge, science, law, policy, place-based knowledge and community needs. | More details | |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County, Shasta County, and Modoc County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | Our campaign to protect the spectacular Medicine Lake Highlands aims to safeguard this sacred landscape and its vital pristine aquifer from destructive industrial geothermal development through an integrated strategy using legal means, science and policy, as well as advocacy for long-term protection. This grant would support building on our coalition’s recent court victories, continuing to educate agencies and officials to gain state and federal recognition of the unprotected aquifer, and working with alliance partners to obtain long-term protection through the Forest Plan Revision process. | More details | |
| Mountain Meadows Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,500.00 | North Central & East | Almanor Basin Water Trails Project, Phase II | California | http://www.mtmeadows.org | A coalition of local groups with the support of multiple partners (including the Rose Foundation) has developed a regional map product that was developed to inform local residents and visitors about public access locations, businesses, natural history and other relevant information. We now are working to develop a steering committee that will oversee the distribution, and promotion of the map and the region. The proposed project will provide funds needed to hire a part time employee to facilitate the process, this person will work with the Director of the MMC. | More details | ||
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $6,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County Sonoma County Napa County Contra Costa County Solano County Santa Clara County Alameda County San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | Otter Spotter is a citizen science initiative designed to collect sightings of river otters, extirpated from the SF Bay Area for decades and now making a previously-undocumented recovery. The goal is to gather, map and disseminate data on the presence of this important aquatic predator to aid land managers in restoration decisions, help inform toxic spill response and support ongoing research into their role in aquatic ecosystems. Additionally, we leverage the charisma of this elusive, playful mammal to educate, raise awareness and gather support for watershed conservation and restoration. | More details | |
| San Gorgonio Wilderness Association | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $7,500.00 | Southern Desert | Sustainable Forestry | San Bernardino County | California | http://sgwa.org/ | This project will support the installation of new signs at trailheads in the San Gorgonio Wilderness; a QR-code-based nature adventure in a heavily used recreation area that abuts the wilderness; program materials for summer weekend ranger talks that focus on wilderness, the San Bernardino National Forest, and the new Sand to Snow National Monument; and staff salaries/organizer stipends related to these projects. This interpretive project exemplifies the mission of the San Gorgonio Wilderness Association: Protect. Serve. Educate. | More details | |
| Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.scope.org | The Santa Clara River is Los Angeles County's last free-flowing river. It is threatened by over development, loss of its floodplains and unsustainable pumping of the ground water aquifers which reduces surface water flows. For these reasons, American Rivers listed it as one of its ten most endangered rivers in 2007.These same issues persist today. This grant will help us continue our efforts to protect the floodplains and water resources of this endangered watershed. | More details | |
| Save California's Salmon | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Trinity County, Humboldt County, Del Norte County | California | https://www.facebook.com/SaveCaliforniaSalmon/ | The Klamath-Trinity River Protection Campaign's goal is to protect the Trinity River aquatic ecosystem. Water right hearings on the impacts to fish and wildlife from the proposed WaterFix will be held later in 2017 by the California State Water Resources Control Board. The project will fund witnesses to present formal written and oral testimony on the impact of the Delta Tunnels on the Trinity and Klamath Rivers. Tom Stokely, with 34 years of experience restoring the Trinity River, will participate in the hearing and will assist tribal and other fishing interests to testify. | More details | |
| Siskiyou Land Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County Humboldt County | California | http://siskiyouland.org/ | Siskiyou Land Conservancy’s Smith River Estuary Enhancement Program seeks reduction and elimination of 300,000 pounds of highly toxic pesticides applied annually, in a concentrated area, to Easter lily fields that surround the ecologically vital estuary of the Smith River, as well as the town of Smith River (in the far northwest corner of California). Such pesticide use has demonstrably contaminated the ground- and surface waters of one of the West’s healthiest salmonid fisheries, and is impacting the health of nearby residents. | More details | |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $6,200.00 | Sierra Nevada | Sustainable Forestry | El Dorado County Placer County Nevada County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org | The Sugar Pine Foundation seeks to engage schools in California's South and North Shore of Lake Tahoe to conduct educational plantings of sugar pines. We propose four plantings in partnership with four separate schools involving a total of 400 students planting 1,200 sugar pine seedlings. In addition, the students will participate in plant, animal and water course identification. | More details | |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Del Norte County, Humboldt County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org | Tolowa Dunes Stewards needs your partnership to develop a specific plan and seek major funding to advance the urgently needed restoration at the mouth of the West’s largest coastal lagoon, going beyond what our wonderful volunteers are accomplishing. Our overall project goals continue to be to expand the targeted restoration area, while building collaboration with the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation and local and statewide youth volunteers and their families, and enhancing relationships with other identified partners to support restoration within Tolowa Dunes State Park and the Lake Earl Wildlife Area. | More details | |
| Trees Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County Del Norte County Humboldt County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Napa County Siskiyou County Sonoma County Trinity County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org | This project will utilize the next four issues of Forest and River News to tell the stories of the impact of cannabis cultivation in our region and the work that is being done to mitigate it. During the next year, Forest and River New’s focus will be to show the big picture ecological connectivity of the problem as a whole and the solutions being created and worked on by a network of local organizations, agencies and the community at large. | More details | |
| Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,500.00 | Central Valley | Tulare County Fresno County Kings County Kern County | California | http://www.tularebasinwildlifepartners.org/ | The underserved rural communities of Allensworth and Alpaugh in Southwest Tulare County share similar demographics and a strong need for youth and citizen leadership capacity-building to steward the unique landscape they inhabit. Citizen advocates/volunteers from both communities have engaged with the Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners (TBWP) volunteer Board and part-time staff to address this need through the Allensworth-Alpaugh Restoration and Conservation Collaborative (AARCC), Allensworth-Alpaugh Work-based Learning program (AA WBL), and the Allenswroth-Alpaugh-Atwell Island Trail (AAAT). | More details | ||
| Ventura Audubon Society | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,990.00 | Southern Coast | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Ventura County | California | https://www.venturaaudubon.org/ | The Ventura Audubon Society is requesting funding to expand our existing shorebird research program by adding field cameras to critical habitat used for nesting by two species of listed shorebirds, and many other special status species. Data we collect will guide long term restoration planning at Ormond Beach, provide educational material for our Ormond Beach Stewardship program, provide training to university students and help western snowy plover and California least tern conservation planning. | More details | |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org | Washoe Meadows Community through its Protect Washoe Meadows Project seeks to educate legislators and other elected and appointed officials as well as members of the public about the resources of the Washoe Meadows State Park and make the park more accessible to all. The project includes legal challenges to defend the park from irresponsible commercial development and protect the park’s natural, cultural and recreational resources. Washoe Meadows Community is also aiming to prevent implementation of a precedent-setting downgrade of protections for California State park land. | More details | |
| West Petaluma Hills Wildlife Corridor Coalition | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | https://www.westpetalumahills.com/ | The West Petaluma Hills Wildlife Corridor Coalition (WPH-WCC) is a community coalition established to acquire, preserve and protect 4 parcels of grasslands and woodlands, including a critical wildlife corridor, that border the western edge of Petaluma. We request $5,000 from the Rose Foundation to harness and build on a groundswell of community support to influence the decision-makers – the landowners, city government, and public agencies – to make the right decisions on behalf of our wildlife and community. | More details | |
| WildPlaces | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Sequoia National Forest Watershed Restoration Project 2017 | California | http://www.wildplaces.net | In 2017, volunteer-driven river stewardship activities on the Kern/Tule Rivers continues improving habitat, water quality, and changing "river users" to become "river stewards". Central Valley residents benefit and need Nature, yet must understand critical issues of fire, water quality, and public access. "Showing-by-doing" is the tactic that creates change agents. Also, WP propose the creation of a 10-person paid Sequoia Roots Corp to enhance project outcomes and create jobs for youth. With matching dollars from National Forest Foundation and United Way, this project is guaranteed effective. | More details | ||
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,500.00 | North Coast | Ascend Wilderness Experience 5-Day Backpack Trip: Leadership and Mentor Trip | Environmental Education | Trinity County Shasta County | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | Ascend Wilderness Experience (Ascend) offers wilderness adventures into the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, providing all food, gear, transportation and training at no cost to participants, who range in age from 9-18. Our program promotes a more holistic sense of being in the wilderness and facilitates integrated experiences of self as well as awareness of our personal capacities for impact and place on this planet. Through environmental education, Ascend is dedicated to empowering and inspiring youth to play meaningful roles in future preservation for our wilderness areas. | More details |
| Bigfoot Trail Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Tehama-Trinity Trailwork Collaborative | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Tehama County Trinity County | California | http://bigfoottrail.org/ | This project will form a collaborative team to maintain 7 miles of the Bigfoot Trail through the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness and 6 miles around Hayfork. The Bigfoot Trail Alliance (BFTA) will partner with other non-profit organizations in two different trailwork stints Outside of these collaborations, a team from the BFTA will spend and additional three days clearing and re-treading trail near Hayfork with the Watershed Center and a youth crew. | More details |
| Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Eldorado National Forest Off-Highway Vehicle Restoration and Monitoring | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | El Dorado County Amador County Alpine County | California | http://www.sierranevadaconservation.org/ | CSNC is partnering with the Eldorado National Forest to monitor for damage caused by illegal off-road vehicle use and to restore watersheds and wildlife habitat damaged by such use. With shrinking federal budgets, this partnership provides valuable watershed restoration services for our public lands that would otherwise not be. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $6,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | The Calaveras Planning Coalition is a federation of regional and local organizations, community groups, and individuals who promote public participation in land use and resource planning to ensure a healthy human, natural, and economic environment now and in the future. United behind eleven Land Use and Development Principles, Coalition members seek to balance the preservation of natural, agricultural, and historic resources with the need to provide jobs, housing, safety, and services. The Coalition advocates for the respect and protection of our wild and open spaces. | More details |
| Eel River Recovery Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,500.00 | North Coast | Eel River Wilderness Expansion and Protection and Forest Health Assessment | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County, Mendocino County | California | http://www.eelriverrecovery.org | This grant would be used to promote Wilderness protection and expansion in the Eel River basin in partnership with federal agencies and Tribes. ERRP will plan for and organize volunteers to help clean up trespass grow garbage, improve recreational access, and assist with forest health projects. Field trips and workshops will inform the public of the benefits of Wilderness for water supply and biodiversity and to try to build a consensus on prudent management of federal lands. We will also promote more recreational use of Wilderness to increase ecotourism and to dissuade illegal activities. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $7,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Restore the Yuba and Bear Rivers through Hydropower Relicensing | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Yuba County Sutter County Nevada County Placer County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | The Foothills Water Network is working to protect and restore 320 river miles of the spectacular Yuba and Bear watersheds through three federally enforceable hydropower licenses and other collaborative negotiation venues. | More details |
| Forest Issues Group | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Tahoe National Forest GIS Mapping and Field Checking for Wilderness Characteristics | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nevada County Placer County Sierra County | California | Field work to determine wilderness qualification for Tahoe National Forest (TNF) recently acquired lands adjacent to existing Inventoried Roadless Areas. This work will supplement previously completed inventory work funded by Forest Issues Group. | More details | |
| Friends of Auburn Ravine | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Integrated Salmon Survey Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County Sutter County | California | https://auburnravine.org/ | This project will gather data from annual surveys that focus on three life cycle stages to produce an integrated view of the wild salmon population of Auburn Ravine: 1. Number of adult salmon entering Auburn Ravine documented by our stationary Salmon Cam video system. 2. Spawning success documented by video of juvenile salmon captured on portable underwater video cameras. 3. Survival from egg to adult as documented by DNA samples taken from carcasses of adult salmon. This integrated view will support prescription of specific actions to protect and enhance the wild salmon of Auburn Ravine. | More details |
| Friends of the San Joaquin River Gorge | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Friends of the San Joaquin River Gorge Implementation Phase 1 | Environmental Education | Fresno County Madera County | California | https://www.facebook.com/keepthegorge/ | Public Outreach: grow awareness, visitation, environmental & science education, outdoor experiences, connections with land, culture, nature via recreation, visitor, student interaction & education. Funding: build capacity, publicize opportunities, launch interpretative docent & membership programs, & environmental ed docent training for school & visitor programs and goals: promote stewardship, awareness through outdoor experiences in the almost 7,000 ac. San Joaquin River Gorge Recreation Area, a rare forest/transition zone, easy access for 1.5 million Central Valley residents. | More details |
| Friends of the Santa Clara River | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $6,000.00 | Southern Coast | Petition to the Supreme Court in Defense of CEQA and Protection of the Santa Clara River | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County Ventura County | California | https://fscr.org/ | This grant would help fund a petition to the CA Supreme Court and the legal briefings to ask that they review the recent appellate Court decision. That decision allowed Newhall Ranch developers to skirt the normal CEQA process. We are concerned that without this review our huge CA Supreme Court victory in 2015, requiring additional Greenhouse gas mitigation and protection for an endangered fish will not be properly enforced.The 2015 victory was facilitated with the help of Rose and partner organizations (who have now settled and are no longer helping us with this important issue). | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $6,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County Humboldt County Siskiyou County Shasta County Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | KFA works to protect over 3 million acres of some of the most wild and biologically diverse ecosystems in the world. We defend mature forests, watersheds and wildlife on the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests and beyond by active participation in planning, commenting, collaborating, monitoring and litigating projects while applying Traditional Ecological Knowledge, science, law, policy, place-based knowledge and community needs. The grant is to participate in the development of USFS projects on the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forests, monitor and document fire suppression efforts in the 2018 northern CA wildfires, and organize community-based restoration projects in the Western Klamath. | More details |
| Marin Baylands Advocates | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Black Point Baylands Acquisition | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Marin County | California | https://www.marinbaylands.org/ | The project is the acquisition of 2.6 acres of diked historic baylands and oak wooded hillside near the mouth of the Petaluma River in unincorporated Novato. Together with its partner, Marin Audubon Society, Marin Baylands Advocates is raising funds to purchase the property as it has for eight other parcels Marin Audubon owns at Black Point and 524 acres of other baylands owned by Marin Audubon. The property will be permanently protected as habitat in the ownership of the Marin Audubon. The owner is a willing seller and the purchase agreement calls for escrow to close on September 30. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,500.00 | North Central & East | Medicine Lake Highlands and Aquifer Protection Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County Modoc County Shasta County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | Our campaign to protect the magnificent Medicine Lake Highlands & vital aquifer from industrial geothermal development works through a legal, political and scientific strategy to achieve cultural landscape preservation and source water protection. This grant will support our work with the Stanford Clinic on the legal challenge to our coalition's earlier court victory, an education campaign, pursue two avenues to gain state and federal recognition of the unprotected aquifer, and continue long-term protection efforts with tribal and alliance partners through the Forest Plan Revision process. | More details |
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Citizen Science Monitoring, Education and Research: River Otters and Watersheds | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Marin County Sonoma County Napa County Contra Costa County Solano County Santa Clara County Alameda County San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Cruz County Monterey County | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | Otter Spotter is a citizen science initiative designed to collect sightings of river otters, extirpated from the SF Bay Area for decades and now making a previously-undocumented recovery. The goal is to gather, map and disseminate data on the presence of this important aquatic predator to aid land managers in restoration decisions, help inform toxic spill response and support ongoing research into their role in aquatic ecosystems. Additionally, we leverage the charisma of this elusive, playful mammal to educate, raise awareness and gather support for watershed conservation and restoration. | More details |
| Save California Salmon | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $6,500.00 | North Coast | Klamath-Trinity River Protection Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Trinity County Humboldt County | California | https://www.californiasalmon.org/ | The Klamath-Trinity River Protection Campaign's goal is to protect the Trinity River aquatic ecosystem. Water right hearings on the impacts to fish and wildlife from the proposed WaterFix will continue to be held by the California State Water Resources Control Board. The project will fund witnesses to present formal written and oral rebuttal testimony on the impact of the Delta Tunnels on the Trinity and Klamath Rivers. The project will also hire fishery and hydrology experts to review the Sites Reservoir project for impacts to the Trinity and Lower Klamath rivers. | More details |
| Sierra Cascade Land Trust Council | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | Land Conservation Coordination and Advocacy in the Sierra Cascade | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Shasta, Siskiyou, Lassen, Tehama, Inyo, Plumas, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Calveras, Tuolumne, Merced, Mono, Butte, Yuba, Amador, Alpine, Sierra, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado | California | https://www.sierracascadelandtrustcouncil.org/ | Sierra Cascade Land Trust Council (SCLTC) comprises 17 independent land trusts working to protect and restore California's most critical forest, watershed and recreational resources. This project supports our mission to raise visibility for Sierra and Cascade regional land conservation and to advocate for funding from state natural resources agencies. The project objective is to coordinate collaborative, strategic planning relationships with 6 agencies (CalFire, Wildlife Conservation Board, Nat. Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Dept. of Conservation, Sierra Nevada Conservancy). This grant is to raise visibility for Sierra and Cascade regional land conservation and to support collaborative advocacy for funding from state agencies. | More details |
| Sky Valley Volunteers | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $3,500.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Los Angeles County Ventura County | California | https://www.skyvalleyvolunteers.org/ | Extended drought & invasive insects have devastated groves of Coast Live Oaks in the Simi Hills. These Oaks are a keystone species, critical to maintaining biodiversity & supporting many wildlife species. Also providing a vital habitat linkage between the National Recreation area of the Santa Monica Mountains, Santa Susana Mountains, Los Padres & Angeles National Forests. Since invasive insects like the Shot Hole Borer Beetle attack only mature trees, this project propagates & reforests with Oak saplings giving researchers time to devise control strategies & help mitigate future devastation. | More details |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Community Forest Restoration in Truckee | Sustainable Forestry | Nevada County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org | The Sugar Pine Foundation is proposing the planting of 1000 Sugar pine and 1000 Jeffrey pine seedlings with community volunteers on 40 acres of public land within the Sagehen Experimental Forest near Truckee. Planting will take place in an old Ponderosa pine plantation originally intended for timber harvesting that is now slated for conservation and needs to be restored to historical tree species composition. The sugar pine seedlings we would plant are progeny of blister rust resistant seed trees in order to aid with general sugar pine restoration in the area. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $6,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County Humboldt County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org | Tolowa Dunes Stewards is dedicated to activism, environmental education and restoration on the 11,000 acres of the biologically outstanding Tolowa Coast. We engage youth, tribal members and others for strategic, urgently needed restoration at the mouth of the West’s largest coastal lagoon and many other locations. One of our goals is to "grow" the strategic restoration areas, while building collaboration with Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, local and statewide youth support organizations, local community and other partners, to connect members with nature and support stewardship on the Tolowa Coast. Purpose of this grant is to support on-going volunteer programs that engage young people and the community in hands-on restoration of the Lake Earl Wildlife Area. | More details |
| United Trail Maintainers of California | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Marble Mountains Wilderness Post Orleans Complex Fires Recovery Work 2019 | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Siskiyou County Humboldt County | California | http://www.unitedtrailmaintainers.org/about_us.aspx | United Trail Maintainers of California seeks to partner with the Student Conservation Association for our fifth season of recovering trail systems in the Marble Mountains Wilderness. We are looking to fund four SCA interns to work primarily in the Marble Mountains Orleans Complex Fires Burn area during the summer of 2019. | More details |
| Washoe Meadows Community | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $6,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect Washoe Meadows | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.washoemeadowscommunity.org | Washoe Meadows Community through its Protect Washoe Meadows Project seeks to educate legislators and other elected and appointed officials as well as members of the public about the resources of the Washoe Meadows State Park and make the park more accessible to all. The project includes legal challenges to defend the park from irresponsible commercial development and protect the park’s natural, cultural and recreational resources. Washoe Meadows Community is also aiming to prevent implementation of a precedent-setting downgrade of protections for California State park land. The grant is to support legal work, scientific data collection, advocacy, and public education aimed at protecting ecologically sensitive areas within the Washoe Meadows State Park. | More details |
| WildPlaces | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2018 | $5,500.00 | Central Valley | Giant Sequoia National Monument Community Rivers Project 2018 | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Tulare County Kern County Fresno County | California | http://www.wildplaces.net/ | Volunteer-driven river and lands stewardship activities on Giant Sequoia National Monument continue to preserve and improve the riparian habitat within CA wildlands through this project. Water quality, climate, high visitor use/low recreation services, policy decisions, wildfires. Everything is affected by the health of the mountain riparian habitat. The SJV benefits from intact ecosystems, yet don't fully grasp the critical nature of what is at risk, what is inevitably going to change, and how to adapt to all of it. This project shows by doing and inspires protection through sweat equity. | More details |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | North Coast | Ascend 5-Day Backpack Trip: Youth Leadership and Mentor Training Trip | Environmental Education | Trinity County, Shasta County, Humboldt County, Tehama County | California | ascendwilderness.org | To provide a no-cost, one-week wilderness and environmental education experience for eight low-income 12-to-14-year-old Trinity-Shasta County young people. | More details |
| Bigfoot Trail Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $7,500.00 | North Coast | Siskiyou Wilderness Collaborative | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County, Siskiyou County | California | http://bigfoottrail.org/ | This project will form a collaborative team to maintain 10 miles of trail through the Siskiyou Wilderness and in areas around Gasquet-Hiouchi, California. Our partners include the CCC Backcountry Trails Program in Fortuna, California and the Del Norte Trails Alliance in Crescent City, California, and the Backcountry Horsemen of California. | More details |
| Cannabis for Conservation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,500.00 | North Coast | Pack Horses for Conservation: Support for Reclamation of Public Land Trespass Cannabis Grows | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Trinity County | California | www.cannabisforconservation.org | The underfunded lands and disadvantaged communities of Trinity County are plagued with trespass cannabis grows, constituting a primary threat to wildlife, water, and nearby communities. To aid reclamation efforts, we will implement the use pack horses to carry equipment and supplies to access sites otherwise inaccessible within the Western Trinity Alps. | More details |
| Clover Valley Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Clover Valley Development | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Placer County | California | www.clovervalleyfoundation.org | The landowner/developer of Clover Valley may submit final subdivision plans to the city of Rocklin this year. The Clover Valley Foundation intends to engage land use consultants and legal counsel to review and challenge developer plans. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $7,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | To continue to work on the General Plan for Calaveras County. | More details | |
| El Dorado Chapter, California Native Plant Society | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $2,800.00 | Sierra Nevada | Caples Creek Inventoried Roadless Area Ecological Restoration Project Implementation Assistance | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | www.eldoradocnps.org | For the El Dorado Chapter to remove vegetation and litter from the bases of legacy conifers in the Caples Creek Inventoried Roadless Area to prepare for prescribed understory building needed to restore resiliency to old growth mixed conifer forests in the El Dorado National Forest. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $6,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Restore the Yuba and Bear Rivers through Hydropower Relicensing and Stopping Centennial Dam | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Our workplan includes work in Nevada, Yuba, Placer, Sierra, and Sacramento counties. | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | To protect and restore 320 river miles of Yuba and Bear Watersheds through hydropower licenses and other negotiation venues, and to stop the proposed Centennial Dam. | More details |
| Friends of Plumas Wilderness | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Ishi Wilderness Fire Restoration Workshops | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Tehama County, Plumas County | California | plumaswilderness.org | To organize two Ishi Wilderness Fire Restoration Workshops for a diverse set of stakeholders to share knowledge, learn about prescribed fire policies, identify areas where prescription fires are needed, and develop outreach and public education strategies. | More details |
| Friends of the Napa River | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $3,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Watershed Protection | Environmental Education | Napa County | California | http://www.fonr.org | To educate communities about healthy habitat, streams, rivers, and water resources by forging connections to the Napa river. | More details |
| Friends of the San Joaquin River Gorge | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $7,500.00 | Central Valley | The Friends of the San Joaquin River Gorge Phase 2 | Fresno County ; Madera County | California | To promote stewardship, visitation, and awareness via outdoor experiences in the 6,770 acre San Joaquin River Gorge Recreation Area. | More details | ||
| Lake County Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Wildlife Observation Platform | Environmental Education | Lake County | California | lakecountylandtrust.org | A new floating platform for Boggs Lake will give visitors the opportunity to experience up close a vernal pool and its unique ecosystem. Imagine standing on top of water, watching Western Pond Turtles for the first time, learning that they are so rare they're a species of special concern. You see salamanders, frogs and fairy shrimp and learn that much of the life active around you has spent the recent dry season as eggs, seeds or cysts. You're fascinated by the variety of birds and learn they use the pool as a seasonal source of not only water but food. You're turned onto nature for life. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,500.00 | North Central & East | Medicine Lake Highlands and Aquifer Protection Campaign | Modoc County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To protect the Medicine Lake Highlands & aquifer from industrial geothermal development. | More details | |
| Point Molate Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Contra Costa County, Alameda County, San Francisco County | California | Point Molate, the last undeveloped natural headland on San Francisco Bay (with rare native grassland habitat and healthy eel grass beds) is located in Richmond, a low-income community of color in the East Bay. The Point Molate Alliance is a community group now fighting to keep this natural treasure as a public resource and future regional park as well as a job-generating destination for all of our citizens. PMA was formed in 2018 to actively oppose an unpopular city plan to sell this off for a pricy 1,000 unit or more private housing development. | More details | |
| Portola and Castle Rock Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $2,100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Support for Park Volunteers and Interpretive Programs | Environmental Education | San Mateo County, Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.portolaandcastlerockfound.org/ | To support training for volunteer docents and interpretive programs at Portola and Castle Rock State Parks. | More details |
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Pixels v. Nucleotides: Capturing river otter population demographics with participatory science | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Alameda, Contra Costa, Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Solano Counties | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | To conduct citizen science monitoring and research with the overarching goal of restoring and conserving key Bay Area Watersheds. | More details |
| Save California Salmon | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $7,500.00 | North Coast | Klamath-Trinity River Protection Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Trinity, Humboldt, Del Norte, and Colusa Counties | California | To protect the Trinity and Lower Klamath rivers’ aquatic ecosystem, including defending against Administration’s efforts to increase water deliveries from these watersheds to Central Valley Project contractors. | More details | |
| Water Climate Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2019 | $5,115.00 | Statewide | Water for Nature Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Shasta County, Plumas County, Siskiyou County, Sacramento County, and San Francisco County | California | For the Water Climate Trust to support its Water for Nature program, which advocates for the restoration and protection of flow levels in rivers and streams in the upper Sacramento River watershed by participating in key state and federal regulatory and legal processes. | More details | |
| Arroyo Seco Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $7,000.00 | Southern Coast | Arroyo Seco Native Trout Restoration Program (ASNTRP) | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | https://www.arroyoseco.org/ | To catalog environmental conditions and fish passage barriers in the upper watershed of the Arroyo Seco with the ultimate goal of restoring native trout. | More details |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $6,500.00 | North Coast | Ascend Teen Stewardship Work Trip | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Sustainable Forestry | Humboldt County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Tehama County ; Trinity County | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | To defray a one-week Teen Stewardship Work Trip and backcountry trail restoration experience for eight 14-18 year old Trinity County youth, achieving the twin goals of restoring impacted habitat and building the conservation community in Trinity County. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,500.00 | North Central & East | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To collect long-term, year-round data regarding the diminished water quality downstream from clearcut and salvage-logged land in the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges, and pursue litigation to promote resource conservation and protect the water supply from further degradation. | More details |
| Bigfoot Trail Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Siskiyou Wilderness Collaborative #2 | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Other | Del Norte County ; Siskiyou County | California | http://bigfoottrail.org/ | To support a collaborative team that will maintain ten miles of the Bigfoot Trail in the Siskiyou Wilderness, keeping it accessible to hikers and building the conservation community in Del Norte County. | More details |
| California Desert Coalition | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $7,290.00 | Southern Desert | Defend the Desert Workshop Series | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Bernardino County | California | https://www.cadesertcoalition.org/ | To conduct a series of conservation advocacy workshops that encourage community participation in land use decisions and environmental policy to protect the Mojave Desert. | More details |
| Cannabis for Conservation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,500.00 | North Coast | Wildlife Conscious Cannabis Certification | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Other | Humboldt County | California | https://www.cannabisforconservation.org/ | To develop a pilot wildlife conservation certification to increase habitat connectivity and encourage wildlife-friendly land management practices on cannabis farms in Humboldt County. | More details |
| Community Environmental Advocates Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop the Idaho-Maryland Mine | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.cea-nc.org/ | To oppose the reopening of the Idaho-Maryland gold mine though citizen advocacy, public outreach and education. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $6,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect the Yuba and Bear Rivers and Stop Centennial Dam Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy | Nevada County ; Placer County ; Yuba County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | To protect and restore the Yuba, Bear and American rivers through active engagement in hydro-power re-licensing efforts, and to lead the coalition challenging the proposed Centennial Dam. | More details |
| Friends of Auburn Ravine | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $4,200.00 | Sierra Nevada | Auburn Ravine Creek Juvenile Salmon and Steelhead Survey | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County | California | https://www.auburnravine.org/ | To survey the juvenile Steelhead and Chinook Salmon populations in Auburn Ravine and advocate for the protection and enhancement of fish habitat. | More details |
| Friends of Plumas Wilderness | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Bear Fire Photo Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Sustainable Forestry | Butte County ; Plumas County | California | https://plumaswilderness.org/ | To establish 12 permanent photopoints at prominent locations on the rim of the Middle Fork Feather River Canyon to document post-fire effects following the devastating North Complex Fire. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $6,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | To participate in the development of USFS projects on the Klamath, Six Rivers, and Siskiyou Crest forests, monitor and document fire suppression efforts, and advocate forest and rare species protection in the Western Klamath. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,500.00 | North Central & East | Medicine Lake Highlands and Aquifer Protection Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Modoc County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To build regional partnerships and develop an advocacy strategy for the long-term protection of the Medicine Lake Highlands and its aquifer. | More details |
| Point Molate Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; San Francisco County | California | https://ptmolatealliance.org/ | To advocate for the conservation of Point Molate, the last undeveloped natural headland/coastal prairie on San Francisco Bay, as a public resource and a regional park. | More details |
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $6,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County ; Alpine County ; Amador County ; Butte County ; Calaveras County ; Colusa County ; Contra Costa County ; Del Norte County ; El Dorado County ; Fresno County ; Glenn County ; Humboldt County ; Imperial County ; Inyo County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Lake County ; Lassen County ; Madera County ; Marin County ; Mariposa County ; Mendocino County ; Merced County ; Modoc County ; Mono County ; Monterey County ; Napa County ; Nevada County ; Placer County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; San Joaquin County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Clara County ; Santa Cruz County ; Shasta County ; Sierra County ; Siskiyou County ; Solano County ; Sonoma County ; Stanislaus County ; Sutter County ; Tehama County ; Trinity County ; Tuolumne County ; Yolo County ; Yuba County | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | To promote the restoration and conservation of Bay Area watersheds through citizen science monitoring, research, and educational programming about local river otter populations. | More details |
| Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | Chiquita Landfill Expansion Phase 3 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.scope.org | To halt the expansion of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in LA County, which threatens both a critical wildlife corridor and the water quality of the nearby Santa Clara River, as well as the health of local residents. | More details |
| Save California Salmon | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $7,500.00 | North Coast | Klamath-Trinity River Protection Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Trinity County | California | https://www.californiasalmon.org | To protect the Trinity and Lower Klamath rivers’ aquatic ecosystem and fisheries, including continued advocacy against the Sites Reservoir project and defending against efforts to increase water deliveries from these watersheds to the Central Valley Project. | More details |
| Sierra County Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Resource Management Program | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sierra County | California | http://www.sierracountylandtrust.org | To support the continued maintenance of forested open space lands in the Sierra Buttes/Lake Basin area of Sierra County adjacent to the Pacific Crest Trail. | More details |
| Trees Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Website Revamp 2020! | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Marin County ; Mendocino County ; San Francisco County ; Santa Cruz County ; Sonoma County ; Trinity County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org | To redesign Trees’ website and online newsletter, and modernize their digital communications strategy to enable broader outreach and more sophisticated messaging to partners, donors and constituents. | More details |
| Water Climate Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2020 | $5,500.00 | Statewide | Water For Nature Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Plumas County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County | California | https://www.waterclimate.org/ | To advocate for the restoration and protection of flow levels in rivers and streams in the upper Sacramento River watershed through policy advocacy, organizing, and participation in key state and federal regulatory and legal processes. | More details |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,500.00 | North Coast | 2021 Boots on the Ground Stewardship Trips | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Tehama County ; Trinity County | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | To conduct youth and adult backpacking excursions and backcountry trail restoration in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area during summer 2021, achieving the twin goals of restoring impacted habitat and building the conservation community in Trinity County. | More details |
| Backcountry Horsemen of California | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Back Country Horsemen of California Intern Project | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Inyo County ; Mono County | California | http://bchcalifornia.org/ | To sponsor a 3-month internship to teach youth the skills of backcountry packing and stock management, support trail work in the Eastern Sierra, and inspire the next generation of skilled packers and wilderness managers. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Battle Creek Alliance Watershed Protection | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To collect long-term, year-round data regarding the diminished water quality downstream from clearcut and salvage-logged land in the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges and pursue litigation to promote resource conservation and protect the climate, water supply, forest, watershed, and wildlife habitat from further degradation. | More details |
| Cannabis for Conservation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $6,500.00 | North Coast | Wildlife Conscious Certification | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | https://www.cannabisforconservation.org/ | To increase habitat connectivity and encourage wildlife-friendly land management practices on cannabis farms in Humboldt County through the Wildlife Conscious Certification program. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $7,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | To protect open space and promote sustainable development through citizen engagement and litigation of the Calaveras County General Plan. | More details |
| Foothills Water Network | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $4,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect the Yuba and Bear Rivers and Stop Centennial Dam Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy | Nevada County ; Placer County ; Sutter County ; Yuba County | California | http://www.foothillswaternetwork.org | To protect and restore the Yuba, Bear and American rivers through active engagement in hydro-power re-licensing efforts and Nevada Irrigation District’s Raw Water Master Plan, and to lead the coalition challenging the proposed Centennial Dam. | More details |
| Friends of the Amargosa | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Southern Desert | Friends of the Amargosa Basin National Monument Campaign | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Inyo County ; San Bernardino County | California | https://www.friendsoftheamargosabasin.org | To build community support for the creation of an Amargosa Basin National Monument which will offer protection for this vital ecosystem currently threatened by water depletion, unmanaged recreation, habitat fragmentation, and development. | More details |
| Friends of the Shasta River | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,500.00 | North Central & East | Restoring Instream Flows for the Shasta River | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Siskiyou County | California | https://www.shastariver.org/ | To advocate for the restoration of instream flow requirements in the Shasta River for the benefit of endangered salmon populations, other wildlife and people. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $6,500.00 | North Coast | Stop Post-fire Logging on Public Lands in Northwest California | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Sustainable Forestry | Colusa County ; Del Norte County ; Glenn County ; Humboldt County ; Lake County ; Mendocino County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Tehama County ; Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | To limit the scope of post-fire timber sale plans in the Klamath, Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity and Mendocino National Forests which threaten sensitive watershed ecosystems and imperiled salmon and wildlife. | More details |
| Mother Lode Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Landowner Outreach | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alpine County ; Amador County ; Calaveras County ; El Dorado County ; Tuolumne County | California | http://www.motherlodelandtrust.org/ | To conduct outreach to landowners in the Central Sierra to encourage voluntary conservation easements and protect open spaces with important wildland values and wildlife corridor linkages. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Medicine Lake Highlands and Aquifer Protection Campaign | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Modoc County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To build regional partnerships, support ongoing litigation, and develop an advocacy strategy for the long-term protection of the Medicine Lake Highlands and its aquifer. | More details |
| Point Molate Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Marin County ; San Francisco County | California | https://ptmolatealliance.org/ | To advocate for the conservation of Point Molate, the last undeveloped natural headland/native coastal prairie on San Francisco Bay, as a public resource and a regional park. | More details |
| Pope Creek Weed Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $6,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Pope Creek Weed Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Napa County | California | To remove invasive plants and return a 2.7 mile stretch of Pope Creek to native wildlife habitat; improving the accessibility and value of the creek as a wildlife riparian corridor, and protecting the connective links between public open spaces. | More details | |
| Sugar Pine Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $7,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Seed Collection for Fire Restoration | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alpine County ; El Dorado County ; Nevada County ; Placer County ; Sierra County | California | http://www.sugarpinefoundation.org | To collect 75,000 seeds from sugar pines and other native conifers for forest restoration in the Tahoe area. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $7,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org | To support on-going volunteer programs that engage young people and the community in hands-on restoration of Tolowa Dunes State Park and the Lake Earl Wildlife Area. | More details |
| Trees Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,500.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Marin County ; Mendocino County ; San Francisco County ; Santa Cruz County ; Siskiyou County ; Sonoma County ; Trinity County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org | To bring together grassroots environmental groups across the North Coast for a peer networking conference this Fall, amplify the prescribed fire movement through Trees’ quarterly magazine Forest and River News, and engage in coalition building with partner organizations to improve the fire resiliency and forest health of North Coast watersheds. | More details |
| Water Climate Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $6,000.00 | North Central & East | Water for Nature Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Plumas County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County | California | https://www.waterclimate.org/ | To advocate for the restoration and protection of instream flows in rivers and streams in the upper Sacramento River watershed through policy advocacy, organizing, and participation in key state and federal regulatory and legal processes. | More details |
| Watershed Alliance of Marin | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protect Endangered Wildlife from Destructive Development | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Marin County | California | http://www.watermarin.org/ | To pursue legal action that would require Marin County conduct a full CEQA review of an ecologically important property at the headwaters of Redwood Creek which is slated for development. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2021 | $5,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Rainbow Trout Assessment and Protection in Threatened Streams | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To continue a 17- year water quality and fish monitoring program in three native trout streams in the Wolf Creek watershed; and protect threatened trout populations through research, community education, organizing and advocacy. | More details |
| Amargosa Conservancy | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $6,080.00 | Southern Deserts | Support for the Amargosa Summit | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Inyo County ; San Bernardino County | California | http://amargosaconservancy.org/ | To coordinate a professionally facilitated, two-day Amargosa Summit which would include Nevada and California federal and state agencies, non-profits, and Tribes, and would open dialog for the creation of a common conservation vision of the Amargosa Basin. | More details |
| Amigos De Bolsa Chica | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Follow and Learn about the Ocean and Wetlands (FLOW) | Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Orange County | California | https://www.amigosdebolsachica.org | To implement an enhanced citizen-science water quality monitoring program in the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve with the goal of better identifying, understanding and responding to sources of pollution and collecting data to inform management decisions. | More details |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,000.00 | North Coast | Sugar Pine Trail Restoration and Preservation | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Trinity County | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | To lead an adult backpacking and backcountry trail restoration project in the Trinity Alps during summer 2022, achieving the twin goals of restoring impacted habitat and building the conservation community in Trinity County. | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Battle Creek Alliance Watershed Protection | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Shasta County ; Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To collect long-term, year-round data regarding the diminished water quality downstream from clearcut and salvage-logged land in the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges and pursue litigation to promote resource conservation and protect the climate, water supply, forest, watershed, and wildlife inhabitants and habitat from further degradation. | More details |
| Bigfoot Trail Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,000.00 | North Coast | Siskiyou Wilderness Collaborative | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://bigfoottrail.org/ | To support a collaborative team that will maintain ten miles of the Bigfoot Trail in the Siskiyou Wilderness, keeping it accessible to hikers and building the conservation community in Del Norte County. | More details |
| California Desert Coalition | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Southern Deserts | Defend-the-Desert Series | Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy | Inyo County ; Mono County ; Riverside County ; San Bernardino County | California | https://www.cadesertcoalition.org/ | To conduct a series of conservation advocacy workshops that encourage community participation in land-use decisions and environmental policy to protect the Mojave Desert. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | To protect open space and promote sustainable development through citizen engagement and litigation of the Calaveras County General Plan. | More details |
| Community Environmental Advocates Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop the Idaho-Maryland Mine | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.cea-nc.org/ | To oppose the reopening of the Idaho-Maryland gold mine though citizen advocacy, technical analysis of environmental impacts, public outreach, and education. | More details |
| Friends of Auburn Ravine | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $4,600.00 | Sierra Nevada | Auburn Ravine Upper Watershed Salmon Survey Project | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County ; Sutter County | California | https://auburnravine.org/ | To expand fish surveys of Steelhead and Chinook Salmon populations in Auburn Ravine Creek to include the 6 miles of creek upstream of the recently removed Hemphill Dam. | More details |
| Friends of Plumas Wilderness | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Protect Plumas: Building Grassroots Support to Protect Public Wildlands in Feather River Watershed | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Butte County ; Plumas County ; Sierra County ; Statewide | California | https://plumaswilderness.org/ | To build local, grassroots community support for the permanent protection of 30% of the Feather River Watershed by 2030. | More details |
| Friends of the Lost Coast | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | North Coast | Organizational Capacity Building Initiative | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County ; Mendocino County | California | https://lostcoast.org/ | To implement critical organizational growth initiatives including the organization’s transition from Board to staff management, an increase in fundraising capacity, and an expansion of the group’s volunteer and donor base through outreach and social media. | More details |
| Mother Lode Land Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Landowner Outreach | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alpine County ; Amador County ; Calaveras County ; El Dorado County ; Tuolumne County | California | http://www.motherlodelandtrust.org/ | To conduct outreach to landowners in the Central Sierra to encourage voluntary conservation easements and protect open spaces with important wildland values and wildlife corridor linkages. | More details |
| Point Molate Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Environmental Justice | Contra Costa County | California | https://ptmolatealliance.org/ | To advocate for the conservation of Point Molate, the last undeveloped native coastal prairie on San Francisco Bay, as a public resource and a regional park. | More details |
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Statewide | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | To promote the restoration and conservation of Bay Area watersheds through citizen science monitoring, research, and educational programming about local river otter populations. | More details |
| Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $5,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Protect Corridor Connectivity for Mountian Lions and Communities from Wildfire | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.scope.org | To oppose a 37-unit luxury housing development in Pico Canyon which threatens critical mountain lion habitat and movement corridors, and would create a serious fire evacuation risk for humans and wildlife. | More details |
| Tolowa Dunes Stewards | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $7,500.00 | North Coast | Restoring Biological Diversity for a Climate Resilient Future | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Del Norte County | California | http://www.tolowacoasttrails.org | To support ongoing volunteer programs that engage young people and the community in hands-on restoration of Tolowa Dunes State Park and the Lake Earl Wildlife Area. | More details |
| Water Climate Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2022 | $6,500.00 | North Central & East | Water for Nature Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Plumas County ; Sacramento County ; San Francisco County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County | California | https://www.waterclimate.org/ | To advocate for the restoration and protection of instream flows in rivers and streams in the upper Sacramento River watershed through policy advocacy and participation in key state and federal regulatory processes. | More details |
| SLO Beaver Brigade | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast (incl. Monterey Bay and San Luis Obispo) | Salinas River Watershed Health | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | San Luis Obispo County | California | https://www.slobeaverbrigade.com/ | To monitor beaver dam habitat and advocate for policies and decision making that ensure the protection and enhancement of the Salinas River watershed. | More details |
| Nipomo Action Committee | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Central Coast (incl. Monterey Bay and San Luis Obispo) | Targeted Communications | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | San Luis Obispo County | California | https://stopdanareserve.com/ | To protect and conserve a 288-acre oak woodland in Nipomo, CA which is threatened by a luxury housing development. | More details |
| OC Habitats | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Riparian and Salt Marsh Restoration in the Upper Newport Back Bay | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Orange County | California | https://www.ochabitats.org/ | To build environmental constituency in Orange County and support the restoration of riparian and wetland habitats by removing invasive species and planting native species. | More details |
| Friends of the Santa Clara River | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Preserve Floodplains to manage Climate induced floods and Promote Groundwater Recharge | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Climate Change & Energy | Los Angeles County;Ventura County | California | https://fscr.org/ | To oppose L.A. County's approval of new Floodway Maps along the Santa Clara River near Newhall Ranch, which expose sensitive habitat to future development. | More details |
| NO Canyon Hills | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | https://nocanyonhills.org/ | To protect and conserve 300+ acres of open space in the Verdugo Mountains in Sunland-Tujunga, currently under imminent threat of luxury, gated exurban development. | More details |
| Water Climate Trust | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,500.00 | North Central & East | Water for Nature Campaign | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Climate Change & Energy;Environmental Justice | Plumas County;Sacramento County;San Francisco County;Shasta County;Siskiyou County;Statewide | California | https://www.waterclimate.org/ | To advocate for the restoration and protection of instream flows in rivers and streams in the upper Sacramento River watershed through policy advocacy and participation in key state regulatory processes | More details |
| Battle Creek Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | North Central & East | Battle Creek Watershed Protection | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Climate Change & Energy | Shasta County;Tehama County | California | http://www.thebattlecreekalliance.org | To collect long-term, year-round data regarding the diminished water quality downstream from clearcut and salvage-logged land in the Sierra and Cascade Mountain ranges and support a formal report on the GHG emissions associated with industrial logging in the region. | More details |
| Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | North Central & East | Forest & Watershed Watch - Protecting Biodiversity | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Sustainable Forestry | Siskiyou County | California | http://www.mountshastaecology.org/ | To increase public oversight of local, state, and federal forest and watershed projects in the Mount Shasta area by monitoring and commenting on proposed timber, salvage-logging and energy projects. | More details |
| California Urban Streams Alliance - The Stream Team | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | North Coast | Is 6PPD-quinone Present in Stormwater Runoff Carried To The Gualala River Estuary? | Environmental Education;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Toxics & Environmental Health | Mendocino County | California | http://www.thestreamteam.org/ | To confirm the presence of 6PPD-quinone in stormwater runoff carried from Highway 1 to the Gualala River Estuary and advocate for green infrastructure enhancements that will clean the runoff before it reaches the river. | More details |
| Friends of the Lost Coast | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,500.00 | North Coast | Outreach, Technology & Diversity Project | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Environmental Justice | Humboldt County;Mendocino County | California | https://lostcoast.org/ | To implement critical organizational growth initiatives including administrative support for outreach and fundraising, a website revamp, and Spanish translation of FOLC’s educational materials and programming. | More details |
| Ascend Wilderness Experience | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | North Coast | Adult Stewardship & Multigenerational Trip Expansion 2023 | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Trinity County | California | http://ascendwilderness.org/ | To lead an adult backpacking and backcountry trail restoration projects in the Trinity Alps during summer 2023, achieving the twin goals of restoring impacted habitat and building the conservation community in Trinity County. | More details |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,500.00 | North Coast | Defending Wildlife and Wild Places in Northern California | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Sustainable Forestry | Del Norte County;Humboldt County;Shasta County;Siskiyou County;Trinity County | California | http://klamathforestalliance.org | To limit the scope of post-fire timber sale plans and protect mature forests, watersheds and wildlife on public land in the Klamath, Six Rivers, Shasta-Trinity and Mendocino National Forests. | More details |
| Bigfoot Trail Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,000.00 | North Coast | Siskiyou Wilderness Collaborative | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Del Norte County | California | http://bigfoottrail.org/ | To support a collaborative team that will maintain ten miles of the Bigfoot Trail in the Siskiyou Wilderness, keeping it accessible to hikers and building the conservation community in Del Norte County | More details |
| Friends of the Swainson's Hawk | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Protect the Natomas Basin Habitat Plan for Threatened Species | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security | Sacramento County;Sutter County | California | http://www.swainsonshawk.org | To coordinate legal and technical experts to challenge a new industrial development that threatens key wildlife habitat in the Natomas Basin, northwest of Sacramento. | More details |
| Point Molate Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Environmental Justice | Contra Costa County | California | https://ptmolatealliance.org/ | To advocate for the conservation of Point Molate, the last undeveloped natural headland/native coastal prairie on San Francisco Bay, as a public resource and a regional park. | More details |
| River Otter Ecology Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Statewide | California | http://www.riverotterecology.org | To promote the restoration and conservation of Bay Area watersheds through citizen science monitoring, research, and educational programming about local river otter populations. | More details |
| Friends of Mission Canyon | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,000.00 | Santa Barbara Area (incl. Oxnard and Ventura) | SCE Accountability Project | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Santa Barbara County | California | http://friendsofmissioncanyon.org/ | To hold the utility Southern California Edison accountable through citizen advocacy for major environmental harms associated with road maintenance in the Mission Creek Watershed. | More details |
| Mariposa Trails | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Mariposa Forest Resiliency Project | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Sustainable Forestry | Mariposa County | California | https://mariposatrails.org/ | To build environmental constituency in Mariposa County while conducting trailwork and removing ladder fuels around Black Oak trees along a 3-mile stretch of trail in Yosemite National Park. | More details |
| Clover Valley Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | Clover Valley | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Placer County | California | https://clovervalleyfoundation.org/ | To engage technical consultants and legal counsel to review and challenge a proposed development threatening Clover Valley in Rocklin, CA. | More details |
| American River Watershed Institute | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | BearPARC: Bear River Preservation And Restoration Collaborative | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Nevada County;Placer County;Sutter County;Yuba County | California | http://www.arwi.us/ | To launch BearPARC, a new citizen advocacy group fighting for permanent preservation of the full reach of the Bear River watershed. | More details |
| Wolf Creek Community Alliance | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,060.00 | Sierra Nevada | Rewilding Wolf Creek Preserve | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Nevada County | California | http://www.wolfcreekalliance.org/ | To lead 6 volunteer community workdays to remove invasive plants and install native plants in the Roy Peterson Wolf Creek Preserve; restoring native habitat and building the conservation community in southern Nevada County. This work will improve conditions for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife, while educating the community about the importance of native plants for supporting climate resilience and biodiversity. | More details |
| Community Environmental Advocates Foundation | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | Stop the Idaho-Maryland Mine | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Nevada County | California | http://www.cea-nc.org/ | To oppose the reopening of the Idaho-Maryland gold mine though citizen advocacy, technical analysis of environmental impacts, public outreach, and education. | More details |
| Community Action Project | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Climate Change & Energy | Calaveras County | California | http://calaverascap.com | To protect open space and promote sustainable development through citizen engagement in planning and land use decisions and litigation of the Calaveras County General Plan. | More details |
| Backcountry Horsemen of California | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $6,000.00 | Sierra Nevada | BCHC Intern | Environmental Education;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Sustainable Forestry | El Dorado County;Inyo County;Mono County;Shasta County;Statewide | California | http://bchcalifornia.org/ | To sponsor a 3-month internship to teach youth the skills of backcountry packing and stock management, support trail work in the Eastern Sierra, and inspire the next generation of skilled packers and wilderness managers. | More details |
| Californians for Western Wilderness | California Wildlands Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $1,500.00 | Statewide | Travel within California for Work with Various Coalitions | Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Statewide | California | http://www.caluwild.org/ | To support travel to participate in land protection campaigns across the state, including the Molok Luyuk national monument campaign and work in the Eastern Sierra in the Bodie Hills and Conglomerate Mesa. | More details |
| Community Water Center | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2014 | $221,704.56 | Central Valley | Clean Water for Disadvantaged Communities | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org/ | The Community Water Center will further efforts to ensure clean sources of drinking water for disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley and Tulare Lake Basin. CWC will accomplish this through three main strategies: 1) Water Quality Monitoring in Disadvantaged Communities; 2) Community Outreach and Education in Disadvantaged Communities; and 3) Supporting Community Participation in Regional Water Planning. Water quality monitoring will help develop a better understanding of local groundwater conditions; including availability and quality; and identify impacts on beneficial uses; particularly for disadvantaged community drinking water supplies. Education and engagement of disadvantaged communities will enable proactive action to prevent and mitigate contamination of groundwater used as a source of drinking water. Community participation in regional water planning; including IRWMPs; groundwater quality management plans; and regional drinking water projects will ensure that water quality needs of disadvantaged communities will be addressed and sources of community drinking water supplies will be protected and improved. | More details | |
| California Product Stewardship Council | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2015 | $19,948.50 | Central Valley | Sustainable Medication Take Back for Tulare Basin Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.calpsc.org/ | Supports the California Product Stewardship Council's continued expansion of the pharmaceutical disposal education and outreach effort to protect watersheds in the Central Valley. The project will be located in the County of Madera and would expand the Don't Rush to Flush Meds in the Bin We All Win! program developed by California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) using a previous Rose Foundation grant from 2012-13. The Don't Rush to Flush (DRTF) Sacramento/Yolo project - earned statewide award for the Best Public/Private Partnership Award from CalRecycle and Department of Toxic Substances Control and generated television and radio coverage including Capital Public Radio._x000B__x000B_Using the grant funds; CPSC will conduct a 1 year project to assist community and local government partners to establish up to three new medication collections bins and promote the DRTF program to the community. CPSC will work in collaboration with several government agencies including the Madera County Environmental Health Division; cities of Madera and Chowchilla public works; Madera County Sheriff's office; cities of Madera and Chowchilla police departments; the Madera County Special Districts Department which maintains approximately 30 water systems and 15 sewer systems; cities of Madera and Chowchilla water and waste water departments; the Rural County Representatives of California; local waste haulers Mid Valley Disposal and Sunset Waste; and local drug abuse and prevention groups. These partners are all committed to the success of the project and will provide in-kind staffing support and promotion of the program. | More details | |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2015 | $41,000.00 | Central Valley | Clean Water Capacity-building for Sacramento Valley Disadvantaged Communities | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | Supports a water quality needs assessment in the American River Basin with an emphasis on Sacramento County; and then building the capacity of the area's DAC residents to become agents for water justice and watershed health. This project will address the following pollutants: arsenic; nitrate; and hexavalent chromium; with respect to drinking water; heavy metals; mercury; and other industrial pollutants; with respect to subsistence fishing; fecal coliform; human waste; and diseases capable of transmission via water; with respect to homeless population; and paints; household chemicals; electronic waste; and other unknown pollutants that are routinely dumped illegally in irrigation ditches and other areas where they can impact water quality and watershed health. EJCW will conduct this work in close coordination with other project partners in the growing Sacramento Valley Water Justice Network (SVWJN); which will include the Environmental Council of Sacramento (the region's largest environmental advocacy network); the Avondale Glen Elder Neighborhood Association (the voice for one of Sacramento's lowest income neighborhoods); Mutual Housing California (a regional; affordable housing non-profit); and the Alchemist Community Development Corporation (a local; community-based CDC). Project deliverables include: 1) growing the network to anchor the SVWJN; 2) setting project or campaign agenda with toolkits for 3-5 of the disadvantaged communities engaged; and 3) engaging community representatives from each of the DACs as participants in EJCW's water justice leadership training curriculum. | More details | ||
| Sierra Fund | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2015 | $40,000.00 | Central Valley | Building an Integrated Regional Water Management Collaborative Serving the CABY Region | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.sierrafund.org/ | Helps leverage a $5.5 million grant awarded by the Department of Water Resources to The Sierra Fund's CABY Headwaters Resilience and Adaptability Program - a collaboration among fifteen government and non-profit organizations. Funding would allow project partners working on water quality improvement in the region to more deeply engage with tribal leaders; disadvantaged community members; and others in the region as funded projects (from mercury remediation activities to meadow restoration to installation of new water pipes) are implemented. The project would create a public engagement strategy; list of key contacts; press releases; and include hosting at least one community meeting and attending other relevant community events. An important outcome of the project will be increased recognition from disadvantaged community residents of the Cosumnes; American; Bear; Yuba (CABY) Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) collaborative and its activities to improve water quality in the region. | More details | |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $43,245.00 | Central Valley | Safer Subsistance Fishing: Cache Creek Basin to Sacramento River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | n/a | More details | ||
| Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $215,000.00 | Central Valley | South San Joaquin Valley Watershed Improvement Programs: Promoting Community Participation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/ | Many communities in the South San Joaquin Valley (Allensworth; Alpaugh; Arvin; Delano and Lamont) face significant drinking water contamination from arsenic and nitrates; suffer from poor water quality and are faced with expensive treatment options. Lower water tables resulting from the CA drought pull in higher levels of nutrients like arsenic and nitrate from ground water; affecting well water and other sources of potable water. CRPE will provide fact sheets and information to community residents on common contaminants found in Valley water supplies such as nitrates and arsenic. We will also train community residents on possible solutions and treatment options to prevent future contamination and clean-up existing contamination. Goal 1: To empower residents to improve local and regional water board governance to provide safe; clean; affordable drinking water. Goal 2: To organize and unify the most vulnerable residents in the South San Joaquin Valley to better address the water challenges they have. | More details | |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $31,390.00 | Central Valley | Advancing Community Engagement to Monitor; Report Hazards; and Preserve the Water Quality of Fresno and Kern Counties | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://ccejn.wordpress.com/ | In conjunction with the already established FERN/KEEN resident reporting networks of environmental hazards; this project will serve to enhance residents' abilities to identify; monitor; and report potential threats to groundwater and surface watersheds. In response to those concerns; the networks operate a taskforce of regulatory agency representatives and community NGO's that consider; investigate; and respond to those concerns. The focus with these workshops is to increase the number of people who know how to report hazards; and can begin thinking about hazards around their community; even if they are not actively participating in a consistent data gathering project. This project will allow the KEEN/FERN networks to inform the RWQCB about the potential threats in a manner consistent with quick abatement and comprehensive compliance actions. This proposal will will more explicitly help us in leading a conversation with the RWQCB about forming quality assurance/quality control protocols for the targeted collection of research data. Goal 1: Expand our reach to conduct 3 more trainings; reaching about 30 more people that will be engaged with the project. (Lamont and Riverdale) Goal 2: Organize three citizen science eventsspecified for the Water Watcher groups. | More details | |
| El Quinto Sol de America | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | Water and the Right to Know | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.elquintosoldeamerica.org/ | EQS will launch an educational program; giving the four communities of Tooleville; Plainview; Tonyville and Lindsay (which includes the community of El Rancho) the individualized tools that each community needs in order to have a deep understanding of the water quality issues they face and to increase participation in their current water boards in an effort to have community members engaged in their own water systems. Goal 1: to increase the knowledge and participation of residents in their local water systems. Goal 2: to build new and further develop existing relationships with community partners; such as The Community Water Center; Tulare County Redevelopment Agency; Tulare County Association of Governments; Lindsay Public Works; Lindsay Redevelopment Office and The Tulare County Board of Supervisors; specifically Supervisor Allen Ishida; in order to collaborate and respond to community issues in a more effective manner | More details | |
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $120,000.00 | Central Valley | Septic Conversion and Consolidation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.leadershipcounsel.org | Our project will start in the communities of Lanare and Cantua Creek; in Fresno County and Matheny Tract; Soults Tract and Loan Oak in Tulare County where failing septic systems and inadequate drinking water systems impact the health of the aquifer; health of residents; and the sustainability of communities. We will partner with community-based organizations; local government and other stakeholders to develop and implement community driven septic to sewer and drinking water consolidation campaigns. This project will (1) eliminate failing septic systems by advocating for and facilitating projects that connect disadvantaged communities to public wastewater systems and (2) address drinking water contamination by advocating for consolidation of drinking water systems. | More details | |
| Self Help Enterprises | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $29,619.00 | Central Valley | DAC Engagement in Regional Water Planning | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | n/a | This project will improve DAC participation in Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) and Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) activities by working directly with DACs; IRWM; and SGMA groups in rural SJV communities in the Tulare Lake Basin (including Allensworth; Alpaugh; East Orosi; Lanare; and Sultana) to build capacity; foster relationships; address current barriers; minimize future barriers and support development of ground water sustainability projects. Grant objectives are to 1) engage DACs; IRWM groups and Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) in defining participation and project development challenges related to local; regional and sustainable ground water supply and management; (2) work with IRWM and SGMA groups to develop plans to utilize future DAC engagement funds; 3) build capacity and foster working relationships; 4) address local IRWM barriers and minimize future SGMA barriers; and 5) support development of water projects that lead to sustainable local and regional ground water management. | More details | |
| Self Help Enterprises | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $74,936.00 | Central Valley | DAC Engagement in Regional Water Planning | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | n/a | This project will improve DAC participation in Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) and Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) activities by working directly with DACs; IRWM; and SGMA groups in rural SJV communities in the Tulare Lake Basin (including Allensworth; Alpaugh; East Orosi; Lanare; and Sultana) to build capacity; foster relationships; address current barriers; minimize future barriers and support development of ground water sustainability projects. Grant objectives are to 1) engage DACs; IRWM groups and Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) in defining participation and project development challenges related to local; regional and sustainable ground water supply and management; (2) work with IRWM and SGMA groups to develop plans to utilize future DAC engagement funds; 3) build capacity and foster working relationships; 4) address local IRWM barriers and minimize future SGMA barriers; and 5) support development of water projects that lead to sustainable local and regional ground water management. | More details | |
| Sierra Fund | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $40,500.00 | Central Valley | Building an Integrated Regional Water Management Collaborative Serving the CABY Region | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.sierrafund.org/ | Helps leverage a $5.5 million grant awarded by the Department of Water Resources to The Sierra Fund's CABY Headwaters Resilience and Adaptability Program - a collaboration among fifteen government and non-profit organizations. Funding would allow project partners working on water quality improvement in the region to more deeply engage with tribal leaders; disadvantaged community members; and others in the region as funded projects (from mercury remediation activities to meadow restoration to installation of new water pipes) are implemented. The project would create a public engagement strategy; list of key contacts; press releases; and include hosting at least one community meeting and attending other relevant community events. An important outcome of the project will be increased recognition from disadvantaged community residents of the Cosumnes; American; Bear; Yuba (CABY) Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) collaborative and its activities to improve water quality in the region. | More details | |
| The South Yuba River Citizens League | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $46,500.00 | Central Valley | Growing Green: Reducing Water Quality Impacts from Marijuana Grows in the Yuba Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://yubariver.org/ | More details | ||
| WildPlaces | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2016 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | Kern/Tule Watersheds Disadvantaged Communities Water Quality Improvement and Outreach | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.wildplaces.net/ | By embracing an ecosystem-wide approach; this project will combine community outreach and education with hands-on; place-based restorative activities to engage disadvantaged communities to improve water and habitat quality. Protecting and restoring upland habitat and watersheds will improve conditions in the targeted disadvantaged communities by bringing diverse neighborhood members together to take action toward the common goal of watershed restoration. Goal 1: to increase the knowledge of youth and their families in East Porterville and Arvin on the connection between water and habitat quality Goal 2: to engage local residents in watershed stewardship activities | More details | |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $150,000.00 | California | http://www.ciea-health.org/ | More details | |||||
| California Product Stewardship Council | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $38,875.80 | Pacific Northwest | Sustainable Medication Take Back for Amador County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.CalPSC.org | Supports the expansion of the award winning “Don’t Rush to Flush, Meds in the Bin We All Win!†(DRTF). DRTF protects water quality by establishing safe and convenient medication collection sites and promoting their use to the public in lieu of flushing or trashing medications. Reducing flushing is the primary goal because wastewater treatment plants typically can only remove a small portion of active pharmaceutical compounds, with the remainder flowing directly into waterways. DRTF also discourages trashing because landfill leachate, which is often pumped out of the landfill and processed at the same wastewater treatment plants, can present a similar risk for contamination of waterways. The project as proposed focuses on reducing pharmaceutical contamination in the waterways of Amador County, including the Cosumnes River, Dry Creek, the South Fork of the American River, the Mokelumne River, any tributaries to those waterways within the County that receive discharged wastewater, and the groundwater aquifers in the region. Downstream waterways that receive in-flows from the aforementioned including the Sacramento River, the San Joaquin River, and the San Francisco-San Joaquin Delta will also benefit from the reduction in pharmaceutical contaminants upstream. The project’s impact will be measured by the amount of medicines diverted from improper disposal by being collected in the bins. | More details | |
| California Product Stewardship Council | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $200,000.00 | California | http://www.CalPSC.org | The proposed project would expand the award winning “Don’t Rush to Flush, Meds in the Bin We All Win!†(DRTF) program developed by California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC) with funding from a previous Rose Foundation grant. DRTF protects water quality in the Sacramento Valley region by establishing safe and convenient medication collection sites and promoting their use to the public in lieu of flushing or trashing medications. Reducing flushing is the primary goal because wastewater treatment plants typically can only remove a small portion of pharmaceutical compounds, leaving the rest to flow directly into waterways. DRTF also discourages trashing because landfill leachate, which is often pumped out of the landfill and processed at the same wastewater treatment plants, can present a similar risk for contamination of waterways. CPSC will collaborate with community partners and establish up to eighteen (20) new medication collections bins depending on funding available and promote the DRTF program to the community. The education and outreach program will target all consumers of medication in the project region with an emphasis on low-income and disadvantaged populations to achieve the primary goal of protecting waterways in the Sacramento Valley watershed through pollution prevention and reduction and the secondary goal of reducing the community health impacts associated with improperly stored and disposed medications. | More details | ||||
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $43,942.50 | Central Valley | Water Quality Planning and Well Rehabilitation in Del Rey, California | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Fresno County | California | http://www.crla.org/ | The community of Del Rey is an unincorporated town of approximately 400 homes located in Eastern Fresno County, comprising approximately 1,400 residents. This community is nested amidst fruit and vegetable processing plants, a building materials yard, agricultural fields, and the colossal POM Pomegranate Juice processing facility. Del Rey is served by a 7 well public water system, 2 of which have been contaminated beyond use with 1,2,3-Trichlopropane (TCP) and 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP). CRLA, Inc. seeks funds to conduct training and community engagement in developing the initial water quality study to be followed by well rehabilitation or replacement in address the community water quality concerns. We seek a grant of $120,000 for this assessment and community engagement. 1) In partnership with Del Rey Community Service District, conduct analysis and planning study to determine potential options for water quality improvement including filtration options, connecting to the local city of Sanger, and blending water from various sources to bring wells to standard. 2) Convene a Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) that would assist in guiding the project and conducting community engagement. This committee would lead stakeholder engagement and communications with County and local agencies. 3) Convene community residents for 5 meetings to engage in the water quality improvement process and to discuss historic water quality issues caused by pesticide use in the region. | More details |
| California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $93,930.00 | Central Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | Del Rey is a disadvantaged unincorporated farmworker community in southeastern Fresno County. The Del Rey Community Services District (CSD) currently needs to assess the extent of water contamination and identify the best treatment options for its wells. The community's drinking water is contaminated with the highly toxic fumigant pesticide 1,2,3-trichlopropane (TCP), a byproduct of soil fumigants used in agricultural production. TCP is known to cause liver and kidney damage, blood disorders and cancer in animals. The State Water Board is in the process of developing a formal drinking water standard for TCP and the regulation is projected to enter the monitoring stage in January 2018. The State Water Board has released a preliminary finding that the MCL will be set at 5 parts per trillion. In the meantime, the California Environmental Protection Agency has set a Public Health Goal for TCP at 0.7 parts per trillion and the California State Water Resources Control Board has established the current notification level for TCP at 5,000 parts per trillion. Del Rey is served by three active private wells operated by the Community Service District and has two additional standby wells. Del Rey's most recent water testing results show that the community's water contains 99,000 parts per trillion of TCP, over 19 times the notification level, and significantly higher than the Public Health Goal and proposed MCL of 5 ppt. Two standby wells are located in the district, and an additional eight wells have been rendered completely dry and are unusable. CRLA seeks funding to engage in two major types of activities: (1) analysis and development of the remediation study, monitored through a technical advisory committee comprised of Del Rey community residents and (2) community engagement and education. Ensuring meaningful community engagement will include facilitating and encouraging community participation in Community Service District processes, providing training and technical assistance to community residents, and researching water quality issues as necessary to educate residents. | More details | |||
| Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $140,000.00 | Central Valley | California | http://www.cserc.org | Over recent years, intensive, competing demands for the region's water have been exacerbated by multiple years of drought. The initial public alarm over drought-limited water supplies has unfortunately mostly faded. A majority of regional residents are focused on other concerns despite the pivotal role that water plays in the region's ecosystem, the regional economy, and the daily lives of regional residents. On top of all the competing water demands and expanding threats to water quality, numerous human actions as well as natural events have degraded watershed health on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada. With a warming climate producing less of a snow pack, extending the wildland wildfire season, and causing exceptional tree mortality caused by bark beetles and drought, the once healthy west slope forested watershed is in severe decline. CSERC is uniquely positioned to apply four coordinated water-focused strategies that directly respond to the multiple threats. First, CSERC serves as a WATERSHED WATCHDOG across 2,000,000+ acres of public and private watershed lands in the foothills and mountains of the region. CSERC biologists locate watershed threats, notify agencies, and raise awareness. Second, CSERC does WATER QUALITY MONITORING to pinpoint polluted streams. Third, CSERC is on the forefront of DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE WATER SOLUTIONS by engaging in 4 separate collaborative processes and bringing CSERC's successful collaborative experience to often polarized discussions. Fourth, CSERC strives to ENHANCE WATER CONSERVATION by providing online water issue articles, social networking outreach, and a highly praised program that brings slide show presentations on WATER - OUR PRECIOUS GIFT to predominantly minority communities in urban areas of the Central Valley. CSERC's four-pronged efforts locate threats to watersheds and water quality, help create solutions, and utilize staff's water expertise to raise awareness and gain support for conservation. | More details | |||
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $100,000.00 | Central Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://ejcw.org/ | The Environmental Justice Coalition for Water (EJCW) is pleased to submit the following Letter of Inquiry (LOI) for the Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Grant, on behalf of itself and its project partners in the growing Sacramento Valley Water Justice Network. EJCW is a statewide, grassroots coalition of community groups and policy organizations. For seventeen (17) years, EJCW has empowered low-income, people-of-color and Tribal communities throughout California to become informed, vocal advocates for water justice. The title of EJCW’s proposed project is, Realizing the Human Right to Water for Sacramento Valley Disadvantaged Communities. EJCW seeks to expand on our current CV SEP by providing watershed education and water justice capacity-building projects beyond Sacramento County, to engage water-disadvantaged communities in the upper Sacramento Valley, including, but not limited to: Chico, Redding, Anderson, Mt. Shasta, McCloud, Red Bluff and Willows. EJCW will expand upon our existing efforts in the lower Sacramento Valley to ensure clean drinking water, fisheries, and recreational waterways for disadvantaged communities in the upper Sacramento Valley. EJCW will advance four main strategies to this end: 1) disadvantaged community identification and water quality needs assessment; 2) community outreach and education in disadvantaged communities; 3) supporting community participation in watershed planning; and 4) providing technical assistance to disadvantaged communities. | More details | ||
| Madera Coalition for Community Justice | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $27,900.00 | Central Valley | Environmental Education | Madera County | California | http://maderaccj.webs.com/ | In light of the catastrophic California drought, it has become even more important for residents who are most impacted to understand the critical state of our water resources, agriculture and industry's environmental impact on it and tools for communities to rehabilitate and advocate for this finite shared resource. This project will both educate community members and facilitate water rehabilitation projects, in hopes of bringing the state of our vital water resources to light and produce real solutions. These solutions will help create a sustainability plan for water resources in Madera County but also help reduce the impact on low- income families living in rural areas that are most impacted by effects of the drought. | More details | |
| Rural Community Assistance Corporation | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $93,000.00 | Central Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.rcac.org/ | Supports the implementation of a Point of Use (POU) program to provide safe drinking water to Central Valley disadvantaged communities. Initial outreach will be to Caruthers and Riverdale in Fresno County- both designated DACs with primary and secondary water contaminant issues. This program would replicate RCAC's current work in Arvin on the largest POU program ever to be funded by the State Water Resources Control Board. RCAC's POU program takes place in conjunction with Agua4All, an innovative campaign to increase access to and consumption of safe drinking water in low-income rural areas. Agua4All raises awareness about the lack of safe drinking water access in many schools and communities; creates unique public-private partnerships to install water bottle filling stations where they are needed most; and advocates for sustainable long-term solutions to ensure safe drinking water for all. The pilot stage of the program was completed in South Kern County and the eastern Coachella Valley where RCAC installed 147 filling stations in schools and other public places, such as parks, libraries and clinics and to date, has installed over 125 POU filters. RCAC is expanding the program throughout rural California and plans to install more than 200 additional bottle filling stations in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Lake, Merced, Riverside, San Diego and Tulare counties. In the Fresno DACs, RCAC would install bottle filling stations with POU water treatment specifically designed to filter out arsenic. RCAC will also work with the communities' water systems, possibly leveraging state funds, to procure vending machines to dispense larger volumes of safe water for home use. RCAC will collaborate with the city councils and school districts in Caruthers and Riverdale. These partners will help to identify locations for installations. RCAC's locally-based Agua4All staff will conduct outreach to inform residents on the newly available safe water, as well as educate them on the health benefits of drinking water. RCAC will continue to work with the communities beyond the completion of the POU program to identify and implement long-term solutions to access to safe drinking water. | More details | ||
| Sierra Streams Institute | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $122,000.00 | Central Valley | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Placer County ; Sutter County ; Nevada County ; Yuba County | California | https://sierrastreamsinstitute.org/ | The Bear River Watershed, home to several disadvantaged communities, has been severely impacted by historical and present-day mining, industrial chemical discharges, agricultural chemical runoff, sewage spills, invasive species, and aquatic and terrestrial habitat degradation. The 2015 Lowell Fire brought a new threat of post-fire erosion across the 2,304 acres in the Bear’s upper watershed, an area that includes several historical tailings and dredge piles and two major hydraulic diggings, releasing an increased volume of heavy metal-laced sediments into the watershed until the vegetation community is restored to stabilize the slopes. Additionally, a proposal to flood an additional six miles of the Bear River with a new Centennial Dam is slated despite known mercury accumulation and other environmental and public health risks. Sierra Streams Institute is uniquely positioned to address these issues, as we are currently leading a multi-agency, watershed-wide restoration planning process. Funding is now needed to bolster this planning process by initiating comprehensive baseline monitoring for the watershed, including collecting extensive water quality data, assessing the aquatic and terrestrial species and habitats that may be affected if the dam is approved, along with reducing post-fire erosion with our partner landowners. Citizen engagement through training citizen scientists is at the heart of all our work, and enables us to greatly expand overall stewardship of the Bear. | More details | |
| The Sierra Fund | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $200,000.00 | California | http://www.sierrafund.org | This project will leverage two sources of funding: (1) a $5.5 million grant awarded by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) to The Sierra Fund’s (TSF) “CABY Headwaters Resilience and Adaptability Program,†a collaboration between fifteen government and non-profit organizations and (2) a $40,500 grant awarded by the Rose Foundation to increase DAC and Tribal involvement in both CABY and DWR’s mandated DAC needs assessment in 2017. Funding will allow The Sierra Fund to hire a full-time bilingual (Spanish-English) Community Organizer and a Tribal Consultant to ensure that Spanish-speaking and Tribal populations of their CABY region DAC communities are given the opportunity for meaningful participation in planning activities that will lead to improved water quality, water access, and health outcomes for the region. The proposed project will involve local organizations and leaders that serve Spanish speaking community members in planning efforts to produce and distribute state-issued fish consumption guidelines in Spanish at water bodies where ethnic minority anglers are fishing. Existing print media and web-based materials created by The Sierra Fund and state public health agencies, including fish consumption advisories created by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) will be translated into Spanish and provided to Spanish-speaking community members through this process. In addition, culturally appropriate outreach will be conducted by the Tribal Consultant to ensure that the needs of these stakeholders are articulated and communicated. Community meetings and outreach at key events will target social service providers and low-income, DAC, Tribal, and Spanish-speaking community members to provide important public health information and solicit feedback on local water quality and water supply access issues to facilitate a holistic and useful DAC needs assessment. | More details | ||||
| Tuolumne River Trust | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2017 | $100,000.00 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | https://www.tuolumne.org/ | More details | ||||
| The Sierra Fund | Central Valley Disadvantaged Community Water Quality Fund | 2021 | $50,000.00 | Capacity Building in the Sierra Nevada: Tribal and DAC Project Development and Support | California | https://sierrafund.org/ | CABY is the Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) planning group that serves communities living in the watersheds of the Cosumnes, American, Bear, and Yuba rivers. The Sierra Fund (TSF) has prioritized equitable inclusion of Tribes and underestimated communities in CABY’s decision-making processes, ensuring that the regional Plan includes the priority projects of underrepresented populations. TSF has collaborated with Tribal leaders to make sure that these stewards of regional water bodies are awarded funding to meet their water quality and access needs. TSF is working to make sure underrepresented people know about the variety and types of projects that qualify for inclusion in the 2021 CABY IRWM Plan Update. Projects listed in the Plan are eligible for specialized funding from the Department of Water Resources (DWR) under Proposition 1. Three objectives of TSF’s work in this area will be: - Develop and Sponsor Tribally-led Projects in the CABY Region - Develop and Sponsor Projects that serve Disadvantaged Communities (DACs) and Small Water Providers in the CABY Region. - Integrate Projects into the Larger CABY Grant Bundle to DWR and Build Capacity of Priority Populations to Administer these Projects. | More details | |||
| American Lung Association of the Inland Counties | Clean Air Fund | 1996 | $500.00 | Southern Desert | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Bernardino County | California | Supports distribution of the Dollars and Cents Report; which documents the economic benefits of controlling fine particulates. | More details | |
| Center for Health in North Richmond | Clean Air Fund | 1996 | $2,250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | Buys a computer for new organization serving at-risk residents in an area heavily impacted by toxic air emissions. | More details | |
| Clean Air Now! | Clean Air Fund | 1996 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.clean-air-now.org | Supports public education efforts around promoting the use of hydrogen fuels and solar-powered generation of hydrogen fuel. | More details |
| Coalition for Clean Air | Clean Air Fund | 1996 | $10,150.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Environmental Education | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.coalitionforcleanair.org/ | Supports public education efforts about alternative transportation choices in Riverside and San Bernadino high schools. | More details |
| Iron Triangle Neighborhood Association | Clean Air Fund | 1996 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Joint Elementary School Enhancement Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | Funds the Joint Elementary School Enhancement Project providing scholarships for at-risk youth. | More details | |
| Madres del Este de Los Angeles | Clean Air Fund | 1996 | $500.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.mothersofeastla.com/ | Helps fund door to door air pollution survey in East Los Angeles. | More details |
| Tree People | Clean Air Fund | 1996 | $100.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.treepeople.org/ | Helps support tree planting in Los Angeles. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | Clean Air Fund | 1996 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://westcountytoxicscoalition.org/ | Supports environmental justice organizing in low income areas heavily impacted by pollution from neighboring refineries. | More details |
| Don't Waste Arizona | Clean Air Fund | 1996 | $7,500.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.dontwastearizona.org/ | Supports community education in at-risk neighborhoods in South Phoenix about the dangers of exposure to ozone-depleting and toxic chemicals. | More details | |
| American Lung Association of the Inland Counties | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $1,000.00 | Southern Desert | General Support | Other | San Bernardino County | California | More details | ||
| Center for Community Action | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $35,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | More details | ||
| Coalition for Clean Air | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.coalitionforcleanair.org/ | More details | |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area & Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco and Los Angeles Counties | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Health Coalition | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $35,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Diego County | California | http://www.environmentalhealth.org/ | More details | |
| International Trade Information | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| Madres del Este de Los Angeles | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $2,500.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.mothersofeastla.com/ | More details | |
| Political Ecology Group | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| San Francisco Baykeeper | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | More details | |
| Shoreline Environmental Alliance | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | More details | ||
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | More details | |
| Atmosphere Alliance | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $5,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | More details | |||
| Bluewater Network | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $5,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.foe.org/bluewater-network | More details | |
| Don't Waste Arizona | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $20,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.dontwastearizona.org/ | More details | ||
| Ozone Action | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $50,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nationwide | More details | |||
| Pesticide Action Network North America | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.panna.org/ | More details | |
| Tri State Coalition for Responsible Investing | Clean Air Fund | 1997 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nationwide | More details | |||
| Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice | Clean Air Fund | 1998 | $10,000.00 | Southern Desert | Community Awareness and Monitoring Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Riverside County | California | http://www.ccaej.org/ | Funds community advocacy of state-of-the-art pollution controls on a huge auto refinishing facility located next to a high school. | More details |
| Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment | Clean Air Fund | 1998 | $35,000.00 | Central Valley | San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/ | Supports establishment of a new field office in Delano to provide legal and technical support to help at-risk communities respond to pesticide and other environmental health threats. | More details |
| Communities for A Better Environment | Clean Air Fund | 1998 | $100,000.00 | Southern Coast | Environmental Litigation in the South Coast Air Basin | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Funds Clean Air Act and Civil Rights Act citizen enforcement to protect community health in the South Coast Air Basin. | More details |
| Just Economics for Environmental Health | Clean Air Fund | 1998 | $3,880.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | Provides start up funding for Just Economics for Environmental Health project opposing the issuance of toxic air credits in the South Coast Air Basin. | More details | |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | Clean Air Fund | 1998 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | Supports environmental education in Richmond. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | Clean Air Fund | 1998 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Housewives Workshop Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | Supports Houswives Workshop Project to provide job training for at-risk community members. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | Clean Air Fund | 1998 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Zero Dioxin Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | Supports Zero Dioxin Campaign to reduce toxic releases from oil refineries. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Clean Air Fund | 1999 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | East Contra Costa County Cumulative Impact Study | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Funds a study of health problems in neighborhoods which are heavily impacted by industrial air pollution. | More details |
| Community Abatement of Pollution - Industrial Toxins | Clean Air Fund | 1999 | $3,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | County Bucket Brigade | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | Funds local organizing to involve local community members in air sampling after industrial toxic releases. | More details | |
| Just Economics for Environmental Health | Clean Air Fund | 1999 | $20,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | Funds research to identify combustion and other emissions sources of mercury; and promote clean alternatives. | More details | |
| San Francisco BayKeeper | Clean Air Fund | 1999 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento Valley Pesticide Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | Funds administrative advocacy to reduce pesticide levels in ambient air throughout the Sacramento Valley. | More details |
| ForestEthics | Columbia River Fund | 2014 | $13,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Blocking Fossil Fuels to Protect the Columbia River Basin Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Oregon | http://www.forestethics.org | The Columbia River and the rest of the Pacific Northwest are under threat from fossil fuel corporations intent on transporting and exporting massive quantities of crude oil from Canada's tar sands and North Dakota's Bakken oil fields to lucrative North American and Asian markets. The resulting pressure to increase in oil shipments through the rail lines of the Columbia Gorge elevates the threats of leaks; spills and explosions in every community and ecosystem that the oil passes through; including the Dalles; Hood River; Vancouver and Portland. The grant supports community education and outreach about the oil train risks; and to coordinate grassroots actions and lead volunteers in public presentations; door-to-door canvassing; letter writing campaigns; petitions; and media outreach to build a groundswell of public opposition to running oil trains along the Columbia River. | More details | |
| Friends of the Columbia Gorge | Columbia River Fund | 2014 | $40,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Don't spOIL the Gorge _'' Protect the Columbia River From Oil Trains and Terminals | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Multnomah County Hood River County Wasco County Klickitat County Clark County Skamania County | Oregon | http://www.gorgefriends.org/ | Driven by the Bakken oil boom; national oil-by-rail transportation has increased from 9500 tanker car loads in 208 to 400000 tanker car loads in 2013. Reflecting this trend; there has already been a dramatic increase oil trains through the Columbia River Gorge; thus raising the specter of derailments such as the April 2014 spill of 20000 gallons of crude oil into the James River in Virginia and the explosive 2013 derailment in Quebec that killed 47 people. The recent proposal to create a massive 360000 barrel per day oil terminal in Vancouver; WA would further increase the threat of oil spill along the Columbia River. The grant will support community outreach to engage local citizens and businesses to speak out during the Tesoro Savage oil terminal application process. Their goal is to generate 30000 public comments opposing the terminal; and to help first responders and local communities prepare emergency plans to respond to spills and derailments. | More details |
| Resource Media | Columbia River Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Mobilizing Opposition to Oil On The Columbia | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Clark County Columbia County; Cowlitz County Clark County Skamania County Multnomah County Hood River County Wasco County Sherman County | Oregon | http://www.resource-media.org/ | Decades-long efforts to restore salmon to the Columbia River could be irrevocably set back by a single spill from an oil tanker serving either the proposed new oil terminal in Vancouver; WA; or an expanded terminal at Port Westward; OR. However; Resource Media's analysis of how the media is covering the massive expansion of Columbia River oil trains found that the substantial risks posed to the waterways was very under-reported. The grant will help support a coordinated communications effort to highlight the ecological and public safety threats from oil trains in the Columbia River area; and educate the media; decision makers and those living in affected communities along the river about oil train threats to water quality; fish and wildlife; and public safety. | More details |
| Climate Solutions | Columbia River Fund | 2014 | $15,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Regional Oil Transport Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Clark County Columbia County Grays Harbor County Marion County Skagit County Thurston County | Washington | http://www.climatesolutions.org/ | Supports policy advocacy and organizing/outreach activities related to threats to the Columbia River from the proposed Tesoro terminal in Vancouver; WA. If fully built; the Tesoro terminal would handle up to 360000 barrels of oil per day; making it the largest in the Pacific Northwest. The grant would also support activities related to the proposed expansion of the Port Westward; OR terminal. Climate Solutions role in the Region Oil Transport Coalition is to educate labor; business; tribal nations; emergency responders and faith leaders about the threats to the Columbia River and the Columbia Gorge ecosystem from the risks of oil spills _'' part of the coalition's larger advocacy to limit the amount of oil being transported by rail through the region and to ensure that any oil transports are conducted as safely as possible. | More details |
| Washington Environmental Council | Columbia River Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Opposing Crude-By-Rail in the Columbia River Basin | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.wecprotects.org/ | Supports the Washington Environmental Council's work with local activists in the Columbia River Watershed and regional partners to build grassroots opposition to the Tesoro Savage oil terminal proposed for the Port of Vancouver in Washington. At 360000 barrels per day; the Tesoro terminal would be the largest such facility in the Pacific Northwest; this expansion would greatly increase the risks to both the river and local communities from a catastrophic oil train derailment and spill. Activities will include mobilizing the community to participate in environmental review and permitting processes; including the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC). WEC helped the Power Past Coal Campaign generate more than 330000 public comment opposing coal shipments through Washington; they will use the same public outreach model to target; educate and mobilize people living in areas impacted by the Tesoro Savage project. | More details | |
| Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission | Columbia River Fund | 2015 | $30,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Understanding Crude Oil Effects on Columbia River Fish | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | The Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission is a cooperative effort between the Yakima Nation; Nez Perce Tribe; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation providing coordination; outreach and scientific and technical expertise; especially to ensure the continuation of tribal fisheries and fishing rights in perpetuity. Funding supports an in-depth technical assessment of the biological risks of a crude oil spill on Columbia River salmon. The assessment will include literature review; a white paper; testimony in various administrative proceedings and other expert assistance; including potentially providing expert testimony in evidentiary hearings related to oil spill threats. The white paper will be distributed broadly; and also be available to the public and decision makers as part of CRITF's StreamNet research library._x000B_ | More details | ||
| Crag Law Center | Columbia River Fund | 2016 | $55,000.00 | Addressing Columbia River Legacy Toxics through CERCLA | Oregon | Crag Law Center proposes to research and develop a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the designation of certain segments of the Columbia River on the National Priorities List for cleanup under CERCLA; with a particular focus on the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers downstream to Longview; and the Bonneville Poll area. The project work plan includes: 1) Gathering Information to identify toxic hots spots; 2) Further narrowing the geographic scope to target the effort; 3) Engaging partners to support the effort; 4) Drafting a petition to the EPA; 5) Outreach and communications to advocate for the petition. | More details | ||||
| Northwest Environmental Advocates | Columbia River Fund | 2016 | $75,000.00 | Building a Stronger Foundation for Clean Water Act Enforcement Actions in the Columbia River Basin | Oregon | Northwest Environmental Advocates and Earthrise will work together to use policy and legal advocacy to strengthen the regulatory programs in Oregon and Washington and to make Clean Water Act programs more effective in controlling pollution throughout the Columbia River basin. The project will focus on encouraging more protective temperature and natural conditions criteria; improve ammonia and fine sediment criteria; update criteria for toxics including copper and other metals; promoting the development of more robust Total Maximum Daily Load standards; and to empower citizens with greater leverage to bring enforcement actions against specific polluters; and encouraging fresh analysis of the impacts of toxics on threatened species such as bull trout. | More details | ||||
| Northwest Environmental Defense Center | Columbia River Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | Clean Water Initative | Oregon | Northwest Environmental Defense Center's Clean Water Initiative work during the project year will primarily focus on the following issues: NPDES permit enforcement with a focus on toxic pollutants as well as permit development and implementation for mid-size communities along the Columbia River; developing tools to encourage Clean Water Act enforcement activities that address emerging pollutants; addressing harms associated with under-protective 401 certifications; implementing an Oregon industrial pre-treater enforcement strategy; and compiling a fish hatchery NPDES permit compliance report. The reports produced will be publicly released; and the project also provides the additional benefit of helping 30 40 Lewis & Clark Law School gain valuable practical experience in research; analysis; report development; site visits and water quality monitoring. | More details | ||||
| Friends of the Columbia Gorge | Columbia River Fund | 2016 | $60,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Stopping Tesoro's Vancouver Energy Project Proposed on the Columbia River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | The proposed Vancouver Energy Project would be the largest oil-by-rail project in North America; transporting 360;000 barrels of volatile Bakken crude every day by rail alongside the Columbia River; through the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area to a transloading facility on the banks of the Columbia in Vancouver Washington. From there; oil would be loaded onto oceangoing tankers headed downriver; through the Columbia River Estuary to refineries in the US or abroad. Threats to the Columbia River from this project include both routine releases of oil during transshipment; and the possibility of a catastrophic spill from a major derailment. Such a spill would destroy the fisheries; water quality and recreational value of the Columbia; as well as threaten public health. The recent fiery train derailment in nearby Mosier; Oregon underscores these threats to the river and the communities along its banks. Grant funding would support experts in the fields of medicine; toxicology; rail safety; environmental engineering and geo-technical engineering to participate in an adjudicatory process pending before the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council. | More details | ||
| Friends of Toppenish Creek | Columbia River Fund | 2017 | $30,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Protecting the Yakima and Columbia River Watershed from Pollution from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.friendsoftoppenishcreek.org/ | Supports hiring an expert in soil science to testify before the Washington State Pollution Control Hearing Board. Testimony will address the impact of the recently approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and State Waste Discharge General Permit(s) for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) on ground and surface waters in the Lower Yakima Valley, the Columbia River Basin in Grant and Franklin Counties, and in other parts of the state. Dairies comprise the largest part of Washington CAFOs and 60% of Washington’s 267,000 milk cows are located east of the Cascades. Currently 38% of milk cows are in Yakima County, 17% in Whatcom County, 11% in Grant County and 9% in Franklin County. | More details | |
| OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon | Columbia River Fund | 2018 | $15,000.00 | Environmental Justice for Columbia River-adjacent Communities | Oregon | http://www.opalpdx.org/ | OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon is the grassroots-driven hub at the center of our region's movement for Environmental Justice and Civil Rights, and conveners of the Oregon Just Transition Alliance, a statewide network of Oregon’s frontline communities facing environmental racism, economic exploitation, and climate change. Through the support of the Rose Foundation, we will convene a Columbia River-focused strategic planning session which will bring together the communities most impacted by degradation of the Columbia River watershed to engage a curriculum exploring Environmental Justice and Just Transition analysis. Low-income communities, communities of color, rural and tribal populations will be intentionally engaged through this project, centering and uplifting perspectives most often ignored in conversations about environmental quality, and building lasting capacity for environmental leadership among frontline communities living in close contact with the Columbia. Our community members will have direct access to share their perspectives and suggestions with the Oregon Governor’s Task Force on Environmental Justice, the decision making body with the most ability to make change at the intersection of Columbia River health and community health. | More details | |||
| Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility | Columbia River Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Protecting the Columbia River from Fossil Fuel Exports | Oregon | https://www.oregonpsr.org/ | This grant would support the work of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) to prevent the export of dangerous fossil fuels through the Columbia Watershed. We bring the voice of health and safety to effective coalitions to prevent the export of coal, oil and fracked gas. We coordinate teams of local health professionals who educate and advocate for protecting the health of the most vulnerable communities as we resist the largest coal export terminal in the nation (Millennium in Longview), the largest methanol export terminal in the world (Northwest Innovation Works-NWIW in Kalama), a related proposal lower on the Columbia (NWIW at Port Westward), and other emerging threats. Oregon PSR staff co-directs the Power Past Coal campaign and serves on the Executive Committee of the Stand Up to Oil campaign. | More details | |||
| WaterWatch of Oregon | Columbia River Fund | 2018 | $32,000.00 | Columbia River Basin Project | Oregon | http://waterwatch.org/ | Excessive stream temperatures in the Columbia Basin in Oregon often result from reduced streamflows caused by antiquated water policies. Now, on top of these legacy issues, the effects of climate change threaten about half of the cold water habitat in the Columbia Basin in Oregon in this century. Water Watch of Oregon recognizes the close connection between water temperature, adequate water in stream and smarter water management. The projects in this proposal protect and restore dry season streamflows, protect aquifers that provide cold source waters to streams and secure smarter water management in the Columbia Basin in Oregon. By addressing changes in hydrology and water temperature caused by climate change (and the legacy of antiquated water policies), these projects mesh precisely with objectives that scientists recommend to mitigate and adapt to climate change and address the threats to cold water habitat in the Columbia Basin in Oregon. | More details | |||
| Wild Salmon Center | Columbia River Fund | 2018 | $31,500.00 | The Oregon Forest Practices and Stream Protection Accountability Project | Oregon | https://www.wildsalmoncenter.org/ | Wild Salmon Center will build an effective public outreach and advocacy campaign targeting the failure of the Environmental Quality Commission and the Oregon Board of Forestry to prevent degradation of water quality and aquatic habitats from private logging activities. The campaign’s goal is to compel state action to close the gap between existing forest practices and those practices needed to meet minimum water quality standards, allow recovery and prevent future listings of native aquatic species, and address climate change imperatives. We will develop specific Policy Actions needed and identify focus watersheds with high proportions of private forestland in the Columbia Basin to effectively illustrate the problems and the need for the policy changes we seek. Outreach and education efforts will target and mobilize affected local communities, citizens and policymakers. We will work under the umbrella of the Oregon Stream Protection Coalition (OSPC), an statewide ad hoc partnership that is currently funded as a project of both Wild Salmon Center and Coast Range Association. Consulting policy analyst Mary Scurlock will coordinate the project with support from WSC staff and other coalition member groups. OSPC grew from the need for sustained conservation advocacy in multi-year, highly technical policy development process at the Oregon Board of Forestry from 2012-2017 that focused on strengthening stream buffers to prevent salmon and bull trout streams from warming in violation of water quality standards. Although this process resulted in the first significant change to stream protection under the Oregon Forest Practices Act in over 20 years, the result was only a modest increase in protection to a minority of stream reaches. The need remains to ensure that policymakers and the public understand the importance of further improvements to Oregon’s private lands logging practices. | More details | |||
| Crag Law Center | Columbia River Fund | 2019 | $23,000.00 | Land Use Advocacy and Enforcement in Columbia Basin Communities | Oregon | crag.org | Crag Law Center is requesting $23,000 for the initial stages of developing a land use advocacy and enforcement program targeting communities in the lower Columbia River basin on both the Washington and Oregon sides, focusing on issues with a nexus to water quality and quantity. Conversion of open spaces, farms and forest lands to industrial or other developed uses has major impacts on water quality systems. Getting ahead of these projects to ensure that water quality impacts are addressed will have significant benefits for the Columbia River and its tributaries. We have been approached by community members in several communities as well as long-standing clients that are doing land use work and fighting unsustainable and legally improper development proposals. In particular we are currently beginning work to support a community fighting a bottled-water operation in Randle, Washington on the Cowlitz River. We are also scoping other community land use groups and issues along the mainstem Columbia and continuing to support our existing clients doing work along that area, from Thrive Hood River to the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, and others. | More details | |||
| Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark College | Columbia River Fund | 2019 | $20,000.00 | Protecting the Willamette and Columbia from Urban Stormwater Pollution | Oregon | http://law.lclark.edu/centers/earthrise/ | Urban stormwater—precipitation runoff that flows over city streets, buildings, and infrastructure—is widely known to be a major source of water pollution to Oregon’s rivers and streams. To address this problem, the Clean Water Act and USEPA regulations require “municipal separate storm sewer systems†(MS4s) that collect and convey urban stormwater, to obtain a discharge permit and reduce pollution to the “maximum extent practicable.†On March 1, 2019, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a new stormwater discharge permit called the “Phase II General Permit†that is available to a number of “small MS4sâ€â€” urbanized areas with fewer than 100,000 residents. Most of these small MS4s are located in the Columbia or Willamette River basins, such as the cities of Troutdale and Springfield. For the first time, DEQ’s new Phase II General Permit requires small MS4s to investigate and take corrective action whenever they become aware that their stormwater discharges are contributing to a violation of a water quality standard. Corrective actions must be completed on a timeline approved by DEQ, and the permit states that “DEQ may impose additional water quality-based limitations or terminate permit coverage†where there are documented violations of State water quality standards.†These are important new provisions that have the potential to greatly reduce urban runoff pollution affecting the Columbia River and its tributaries. Six Oregon cities, apparently unwilling to take such corrective measures, have filed challenges against the DEQ Phase II General Permit. Grant funds will allow Earthrise will intervene in those cases to help the State of Oregon defend the permit. Specific activities will include will include legal research and briefing the motion to intervene, collecting and reviewing documents in the permit record, preparing and serving any discovery requests, reviewing and assessing any other evidence developed by the parties, and conducting additional legal and factual research so that we may prepare for and file a summary judgment motion and/or prepare arguments in opposition to the cities’ summary judgment motions. In particular, Earthrise will be to protect the water quality-related provisions of the permit, so that they will not only benefit the Columbia River Basin waters receiving pollution from the regulated small MS4s, but also serve as an important template for future MS4 permits in Oregon and beyond. | More details | |||
| Northwest Environmental Defense Center | Columbia River Fund | 2019 | $40,000.00 | Clean Water Initiative | Oregon | www.nedc.org | NEDC's 2019 Clean Water Initiative work will target pollution from point source discharges to the Columbia River and its Oregon tributaries. We will focus on strengthening and enforcing terms, limits and conditions contained in individual and general National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). We will also track all dredge and fill permits in the lower Columbia River Basin issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the project year, drafting summaries of each permitting action and coordinating advocacy opportunities with other organizations when warranted. | More details | |||
| Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility | Columbia River Fund | 2019 | $18,000.00 | Protecting the Columbia River from Fossil Fuel Exports | Oregon | www.oregonpsr.org | This grant would support the work of Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) to prevent the export of dangerous fossil fuels through the Columbia Watershed. We bring the voice of health and safety to effective coalitions to prevent the export of coal, oil, and fracked gas. We coordinate teams of local health professionals who educate and advocate for protecting the health of the most vulnerable communities as we resist: - the largest coal export terminal in the nation (Millennium in Longview, WA) - the largest gas-to-methanol refinery in the world (Northwest Innovation Works-NWIW in Kalama, WA) - a related proposal lower on the Columbia (NWIW at Port Westward, OR) - an oil-by-rail crude oil shipments (Global Partners storage tanks at Port Westward) - an anhydrous ammonia plant (Pacific Coast Fertilizer’s plant in Longview WA) - Zenith Energy Management’s tar sands crude oil terminal in NW Portland, OR (Zenith is trying to expand, threatening more crude oil exports along the Columbia) - Potential bulk fossil fuel facilities in Vancouver, WA and other emerging threats, like NEXT Energy’s proposed biodiesel facility at Port Westward. Oregon PSR staff are on the leadership teams of the Power Past Coal, Power Past Fracked Gas, and Stand Up to Oil campaigns. | More details | |||
| WaterWatch of Oregon | Columbia River Fund | 2019 | $17,575.00 | Columbia River Basin Project | Oregon | www.waterwatch.org | Excessive stream temperatures in the Columbia Basin in Oregon often result from reduced streamflows caused by antiquated water policies. Now, on top of these legacy issues, the effects of climate change threaten about half of the cold water habitat in the Columbia Basin in Oregon in this century. Water Watch of Oregon recognizes the close connection between water temperature, adequate water in stream and smarter water management. The projects in this proposal protect and restore dry season streamflows, protect aquifers that provide cold source waters to streams and secure smarter water management in the Columbia Basin in Oregon. By addressing changes in hydrology and water temperature caused by climate change (and the legacy of antiquated water policies), these projects mesh precisely with objectives that scientists recommend to mitigate and adapt to climate change and address the threats to cold water habitat in the Columbia Basin in Oregon. | More details | |||
| Chelan County Natural Resources Department | Columbia River Fund | 2019 | $12,500.00 | Stemilt Partnership Sediment Reduction and Water Quality Education Project | Washington | https://www.co.chelan.wa.us/natural-resources | The Chelan County Natural Resources Department (CCNRD) seeks funding from the Rose Foundation to conduct sediment impact analysis and water quality education in Stemilt Creek, an important tributary to the Columbia River just upstream from Rock Island Dam. Working with the Stemilt Partnership, a diverse 26-member community advisory committee, CCNRD will build on existing road mapping data to identify and prioritize roads and road segments that are at highest risk for failure and sediment delivery to Stemilt Creek, its tributaries and the Columbia River. The analysis will follow the Geomorphic Road Assessment and Inventory Package Lite (GRAIP-Lite) protocol, which was developed by the US Forest Service and has been used successfully by CCNRD in other parts of the county. GRAIP-Lite is specifically designed to help land managers assess the impacts of road systems on erosion and sediment delivery to streams. GRAIP-Lite includes methods to analyze the existing road inventory for surface erosion, gully risk, landslide risk and stream crossing failure risks through field verification. The existing road inventory was developed by the Stemilt Partnership as part of a broader landscape evaluation for forest health treatments, which includes addressing sediment delivery to the creeks and streams in the planning area. Upon completion of this sediment delivery analysis, CCNRD will work with the Stemilt Partnership to develop and disseminate outreach materials to encourage responsible land use practices in the basins. The Stemilt Partnership is an ideal forum to perform this work, having been formed in 2006 for the protection of water, wildlife and recreation across a 20,000-acre planning area in response to multiple development proposals that would have jeopardized these values across the landscape. | More details | |||
| Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark College | Columbia River Fund | 2019 | $100,000.00 | Strengthening Regulatory Programs for a Clean Columbia | Washington | http://law.lclark.edu/centers/earthrise/ | Along with project partner Northwest Environmental Advocates, Earthrise Law Center, funding will support making the Clean Water Act regulatory programs more effective in controlling pollution throughout the Columbia River basin, and specifically including the main stem of the Columbia. The project has three main components: 1) Engagement with governmental policymakers in Oregon and Washington to obtain more protective water quality standards related to arsenic, cyanide, selenium, zinc, industrial chemicals and pesticides, temperature and fine sediment, as well as “contaminants of emerging concern,†such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and other chemicals including PBDE, a flame retardant which is now found throughout the Columbia basin at levels likely to adversely impact people, aquatic life, and wildlife, including lamprey, osprey, and orca. Since these water quality standards are the foundation for many regulatory actions, setting adequate standards is a critical threshold step in protecting water quality. 2) Improving the lists of impaired waters in Oregon and Washington, including the development of clean-up plans, also called Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), for those impaired waters. Like water quality standards, impaired waters lists and TMDLs are foundational elements of the Clean Water Act; thus, improving them will lead to better water quality protections, and support advocacy efforts seeking stronger permits. 3) Address both nonpoint sources (e.g., runoff from agriculture and logging) in Oregon and Washington, and point sources (e.g., industrial and municipal dischargers) in Oregon through strategically-targeted legal advocacy. This work is critical because nonpoint sources in these areas are generally under-regulated despite the devastating water quality impacts of nonpoint source pollution. Similarly, strengthening the requirements for point source discharges, of which there are many in the Columbia River basin, will help reduce direct discharges of pollution into those waters. | More details | |||
| Futurewise | Columbia River Fund | 2019 | $51,270.00 | Tri-Cities Pollution Prevention Program | Washington | www.futurewise.org | Futurewise and Mid-Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group (MCF) will promote policies and conduct targeted outreach that will help control urban stormwater runoff that impacts local water quantity and quality and prevent pollution from reaching the Columbia River. This will be accomplished through a multi-pronged approach including recommending low-impact development stormwater management policies and public education to encourage the protection of existing riparian buffer and garnering support for the development of additional shoreline plantings. Land adjacent to rivers and streams are considered riparian. Riparian buffers prevent erosion, slow and capture stormwater, and create habitat beneficial to salmon and other native species. Futurewise has a proven history of positively influencing urban growth in the Tri-Cities area through established local government processes and policy updates. In addition to continuing to work on local land use policy, Futurewise will team with MCF on targeted outreach and education to homeowners with shoreline properties with potential for either riparian protection or enhancement. We will target those homeowners for education via the printing and distribution of educational backyard buffer brochures, and hosting tours of demonstration sites and Neighborhood Block Parties to demonstrate the importance of shoreline vegetation for stormwater management, habitat improvement and climate change resiliency. Futurewise and MCF are regionally well positioned to implement this project with documented project success. Our organizations see this joint endeavor as an opportunity to collaborate to leverage expertise in community outreach and environmental restoration for the betterment of water quality in the Columbia River. | More details | |||
| Center for Food Safety | Columbia River Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Protecting Oregon from the Nation's Largest Mega-Dairy | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Oregon | https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/ | This project seeks to stop the expansion of mega-dairies in Oregon, legally intervening to stop the the re-opening of one of the most disastrous mega-dairies in Oregon’s history, Easterday, located just miles from the Columbia River. Center for Food Safety is one of the groups leading the campaign with Senior Attorney Amy Van Saun serving as both co-manager and providing legal assistance. Our coalition of environmental, farmer, rural advancement, public health, and animal welfare organizations, uses grassroots pressure, policy initiatives, and litigation to protect communities and the environment from the threats posed by factory farms. If permitted, Easterday would house nearly 30,000 cows, generating 187 million gallons of animal waste a year, in an area that has long been designated a “Groundwater Management Area†due to unsafe nitrate levels (above the federal safe drinking water threshold). Excessive nitrates in drinking water cause serious health problems, like blue baby syndrome, reproductive and cardiovascular issues, and even cancers. Not only is Easterday located in a Groundwater Management Area with high nitrate levels, it is also an area with strained water resources. Lost Valley, at one third of its permitted size, was using nearly one million gallons of water per day in a critical groundwater area (meaning closed to new uses) through a loophole it exploited. Further, Umatilla and Morrow counties have a higher population of Hispanic and Latinx communities than the rest of Oregon, and low-income communities of color already disproportionately bear pollution burden from CAFOs, fossil fuel infrastructure, and other environmental harms. | More details | ||
| Northwest Environmental Advocates | Columbia River Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Advocating for a Clean Columbia Through Strengthened Regulation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health and Toxics ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Oregon | https://northwestenvironmentaladvocates.org/ | While aquatic environments are increasingly experiencing measurable impacts of climate change, the Clean Water Act is failing to deliver the pollution controls and habitat protection it promises to species—from frogs to salmon to orcas. The states of Oregon and Washington, along with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), routinely fall short in several key ways, by: (1) not taking the actions required by law; (2) taking actions that avoid actually requiring pollution controls; and (3) creating new loopholes. These three approaches are used by the agencies to maintain the unacceptable status quo in carrying out all aspects of the Clean Water Act, and to avoid the regulatory ramifications of the Endangered Species Act. And yet the agencies insist that these Clean Water Act mechanisms are the way to deliver protection to threatened and endangered species, such as the salmon of the Columbia River basin. For example, the states and EPA repeatedly claim that the means to restore the streamside vegetation that is needed to maintain stream temperatures and flows, and to filter other pollutants, are the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) clean-up plans that are required for waters that violate water quality standards. EPA says TMDLs will protect thermal refuges essential to salmon migrating through the hot waters of the Columbia River. Washington and Oregon contend TMDLs will result in controlling polluted runoff from logging and farming. But both states’ TMDL programs are broken, not only in their ability to produce TMDLs, but to use TMDLs for the purpose they assert is so essential. NWEA, working with its outside six-person legal team, is currently litigating and advocating for protective state water quality standards, timely and complete impaired waters lists, timely and effective TMDLs, and discharge permits and nonpoint source controls sufficient to protect human health and aquatic life, all of which are essential to protecting the Columbia River and its vast basin. | More details | ||
| Northwest Environmental Defense Center | Columbia River Fund | 2020 | $36,000.00 | Clean Water Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice ; Environmental Health and Toxics | Oregon | https://www.nedc.org/ | NEDC's 2021 Clean Water Initiative work will continue to target pollution from point source discharges to the Columbia River and its Oregon tributaries. We will focus on strengthening and enforcing terms, limits and conditions contained in individual and general National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). We will also track all 401 certifications in the lower Columbia River Basin proposed by Oregon DEQ during the project year, drafting summaries of each certification action, submitting public comments and coordinating advocacy opportunities with other organizations when warranted. | More details | ||
| WaterWatch of Oregon | Columbia River Fund | 2020 | $15,000.00 | WaterWatch of Oregon's Columbia Basin Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Oregon | https://waterwatch.org/ | Excessive stream temperatures in the Columbia Basin in Oregon often result from reduced streamflows caused by antiquated water policies. Now, on top of these legacy issues, the effects of climate change threaten about half of the cold water habitat in the Columbia Basin in Oregon in this century. Water Watch of Oregon recognizes the close connection between water temperature, adequate water in stream and smarter water management. The projects in this proposal protect and restore dry season streamflows, protect aquifers that provide cold source waters to streams and secure smarter water management in the Columbia Basin in Oregon. By addressing changes in hydrology and water temperature caused by climate change (and the legacy of antiquated water policies), these projects mesh precisely with objectives that scientists recommend to mitigate and adapt to climate change and address the threats to cold water habitat in the Columbia Basin in Oregon. | More details | ||
| Cascade Forest Conservancy | Columbia River Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Columbia River | Mount St. Helens No Mine Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice ; Environmental Health and Toxics ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://cascadeforest.org/ | The Green River valley is a local treasure in the Washington Cascades, but it is under the shadow of a dangerous industrial mining proposal. In fact, two years ago American Rivers put the Green River on its list of top ten Most Endangered Rivers, due to the threat of mining. This valley, just a few miles from the Mount St. Helens crater, is a recreational paradise for hikers, bikers, flyfishers, and horseback riders. On this 40th anniversary of Mount St. Helens’ eruption, we are asking the Rose Foundation to support our grassroots campaign to protect 11,000 acres of this important and beautiful river valley. An open-pit mine with toxic tailings ponds in this seismically active area would pose a tremendous risk to wildlife, human health, and recreation. Protecting this valley is crucial, and not just for us here in the Northwest – these lands were purchased under the Land and Water Conservation Act, and building a mine here would set a terrible precedent for millions of acres around the country that were purchased under this important piece of legislation. Under a grant from the Rose Foundation, the Cascade Forest Conservancy will lead a grassroots campaign with two primary objectives: preventing any mining activities within the Green River valley by overturning exploratory drilling permits, and creating long-term protections for this special place through a mineral withdrawal. The latter will involve educating the public and lawmakers -- lobbying constitues a very small portion of our activities and will NOT be funded through funds from Rose Foundation. | More details | |
| Okanogan Highlands Alliance | Columbia River Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Clean Water Act Citizen Enforcement Suit for Violations at the Buckhorn Mine | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | https://okanoganhighlands.org/ | Okanogan Highlands Alliance (OHA) is bringing a Clean Water Act Citizen Enforcement Suit for Violations at the Buckhorn Mine against Crown Resources Corporation and Kinross Gold Incorporated, USA. We are seeking support to 1.) coordinate the legal effort, and 2.) hire consultants with specialized and expert knowledge to bolster our case. The Buckhorn Mine operated from 2008-2017 in the Okanogan Highlands of north-central Washington State. The site is still regulated by a discharge permit that limits the amount and extent of pollution that can leave the mine site. The companies are in continuous violation of the permit and have amassed over 2500 permit violations in the last five years. These permit violations are violations of the Clean Water Act. In order to effectively coordinate the Clean Water Act Suit, OHA will continue scrutinizing the mine as we have done since it was originally proposed. This involves working with regulators, reviewing mine management plans, analyzing monitoring data, and questioning decisions made by all parties involved. | More details | ||
| Western Rivers Conservancy | Columbia River Fund | 2020 | $39,997.00 | Wenatchee River Sediment Reduction and Outreach Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Washington | https://www.westernrivers.org/ | WRC seeks funding from the Rose Foundation to design sediment reduction projects and perform water quality education in Kahler Creek, an important tributary to Nason Creek and the Wenatchee River watershed. The project will reduce sediment loading by restoring floodplain and riparian function and returning large wood structures to Kahler Creek to increase hydraulic roughness and slow flow velocities. These structures will raise in-channel and subsurface water elevations and trigger sediment deposition, bed aggradation, groundwater storage and riparian communities. These structures are expected to act as porous, natural dams that impound water, increasing the overall in-situ surface water storage within Kahler Creek. The project will re-store up to 38 acre-feet of water for slower release during critical low flow periods, cooling water temperature and improving riparian corridors and floodplain function for at-risk fish species. This project is located in Kahler Creek, a tributary to Nason Creek, one of the highest priority streams for protection and restoration in the Wenatchee Basin. Nason Creek supports habitat for eight fish species: spring Chinook, summer steelhead, and bull trout (all ESA listed), as well as sockeye salmon, cutthroat trout, and mountain whitefish. This project is strategically significant because it contributes to on-going conservation and restoration work being implemented in the Upper Columbia River Basin. Nason Creek has benefited from several instream restoration projects implemented by Yakima Nation Fisheries and others in recent years. Working with the multi-stakeholder Nason Ridge Community Forest partners, WRC will work with the Nason Ridge partnership to develop and disseminate outreach materials to encourage responsible land use practices in the basins. The Nason Ridge partnership is an ideal forum to perform this work, having been formed in 2018 for the protection of water, wildlife and recreation on this key restoration landscape. | More details | ||
| Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark College | Columbia River Fund | 2021 | $22,418.00 | Columbia River | Legal Advocacy for a Cleaner Columbia | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Oregon | http://law.lclark.edu/centers/earthrise/ | Through this grant application, Earthrise seeks to improve two fundamental programs in Washington that impact the Columbia. Earthrise is taking aim at the state’s woeful TMDL program. Additionally, Earthrise seeks to address the fundamental inadequacies of Washington’s and EPA’s control over toxic pollution, and accordingly, the impact that pollution has on aquatic life in the Columbia and other waters. This grant application is somewhat more targeted, and thus has a slightly smaller project scope and budget than Earthrise’s past applications. First, Earthrise seeks funding to support its ongoing litigation against EPA and the State of Washington over EPA’s failure to properly implement the Clean Water Act’s “total maximum daily load†(TMDL) program within Washington. Under the act, states are required to identify all surface waters that fail to meet applicable water quality standards; and then prepare a TMDL for each of those waters in a timely fashion. A TMDL serves as a pollution “diet†for surface waters, identifying the various sources of pollution to the watershed and imposing a required pollution load reduction for each source—the theory being that compliance with those load reductions will eventually enable the water to achieve water quality standards. EPA plays a crucial oversight role for the TMDL program. Although the Clean Water Act requires states to develop TMDLs themselves, all such TMDLs must be submitted to EPA for review and approval. If EPA disapproves a TMDL—where, for example, it finds that the TMDL’s load reductions are insufficient to ensure compliance with water quality standards—it must promptly issue its own replacement TMDL for that waterbody. Unfortunately, although Washington has identified more than 4,000 impaired surface water segments that still need a TMDL, Washington’s rate of actually preparing those TMDLs has flatlined—meaning it will take decades if not centuries to develop clean-up plans for each of Washington’s impaired waters unless the program is overhauled. EPA, for its part, has failed to step in to issue TMDLs in the face of Washington’s recalcitrance. Earthrise, on behalf of our client Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA), has filed and is presently litigating a lawsuit intended to greatly accelerate that pace of TMDL development. Our suit contains a somewhat novel legal claim based upon the “constructive submission†theory: we allege that, by failing to develop a schedule and a plan for completing its remaining TMDLs, Washington has constructively submitted to EPA a number of TMDLs that EPA is bound to disapprove, which then triggers EPA’s obligation to prepare those TMDLs itself. If successful, our litigation will get the Washington TMDL program back on track; and by establishing the required TMDLs, the litigation will help other groups ensure that the Columbia and its tributaries meet their “pollution diets.†[Continued in overflow] | More details | |
| Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides | Columbia River Fund | 2021 | $23,000.00 | Columbia River | Protecting Columbia River Basin Water Quality and Aquatic Habitat from Pesticide Pollution | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Environmental Health and Toxics ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Oregon | https://www.pesticide.org/ | The Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) aims to reduce pesticide pollution and enhance aquatic ecosystem health and resiliency in the Columbia River Basin. We will achieve this by building on our currently funded work with Clackamas Water Environment Services. We look to use this grant for funding a series of Latino/a/x landscaper focus groups so we can assess needs and expand our Spanish-language resources. We will create and distribute four new bilingual resource documents and one article in English and Spanish, including a toolkit with messaging around least-toxic practices that landscapers can provide to customers when choosing services safe for waterways. The other resource documents and article will detail how systemic insecticides are especially detrimental to endangered aquatic species and insect biodiversity. The proposed project will provide the Latino/a/x community an opportunity to share needs, knowledge, and barriers to reducing pesticide use. The information gathered will be used to create accessible, multilingual resources intended to support businesses on their path to becoming less reliant on chemical pesticides. | More details | |
| Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility | Columbia River Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | Columbia River | A Healthy Climate for the Columbia River | Environmental Justice ; Environmental Health and Toxics ; Climate Change & Energy | Oregon | https://www.oregonpsr.org/ | Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) seeks funding to support organizing health professionals to protect the health of the Columbia River and the communities who make their homes along it from harmful energy projects including: - The Zenith crude oil terminal in Northwest Portland, less than ten miles upriver from where the Willamette drains into the Columbia - Proposals to cite new "small modular" nuclear reactors at the Hanford site, where radioactive waste plumes already threaten to contaminate the Columbia - Pumped hydroelectric storage projects opposed by the Yakama Nation that would disrupt and destroy sacred cultural and archeological sites on the banks of the Columbia - Any future proposals to use recently re-zoned industrial land at Port Westward, Oregon to build a fracked gas-to-methanol refinery akin to the defeated Kalama Methanol refinery proposal issued by Northwest Innovation Works Since 2012, Oregon PSR has mobilized alongside coalition partners in Oregon and Southwest Washington to call attention to the health impacts of coal export terminals, oil-by-rail facilities, and other fossil fuel infrastructure that threatens the drinking water, air quality, recreation, and way of life for communities living along the Columbia River. Together we have successfully stopped all of the proposed coal export terminals in the region, the Tesoro-Savage oil-by-rail facility slated for Vancouver, Washington, and the Kalama fracked gas-to-methanol refinery. Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, we also took group tours to the Hanford site to tour and discuss the toxic legacy of the United States' nuclear arms race and nuclear power industry. Over time we also began involvement in efforts to enact a just transition to a renewable energy economy by supporting the successful Portland Clean Energy Fund ballot measure in 2018, the successful Oregon Clean Energy Opportunity campaign in 2021, and a range of other environmental and climate justice campaigns led by rural, BIPOC, and low-income communities on the front lines of climate change. We seek to bring our health expertise and credibility as doctors, nurses, epidemiologists, and more to articulate the health impacts of climate change and the harmful energy projects listed above while also advancing environmental and climate justice measures. We would also lend support to other campaigns to reduce pollution in the Columbia River basin such as the Stand Up To Factory Farms Coalition's efforts to stop new or expanded megadairies from being able to pollute the air, water, and climate with consolidated animal feeding operations. | More details | |
| Verde | Columbia River Fund | 2021 | $40,000.00 | Columbia River | Water Justice Leadership Institute | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Environmental Health and Toxics | Oregon | http://www.verdenw.org | The WJLI will train 15 community members representing both rural and urban communities across Oregon to become leaders and champions for local water policy changes. Approximately 4-5 participants will live by and have direct contact to the Columbia River. The Institute will help participants identify potential projects to enhance water justice in their own communities, and develop capacity to advocate for those ideas with state and local decision makers. The Rose Foundation's funding will support the Columbia river clean up/canoe trip, as well as, Verde staff time to develop the WJLI curriculum, recruit participants statewide, facilitate 12-15 training sessions, and fortify final participant presentations that identify community focused water enhancing projects where participants live, work and play. We are applying on behalf of the Oregon Water Futures (OWF) Collaborative, a partnership between Coalition of Communities of Color, Oregon Environmental Council, University of Oregon, Willamette Partnership, and Verde. The Collaborative focuses on climate change impacts on drinking water and supporting community advocacy to secure Oregon’s water future. It seeks to foster a statewide water justice movement by lifting community voices that are often left out of conversations and decision making. These are communities whose potential to advocate, educate, and act in response to statewide challenges regarding the health of ecosystems, water affordability, access to clean drinking water, decaying infrastructure, and emergency preparedness has been left mostly untapped, ignored, or unseen by agencies, utilities, and policymakers allocating funds and resources in those areas. Through statewide community outreach and surveys conducted in 2020, the Collaborative identified both an information gap and a desire for knowledge about water and water justice. As we face challenges such as climate change, pollution, and increasing urbanization, these require us all to be mindful of what it means to have a future for Oregon waters like the Columbia River for all living beings. The vision for water justice in the state must engage low-income, rural, BIPOC, and migrant communities as community assets, as these communities both contribute valuable culturally specific values and knowledge about how to best care for water for generations and provide insights into water resources, infrastructure, and management. The Water Justice Leadership Institute gives BIPOC and low-income community members the resources necessary to advocate for their communities and push inclusive legislative and policy-making action in the state. | More details | |
| Methow Valley Citizens Council | Columbia River Fund | 2021 | $40,000.00 | Columbia River | Creating a Climate-Smart Strategy for Water in The Methow and Okanogan Watersheds | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://methowcitizens.org | In the face of threats from climate change, corporate commodification of water, and exponential growth in the region, Methow Valley Citizens Council is leading an initiative to secure watershed protection for the Methow and Okanogan tributaries of the Upper Columbia Basin. Through advocacy, legal action, and community partnerships and outreach, MVCC is advocating for a system of policies that recognize the impacts of climate change on our water supply and prioritize the protection of rivers, shorelines, fish and wildlife habitat, and rural and indigenous cultures. MVCC is focused on two specific interrelated policy processes: 1. Okanogan County comprehensive planning, and subsequent creation of critical area ordinances and zoning laws; and 2. The development of a collaborative stakeholder negotiation process to resolve longstanding water conflicts in the Okanogan and Methow, including the acquisition, sale and distribution of water rights in the Upper Columbia and the interpretation and development of local and state water law as it relates to the Methow watershed. Working together with local, regional and statewide partners, stakeholders and representatives of tribal nations, MVCC is providing leadership to ensure that county and state regulatory approaches to water quantity and quality, and other issues affecting water resources and riparian ecosystems in the Methow and Okanogan Watersheds, are consistent with current law, reflective of best available science, respectful of indigenous history and tribal treaty rights, and inclusive of the expressed long-term vision of the communities currently living within the watershed. Targeted outreach conducted through this project will play a key role to facilitate critical thinking and momentum to affect policy change. We will build on our strong track record of community engagement to dig deeper into the complexity of issues facing our watersheds through widely accessible visual storytelling. A series of short, inspiring films will raise awareness about the importance of clean, cold water and healthy riparian ecosystems, and their relationship with rural livelihoods, indigenous cultures, natural ecosystems, and wildlife. MVCC’s mission to raise a strong community voice for protection of the Methow valley’s natural environment and rural character depends on an educated and informed community, who can grasp complex issues and persevere through lengthy public processes to advocate strongly for just and equitable solutions to shared problems. | More details | |
| Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition | Columbia River Fund | 2021 | $40,000.00 | Columbia River | Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty for water quality, salmon recovery, and justice - 2022 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Environmental Health and Toxics ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://www.wildsalmon.org/ | The 1964 Columbia River Treaty manages water flows exclusively for hydropower production and flood risk management with no consideration for ecosystems. The U.S. and Canada began negotiations to “modernize†this agreement in 2018. Prior to this, adding “ecosystem function†(i.e. the health of the river) into the treaty was identified as a goal of the U.S. Government following extensive work by our organization and other NGOs in support of the 15 tribes with management authorities in the basin. Unfortunately, under the Trump Administration, the State Department and other key federal agencies distanced themselves from this objective. They also chose to facilitate almost zero engagement with the public and neglected to involve tribes in a way that is commensurate with their status as sovereign nations and co-managers. The Biden Administration brings a much improved set of environmental priorities and a much stronger commitment to justice. However, work is needed to raise the public prominence of the treaty such that it becomes a greater priority for the Biden Administration to intervene. Without this attention, the inertia of the Trump Administration may continue and cause the Northwest to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We propose a multi-pronged portfolio of work engaging with the modernization process to ensure the new treaty prioritizes ecosystems as a primary purpose, co-equal with hydropower and flood risk management. Doing so will be crucial to safeguard water quality in the lower main stem of the Columbia so that it continues to serve as a viable migratory corridor for the basin’s salmon and other aquatic species as climate change intensifies. Environmental justice for the basin’s Indigenous people is another key dimension of this work. Tribes (in this U.S.) and Indigenous Nations (in Canada) were excluded from the original treaty. Canada has chosen to include Indigenous Nations on its negotiating team and is clearly respecting their rights and interests. In contrast, the United States State Department has so far chosen to exclude tribes from negotiations. Our work will be done in coordination with tribes and will support their efforts to secure meaningful roles on the negotiating team and in the treaty’s new governance structure. Much of the urgency to modernize the treaty is being driven by a provision that will cause the flood risk management portion of the treaty to change in September 2024. For the U.S., this date is the effective deadline for a new agreement. We’ve learned from Canada (given lack of public engagement in the U.S.), negotiations since 2018 have focused on building familiarity between negotiators and establishing background information. 2022 will be the year in which negotiators begin work toward specific terms for the future of the treaty. Given the tight timeline, the direction established this coming year will be difficult to change later. With adequate resources, we intend to seize this critical window. | More details | |
| The Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation | Columbia River Fund | 2021 | $39,909.00 | Columbia River | Combining Two ways of Knowing; Western Science and Indigenous Knowledge | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://www.methowsalmon.org/ | The Methow Beaver Project (MBP), a program of the Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation (MSRF), is developing a collaborative environmental education project with teaching staff at the Paschal Sherman Indian School (PSIS) of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Omak, Washington. The proposed project would integrate PSIS’s innovative Nature Immersion program with MBP’s environmental education programs and create a year-long holistic environmental education experience for students by incorporating Indigenous knowledge and Western Science as they participate in the restoration of Omak Creek. Omak Creek will become a working classroom in which students actively apply grade appropriate Washington Common Core Standards and Washington State’s Since Time Immemorial curriculum while simultaneously incorporating Indigenous knowledge, language, and culture. Western science has historically focused on understanding the natural world by compartmentalizing and linear thinking. In contrast, Indigenous knowledge systems are holistic, relational, place-based, and intergenerational as these systems are dependent on knowledge of the elders. These two ways of knowing represent different but often complementary epistemologies, histories, and knowledges of the world, thus, providing a unique learning opportunity for students. As part of this collaborative team, MBP will provide the western science concepts through environmental education pedagogy and contextualize the complex interdependent ecological relationships in Omak Creek and the greater watershed. These experiences will range from acquiring necessary science background content including water and nutrient cycles, food webs, and climate change impacts in the classroom to actual hands-on stream restoration, monitoring and evaluation of restoration actions, and presentation of results of actions implemented in Omak Creek. The MBP staff will need to create new interdisciplinary curriculum to correlate watershed and stream restoration actions with current core science standards, practical field science skills acquisition, place & culture-based application while supporting PSIS’s Nature Immersion curriculum. The latter focus’ on connecting students and tribal elders in the traditional development of indigenous holistic experiences to increase student knowledge of the land and watershed, and the honor and responsibility of living in harmony with nature and the spiritual world. We are applying for a 24-month grant. Year one focuses on piloting and assessing the innovative and collaborative 7th grade curriculum. Year two will include evaluation of year one outcomes as well as adaptation of the curriculum for the incoming combined class of 6-7graders who will receive the updated version in the 2022-2023 school year. | More details | |
| Watershed Alliance of SW Washington | Columbia River Fund | 2021 | $25,103.00 | Water Quality Diversity Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://thewatershedalliance.org/ | The Watershed Alliance has long-standing stewardship and education programs that involve more than 1000 volunteers each year in tree plantings, invasive species removals, and litter cleanups, while using the events to educate participants about the steps they can take to protect water quality. Historically, these programs have been focused on Burnt Bridge Creek in the city of Vancouver, WA, which is a tributary of the Columbia River (via Vancouver Lake). In the last few years, we have also conducted stewardship activities in additional creeks and rivers that flow directly into the Columbia River. While we have begun to make efforts in recent years to demographically diversify who participates in our stewardship events and whom we directly educate, we have been constrained in these efforts based on limitations posed by our current funding streams. We are asking the Columbia River Fund to provide $25,103.40 in funding so that we can augment our staff in 2022 with a specific focus on increasing the diversity and inclusive nature of all our volunteer stewardship, outreach, and education events. A primary focus of the extra staff time will be to add a Spanish language component to all our events so Spanish speakers will be able to participate in volunteer activities. The promotional materials and registration forms will all be in Spanish and English. A staff member at events will provide safety and activity details in Spanish so everyone can fully participate. A secondary focus of the work will be to deepen our relationships with BIPOC community organizations, forming partnerships when appropriate. This will be done through networking and connecting with League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), NAACP, Odyssey World International Education Services, among others. The new and strengthened relationships will result in increased participation at events, helping to improve water quality for disenfranchised and underserved communities. We also hope these new and deeper relationships will help us identify additional ways we can better serve those communities in 2022 and beyond. | More details | ||
| Center for Food Safety | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Protecting the Columbia River by Ending Factory Farming in OR | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice;Environmental Health and Toxics | Oregon | www.centerforfoodsafety.org | Air quality and water quality often interact in unexpected ways. One of the major issues with factory farms in Oregon is the expulsion of particulate matter and gaseous pollutants that not only hurt air quality, but also deposit hazardous materials into surface waters. So-called aerial deposition is considered a discharge under the federal Clean Water Act, and the Center for Food Safety is currently addressing this novel issue in Oregon state court. This grant will be used to support that litigation which is expected to be appealed after the lower court rules. In addition, CFS will use the grant to build a campaign that leads up to the 2025 legislative session, titled the Year of Air and will advocate for regulation on the air pollutants (like ammonia and methane) from large CAFOs which impacts surface waters through direct deposition. CFS, along with its allies in Stand Up to Factory Farms and the Oregon Conservation Network, will seek to get a program off the ground and funded to address the air pollution and its direct deposition to waters through the legislature, building on the success of the SB 85 fight. | More details | ||
| Columbia Slough Watershed Council | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | CSWC Young Environmental Leaders | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Education;Environmental Justice;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Oregon | https://www.columbiaslough.org/ | Columbia Slough Watershed Council (CSWC) will use this grant for workforce development programs that engage youth in planting trees, removing garbage, and learning about restoration in the Slough. CSWC will host or provide training and expertise for a series of youth-focused green job and skill development opportunities. This grant will include the following activities to improve water quality in Columbia Slough: (1) hosting the Portland Opportunities and Industrialization Center for 3 summer litter cleanups via canoe; (2) support of Multnomah Youth Cooperative planting events focused on applied job skill building where students will learn about and work on planting and care of native plants, mulching practices, and building rain and pollinator gardens; (3) participation in the Annual Vanport Planting in partnership with the Blueprint Foundation to assist in ongoing efforts to provide resources and mentoring to Black youth in Portland to diversify the environmental sector; (4) hosting of field days at restoration sites in the watershed in partnership with Youth for Parkrose, where students will be paid to provide neighborhood enhancements, gain job skills, and learn about local natural areas; (5) working with Northwest Youth Corps to provide at least 2 weeks of summertime green workforce development by engaging with students in East County and work on non-indigenous plant removal, mulching, garbage clean-up, and other stewardship activities of restoration sites. | More details | ||
| Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $20,000.00 | Clean Water Justice Fellowship (Oregon PSR) | Environmental Education;Environmental Justice | Oregon | https://www.oregonpsr.org/ | OPSR will utilize Rose Foundation funding to oppose expansion of the Port Westward Diesel Refinery as well as advocate for seismic retrofitting of Critical Energy Infrastructure along the Willamette River. First, OPSR will engage with the environmental impact statement process for the Port Westward Diesel Refinery from the Army Corps of Engineers, particularly the health impacts section. OPSR will develop and distribute health impact guides to community members so that they may better understand the health impact of the refinery and will organize events for public voices to be heard. OPSR will also work to organize health professionals and other public health advocates to give expertise on potential health impacts associated with the refinery’s emissions into land, air, and water. Next, OPSR will advocate for improved seismic resilience of the Critical Energy Infrastructure zones in and near the Columbia and Willamette Rivers which are needed to protect these watersheds from accidental industrial discharges after a major seismic event. This will include a tour of the CEI zones for health professionals, securing expert speakers for educational purposes for the public and for policy makers, raising awareness about, and ultimately trying to prevent, the catastrophic consequences of inaction for the Columbia and Willamette Rivers, and advocating for more resilient infrastructure to prevent toxic spills in the event of a seismic event. | More details | ||
| North Coast Watershed Association | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $27,000.00 | NCWA Water Quality Data Inclusivity | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Education;Environmental Justice;Environmental Health and Toxics | Oregon | https://www.clatsopwatersheds.org/ | This grant will supplement and enhance current water quality monitoring efforts- including long-term stream temperature and turbidity monitoring and roadway runoff sampling – through increased outreach to the growing Spanish-speaking communities in the North Coast area of Oregon. NCWA will work with non-profits in Astoria that are serving Latinx and socio-economically disadvantaged populations to develop and distribute surveys to learn if or where there are gaps in access to education on water quality and where there might be opportunities to implement restoration projects in areas frequented by these under-served populations. NCWA will host two bilingual, educational events to share water data, help people make connections between their daily lives and water, share volunteer and career opportunities in natural resources, and underscore that everyone is a part of the watershed ecosystems. To demonstrate the efficacy of these outreach campaigns, NCWA will use internal expertise to analyze initial and follow-up survey data alongside measures of community engagement. Another goal of the grant will be to supplement existing data-sharing structures, ensuring that NCWA staff are able to share water quality data with the community, to keep data quality high by increasing capacity to coordinate volunteer data collection, and to continue to direct this data into the coffers of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Clatsop County, and other project partners. This supplemental funding will allow the NCWA to direct more resources to marginalized communities, measure outreach effectiveness, perform more effective volunteer coordination, and develop materials needed to engage larger, more diverse audiences. | More details | ||
| Northwest Environmental Defense Center | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $50,000.00 | Clean Water Initiative - Phase 2 | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice;Environmental Health and Toxics | Oregon | www.nedc.org | This grant will support NEDC’s Clean Water Initiative which is designed to reduce pollution from point source discharges to the Columbia River and its Oregon tributaries. NEDC will advocate for improved water quality at all stages of the regulatory process. This will include: (1) ensuring that state-issued water quality permits are sufficiently protective and comply with the Clean Water Act; (2) filing lawsuits challenging insufficiently protective water quality permits, and citizen lawsuits against industrial facilities that are violating these permits; (3) performing detailed analysis of water quality sampling data from across the state, to determine effectiveness of pollution control measures across multiple watersheds and different types of industrial activities. Of particular concern for the scope of this grant is protecting the Columbia River and its tributaries from improperly managed stormwater pollution. When not managed properly, this stormwater runoff can carry dangerous amounts of toxic pollutants to these waters, with severe impacts to aquatic life and ecological health. State resources for monitoring and enforcement of these new permit requirements are limited, creating a critical need for public interest groups to fill these regulatory gaps. In addition to stormwater permitting and compliance, grant activities will include reviews of water quality permits for state-operated fish hatcheries, state issued water quality certifications for federally permitted activities, and reviewing permits for new proposed mines in the Columbia Basin that will impact water quality. | More details | ||
| Growing Gardens | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $47,000.00 | Bioswale in the Columbia River Slough | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Education;Environmental Justice;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space | Oregon | www.growing-gardens.org | This grant will support the establishment of a bioswale on 20,000 square feet of land north of, and outside, Columbia River Correctional Institute (CRCI) in the Columbia Slough. The project will be directed by Lettuce Grow and the bioswale will be built by CRCI inmates in cooperation with the Department of Corrections. The project supported by this grant will filter stormwater runoff, restore native habitat, control erosion, and minimize invasive species, while simultaneously giving inmates an opportunity to learn about the Columbia River and watershed health and develop job credentials for living-wage employment in the green jobs sector after release from incarceration. Further, this projects goals include a feasibility study exploring the purchase of a rainwater catchment system to divert rainwater from the institution’s roof as well as establishing a class and curriculum within the institution about the design and construction of bioswales with the hopes of creating green job opportunities once individuals are released. The class will be open to 50 incarcerated individuals. This population is one of the least served in the region and suffers from major barriers to finding living wage jobs, creating a vicious cycle of recidivism and re-incarceration. To foster further equity, programming at CRCI aims to engage Black and African American inmates to expand equity both inside and outside the facility. This program provides inmates with the unique opportunity to develop a wider set of skills and certifications, alongside practical experience in principles, planning, design, and construction of bioswales. | More details | ||
| Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark College | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Legal Advocacy and Outreach to Combat Temperature and Toxics in the Mainstem Columbia River | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice;Environmental Health and Toxics;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Oregon | http://law.lclark.edu/centers/earthrise/ | This grant will support the work of Earthrise Law Center (Earthrise) and Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA). Both organizations will work closely together to address two major water quality problems facing the Columbia River: temperature and toxics. In recent years, massive numbers of migrating salmon and steelhead have died from high river temperatures, making the need for cold-water refuges—formed where certain tributaries empty cooler water into the mainstem—an absolute necessity for their survival. Further, toxic contamination, often measured in fish, continues to be high, as actions are not taken to curtail pollution sources—both regulated discharges, as well as effectively unregulated polluted runoff from farms and logging. First, Earthrise and NWEA will build on decades’ worth of successful advocacy that has improved the regulatory regime related to the fundamental temperature requirements that impact cold-water salmonid species. These fish are not only greatly imperiled, but they also serve as important parts of the culture and the subsistence of Pacific Northwest communities, including treaty tribes and smaller towns. This work will include two lawsuits, and related community outreach, to address temperature in the mainstem Columbia and the state and federal governments’ failed approaches to this emergency. Second, the grant partners will address the ever-growing problem of unregulated and under-regulated toxic pollution into the Columbia through use of administrative petitioning. Additionally, the grant partners will pilot new enforcement actions through work with tribes adjacent to and in the Columbia River. | More details | ||
| WaterWatch of Oregon | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $20,497.00 | Building Climate Resilience for Thermal Refugia in the Columbia River | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice | Oregon | www.waterwatch.org | This grant will support Water Watch of Oregon in their efforts to improve water management policies and practices in key Columbia River tributaries. Excessive stream temperatures in the Columbia Basin often result from reduced stream flows caused by inadequate water policies which are amplified by the effects of climate change. This threatens cold-water habitat in the Columbia Basin in encourages the growth of undesirable bio-contaminants, such as algae, that impact stream and human health. As such, Water Watch seeks to restore dry season stream flows, protect aquifers that provide cold source waters to streams and secure smarter water management practices in the Columbia Basin in Oregon. Water Watch will address changes in hydrology and water temperature by protecting and restoring stream flows and cold-water inputs like groundwater in Columbia River tributary streams including the Hood and Umatilla Rivers in Oregon. This grant will address streamflow protection strategies, direct legal protection for water, and improved management of water in the relevant subbasins. By protecting cold water in these streams and thermal refugia, these projects will provide greater climate resilience to the mainstem Columbia and tributaries in Oregon. | More details | ||
| American Rivers | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $50,000.00 | Clean Water and Environmental Justice in the mid-Columbia River | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://www.americanrivers.org/ | American Rivers works in the Columbia River basin to improve dam operations, reconnect the river to its floodplain, restore aquatic habitat, and protect clean water. In all aspects of this work, they seek to achieve environmental justice by prioritizing projects that directly benefit Indigenous communities. AR will use this grant to stand in solidarity with the Yakama Nation in its opposition to the harmful Goldendale Pumped Storage Project (Goldendale Project) which threatens to permanently destroy numerous sacred cultural resources. Additionally, American Rivers will use the funding to work with the Yakama Nation on the full removal of the illegally built Bateman Island Causeway – a key component of salmon recovery efforts throughout the Yakima Basin. The group will develop and implement a communication and outreach plan for the Goldendale Project, with the intention of raising awareness and gathering public support to oppose the Project. AR will also work to convince the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to secure the removal of the Bateman Island Causeway as a priority under the USACE 1135 NEPA process, as well as contribute restoration expertise and public-facing communications to build public support for removal. | More details | ||
| Cascade Forest Conservancy | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Mount St. Helens: No Place For a Mine | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Health and Toxics;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Washington | www.cascadeforest.org | The Mount St. Helens: No Place For a Mine campaign works to protect the Green River, an upstream tributary to the Columbia River. Cascade Forest Conservancy has been able to prevent the construction of a mine in the Green River and its surrounding valley for over a decade through legal opposition. However, this legal strategy is not a long-term solution, and with this grant, they will refocus advocacy efforts on providing long-term and permanent protections for the river and its valley. An open-pit mine with toxic holding ponds in this seismically active area would pose a tremendous risk to water quality, wildlife, human health, recreation, and the economy - impacts that would certainly reverberate downstream. Protecting this valley is crucial and building a mine here would set a terrible precedent for millions of acres around the country that were purchased under the Land and Water Conservation Act. The Cascade Forest Conservancy will take a multi-pronged approach to protect this area, primarily focusing on a legislative mineral withdrawal. A secondary approach will be pursued with an administrative mineral withdrawal, supporting Tribal partners in the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and/or Yakama Nation should they pursue tribal resolution in advocating for an administrative withdrawal. Additionally, they will work with a local coalition to secure portions of the Green River and its tributaries an Outstanding Resource Water (ORW) designation under the Clean Water Act (CWA). | More details | ||
| Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty for water quality, salmon recovery, and justice - 2024 | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice;Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://www.wildsalmon.org/ | This grant will support Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition’s work on the 1964 U.S.–Canada Columbia River Treaty which has managed mainstem Columbia River flows for power production and flood risk management, without consideration of ecological health or fish and wildlife. Currently, the U.S. and Canada are in talks to “modernize” this agreement. These negotiations represent a critical window of opportunity to add for the first time the ‘health of the river’ as a new treaty purpose including water quality and biodiversity. With strategic organizing, communications and policy work, SOS and the NGO Treaty Caucus are focused on helping to educate and mobilize people to give input to policymakers in Congress and the Federal Administration to secure a modernized Treaty before the end of 2024. This grant will support and expand a strategic, multi-pronged advocacy effort to educate and engage allied regional and national groups, their members, the public, and key policymakers to secure a new treaty that (1) establishes the health of the Columbia River, including water quality, as a new purpose, co-equal with hydropower and flood management, and (2) improves current governance structures to ensure the river’s health becomes a priority in Treaty implementation moving forward. These improvements will safeguard water quality in the lower mainstem of the Columbia River so that it continues to serve as a viable migratory corridor for salmon and other aquatic species as climate change intensifies. Further, the grant will help in establishing tribal voice as part of the treaty modernization process. | More details | ||
| Okanogan Highlands Alliance | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $15,091.00 | Preventing the Buckhorn Mine from becoming a long-term polluter in the upper Columbia River basin | Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Washington | okanoganhighlands.org | This grant will support the Okanogan Highlands Alliance (OHA) as it works towards stopping illegal discharges of pollutants into headwater streams in the Columbia River Basin at Buckhorn Mine. The mine is regulated under the Clean Water Act by a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Waste Discharge Permit and sets a capture zone which defines where pollutants are allowed. It also sets numeric limits for mine-related constituents at compliance monitoring locations. However, the mine has amassed many permit violations in the last five years. These violations of the Clean Water Act will be central to OHA’s strategy for this grant as it works with the mine owners and operators to develop a plan for preventing and mitigating pollution at the mine site and to protect headwater streams and aquatic habitats, which will require extensive contributions by numerous experts including OHA’s mine engineer, aqueous geochemists, hydrologist, and biologists. OHA will use this grant to support its continued legal efforts, and to secure experts that provide the scientific basis for activities that will stop the mine from becoming a long-term source of pollution. Additionally, OHA will continue ongoing work to evaluate the water quality data from the Buckhorn Mine and advocate for regulatory action by the mine operators and the Washington State Department of Ecology. | More details | ||
| Washington Conservation Action Education Fund | Columbia River Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Building Community Power Along the Lower Columbia River | Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Environmental Justice;Environmental Health and Toxics;Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://wcactionef.org/ | This grant will support the Washington Conservation Action Education Fund (WCA) to educate and organize communities in Southwestern Washington around harm caused by fossil fuel discharges into waterways. Port communities along the Lower Columbia are disproportionately exposed to industrial pollution and face significant impacts to water quality from shipping and fuel transport. WCA will work with these frontline communities to strengthen water quality protections in the Columbia River Basin. WCA seeks to prevent harmful oil spills and stop pollution from reaching the Lower Columbia through a focus on local land-use plans to establish restrictions that curtail fossil fuel developments, preventing future harm to the environment in the region and the health of the Columbia River. WCA will lead a range of activities including community organizing, relationship building with local policy makers and other interested parties, capacity building and training for local environmental interest groups, legal and regulatory advocacy, public education and outreach, and in-person demonstrations and community events. Local land use planning and policies represent a crucial pathway for preventing impacts to the region’s health from fossil fuel production and transport. Further, WCA will facilitate relationship building between community organizations and key decision-makers in the cities of Longview and Kalama, as well as throughout Clark and Cowlitz counties. | More details | ||
| California Food and Justice Coalition | Community Leadership Project | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cafoodjustice.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Colaborative | Community Leadership Project | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Community Leadership Project | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cieaweb.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | Community Leadership Project | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Oakland Food Connection | Community Leadership Project | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.foodcommunityculture.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| People United for a Better Life in Oakland | Community Leadership Project | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.peopleunited.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| San Joaquin Valley Cumulative Health Impact Project | Community Leadership Project | 2010 | $5,000.00 | Central Valley | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Joaquin County | California | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details | |
| West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project | Community Leadership Project | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.woeip.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| California Food and Justice Coalition | Community Leadership Project | 2011 | $15,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cafoodjustice.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Colaborative | Community Leadership Project | 2011 | $15,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Community Leadership Project | 2011 | $15,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cieaweb.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | Community Leadership Project | 2011 | $15,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Oakland Food Connection | Community Leadership Project | 2011 | $15,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.foodcommunityculture.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| People United for a Better Life In Oakland | Community Leadership Project | 2011 | $2,575.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.peopleunited.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| People United for a Better Life in Oakland | Community Leadership Project | 2011 | $12,800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.peopleunited.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| San Joaquin Valley Cumulative Health Impact Project | Community Leadership Project | 2011 | $15,375.00 | Central Valley | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Joaquin County | California | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details | |
| West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project | Community Leadership Project | 2011 | $15,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.woeip.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | Community Leadership Project | 2012 | $9,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Community Leadership Project | 2012 | $9,375.00 | Statewide | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cieaweb.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Community Food and Justice Coalition | Community Leadership Project | 2012 | $9,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://cafoodjustice.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | Community Leadership Project | 2012 | $9,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Oakland Food Connection | Community Leadership Project | 2012 | $9,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.foodcommunityculture.org | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| People United for a Better Life In Oakland | Community Leadership Project | 2012 | $9,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.peopleunited.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| San Joaquin Valley Cumulative Health Impact Project | Community Leadership Project | 2012 | $9,375.00 | Central Valley | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Fresno County | California | http://sjvchip.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project | Community Leadership Project | 2012 | $9,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.woeip.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.anvfarm.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Black Organizing Project | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Civic Engagement | Alameda County | California | http://blackorganizingproject.wordpress.com/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | Statewide | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | Statewide | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://cieaweb.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://greenaction.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Social Justice | Contra Costa County | California | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details | |
| Movement Generation | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.movementgeneration.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Oakland Food Connection | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.foodcommunityculture.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| OneFam/ Bikes 4 Life | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Civic Engagement | Alameda County | California | http://www.onefam.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights) | Community Leadership Project | 2013 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Leadership Initiative | Social Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.podersf.org/ | For a three-year grant to build the organizational capacity of small grassroots environmental justice organizations. | More details |
| Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project | Community Leadership Project | 2014 | $38,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.anvfarm.org/ | More details | |
| Black Organizing Project | Community Leadership Project | 2014 | $28,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Civic Engagement | Alameda County | California | http://blackorganizingproject.wordpress.com/ | More details | |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | Community Leadership Project | 2014 | $36,000.00 | Statewide | Community Leadership Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/ | More details | |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Community Leadership Project | 2014 | $42,000.00 | Statewide | Community Leadership Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://cieaweb.org/ | More details | |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Community Leadership Project | 2014 | $36,000.00 | Statewide | Community Leadership Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://greenaction.org/ | More details | |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | Community Leadership Project | 2014 | $27,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Social Justice | Contra Costa County Alameda County | California | http://maatya.org/ | More details | |
| Movement Generation | Community Leadership Project | 2014 | $28,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.movementgeneration.org/ | More details | |
| OneFam | Community Leadership Project | 2014 | $36,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Civic Engagement | Alameda County | California | http://www.onefam.org/ | More details | |
| People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights | Community Leadership Project | 2014 | $36,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Social Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.podersf.org/ | More details | |
| Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project | Community Leadership Project | 2015 | $62,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.anvfarm.org/ | More details | |
| Black Organizing Project | Community Leadership Project | 2015 | $62,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Civic Engagement | Alameda County | California | http://blackorganizingproject.wordpress.com/ | More details | |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | Community Leadership Project | 2015 | $55,000.00 | Statewide | Community Leadership Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/ | More details | |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Community Leadership Project | 2015 | $50,000.00 | Statewide | Community Leadership Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://cieaweb.org/ | More details | |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Community Leadership Project | 2015 | $55,000.00 | Statewide | Community Leadership Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://greenaction.org/ | More details | |
| Movement Generation | Community Leadership Project | 2015 | $62,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.movementgeneration.org/ | More details | |
| OneFam | Community Leadership Project | 2015 | $55,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Civic Engagement | Alameda County | California | http://www.onefam.org/ | More details | |
| People Organizing to Demand Environmental & Economic Rights | Community Leadership Project | 2015 | $55,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Leadership Project | Social Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.podersf.org/ | More details | |
| California Reinvestment Coalition | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $60,000.00 | National | SafeMoney Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.calreinvest.org | To convene welfare advocates; financial education service providers; county and state agencies; credit unions; and banks to conduct an outreach and education program to increase the number of welfare recipients receiving their benefits (CalWorks) via direct deposit into affordable bank accounts. CRC's model account the SafeMoney account is affordable and accessible for very low income consumers. CRC members will advocate for banks to offer accounts with SafeMoney features to unbanked and underbanked public benefit recipients who sign up for an account with direct deposit through their county office. CRC will also work with county and state offices to effectively change staff protocols and ensure that the a continuum of financial education and account management services and necessary resources and information are available to these families. This project will help California's most vulnerable individuals and families fully access their limited and much-needed public benefits without using these funds to pay ATM surcharges and check cashing fees. By educating banks about the opportunity of direct deposit from benefit recipients; CRC aims to improve bank products and features to better serve the neediest households and bring them into the financial mainstream. | More details |
| Capital Area Asset Building Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $50,000.00 | National | Financial Capability and Integrated Service Delivery Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://caab.org/ | To launch a pilot project to provide Integrated Service Deliver (ISD) in the District of Columbia in partnership with Health Families/Thriving Communities (HF/TC). The project will offer financial coaching and education services to the clients of the HF/TC collaborative; with a special focus on HF/TC's Fatherhood Education; Empowerment; and Development (FEED) participants. CAAB will provide a full-time Financial Coach to work at each of the five collaborative sites one day a week; beginning in January 2013. The coach will meet each client where they are in life; helping them to understand their financial situation and to plan out a reasonable solution for implementation of a financial program. Clients will determine their own goals; and; with guidance from the financial coach; create a road map to achieving them. In doing so; they learn how to advocate for themselves and become their own financial stewards. | More details | |
| Center for Digital Democracy | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $60,000.00 | National | Consumer Online Guides Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.democraticmedia.org/ | The online landscape has permanently reshaped how consumers research; apply for; and secure critical financial services; including credit cards; mortgages; and college loans. Although today's online world offers convenience and greater access to information and competition; there is also a growing capability to discriminate on price; to make offers based on race/ethnicity; and to identify under-banked consumers vulnerable to high-interest payday loans. Thus the new digital landscape poses fresh threats to vulnerable consumers and others that have historically faced racial and class discrimination in the financial services marketplace. The project will publish a series of accessible guides over the next two years (including some reports in Spanish) covering the following topics: an overview of the online financial marketplace; real-time online credit scoring and its impact on the prices a consumer may pay; the effect of mobile phones; e-wallets; and geo-location targeting on financial decision-making; and how private; for-profit colleges identify and target consumers. | More details | |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $100,000.00 | National | Getting and Maintaining Checking and Savings Accounts | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.consumer-action.org/ | Provides match funding to help Consumer Action launch an 18-month national project to distribute 275000 multilingual publications to under-banked consumers. In the first nine months; Consumer Action would create a new education module; containing a multilingual brochure and training packet; titled Getting and Maintaining Checking and Savings Accounts; and would print and distribute 100000 publications from the module to hard-to-reach consumers through their national CBO network. The other 175000 financial literacy brochures would be funded by other sources. During the remaining nine months of the project; Consumer Action would train 150-175 CBO staff members on how to use the publications effectively at the community level in six roundtables in California; Texas; Maryland; Washington DC and Louisiana. | More details |
| Consumers Union | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $100,000.00 | National | Personal Finance Video Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.consumersunion.org/ | The project will utilize Consumer Reports' TV production division to develop and distribute at least 10 short financial education videos in English and Spanish on high-priority consumer financial topics for broadcast and/or web distribution. Each video would be accompanied by two-page downloadable fact sheets in English and Spanish; with links and referrals to related English and Spanish language information. The videos; fact sheets and related Spanish language personal finance content will be distributed widely through broadcast outlets and the Web; in partnership with other media and public interest organizations. Dissemination outlets for the initiative would include: Consumer Reports TV; ConsumerReports.org; Consumer Reports en Espa'ol; Consumerist.com; DefendYourDollars.org; Univision Network; Univision.com; MSNVideo.com; National Urban League and the NAACP Financial Freedom Center. | More details | |
| Financial Clinic | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $100,000.00 | National | Fellowship Program | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.thefinancialclinic.org/ | The Financial Clinic's Fellowship Program is a high-impact year of service that deploys recent college graduates our emerging business and financial leaders to provide the full range of financial development serviceseducation; coaching; counseling; and planning to underbanked families in the New York metropolitan area. The program will provide life-changing financial development services to at least 1250 working poor individuals. Through these services; the Clinic will help its customers achieve the following indicators of financial security: Create 1250 goal-oriented financial action plans; Download and analyze 1000 credit reports; Complete 420 income and expense worksheets; Open 150 new accounts (checking; savings; online; investment); and Decrease banking costs for 150 customers. In addition to helping working poor individuals and families build long-term financial security; Financial Fellows will gain an invaluable; hands-on experience; as they become our country's next generation of financial change makers. | More details | |
| Louisiana Budget Project | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $100,000.00 | National | Louisiana Fair Lending and Financial Literacy Campaign | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.labudget.org/lbp/ | The Financial Literacy Campaign is focused on payday lending because Louisiana ranks sixth-highest in the country for the percent of households that rely on check cashers; pawnbrokers and payday lenders to meet their financial needs. Many loan borrowers experience annual percentage rates above 600%; and approximately 23% of households filing for bankruptcy in this state possess payday loan debt. These predatory lenders take advantage of low-income residents who lack financial sophistication and persuade borrowers to accept loans that are not in their best interest. Key outcomes will include raising statewide awareness about the dangers of payday lending; increasing the financial literacy of low-income residents; and educating state legislators; faith-based organizations and community leaders on how stricter payday lending regulations can improve financial outcomes for residents. LBP will accomplish this work by publishing updated policy briefs on payday lending throughout the 2013 calendar year and hosting community presentations and outreach in every region of the state with the support of community partners like AARP Louisiana and Louisiana State University's School of Social Work. | More details | |
| Maine Centers for Women; Work and Community | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $30,000.00 | National | Financial Capacity Building Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://womenworkandcommunity.org/ | The project will bring up to date consumer financial education to 250 rural; low-income; and special needs individuals people with disabilities; veterans; and victims of domestic violence; and older workers through training and individual coaching. The funding will also help the Maine Centers to develop staff capacity to help guide individuals to adapt to and adopt mobile banking technologies securely and competently; add distance learning modules/capacity and expand partnership with financial institutions. New curriculum materials will be developed as staff research and expand their understanding and knowledge; materials will be tested at pilot sites; evaluated and then revised based on participant feedback; staff assessment; and outside expertise. The most important outcomes will be better informed and financially literate consumers and knowledgeable staff. | More details | |
| Responsibility; Initiative; Solutions; Empowerment Foundation; Inc. | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $35,000.00 | National | Common Cents Program | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://risememphis.org/ | Common Cents; a workplace financial education program; was launched in 2007 in response to broad based concern about poor credit/bankruptcy issues in the Memphis area; the number of unbanked households coupled with the predatory lending market that adversely impact on our most vulnerable citizens. Common Cents was developed to offer area employers the opportunity to give hourly workers the gift of financial literacy and in doing so increase productivity; decrease absenteeism and create greater workforce productivity. The curriculum features topics such as banking; budgeting and spending strategies and debt management. Funding will allow the RISE program to expand beyond 3000 Memphis-based employees from 50 companies/organizations who have successfully completed the curriculum to reach 320 additional entry level workers in small businesses that lack the resources to provide financial literacy skill development as an employee benefit. RISE will also partner with the University of Memphis; College of Education to provide additional modules to the curriculum with specific information relative to key financial life decision points (e.g. preparing single individuals to face financial decisions as married couples and couples changing roles back to individuals following divorce; preparing youth for college; renting vs. homeownership; etc.). | More details | |
| Self-Help Economic Development | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $30,000.00 | National | Financial Education for Underserved Communities | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.self-help.org/ | Funding will support work with members and potential members in Napa and American Canyon to build their credit; as well as preparing 1000 tax returns at Self Help Credit Union's VITA Site in West Oakland. Outcomes will include the creation of 150 Credit Action Plans with clients -- at least 20% of these will be follow-up reviews and half of them are projected to increase their credit scores as a result of the project. Activities also include 10 presentations and 10 financial education workshops; reaching about 200 individuals; mostly youth. | More details |
| Southern Bancorp Community Partners | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $40,000.00 | National | Asset Builders Program | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://southernpartners.org/ | SBCP's Asset Builders Program targets low-income and low-asset families in a 19-county area in Arkansas and Mississippi. Asset building services are provided to over 2500 individuals and families annually. SBCP's Asset Builders Program includes financial education; credit and housing counseling; credit-building financial products; matched savings accounts and no-cost tax preparation; services are delivered by SBCP's certified housing and credit counselors; and experienced financial educators. Asset building services help low-income individuals stabilize their finances and improve their credit scores through group education; one-on-one counseling; and specialized financial products. SBCP works closely with local employers; community based organizations; churches; schools; and other groups to recruit participants and facilitate their success. Outreach is anticipated to result in 200 new counseling and financial education clients. Participants and program evaluation records are stored in web-based data systems; permitting data to be analyzed through SBCP's social metrics program; ensuring effective program delivery and measurable outcomes. The most important outcome of SBCP's Asset Building Program is empowering low-wealth families to build credit and grow assets in order to move out of poverty. | More details | |
| Student Organizing; Inc. | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $100,000.00 | National | Campus Financial Empowerment Campaign | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.studentpirgs.org | With more than $300 billion a year in spending power and potential for decades of brand loyalty; college students are prime targets of financial institutions. Therefore; college students; many of whom are making major financial decisions for the first time in their lives; are vulnerable to abusive business practices and uninformed financial management decisions. The consequences of this vulnerability are clear; bank overdraft fees alone cost students one billion dollars each year. The goal of the Campus Financial Empowerment Campaign is to provide college students with the information and tools they need to take charge of their financial futures. The campaign will leverage the outreach capacity and student engagement expertise of the Student PIRGs to maximize the depth and breadth of the campaign's reach. Student PIRG staff; with input from a national advisory board of university faculty experts; will develop educational resources including a Student Financial Empowerment Booklet; a 50-minute workshop curriculum and a Blueprint for Action toolkit for campaign volunteers; and will use these resources to teach a series of workshops at 30 campuses around the nation. | More details | |
| VeteransPlus Inc. | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $100,000.00 | National | Operation Economic Compass | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.veteransplus.org | The 'Operation Economic Compass' outreach initiative will facilitate financial literacy workshops; seminars and events in Florida; Texas; California; New York; and Virginia. By targeting areas with significant Veteran and military populations in close proximity to VA facilities; military bases and Department of Defense events; VeteransPlus will join forces with multiple national and local partners in order to provide no-cost financial literacy education to men and women who face financial challenges related to reintegration from military to civilian life. Utilizing proprietary; DoD approved curriculum; Ready; Aim-FIRE (R.A.F.) and other resource materials; the project's goal is to help 1250 low to moderate income individuals understand their credit scores; strategic budgeting; debt to income ratio; savings skills; and avoiding predatory lending. | More details | |
| Pathways PA | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2013 | $80,000.00 | National | Financial Path$ | Consumer Issues | Pennsylvania | http://pathwayspa.org/ | PathWays PA will expand upon its successful financial literacy program; Financial Path$; to provide targeted financial education and counseling for under-banked individuals and families. PathWays PA will employ one full-time Financial Educator and a contracted Financial Educator (1.20 FTE) who will be responsible for providing small group educational workshops and individual financial and credit counseling. Significant outcomes will include increased knowledge related to financial management; increased participation in mainstream financial products and banking; and increased financial asset development. Participants will demonstrate an increase in knowledge through pre and post tests. PathWays PA will also assess the program's effectiveness by tracking the number of negative accounts removed from credit histories; increases in credit scores; the number of new accounts opened (savings; IDA; 529; retirement accounts); and a reduction in the number who use service providers other than banks; credit unions; or mainstream debit cards for banking services. | More details | |
| Family Counseling Center of Mobile; Inc. | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Bank On South Alabama | Consumer Issues | Alabama | http://www.lifelinesmobile.org/ | Supports Bank On South Alabama; a multi-partner anti-poverty asset building initiative to promote low and no cost products and services to unbanked and under-banked households that are offered by mainstream financial institutions. Program participants will be able to eliminate reliance on alternative financial services such as payday and title loans. Along with the products and services offered through Bank On South Alabama partners; financial education utilizing the FDIC ''Money Smart for Young Adults'' curriculum will be taught as a means to assist participants in gaining financial skills so they can make informed financial decisions. Programs will be conducted in several languages to English-speaking; Spanish; Vietnamese and Laotian residents. | More details | ||
| Center for Economic Integrity | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $40,000.00 | Statewide | Rural Financial Capability Workshops | Consumer Issues | Arizona | http://www.economicintegrity.org/ | Supports Financial Capability workshops in rural border communities lacking access to traditional banking services. Facilitated peer support group financial education workshops in English and Spanish will utilize concepts developed; tested and deemed to have long-term positive effects on individual and family finances through facilitated peer support and experiential learning. | More details | |
| AnewAmerica Community Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Statewide | Financial Literacy Fundamentals Program | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.anewamerica.org/ | Helps 240 low-income participants from underbanked communities in the San Francisco Bay Area learn about financial literacy fundamentals and getting banked and optimizing use of financial institutions through a combination of orientations; workshops on specific financial literacy topics; and 1:1 case management. As a result; participating families will develop an asset-building plan with specific goals for managing their debt; starting their savings; building or repairing credit; and other financial goals. | More details |
| California Reinvestment Coalition | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Statewide | No Fees for EBT | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.calreinvest.org/ | Supports consumer education to address the effects of high costs of common financial services that impede family efforts to develop assets; such as overdraft fees; payday loans and; for government benefits recipients that rely on state issued _''electronic benefits transfer_''_ cards; ATM fees to raise awareness of fee-avoidant services and lower the cost of existing financial services (including CalWORKs EBT cards). | More details |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Statewide | National Community-Based Financial Literacy Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.consumer-action.org/ | Supports a national project to distribute 175000 multilingual publications to under-banked consumers. In the first six months; Consumer Action would create a new brochure entitled Avoiding Overdraft Fees as part of our Phase One Rose-funded educational module. During the last nine months of the proposed project; Consumer Action will award $5000 mini-grants to six CBOs to use our Checking and Savings module in conducting classes for up to15 low and moderate income; unbanked and underbanked consumers. | More details |
| East Bay Community Law Center | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Statewide | Consumer Financial Education Project | Consumer Issues | California | http://www.ebclc.org/ | Help provide individualized consumer screenings to 1750 of EBCLC_''s low-income clients; 200 follow-up consultations for those most in need; 40 consumer clinics; 10 trainings for other community groups; and 5 media presentations to reach unbanked and underbanked consumers in Alameda County and California generally. Primary project goals are to: (1) integrate financial education into the other services that EBCLC provides in partnership with social service agencies; and (2) train students and community partners to provide consumer education and information in Alameda County; and across California. Some program are offered in Spanish in conjunction with La Raza. | More details | |
| East LA Community Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $75,000.00 | Statewide | Community Wealth Building Program | Consumer Issues | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.elacc.org/ | Helps provide families with individualized guidance; tools; and information that will help them stabilize their household finances and reduce their dependency on alternative services to help them grow their assets and wealth to pass on to the next generation. | More details |
| Housing and Economic Rights Advocates | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $80,000.00 | Statewide | My Financial Wellness | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.heraca.org/ | Supports multilingual financial education workshops that train primarily underbanked; underserved low and moderate income residents on how to address: (1) debt collection (rights as to verification of debt; proper treatment by the collector; fees and payment plans); (2) credit reporting problems (from common reporting errors to identity theft); (3) finding and qualifying for more affordable credit alternatives to high-cost; _''fringe_''_ services (e.g.; payday loans; pawnshops); (4) finding and accessing more affordable financial institutions accounts (e.g.; savings and/or checking); and (5)mindfulness; identification and avoidance of fees associated with accounts; borrowing and collections. Funds also support individual financial literacy counseling that helps workshop participants get in-depth; individualized help on these topics. The workshops and counseling will be conducted by HERA_''s attorneys and use multilingual materials from the Federal Trade Commission; supplemented by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) materials. | More details |
| Self-Help Economic Development; Inc. | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Statewide | Community Programs | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | For several years; Self-Help Federal Credit Union has used its West Oakland branch as a testing ground for best practices in using counseling and community programs to increase the financial capability of low-income consumers; and these programs annually assist over 1000 people each year with free tax preparation; financial literacy workshops; and individual credit report review sessions. Funds help support the expansion of these to Self-Help_''s 20 branch network and 40000 membership base in California. | More details | |
| Tabor Community Services | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Statewide | Lancaster Financial Empowerment Center | Consumer Issues | California | http://www.tabornet.org/ | Supports a long-term partnership between County municipal governments and other social service providers to increase the financial literacy and skills of economically vulnerable citizens. | More details | |
| National Community Reinvestment Coalition | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Statewide | Enhancing Older Adult Economic Security Through Financial Empowerment Partnerships | Consumer Issues | Delaware | http://www.ncrc.org/ | Supports NCRC_''s partnership with the $tand By Me Financial Empowerment Program - a joint venture of the state of Delaware and United Way of Delaware; to administer a financial coaching model that targets low-to-medium-income older adults. NCRC will further partner with the California Coalition for Rural Housing (CCRH); Western Maine Community Action (WMCA); and Northwest Side Housing Center (NWSHC) to deploy this educational program; and financial coaches; in their communities (Sacramento/Central Valley for CCRH; Western Maine for WMCA; and Chicago; IL for NWSHC). Together; these regional partners will provide financial coaching to 400 LMI older adults. $tand By Me' ($BM) is a statewide coaching program that links state agencies; nonprofits; employers; and educational institutions to provide one-on-one financial coaching to students; older adults; people with disabilities; military personnel; day care providers; immigrants; and employees. Both $BM and NCRC will provide training for financial coaching; webinars; technical support; and materials that regional coaches will adapt in the three regional sites. | More details | |
| Hawaiian Community Assets | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Statewide | Kahua Waiwai Financial Education Project | Consumer Issues | Hawaii | http://www.hawaiiancommunity.net/ | Support educational programs to increase the financial literacy of 500 low-income Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders residing in communities with limited or no access to mainstream financial services. HCA will achieve the goal through the provisions of training/technical assistance; culturally-relevant financial education workshops; financial counseling; & referral to no- & low-cost financial products. Place-based workshops & counseling will be conducted in or near underbanked Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander communities; specifically at homeless shelters; schools; affordable housing developments; government buildings; & HCA offices across the state. Workshops will feature HCA_''s own Kahua Waiwai: Building a Foundation of Wealth curriculum developed for & by low-income Native Hawaiian families to instill the foundational knowledge deemed necessary for re-establishing sustainable; self-sufficient; & healthy local economies. | More details | |
| Four Directions Development Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $60,000.00 | Statewide | Moving Women & Families from Economic Crisis to Stability | Consumer Issues | Maine | http://fourdirectionsmaine.org/ | Supports an initiative that builds upon existing FDDC programming to create a pilot program designed for Native Americans that includes an increased and targeted culturally-appropriate focus on financial education services. The grant fund the first and most critical year of this long-term initiative; where new partnerships and services are explored in the Penobscot community before expanding services to all five Maine tribal communities (collectively known as the Wabanaki) by 2017. | More details | |
| Abayomi Community Development Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Statewide | Center for Financial Advancement | Consumer Issues | Michigan | http://www.abayomicdc.org/ | Supports a 3 year program to target low to moderate income families to provide education and training that will expand their vision of wealth and financial stability. | More details | |
| First Nations Development Institute | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $40,000.00 | Empowering Native Communities to Build Financial Futures | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | Supports an update of a culturally-appropriate suite of financial education resources that will be used nationally to increase the financial capability of Native American consumers. An Advisory Committee of experts in Native American financial education will guide the process and content for updating First Nations Development Institute_''s Building Native Communities: Financial Skills for Families basic financial education curriculum (last updated in 2010) and a trainer_''s toolbox that will support financial education trainers in teaching the curriculum. | More details | |||
| InnovAge Foundation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $7,500.00 | Statewide | Money Management | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.myinnovage.org/ | Helps seniors develop core financial competencies and provides them with tools and knowledge that they need to make informed decisions that empower them to maximize their financial resources. | More details | |
| VeteransPlus | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | National | OEC- The Female Veteran Consumer Protection and Financial Education Outreach Proposal | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.veteransplus.org/ | Supports financial literacy and education through outreach with a focus on reaching female military and Veterans. The outreach will be conducted in three states with the greatest military/Veteran populations: (Florida; Texas; California). As follow up to the outreach events; participants may be engaged for long term counseling with a VeteransPlus certified financial counselor. | More details | |
| Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Statewide | Cypress Hills Financial Literacy Initiative | Consumer Issues | New York | http://www.cypresshills.org/ | Supports financial literacy education and counseling to residents of Cypress Hills/East New York; Brooklyn; a low-to-moderate income community with a large immigrant population. This education and counseling will be integrated into our housing counseling; college access and employment programs; so that participants can apply what they_''ve learned to help them on their long-term goals of homeownership; college; and career. | More details | |
| Community Empowerment Fund | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Building Consumer Financial Literacy to Enable and Sustain Transitions out of Homelessness | Consumer Issues | North Carolina | http://www.communityempowermentfund.org/ | Helps homeless and near-homeless individuals to access affordable banking products; manage household budgets; and achieve personal savings goals. The project will deliver critical; timely financial education services to homeless and near-homeless individuals while simultaneously enhancing and documenting an innovative model of integrating financial capability services into social services for vulnerable households. | More details | ||
| Latino Community Development Center | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $35,000.00 | Statewide | Latino CDC Financial Education Program | Consumer Issues | North Carolina | http://latinoccu.org/lcdc/ | Supports revision of existing financial education workshops and curriculum designed for both underbanked; low-income Latino immigrants; as well as immigrants that are more integrated into the US financial system. Activities include revision of the existing bilingual curriculum; additional training for workshop facilitators; implementation of a new series of workshops; integration of behavioral economics principles within the curriculum and workshop facilitation; as well as ongoing evaluation of both content and participant outcomes. | More details | |
| Clarifi | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $75,000.00 | Statewide | Medical Financial Partnership | Consumer Issues | Pennsylvania | http://www.clarifi.org/ | Supports the implementation of a Medical-Financial Partnership (MFP) model which will integrate the financial counseling and education services provided by Clarifi and the health services provided by the Rising Sun Health Center; a community health center in North Central Philadelphia. Clarifi will help those who are struggling financially due to chronic or acute medical conditions increase their financial capability at a time when it is pertinent and actionable. | More details | |
| Virginia Poverty Law Center | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $75,000.00 | Statewide | Car Title and Payday Loan Hotline for Virginia Consumers | Consumer Issues | Virginia | http://www.vplc.org/ | Supports a hotline for citizens of Virginia who call with their concerns regarding payday; Internet and car title loans. Activities also support a public awareness campaign of predatory lending in Virginia; including billboards; information sessions and town hall meetings. | More details | |
| West Virginia Alliance for Sustainable Families | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Statewide | Financially Fit in the Mountain State | Consumer Issues | West Virginia | http://www.wvasf.org/ | Supports the financial stability of West Virginia communities via three research proven strategies: (1) Train-The-Trainer Financial Education provided online and onsite; (2) Consumer Financial Education workshops and classes provided online and onsite; and (3) Financial Education Case Management trainings provided online and onsite. | More details | |
| Georgia Watch | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | National | Georgia Consumer Financial Education Project | Consumer Issues | Georgia | www.georgiawatch.org | The Georgia Consumer Financial Education Project is a statewide initiative to educate and empower Georgia consumers to successfully manage basic retail bank accounts. Georgia Watch will leverage existing strategic partnerships in six regions across the state. By empowering community-based advocates to educate vulnerable; underbanked populations across the state; the project aim to provide thousands of Georgia consumers with the tools and resources they need to maintain a bank account; manage personal finances and avoid costly overdraft fees. | More details | |
| Baltimore CASH Campaign | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | National | Baltimore CASH Campaign Employer Based Financial Education | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | www.baltimorecashcampaign.org | With nearly 40% of people in Baltimore unbanked or underbanked due in part to high account fees and overdraft charges that have forced many out of the financial mainstream; the Baltimore CASH Campaign proposes expanding its comprehensive financial education and coaching program through employer partners to further target low-income consumers who need support to avoid overdraft fees; and better manage their finances. CASH believes that person centered; real time financial education can effectively support clients to implement better financial practices. | More details | |
| California Reinvestment Coalition | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $60,000.00 | National | Direct Deposit of CalWORKs Into Safe Bank Accounts | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.calreinvest.org | California public benefit recipients lose $19 million a year using state EBT cards to access their aid at ATMs. The campaign to protect these benefits as income; the California Reinvestment Coalition (CRC); secured CRA credit for banks that waive the fees and a new state EBT contract that will provide free access at NYCE network (including Bank of America) ATMs. Now that several banks offer accounts that are 100% safe from overdraft fees; CRC will identify and help break down the barriers to enrolling benefits recipients in these accounts so they can get their aid by direct deposit; a safer; less expensive option. | More details | |
| Capital Area Asset Builders | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $100,000.00 | National | Pay Yourself First | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | www.caab.org | Capital Area Asset Buidlers (CAAB) will integrate financial assessment; education and individualized coaching services into adult literacy offerings available through the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) system. Library patrons will be offered non-biased information and individualized support to empower them to take action to better manage their finances; increase savings; and build wealth. CAAB's financial coaches will consistently highlight strategies to avoid overdraft and high interest fees when assisting consumers in developing and implementing a realistic financial plan. Additionally; they will gain access to LifeCents; CAAB's online financial capability tool that assesses individual financial health and provides personalized content and action plans to improve financial well-being. | More details | |
| Community Financial Literacy | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $100,000.00 | National | Community Financial Literacy for New Mainers | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://cflme.org | Community Financial Literacy (CFL) will provide classroom-based financial literacy instruction and one-on-one financial management coaching with New Americans living in greater Portland and greater Lewiston; Maine. The instruction will use a version of FDIC's Money Smart curricula modified for use with limited English proficient new Americans. CFL has delivered financial literacy education with new Americans in Maine since 2009. The project establishes a goal of enabling low-income refugee and immigrant consumers to successfully manage their finances and avoid overdraft fees. | More details | |
| Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $97,000.00 | National | Smart Checking | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.cccsofrochester.org | The Smart Checking project impacts 3;000 low-moderate-income (LMI) consumers in Western; New York; through targeted education and accountability aimed at reducing and eliminating recurrences of account overdraft. Through a partnership between Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Rochester and ESL Federal Credit Union the project engages ESL (English as Second Language) members struggling with issues relating to overdrawn accounts. Leveraging proven curriculum - CheckWise - the program delivers on-site counseling at ESL branches and enrolls participants in ongoing electronic reminders to encourage positive banking behavior. | More details | |
| East LA Community Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $58,610.00 | National | Building Eastside Stability through Financial Education and Literacy | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.elacc.org | East LA Community Corporation's Community Wealth programs support low-income residents working toward financial goals by building financial knowledge and increasing financial capability. For the low-income Latino immigrant communities - overdrafting; predatory lending; and consumer avoidance of; or ineligibility for - mainstream financial services prevents many residents from becoming self-sufficient. Work in consumer education and financial literacy helps residents take ownership over their finances and contribute to the economic stability of Los Angeles' Eastside | More details | |
| East Side Organizing Project dba Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $100,000.00 | National | Senior Financial Empowerment Initiative | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.esop-cleveland.org/ | The Senior Financial Empowerment Initiative (SFEI) is an integrated suite of financial capabilities programs for vulnerable low-to-moderate income seniors. SFEI has two goals: to stabilize the financial health of seniors to help them age in place with a more secure financial future and to minimize the risk of financial exploitation targeting the senior population. Through an integrated approach; ESOP addresses the root causes of a client's financial problems; helping them gain access to traditional banking services and avoid pitfalls such as bank overdraft fees and payday lenders. | More details | |
| Emerge Community Development | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $80,000.00 | National | EMERGE Community Development Financial Education & Coaching Services | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | www.emerge-mn.org | EMERGE Financial Education and Coaching Services is a program to support over 250 low income individuals a year (approximately 60-75% unbanked) in managing their family budget; assisting them to establish and repair credit once they have regular income; opening and responsibly maintaining bank accounts; and increasing people's overall savings and wealth. A specific focus of this request is strengthening financial education and coaching support for clients who are unbanked or at-risk due to poor understanding of overdraft and other bank fees and/or unresolved overdrafts. | More details | |
| Housing and Economic Rights Advocates | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | National | My Financial Wellness-Central Valley (MFW-CV) | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.heraca.org | Through multilingual workshops and individual financial coaching; the project will teach 200 people from a range of groups (vulnerable; low income residents; including people of color; women; immigrants; veterans; service members; people with disabilities; seniors; LGBTQ; and youth) living in Sacramento and Central Valley (1) to avoid high cost short-term credit; bank overdraft and other fees (2) about credit building; overextended credit; debt collection; their impact on cost/access to financial services; (3) how to address student loan debt; and shop for college/other post-secondary education; and (4) the existence of and how to use mobile and online tools that make it much easier to budget and track expenditures real-time and easier to save money automatically on a regular basis. This project helps people avoid overdraft fees by targeting our education to address reasons for why overdraft occurs and appropriate strategies to address each reason. | More details | |
| Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corp. | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | National | Family Prosperity Initiative | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | www.jpndc.org | The Family Prosperity Initiative (FPI) provides financial education; financial coaching; job readiness; job placement; career counseling; and small business technical assistance primarily to low-income Latino immigrants. The project will integrate overdraft fee avoidance into the current comprehensive curriculum and coaching; research local banking services; create a living document that outlines and compares banking options including overdraft fees; create bilingual handouts; adapt our outcomes measurement system; and track impact. | More details | |
| Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $100,000.00 | National | Economic Empowerment for Domestic Violence Survivors | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | www.kcadv.org | The 12-year-old Economic Empowerment Program uses financial education; individual credit counseling; IDAs and other asset-building tools to help domestic violence survivors and low-income community college students become self-sufficient. The project integrates training about avoiding overdraft fees and developing good banking practices into our existing program. It would reach at least 4;000 participants. One fourth of the participants live in five underserved; impoverished rural areas. | More details | |
| Michigan State University Extension | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $100,000.00 | National | MSUE Kent and Muskegon County Financial Capability and Coaching Program for Underserved Audiences | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://msue.anr.msu.edu/ | Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) will offer financial capability in two underserved adjoining counties Kent and Muskegon. Participants will receive; at minimum; six hours of instruction in developing financial goals; creating a spending and savings plan (focus on reducing overdraft fees); using credit wisely and paying off debt. Of the projected participants; at least 50 will receive in-depth financial coaching from trained staff. An evaluation protocol will be used to assess knowledge and behavior change beginning with baseline and periodic samplings over an 18-month period. | More details | |
| Mission Asset Fund | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | National | Empowering Consumers through Integrated Financial Education | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | www.missionassetfund.org | Mission Asset Fund will improve the financial capability of low- to moderate-income consumers across the nation by delivering a proven combination of credit-building loans and financial education; including specific education on overdraft fees. Leveraging a network of 53 nonprofit partners and an online financial education platform; the project will support over 2;000 individuals to overcome economic exclusion by learning about the financial system; changing financial behaviors; and deriving the credit-building; debt-reducing benefits of the Lending Circles social lending program. | More details | |
| Mission Economic Development Agency | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | National | Financial Capability Program | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | www.medasf.org | Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) will further integrate overdraft fee education into the established Financial Capability Program. This will be facilitated by the innovative mobile app; MEDAPulse; which will provide clients with a menu of equitable banking options without overdraft fees; and link clients to affordable financial products to foster financial health. In particular; MEDA will connect its clients with EARN's matched savings products to launch their progress to asset accumulation. | More details | |
| RISE Foundation; Inc. | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $70,000.00 | National | Financial Literacy for Bank On Memphis | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.risememphis.org | Supports the one key ingredient missing from Financial Literacy of Bank on Memphis; which is the provision of financial literacy to the over 108;000 unbanked families in Shelby County who are economically vulnerable and without access to banking services. The engagement of these families in financial literacy is done where they live; have social interaction (churches; community centers; neighborhood/civic meetings; etc.) at the time when they are available (weekends and at night). | More details | |
| Triangle Literacy Council | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | National | Focus on Financial Freedom | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | www.triangleliteracy.org | By expanding Focus on Financial Freedom to include adults in the Triangle area in need of instruction; starting with Wake and Durham Counties; the program provides group workshops and one-on-one coaching to low-income adults and youth; covering topics such as how to open a bank account and minimize bank fees; budgeting and saving; and building good credit. The efforts focus on administering financial literacy courses to 150 Triangle area adults; while maintaining our youth component by serving an additional 100 students in the first year | More details | |
| United Way of Pioneer Valley | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | National | THRIVE: Financial Success Centers | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | www.uwpv.org | The four Thrive Centers operating in western Massachusetts provide employment services (job placement; retention; re-attachment; and advancement); financial coaching tailored to the needs of low-income people; access to income supports (public benefits; tax credits; tax return preparation); and; the well-planned integration of these cores services. The goal of the project is to provide targeted financial education to consumers on how to manage their finances to avoid overdraft fees. The Financial Success Centers have adapted the FDIC's Money Smart - A Financial Education Program curriculum in providing financial literacy service to consumers. | More details | |
| PathWays PA | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2016 | $65,000.00 | National | Financial Path$ | Consumer Issues | Pennsylvania | http://www.pathwayspa.org | The expansion of Financial Path$ to Philadelphia and Chester through the addition of a full-time Financial Educator provides a combination of group financial literacy education workshops and individual financial counseling services. The program helps low-income individuals and families achieve economic independence by building financial assets; reducing and eliminating bank fees including overdraft fees and debit card fees; and building positive credit. | More details | |
| California Reinvestment Coalition | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $65,000.00 | Here to Stay: Immigrant Financial Security | California | http://www.calreinvest.org | The Here to Stay initiative is focused on providing financial education and advocacy that promotes fair, equitable banking practices for unbanked and underbanked low-income immigrant families, along with addressing the challenges of financial inclusion and access to safe, affordable banking resources. As a result, this program will promote access to affordable, culturally competent banking products and services that advance economic opportunity for immigrants; and identify innovative solutions that remove barriers to financial inclusion while protecting vulnerable communities from asset-stripping financial practices, such as payday loans and high-cost bank fees. | More details | |||
| East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $75,000.00 | SparkPoint Oakland | California | http://www.ebaldc.org | SparkPoint Oakland builds long-term financial health for Oakland residents by integrating financial coaching with community-based services. This financial coaching model combines education, training, and behavioral economics with more traditional coaching, providing information and education about systems and products including banking, low-fee pre-paid debit cards, secured cards, and savings tools. Funding will support educating clients to use sound financial practices with repetition and incentivizing positive habits. By centering financial coaching in the self-identified financial goals of each client, their model provides an opportunity for individualized financial education that drives long-term behavioral change for that individual. This grant will also help develop a Consumer Toolbox that helps coaches to select from a menu of vetted, non-predatory financial tools to support clients with meeting their financial goals and building healthy financial behaviors and capability. | More details | |||
| East LA Community Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $50,000.00 | Building an Equitable Eastside through Increasing Financial Capability | California | http://www.elacc.org | Funding will support asset and wealth-building programs to deliver comprehensive financial coaching and education services to low-income individuals and to expand said services to small business owners. East LA Community Corporation (ELACC) primarily serves a low- to moderate-income, monolingual Spanish-speaking Latino population living on Los Angeles’ Eastside. ELACC reports that the pervasiveness of predatory lenders and misinformation within the Latino community led families to fall victim to unsustainable loans in 2008 and lose their homes, and that predatory lending in these communities continues to be a challenge. ELACC’s consumer education and social lending program helps low-income clients take ownership of their finances, advocate for themselves, and contribute to the economic stability of the Eastside. ELACC engages in consumer protection advocacy and provides clients with a platform to share their stories with elected officials and others. | More details | |||
| Housing and Economic Rights Advocates | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $75,000.00 | California Student Loan Education and Advocacy Project (CSLEAP) | California | http://www.heraca.org | CSLEAP focuses on student loans, providing help through one-on-one counseling and advice to individual students, legal representation for those unlawfully denied debt relief, impact litigation and policy work to eliminate obstacles to student debt relief (particularly for vulnerable residents carrying some of the highest amount of debt), and multilingual educational workshops to educate prospective underserved/vulnerable students and their families on how to shop for and pay for their higher education goals and to avoid predatory for-profit schools. | More details | |||
| Juma Ventures | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $75,000.00 | Juma Youth Financial Capability - It Starts With a Job | California | www.juma.org | Juma is a unique nonprofit social enterprise that, through its YouthConnect program, combines a job with a complimentary suite of financial education and career focused supportive services. In 2019, Juma will provide financial education services to 165 low-income youth in Seattle (80 youth), Sacramento (35 youth) and San Jose (50 youth). Through Juma’s comprehensive financial capability programming, youth are given the opportunity to develop lifelong money management skills. Youth are assisted in opening bank accounts to gain access to the financial system, attend financial education workshops to increase their knowledge, receive 1:1 support from a Program Coordinator to apply their learning, and are provided incentives to encourage lifelong saving habits. Juma’s goal is to ensure that low-income youth have the tools needed to enter adulthood prepared for not only career success, but also for economic well-being. | More details | |||
| Santa Cruz Community Ventures | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Familias con Más | California | http://www.sccvonline.org/ | Familias Con Más will serve low- to moderate-income families and youth in the Monterey Bay region with the goal of decreasing the use of predatory lenders and increasing financial literacy around fair banking practices, savings, budgeting, credit, debt, and overdraft fees. Familias con Más builds on Mamas con Más, a 2018 qualitative study conducted by Santa Cruz Community Ventures and UC Santa Cruz to map predatory lenders and gain insight into the banking barriers of Latina moms living in affordable housing. Familias con Más will focus on two areas of work: 1) Educating and building skills around fair banking practices, savings, budgeting, credit, debt, overdraft fees, and predatory lenders through workshops and community outreach and 2) Conducting an advocacy campaign in the City of Watsonville to address the prevalence of predatory lenders, currently present at twice the rate of those found in the nearby city of Santa Cruz. | More details | |||
| UpValley Family Centers | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $75,000.00 | Building Economic Literacy and Resilience through Financial Coaching for Low-Income Households | California | www.upvalleyfamilycenters.org | UpValley Family Centers will provide financial coaching to 75 low-income households over 3 years to strengthen their economic resilience, integrating financial literacy workshops and coaching into existing programs by training case managers as Financial Fitness Coaches. This project will serve low-income, immigrant clients who are unbanked or underbanked, lack knowledge of US credit systems, and work in low-wage jobs. Coaching will enhance knowledge about banking policies – including fees and interest rates – and about how to increase savings or credit and reduce debt. Many of UpValley’s clients’ economic challenges were compounded last year by devastating wildfires and immigration policy changes. As they recover and plan for the future, there is an excellent opportunity to help them increase their financial health. | More details | |||
| Economic Awareness Council | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $50,000.00 | Banking Ready: Financial Capability for Youth Employees & Youth in Care in Underserved Communities | Illinois | www.econcouncil.org | Funding will support the continuation and national expansion of the Economic Awareness Council (EAC)’s successful efforts that have helped over 12,500 primarily unbanked youth to use direct deposit, avoid overdraft fees, bank, and save in Illinois since 2010. The EAC leads a coalition of over 14 bank partners to highlight low-cost banking products with no overdraft, low minimums, and no fees, and works with the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois to teach low-income youth employees and foster positive youth banking habits. The proposed project would allow the EAC to meet requests from additional cities nationally and to expand its in-person, training, and online financial education work in Illinois. Support will also allow development of the EAC’s online and train-the-trainer program to include additional emphasis on avoiding predatory lending, overdraft fees, and debit/pre-paid debit card fees. | More details | |||
| CASH Campaign of Maryland | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $65,000.00 | Maryland CASH Academy - Financial Education Expansion Project | Maryland | www.cashmd.org | Funding will support the CASH Campaign’s expansion of its Maryland CASH Academy to reach vulnerable, underserved communities across MD. The CASH Academy is a statewide financial education system that provides free, fact-based classes taught by CASH and its local partners. The CASH Academy centralizes class information, provides easy registration, and links to other services. Curriculum is drawn from accredited, national sources such as the FDIC, and includes topics such as safe banking, prepaid cards, reducing debt, and avoiding fees. An expanded CASH Academy can allow offerings of financial education classes in other languages to reach vulnerable, low-income populations in both rural and urban areas. Through this expansion, CASH will work with its local partners to strengthen the connection between financial education classes and other services, such as free tax preparation and financial coaching, which support behavior change and longer-term financial security for clients. | More details | |||
| Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $50,000.00 | Baltimore Community Development Fellows | Maryland | www.marylandconsumers.org | This project will prepare a cohort of local leaders, hosted by neighborhood-based organizations, to advocate for neighborhood-driven community reinvestment. The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) requires banks to meet the credit needs of the low- and moderate-income communities they serve through loans, investments, products, and services. CRA enforcement relies on the community to communicate its credit needs and proposed solutions to financial institutions and federal regulators. Neighborhood-based organizations often lack the knowledge, skills, access, and relationships to successfully leverage CRA. This program will develop 4-10 neighborhood-based CRA advocates through training on reinvestment organizing and best practices in wealth building. Collectively, Fellows will conduct a community-led credit needs assessment to develop proposals for products, services, and investments. This assessment will be used to encourage financial institutions to make reinvestment commitments. | More details | |||
| Capital Area Asset Builders | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $65,000.00 | Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise | Nationwide | www.caab.org | With this grant, Capital Area Asset Builders (CAAB) will expand the organization’s reach within the two most economically depressed Wards of the District of Columbia. In addition to an expanded library partnership, the organization will also expand the availability of the Overdraft Avoidance educational module in the LifeCents software. LifeCents is a widely-utilized software, though an overdraft avoidance module was until now developed for and only visible to CAAB customers. A portion of award funding will enable CAAB to pay the software development company of LifeCents to integrate the overdraft fee module into the mainstream LifeCents software that is utilized by low- and moderate-income individuals across the District by other providers. All together, this project will provide information about overdraft fees to 3,000 low- and moderate-income individuals in the DC Metropolitan Region. | More details | |||
| First Nations Oweesta Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $75,000.00 | Building Native Communities Financial Coaching with Families | Nationwide | https://www.oweesta.org/ | This project supports train-the-trainers activity for Native American-specific financial education. Oweesta previously developed a curriculum and training, Building Native Communities: Financial Coaching with Families. It is an innovative, Native-specific financial coaching model which provides tools, resources, and an approach that helps Native CDFIs, Native nonprofits, and Tribal participants build capacity by training financial coaches, providing a coaching toolkit, and providing technical assistance to integrate financial coaching into their programs. Funding will support three free trainings, certification of another team member as a financial coach to increase training capacity, and providing technical assistance and free copies of the curriculum to training participants. Helping Oweesta’s partners build financial coaching capacity will strengthen the overall capacity of groups and will magnify the impact of existing services in the lives of their borrowers and clients. | More details | |||
| Mission Asset Fund | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $75,000.00 | Digital Financial Education: Boosting Financial Capability Among Low-Income Consumers with MyMAF App | Nationwide | www.missionassetfund.org | This project will implement and evaluate a new app that offers unprecedented access to 0% interest loans and financial management tools, including financial education modules and credit score information. Building on the results of a previous grant from the Rose Foundation, the MyMAF App is designed to provide digital education and financial training tools to help low-income consumers across the nation avoid common financial pitfalls like high-interest rates on credit cards, unnecessary overdraft fees, and high-interest predatory loans. In 2019, Mission Asset Fund will provide ongoing technical assistance and capacity building to support their partners as they adopt and integrate the benefits of the MyMAF App within their program offerings. In addition to tech support, they will track client engagement rates and analyze ongoing changes in financial behaviors based on app usage data. | More details | |||
| Chhaya Community Development Corporation | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $69,241.00 | South Asian Consumer Financial Literacy Program | New York | www.chhayacdc.org | Chhaya Community Development Corporation's Asset Building Program is a multi-pronged strategy to help immigrants of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean origin, a predominantly low- to moderate-income community, gain economic stability through financial education and counseling. This program provides clients with the tools to effectively manage their finances, avoid debt, and prepare for a financial crisis, as well as build credit and wealth to eventually purchase a home or bring about stability in their rental housing situations. Chhaya CDC offers credit building programs, financial literacy counseling and group workshops, free tax preparation services, screenings for public benefits, and support to help strengthen small businesses, prevent displacement, and promote entrepreneurship, in an effort to strengthen the South Asian community's economic resiliency. | More details | |||
| New Economy Project | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $75,000.00 | Promoting a Community Equity Agenda for NYS | New York | neweconomynyc.org | New Economy Project is at the forefront of consumer financial justice education and advocacy in New York. Funding supports promotion of a Community Equity Agenda in New York State – a concrete plan for expanding access to fair and equitable banking services in low-income and immigrant neighborhoods and communities of color. Core activities of this project include coalition-building and policy advocacy, training for legislators and regulators, legal advocacy, and storytelling. This project represents an important shift in how organizations address financial justice advocacy in New York State, shifting the focus squarely to advancing solutions that build community wealth. | More details | |||
| PathWays PA | Consumer Financial Education Fund | 2019 | $65,000.00 | Financial Path$ | Pennsylvania | http://www.pathwayspa.org | This project expands the successful Financial Path$ financial literacy education and financial counseling program to educate unbanked and underbanked low-income individuals living in Pennsylvania’s Philadelphia and Delaware Counties on the importance of utilizing banks and credit unions to build financial assets; their rights as they related to banking; balancing their bank accounts to ensure that they do not overdraw their accounts; understanding the different financial vehicles offered by financial institutions; comparing bank offerings; understanding banks’ fee structures and avoiding fees; and building positive credit histories. Additionally, this funding supports PathWays PA to provide education and financial counseling related to creating and managing a family budget and spending plan, and creating and implementing a financial plan to help families build financial assets. | More details | |||
| CALPIRG Charitable Trust | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2002 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protecting the Privacy of Consumers in California | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.calpirg.org/ | Educate California consumers about financial privacy; identity theft and other abuses of personal information. | More details |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2002 | $100,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Consumer Privacy Education and Advocacy Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.consumer-action.org/ | Increase the capacity of community-based groups in California serving senior; disabled; low-income; disadvantaged; and immigrant populations to help their constituents protect their privacy; including distribution of multilingual privacy education materials. | More details |
| Consumer Federation of California Education Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2002 | $162,350.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Financial Privacy Organizing and Education Project | Consumer Issues | San Mateo County | California | http://www.consumercal.org/ | More details | |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation/ First Amendment Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2002 | $65,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Anonymity Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.eff.org/ | Educate Internet service providers about subscribers' privacy rights and help Internet users assert their privacy rights | More details |
| First Amendment Project/Electronic Privacy Information Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2002 | $55,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California Consumer Privacy/ First Amendment Symposium | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.thefirstamendment.org/ | Supports the costs of a statewide symposium to advance the public understanding of the relationship between privacy; civil liberties; and freedom of speech. | More details |
| Identity Theft Resource Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2002 | $75,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.idtheftcenter.org/ | Supports direct services to identity theft victims through a widely-used website and hotline; as well as the production and release of reports designed to help government agencies; law enforcement; media and legislators understand identity theft crime. | More details |
| Privacy Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2002 | $17,000.00 | National | A Report On; and Consumer Privacy Guide To; Online Job Search Sites and Resume Databases | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | Analyze the data handling practices of online job-search websites and produce a report with a scorecard and consumer friendly rating system. | More details | ||
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2002 | $145,000.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | Nationwide | http://www.privacyrights.org/ | General Support | More details |
| CALPIRG Charitable Trust | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2003 | $30,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Protecting the Privacy of Consumers in California | Consumer Issues | Sacramento County | California | http://www.calpirg.org/ | Supports outreach efforts designed to broaden the constituency in California for increased privacy, complete research and release a report on identity theft, and conduct related media outreach. | More details |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2003 | $47,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Consumer Privacy Education and Advocacy Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.consumer-action.org/ | Supports capacity building of community-based organizations to respond to identity theft; and to build support for policy efforts to increase privacy protections. Outreach includes multi-lingual fact sheets and hotlines; and training workshops for groups affiliated with the Consumer Action network. | More details |
| CryptoRights Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2003 | $40,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Highfire: A Humanitarian Communications Privacy System | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | Supports development of security software designed to protect the internet communications of human rights activists worldwide. After development; source codes will be available to the general public; providing for widespread dissemination. | More details | |
| First Amendment Project/Electronic Privacy Information Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2003 | $42,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California Consumer Privacy/ First Amendment Symposium | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.thefirstamendment.org/ | Supports the costs of a statewide symposium on privacy issues and a related one-year fellowship. | More details |
| Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights/First Amendment Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2003 | $100,000.00 | Southern Coast | For A Privacy Right for | Consumer Issues | Los Angeles County | California | Supports personal privacy protection through research; reports; media and public outreach; and developing model legislation. | More details | |
| Identity Theft Resource Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2003 | $100,631.77 | Southern Coast | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.idtheftcenter.org/ | Supports direct services to identity theft victims through a widely-used website and hotline; as well as the production and release of reports designed to help government agencies; law enforcement; media and legislators understand identity theft crime. | More details |
| Privacy Activism | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2003 | $45,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Carabella; Episode 2: Student Privacy | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.privacyactivism.org/ | Supports the development of the web-based outreach game Carabella; targeted towards college students. The game will address privacy issues relevant to students; including how to protect their personal information. | More details |
| U. C. Berkeley; Samuelson Law; Technology & Public Policy Clinic | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2003 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Privacy Programs | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | Supports programs to provide law students with hands-on experience in privacy issues; including development of a policy framework to guide ubiquitous computing (for example: ''smart'' buildings that record occupants' actions); and model legislation. | More details | |
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2003 | $140,000.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | Nationwide | http://www.privacyrights.org/ | Supports research and outreach on consumer privacy issues; including employment background checks; debt collection practices; and other financial privacy issues. Some of the educational materials (both printed and web-based) will be available in both Spanish and English. | More details |
| First Amendment Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2004 | $33,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Privacy: California Consumer Study | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.thefirstamendment.org/ | Supports a study about California consumers' attitudes and concerns about; as well as interest in possible solutions to privacy problems. | More details |
| ACLU Foundation of Northern California | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2005 | $90,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Real ID Public Education Campaign | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.aclunc.org/ | Support research and public debate about the privacy implications of having a national identity card in the form of uniform; machine readable state driver's licenses - and a corresponding national database of personal data. Radio Frequency Identity Devices (RFID); which can be scanned remotely without the knowledge of the ID holder; is one such technology that is being considered for use on these ID cards. | More details |
| CALPIRG Education Fund | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2005 | $43,310.00 | Sacramento Valley | Shine the Light on Privacy Project | Consumer Issues | Sacramento County | California | http://www.calpirg.org/ | Monitor compliance with California's existing identity theft and privacy laws and encourage Californians to understand their privacy rights. The project will focus on the Shine the Light on Privacy Act of 2003; which requires companies to respond to customers' inquires about information sharing practices; and allows customers to opt-out of all future sharing of their personal information. | More details |
| Consumer Federation of California Education Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2005 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Telecommunications Privacy Project | Consumer Issues | San Mateo County | California | http://www.consumercal.org/ | More details | |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2005 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Coordination and Submission of Privacy Comments to Federal and State Agencies | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://epic.org/ | Coordinate and submit consumer comments in state and federal rulemaking proceedings on consumer privacy issues, organize coalitions to endorse comments, and provide support for California-based organizations that wish to participate in federal rulemaking. | More details |
| First Amendment Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2005 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protecting Privacy for Consumers of Expressive Materials | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.thefirstamendment.org/ | Advise retailers on how to structure their customer information practices to protect customer's privacy rights. Help provide legal counsel and representation of California consumers and retailers of expressive materials; such as books; newspapers; music; movies and videogames; whose records have been sought by law enforcement or other third parties. | More details |
| U. C. Berkeley; Samuelson Law; Technology & Public Policy Clinic | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2005 | $35,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Effect of Privacy Regulations on Corporate Behavior | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | Research on impacts of privacy regulation and self-regulations through interviews and surveys of chief privacy officers in various industry sectors about the effects of privacy laws and industry privacy initiatives on their businesses' privacy and security practices. | More details | |
| World Privacy Forum | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2005 | $40,000.00 | Southern Coast | Job Search Site and Scholarship and College Financial Aid Site Privacy | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/ | Update an existing study and consumer guide on job search privacy, research scholarship and student financial aid web sites to see which sites are selling parent and student personal information to listbrokers and marketing companies, and provide parents and students with a guide for using the Internet to search for scholarships without having to divulge sensitive information. | More details |
| Center For Democracy & Technology | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2005 | $55,000.00 | National | 'Spy Tags'' - Protecting Consumer Privacy as Radio Frequency ID Tags Are Inserted into Everyday Products | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.cdt.org/ | Develop and promote privacy protection principles for the use of Radio Frequency Identity Devices (RFID); which are tiny chips implanted in common consumer products; bridge and road toll passes such as FasTrak; library books and government documents. RFIDs can be read remotely and passively; without scanning or direct contact; and they can be used to track an individual's movements in public or private settings. Personal identities can be linked to unique RFID tags; allowing individuals to be profiled and tracked without their knowledge by governmental entities; corporations or data thieves. | More details | |
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2005 | $100,000.00 | National | Consumer Education and Complaint Handling | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | Nationwide | http://www.privacyrights.org/ | Consumer complaint response and counseling; and research and outreach on consumer privacy issues including financial privacy; credit reporting; employment background checks; identity theft; Internet records; online privacy and medical privacy. Some of the educational materials (printed and web-based) will be available in both Spanish and English. | More details |
| Consumer Federation of California Education Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $21,100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Financial Privacy Report Card | Consumer Issues | San Mateo County | California | http://www.consumercal.org/ | More details | |
| First Amendment Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Expressive Media Law Review | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.thefirstamendment.org/ | To publish and disseminate a comprehensive review of case law and California statutes; regulations and ordinances related to the issue of privacy rights of consumers of expressive materials (such as books). | More details |
| Identity Theft Resource Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $80,000.00 | Southern Coast | Research and Education Project | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.idtheftcenter.org/ | To respond to requests from victims of identity theft by providing consumer complaint response; counseling and education; and to research the effects and breadth of identity theft crime. The research will be published in an annual Aftermath Study; which is widely used by law enforcement; media; businesses and victim assistance personnel. | More details |
| Los Angeles Conservation Corps | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $35,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Consumer Issues | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.lacorps.org/ | More details | |
| Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $21,225.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Operating Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.prescottjoseph.org/ | Educating the community of the impacts of asthma | More details |
| Privacy Activism | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $189,300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Enjoy Social Networks and Protect your Identity; Privacy and Security Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.privacyactivism.org/ | More details | |
| Urban Corps of San Diego | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $27,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.urbancorpssd.org/ | More details | |
| World Privacy Forum | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $174,300.00 | Southern Coast | Medical Identity Theft California Consumer Education and Support Project | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/ | More details | |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $20,000.00 | National | Privacy Law Sourcebook Privacy and Human Rights Report | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://epic.org/ | To produce annual updates of two reports: the Privacy Law Sourcebook and the Privacy and Human Rights Report. The Privacy Law Sourcebook contains the full text of major privacy laws and is a leading resource for students; attorneys; researchers and journalists. The Privacy and Human Rights Report tracks the adoption of data protection and open government laws in more than 70 countries. | More details | |
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2007 | $100,000.00 | National | Public Education and Consumer Assistance Project | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | Nationwide | http://www.privacyrights.org/ | To conduct public education and consumer assistance by providing direct one-on-one response to telephone and email inquiries about privacy issues; and by publishing self-help guides for use by individuals. Topics covered will include debt collection; employment background checks; identity theft; computer security and medical privacy. | More details |
| ACLU Foundation of Northern California | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $50,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Protect My Privacy Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.aclunc.org/ | Supports public and consumer education about privacy rights; with an emphasis towards the vulnerability of personal information when using free email providers; social networking sites; online photo sharing; and mobile social networking. | More details |
| Berkeley Center for Law and Technology | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $100,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | National Survey Research on Consumer Privacy | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.law.berkeley.edu/bclt.htm | Funds a national opinion poll on consumer privacy issues; attitudes and behaviors. The survey will quantify gaps between consumer knowledge and actual privacy laws and practices; tradeoffs consumers are willing to make for privacy protections; and consumers' current privacyseeking behavior. | More details |
| CALPIRG Education Fund | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $45,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Consumer Issues | Sacramento County | California | http://www.calpirg.org/ | Past reports produced by the CalPIRG Education Fund have been widely utilized by privacy activists and legislators in developing important protections such as the data breach notification law and medical records protection. Supports ongoing work in privacy policy and outreach. | More details |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Privacy Community Education Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.consumer-action.org/ | Supports the national dissemination of multi-lingual consumer privacy guides on a variety of topics throughout Consumer Action's network of 10000 affiliate organizations. In addition to distributing these guides in hard copy; funding supports creation of a new www.privacy-information.org website to warehouse numerous privacy resources in one place for easy access. | More details |
| Consumer Federation of California Education Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $25,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Consumer and Privacy Advocates Education Project | Consumer Issues | San Mateo County | California | http://www.consumercal.org/ | Helps maintain and update the PrivacyRevolt! website and blog; which includes a list of privacy bills in the California state legislature and a legislative calendar. Both tools are widely used by privacy advocates to track statewide policy and legislative developments. | More details |
| Consumer Watchdog | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $100,000.00 | Southern Coast | Google Privacy Rights Project | Consumer Issues | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/ | Few search engine users are aware of the extent to which Google and other leading search engines collect and categorize customers' personal information; and the extent to which this information may be shared with marketing partners. This vast collection of customer specific data is also an attractive target for hackers; identity thieves; and governmental surveillance. The project will develop a comprehensive set of model privacy protection polices; and conduct a campaign to encourage Google to become the standard-setter in customer privacy protection. | More details |
| Identity Theft Resource Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $50,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.idtheftcenter.org/ | Supports counseling for victims of identity theft; and the maintenance of a widely used website with identity theft resources. ITRC provides in-depth counseling in Spanish and English to about 8000 people per year; and their website receives more than 2 million visits per year. | More details |
| National Employment Law Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $40,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Privacy Rights of Workers Subjected to Criminal Background Checks | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.nelp.org/ | Supports strategic responses to the burgeoning expansion of criminal background checks for employment screening purposes. Elements include evaluating the new background check provisions recently implemented by the TSA for 1.5 million port workers; expanding existing model city employment programs that limit unreasonable access to criminal history; and reforming the FBI background check process which often produces incomplete or unreliable information on an estimated 9 million background checks per year. | More details |
| Stanford Law School | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $143,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Crowd9 Project | Consumer Issues | Santa Clara County | California | Supports the creation of an on-line Consumer Reports style website that will rate the privacy and security of internet-based and mobile applications. Using the groupedited Wiki approach; the site will invite users to rate privacy experiences on popular sites such as Facebook or media players. The ratings will cover whether users enjoy sufficient control over their data; whether the data gathered is appropriate; and its perceived security. | More details | |
| Utility Consumers' Action Network | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $40,000.00 | Southern Coast | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.ucan.org/ | More details | ||
| Watsonville Law Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $47,500.00 | Central Coast | Domestic Violence Victims; At-risk and Foster Youth Privacy Rights Project | Consumer Issues | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.watsonvillelawcenter.org/ | Supports development and distribution of privacy protection materials to farmworkers; including large numbers of Mexican immigrants who are particularly vulnerable to consumer scams due to language; education and immigration barriers. Particular emphasis will be placed on outreach to at-risk and foster youth who are just entering society as consumers; and to domestic violence victims who are especially vulnerable to financial victimization at the hands of their attackers. | More details |
| Center For Democracy & Technology | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $75,000.00 | National | Consumer Privacy and Behavioral Profiling Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.cdt.org/ | Supports continued research; policy development and policy advocacy by this Washington DC-based privacy advocacy leader. Elements include behavioral profiling in the medical industry and flash cookies that override consumers opt out preferences; creation of a web browser plug-in that would give Internet users privacy advice; advocacy to develop a Do Not Track list that would allow Internet users to opt-out of having their activities on the web tracked; convening a dialogue between industry and consumer advocates around behavioral profiling; and development of comprehensive public policies to protect privacy on-line. | More details | |
| Center for Digital Democracy | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $37,500.00 | National | Public Education on Privacy for the Digital Marketing Era | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.democraticmedia.org/ | Supports continued research; policy development and public education by this Washington DC-based privacy advocacy leader. Research and materials produced will focus on corporate and governmental web surveillance; behavioral targeting and data mining by commercial purveyors and social networking sites; and the ongoing consolidation of the online marketing industry which is concentrating more and more data about consumers into fewer and fewer hands allowing a handful of companies to completely control most people's personal information. | More details | |
| Consumer Federation of America | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $95,000.00 | National | Identity Theft Services and Mobile Device and Online Loan Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.consumerfed.org/ | The ID Theft Services Project will examine fee-based identity protection and insurance services. The practices of many of these companies seem unfair and deceptive; and may even harm consumers (such as charging consumers for their free annual credit report). The Mobile Device and Online Loan Project will examine the privacy and security risks of loans and transactions made via electronic access to bank accounts; especially through cell phones and PDAs. | More details | |
| Cyber Privacy Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $20,000.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.cyberprivacyproject.org/ | Provides seed money for an emerging privacy right watchdog group based in Chicago. Specific projects will include advocacy and public education on remote frequency identification chips; warrantless governmental surveillance issues; national governmental ID cards; and voter ID issues. | More details | |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $75,000.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://epic.org/ | Supports ongoing public education and policy development on a variety of privacy issues including search engine privacy; and location privacy related to wireless services and devices. Funding also supports the annual production of the widely used desk references Privacy Law Sourcebook and Privacy and Human Rights book; and will defray EPIC's costs of convening the Privacy Coalition a broad network of privacy organizations. | More details | |
| Interfaith Worker Justice | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $25,000.00 | National | Workers' Privacy Rights Website | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.iwj.org/ | Supports the development and web-based dissemination of privacy rights materials for workers. Issues addressed will include employee surveillance; denial of jobs or firing due to credit reports or past arrest record; and demands that employees only speak English without any workrelated rationales. Many of the materials and related outreach are oriented towards protecting minority workers and will be translated into several languages. Information will also be published on a Can My Boss Do That? website. | More details | |
| National Workrights Institute | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $50,000.00 | National | Workplace Privacy Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.workrights.org/ | Supports research; policy development and public education around worker privacy issues including the use of genetic scanning by employers to forecast future health conditions or behaviors; using GPS to track employee locations; and the use of biometric information in the workplace. | More details | |
| Patient Privacy Rights Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2008 | $55,000.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://patientprivacyrights.org/ | Supports internal capacity building including the expansion of a patient privacy rights website whose traffic has been growing at 50% per year; doubling the volume of email alerts to consumers about medical privacy; conducting coordinated media outreach about health privacy issues; and distributing Patient Privacy Toolkits in both on-line and hard-copy form. Activities will also include developing an on-line patient privacy calculator; and conducting a national Zogby poll on consumers' attitudes towards medical privacy. | More details | |
| As You Sow Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $75,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Defense of Privacy Initiative | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.asyousow.org/ | More details | |
| CALPIRG Charitable Trust | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $15,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Consumer Issues | Sacramento County | California | http://www.calpirg.org/ | Supports ongoing privacy advocacy and outreach | More details |
| Consumer Watchdog | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $30,000.00 | Southern Coast | Google Privacy Campaign | Consumer Issues | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/ | To encourage Google to become the standard-setter in customer privacy protection. | More details |
| East Bay Community Law Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Neighborhood Justice Clinic | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.ebclc.org/ | To help low-income individuals and families exert their rights when it comes to unlawful debt collection tactics that violate their privacy and to aid identity theft victims. Project will focus on monolingual Spanish-speaking East Bay residents. | More details |
| Identity Theft Resource Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $40,000.00 | Southern Coast | For Public Education and Victim Assistance; Research and Dissemination | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.idtheftcenter.org/ | Supports counseling in both Spanish and English for victims of identity theft or data breaches; and for research and public education about scams; fraud; identity theft and data breach issues. | More details |
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $45,000.00 | Southern Coast | For Online Privacy Complaint Tool | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.privacyrights.org/ | In conjunction with UC Berkeley Samuelson Law; Technology and Public Policy Clinic; supports the creation of an easy-to-use online tool to help consumers log privacy complaints; plus the compilation of the individual complaints into a searchable database. | More details |
| Regents of the University of CA | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | For Online Privacy Complaint Tool | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/regents/ | To create an easy-to-use online consumer complaint tool for privacy complaints in conjunction with the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. | More details |
| Utility Reform Network | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $45,000.00 | Statewide | For Smart Meter Privacy Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.turn.org/ | To protect the privacy and security of customer data that will be collected by smart electric meters; which are scheduled to be fully deployed in California by 2012. | More details |
| World Privacy Forum | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $10,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/ | For organizational capacity building and website development. | More details |
| World Privacy Forum | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.worldprivacyforum.org/ | For organizational capacity building and website development. | More details |
| Center for Digital Democracy | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $45,000.00 | National | Digital TV Privacy and Organization Development | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.democraticmedia.org/ | For public education about the privacy implications of advanced television advertising; research on privacy concerns raised by ''neuromarketing'' techniques used to create online and TV ads; and for organizational development. | More details | |
| Consumer Federation of America | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $25,000.00 | National | Identity Theft Services Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.consumerfed.org/ | To develop best practices for marketing for-profit identity theft services; and to educate consumers about their rights. | More details | |
| Council for Responsible Genetics | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $45,000.00 | National | Genetics Privacy Manual | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/ | A manual on the privacy risks of releasing genetic information in various contexts and the degree of legal protection that is available. | More details | |
| Cyber Privacy Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $10,003.02 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.cyberprivacyproject.org/ | To support numerous privacy issues; including air transportation and mass transit privacy; voter/national ID; and medical privacy; and for organizational development. | More details | |
| Patient Privacy Rights Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2009 | $40,000.00 | National | For Coalition for Patient Privacy and General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://patientprivacyrights.org/ | To make sure patients' privacy is protected as we move towards a national health IT system of electronic and online medical records. | More details | |
| Alliance for Humane Biotechnology | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2012 | $150,000.00 | Statewide | Creation of a California Genetic Privacy Network | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.humanebiotech.org | For the creation of the California Genetic Privacy Network to educate California consumers about their genetic privacy rights under California and federal law. The user-friendly materials and trainings will offer basic information on genetic information; why is it important; and how laws protect people_''s genetic privacy _'' especially as it relates to insurance and employment. They will also provide resources and training for employers and health care providers. | More details |
| California Family Health Council; Inc. | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2012 | $150,000.00 | Statewide | Ensuring Confidentiality in a Changing Healthcare Landscape | Consumer Issues | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.cfhc.org | To work in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California and the National Center for Youth Law to develop policy recommendations that will better safeguard medical privacy for consumers accessing sensitive services in California; train providers on how to ensure confidential access to services at their health centers; and educate consumers on how to access confidential health services; including sensitive services like sexual and reproductive care. | More details |
| CALPIRG Education Fund | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2012 | $90,000.00 | Statewide | Protecting Patient Privacy in the California Health Insurance Exchange | Consumer Issues | California | http://www.calpirgedfund.org | To safeguard patient privacy in the establishment of the California Health Insurance Exchange; which will be a health insurance marketplace where consumers can pool their buying power and negotiate lower rates and higher quality coverage that is scheduled to open in January of 2014. | More details | |
| Center for Digital Democracy | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2012 | $50,000.00 | Statewide | Protecting California Consumers in the Online Medical Marketplace | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.democraticmedia.org | As more and more people search online for health information; few realize that their personal information is being collected; analyzed and sold without their consent; or that some unbranded websites are actually medical or pharmaceutical company promotions. This project will educate California consumers so they can make reasonable and informed decisions searching online for health information and services. | More details |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2012 | $100,000.00 | Statewide | Privacy of Health Information Technology | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.consumer-action.org | To teach underserved California consumers how to protect their medical privacy; including the privacy risks and benefits of electronic health records. Consumer Action will develop a health privacy educational module; distribute it in 5 languages; and conduct train-the-trainer workshops for community groups that work with limited English speakers; the elderly and other hard-to-reach Californians. | More details |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2012 | $150,000.00 | Statewide | E-Health Privacy Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.eff.org | To ensure that emerging polices and practices for the electronic storage of health records protects the privacy of all Californians. | More details |
| Identity Theft Resource Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2012 | $100,000.00 | Statewide | Medical Identity Theft Victim Assistance Program | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.idtheftcenter.org | More details | |
| World Privacy Forum | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2012 | $30,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Diego County | California | http://www.worldprivacyforum.org | To help defray the costs of providing technical and policy development assistance related to medical privacy issues to numerous governmental entities and non-governmental organizations in California. | More details |
| East Bay Community Law Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $50,000.00 | Fair Chance Reporting Project | Consumer Issues | California | http://www.ebclc.org/ | Background checks often contain information that is erroneous; outdated or improperly disclosed (such as dismissed convictions) and can be a barrier to obtaining employment and/or housing. EBCLC will vigorously enforce consumer protection laws to protect the privacy rights of vulnerable consumers; file strategic impact litigation to force companies and agencies to improve accuracy and create user control procedures to correct errors and violations; and empower and train community partners to help enforce privacy and consumer rights of their constituents. | More details | ||
| Identity Theft Resource Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $40,000.00 | Hands-On Privacy Workshops | Consumer Issues | California | http://idtheftcenter.org | The ITRC and San Diego BBB Foundation will conduct a series of hands-on training workshops throughout Southern California and prepare instructional video(s) regarding online safety; management of privacy settings on mobile devices and online accounts; and identity theft risk minimization. Videos and materials will be disseminated through BBB and other partner organizations across the country; on social media platforms and ITRC's highly visited website. _x000B_ | More details | ||
| Georgia Watch | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $34,004.00 | Georgia Consumer Privacy Education Project | Consumer Issues | Georgia | http://www.georgiawatch.org | To educate and empower Georgia consumers to enhance their privacy online; prevent identity theft; and avoid common scams and predatory practices. Georgia Watch will train and empower community-based advocates to educate vulnerable populations across the state; so they can avoid online threats and protect their assets. | More details | ||
| Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $50,000.00 | Statewide | Toolkits to Protect Student Privacy | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://commercialfreechildhood.org/ | Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood will partner with the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy to create and distribute privacy toolkits to educate parents; teachers; and administrators about best practices for ensuring students' personal information is protected when using online venders; educational apps and other web-based resources. | More details | |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $45,707.00 | National | Internet Privacy and Security Educational Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.consumer-action.org/ | Consumer Action will create; translate; print; post and distribute a multilingual educational module with two brochures (in English; Chinese; Korean; Spanish and Vietnamese) to educate consumers on how to protect their privacy while streaming video content and using social media. They will distribute 100;000-125;000 publications to low and moderate income consumers using their national network of more than 7;500 community-based organizations. | More details |
| Council for Responsible Genetics | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $40,000.00 | National | Genetic Privacy Genealogy Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org | The increasing popularity of direct-to-consumer DNA testing kits and the growing online world of genetic genealogy is putting the privacy of consumers and their relatives at risk. The Council for Responsible Genetics will develop; disseminate and promote the Genetic Privacy and Genealogy Manual: Understanding the Threats Understanding Your Rights. The manual will educate consumers; media and policy makers about privacy threats and provide tips on how to safeguard genetic information. | More details | |
| Library Freedom Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $50,000.00 | National | Library Freedom Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://libraryfreedomproject.org | The Library Freedom Project teaches librarians how to educate library users about threats to online privacy; privacy rights and law; and technology tools that can be used to protect privacy. The participating librarians will gain better capacity to help protect the many members of underserved communities who often do not have ready access or much exposure to technology and must visit the library to use computers and the Internet. | More details | |
| University of Washington Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $48,184.00 | Tech Policy Labs Toys That Listen Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.techpolicylab.uw.edu | An increasing number of Internet-connected toys and other consumer products have the potential to listen to what is being said in the home and disclose this information through the Internet to manufacturers or other third parties. This project will bring an interdisciplinary group of experts together to build a set of consumer protection best practices for the design and user control of Internet-connected devices in the home. | More details | ||
| Utility Reform Network | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $60,000.00 | National | Smart Phone Privacy Project | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.turn.org | To protect the privacy of 16 million smart phone users in California by prohibiting mobile phone carriers from selling private web browsing data; phone call records; texting logs; and location information to data brokers without the affirmative informed consent of smart phone customers. | More details |
| Verified Voting Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2015 | $30,000.00 | National | Voter Privacy Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://verifiedvotingfoundation.org | Our democracy depends on the right to a secret; private ballot; but Internet-based voting systems could compromised voter privacy. Voters' identities and ballots are vulnerable to cyber attack and exposure; but the scope and severity of this threat is not widely understood by voters or election administrators. VVF will research and publish a report that describes the problem and proposes alternatives. This report will be widely publicized; starting a substantive public discussion about how to best protect voters privacy and election integrity. | More details | |
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2016 | $25,284.00 | California Medical Privacy - What Californians Need to Know to Protect Their Privacy | Consumer Issues | Statewide | California | Supports an update of PRC's California Medical Privacy series; consisting of 10 guides that explain individual's rights in depth in relation to various medical processes and circumstances. In general; Californians enjoy stronger medical privacy rights than under the federal HIPAA law. However; the interplay between California state law and federal HIPPA is complex and often poorly understood by consumers and medical providers. The update will incorporate the latest changes in state law and will be distributed broadly by PRC and other consumer advocacy and educational organizations including Consumer Action;Consumer Federation of California; ACLU; CAlPIRG and the University of California. | More details | ||
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $40,000.00 | Digital Privacy & Security Training for Activists in Vulnerable Communities | This is a statewide project, and will include at least three trainings in rural counties. In partnership with the ACLU of Southern California and the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, as well as our coalition partners in the immigrants’ rights movement and AMEMSA communities, we will select training locations based on need and projected impact. Training materials will be available online for individuals and communities in California and beyond. | California | https://www.aclunc.org/ | In today’s political reality, the work of activists serving vulnerable communities – from undocumented residents to religious minorities – is critical. Without strong digital privacy skills, though, the tools that allow for rapid communication and online mobilizing may put communities at even greater risk. Activists must be equipped with the knowledge and skills to protect and control their own information and the private information of those they serve. The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC) seeks funding to produce an online privacy and security curriculum, and conduct trainings that will equip activists working with vulnerable communities – including organizers, attorneys, and on-the-ground community members – with the knowledge and tools to protect their sensitive information. | More details | ||
| California Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $30,000.00 | Responding to the Equifax Breach with Secure Solutions for All | Our project will immediately benefit consumers in the state of California. If we are successful in convincing Equifax to change their practices, our project could have a major impact on consumers nationwide. | California | https://calpirgedfund.org/ | In the wake of the Equifax security breach, CALPIRG Education Fund will build support for policy solutions that better protect consumers' privacy. Freezes should not only be free, they should be turned on by default, and in the age of online banking, it should be quick and easy for consumers to control when the freeze is on and off. The expected outcome of our project would be that either Equifax and the other reporting agencies adopt our recommendations, or if they don't, then key policymakers feel the need to respond through legal and/or regulatory action. | More details | ||
| Media Alliance | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Broadband Privacy in California | Residents of the State of California. Possibly some residual benefits for other states from a pilot model. | California | https://media-alliance.org/ | We are seeking Rose Foundation support to move ahead statewide broadband privacy protections in 2018 to replace federal privacy protections revoked by the Trump Congress in the spring of 2017. The statewide protections contained in AB 375 emphasize user consent and focus on Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as the repository of the most complete online profiles available. If a legislative solution does not go forward in 2018, CA faces an expensive ballot initiative fight that will loot millions from the state's economy, when modest philanthropic support for research, preparation and distribution of advocacy materials and a Sacramento hearing may well achieve the same results. User consent is enormously popular and the disappointing 2017 results were directly attributable to an imbalance in resource support to address last minute deceptive industry materials. With more time and adequate support, we expect to be able to move these protections in CA, and model for the rest of the US. | More details | ||
| Utility Reform Network | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $40,000.00 | Smart Grid Privacy Project | Smart Grid Data Privacy will reach 16 million electricity residential customers who are served by PG&E, Edison, and SDG&E. PG&E’s service territory covers all of Northern California and Central California to Bakersfield, with the exception of several municipal agencies, including those that provide electricity to Sacramento, Alameda, Santa Clara, and Palo Alto. Edison’s service territory covers most of Southern California, with the significant exception of several municipal agencies, including those that provide electricity to the cities of Los Angeles, Burbank, Pasadena, and Glendale. SDG&E’s service territory covers most of San Diego and Orange Counties, with the notable exception of the Imperial Irrigation District. | California | http://www.turn.org/ | Smart Grid Data Privacy is a policy advocacy campaign to mobilize grassroots communities, privacy activists, and the mainstream media to pressure utility companies and public officials to adopt policies to eliminate, or minimize, the release of data from thousands of private resident smart meters to law enforcement agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Utility Reform Network (TURN) has discovered that private energy usage data of thousands of California residents is being released each year by PG&E, Southern California Edison, SoCal Gas, and SDG&E with inconsistent application of rules for data request protocols, and without an understanding of the rules that govern data releases under California Public Utilities Committee (CPUC) smart meter privacy rules. None of TURN’s work supported by this grant will be included in any requests to receive intervenor compensation from the California Public Utilities Commission. | More details | ||
| World Privacy Forum | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Face the Facts: Where are you in the biometric universe, and what can you do about it? | Oregon and California primarily. | California | https://www.worldprivacyforum.org/ | This project will educate consumers about biometrics on social media platforms; what it is, what it means for them now, 5 months from now, 5 years from now, and possibilities 10 years down the line. The focus is on how to identify biometrics in social media, how to evaluate short, medium, and long-term potential privacy consequences, and how to make privacy choices and/or opt out of biometrics uses (when possible) on major social media platform. The project will focus on all consumers in the US in educational materials, and this project will also take a portion of the funding and create materials for highly vulnerable populations including victims of crime, seniors, and children. | More details | ||
| Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Privacy Protection for Older Adults | MCRC will prioritize work in counties with the highest level of low-income older adults including Baltimore City, Prince George’s, and Montgomery counties. If we have able, we will then expand our efforts to include Allegany, Caroline, Dorchester, Garrett, Somerset, and Washington counties. | Maryland | http://www.marylandconsumers.org/ | MCRC will leverage our expertise in working with older adults, our background in privacy protection, and our extensive network of partners across the state to provide trainings across Maryland on Privacy Protection for Older Adults (PPOA) to trainers as well as Maryland older adults. The toolkit will draw on existing consumer protection materials although we will convene several focus groups with older adults to understand their baseline knowledge of online privacy protection. MCRC will develop brochures and factsheets to raise awareness of privacy protections. MCRC will disseminate the information through a Train the Trainers model, our direct service work and dissemination of brochures to our extensive network of partners. Through these methods we will directly reach at least 500 older adults and train others to reach at least 500 more. | More details | ||
| Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | IoT and Kids: Testing the Regulatory Framework for Internet-Connected Toys | The regulatory action we hope to spur would help children throughout the United States. We expect the media coverage of our complaint will educate parents and consumers in the United States about the privacy issues related to internet-connected toys. It is likely we will receive international media coverage as well. | Nationwide | http://commercialfreechildhood.org/ | Internet connected toys and devices collect a wealth of data from children and raise many privacy and security concerns. Yet despite many documented instances of data breaches, inadequate privacy policies, and questionable data sharing, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has not taken any enforcement action against a device maker for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Our project will assess whether the FTC’s current regulatory framework is sufficient to protect the privacy of children using connected toys. With legal experts at Georgetown Law’s Institute for Public Representation and the help of security and privacy professionals, we will develop and bring to the FTC a test case designed to establish best practices for connected toys under COPPA. Through media and legislative outreach, we will also advance the public’s knowledge about the privacy risks of connected toys and lay the groundwork for future legislation to protect children’s privacy. | More details | ||
| Center for Digital Democracy | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $50,000.00 | Promoting Accountability & Transparency in the Use of Digital Ads & Data in Political Campaigns | National | Nationwide | https://www.democraticmedia.org/ | The 2016 U.S. elections marked a critical turning point, when campaign operations across the political spectrum were fully integrated into the Big Data marketing ecosystem that has transformed corporate advertising. Digital marketing advances, including “ad-tech†service providers dedicated to political data targeting, have enhanced the capacities of campaigns to identify, reach, and interact with individual voters. Many of the new campaign practices raise serious issues about privacy, discrimination, manipulation, and lack of transparency. In the absence of effective public education and policy interventions, they will likely become more widespread and sophisticated in the future. This proposed project is designed to educate stakeholders, policy makers, and the press about this critical issue, working with our colleagues in the privacy, consumer, campaign reform, and civil liberties communities to develop a framework for effective action in both the public and private sectors. | More details | ||
| Class Size Matters | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Parent Coalition for Student Privacy: Teacher Toolkit for Student Privacy | As mentioned above, the reach of this project will be national in scope, as both the Badass Teachers Association and the American Federation of Teachers have chapters, affiliates, and members nationwide. We also expect that the NEA will help with disseminating the toolkit. As Leonie Haimson, the co-chair of the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy and Marla Kilfoyle, the Executive Director of the Badass Teachers Association are located in New York, and are founding members of the coalition NY State Allies for Public Education, we expect the most focused outreach may occur in New York. Leonie was also just selected to be a member of the new Student Data Privacy Advisory Council, established by the NY State Education Department to strengthen the state's privacy practices and advice to districts. Leonie is also a board member of the Network for Public Education which has over 100, 000 members throughout United States, so this could also help widen our national reach. | Nationwide | https://www.studentprivacymatters.org/ | The Parent Coalition for Student Privacy, a project of Class Size Matters, plans to partner with the Badass Teachers Association to create and distribute a Teacher Privacy Toolkit, including concrete steps educators can take to ensure that their students’ and their own personal information is not breached or misused. Providing guidance to educators on how to protect their students’ privacy is a need that has been largely unmet. Many teachers are under intense pressure to adopt online apps from private vendors that collect and redisclose large amounts of personal student data. Yet professional development rarely covers the topic of how to ensure that these digital tools have strong privacy and security protections, and there are few resources that focus on the educator audience, leaving teachers at sea when it comes to identifying what is a good privacy policy or best practice. We would like to offer this help. | More details | ||
| Electronic Privacy Information Center | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $50,000.00 | General Support | EPIC's reach is global but our focus is Washington, DC, including the FTC and the FCC. In this way, we can maximize the benefits for consumers. | Nationwide | https://epic.org/ | EPIC is one of the leading consumer privacy organizations in the United Sates. EPIC provides educational resources to consumers, publishes books and articles, submits comments to federal agencies, drafts amicus briefs, and organizes coalitions in support of consumers in the United States. | More details | ||
| International Computer Science Institute | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $40,000.00 | AppCensus: Mobile App Privacy Analysis at Scale | Our main audiences are mobile device users, regulators, and software developers within the United States; all of these groups are affected by American data privacy regulations such as the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and other such rules enforced at the state and federal level. Beyond being used as a tool to enforce federal privacy regulations, we have been in discussion with the California and New York attorneys generals' offices about our work. However, our findings are also relevant to end-users worldwide, as we generate privacy reports for software products that have substantial audiences both within the US and outside of it. One area that we hope to explore in the future is compliance with GDPR in the EU. | Nationwide | http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/icsi/ | In prior work to re-engineer Android's permission system, we built a framework for the dynamic analysis of mobile apps. This approach allows us to examine how apps and libraries use sensitive data sources on the device. By combining this capability with bespoke network monitoring tools, we have the most sophisticated view of when sensitive data is accessed and where it gets sent. AppCensus integrates those tools as an end-to-end testbed offering analytics-as-a-service: we accept a mobile app binary as input, automatically run it in a test environment monitored by our tools, perform a broad exploration via simulated user input, and generate reports of relevant app privacy behaviors. The results of this automated and reproducible analysis can be structured in a database and are made available at our public-facing website, https://appcensus.mobi. We propose enhancements to greatly expand the scale of our monitoring and to help developers ensure their apps respect user privacy. | More details | ||
| International Computer Science Institute | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $23,228.00 | Usable Security of Emerging Healthcare Technologies for Seniors | Nationwide | http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/icsi/ | The elderly population in the US is growing rapidly. By 2030, 75% more seniors will require nursing home care in the US compared to 2010, and in California, the elderly population is expected to grow more than twice as fast as the total population. These trends explain a noticeable uptake in the area of internet-connected healthcare technologies, including wearable devices for medical measurements, context-aware safety monitoring, and fall sensors. These technologies aid in improving elderly people’s safety and health, in addition to supporting independent living. However, due to potentially limited technological literacy and high probability of physical or mental impairments, older adults are particularly vulnerable to the cybersecurity and privacy risks posed by these devices. Moreover, health data is considered sensitive, thus healthcare technologies require higher levels of security and need to comply with even more rigorous regulation, policies and standards (both in California and at the federal level) than some other emerging consumer applications. Thus, it is critically important to study the privacy and security impacts of these devices on this understudied population. The goal of this project is to better understand the privacy and security attitudes of the geriatric population with respect to emerging Internet-connected healthcare technologies (EHT), and design an effective system that will empower informed decisions, better control over personal data, and improved security of these users. They plan to conduct semi-structured interviews, surveys, an observational field study, participatory design sessions, and user testing experiments with the prototypes they design to achieve these goals. The studies will be conducted with members of Bay Area elderly care facilities, and results will be disseminated locally and around the country. | More details | |||
| New Media Rights | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $40,000.00 | General Support | Our clients are consumers, nonprofits, technology entrepreneurs, and creators across the United States who need legal services but do not have access to a privacy, intellectual property, or media law attorney. Though we do take on clients outside of California, over 60% of our clients are from California, and well over half of those are from San Diego. Certain state law issues must be referred to partner legal services nonprofits and clinics in those states. Our clients come from throughout the country and our educational resources are visited from around the world. | Nationwide | https://www.newmediarights.org/ | Founded in 2006, New Media Rights provides preventative, privacy-related legal consultation and educational resources for consumers, nonprofits, and early-stage startups across the country. This proposal builds on our partnership with California Consumer Protection Foundation, the San Diego Office of Small Business, and our work on the FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee. The consultations we provide to projects before they launch has an exponential effect on reducing privacy violations because we can prevent issues *before* they happen-- fixing the violations at the source. For example, if we directly assist *1* app developer to implement consumer-friendly privacy policies, then that app’s *10,000* users will be issue-free. We then publish educational resources based on those consultations. We have worked on more than 2000 cases, have had 2 million people visit our website, and have created more than 13 hours of educational videos that have been viewed more than 350,000 times. | More details | ||
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $12,472.00 | General Support | Geographic area is the U.S. | Nationwide | https://www.privacyrights.org/ | Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) requests funding to create a series of short videos targeted to youth social media users regarding online privacy, safety, and security. The videos will be between 30 seconds and one minute, with the exception of one video combining the short videos to be used in a community education setting. We will also conduct outreach for the videos. | More details | ||
| The Tor Project, Inc. | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $40,000.00 | General Support | Tor is open source software that is used by people around the world to protect their privacy and security and to avoid censorship. For purposes of this grant, our focus is on providing privacy software for US-based consumers. | Nationwide | https://www.torproject.org | The Tor Project is requesting $50,000 to further develop Tor software, a suite of tools used by millions of people every day to communicate privately online and avoid being tracked and monitored. This grant will enable us to improve Tor software and increase public awareness of how to use Tor to protect consumer privacy. | More details | ||
| United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Internet-Connected Toys and Childhood Privacy Protection Project | This project will have an impact on children and consumers nationwide. We are planning a nationwide release of our annual "Trouble in Toyland" report, which is regularly reported on by both local and national news outlets. We report our findings each year to regulatory boards, including the Consumer Products Safety Commission, in order to ensure that they are aware of safety and privacy threats and can make nationwide regulation recommendations. | Nationwide | https://uspirgedfund.org/ | In our increasingly connected world, we are constantly weighing how to protect our privacy and identities while plugged into the Internet of Things (IoT), our vast network of internet-connected devices. IoT toys have the ability to gather data and personal information, making them targets for hacking and leaving children particularly vulnerable to privacy threats. Many parents aren’t aware of the risks of “smart†toys, and simply don’t know how to protect their children’s privacy while using these devices. This year we are beginning to publicize the dangers of IoT toys and equip consumers with tools to identify and safely use these toys. In 2018, we will expand further upon the issue of “smart†toys in our 33rd annual "Trouble in Toyland" report, produce consumer tipsheets, raise the profile of the issue through media coverage, and use targeted advertisements, social media outreach and email campaigns to educate a broad base of consumers about the risks of internet-connected toys. | More details | ||
| Center for Digital Democracy | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $75,000.00 | California - statewide | Protecting Privacy for California Consumers in the Data-driven Streaming Video Marketplace | Advocacy ; Education | California | https://www.democraticmedia.org | Millions of Californians are disconnecting their cable and subscription TV services and turning to the growing number of ad-supported streaming video networks (often called “over-the-top†or “OTTâ€). But in exchange for access to free or affordable programming, consumers are subject to a powerful new data collection and digital marketing apparatus, which uses AI, machine learning and other advanced technologies to monitor what people watch, and subject them to discriminatory and manipulative techniques. Children and communities of color are particularly at risk. This project is designed to educate California consumers and other stakeholders about their rights and responsibilities as viewers of ad-supported streaming channels, to ensure greater transparency and accountability by California-based OTT companies, and to maximize industry compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the forthcoming Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and other privacy laws. | More details | |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $100,000.00 | California - statewide | California Privacy Education Project | Education | California | http://www.consumer-action.org/ | This project will educate Californians about their rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (and the new California Privacy Rights Act which takes effect in 2023), surveillance and common data practices such as the use of artificial intelligence work and encourage them to exercise their rights, and inform them about how to take action if their rights are violated. Consumer Federation of America (CFA) will survey Californians to identify impediments to exercising their privacy rights and seek their views on how to limit what companies do with their data. This information will inform education efforts to further strengthen Californians’ privacy protections. Consumer Action (CA) will create tools for CBOs and individual consumers (multilingual media interviews, multilingual fact sheets, consumer education video, training and program evaluation).CFA will provide survey results and fact sheets to members of the CA advocacy coalition to help their advocacy efforts. | More details | |
| Consumer Watchdog | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $70,000.00 | California - statewide | Securing Privacy In Connected Cars | Advocacy ; Education | California | https://www.consumerwatchdog.org | Top 2021 car models sold in America have Internet connections to safety critical systems that track the movements of the cars and the drivers. The auto industry and insurance industry is banking on huge profits for surveilling consumers' movements. Consumer Watchdog will work with industry technologists to expose the dangers of automobile surveillance through research, published reports and a high profile media campaign and work to stop the practice through the powers of the new California Privacy Commission. Under new law enacted through Prop 24, companies cannot collect data about precise geolocation against consumer objections. Consumer Watchdog will petition and lobby the Commission for a rule prohibiting the collection and use of driver's precise geolocation data for those who opt-out and seeking a simple universal opt-out mechanism to facilitate that opt-out. We will also work to stop the use of "telematic" tracking by California auto insurance companies that seek to use it. | More details | |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $50,000.00 | California - statewide | Tracking and Combating Location Data Brokers | Advocacy ; Education ; Research | California | https://www.eff.org/ | Location data brokers—companies that collect, aggregate, process, and sell personal geolocation data to advertisers and governments—are perhaps the most egregious example of the harms of the private surveillance industry today. This research project is a deep-dive investigation of the flow of location data from internet-connected electronic devices to data brokers and ultimately to advertisers and the government. Our findings will be used to educate the public on these harmful practices, frame this issue for the press, and spur awareness among regulators. Ultimately, we aim to catalyze a movement against location data collection that can help end this invasive form of surveillance. Our work will include an in-depth literature review, an experiment involving mobile phones, and CCPA data requests to determine how location data is being mined from and deployed against consumers as well as whether and how that data will end up in government databases. | More details | |
| Erotic Service Provider Legal, Educational and Research Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $75,000.00 | California - statewide | Investigating and Regulating Consumer Surveillance, Tracking, and Monitoring in California | Advocacy ; Education ; Investigative Study | California | https://esplerp.org | ESPLER proposes a two-year research, education, and advocacy project. Project staff will submit 100 FOIA requests to district attorneys, probation, and health departments as well as city police and county sheriffs departments statewide for documentation on surveillance-involved arrests of people associated with the sex trade, to investigate: - tech-based surveillance and monitoring, and collection and sale of consumer data by law enforcement and - resistance to FOIA requests by law enforcement We will undertake legal advocacy as needed to enforce FOIA requests denied by law enforcement. In Year 2, we will educate policy makers, using the information from our research to advocate for policies regulating the use of tech surveillance, tracking, and monitoring. Through media outreach, we will also educate the general public and erotic service community. | More details | |
| Fight for the Future Education Fund | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $50,000.00 | California - statewide | Building California grassroots capacity to fight surveillance | Advocacy ; Technology/Product/Service ; Education | California | https://www.fftfef.org/ | Fight seeks to help California grassroots groups amplify their impact and digital capacity as they mount their own anti-surveillance campaigns. Given California’s size, its role as a tech hub, and its concentration of immigrant communities and other marginalized groups, the state stands at the forefront for setting the national tone on surveillance policy. Making these groups more effective advocates is not only good for California, but also moves the goalposts for what is possible for the country. Given our extensive experience working on privacy issues, Fight is well-positioned to help these groups: - Develop strategy to implement actions, target specific audiences, employ compelling messaging, etc. - Use the Internet and efficient tech-based tools to increase consumer participation; - Gain national and local attention; - Produce educational resources like videos, infographics, and viral content; and - Build connections with other state and national groups doing similar work. | More details | |
| International Rescue Committee Turlock | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $80,000.00 | California | Privacy Protection Rights for Refugees (PPRR) | Advocacy ; Education ; Will include 1:1 support and remediation assistance for victims of privacy abuse | California | https://www.rescue.org/united-states/turlock-ca | The PPRR is a blended model of education, 1:1 support, and advocacy for IRC clients who have been victims of fraud. IRC will hire a part-time Education and Program Specialist (EPS) to devise a linguistically and culturally responsive curriculum from trusted sources of consumer privacy education such as Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and Consumer Action, and implement trainings, all in coordination with IRC’s national technical advisors. The EPS will inform clients of their rights and protections under California law, with a focus on safeguarding personal data. The EPS will develop printed and digital reference materials in relevant client languages. Staff will provide 1:1 assistance for clients whose privacy rights have been violated. The project will serve 375 clients per year from casework referrals across IRC’s resettlement, immigration, employment, and anti-trafficking programs. IRC’s partner, the American Assyrian Civic Club in Turlock, will likewise refer clients to the IRC. | More details | |
| Oakland Privacy | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $40,000.00 | Northern California | Building Regional Privacy Rights Infrastructure - Privacy Rights Fellowships 2021-2022, 2022-2023 | Advocacy | California | https://oaklandprivacy.org | Oakland Privacy has achieved historic gains in privacy rights in California with zero funding aside from small amounts of grassroot donations. We draw upon the expertise of our volunteers, as well as their generous contributions of time and resources. We also contribute our expertise to numerous coalition efforts in the Bay Area. We are asking the Privacy Rights Fund for nominal funding to create additional infrastructure to support ongoing work and allow us to better execute on three organizational priorities: global privacy controls i.e. the universal opt out, public records transparency enforcement, and what we call "agenda-watching" which is an alert and notification service for upcoming privacy-related agenda items to enable proactive and timely interventions. Our Privacy Rights Fellowships would be two annual compensated fellowships at $12K with some supervision funds to build out our capacity on these crucial fronts. | More details | |
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $100,000.00 | California - statewide | Privacy Today | Advocacy | California | https://privacyrights.org/ | We seek funding to advance and defend privacy protections for all Californians through a year of support for our advocacy program. With a focus on making privacy rights and the policy discussion surrounding them more accessible, during the grant period, we will expand our role coordinating California privacy advocates to promote more efficient, effective, and inclusive advocacy; advocate to advance policies that reduce unnecessary personal data collection and provide meaningful choices and enforceable protections with a focus on: health data not protected under the law (in light of the pandemic and emerging technology); data collection and use that disparately impacts historically marginalized populations (including public/private partnerships perpetuating surveillance, facial recognition, algorithmic decision making, student monitoring); and improving and defending the new California Privacy Rights Act. | More details | |
| Stop LAPD Spying Coalition | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $100,000.00 | Los Angeles County | Dismantling Police Surveillance and Defending Privacy | Advocacy ; Education ; Community Organizing | California | https://stoplapdspying.org/ | Over the next two years, we will expand our community organizing work building on the foundation we have developed over the past decade primarily using volunteer work. While we are committed to keeping our work community-driven, the growing scale requires full-time organizers to facilitate the work, as well as to take on more aspects of data-gathering and state surveillance. This expanded capacity will allow us to: Advance existing organizing campaigns and helping build new organizing campaigns; Facilitate community-based research, collective study, and community analysis, including focus groups on surveillance programs and privacy; Build grassroot leadership among community members who are directly impacted by and targeted for policing and surveillance; Expand our coalition-building and community outreach to grow our base, accountability, and mobilizations; Develop more community education and self-advocacy materials and programs. | More details | |
| The Regents of the University of California - UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $65,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Generating Participatory Understandings of Privacy for Always-On Surveillance Devices | Education | California | Laws like CCPA protect the data privacy rights of individual consumers, but don’t protect from risks caused by privately-owned always-on surveillance devices (such as smart cameras) that collect data from many people at once. For instance, there is no opt-out mechanism for someone subject to video surveillance from a neighbor’s smart camera. This project will improve understanding of privacy harms posed by always-on surveillance devices, and the limits of current privacy laws. Through participatory workshops with diverse local community members in Alameda County, we will learn about their concerns about always-on surveillance devices and we will educate them about important privacy risks. We will co-create materials that help convey community members’ perspectives and experiences in ways they find useful, such as participant stories, drawings, and first-hand accounts. We will disseminate these stories and findings to technologists, policymakers, researchers, and the broader public. | More details | ||
| The Utility Reform Network | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $75,000.00 | California - statewide | Smart Grid Privacy | Advocacy | California | https://www.turn.org/ | Smart Grid Privacy is a policy advocacy campaign to ensure utility companies and public officials effectively implement new policies that minimize the release of data from thousands of private resident smart meters to law enforcement agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). TURN discovered that private energy usage data of thousands of California residents was released each year by the investor-owned utilities with inconsistent application of rules for data request protocols and by exploiting a loophole in California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) customer privacy rules. TURN proposes to monitor the implementation of new rules that close the loophole that allowed ICE to issue internal administrative subpoenas in order to access utility customer smart meter data for surveillance purposes and protect California residents’ privacy rights. None of TURN’s work supported by this grant will be included in any requests to receive intervenor compensation from the CPUC. | More details | |
| University of Southern California/Information Sciences Institute | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $45,000.00 | Southern California, Los Angeles | Auditing for Discrimination in On-Line Advertisements (ADOLA) | Research into new technology | California | https://www.isi.edu | We seek to define methods to support for privacy-sensitive, third-party auditing of on-line ad platforms for fairness. We have previously shown that queries demonstrate the presence of discrimination in job ad delivery by some ad platforms such as Facebook. To prove discrimination with statistical rigor, we use external datasets in carefully controlled experiments, with results that apply to gender-based discrimination. We would like to to test for discrimination with other protected categories, such as race, and to test different types of jobs, and the same job categories over time. To evaluate these additional factors "at scale" (with multiple job categories and on a regular basis) requires support from the ad platform. We propose to define how a platform would support external auditing, and to evaluate its effectiveness, either at full scale, with support of an ad platform; or to evaluate an approximation of our auditing API at smaller scale without platform support. | More details | |
| World Privacy Forum | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $100,000.00 | California - statewide | Index of Vacinne Credentialing Systems: Privacy Impacts and Pathways Forward | Advocacy ; Technology/Product/Service ; Education | California | http://www.worldprivacyforum.org | This project is focused on documenting, analyzing, and impacting the serious proposals for “vaccine credentialing systems,†or "vaccine passports." These systems pose significant privacy risks for Californians, and stand to have profound, systemic impacts on each and every Californian. Thus far, Californians have not had enough of a voice in how these systems will look and operate. That needs to change quickly, before the systems are built into deeper business and government procedures. Beyond travel, these systems will also be utilized in other contexts, such as employment and education. There are more than 35 serious systems being built, with more on the way. The “Digital Green Pass,†a credentialing system IATA has built for travel, has already been piloted by several airlines. The European Commission has granted interim approval, even though the pass has problematic privacy issues, such as mandatory biometrics for travel. This project will bring transparency to these activities. | More details | |
| International Digital Accountability Council | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $75,000.00 | Nation-Wide | A Privacy Investigation into Health/Wellness Apps | Advocacy | Nationwide | https://digitalwatchdog.org/ | IDAC is seeking support for a detailed technical and policy investigation into the privacy practices of 125 health/wellness apps in order to provide a large scale data set on the sector’s sensitive personal health information. IDAC will present the results of its investigation in the rulemaking for the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) to inform the development of regulations for entities that collect sensitive personal information. IDAC will also draft a public report presenting the results of the investigation and recommendations that will be used to advocate for increased protections for sensitive health information in federal privacy legislation. The report will be shared directly with the FTC, state Attorneys General, and consumer privacy and healthcare organizations. We will also host a webinar to educate key stakeholders. | More details | |
| Surveillance Technology Oversight Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2021 | $50,000.00 | Nation-Wide | S.T.O.P. California Class Action Practice | Advocacy ; Legal advocacy including case development and litigation | Nationwide | https://www.stopspying.org/ | The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) respectfully requests a grant of $50,000 from the Rose Foundation’s Consumer Privacy Rights Fund to expand our California class action practice, pursuing cases against commercial vendors who fuel mass surveillance. Building on momentum from our ongoing putative class action on behalf of Californians against Thomson Reuters, S.T.O.P. will then bring similar claims against additional data brokers who are selling Californians’ data to law enforcement and immigration officials. | More details | |
| Stop LAPD Spying Coalition | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $75,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County); California | Fighting Social Media Surveillance, Youth Data, & Political Targeting | Arts, Culture, & Media;Children & Youth;Consumer Advocacy;Consumer Privacy;Human Rights & Civil Liberties;Other; Advocacy;Education; Community Organizing | Los Angeles County | California | https://stoplapdspying.org/ | The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition is a community group based in the Skid Row neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. Founded in 2011, the group has been researching, exposing, and organizing as part of broader movement-building to abolish police spying and infiltration. For years, Stop LAPD Spying has mobilized around the concept of 'datafication' i.e. the non-consensual collection of information about communities, which is then used to control or commodify populations. The group is most concerned with the fact that police both generate and gather data about local communities that is repurposed for profit. Individual’s relationships, communication, movements, and biographies are reduced to data points that are collected and shared by the police, who have become the largest data brokers. With this grant, the group will grow their work by addressing surveillance and data gathering in several key areas. First, the group will focus on identifying partnerships between social media corporations, law enforcement agencies, and third-party social media surveillance software companies. They will also intensify organizing efforts against a youth surveillance app known as "Los Angeles Schools Anonymous Reporting" (LASAR) which collects data on Los Angeles students. In addition, Stop LAPD Spying is committed to expanding its efforts in highlighting LAPD’s suppression of protests. The group will hold monthly meetings to inform local residents and empower them to advocate on all of these issues. | More details |
| Oakland Privacy | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $50,000.00 | Statewide; California | Enhancing Regional Privacy Rights Infrastructure - Privacy Rights Fellowship 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 | Consumer Privacy; Advocacy | Statewide | California | https://oaklandprivacy.org | Oakland Privacy, a largely volunteer run organization, will use the funding to support two Privacy Rights Fellows to build out the organization’s capacity on crucial fronts. Overall, the group will focus on the growing artificial intelligence debate, continue educating people about the lack of transparency associated with the Chrome browser’s privacy controls, and offer digital security and online safety resources to the public. In particular, the fellows will oversee and submit comprehensive comments to the California Privacy Protection Agency in their ongoing artificial intelligence and algorithmic decision-making rulemaking. The fellows are expected to suggest enhancements for proposed rules, parameters for future rule-makings, and will expose industry pushback. They will also track and guide responses to state-level legislation expected to be introduced in 2024 and develop targeted model legislation focusing on impact auditing, algorithmic transparency, and complaint/appeal processes. These model policies will be used to educate local city and county municipalities in Northern California on how local regulations can be used to strengthen individual privacy rights. Finally, the fellows will create a comprehensive advocacy guide to spread the message that smart consumers should not use the Chrome browser due to its being compromised and under-protective of individual’s privacy. | More details |
| United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $125,000.00 | Statewide; Nationwide;Arizona;California;Colorado;Illinois;Maryland;Massachusetts;Oregon | U.S. PIRG Education Fund Don't Sell My Data campaign | Children & Youth;Consumer Advocacy;Consumer Privacy; Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | www.uspirgedfund.org | Since 1984, U.S. PIRG Education Fund has used research, public education, advocacy, and litigation to achieve dozens of milestones for consumer protection and support organizations committed to a strategic approach to social change. U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s Don’t Sell My Data campaign will build upon PIRG’s historical work in the privacy space, and the organization will continue fighting for consumer internet privacy rights. In partnership with state PIRG groups, U.S. PIRG will launch a state lawmaker and consumer education project, creating and releasing a state privacy law scorecard, holding a national briefing for state lawmakers on how to protect consumers’ data privacy online, and disseminating state-specific tips guides for consumers on how to exercise their rights. The group will also support the CFPB in its Fair Credit Reporting Act rulemaking and continue work to identify and uplift emerging Gen Z privacy leaders on campuses. The goal of this work is to both arm lawmakers with information about what effective consumer privacy protections look like as well as to empower consumers in states with laws to use their rights. Informed and motivated consumers are a powerful force when given the right tools. Empowering consumers in states with privacy laws to use their right to access & delete data will not only help individual consumers, including youth and families, better protect themselves, this will send the marketplace a signal that the public is becoming less tolerant of abusive data practices. | More details |
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $75,000.00 | Statewide; Nationwide;California | Privacy Rights Clearinghouse - General Support | Consumer Privacy; Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | https://privacyrights.org/ | Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with over thirty years of experience dedicated to advancing data privacy and fostering the value that privacy is a fundamental human right. PRC’s approach is to listen to people and those who represent them, then identify patterns, and analyze the issues to help inform and connect people, and advocate where there are gaps. This grant will be used for general organizational support for their highly regarded consumer policy and advocacy work. During the grant period, PRC will expand and improve upon their role coordinating with other advocates working in California, develop and implement an advocacy strategy around the organization’s policy priorities, and increase their capacity to weigh in on agency proceedings at the federal and state level. There are two priority areas that PRC will address over the course of the grant through research, education, and coalition advocacy. PRC will broaden understanding of and advocate for privacy protections in digital course materials for post-secondary students at public, private, and for-profit institutions. In addition, the group will build on their successful work in California and will strive to extend data broker protections across the U.S. by tracking relevant California Privacy Protection Agency rulemakings and providing analysis and comments to advocate for enhanced regulatory protections. | More details |
| InvestigateWest | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $15,245.00 | Idaho | Abortion, Consumer Data Privacy, and Law Enforcement Access in Idaho | Consumer Privacy;Human Rights & Civil Liberties; Education | Idaho | invw.org | InvestigateWest will use this funding to produce a long-form investigative article exposing the potential dangers of personal data (such as web browsing history, health records, financial records, geolocation information, and electronic communications) being exposed to law enforcement officials in Idaho who could seek such information to shed light on an individual’s abortion decision. In a state with one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, activists are concerned agencies could collect this information without the consumer's knowledge. The Fourth Amendment generally requires law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant before collecting personal data, but this requirement typically does not apply when the information is held by a third party to whom the data has been shared or sold. Further, federal data privacy law provides relatively limited constraints upon law enforcement’s ability to acquire privacy data relating to criminal activity, potentially including abortion activity proscribed under the state laws. The purpose of the article will be to raise awareness of how this may be playing out in Idaho in particular and more broadly to help inform lawmakers of the need for new laws that would specifically address the treatment and disclosure of abortion-related data. | More details | |
| Fight for the Future Education Fund | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $75,000.00 | Nationwide | Stopping the spread of consumer biometric surveillance | Consumer Privacy;Human Rights & Civil Liberties; Advocacy;Education | Nationwide | https://www.fftfef.org/ | Fight for the Future Education Fund (FFEF) has long been advocating against broad biometric surveillance and campaigning to stop its current spread and future adoption. Biometric tech, including facial recognition technology, palm scanning, and emotional Artificial Intelligence (AI), is unlike any other form of surveillance. Its automated monitoring of entire populations is nearly impossible to avoid or opt-out of, and its chilling effect on autonomy and privacy includes such harms as: invasive tracking of consumer behavior; infringement on freedom of movement, protest, and speech; discriminatory misidentification of Black and brown people; and unwarranted use by law enforcement. It also creates myriad chances for data breaches and unauthorized data collecting, sharing, and selling. FFEF will use this grant to focus on schools, where biometric tech, particularly facial recognition technology is rapidly spreading, and where use of this tech disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, including children of color. The group will educate administrators, parents, teachers, student’s and children’s rights groups about the ways in which surveillance technologies such as those increasingly being used to monitor attendance and as “anti-cheating” e-proctoring software are proliferating. FFEF will also mobilize these key constituents to help stop their spread and educate the larger public about the increasing use of biometric surveillance at sports and live events, travel and retail establishments, as well as by the auto industry. | More details | |
| Library Freedom Inc | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $146,000.00 | Nationwide | Popular privacy education through libraries with Library Freedom Project | Consumer Advocacy;Consumer Privacy;Human Rights & Civil Liberties; Education | Nationwide | libraryfreedom.org | Library Freedom will use this grant to expand their work through the creation of a new Privacy Advocacy intensive training for librarians and the development of new resources. The group’s previous intensives–Library Freedom Institute and LFP Crash Courses–were enormously successful and turned dozens of librarians into privacy experts in their communities. Training librarians on privacy issues allows this information more efficiently and effectively reach communities across the country. The group will develop new resources for in-person trainings and expand their standalone online trainings to reach an even wider audience. These educational materials aim to support librarians-as-trainers and the diverse publics they serve on how everyday people are impacted by the loss of privacy. This grant will have a multiplier effect on the group’s current work, engaging librarians to promote privacy advocacy and education in communities nationwide. The grant will also allow the group to identify gaps in current educational materials and needed content for improvement, and Library Freedom will hold an annual weekend-long summer retreat which gives their librarian members an opportunity to meet, share strategies, resources, and successes. | More details | |
| Fairplay | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $75,000.00 | Nationwide | Protecting Young People’s Privacy in the Metaverse | Consumer Privacy; Advocacy;Technology/Product/Service | Nationwide | https://fairplayforkids.org/ | Protecting Young People’s Privacy in the Metaverse project will determine whether existing federal privacy and consumer protection laws can effectively ensure young people’s privacy rights in virtual reality (VR) environments. Fairplay will use this grant to conduct original research to identify privacy risks to minors on VR apps for Meta’s Quest 3 headset and analyze whether the privacy policies and practices of Meta and the VR app developers violate the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act or Section V of the FTC Act. If the group’s analysis finds violations of existing law, they will file a Request for Investigation of Meta and/or VR app developers. Should existing laws be deemed insufficient to adequately protect children and teens from the unique privacy threats of VR environments, the group will draft model legislation and share it with federal lawmakers for consideration. In addition to these tasks, Fairplay will educate consumers about the privacy risks for young people through either media coverage of the anticipated FTC complaint or by releasing a report to accompany model legislation. | More details | |
| Youth For Privacy | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Nationwide | Youth for Privacy | Children & Youth;Consumer Advocacy;Consumer Privacy; Advocacy;Education | Nationwide | https://www.youthforprivacy.org/ | The Youth Privacy Ambassadors Program aims to empower a select group of young individuals to champion privacy rights in their communities and schools. This grant will support six ambassadors who will be chosen and will go through a several month-long training process, where they will learn the basics of privacy, in intersection with topics like disarmament and data values. At the end of the training, they'll be provided with both a mentor and a $500 mini-grant each to execute privacy-related projects (with preference toward creative and joint deliverables). The program will prioritize publicity and promotion, ensuring a wide reach for the call for ambassadors and the final virtual showcase event. Ambassadors will be recognized at this event, celebrating their contributions. The project aligns with the organization's mission to foster a youth-led privacy-focused responsible internet through education and advocacy. | More details | |
| The Regents of the University of California - UC Berkeley Center for Economic Justice | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $148,000.00 | Nationwide;California | Protecting Consumers from Harmful Technologies Through Advocacy Networks | Consumer Advocacy;Consumer Financial Education;Consumer Privacy;Economic Development;Human Rights & Civil Liberties; Advocacy;Education;Other (explain below); Network/coalition-building | Nationwide | The Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice is the nation’s leading academic center dedicated to building the field of consumer law. The Center works to create economic justice by developing policies that prevent fraud and deception, protect low-income communities and communities of color, and promote financial security and empowerment. The Center will use this grant to activate the Economic Justice Policy Advocacy Conference (EJPAC) and Consumer Law Advocates, Scholars & Students (CLASS) networks—nationwide teams that it launched and co-directs—to address urgent threats to the privacy and economic security of low-income consumers from emerging technologies. The grant will enable the Center to hire for the first time a Policy Director who will transform EJPAC from a periodic convening into a standing active coalition of policy advocates focused on issues of privacy, technology, and economic justice. The Director will also galvanize the student and professorial resources of the CLASS network to design, refine, promulgate, and implement new legislative and regulatory initiatives. The Center will facilitate cutting-edge policy research, engage in regulatory advocacy, and use the courts to protect and implement policy victories to address consumer privacy from a consumer/economic justice focus, in contrast to other organizations that tend to approach the issue from technocentric or democracy/human rights perspectives. | More details | ||
| Taraaz | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $75,000.00 | Nationwide;Other | Protecting Privacy and Civil Rights Through Responsible Municipal AI Procurement | Consumer Privacy;Human Rights & Civil Liberties; Education | Nationwide | taraazresearch.org | Taraaz is a research and advocacy non-profit dedicated to advocating for human rights in the digital age by conducting human rights impact assessments, developing educational tools, and advocating for responsible tech policy. Through successful a campaign and coalition building, the group was able to help ban the use of predictive policing technology that led to discriminating against marginalized communities in Santa Cruz County. This project will develop educational resources and hands-on engagement to help municipal policymakers responsibly procure AI technology to protect constituents' privacy and provide equitable access to public services. Through extensive literature review and interviews with municipal policymakers and civil society experts, the group will evaluate various AI vendors that sell software to municipalities and create tailored guides for vetting vendors, structuring contracts, and implementing oversight to prevent discrimination, inequity, and surveillance. After creating educational resources, the group will organize a workshop, in partnership with the National League of Cities, to provide hands-on experience to 45+ municipal officers to apply these guides to real-world municipal AI procurement scenarios. This project aims to empower municipal policymakers and officers with practical tools to embed consumer privacy rights, surveillance, and equitable access in public sector AI adoption. | More details | |
| Just Futures Law | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; Nationwide;California;Colorado;Georgia;Illinois;Minnesota;North Carolina;Virginia;Washington;Washington, D.C. | Centering immigrants rights and racial justice in the consumer rights sector | Consumer Advocacy;Consumer Privacy;Human Rights & Civil Liberties; Advocacy;Education;Other (explain below); Litigation and legal | Statewide | Nationwide | www.justfutureslaw.org | Just Futures Law seeks to transform how litigation and legal support serves communities and builds movement power. The group works to combat the sprawling systems of surveillance and mass deportation through movement lawyering through local, state, and federal advocacy campaigns. Led by women of color and 100% female founded, JFL staff are experienced legal strategists who have decades of experience in legal advocacy and litigation. Just Futures will use the grant to complete two short term projects to support privacy enforcement and advocacy in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and data broker surveillance and technologies, both of which implicate privacy, consumer rights, immigrants' rights, and human rights. First, Just Futures will produce legal and advocacy memos related to the viability of interventions in AI uses in immigration enforcement and policing. On databroker surveillance, the group will continue its successful federal, local, and state advocacy campaigns to uplift the role that commercial and personal data have in immigration enforcement and limit the sale, transfer, or sale of such data. The group will also provide support for policies currently under development in Illinois. By demonstrating proof of harm to immigrant communities, this project will help generate new tactics in litigation and policy to tackle the abusive use of AI. The group aims to advance a pro-immigrant and pro-privacy narrative that can be used to educate the public and needed policy stakeholders. | More details |
| Surveillance Technology Oversight Project | Consumer Privacy Rights Fund | 2023 | $25,000.00 | Nationwide;New York | Ending Mass Surveillance: Building a Nationwide Privacy Model for Statewide Protections | Consumer Advocacy;Consumer Privacy;Human Rights & Civil Liberties; Advocacy;Education | New York | https://www.stopspying.org/ | Founded in 2019, The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P) litigates and advocates for privacy, working to abolish local governments’ systems of mass surveillance and fighting to ensure that technological advancements don’t come at the expense of age-old rights. S.T.O.P. will use the funding to lead advocacy and community education efforts, with the goal of building legal firewalls to dismantle surveillance systems around the country. With New York as the group’s home base, they will scale up their efforts to fight for these protections nationally to begin demanding overhauls of flawed surveillance practices. Building on the success of previous Freedom of Information litigation, legislation, and public education work, the group will: (1) file and pursue 15+ public information requests; (2) push for bans on facial recognition, geofence and keyword search warrants, and police use of fake social media accounts; (3) partner with 15+ national organizations to ban these technologies in other states; (4) conduct dozens of privacy trainings for community members; (5) publish 30+ op-eds and interviews in major and local news outlets; and (6) host 3-5 community organizing events. s project responds to a moment in which our actions in the short term will dictate our lives for decades or generations to come. Collectively, these actions will help halt the use of mass surveillance systems before they become normalized, and the group will work towards the long-term goal of comprehensively protecting Americans’ privacy. | More details | |
| Center For Digital Democracy | Consumer Products Fund | 2014 | $56,250.00 | National | Software Claims and Big Data Practices | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.democraticmedia.org/ | The ''free'' software provided by Google; Facebook; Apple and many others that powers our web browsers; smart phones; tablets and other devices automatically collects huge amounts of data about our personal habits; social values; families;finances; medical conditions;political views and religious beliefs; but claims that our personal information is secure. However; the business practices of these software and apps providers routinely circulate users' personal information to numerous partners and marketers. This places supposedly ''secure'' data in the hands of 3rd parties; exposes the information to data merchants who circulate it further; and as widely evidenced in the news by a recent series of high-profile data breaches; places it at risk from hackers and black-market data brokers.As we move into the era of ''Big Data;'' these collection practices already invasive are increasing dramatically. For example; as mobile phones and apps are quickly becoming a principal form of payment; what we buy and how we pay (ie credit; debit; instant loans; Pay Pal; etc.) will be collated with our exact location at time of purchase and will be integrated into our digital dossiers for future use; the increasing use of mobile devices to gather personal health data also expands both the collection and use of this information; and will make it available to industries including pharmaceutical companies and over-the-counter drugs companies. And; since young people are leading the trend towards integrating their social and business interactions via mobile devices; app-related data collection and misuse also poses significant risks to minors. Funding helps support the Center for Digital Democracy's ongoing research; education and advocacy to help the media; policymakers and general public understand the latest industry claims and practices involving the software that powers our lives and lifestyles. | More details | |
| Black Women for Wellness | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $50,000.00 | Healthy Hair Initiative | Consumer Issues | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.bwwla.org | Supports the Healthy Hair Initiative to conduct research and education about the chemical exposures faced by Black women through their use of hair and other personal care products. Many of the products used and marketed to Black women and girls contain hormones; endocrine disrupting chemicals and carcinogens. Black Women for Wellness will work with beauty salons and consumers to identify which products Black women and girls are using; conduct research on those products; and develop and publish consumer health education materials for workers and consumers. | More details | |
| Breast Cancer Fund | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $70,000.00 | Campaign for Safe Cosmetics | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.breastcancerfund.org | Supports a campaign to pressure multinational cosmetics companies to reformulate to remove cancer-causing chemicals from their products. Breast Cancer Fund will conduct product testing for cancer-causing ingredients that are not listed on product labels, produce a consumer education report based on the findings, pressure companies to stop using hazardous chemicals in their products, and pressure retailors to kick cancer off the shelves. | More details | |
| California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $50,000.00 | Right-to-Know Campaign | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org | Supports education and outreach to the nail salon community and consumers who use nail salon services about the right-to-know about the chemicals present in professional cosmetic products. Most of the workers in nail salons are low-income; Asian immigrant women who are of reproductive age; and are exposed to dangerous chemicals in the workplace. The Collaborative provides expertise; skills and resources to empower workers and owners to advocate for healthy and green salons through regulation and policies that protect human health; hold manufacturers accountable for healthier alternatives; and create greater consumer awareness. | More details | |
| Californians for a Healthy & Green Economy | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $25,000.00 | Advancing the Right-to-Know in California to Protect the Public Health and the Environment | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.changecalifornia.org | For community-led policy solutions that address the dangers of toxic chemicals on public health and the environment through a Right-to-Know Campaign. CHANGE is a coalition of groups working on chemical policy reform. The RTK Campaign will work with coalition members to finalize messaging and campaign planning; and to develop toolkits (factsheets; training guides; talking points; sample social media posts; etc.) so members can activate their constituencies to advocate for transparency and disclosure of ingredients in consumer products. | More details | |
| Center for Environmental Health | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $140,000.00 | Ending False Labeling and Protecting Consumers from Harmful Chemicals | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.ceh.org | Supports consumers from exposure to harmful chemicals in cosmetics; shampoos; and similar products used on the body. Center for Environmental Health will utilize a multipronged approach combining research; litigation; policy advocacy; and consumer education to push for disclosure of toxic health threats and to enforce right-to-know product labeling. | More details | |
| Environmental Working Group | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $90,000.00 | EWG Consumer Education | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.ewg.org | To educate consumers about the health impacts of exposure to toxic chemicals in consumer products. This grant will support research on products used by black women so the information can be added to their Skin Deep consumer database. They will provide the data and product information to Black Women for Wellness and other groups working in the Black community for educational outreach campaigns. Additionally; the grant will support research and reporting on harmful chemical food additives; expansion of their healthy cleaning products database; and promotion of the Healthy Living Mobile App. | More details | |
| Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $50,000.00 | Project to Demystify Household Cleaning Products for Latino Immigrant Consumers | Consumer Issues | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.idepsca.org | Supports the creation of culturally relevant multimedia materials focused on truth-in-labeling of common household cleaning products; potential health impacts; and product alternatives. Outreach efforts will target Spanish-speaking day laborers and household workers who are often vulnerable to health and safety violations. | More details | |
| Story of Stuff Project | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $40,000.00 | Ban The Bead Project | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.storyofstuff.org | Supports education; community organizing; and legislative efforts to ban small; plastic microbeads from personal care products. Plastic microbeads are not only a human health concern; but they also escape most wastewater treatment effluent; absorb toxins; and are ingested by aquatic animals where they biomagnify up the food chain. Story of Stuff has made award-winning videos that have garnered more than 45 million online views; including Let's Ban the Bead! and the Story of Cosmetics. | More details | |
| Teens Turning Green | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $25,000.00 | Conscious College Road Tour | Consumer Issues | Marin County | California | http://www.teensturninggreen.org | Supports a cross-country initiative that stops at over 14 college campuses nationwide and educates students on conscious consumerism. Each campus stop includes a ''Conscious Information Station'' tabling event and a town hall meeting that teaches the next generation about commonly used product ingredients. The town hall meetings propose healthier purchasing alternatives and offer students the tools to organize on their campuses. | More details | |
| Friends of the Earth | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $42,593.00 | Nanotechnology Campaign | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.foe.org | Supports the documentation and exposure of nanotechnology in children's products and foods. Nanotechnology is a rapidly expanding; multi-billion dollar industry involving the manipulation of matter at the nano-scale. The use of untested; unlabeled nano-ingredients in children's products and food is growing despite strong evidence that they can be highly toxic to human health and the environment. Grant funds support food and product testing; reports; public education; and organizing efforts. | More details | ||
| Silent Spring Institute | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $25,000.00 | Harmful Chemicals in Black Women's Products Project | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.silentspring.org/ | To conduct research; write; and publish a peer-reviewed paper on the chemical levels in products used by black women. Silent Spring will work collaboratively with Black Women for Wellness and others to identify personal care products frequently used by Black women; test for unlabeled chemicals of concern; and publish a paper on ethnic hair products. The information will be made available through factsheets; infographics and a mobile app. | More details | ||
| Women's Voices for the Earth | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $50,000.00 | Detox the Box Campaign | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.womensvoices.org | To eliminate the risk of harmful chemicals in feminine care products by raising public awareness of the issue; provide women with information about safe alternatives; compel manufacturers to disclose ingredients; and to eliminate the use of toxic chemicals. Many feminine care products contain chemicals that may cause cancer; disrupt hormones; or cause allergic reactions. The Detox the Box campaign provides women with the information needed to avoid toxic chemicals; advocates for increased disclosure and the removal of toxic chemicals through market campaigns; and promotes policies to better regulate feminine care products. | More details | ||
| KWIAHT | Consumer Products Fund | 2015 | $18,900.00 | Soapy Seabirds in the San Juan Islands Project | Consumer Issues | San Juan County | Washington | http://www.kwiaht.org | Supports youth education and engagement in a project that links the harmful chemicals in body-care products with threats to marine mammals and seabirds. Youth will create a display at a marine interpretive center; film videos on the marine impacts of body-care products and conduct after school science projects measuring toxics in fish and marine invertebrates. | More details | |
| Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood | Consumer Products Fund | 2019 | $40,000.00 | Safe, Secure & Smart: A Parent’s Guide to Preschool Tech | Nationwide | http://commercialfreechildhood.org/ | CCFC is requesting $50,000 for a series of educational resources designed to help parents of preschoolers sort through the huge volume of media and technology targeted at young children. Safe, Secure & Smart: A Parent’s Guide to Preschool Tech, will be a three-part, interactive resource guide grounded in child development and designed to help parents see beyond marketing claims that a particular product is “educational†or “protects kids’ privacy.†The guide will focus on three of the most popular tech products and platforms for young children: YouTube and YouTube Kids, voice-activated assistants, and preschool apps. Though each part of the guide will focus on a particular product, the guide as a whole will provide parents and professionals with a framework to make informed choices about how to use tech with their children. The guide will be free, available online, and created in partnership with experts in child development, media, and privacy. | More details | |||
| Consumer Federation of America | Consumer Products Fund | 2019 | $40,000.00 | Marketing Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Are Consumers Getting What They Think They Are? | Nationwide | www.consumerfed.org | TV and online marketing have helped propel a surge in public interest in direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing. The ads tout the ability to determine one's racial and ethnic makeup, find unknown relatives, and even identify health traits through a simple mouth swab. But as an increasing number of consumers are purchasing these kits, are they being adequately informed about the accuracy of the tests and the fact that the results can vary widely from one company to another? Do the companies clearly disclose how they may use consumers' data, including for marketing purposes? How do the companies' claims in their marketing compare to what we know about how their products work and with their terms of service and privacy policies? CFA will research these issues and use its findings to provide advice for consumers about choosing and using these products and recommendations for companies and policymakers about any improvements in pre-purchase disclosures that may be needed. | More details | |||
| Consumer Watchdog | Consumer Products Fund | 2019 | $40,727.00 | Connected Car Safety Project | Nationwide | www.consumerwatchdog.org | Top 2020 car models sold in America will have Internet connections to safety critical systems. Technologists say that leaves them vulnerable to fleet wide hacks and privacy intrusions. Automakers have disclosed the high risk of such hacks to their investors, but are keeping the public in the dark as they market new features based on Internet connections. For example, cars that can be started from a smart phone pose big risks to consumers, but the auto dealers only hype the positive aspects. The Connected Car Safety Project will compare advertising and marketing claims in popular 2020 models to the technological risks the features pose for consumers. Consumer Watchdog will work with industry technologists to warn the public of deceptive marketing claims about connected car features through research, published reports and a high profile media campaign. | More details | |||
| New Media Rights | Consumer Products Fund | 2019 | $40,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | newmediarights.org | We will: (1) Provide direct legal assistance/consultation on 40 matters regarding compliance with marketing/advertising laws and transparency in the consumer technology marketplace; and (2) Publish and maintain educational resources based on our research and conclusions from our direct legal services. | More details | |||
| As You Sow | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Pesticides and Lead in Food: Shareholder & Prop 65 Action | Consumer Products | California | http://www.asyousow.org | Over a billion pounds of conventional pesticides are used in U.S. agriculture each year, with pesticide residues found in 90% of Americans studied. Our goal is to dramatically reduce toxic pesticides in agriculture, beginning with use of glyphosate and other pesticides, especially when used as desiccants. Through shareholder advocacy we will hold consumer-facing food companies, the biggest customers of agricultural commodities, responsible for reducing their suppliers' pesticide use and delivering on their own "sustainable" and "responsible" sourcing claims Medical foods sold by leading manufacturers and intended for patients requiring tube feeding are contaminated with dangerous levels of lead, cadmium, and arsenic. Infants and children especially are vulnerable to heavy metals. We will target medical foods, especially those intended for premature babies, through research/investigation, engagement with the medical community, consumer education, and Prop 65 actions | More details | ||
| Snake River Waterkeeper, Inc. | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | 2020 Water Quality Program - Protecting Youth from Toxic Waterways | Consumer Products | Idaho | https://snakeriverwaterkeeper.org/ | Snake River Waterkeeper (SRW) is dedicated to improving water quality - to protect youth from exposure to degraded waterways, safeguard drinking water, and restore native fish populations across the Snake River Basin. SRW's mission is "applying science and law to protect, restore, and sustain waters of the Snake River Basinâ€. The lynchpin of our water quality monitoring program is an advocacy campaign taking illegal polluters to court. We also organize volunteer river cleanups and host an online SWIM Guide and smartphone app alerting the public to sites that are unsafe to swim. By educating citizens, inspiring and engaging stakeholders, and mobilizing grassroots communities, SRW leads highly effective campaigns that decrease toxic pollution and improve recreational safety. Our 2020-21 Water Quality Program contains multiple project components directly aimed at decreasing toxic effluent pollution, increasing citizen awareness of dangerous areas, and protecting youth from toxic exposure. | More details | ||
| Organic Consumers Association | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | End Industrial Salmon Farms | Consumer Products | Maine | https://organicconsumers.org | OCA will use funding from Rose Foundation to expand consumer education, advocacy, and litigation exposing the human and environmental health harms caused by industrial factory farming. Building on past success investigating and litigating against factory farm products in the dairy and poultry sectors, OCA will launch an industrial fish farm campaign, by targeting Ducktrap smoked salmon. We’ve chosen this brand because: 1. the word “natural†appears on the packaging; 2. the product is a national brand, sold in major retail chains like Whole Foods; and 3. because by naming the product after a Maine river, the company misleads consumers into thinking the salmon sourced by Ducktrap comes from Maine, when in fact a significant portion comes from Chile where the use of antibiotics in industrial salmon farms is widespread. We expect our investigations into Ducktrap will lead to additional campaigns targeting smoked salmon brands, and future campaigns targeting fresh/frozen farmed salmon. | More details | ||
| Beyond Pesticides | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Community Pesticides and Alternatives Information and Advocacy Program | Consumer Products | Nationwide | https://www.beyondpesticides.org/ | Beyond Pesticides takes a holistic approach to advancing sustainable, regenerative, organic practices, products, and policies to solve the pesticide poisoning and contamination problem. This framework provides the foundation for ending pesticide dependency in all aspects of use, agricultural and nonagricultural, while protecting a cross section of people, including those facing disproportionate risk, and the environment on which life depends. Because of their hazards to human health, adverse impact to air, land, and water, and ecosystems, as well as their contribution to biodiversity decline and the global climate crisis, we urgently advance both organic practices and markets. We will work with communities to prevent, rather than simply reduce, toxic chemical use and recognize the power and importance of biological systems and ecosystem services, and the need to challenge misinformation that diverts us from the problem and solution. | More details | ||
| Clean Label Project | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Asbestos in America's Best-selling Cosmetics & Consumer Products | Consumer Products | Nationwide | https://www.cleanlabelproject.org/ | Johnson's & Johnson's has been under significant media, regulatory, and public health scrutiny over asbestos being found in its baby powder (talcum powder) with links to uterine and ovarian cancer. Still the FDA does not limit asbestos levels in cosmetic talc, and the industry monitors itself. While the baby powder industry is under increased scrutiny, baby powder is used in a myriad of cosmetic products ranging from body and shower products, feminine hygiene products, and cosmetics. Talcum powder contamination is a women’s reproductive health issue and environmental justice issue. If talc suppliers (testing positive for asbestos) can no longer sell to major brands, that supply is selling somewhere. Clean Label Project will investigate the presence of asbestos in cosmetic and personal care products. We will target two types of products 1cosmetics and personal care products targeting young girls, 2cosmetics and personal care products marketed as natural, sustainable, better-for-you, etc | More details | ||
| Food & Water Watch | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $30,000.00 | Holding the Industrial Meat Production System Accountable | Consumer Products | Nationwide | http://foodandwaterwatch.org/ | Food & Water Watch (FWW) requests funding to support our continuing work to hold the industrial meat production system in the United States accountable for many environmental and public health harms it creates. Our organization takes a holistic approach to addressing our broken food system, employing robust campaigns that use legal tools, organizing, communications and outreach and strategic research to counter wrongful industry practices. This funding will be used to allow us to further expand the legal work we are doing to stop the big meat producers from misrepresenting their products to the public, as well as opposing new swine inspection protocols that will mean more adulterated pork entering into our food system. Our goal is to use the courts to stop these practices from continuing and force a more honest and protective system of meat production in the US. | More details | ||
| GMO Free USA dba Toxin Free USA | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | End the Practice of Toxic Chemical Desiccation of Food Crops (The Desiccation Project) | Consumer Products | Nationwide | https://gmofreeusa.org/ | The agricultural practice of food crop desiccation with toxic chemicals is a public health issue. Glyphosate desiccation is generating much scrutiny and companies have begun sourcing glyphosate-free crops. This is welcome, but we believe a single-chemical focus could be an exercise in greenwashing. Though glyphosate desiccation is widespread, other equally or more dangerous herbicides such as paraquat, diquat and glufosinate may be used. The most recent U.S. data (2016) shows paraquat use rose nearly 200% to 14 million pounds since 2009. But USDA doesn’t include glyphosate or paraquat in annual testing of pesticide residues in food. Why? HRI Labs detected paraquat in beans, peas and lentils, likely from pre-harvest desiccation. Our project will investigate the prevalence of desiccant chemicals (glyphosate, paraquat, diquat and glufosinate) in whole and processed foods and use the resulting report to pressure the food industry to end the practice of chemical desiccation of food crops. | More details | ||
| Health Research Institute | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Tested Clean | Consumer Products | Nationwide | https://hrilabs.org/testedclean/ | Pesticides are pervasive. Even organic products can be contaminated. The Tested Clean program informs consumers that manufacturers have gone the extra mile--excluding pesticides and verifying this through rigorous, independent testing. Tested Clean is modeled after the highly successful Non-GMO Project that certifies over 60,000 consumer products. With expertise in certification and testing, Health Research Institute is well positioned to offer a similar certification for pesticides. HRI’s CEO and Chief Scientist was a leader in the development of the Non-GMO Project. He also designed and implemented ProTerra, an international sustainability certification evaluating millions of tons of soy yearly. The Tested Clean seal, already on 30 products in over 500 stores, informs product choices by consumers. This year, we aim to recruit 40 pioneering companies to offer foods that are test-verified and labeled Tested Clean to assure consumers they are buying the cleanest, safest foods available. | More details | ||
| The Detox Project | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $30,912.18 | Glyphosate Testing in Protein-Based Commodities | Consumer Products | Nationwide | https://detoxproject.org/ | This project is fiscally sponsored by NewFarms, located in Colorado, and is operated by The Detox Project. All funding for this project will be handled by NewFarms. The project testing will be performed by AGQ USA Laboratories in Oxnard, California. The Detox Project is set to start the first ever comprehensive testing of the protein-based commodity market in the U.S. for glyphosate contamination. The Detox Project currently runs the most successful pesticide certification program for food and supplement products in the world, with its Glyphosate Residue Free certification Standard currently growing very fast in the U.S. and Canada. Our vast experience of testing food and supplement products for certification purposes will be key for this project. Glyphosate is the world’s most used weedkiller and can be found in products such as Roundup. It is regularly used just before harvest on many of the protein-based commodities such as soya and peas. | More details | ||
| Columbia Riverkeeper | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $30,000.00 | Stopping Toxic Pollution Project | Consumer Products | Washington | http://www.columbiariverkeeper.org | The project will protect food webs and human health by reducing the amount of toxic pollution from consumer products and industrial sources in the Columbia River. We will implement two connected strategies: 1) stop the discharge of illegal toxic pollution by enforcing the Clean Water Act, and 2) fight efforts by the Trump administration to weaken the State of Washington’s limits for toxic pollution. The project will achieve the following outcomes: 1: Eliminate 50,000 pounds of toxic pollution discharges; 2: Polluters pay at least $150,000 in penalties to non-profit organizations; 3: Create a culture of compliance with the Clean Water Act because dischargers know we are watching; 4: Push innovative methods to reduce pollution; and 5: Ensure thousands of pounds of toxic pollution do not enter Washington waters every year because we prevail in court to stop the Trump administration’s politically-motivated rollback of Washington’s toxic pollution limits. | More details | ||
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | Consumer Products Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | The Puget Sound Leadership, Clean Water Regulation and Enforcement Project | Consumer Products | Washington | https://pugetsoundkeeper.org/ | Puget Sound is struggling to overcome the challenges of a growing population, increased development, urban runoff, and waterway traffic all resulting in additional sources of pollution – 21 species are currently listed as threatened or endangered, including orca whales and Chinook salmon. Stormwater runoff transports pollutants into waterways and is the single-largest contributor of toxic pollution to Puget Sound today. Agricultural pollution from dairies, feedlots, pesticides and erosion impairs shellfish beaches. Wastewater facilities still release unsafe levels of toxic chemicals and nutrients that cause long term health issues for the Sound. Soundkeeper will use its proven track record to strengthen water quality standards and pollution discharge regulations and work to ensure implementation of these regulations through on-water patrols, monitoring and enforcement. Soundkeeper will work to leverage community voices to pressure agencies to do the right thing for Puget Sound. | More details | ||
| Black Women for Wellness | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $75,000.00 | Los Angeles County | "Clean Beauty": Community Right to Know About Product Ingredients | Technology/Product/Service ; Education | California | http://www.bwwla.org | Our Taking Stock Study over the past 3 years documented 600 products, their labels, and ingredients used by Black women in Los Angeles. As women seek to reduce exposures, they often turn to the unregulated “clean beauty†market. These products can also contain toxic chemicals. Through this next project phase, we aim to increase transparency about clean beauty products. From our data, we will 1) identify labels of the products with “clean†or “natural†claims 2) create a database of ingredients, product labeling claims, and missing information for “Clean Beauty†products, and 3) develop educational materials such as handouts, short videos, and social media posts and a module in Detox Me app to help navigate “clean beauty†purchasing. | More details | |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $150,000.00 | California - statewide | California Black Beauty Project | Advocacy ; Technology/Product/Service ; Education | California | http://www.bcpp.org | BCPP will work with Clearya and leading NGOs to improve Black women’s health by developing and disseminating a list of “safer†Black-owned beauty brands that make & sell beauty and personal care products to Black women and girls. Clearya will screen thousands of Black beauty brand product ingredient lists for hazardous chemicals, notify Californians of unsafe products while they’re shopping online on major retail websites, and automatically suggest safer alternatives. Together, we will raise Californians’ awareness about the toxic chemicals in Black beauty products, equip Black women with resources they can trust and that empower them to make safer choices, and educate retailers & companies on how to make & sell safer Black beauty products. | More details | |
| California Reinvestment Coalition | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $150,000.00 | California - statewide | CRC Economic Wellness Promotoras | Advocacy ; Education | California | http://www.calreinvest.org | CRC's Economic Wellness Promotoras will educate very low income BIPOC consumers in California on their rights regarding financial products and services, connect them with resources to file consumer complaints, seek restitution for financial harm done by unscrupulous or harmful business practices, and avoid scams and predatory financial products. | More details | |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $50,000.00 | California - statewide | California Consumer Products Fund Project | Education | California | http://www.consumer-action.org/ | Consumer Action will conduct an opinion poll to determine whether Californians read and understood smartphone warranties before purchase; assess device satisfaction; gauge performance after updates; and measure knowledge of how to make a claim. The goal is to gauge understanding of smartphone warranties and consumer protections. We will use the findings to create stakeholder education (hotline advice, a fact sheet and webinar). We will educate on telecom rights, how to make a claim under a warranty or service agreement, and where to file a complaint. | More details | |
| New Media Rights | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $150,000.00 | California - statewide | New Media Rights - Legal services to support California consumer education and rights | Advocacy ; Education | California | https://www.newmediarights.org/ | We will: (1) Provide direct legal assistance to 100 individual Californians on laws governing consumer products and technology; (2) Review, update, and improve at least 3 existing consumer technology public educational resources. Create 3 new continuing legal education video courses. Provide 3 consumer technology education workshops for high school students; (3) Educate over 50 future lawyers on public-interest consumer tech law issues through our legal clinic which will expand the universe of lawyers with this expertise and shrink the justice gap. | More details | |
| Public Health Institute | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $150,000.00 | California - statewide | Residential Air Purifiers: Product Performance and Safety (RAPPPS) | Advocacy ; Education | California | https://www.phi.org/ | Portable air purifiers marketed to protect against wildfire smoke vary widely in cost, performance and safety. Some are safe and effective; others have little effect; still others emit toxic ozone into indoor air. While there are regulations to keep ozone-generating machines from being sold in California, and there are some existing consumer resources, our needs survey has identified major gaps. PHI proposes to: (1) Prepare and disseminate educational materials to guide organizations serving low-income consumers and non-English speakers toward effective and affordable portable air purifiers, and (2) Support regulatory agencies in identifying and taking action against companies selling hazardous ozone-generating air purifiers in California. | More details | |
| Secure Justice | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $50,000.00 | California - statewide | Challenges to Exercising California Consumer Privacy Rights for Smart Home Surveillance Devices | Advocacy ; Education | California | https://secure-justice.org/ | Secure Justice will conduct a study of popular smart home devices and evaluate the ability for California consumers to exercise their privacy rights with the device vendors as required by California Consumer Privacy Act, California Privacy Rights Act, and California Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act. Identifying challenges to accessing, deleting, correcting, or porting data including literacy, language, documentation requirements, technology access, and additional privacy concerns, we will seek to educate vendors and policymakers to enable more meaningful compliance with the CCPA, CPRA, and the IoT Security Law, and provide resources for consumers to control their privacy and seek justice for violations of those rights. | More details | |
| The Regents of the University of California - UC Berkeley Center for Economic Justice | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $148,500.00 | California - statewide | Building the CLASS Network | Advocacy ; Education | California | The CLASS Network development project will fund a Fellow to expand consumer law programs and engage law students in advocacy projects that directly serve consumers in California and around the nation. The CLASS Network is a nascent nationwide collaboration of law school student organizations and faculty advisers dedicated to consumer law. This project will increase the number of consumer protection law school courses, foster consumer law student organizations, organize statewide and nationwide events, and help students file regulatory comments, write amicus briefs, and develop policy. The Fellow will be based in California and focus on the California legislature and courts while fostering a nationwide movement toward economic justice. | More details | ||
| Center for Environmental Health | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $150,000.00 | Nation-Wide | California Consumer Right-to-Know Campaign | Education | Nationwide | http://www.ceh.org | Through the California Consumer Right-to-Know Campaign, our goal is to help consumers know the difference between what is being marketed to them and what they are actually purchasing. CEH is here to uncover the truth about illegally undisclosed toxic chemicals and educate consumers about the threats these undisclosed substances pose to their health. Our approach will: 1) ascertain which products have amounts of chemicals that trigger a right-to-know under California law, and 2) educate consumers about these products, chemicals, and their rights under the law. These strategies will arm consumers, especially those in underserved communities, with the knowledge to spot false claims and/or better understand the warnings on products. | More details | |
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Products Fund | 2021 | $75,000.00 | Nation-Wide | Privacy Research Tools - Data Breach Database | Technology/Product/Service | Nationwide | https://privacyrights.org/ | Whether in a privacy statement or marketing materials, most internet-connected consumer services and products make claims about their data security and privacy practices. Unfortunately, the statements do not help people understand rights and choices, and the claims can be deceptive without people ever knowing. Those working to change this and hold businesses accountable need access to high-quality data but often have limited capacity. We seek funding to launch Privacy Research Tools—a set of accessible tools based on data relevant to those advancing consumer interests. Phase one of this project expands on our past work tracking data breaches and leverages strategic collaboration to improve, sustain, and scale the project. | More details | |
| California Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Consumer Products Fund | 2022 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | CALPIRG Education Fund Consumer Watchdog Program | Advocacy ; Education | Statewide | California | https://pirg.org/california/edfund/ | Too many products, practices and technologies put consumers’ health, safety or well-being at risk. People can’t have a lab in their home to test their shampoo for parabens or kids’ toys for lead, and they don’t necessarily know the details of consumer protection laws to make companies uphold a warranty. Our Consumer Watchdog program gives consumers the information they need to lead safe, healthy, and secure lives. In the coming year, we will continue and expand our Consumer Watchdog program to address the growing program of counterfeit products in the marketplace, educate consumers about product recalls while pointing out needed changes to the CPSC's recall system, and help consumers get the most out of product warranties. | More details |
| Consumer Federation of America | Consumer Products Fund | 2022 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | Buy Now, Understand Later? Consumer Knowledge of Buy Now, Pay Later Products | Advocacy ; Technology/Product/Service ; Education | Statewide | California | https://www.consumerfed.org | Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) options are proliferating, yet consumer understanding varies with many not viewing BNPL as credit. California is the only state to require certain providers to comply with lending laws. CFA is especially concerned about how products may use promises of limited or no credit checks to entice consumers with thin or no credit files. This project would explore consumer knowledge, usage of BNPL, and how BNPL may affect financial security through a statewide survey. CFA and partner organizations would use the results to develop education about BNPL and other credit products. The project will end with a stakeholder roundtable to discuss how these products can best meet the needs of consumers with necessary protections. | More details |
| Consumer Watchdog | Consumer Products Fund | 2022 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | Truth In Privacy Project | Education | Statewide | California | https://www.consumerwatchdog.org | Corporations make promises and warranties in their marketing and labeling about respecting consumers' privacy choices. California now has the ultimate test of how well they live up to their word with the implementation of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) in 2022 - 2023. Some companies are fighting implementation of new privacy rights rules while others are encouraging them. The Truth In Privacy Project will chart the development of the new rules with an eye toward chronicling which companies make good on their privacy rights stances and which don't. The education project will utilize the free and social media to educate the public about companies' and industries' stances on the new privacy rights rules being developed. | More details |
| The Utility Reform Network | Consumer Products Fund | 2022 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | Broadband@Home Consumer Protection Campaign | Technology/Product/Service ; Education | Statewide ; Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Fresno County ; Kern County ; Kings County ; Los Angeles County ; Merced County ; San Joaquin County ; Tulare County | California | https://www.turn.org/ | Broadband@Home is a statewide campaign to advance digital equity for California residents without broadband by promoting broadband discounts available through the federal Affordable Connectivity Plan (ACP). Broadband@Home protects and empowers consumers and direct service providers with eligibility and enrollment education about ACP broadband discounts. | More details |
| International Rescue Committee Turlock | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $95,000.00 | Central Valley; California | Auto Education for Central Valley Refugees | Education | Stanislaus County | California | https://www.rescue.org/united-states/turlock-ca | IRC’s mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. IRC Turlock opened in the early 2000s and is the only official refugee-serving agency in the Central Valley. At its core are federally funded Reception and Placement services including housing support, access to public benefits, case management, English classes, job readiness training/placements, healthcare navigation, and immigration/legal services. For many IRC clients, their first major purchase in the U.S. will be a car. This project will help refugees and immigrants make informed car-buying decisions and critically assess seller claims regarding performance, warranty, vehicle history, and reliability. The course will serve 80 students who plan to buy a car within 12 months of course enrolment. An Auto Education Specialist will adapt IRC’s existing auto education course materials to add content on California laws around car purchasing. The course will include quarterly field trips to former refugee-owned auto dealers and driver education centers to reinforce classroom instruction, plus peer-education sessions with IRC clients who will share their car-buying experiences. | More details |
| US Green Building Council Central California | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Central Valley; California | Green Labels Demystified | Education | Fresno County | California | www.usgbccc.org | This group’s work is focused on education, outreach, advocacy, and project management in the field of green buildings and communities. The Green Labels Demystified program will empower communities in the City and County of Fresno with knowledge and background on ecolabels and green product certifications through outreach and education. Although there are sustainable labels for everything from sofas to energy ratings, consumers are generally not familiar with what these labels mean. This project will provide education on a wide variety of ecolabels including EPA created ecolabels as well as green product certifications like GREENGUARD, Forest Stewardship Council, Cradle to Cradle and others. The group will develop easy to understand outreach materials in English and Spanish to inform consumers about the meaning of different labels and certifications, their relevance and application, and reach a wide range of users. The outreach will include community groups, clubs, organizations working in the building field as well as tabling events and presentations at home improvement stores. | More details |
| West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $55,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Induction Cooktop Teaching Project (ICTP) | Technology/Product/Service;Education | Alameda County | California | woeip.org | Since their inception, WOEIP has focused programs on the engagement and education of the West Oakland community negatively impacted by industrial activity at the Port of Oakland. The group has educated truckers, freight industry groups, and the Port about the ever-growing risk from the use of diesel fuel and the consumer product sector represented by fossil fuels. The organization’s latest program area focuses on educating consumers, families, and low-income residents on the significant risks inherent in gas appliances. The project will provide families with suggestions for how to reduce those pollution harms even while using gas appliances, and it also introduce students and their families to the health and safety superiority of modern electric kitchen appliances, including but not limited to induction electric cooktops. Through projects that vary by grade level, the group will loan out induction kits to students and their families with the option to keep the unit if desired. The group will organize cooking demonstrations that will be made available in multiple languages. WOEIP intends that this work will influence the improvement of indoor air quality for families with children who need it most. As lower-income people also tend to live in smaller spaces with more people, indoor air pollution harms associated with gas cooking appliances are thus spread to more people, more intensely. | More details |
| Center for Environmental Health | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | California Consumer Right-to-Know Campaign | Education | Statewide | California | http://www.ceh.org | CEH’s mission is to uncover the truth about illegally undisclosed toxic chemicals and educate consumers about the threats these undisclosed substances pose to their health. Despite the proliferation of Prop 65 warnings on products, most California consumers do not know which chemicals are covered under the law, what warnings mean, what the health effects of exposures to these chemicals are, or what their rights are under this law. With this grant, CEH will assess illegally undisclosed chemical exposures from a variety of everyday products and then create education campaigns to inform consumers. The group will continue their investigation of Bisphenol A (BPA) in apparel and investigate additional products that may have BPA and other toxic chemicals subject to Prop 65 disclosures, such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances known as PFAS that can persist in the environment and in our bodies. CEH will collaborate with community-based partners to bring this education to environmental justice communities, including low-income communities and communities of color that are already disproportionately impacted by toxic exposures and marketing of illegally undisclosed toxics in consumer products. By arming consumers, especially those in historically marginalized and underserved communities, with the tools to spot false claims and/or better understand warnings on products, CEH will advance consumer rights and education in California. | More details |
| Consumer Watchdog | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | Truth In Privacy And AI | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | https://www.consumerwatchdog.org | Corporations make promises and warranties in their marketing and labeling about respecting consumers' privacy choices. Although implementation of recently promulgated regulations under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) have been delayed by a legal challenge, the California Privacy Protection Agency will continue its rulemaking and determine the degree to which companies comply with the new law and live up to their promises of protecting consumers’ privacy. Last year, Consumer Watchdog completed the Truth In Privacy Project which charted the development of the new rules in conjunction with a high-profile public education campaign to explain standards different companies and industries are espousing and the standards required by the CPRA. With this grant, CW will continue its public information campaign with an emphasis on tracking the privacy threats associated with AI as the California Privacy Protection Agency continues to promulgate rules in this area. The Truth In Privacy and AI Project will also directly educate consumers about their rights under new privacy laws and to make the public aware of the need for such regulation. CW will write several reports detailing the dangers of AI, including apps like Chat GPT, and create four videos breaking down the findings of the reports for the general public. Consumer Watchdog will promote the results of its research through another high-profile media campaign with the goal of helping the public understand the threats associated with the emerging technology and stay informed about the evolution of regulations that will affect technology products in California. | More details |
| California Public Interest Research Group Education Fund | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | CALPIRG Education Fund’s Consumer Watchdog Program | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | https://pirg.org/california/edfund/ | In the digital age, new products, services, and technologies are being introduced into the marketplace every day, without enough oversight or consumer protection from regulators, or thought for the long-term impact on our communities. Online shopping provides a lucrative market for those selling counterfeit products on legitimate websites, and the rise of artificial intelligence further helps scammers, who can now create an image of a product like a car that doesn’t exist or send robocalls or texts that appear to be coming from a legitimate business or your bank. With this grant, the CALPIRG Education Fund will continue its work in several program areas to inform consumers about the problems ranging from counterfeit products, recall effectiveness, and planned obsolescence. CALPIRG Education Fund will first update their counterfeit product tip guides which will also include information on how to avoid AI-aided fraud and avoid scam robocalls and robotexts. They will keep helping consumers report counterfeit products to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and the grant will further support the organization’s 38th annual Trouble of Toyland report which provides info on toys that are potentially dangerous or pose privacy concerns for children as well as spotlights companies are doing better at protecting children’s privacy. Other work under this grant will include continuing to inform consumers about dangerous product recalls, and the development of a report that explains the current recall process and provides recommendations for the CPSC and companies to improve their outreach. Finally, his project will educate consumers on the growing problem of planned obsolesce, provide Californians with tip guides on how to identify more durable and repairable items, and help the public inform companies about their preference for products that facilitate repair, repurposing, and durability. | More details |
| Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas, Inc. | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | Campaign for Healthier Solutions | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | www.liderescampesinas.org | Líderes Campesinas is a 35-year-old statewide network of farmworker women and girls in California based in 13 rural counties whose mission is to strengthen the leadership of farmworkers to be agents of social, economic, and political change to ensure their human rights. The Campaign for Healthier Solutions will educate California consumers on toxic chemicals in dollar store products and provide tools and strategies for consumer-based organizing for corporate policies that protect the rights of consumers to toxic-free products. The lack of grocery stores in rural, poor, and communities of color opened the door to dollar stores and their toxic products and poor food options. Members and staff in the Central Valley will use this grant to continue working with campaign partners to conduct product purchase for testing, outreach and education with indigenous and non-indigenous farmworkers. Farmworker communities will be mobilized and connect with local store managers and dollar store executives at headquarter offices. They will also participate in stockholder meetings to demand top dollar store chains eliminate toxic chemicals and require their suppliers to use inherently safer alternatives. Rural, poor, communities of color cannot shop their way out of danger, they need tools and training to demand solutions. | More details |
| National Consumer Law Center | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $40,206.00 | Statewide; California | PACE Loan Advocacy: Protecting and Enforcing Consumer Rights for Low Income CA Homeowners | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | http://www.nclc.org | PACE loans finance energy efficiency/renewable energy products and home improvements, but these loans have been used unscrupulously to trick homeowners into making costly and unnecessary repairs. Consumer abuses with PACE continue to threaten homeownership, and many abuses result from predatory lending/sales practices targeted at low-income and communities of color, and seniors living on fixed incomes. This group’s past efforts have helped to highlight abusive PACE loan practices and slow the growth of abusive PACE loans from being made. This project will aim to further consumer protections and restitution in the state of California for low-income homeowners who have been victimized by the PACE loan program. The group will seek to strengthen protections for low-income CA homeowners, enhance enforcement of existing CA consumer protections of vulnerable homeowners, and provide legal education/resources to California legal aid attorneys representing homeowners harmed by door-to-door contractors or lenders who give the impression that PACE is a free govt. program providing significant tax breaks/rebates, or that loans pay for themselves. | More details |
| Secure Justice | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $75,000.00 | Statewide; California | California Consumer Data Dictionary | Technology/Product/Service | Statewide | California | https://secure-justice.org/ | Secure Justice will design and develop a suite of tools that will allow California consumers to understand how major corporations are collecting and storing information on them. With their past work funded by the Consumer Products Fund, the group showed that even when companies may attempt to comply with California privacy laws by disclosing collected personal information to consumers, those data disclosures can be complicated for the average Californian to understand, especially without technical expertise. The California Consumer Data Dictionary will be an interactive tool suite that gives the average California consumer the ability to understand their personal information that is collected and stored by corporations. With a human-centered and privacy-focused approach, Secure Justice will produce a set of technological solutions that allow Californians to view their data and learn how a company’s collection activities can impact their privacy, security, and autonomy, so California consumers can benefit from the law's protections. | More details |
| Silent Spring Institute | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | A digital at-home audit for CA women of color to avoid toxic ingredients in beauty products | Technology/Product/Service;Education | Statewide | California | http://www.silentspring.org/ | Silent Spring partners with environmental justice groups to document racial disparities in chemical exposures and support impacted communities. They have been working with partners groups on a study called Taking Stock (TS) to understand how personal care products used by women of color influence their exposure to EDCs. SSI will use this grant to develop a digital product audit that prioritizes consumers’ riskiest products for replacement. Women in the pilot cohort will log their beauty products at home, and the app will convert a photo of a product label into machine-readable text. SSI will assess products based on the number of toxic ingredients, where they are applied, and how often. Each individual’s audit report will prioritize which products to replace, as well as explain health concerns of toxic ingredients. SSI will pilot test the audit in a California study with women of color and collaborate with Clearya, a technology platform that helps people and organizations create a healthier environment through data-driven insights. The existing Clearya free app and browser extension empowers shoppers to make healthier choices by screening product ingredients for chemicals of concern and suggesting safer alternatives, based on authoritative chemical hazard data. Unlike other apps, the improvement funded with this grant will allow users to evaluate usage patterns and ingredients together. After they validate the tool with this research study, SSI plans to make it available to the public, so anyone can perform this kind of product audit. | More details |
| The Institute of Student Loan Advisors | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $50,000.00 | Statewide; California | Understanding Your Student Loan Rights | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | https://freestudentloanadvice.org/ | The Institute of Student Loan Advisors (TISLA)’s goal is to help empower borrowers. The group does not manage borrower’s loans but instead, borrowers are given expert advice to explain current regulations and statutes, which includes their rights to certain levels of service, payment options, and forgiveness and discharge programs. With this grant, TISLA plans to offer five webinars to California residents, offered in partnership with the Dept of Financial Protection & Innovation, who will broadcast these on their YouTube channel and provide outreach to California residents as to both the live and recorded sessions. The topics will include: 1) Understanding the California Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, 2) Understanding the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, 3) Utilizing the Income Driven Plans, including the temporary waiver, 4) How Defaulted Student Loan Borrowers Can Benefit from the Temporary Fresh Start Program and Get Back in Good Standing, and 5) Student Loan Repayment Restart – How it will work and how to ensure you can successfully navigate your repayment options. This information is especially important now, with the long COVID repayment pause ending, as there are real dangers of high delinquency and default rates as borrowers struggle to afford their payments, understand their options, and try to work with an already overloaded student loan servicing system. | More details |
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $82,280.00 | Statewide; California | Privacy Research Tools | Technology/Product/Service | Statewide | California | https://privacyrights.org/ | This grant will allow PRC to expand their Privacy Research Tools – a project launched in part with funding from the 2021 Consumer Products Fund round. They will work in close collaboration with both data science and design experts to improve upon their data breach chronology and launch a data broker database and associated tools. The data broker project will serve as both a directory of registered data brokers across the country and as a tool for those seeking to remove their information or learn more about data broker practices. This project is comprised of publicly accessible data and interactive visual dashboards designed to increase access to high-quality, issue-relevant insights and information for consumer advocates, journalists, researchers, and policymakers. PRC’s goal is to help people better understand how their personal data is handled by companies providing consumer products and services and their existing rights and choices. They also hope to allow those working in the public interest sector to efficiently investigate privacy and security claims of consumer products and services, analyze privacy statements and practices, and incentivize improved public policy and business practices. | More details |
| Clean Label Project | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in California's Women Infants and Children (WIC) Approved Products | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | https://www.cleanlabelproject.org/ | This project will evaluate California WIC-approved products (purchased with food vouchers) for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). EDCs can interfere with the normal functioning of the endocrine system, leading to various adverse health effects, particularly in women, infants, and children. In women, exposure to EDCs has been linked to reproductive issues, such as menstrual irregularities, infertility, and early onset of menopause. It may also increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. In infants and children, exposure to EDCs can lead to developmental problems, such as early onset of puberty, altered brain development, and behavioral issues. The goal of the project is to: 1) investigate the presence of EDCs in WIC approved products, 2) publish and promote the findings in forums and languages that affected populations can access and understand, 3) raise awareness of harmful chemicals/substances present in foods disproportionately being purchased by disadvantaged communities in California, and 4) improve the health and well-being of women, infants, and children by reducing exposure to harmful chemicals in food and increasing access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food options. Clean Label Project will then work with community partners that are well positioned to share the findings and guide consumers to safter WIC products. | More details |
| Public Health Institute | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | Improving Consumer Safety for Air Cleaners in California | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | https://www.phi.org/ | This project will expand on work funded in the 2021 Consumer Products Round which allowed an investigation of home air filters to identify products that produce indoor ozone, which is a health hazard. The results from that study were shared with regulators as well as low-income and Spanish speaking populations that experience poor air quality from pollution and fires. With this grant, PHI will follow up on their discovery that multiple companies sell illegal ozone producing filters in California, by educating the media and the public to ensure that people are aware of their dangers. The group will develop science-based recommendations for more health-protective regulations, with guidance from California Air Resources Board staff, indoor air quality researchers, policymakers, and advocacy organizations, and they will continue to educate policymakers about the need to protect public health by strengthening the current approach to air cleaner certification. Outreach will also include California agencies that fund air cleaner distribution (e.g., air districts, schools) about safe air cleaners. | More details |
| Toxic Free Future | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $50,000.00 | Statewide; California | Retailer Report Card: Educating California Consumers About Toxic Chemicals in Products | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | http://www.toxicfreefuture.org | Toxic-Free Future’s mission is to create a healthier tomorrow by advocating for safer products, chemicals, and practices through research, grassroots organizing, and consumer education and engagement. Mind the Store, their marketplace program, challenges the nation’s top retailers to reduce the use of toxic chemicals and plastics in consumer products and packaging. Their respected science team conducts strategic product testing and other research to support the group’s campaigns. With this grant, TFF will research, write, and publish the 2023 Who’s Minding the Store? Retailer Report Card to educate consumers and drive retailer action to protect California consumers. The group will directly engage California’s largest retailers and educate and mobilize the state’s consumers to urge retailers to phase out harmful toxic chemicals in products. TFF’s education and advocacy efforts will focus on the most harmful and widely used chemicals in consumer products like PFAS, organohalogen flame retardants, bisphenols, and phthalates that pose serious risks to public health including reproductive harm, asthma, learning and developmental disabilities, and cancer, health problems disproportionately faced by low-income people and people of color. | More details |
| United Policyholders | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | Insurance Consumer Adaptation Project | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | www.uphelp.org | United Policyholders has provided information, assistance, and advocacy services to California insurance consumers (policyholders) since 1991. While the organization’s overall goal is to ensure fair business practices across all lines of insurance, their programs focus on helping households be resilient to adversity by having adequate property insurance coverage in place and by reaching prompt and full claim settlements after everyday losses and catastrophic events. With this grant, the group will update their print, online and video renters, home and condo owners’ insurance shopping/buying guidance and outreach and engage in related advocacy activities. The updates will help Californians contend with new exclusions, coverage limits, and price increases that insurance companies are implementing due to the increase in claims caused by climate change. United Policyholders will do advocacy work to stem the tide of shrinking protection for water, mold, and weather-related damage. In the aftermath of recent storms and record-breaking rainfall throughout the state, many impacted households were denied any insurance funds to pay for repairs. This project will raise awareness among California homeowners that having insurance in place doesn’t necessarily mean their current policy will finance repairs or rebuilding if an event damages or destroys their home. | More details |
| Consumer Action | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | Consumer Action - 2023 Consumer Products Fund | Advocacy;Technology/Product/Service;Education;Other (explain below); Consumer opinion poll and telecom website research survey | Statewide | California | http://www.consumer-action.org/ | With this funding, Consumer Action will conduct an opinion poll to see how satisfied Californians and others are with warranties of computer or telephone companies in California. The group will also conduct a survey of the websites of companies selling computers or telephones in California to check accessibility, placement of warranty information, understandability, and ease to submit claims. Driven by the poll’s findings, the group will conduct stakeholder education including media interviews, update and translate warranty fact sheets, and develop five videos. They will also conduct numerous trainings for community-based organizations. The group will publish a report and host an online briefing for industry professionals on best practices for sharing warranty information and processing claims. The project’s strategy is to use live and print education (webinars, publications, media interviews, etc.) to increase Californians’ awareness of telecom rights so that consumers know how to file a service or product claim and where to complain if the issues are unresolved. Consumer Action will focus on communities of color, servicemembers, as well as seniors in their outreach and education on warranties. | More details |
| Breast Cancer Prevention Partners | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; California | California Non-Toxic Black Beauty Project: Community Leaders Training, Growth, & Recertification | Advocacy;Technology/Product/Service;Education | Alameda County;Los Angeles County;Orange County;Santa Clara County | California | http://www.bcpp.org | With this grant, BCPP will partner with Black Women for Wellness and Clearya to improve Black women’s health by expanding the reach & impact of our Non-Toxic Black Beauty Project. Building off their work completed with the 2021 Consumer Products Fund grant, they will continue to grow the list of safer Black beauty products as well as conduct train-the-trainer workshops for California Black sororities and National Coalition of 100 Black Women members to equip these civic and college leaders with tools to activate their constituencies. The project will also involve training California Black doulas to share this important info with new moms to prevent unsafe prenatal exposures. The project will raise awareness about toxic chemicals in beauty and personal care products marketed to Black women and advocate for systemic changes to address the racialized beauty standards and lack of regulation that perpetuate these unsafe exposures. | More details |
| Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) | Consumer Products Fund | 2023 | $150,000.00 | Statewide; Nationwide;California | Assessing the Assessments: Maximizing the Effectiveness of Algorithmic & Privacy Risk Assessments | Advocacy;Education | Statewide | California | epic.org | EPIC was established in 1994 to secure the fundamental right to privacy in the digital age for all people through advocacy, research, and litigation. With this grant, EPIC seeks to develop model privacy and algorithmic risk assessments and other materials to educate consumers and to promote best practices for entities processing personal data. A risk assessment is an analysis of how personal data will be collected, processed, stored, and transferred by a business. When implemented properly, risk assessments force businesses to carefully evaluate and disclose the risks to consumers of planned data processing—including risks associated with automated decision-making—and can deter businesses from adopting harmful data practices in the first place. The resources developed as part of this project will be tools for both education and advocacy. On the education front, the findings will educate consumers about the assessments that businesses must conduct to comply with California Consumer Privacy Act and other relevant privacy laws. The group will also provide consumers and businesses with sample assessments they can use as a reference and ensure that consumers have the greatest possible access to clear, comprehensive information about how businesses are processing their personal data. Given that the CCPA is currently the strongest comprehensive state privacy law in the country, EPIC’s effective analysis of CCPA-required risk assessments is key to both informing consumers about how their data is being processed and to deterring data abuses on the part of businesses. | More details |
| Arc Ecology | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 1999 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Military Toxics/Bay Protection Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Funds advocacy to reduce contaminated ground water and surface water run off from toxic military sites in San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Golden Gate University Environmental Law & Justice Clinic | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 1999 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Technical Assistance Grant | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ggu.edu/school_of_law/academic_law_programs/jd_program/environmental_law/environmental_law_justice_clinic | Supports administrative advocacy to reduce stormwater pollution on behalf of low-income clients. | More details |
| Green City Project | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 1999 | $950.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Oakland Storm Drain Stenciling | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.sustainable-city.org/orgs/gcp.htm | Funds a collaboration with Oakland Asian Students Educational Services to stencil storm drains in Oakland's Chinatown. | More details |
| Just Economics for Environmental Health | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 1999 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Mercury Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Mateo County | California | More details | ||
| Just Economics for Environmental Health | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 1999 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Mercury Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Mateo County | California | More details | ||
| Californians for Alternatives to Toxics | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2000 | $17,000.00 | North Coast | Eel River Toxics Report | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Humboldt County | California | http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Health Coalition | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2000 | $500.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Diego County | California | http://www.environmentalhealth.org/ | More details | |
| Pacific Institute | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2000 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Community Outreach on Water and Environmental Justice Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.pacinst.org/ | More details | |
| West County Toxics Coalition | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2000 | $2,350.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Zero Dioxin | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | Water Pollution Project - Zero Dioxin | More details |
| Arc Ecology | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2001 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Military Toxics Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Providing technical assistance to communities impacted by toxic pollution at closed military facilities in the SF Bay Area. | More details |
| Asthma & Allergy Foundation | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2001 | $23,500.00 | Southern Coast | Breathmobile Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.aafa-ca.com/ | More details | |
| Big Chief Mine Remediation Plan | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2001 | $22,531.00 | North Coast | Community Technical Support Contract | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Lake County | California | Providing hydrologic; geologic and engineering assistance to help remediate acid mine drainage near Clear Lake. | More details | |
| CALPIRG Charitable Trust | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2001 | $13,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Delta Pesticide Study | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.calpirg.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2001 | $20,000.00 | Southern Desert | Rural Communities Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Riverside County | California | http://www.ccaej.org/ | Protecting children's health from environmental pollution in Riverside County. | More details |
| Nautilus Institute | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2001 | $14,100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay/Delta Oil Pollution Knowledge Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.nautilus.org/ | Compiling a database of sources of oil pollution in San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| University of California at Berkeley | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2001 | $9,650.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Department of Integrative Biology | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | Researching the effects of endocrine disrupters on amphibians in several western states. | More details | |
| Arc Ecology | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2002 | $21,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Military Toxics Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports community technical assistance and environmental advocacy related to cleaning up toxics on closed military facilities in the SF Bay area. | More details |
| Center for Environmental Health | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2002 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.ceh.org/ | Protect the public from health hazards by reducing the use of toxic chemicals. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2002 | $11,336.30 | San Francisco Bay Area | SF Bay Community Water Quality Enforcement Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Reduce environmental threats to SF Bay water quality and protect the health of low-income people of color. | More details |
| Environment Now | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2002 | $25,000.00 | Southern Coast | Port of Los Angeles Environmental Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.environmentnow.org/ | To launch a collaborative effort to address industrial pollution at the Port of Los Angeles. | More details |
| Environmental Working Group | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2002 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | PBDE in San Francisco Bay Public Education Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.ewg.org/ | Publicize the findings of fish tissue sampling research for SF Bay PDBE contamination in the news media and non-English language information outlets. | More details |
| Women's Voices for the Earth | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2002 | $10,000.00 | National | Toxic Materials Reduction Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.womensvoices.org/ | Reduce the public health threat of a catastrophic toxic release from either an accident or terrorist incident by encouraging the reduction of toxic materials. | More details | |
| Arc Ecology | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2003 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports state and federal policy development and technical assistance to communities to reduce toxic contamination at military facilities in the San Francisco Bay area. | More details |
| Center for Environmental Health | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2003 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | California League for Environmental Enforcement Now | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.ceh.org/ | Supports the formation of a coalition advocating the health and environmental benefits of aggressive environmental enforcement. | More details |
| Communities For a Better Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2003 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Our Power Action Camp | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Supports scholarships for San Francisco Bay Area activists to receive intensive training about pollution petroleum industry pollution. | More details |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2003 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Environmental Justice and Health Projects | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenaction.org | Supports community-based organizing in the Hunters Point community (SF) around cleaning up toxic sites; advocacy to reduce pollution from old power plants and participation on the Naval Shipyard Restoration Advisory Board. | More details |
| Equal Justice Works | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2003 | $20,000.00 | National | WaterKeepers Northern California Fellowship | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/ | Provides matching funds for a legal intern working with a broad coalition advocating the reduction of agricultural pesticide use. | More details | |
| Arc Ecology | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2004 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports efforts to review and improve clean up plans for former military bases at Hunters Point; Mare Island; Treasure Island and Alameda Naval Air Station. | More details |
| Association of Bay Area Governments | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2004 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Making IPM Mainstream Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.abag.ca.gov/ | Matching funds to help leverage $800000 in state funding to reduce urban pesticide use by creating a marketplace alternative to conventional pesticide-intensive pest control services. | More details |
| Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2004 | $9,000.00 | Southern Desert | Helping Our Mira Loma Environment | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Riverside County | California | http://www.ccaej.org/ | Funds the identification of specific industrial and diesel truck related pollution sources and sampling of indoor air pollution. The project will analyze the data for correlations between the proximity of homes to pollution sources; and prepare home specific and policy/regulatory recommendations. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2004 | $14,160.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Fallout Prevention Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Funds advocacy regarding the impacts of aerial fallout to water pollution; reducing pollution that runs into San Francisco Bay by reducing emissions from oil refineries in Contra Costa County and power plants in San Francisco. | More details |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2004 | $30,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Making IPM Mainstream Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.nrdc.org/ | To reduce urban pesticide use by creating a marketplace alternative to conventional pesticide-intensive pest control services. | More details |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2004 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | In Harm's Way | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.psr.org/ | To help doctors; nurses; and advocates learn more about the risks of environmental exposure to children and women of childbearing years; and promote pollution prevention. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | Supports ongoing community outreach related to local environmental health problems. | More details |
| Californians for Alternatives to Toxics | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2005 | $4,700.00 | North Coast | Developing IPM in the Cloverdale School District | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Humboldt County | California | http://www.alternatives2toxics.org/ | For development of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program in the Cloverdale schools as part of CAT's overall Pesticide Free Schools Program. The Cloverdale program will include a strong educational element to teach parents; students and teachers about IPM; and will serve as a model for similar work with many other school districts. | More details |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2005 | $10,700.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Central Valley Pesticide Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.pesticidereform.org/ | To train farmworkers and their communities about the health impacts of pesticides and how to reduce pesticide use. Outreach is in both Spanish and English. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2005 | $18,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Toxic Fallout Prevention Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | For policy development and organizing focused around reducing the cumulative impact of oil refineries in Contra Costa County and power plants in Southeast San Francisco; sources of aerial fallout and a major source of pollution to the San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2005 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Corporate Accountability for Toxic Emissions | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenaction.org | To improve air and water quality for residents in Bayview Hunters Point; an underserved neighborhood in San Francisco; through research; advocacy; education and grassroots organizing to reduce or eliminate toxic air and water pollution from the three largest polluters in the community. | More details |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2005 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxicants Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.psr.org/ | To educate health care providers about toxic threats to child development. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2005 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | For environmental justice advocacy related to a number of Bay pollution projects. | More details |
| As You Sow Foundation | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2006 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Shareholder Environmental Health Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.asyousow.org/ | For campaigns to create corporate and market shifts away from toxic ingredients in consumer products; including requiring supermarkets to label fish for mercury contamination; helping computer manufacturers develop e-waste responsibility programs; and eliminating carcinogens and toxins from cosmetics. | More details |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2006 | $25,000.00 | Statewide | Ecowise | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.nrdc.org/ | To promote ''Ecowise Certified;'' a least-toxic pest control label. The project will recruit local governments; utilities; nonprofits and businesses to recognize and promote the certification; certify at least 10 pest control operators and generate widespread media coverage on the new label. | More details |
| Pacific Institute | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2006 | $25,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Costs of Goods Movement Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.pacinst.org/ | To help affected communities advocate for protection from the increasing transportation of good through their neighborhoods and communities. | More details |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility - San Francisco Bay Chapter | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2006 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.psr.org/ | For distribution of the ''Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit'' that contains information that helps families reduce exposures to lead; arsenic; pesticides; asbestos; particulates and other common pollutants. | More details |
| Tri-Valley Cares | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2006 | $180.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.trivalleycares.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2007 | $5,000.00 | Southern Desert | Perchlorate Contamination Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Riverside County | California | http://www.ccaej.org/ | Helps support grassroots efforts to force the cleanup of a toxic compound from rocket fuel that has polluted the water supply of the low income; predominantly Latino community of Rialto. | More details |
| Wilderness Society | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2007 | $825.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Regional Roundtable Sponsorship | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://wilderness.org/ | Helps provides scholarships for environmental health and justice activists for a major convening. | More details |
| Blue Green Alliance | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2007 | $30,000.00 | National | Green Chemistry and Oil Refining Pilot Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/ | Supports a pilot project of the United Steelworkers and the Sierra Club to connect local refinery workers with experts in the emerging field of green chemistry. The project includes a green chemistry education program to identify solutions and options to reduce toxic releases and waste from oil refining. | More details | |
| California Product Stewardship Council | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2008 | $10,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Empowering Local Governments in the San Francisco Bay Watershed to Lead the Transition to Extend Producer Responsibility | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sacramento County | California | http://www.calpsc.org/ | Promote producer responsibility for the disposal of consumer products containing mercury and other toxics; so that local governments aren't saddled with toxics-related disposal and contamination costs. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2008 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | More details | |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility - San Francisco Bay Chapter | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2008 | $35,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Health Toolkits | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.psr.org/ | Supports dissemination of the Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit and the development and distribution of the Reproductive Environmental Health Toolkit. These toolkits help physicians understand environmental health issues; and include fact sheets for parents in English and Spanish. | More details |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2008 | $50,000.00 | National | Herbal Products Initiative | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://www.cspinet.org/ | For nearly 40 years; the Washington DC-based Center for Science in the Public Interest has watchdogged food safety though monitoring; research; advocacy and litigation; including pressuring the Food and Drug Administration to regulate more than 100 herbal products. Funding supports a push for a major federal study on the safety and effectiveness of common herbal products. The study will then form the basis for outreach to push for better consumer warnings; increased regulatory authority for the FDA over herbal supplements; and better integration of effective supplements into medical therapy. | More details | |
| Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2009 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Alameda County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/ | More details | |||
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Midway Village Watershed and Health Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenaction.org | Supports production of bilingual (Spanish and English) fact sheets to educate the community about the ecological and human health threats of a contaminated PG&E site adjacent to a low-income housing complex near the Bay in San Mateo County. Funding will also support coalition-building with other advocacy groups on the Peninsula and San Francisco facing similar pollution problems; and continued advocacy of full clean up of the contamination. | More details |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2009 | $14,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Pesticide Organizing and Capacity-Building | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.panna.org/ | Supports extensive training in community organizing of a core El Quinto Sol youth member conducted by a veteran organizer from the Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment; as well as overall community education and outreach in Tulare; Kern; Stanislaus and Madera counties to educate community members about pesticide drift issues. | More details |
| Pesticide Watch Education Fund | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2009 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Northern California Community Assistance Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.pesticidewatch.org/ | More than 2 million pounds of pesticides are annually applied to lawns and parks in the Sacramento River Basin alone. Funding will support coalition building and advocacy of pesticide-free policies for schools; parks and communities throughout Sacramento County and the North Bay. Funding will also support trainings to help local community members better advocate for reduced pesticide use though improved campaign; messaging; fundraising and organizational skills. | More details |
| West County Toxics Coalition | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2009 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Delegation to Copenhagen Climate Talks | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | To support sending a delagation from West County Toxics Coalition to Copenhagen climate talks to carry the demands for climate justice from Richmond and the Bay Area. | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2010 | $4,300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Eating Fish Safely Brochure | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cieaweb.org/ | Defrays the printing of 50000 Eating Fish Safely brochures that assist the public in choosing fish high in nutrients and low in mercury toxins | More details |
| California Indian Environmental Alliance | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2010 | $7,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Cache Creek Watershed Tribal Sampling and Cleanup Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cieaweb.org/ | Supports Phase 1 of a long-term partnership between several tribal nations and the Department of Toxic Substances Control to train the community to assist in sampling for mercury and other legacy metals contamination from historic gold mining; identify hot-spots and safe areas; protect culturally sensitive sites; and prepare and implement cleanup plans | More details |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2010 | $35,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clinical Advocacy Training Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.psr.org/ | Supports the expansion of a program to train health care professionals as environmental health advocates; and to actively participate in local and state policy and legislative and policy arenas. Training events will reach more than 1000 clinicians with materials available in both English and Spanish. | More details |
| Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2011 | $18,000.00 | Central Valley | Central Valley Community Clean Air Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/ | To organize community members to participate in community-based air pollution monitoring; bridge the gap between Spanish-speaking community members and other program partners and policy-makers; and to guide local; regional and statewide air pollution advocacy efforts. | More details |
| Global Community Monitor | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2011 | $38,500.00 | Central Valley | Central Valley Community Clean Air Partnership | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.gcmonitor.org/ | To train community members to use air sampling monitors; and to provide technical assistance in using the data to identify strategies to reduce pollution and advocate specific technical and policy solutions. | More details |
| National Disease Clusters Alliance | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2011 | $10,000.00 | Statewide | Empowering California Communities Facing Disease Clusters | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Diego County | California | http://www.clusteralliance.org | NDCA works with the California Department of Heath Services and communities throughout California to help assess if environmental contamination is causing high rates of asthma; cancer and other diseases in certain communities. Funding will support web-based response tools; a rapid response team to help communities facing an immediate environmental health crisis; and advocacy training for local activists. | More details |
| Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2012 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | Central Valley Community Clean Air Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org/crpe/ | To organize community members to participate in community-based air pollution monitoring; bridge the gap between Spanish-speaking community members and other program partners and policy-makers; and to guide local; regional and statewide air pollution advocacy efforts. | More details |
| Center on Race; Poverty and the Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2013 | $679.91 | Central Valley | Central Valley Community Clean Air Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | To organize community members to participate in community-based air pollution monitoring; bridge the gap between Spanish-speaking community members and other program partners and policy-makers; and to guide local; regional and statewide air pollution advocacy efforts. | More details | |
| Global Community Monitor | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2013 | $679.91 | Central Valley | Central Valley Community Clean Air Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | To train community members to use air sampling monitors; and to provide technical assistance in using the data to identify strategies to reduce pollution and advocate specific technical and policy solutions. | More details | |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2013 | $20,000.00 | National | Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | Nationwide | SF PSR seeks to update the Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit (PEHT). The PEHT was initially designed to educate pediatric providers about the health impacts of exposures to environmental toxins and to give them the resources to communicate with their patients and families during well-child visits about the prevention of exposures to these chemicals. The update will reflect the significant advances made in the basic science of chemical toxics; and will include chemical threats that have been identified since the PEHT's publication and prenatal information. | More details | |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform/ El Quinto Sol | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2014 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | Safe Air for Everyone in Tulare County | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | California | http://www.PesticideReform.org | More details | ||
| Center for Environmental Health | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2014 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.ceh.org/ | CEH protects people from toxic chemicals by working with communities; consumers; workers; government; and the private sector to demand and support business practices that are safe for public health and the environment. | More details |
| Earthjustice | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2014 | $6,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support for Association of Irritated Residents | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | Hundreds of new oil wells are being drilled in Kern County without environmental review; and many existing wells are being stimulated by hydraulic fracking in Kern County; polluting groundwater and releasing VOCs and smog-forming chemicals into the air. AIR is a small grassroots organization in Kern County that is at the center of community-based advocacy to push for environmental review of new drilling and to oppose fracking near communities in Kern Couny. | More details | |
| Environmental Justice Coalition for Water | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | Central Valley | 'Thirsty for Justice'' Film | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento County | California | http://www.ejcw.org/ | For ''Thirsty for Justice'' a film aboutthe struggle for the human right to water in California. | More details |
| ForestEthics | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2014 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Area Crude Awakening | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.forestethics.org | Supports work to halt oil-by-rail transport of Bakken Crude from Canada to the Benicia; Pittsburg; Rodeo; and Richmond refineries along the San Francisco Bay watershed. The highly volatile contents of these trains poses a dire threat to the health of the communities and watersheds surrounding these railways. Crude Awakening acts as a state-wide network for organizations and community members to collaborate and campaign against the threat of oil-by-rail. | More details |
| Global Community Monitor | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2014 | $18,857.14 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.gcmonitor.org | Global Community Monitor; founded in 2001; trains and supports communities in the use of environmental monitoring tools to understand the impact of fossil fuel industry pollution on their health and the environment. GCM's work focuses on disempowered ''fenceline'' communities harmed by serious air pollution from industrial sources and whose concerns agencies and responsible corporations are ignoring. | More details |
| Kern Kaweah Chapter; Sierra Club | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2014 | $7,600.00 | Central Valley | Kern County Air Pollution Study | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | kernkaweah.sierraclub.org | 80% of California's oil is produced in Kern County; yet out of the more than 4000 new oil/gas projects in 2013; California's Division of Oil; Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGER) only required CEQA review and public disclosure on six of them; and the reviews that have been performed contain inconsistent evaluations and assumptions of the pollution generated by the drilling activities. Funding supports a study of air pollution related to oil production in Kern County in order to objectively assess the impact of oil production on the San Joaquin Valley's air quality. Particular attention will be focused on the emissions factors used to estimate NOx and CO; load factor assumptions; actual size of the drilling engines and numbers of drilling days in contrast with the estimates used in DOGGER's negative declarations of environmental impact of oil drilling pollution. The study will compare its results to recent studies conducted by oil companies for accuracy and the findings will be disseminated to the San Joaquin Air Quality Management District and the public. | More details |
| Center for Environmental Health | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2015 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.ceh.org/ | General support for CEH's work to use science to protectcommunities from toxic chemicals in air; water; food; and in products families and children use every day. | More details |
| Earthjustice | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2015 | $8,000.00 | Project to Protect Inland Valley Communities from Threats Posed by Mega-Warehouse Complexes | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | California | Supports Earthjustice's work with community groups to help mitigate public health impacts from warehouse pollution in the Inland Valley area of the Los Angeles Metropolitan region; including the proposed 40.6 million square foot World Logistics Center. This work entails 1) collaborating with groups in challenging the proposed World Logistics Center in Riverside County and 2) seeking to push the South Coast Air Quality Management District to adopt a regulation to control air pollution from new warehouse facilities. Emissions from these facilities would further exacerbate air pollution in an area which already ranks in the top 91st percentile for cumulative health burdens according to CalEnviroScreen; and is 80% people of color. | More details | |||
| Inland Empire Waterkeeper | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2015 | $8,500.00 | General Support | Environmental Education | California | http://www.iewaterkeeper.org/ | Supports Inland Empire Waterkeeper's request for general support for the following programs/projects: River Kid Activism Through Science (RiverKATS) program and Every Neighbor Caring for Our River (ENCOR) project. Both programs; RiverKATS and ENCOR; focus on environmental education and stewardship within the communities of the Inland Empire. The funding will help RiverKats expand its environmental education curricula to at least 3 new high schools in disadvantaged communities in the Riverside San Bernardino area. The portion of the funds directed to the ENCORE program will help defray the costs of a comprehensive report describing opportunities for public access; signage; designated swimming areas and removal of physical barriers in the Santa Ana River. | More details | ||
| Regents of the University Of California | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2015 | $15,000.00 | Research Regarding Impacts on the Stephens Kangaroo Rat | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | https://research.ucr.edu/or-home.aspx | Supports research by UC Riverside Professor Dr. Leonard Nunney regarding the impacts of development to the Stephens' kangaroo rat; a seed-eating; nocturnal rodent that is Federally endangered. It is found on sparse grassland and shrub slopes in parts of Riverside and San Diego Counties; but urbanization has resulted in a dramatic decline. In Riverside County it is now largely restricted to eight preserves. The preserves are isolated from each other; and it is important to establish if isolated populations of SKR are becoming genetically different; the first indication of potentially damaging inbreeding; this would argue for translocations between reserves as an important management strategy to help preserve this endangered species. The report will be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal; and will aid the global debate about threats to genetic diversity and strategies to preserve genetic diversity. | More details | ||
| Valley LEAP | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2015 | $5,400.00 | Avenal Air-Quality Assessment Project | Social Justice | California | http://valleyleap.org/ | Supports a partnership with the UC Davis Center for Regional Change to pursue a participator action projection conjunction with the Kings IVAN (Identifying Violations Affecting Neighborhoods) to assess air quality concerns from residents attributed to Avenal's municipal landfill. Activities will include collaborating with USEPA to educate residents around policies and protocols for waste handling facilities; conducting a community environmental health survey to gather data about odors and health impacts; and working through the Kings IVAN to resolve odor and health issues. | More details | ||
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2018 | $500.00 | 25th Anniversary Fundraising | California | https://lawaterkeeper.org/ | For LA Waterkeepers 25 years as LA's water watchdog | More details | |||
| Turtle Island Restoration Network | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2018 | $11,875.00 | Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Salmon Protection and Watershed Network, SPAWN | International | http://www.seaturtles.org | General support for Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Salmon Protection and Watershed Network, SPAWN | More details | |||
| Connecticut Fund for the Environment | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2019 | $60,000.00 | Expert Witnesses for Citizen Suit Over Sewer Overflows | Connecticut | www.ctenvironment.org | More details | ||||
| Newark DIG | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Newark DIG (Doing Infrastructure Green) | NewarkDIG is a multi-agency collaboration established to improve the quality of life, health, and viability of the City of Newark and its residents through the use of strategic collaborative methods, including: community-driven urban design, public policy planning, environmental and social justice advocacy, education, and local capacity building. Newark DIG Partners include: City of Newark, Clean Water Action & Clean Water Fund, Greater Newark Conservancy, Ironbound Community Corporation, I.T.V. It Takes A Village, Inc., MnM Consulting, Newark Environmental Commission, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Tree Foundation, NY/NJ Baykeeper, Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program Trust for Public Land, Unified Valisburg Services Organization. Newark DIG’s primary goal is the establishment of sustainable green infrastructure as the first line of defense to better manage stormwater runoff, improve water quality and resiliency to flooding, and reduce combined sewer overflows, with a focus on the Passaic River and its tributaries. Newark DIG has already identified a series of Green Infrastructure projects that will help achieve these objectives, and the State of New Jersey is interested in funding the construction of these types of projects in Newark with funds from a large environmental settlement for damage to the Passaic River and adjacent communities. However, the lack of small-scale funding for the soft costs needed to make these projects “shovel ready†leaves over one million in project plans sitting on a shelf. This grant will help defray the necessary design plans and community outreach that will bridge the gap between good intentions and the implementation of community-valued green infrastructure projects in neighborhoods that sorely need them, including enabling the Rutgers University Cooperative Extension Water Resources Program to complete formal design for these projects. NY/NJ Baykeeper will serve as fiscal sponsor, and will receive no monetary compensation from this grant. | New Jersey | www.newarkdig.org | Ney York/New Jersey Baykeeper | More details | ||
| Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2019 | $18,000.00 | Coeymans Creek Project | Coeymans Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River in Albany County, New York. In 2006, developer Carver Laraway opened the Port of Coeymans and in 2012 founded the Coeymans Industrial Park. Since then, Clearwater has been monitoring the Port of Coeymans and Coeymans Industrial Park and is increasingly concerned about both as being the source of water pollution. Among Clearwater’s concerns is the fact that both sites appear to have taken very limited steps to protect against polluted stormwater being discharged into Coeymans Creek and the Hudson River. The grant will support an investigation carried out by a research scientist at Cornell University, supported by a research technician, legal intern, and Clearwater staff. Project activities will include: mapping of storm-water outfalls; sampling of outfalls for industrial pollution; and a survey of benthic invertebrates, the results of which will be assembled into a published report for the community, and shared with local Hudson river organizations including the Hudson River Watershed Alliance, the Hudson River Environmental Society, and the Hudson River Foundation. The overall goal is that the information can guide future actions and recommendations to the appropriate oversight agencies and municipal officials, which may include requests to make further zoning changes or enforce restrictions on development within the watershed area. | New York | www.clearwater.org | More details | |||
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2020 | $2,500.00 | Making Waves 2020 | Consumer Products | California | https://lawaterkeeper.org/ | Making Waves is Los Angeles Waterkeeper’s (LAW) annual benefit to support our work in pursuit of swimmable, drinkable, fishable waters for all Angelenos. Each year, Making Waves brings together hundreds of the region’s water warriors, as we raise our glasses to the most innovative thinkers, designers, policy-makers, practitioners, storytellers, and other bright minds working toward our common goal: clean, safe, equitable water. | More details | ||
| Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2021 | $6,050.00 | Nationwide; Northeast | Coeymans Wetland Mapping Project | Environmental Health and Toxics ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nationwide | https://www.clearwater.org/ | The proposed project would investigate whether there has been wetland in-filling due to the development activities at the Port of Coeymans and Coeymans Industrial Park over the last 15 years. Coeymans Creek is a tributary of the Hudson River in Albany County, New York. In 2006, Carver Laraway opened the Port of Coeymans and in 2012 founded the Coeymans Industrial Park. Previously, the Rose Foundation has generously funded Clearwater’s investigation into stormwater pollution and its impacts in the lower Coeymans Creek; the results of which have been assembled into a published report for the community and are posted on the Clearwater website. While completing Clearwater’s Coeymans Creek Project, information emerged that suggested that may have been significant topographical changes to the area without proper authorization and analysis of the water quality impacts. This proposed project would supplement Clearwater’s previous work and create a more thorough understanding of the environmental and water impacts in that area. This proposed project may yield information that could facilitate Clearwater and its partners’ efforts to secure remediation for the environmental damages that have occurred in the area. Clearwater has developed the attached scope of work with Ricardo López-Torrijos, a stormwater mapping professional, who would be contracted to complete the proposed project if funding is secured. A detailed outline of the project and its costs can be found in the attached scope of work. | More details | |
| Save the Sound | Environmental Health and Toxics Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | Nationwide | Sewage Free Long Island Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nationwide | https://www.savethesound.org/ | For decades, inadequately maintained sewer lines that run under municipal streets have been leaking raw sewage into Long Island Sound and its tributaries, causing low oxygen, bacterial contamination, and long-term harm to the Sound. Poorly maintained sewer pipes are illegal and a main reason that beaches are closed after rain and harvesting of clams or oysters is prohibited. We would use the resources of this grant to retain experts that are necessary to participate meaningfully in discussions, litigation, and negotiations with municipalities to compel them to take actions that will stop sanitary sewer and combined sewer overflows. | More details | |
| Citizens for a Better Environment | Funding Partnerships | 1995 | $3,325.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | More details | |
| Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters | Funding Partnerships | 1996 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://headwaterspreserve.org/ | Supports public education about preserving old-growth redwood in Humboldt County. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Funding Partnerships | 1996 | $7,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area & Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco and Los Angeles Counties | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Supports wide-ranging pollution prevention activities through enforcement of the Emergency Planning and Right to Know Act. | More details |
| Environmental Justice Resource Network | Funding Partnerships | 1996 | $29,700.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | Funds start-up operations of a new legal center providing information; education; referrals; and legal and technical assistance to communitites in the Los Angeles area. | More details | |
| Inquilinos Unidos | Funding Partnerships | 1996 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.inquilinosunidos.org/ | Supports tenant outreach and lead absement in low income areas. | More details |
| Trees Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 1996 | $1,700.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://www.treesfoundation.org/ | Supports community education and organizing to preserve the Headwaters Forest. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Funding Partnerships | 1997 | $20,700.00 | San Francisco Bay Area & Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco and Los Angeles Counties | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Law Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 1997 | $4,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.envirolaw.org/ | More details | |
| Oakland Recycling Association | Funding Partnerships | 1997 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| San Francisco Baykeeper | Funding Partnerships | 1997 | $28,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | More details | |
| Taxpayers for Headwaters | Funding Partnerships | 1997 | $2,850.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | More details | ||
| Environmental Defense Fund | Funding Partnerships | 1997 | $3,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.edf.org/home.cfm | More details | ||
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 1998 | $19,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Maxxam Shareholder Campaign | Sustainable Forestry | San Francisco County | California | http://www.asyousow.org/ | Supports the Maxxam Shareholder Campaign to advocate sustainable forestry practices. | More details |
| California Environmental Research Group | Funding Partnerships | 1998 | $50,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Technical Assistance Grant | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | Funds technical analysis; policy advocacy; and community organizing to prevent rollbacks of California's hazardous waste regulations. | More details | |
| Salmon Forever | Funding Partnerships | 1998 | $1,500.00 | North Coast | Voices of Humboldt County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | Supports production of Voices of Humboldt County video documenting the destruction of Ell River watersheds by irresponsible logging practices. | More details | |
| San Francisco BayKeeper | Funding Partnerships | 1998 | $40,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Waterfront Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfbaykeeper.org/ | Funds the Clean Waterfront Project to integrate clean up of historic toxics with major redevelopment projects in San Francisco. | More details |
| Save the Bay | Funding Partnerships | 1998 | $24,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.savesfbay.org/ | Provides general support for participation in CalFed and other projects. | More details |
| Taxpayers for Headwaters | Funding Partnerships | 1998 | $850.00 | North Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Humboldt County | California | Supports community organizing to save Headwaters Forest. | More details | |
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 1999 | $30,875.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Maxxam Shareholder Campaign | Sustainable Forestry | San Francisco County | California | http://www.asyousow.org/ | Funds shareholder outreach to reform Maxxam's destructive forest harvesting practices. | More details |
| California Environmental Research Group | Funding Partnerships | 1999 | $27,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Technical Assistance Grant | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | Funds analysis and advocacy of replacing the toxic gas additive MTBE with ethanol. | More details | |
| California Environmental Research Group | Funding Partnerships | 1999 | $69,450.00 | Sacramento Valley | Technical Assistance Grant | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | Funds statewide research and advocacy to pressure the California Department of Toxic Substances Control to stop the controversial practice of granting hazardous waste variances. These variances allow hazardous waste to be legally disposed of at municipal landfills -- threatening community health at both the original waste site and at the landfill. | More details | |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Funding Partnerships | 1999 | $27,000.00 | Statewide | Ban MTBE Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | California Funds: Ban MTBE Campaign; calling for a halt to the use of the toxic gas additive MTBE. | More details |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Funding Partnerships | 1999 | $20,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Mission Bay; Hunters Point Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Supports community organizing in Mission Bay and Hunters Point to ensure that toxics are effectively cleaned up in the course of massive new developments. | More details |
| Community Technical Assistance Contracts | Funding Partnerships | 1999 | $6,719.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Technical Assistance Grant | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | Funds technical support contracts for grassroots organizations working on water quality issues. | More details | |
| Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility | Funding Partnerships | 1999 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | DTSC Whistle Blower Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | http://www.peer.org/ | Supports whistle blowers within the California Department of Toxic Substances Control who are working to reform their beleaguered agency. | More details |
| University of Maine | Funding Partnerships | 1999 | $24,700.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Graduate Fellowship | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | Funds a graduate fellowship to continue research into the effect of various toxins on San Francisco Bay's harbor seal population. | More details | |
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2000 | $33,250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Maxxam Shareholder Campaign | Sustainable Forestry | San Francisco County | California | http://www.asyousow.org/ | More details | |
| Blue Water Network | Funding Partnerships | 2000 | $15,750.00 | Statewide | Ban MTBE Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://www.bluewaternetwork.org/ | SF Bay Shipping Project | More details |
| Burney Resources Group | Funding Partnerships | 2000 | $6,000.00 | North Central & East | Three Mountain Power Plant Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Shasta County | California | Advocating state of the art emissions controls for a new power plant proposed near Mt. Shasta. | More details | |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2000 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Midway Village Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenaction.org | More details | |
| Sacred Spaces | Funding Partnerships | 2000 | $940.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Marin County | California | Helping cancer patients build healing altars to focus their spiritual energy. | More details | |
| Technical Assistance Contracts | Funding Partnerships | 2000 | $7,654.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Jose TMDL | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Clara County | California | More details | ||
| University of California; School of Public Health | Funding Partnerships | 2000 | $6,500.00 | Statewide | Air Quality Monitoring Project (air pollution mapping) | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | For school bus exhaust monitoring. | More details | |
| University of California; School of Public Health | Funding Partnerships | 2000 | $26,250.00 | Statewide | Diesel School Bus Emissions Project (school bus exhaust monitoring) | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | Air Pollution Mapping | More details | |
| Burney Resources Group | Funding Partnerships | 2001 | $14,525.00 | North Central & East | Three Mountain Power Plant Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Shasta County | California | Advocating state of the art emissions controls for a new power plant proposed near Mt. Shasta. | More details | |
| Californians for Renewable Energy | Funding Partnerships | 2001 | $5,640.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.calfree.com/ | Advocating state of the art emissions controls for new power plants in California. | More details |
| Our Children's Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2001 | $783,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Area Air Pollution Control Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ocefoundation.org/ | Working in partnership with Golden Gate University Environmental Law and Justice Clinic to support community-based efforts to control air pollution and watchdog the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. | More details |
| Our Children's Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2001 | $783,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Bay Area Air Pollution Control Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.ocefoundation.org/ | Working in partnership with Golden Gate University Environmental Law and Justice Clinic to support community-based efforts to control air pollution and watchdog the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. | More details |
| Santa Teresa Citizen Action Group | Funding Partnerships | 2001 | $10,245.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Clara County | California | Advocating state of the art emissions controls for a new power plant proposed in San Jose. | More details | |
| Arc Ecology | Funding Partnerships | 2002 | $9,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports community technical assistance and environmental advocacy related to cleaning up toxics on closed military facilities in the SF Bay area. | More details |
| SF Bay TMDL Project | Funding Partnerships | 2002 | $20,568.30 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | Supports community groups working collaboratively with regulatory agencies to develop pollution discharge standards under the Clean Water Act. | More details | |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2002 | $28,656.14 | San Francisco Bay Area | Technical Assistance Grant | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | Supports community participation in the Santa Clara Basin Watershed Management Initiative process. | More details |
| Watershed Watch Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2002 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.mywatershedwatch.org/index.html | Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program - funds watershed-based environmental education at the San Jose Discovery Museum. | More details |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2003 | $10,453.71 | San Francisco Bay Area | Technical Assistance Grant | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | Supports community participation in the Santa Clara Basin Watershed Management Initiative process. (Administered through the Foundation's Community Technical Support Program) | More details |
| Southeast Sector Community Development Corporation | Funding Partnerships | 2003 | $4,500.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.sescdc.org/ | Supports community-based investigation and advocacy related to toxic contaminations in San Francisco's Bayview area. | More details |
| Watershed Watch Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2003 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.mywatershedwatch.org/index.html | Funds watershed-based environmental education programs at the San Jose Discovery Museum in collaboration with the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program. | More details |
| Community Technical Assistance Contracts | Funding Partnerships | 2004 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | Technical assistance contracts for pollution remediation or to develop pollution discharge standards under the Clean Water Act | More details | |
| Arc Ecology | Funding Partnerships | 2005 | $40,375.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports state and federal policy development and technical assistance to communities to reduce toxic contamination in the San Francisco Bay area. | More details |
| Community Technical Assistance Contracts | Funding Partnerships | 2005 | $102,279.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | Technical assistance contracts to provide expert assistance for community-based organizations helping governmental agencies develop pollution remediation or discharge standards. | More details | |
| Arc Ecology | Funding Partnerships | 2006 | $4,750.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.arcecology.org/ | Supports state and federal policy development and technical assistance to communities to reduce toxic contamination in the San Francisco Bay area. | More details |
| Community Technical Assistance Contracts | Funding Partnerships | 2006 | $79,537.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | Technical assistance contracts to provide expert assistance for community-based organizations helping governmental agencies develop pollution remediation or discharge standards. | More details | |
| Funding Partnerships | Funding Partnerships | 2007 | $88,250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | Support for a number of Bay Area community and environmental organizations including; Asian Pacific Environmental Network; City Slicker Farms; EarthTeam; Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Association; Ma'at Youth Academy; New Voices Are Rising; Pacific Institute; Youth United in Community Action; West Oakland Apollo Alliance in partnership with the Hewlett Foundation and other funders. | More details | |
| Watershed Watch Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2007 | $450.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.mywatershedwatch.org/index.html | Scholarships for teacher trainings. | More details |
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Shareholder Education | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.asyousow.org/ | To research and publish the 2008 Proxy Season Preview. | More details |
| Asian Pacific Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.apen4ej.org/ | More details | |
| City Slicker Farms | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $6,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.cityslickerfarms.org/ | More details | |
| Community Technical Assistance Contracts | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $4,322.50 | San Francisco Bay Area | Technical Assistance Grant | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | multiple hiring community technical consultants | More details | |
| EarthTeam | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | Coordination of hands-on environmental restoration projects for middle and high school students that connects the students to their local watersheds and parks; and teaches leadership through environmental stewardship. | More details |
| Ella Baker Center | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.ellabakercenter.org/ | More details | |
| Hayes Valley Neighborhood Parks Group | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| Ma'at Youth Academy | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $12,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | More details | |
| Sebastopol Water Information Group | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $14,850.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://owlfoundation.net/swig.html | More details | |
| West Contra Costa County Indicators Project | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.pacinst.org/topics/community_strategies/eip/ | More details | |
| Youth United for Community Action | Funding Partnerships | 2008 | $12,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | San Mateo County | California | http://www.youthunited.net/ | More details | |
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2010 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.asyousow.org/ | To research and publish the Proxy Season Preview. | More details |
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2010 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 2011 Proxy Preview | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | California | http://www.asyousow.org/ | To research and publish the Proxy Season Preview. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | Funding Partnerships | 2010 | $2,850.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org/ | More details | |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2011 | $7,220.00 | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento Sewage Spills Litigation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Helps defray technical experts and other up-front hard costs related to ongoing litigation targeting unpermitted sewage overflows in the Sacramento region. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2011 | $9,500.00 | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento Sewage Spills Litigation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org | Helps defray technical experts and other up-front hard costs related to ongoing litigation targeting unpermitted sewage overflows in the Sacramento region. | More details |
| Watershed Watch Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2011 | $4,783.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Clara County | California | http://www.mywatershedwatch.org/index.html | Funds watershed-based environmental education programs at the San Jose Discovery Museum in collaboration with the Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program. | More details |
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2011 | $2,500.00 | National | Proxy Preview 2012 | Consumer Issues | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.asyousow.org | To research and publish the Proxy Season Preview. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2012 | $5,700.00 | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento Sewage Spills Litigation Enforcement | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.calsport.org | Helps defray technical experts and other up-front hard costs related to ongoing litigation targeting unpermitted sewage overflows in the Sacramento region. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | Funding Partnerships | 2012 | $950.00 | Statewide | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org | More details | |
| California Wildlife Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2012 | $329.00 | Statewide | California Oaks | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.californiawildlifefoundation.org/ | More details | |
| AGUA - La Asociaci'_n de Gente Unida por el Agua | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Tulare County | California | More details | ||
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $950.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.calsport.org | Helps defray technical experts and other up-front hard costs related to ongoing litigation targeting unpermitted sewage overflows in the Sacramento region. | More details |
| Center for Young Women's Development | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Social Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cywd.org/ | To empower and inspire young women who have been involved with the juvenile justice system and the underground street economy to create positive change in their lives and communities. | More details |
| East Bay Meditation Center | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.eastbaymeditation.org | More details | |
| Glide Memorial Church | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Human Rights | San Francisco County | California | http://www.glide.org/ | More details | |
| KALW | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.kalw.org | More details | |
| KPFA | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | More details | |
| KQED | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.kqed.org | More details | |
| Women's Foundation of California | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $20,000.00 | Statewide | Race; Gender; and Human Rights Fund | Human Rights | San Francisco County | California | http://www.womensfoundca.org/ | The Race; Gender and Human Rights Giving Circlesupports organizations promoting human rights within the criminal justice system in California. The Fund supports organizations focused on criminal justice reform and reentry; who research the criminal justice system; and engage advocates and formerly-incarcerated women in policy advocacy. | More details |
| Yosemite Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.yosemiteconservancy.org/ | More details | |
| Global Fund for Women | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $5,000.00 | National | For relief work in the Philippines; post typhoon | Other | San Francisco County | International | http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/ | The Global Fund for Women supports a wide range of initiatives that strengthen the human rights of women around the world. | More details |
| Global Fund for Women | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | International | http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/ | The Global Fund for Women supports a wide range of initiatives that strengthen the human rights of women around the world. | More details |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | International | http://www.greengrants.org/ | Global Greengrants Fund channels donations into small grants ($3000-$5000) for local environmental work in Africa; Asia; Latin America; and island nations. They support grassroots campaigns and community-led projects for a more just and sustainable world. | More details | |
| Pachamama Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,500.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | International | http://www.pachamama.org/ | More details | |
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville; Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | More details | ||
| Access to Justice Fund - Michigan State Bar Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | Michigan | http://www.msbf.org/atjfund/ | More details | ||
| American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | Michigan | http://www.aclumich.org | More details | ||
| Avalon Housing | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Michigan | http://www.avalonhousing.org/ | More details | ||
| Food Gatherers | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Michigan | http://www.foodgatherers.org/ | More details | ||
| Jean Ledwith King Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | Michigan | http://www.womenscentersemi.org | More details | ||
| Shelter Association of Washtenaw County | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Michigan | http://www.annarborshelter.org/ | More details | ||
| 350.org | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $2,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://350.org | More details | ||
| Alliance for Climate Education | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $20,000.00 | National | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.acespace.org | To inspire young people to take action on climate change through multimedia assemblies where climate science is presented in a way that is immediately relevant to students' lives through a mix of video; animation; music; storytelling; and interactive text messaging. The youth turn the climate literacy learned during the assembly into action by working on a specific initiative; project or solution to directly address the impact of climate change. | More details |
| Alliance for Global Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://afgj.org/ | More details | ||
| Amazon Watch | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $2,500.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://amazonwatch.org/ | To protect the precious ecosystems; biodiversity and indigenous communities in the Amazon basin from the destructive impacts of oil and gas drilling; logging; poaching; road-building; damming and mining. | More details |
| American Friends Service Committee | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://afsc.org/ | More details | ||
| Amnesty International | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.amnestyusa.org/ | More details | ||
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $4,075.00 | National | Proxy Preview 2013 & 2014 | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.asyousow.org | More details | |
| Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $4,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.astraeafoundation.org/ | For grantmaking and philanthropic advocacy programs that help lesbians and allied communities challenge oppression and claim their human rights. | More details | |
| Center for Democracy in the Americas | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.democracyinamericas.org/ | To change U.S. policy towards countries of the Americas through mutual respect; recognizing positive models of governance in the region; and fostering dialogue particularly with those governments and movements with which U.S. policy is at odds. | More details | |
| Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $30,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.bioneers.org/ | To disseminate environmental solutions to educate; inspire and equip people toward effective action to develop and spread model economic strategies that conserve biological and cultural diversity; and to promote understanding of the relationships between humans and nature. CHI hosts the much acclaimed annual National Bioneers Conference and the Beaming Bioneers Network of community gatherings; and produce multi-media products. | More details | |
| Democracy Now | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $2,500.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.democracynow.org/ | To support this national; daily; independent; award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Democracy Now!'s War and Peace Report provides their audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S.corporate-sponsored media; including independent and international journalists; ordinary people from around the world; grassroots leaders; peace activists; artists; academics and independent analysts. | More details | |
| Earthjustice | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://earthjustice.org/ | Earthjustice is a nonprofit public interest law organization dedicated to protecting the magnificent places; natural resources; and wildlife of this earth and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment. They bring about far-reaching change by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations and communities. | More details |
| EarthRights International | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.earthrights.org | To combine the power of law and the power of people in defense of human rights and environmental protection. ERI both represents and partners with individuals and communities who are victims; survivors; or at risk of human rights and environmental abuses; most of which occur during natural resource extraction projects such as oil and gas development; mega-dams and water diversion projects; logging; and mining. | More details | |
| Earthworks | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $20,000.00 | National | Oil & Gas Accountability Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://earthworksaction.org | To coordinate the movement for oil and gas justice through empowering grassroots activists to change policy; increase state oversight and improve industry behavior. | More details | |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://ellabakercenter.org/ | To defend and advance every person's right to safety; to dignity; to equality; and to self-determination. They are working to end mass incarceration; and rebuild and reinvest in the communities most damaged by it. | More details |
| Friends of the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nationwide | http://www.foe.org/ | Friends of the Earth is an advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the environment; human communities; and healthy life on our planet. Friends of the Earth promotes clean and sustainable energy; fair solutions to the climate crisis; responsible use of technology; and protection of the earth's natural treasures. | More details | |
| Global Community Monitor | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $10,000.00 | National | Refinery Reform Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | Nationwide | http://www.gcmonitor.org | To support US fenceline communities addressing the pollution and climate change impacts of natural gas drilling and fracking operations; the global movement of goods (port expansions; diesel exhaust) and oil refineries using dirtier crude oil. | More details |
| Groundswell Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://groundswellfund.org/ | Groundswell supports a stronger; more effective U.S. movement for reproductive justice by mobilizing new funding and capacity building resources to grassroots organizing and policy change efforts led by low income women; women of color and transgender people. | More details | |
| Honor the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $20,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nationwide | http://honorearth.org | For a two-year program of collaborative organizing on climate change in Native American communities. They will work in partnership with grassroots organizations in Montana; North and South Dakota; and Minnesota; on a media and educational campaign focused on addressing climate change and fossil fuels extraction and delivery systems including pipelines and railroads. | More details | |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.ienearth.org | To provide organizing support; issue-based campaign development; advocacy; trainings; network building and policy development to Indigenous Peoples working for environmental and economic justice; the rights of Indigenous Peoples; and the building of sustainable communities for all. | More details | |
| Justice for Families | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.justice4families.org | To convene and train 36 impacted individuals; from 15 states; provide ongoing campaign support to local groups and work with allies to develop the next phase of research looking at the multi-generational impact of adult incarceration on families. | More details | |
| Mary's Pence | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.maryspence.org | More details | ||
| Movement Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.movementgeneration.org | To build the capacity of urban communities of color to lead a just transition to equitable; resilient; participatory local economies in the 21st century by developing the leadership of community organizers and leaders; providing tools and hands-on opportunities to construct community resilience; and helping spark transformative actions and campaigns for a Just Transition to local food; energy; water; waste; housing and transit systems. | More details |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | More details | |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $7,500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian; gay; bisexual; and transgender people and their families through litigation; public policy advocacy; and public education. | More details |
| Native Action | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $2,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.nativeaction.org | To protect Indian children and to address new challenges from the largest oil boom and coal stripmine in the United States; including: violence and death to young Cheyenne women; sex crimes that involve pimps taking young Cheyenne girls into the ''man camps'' of the energy fields; escalating illegal methamphetamine drug manufacture on the rural Reservation; and lack of communication to tribal members in the five villages as to what is occurring and strategies to address it. Also for continued support for community organizing on youth leadership and environmental justice. | More details | |
| Nature Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,500.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.nature.org | More details | ||
| Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.nisgua.org/ | More details | |
| Oxfam America | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.oxfamamerica.org/ | More details | ||
| Political Research Associates | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.politicalresearch.org | While threats to human and civil rights may come from any direction; the most robust opposition over the past few decades has emerged from the U.S. Right; which routinely employs harmful scapegoating and clever slogans that oversimplify complex policy issues. PRA produces investigative research and analysis on the U.S. Right; in an effort to support social justice advocates and defend human rights. | More details | |
| Race Forward/Applied Research Center | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $30,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.arc.org | For a multi-year project; carried out in partnership with organized labor; workers rights organizations; civil and human rights organizations; women's organizations; immigrant rights groups; employment training organizations; and others; that will lead to changes in employment policies and practices over the medium term by shifting the way Americans think about work. | More details | |
| Rainforest Action Network | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $20,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.ran.org | To protect the forests; their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through grassroots organizing; education and non-violent direct action. | More details |
| Resource Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $2,000.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.resourcegeneration.org/ | For community building; education and organizing; to help young people with wealth engage with the social change movements and issues they care about. Resource Generation is working to transform philanthropy; policy; and institutions; and leverage their collective power to make lasting structural change. | More details | |
| Ruckus Society | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.ruckus.org | To support communities on the front lines of injustices with the tools; training; and support they need to lead the transition to a just; equitable; and resilient economy that values people and planet over corporate profits. | More details |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.sierraclubfoundation.org | More details | |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $5,000.00 | National | The Message Productions | Other | Nationwide | Support for the development of the documentary film and multi-platform engagement/movement-building campaign around Naomi Klein's book; The Message. | More details | ||
| White Earth Land Recovery Project | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://welrp.org/ | To facilitate the recovery of the original land base of the White Earth Indian Reservation; while preserving and restoring traditional practices of sound land stewardship; language fluency; community development and strengthening their spiritual and cultural heritage. They will work to re-localize food and energy systems; restore tribal lands; revive traditional culture and nurture a vibrant civil society for Anishinaabeg and other indigenous people. | More details | |
| Women's Voices for the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.womensvoices.org | To eliminate toxic chemicals that harm women's health by changing consumer behaviors; corporate practices and government policies. WVE works towards a world where the water we drink; the food we eat; the air we breathe; and the products we use in our homes; workplaces and communities are not contaminated with toxic chemicals that harmful to human health. | More details | |
| Rural Vermont | Funding Partnerships | 2013 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Vermont | http://www.ruralvermont.org | More details | ||
| Access Institute for Psychological Services | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.accessinst.org | Access Institute offers low and no-fee psychological services to those who want and need psychological support; but aren't able to access it for any number of reasons including: income; cultural barriers; stigma around mental health; and lack of mobility. | More details |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Northern California | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | San Francisco County | California | https://www.acluca.org/ | The ACLU of Northern California is an enduring guardian of justice; fairness; equality; and freedom; working to protect and advance civil liberties for all Californians. | More details |
| As You Sow | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 2015 Proxy Preview | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | California | http://www.asyousow.org | More details | |
| Bike East Bay | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $350.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | California | https://bikeeastbay.org/ | Bike East Bay; formerly the East Bay Bicycle Coalition; works for safe; convenient and enjoyable bicycling for all people in the East Bay. They are committed to improving access to biking; walking and transit for all residents of the East Bay; with particular attention to those communities and areas that have been historically underserved. They seek to increase bicycling to improve the health and quality of life of all residents; reduce environmental impacts and make our streets and communities vibrant places to live; work and play. They are passionate about increasing the number of people who ride bicycles safely; confidently and knowledgeably. They partner with diverse groups for effective change. They are fiscally; ethically; and environmentally responsible with our resources and in our work. | More details | |
| California Oak Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $940.00 | Statewide | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | http://www.californiaoaks.org/ | The California Oak Foundation's (COF) mission for 20 years was to inform Californians about the importance of protecting and perpetuating the state's native oak woodlands; wildlife habitats and watersheds. | More details | |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $950.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org/ | CSPA monitors the water rights and water quality processes; and where necessary; enforces laws enacted to protect the aquatic environment. We have developed working relationships with state and federal agencies and legislators and closely collaborate with other fishing and environmental organizations; including the Environmental Water Caucus. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.calsport.org | CSPA monitors the water rights and water quality processes; and where necessary; enforces laws enacted to protect the aquatic environment. We have developed working relationships with state and federal agencies and legislators and closely collaborate with other fishing and environmental organizations; including the Environmental Water Caucus. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $4,750.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org/ | CSPA monitors the water rights and water quality processes; and where necessary; enforces laws enacted to protect the aquatic environment. We have developed working relationships with state and federal agencies and legislators and closely collaborate with other fishing and environmental organizations; including the Environmental Water Caucus. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org/ | C-WIN is a non-profit; tax exempt California Corporation that advocates for equitable and environmentally sensitive use of California's water; including instream uses. We accomplish this mission through research; planning; public education; and litigation. C-WIN's primary strategies for achieving its goals include: 1) Ensuring adequate fresh water flows through the Delta and in upstream rivers to protect and restore public trust resources such as open water ecosystems and salmon fisheries; 2) Stopping poor irrigation practices from poisoning land; wetlands; rivers; streams;and wildlife; 3) Ensuring that decisions about water allocation are transparent; just; and in accord with principles of environmental protection. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,820.00 | Statewide | To protect the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary and San Joaquin River from selenium pollution discharges and comment on the SWRCB and CVRWQCB controls for these pollution discharges | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org/ | C-WIN is a non-profit; tax exempt California Corporation that advocates for equitable and environmentally sensitive use of California's water; including instream uses. We accomplish this mission through research; planning; public education; and litigation. C-WIN's primary strategies for achieving its goals include: 1) Ensuring adequate fresh water flows through the Delta and in upstream rivers to protect and restore public trust resources such as open water ecosystems and salmon fisheries; 2) Stopping poor irrigation practices from poisoning land; wetlands; rivers; streams;and wildlife; 3) Ensuring that decisions about water allocation are transparent; just; and in accord with principles of environmental protection. | More details |
| California Water Impact Network | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,850.00 | Statewide | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Santa Barbara County | California | http://www.c-win.org/ | C-WIN is a non-profit; tax exempt California Corporation that advocates for equitable and environmentally sensitive use of California's water; including instream uses. We accomplish this mission through research; planning; public education; and litigation. C-WIN's primary strategies for achieving its goals include: 1) Ensuring adequate fresh water flows through the Delta and in upstream rivers to protect and restore public trust resources such as open water ecosystems and salmon fisheries; 2) Stopping poor irrigation practices from poisoning land; wetlands; rivers; streams;and wildlife; 3) Ensuring that decisions about water allocation are transparent; just; and in accord with principles of environmental protection. | More details |
| Center for Young Women's Development | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Social Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cywd.org/ | To empower and inspire young women who have been involved with the juvenile justice system and the underground street economy to create positive change in their lives and communities. | More details |
| East Bay Meditation Center | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://www.eastbaymeditation.org | The East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) is an independent center; located in downtown Oakland; that offers meditation training and spiritual teachings from Buddhist and other wisdom traditions; with attention to social action; multiculturalism; and the diverse populations of the East Bay and beyond. | More details | |
| Glide Memorial Church | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Human Rights | California | http://www.glide.org/ | GLIDE's mission is to create a radically inclusive; just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. | More details | |
| Horizons Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Human Rights | California | http://horizonsfoundation.org/ | Horizons Foundation is a community foundation rooted in and dedicated to the lesbian; gay; bisexual; and transgender (LGBT) community. The exist to: mobilize and increase resources for the LGBT movement and organizations that secure the rights; meet the needs; and celebrate the lives of LGBT people; empower individual donors and promote giving as an integral part of a healthy; compassionate community; steward a permanently endowed fund through which donors can make legacy gifts to ensure our community's capacity to meet the future needs of LGBT people. | More details | |
| KALW | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://www.kalw.org | KALW's mission is to amplify the creativity and idealism of the Bay Area by: Providing listeners with independent; credible news and information from a variety of local; national and international sources; Producing local programs that connect listeners to their communities and that highlight the music; arts; and literature of the San Francisco Bay Area; Supporting the educational mission of the San Francisco Unified School District by informing the public about the San Francisco schools and creating opportunities for learning in radio. | More details | |
| KPFA | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | KFPA's Mission is: to promote cultural diversity and pluralistic community expression; to contribute to a lasting understanding between individuals of all nations; races; creeds and colors; to promote freedom of the press and serve as a forum for various viewpoints; to maintain an independent funding base | More details |
| KQED | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://www.kqed.org | KQED serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone; and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st century classrooms; and take people of all ages on journeys of explorationexposing them to new people; places and ideas. | More details | |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $90,240.00 | Central Valley | Proposed Austin Quarry in Madera County | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.moc1.org/index.php | Massive development pressure sprawling out of the Fresno metropolitan area continues to threaten the natural resources; built infrastructure; public services and quality of life of southeast Madera County. The Madera Oversight Coalition is at the center of community-based challenges demanding that developers and Madera County comply with state law in fully analyzing the impacts of this development. Funding supports continued challenges of specific development proposals; as well as a ''patterns and practices'' complaint seeking to reform Madera County's overall CEQA compliance policies and procedures. | More details |
| Maven's Notebook | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,820.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://mavensnotebook.com/ | Maven's Notebook focuses on the major planning processes currently underway such as the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan; as well as the activities of the State Water Resources Control Board; the Delta Stewardship Council; and the California Water Commission. The blog follows statewide policy issues; such as groundwater; the water bond; and other state and federal legislation. This blog focuses on the latest developments in Delta science; including the adaptive management; habitat restoration; and the development and implementation of the Delta Science Plan. | More details |
| Maven's Notebook | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $3,800.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://mavensnotebook.com/ | Maven's Notebook focuses on the major planning processes currently underway such as the Bay Delta Conservation Plan and the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan; as well as the activities of the State Water Resources Control Board; the Delta Stewardship Council; and the California Water Commission. The blog follows statewide policy issues; such as groundwater; the water bond; and other state and federal legislation. This blog focuses on the latest developments in Delta science; including the adaptive management; habitat restoration; and the development and implementation of the Delta Science Plan. | More details |
| Restore the Delta | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $700.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.restorethedelta.org | Restore the Delta works in the areas of public education and outreach so that all Californians recognize the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta as part of California's natural heritage; deserving of restoration. | More details |
| Women's Foundation of California | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Statewide | Race; Gender; and Human Rights Fund | Human Rights | San Francisco County | California | http://www.womensfoundca.org/ | To support organizations promoting criminal justice reform; reentry; and human rights within the criminal justice system in California. | More details |
| Yosemite Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | http://www.yosemiteconservancy.org/ | Providing for Yosemite's future is our passion. We inspire people to support projects and programs that preserve and protect Yosemite National Park's resources and enrich the visitor experience. | More details | |
| Global Fund for Women | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $7,500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | San Francisco County | International | http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/ | To defend and expand upon hard won gains in women's rights around the globe by promoting economic and political empowerment; supporting campaigns; direct services; advocacy and education to secure women and girls' access to sexual and reproductive health and rights; and challenging laws; policies; cultures that perpetuate violence; discrimination; and abuse. | More details |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | International | http://www.greengrants.org/ | To support communities and grassroots groups in Africa; Asia; Latin America; and island nations working to protect the environment; live sustainably; preserve biodiversity; and gain a voice in their own future. | More details | |
| Pachamama Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $3,500.00 | National | Ecuadorian Kichwa Fighting Oil Drilling on Tribal Land in the Amazon | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | International | http://www.pachamama.org/ | Pachamama Alliance is a global community that offers people the chance to learn; connect; engage; travel and cherish life for the purpose of creating a sustainable future that works for all. | More details | |
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville; Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centrol Latino is a 502(c) (3) non-profit organization that relies solely on individual contributions and grants to deliver programs and services to the Hispanic community in Shelby; Spencer; Oldham; Trimble and Henry Counties. | More details | |
| Access to Justice Fund - Michigan State Bar Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | Michigan | http://www.msbf.org/atjfund/ | The Access to Justice Campaign is a partnership of the State Bar of Michigan; the Michigan State Bar Foundation; and Michigan's nonprofit civil legal aid programs to increase resources for civil legal aid for the poor in Michigan. All three partners serve on the ATJ Campaign Internal Cabinet which provides oversight and guidance for the campaign. | More details | |
| Avalon Housing | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $250.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Michigan | http://www.avalonhousing.org/ | More details | ||
| Food Gatherers | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $250.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Michigan | http://www.foodgatherers.org/ | As the food rescue and food bank program serving Washtenaw County; Food Gatherers exists to alleviate hunger and eliminate its causes in our community. | More details | |
| Jean Ledwith King Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | Michigan | http://www.womenscentersemi.org | The Women's Center promotes self-determination for women and families by providing professional services that build confidence; strengthen connections; and create positive change. | More details | |
| Shelter Association of Washtenaw County | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $250.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Michigan | http://www.annarborshelter.org/ | Shelter Association's mission is to end homelessness one person at a time. | More details | |
| 350.org | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://350.org | 350.org is building a global climate movement. Their online campaigns; grassroots organizing; and mass public actions are coordinated by a global network active in over 188 countries. | More details | |
| Alliance for Climate Education | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.acespace.org/ | To inspire young people to take action on climate change through education and action programs where climate science is presented in a way that is immediately relevant to students' lives; utilizing a mix of video; animation; music; storytelling; and interactive text messaging. The youth turn the climate literacy learned during classes and assemblies into action by working on a specific initiative; project or solution to directly address the impact of climate change. | More details |
| Amazon Watch | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,500.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.amazonwatch.org/ | To advance indigenous rights to ancestral territories; protect rainforest and wetland ecosystems and promote the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. | More details |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.aclumich.org/ | The ACLU of Michigan's mission remains realizing the promise of the Bill of Rights for all and expanding the reach of its guarantees to new areas through all the tools at our disposal: public education; advocacy; organizing; and litigation. | More details | |
| American Friends Service Committee | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | National | Midwest Prison Project | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://afsc.org/ | The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice; as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds; they nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social relations and systems. | More details | |
| Amnesty International | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.amnestyusa.org/ | Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights. They work to protect people wherever justice; freedom; truth and dignity are denied. Currently the world's largest grassroots human rights organization; they investigate and expose abuses; educate and mobilize the public; and help transform societies to create a safer; more just world. They received the Nobel Peace Prize for our life-saving work. | More details | |
| Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $4,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.astraeafoundation.org/ | For grantmaking and philanthropic advocacy programs that help lesbians and allied communities challenge oppression and claim their human rights. | More details | |
| Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $30,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.bioneers.org/ | To promote understanding of the relationships between humans and nature and disseminate environmental solutions and strategies to conserve biological and cultural diversity. CHI also hosts the much acclaimed annual National Bioneers Conference and the Beaming Bioneers Network of community gatherings. | More details | |
| Black Mesa Water Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $7,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.blackmesawatercoalition.org/ | To fight against injustices committed against the Navajo Nation in Black Mesa; home to two coalmines contaminating the sole source of drinking water in the region; polluted air and land; rampant unemployment; and an average income of $7500/year. | More details | |
| Center for Media and Democracy | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,500.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://prwatch.org/ | To support public education and investigative research exposing the influence of corporations and front groups on public policy. | More details | |
| Chicken & Egg Pictures | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Arts & Culture | Nationwide | http://chickeneggpics.org/ | To provide grants to women filmmakers that feature women and girls on screen as prominent storytellers and agents of change; and who explore today's most pressing global issues; including environmental challenges; human rights; and social justice; through film. | More details | |
| Climate Justice Alliance Our Power Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://ourpowercampaign.org/ | To build local living economies and community resilience through support to a dozen urban and rural grassroots groups poised to take on the extreme energy interests in their communities. | More details |
| Democracy Now! | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,500.00 | National | General Support | Civic Engagement | Nationwide | http://www.democracynow.org/ | To support independent and award-winning journalism currently broadcast on over 1000 public television and radio stations that includes perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored media; including international journalists; grassroots leaders; peace activists; and academics. | More details | |
| Earthjustice | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://earthjustice.org/ | To protect the magnificent places; natural resources; and wildlife of this earth and to defend the right of all people to a healthy environment by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations and communities. | More details |
| EarthRights International | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.earthrights.org/ | To combine people power and law in defense of human rights and environmental protection by partnering with individuals and communities who are vulnerable to human rights abuses and/or environmental degradation; most of which occur during natural resource extraction projects such as oil and gas development; mega-dams and water diversion projects; logging; and mining. | More details | |
| Earthworks | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $20,000.00 | National | Oil & Gas Accountability Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://earthworksaction.org/ | To fight against irresponsible drilling across the nation and empower grassroots activists to change policy; increase state oversight; and improve industry behavior. | More details | |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.ellabakercenter.org/ | To end mass incarceration; rebuild and reinvest in hard-hit communities; and advance racial and economic justice. | More details |
| Friends of the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nationwide | http://www.foe.org/ | To promote clean and sustainable energy; fair solutions to the climate crisis; responsible use of technology; and protection of the earth's natural treasures through advocacy efforts. | More details | |
| Global Community Monitor | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | Nationwide | http://www.gcmonitor.org/ | To support US fenceline communities addressing pollution and climate change impacts of refining and transporting dirty crude oil; natural gas drilling and fracking operations; and the global movement of goods. | More details |
| Groundswell Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://groundswellfund.org/ | To support a stronger; more effective U.S. movement for reproductive justice by mobilizing new funding and capacity building resources to grassroots organizing and policy change efforts led by low income women; women of color; and transgender people. | More details | |
| Honor the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $20,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nationwide | http://honorearth.org/ | To engage in a collaborative organizing program with tribes; grassroots groups; and other organizations in the Great Lakes region on climate change; human rights; opposition to extreme extraction and fracking; and laying the groundwork for restored Indigenous economies in Native American communities. | More details | |
| Idle No More | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.idlenomore.ca/ | INM has and will continue to help build sovereignty & resurgence of nationhood. INM will continue to pressure government and industry to protect the environment. INM will continue to build allies in order to reframe the nation to nation relationship; this will be done by including grassroots perspectives; issues; and concern. | More details | |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $7,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.ienearth.org | To provide organizing support; issue-based campaign development; advocacy; trainings; network building and policy development to Indigenous Peoples working for environmental and economic justice; the rights of Indigenous Peoples; and the building of sustainable communities for all. | More details | |
| Justice for Families | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.justice4families.org/ | To shape opinion about the critical need for the family voice within the juvenile justice system and promote investments in education and economic opportunities that build strong families and strong communities. | More details | |
| Mary's Pence | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.maryspence.org | Mary's Pence invests in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change. | More details | |
| Mary's Pence | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $10,000.00 | National | Micro Loan Program | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.maryspence.org | More details | ||
| Movement Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.movementgeneration.org/ | To build the capacity of urban communities of color to lead a just transition to equitable; resilient; participatory local economies by developing the leadership of community organizers and leaders; providing tools and hands-on opportunities to construct community resilience; and helping spark transformative actions and campaigns toward local food; energy; water; waste; housing and transit systems. | More details |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian; gay; bisexual; and transgender people and their families through litigation; legislation; policy; and public education. NCLR is a non-profit; public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBT community; provides free legal assistance to LGBT people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBT issues. | More details | |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $5,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | To advance the civil and human rights of lesbian; gay; bisexual; and transgender people and their families through litigation; public policy advocacy; and public education. | More details |
| Native Action | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.nativeaction.org/ | To protect Indian children; support community organizing; and address new challenges from the largest oil boom and coal stripmine in the United States; including: violence and death to young Cheyenne women; sex crimes; escalating illegal methamphetamine drug manufacture on the rural Reservation; and lack of communication amongst tribal members in the five villages to address these problems. | More details | |
| Nature Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $1,500.00 | National | Purchase of Lands Fly Zones Birds | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.nature.org | More details | ||
| Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.nisgua.org/ | NISGUA works for real democracy in Guatemala and the U.S. and strengthens the global movement for justice. NISGUA builds mutually beneficial grassroots ties between the people of the U.S. and Guatemala and advocates for grassroots alternatives to challenge elite power structures and oppressive U.S. economic and foreign policy. To achieve our mission; NISGUA distills information; analysis; and perspectives from Guatemalan grassroots organizations and NGOs; and channels them to activists across the U.S.; to sister advocacy organizations; and to Congressional offices and the press. We design and organize U.S. grassroots advocacy campaigns in response to the needs on the ground; and where it is strategic for NISGUA to play a role. Through annual Guatemalan speakers tours and on-the-ground support to delegations to Guatemala; we build U.S. understanding of the challenges facing the Guatemalan people; help build the ''spokesperson'' capacity of our Guatemalan partner organizations; and strengthen people-to-people ties across borders. | More details | |
| Oxfam America | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $1,500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.oxfamamerica.org/ | Oxfam America is a global organization working to create lasting solutions to poverty; hunger; and social injustice. | More details | |
| Polaris Institute USA | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | National | Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://polarisinstitute.org/polaris/indigenous_tar_sands_campaign | To support environmental justice for Native American communities in Canada and bring about real democratic social change by supporting litigation; collaborating with the financial sector to stop investing in disputed First Nations lands; and working to stop pipeline tanker plans to deliver tar sands crude to the West coast. | More details | |
| Political Research Associates | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.politicalresearch.org/ | To challenge movements; institutions; and ideologies that undermine human rights through investigative research and analysis; in an effort to support social justice change makers. | More details | |
| Race Forward | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $30,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.raceforward.org/ | To support racial justice and address deep-rooted issues of inequality through research; journalism; and movement building. | More details | |
| Rainforest Action Network | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $20,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://ran.org/ | To campaign for forests; their inhabitants; and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through grassroots organizing; education and non-violent direct action. | More details |
| Resource Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.resourcegeneration.org/ | For community building; education and organizing; to help young people with wealth engage in social change movements and issues they care about. Resource Generation is working to transform philanthropy; policy; and institutions and leverage their collective power to make lasting structural change. | More details | |
| Ruckus Society | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.ruckus.org | To support organizers; students; and communities on the front line with the tools; training; and support needed to lead the transition to a just; equitable; and resilient economy that values people and planet over corporate profits. | More details |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.sierraclubfoundation.org | The Sierra Club Foundation's board and staff raise charitable funds; preserve and enhance these assets; and ensure they are used appropriately. As the fiscal sponsor of the charitable programs of the Sierra Club; they provide resources to it and other nonprofit organizations to support scientific; educational; literary; organizing; advocacy; and legal programs that further our charitable goals. They work with individual and institutional donors to align financial resources with strategically focused campaigns; help build capacity in the environmental movement; and create partnerships with a broad spectrum of allied organizations that further our shared environmental goals. They do this so that future generations will inherit a healthy planet with wild places left to explore. | More details | |
| Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://urgentactionfund.org/ | To support women and transgender human rights worldwide by providing rapid response grants to human rights defenders around the globe; participating in advocacy and alliance building; and supporting women and girls' activism as part of a global consortium. | More details | |
| White Earth Land Recovery Project | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://welrp.com/ | To promote restorative economics and facilitate a transition away from a petroleum-based economy to one based on local food; local energy; and increased sustainability. | More details | |
| Women's Voices for the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.womensvoices.org/ | To eliminate toxic chemicals that harm women's health by changing consumer behaviors; corporate practices; and government policies. | More details | |
| Rural Vermont | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Vermont | http://www.ruralvermont.org | Rural Vermont is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to building a prosperous rural life. Rural Vermont supports a rural economic policy for Vermont that recognizes the importance of agriculture and natural resource based industries; support for small rural businesses; along with good jobs; fair wages; and decent health care; housing and transportation for all rural citizens. We are committed to a broad-based sustainable agriculture in harmony with the needs of the family; community; and the environment for future generations. | More details | |
| West Virginia Free; Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2014 | $2,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Social Justice | West Virginia | http://www.wvfree.org/ | To support a reproductive health; rights and justice organization that works to improve education on reproductive options; increase access to affordable birth control; reduce teen pregnancy and improve adolescent health; and protect personal decision-making; including decisions about whether or when to have a child. | More details | |
| Access Institute for Psychological Services | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.accessinst.org | Access Institute offers low and no-fee psychological services to those who want and need psychological support; but aren't able to access it for any number of reasons including: income; cultural barriers; stigma around mental health; and lack of mobility. | More details |
| Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $5,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.bioneers.org | Bioneers is an innovative nonprofit educational organization that highlights breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet. Founded in 1990 in Santa Fe; New Mexico by social entrepreneurs Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons; Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. | More details | |||
| California Oak Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.californiaoaks.org/ | The California Oak Foundation's (COF) mission for 20 years was to inform Californians about the importance of protecting and perpetuating the state's native oak woodlands; wildlife habitats and watersheds. | More details | |||
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,350.00 | Sacramento Valley | Efforts to Support Grassroots Action to Protect the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org/ | The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance monitors the water rights and water quality processes; and where necessary; enforces laws enacted to protect the aquatic environment. They have developed working relationships with state and federal agencies and legislators and closely collaborate with other fishing and environmental organizations; including the Environmental Water Caucus. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $9,400.00 | Sacramento Valley | Supporting Grassroots Action To Protect the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org/ | The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance monitors the water rights and water quality processes; and where necessary; enforces laws enacted to protect the aquatic environment. They have developed working relationships with state and federal agencies and legislators and closely collaborate with other fishing and environmental organizations; including the Environmental Water Caucus. | More details |
| Community Futures Collective | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Stanford 68 | Human Rights | Solano County | California | http://www.communityfuturescollective.org/ | To support the Stanford 68; Stanford University students and community members that shut down the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in January 2015. The action was performed in support of Ferguson Action demands calling for the demilitarization of local law enforcement and the reallocation of law enforcement funds to support community-based alternatives to incarceration. Several protesters were arrested and face jury trials; with maximum sentences of a year in jail and $1;000 fine. | More details |
| East Bay Meditation Center | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://www.eastbaymeditation.org | The East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) is an independent center; located in downtown Oakland; that offers meditation training and spiritual teachings from Buddhist and other wisdom traditions; with attention to social action; multiculturalism; and the diverse populations of the East Bay and beyond. | More details | |
| Glide Memorial Church | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Human Rights | California | http://www.glide.org/ | GLIDE's mission is to create a radically inclusive; just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. | More details | |
| KALW | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://www.kalw.org | KALW's mission is to amplify the creativity and idealism of the Bay Area by: Providing listeners with independent; credible news and information from a variety of local; national and international sources; Producing local programs that connect listeners to their communities and that highlight the music; arts; and literature of the San Francisco Bay Area; Supporting the educational mission of the San Francisco Unified School District by informing the public about the San Francisco schools and creating opportunities for learning in radio. | More details | |
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | KFPA's Mission is: to promote cultural diversity and pluralistic community expression; to contribute to a lasting understanding between individuals of all nations; races; creeds and colors; to promote freedom of the press and serve as a forum for various viewpoints; to maintain an independent funding base | More details |
| KQED | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://www.kqed.org | KQED serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone; and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st century classrooms; and take people of all ages on journeys of explorationexposing them to new people; places and ideas. | More details | |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $12,520.08 | Central Valley | Proposed Austin Quarry in Madera County | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.moc1.org/index.php | Massive development pressure sprawling out of the Fresno metropolitan area continues to threaten the natural resources; built infrastructure; public services and quality of life of southeast Madera County. The Madera Oversight Coalition is at the center of community-based challenges demanding that developers and Madera County comply with state law in fully analyzing the impacts of this development. Funding supports continued challenges of specific development proposals; as well as a patterns and practices complaint seeking to reform Madera County's overall CEQA compliance policies and procedures. | More details |
| Marine Mammal Center | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | General Support | California | The Marine Mammal Center is a nonprofit veterinary research hospital and educational center dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of ill and injured marine mammals primarily elephant seals; harbor seals; and California sea lions. | More details | ||||
| Maven's Notebook | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $3,200.00 | Southern Coast | Maven Water Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://mavensnotebook.com/ | To support Chris Austen's Maven efforts to educate the public about water supply and water quality issues. | More details |
| Restore the Delta | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,350.00 | Sacramento Valley | Efforts to Support Grassroots Action to Protect the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.restorethedelta.org | Restore the Delta works in the areas of public education and outreach so that all Californians recognize the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta as part of California's natural heritage; deserving of restoration. | More details |
| Restore the Delta | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $5,700.00 | Sacramento Valley | Assisting efforts to support grassroots action to protect the SF and Delta Estuary | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.restorethedelta.org | Restore the Delta works in the areas of public education and outreach so that all Californians recognize the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta as part of California's natural heritage; deserving of restoration. | More details |
| Women's Foundation of California | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $20,000.00 | Statewide | Race; Gender; and Human Rights Fund | Human Rights | California | http://www.womensfoundca.org/ | To advance gender equity and support organizations and coalitions promoting criminal justice reform; reentry; and human rights within California's criminal justice system. | More details | |
| Yosemite Conservancy/Yosemite Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $250.00 | General Support | California | Providing for Yosemite's future is Yosemite Conservancy's passion. They inspire people to support projects and programs that preserve and protect Yosemite National Park's resources and enrich the visitor experience. | More details | ||||
| Young Women's Freedom Center | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $15,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Social Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.youngwomenfree.org/ | To empower and organize young; low-income women of color in the San Francisco Bay Area by providing them with leadership training and employment opportunities. | More details |
| Youth Speaks | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://youthspeaks.org/ | One of the world's leading presenters of Spoken Word performance; education; and youth development programs; Youth Speaks produces local and national youth poetry slams; festivals; and reading series; alongside a comprehensive slate of arts-in-education programs during the school day; in the after-school hours and on weekends. In addition; they create internationally-recognized theater and digital programming; and have helped launch a national network of over 70 programs who believe in the power of young people. | More details | |||
| Global Fund for Women | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $4,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | San Francisco County | International | http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/ | To defend and expand upon hard-won gains in women's rights around the globe by promoting economic and political empowerment; supporting campaigns; direct services; advocacy and education to secure women and girls' access to sexual and reproductive health and rights; and challenging laws; policies; cultures that perpetuate violence; discrimination; and abuse. | More details |
| Global Fund for Women | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $5,000.00 | National | Nepal Crisis Fund | Human Rights | International | http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/ | For crisis support and to support rebuilding efforts led by women in Nepal and India following a series of powerful earthquakes and monsoons in Spring 2015. | More details | |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | International | http://www.greengrants.org/ | To support communities and grassroots groups in Africa; Asia; Latin America; and island nations working to protect the environment and fight environmental degradation; live sustainably; preserve biodiversity; support social justice; and gain a voice in their own future. | More details | |
| Pachamama Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,000.00 | National | Ecuadorian groups fighting oil drilling | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | International | http://www.pachamama.org/ | Pachamama Alliance is a global community that offers people the chance to learn; connect; engage; travel and cherish life for the purpose of creating a sustainable future that works for all. | More details | |
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville; Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centrol Latino is a 502(c) (3) non-profit organization that relies solely on individual contributions and grants to deliver programs and services to the Hispanic community in Shelby; Spencer; Oldham; Trimble and Henry Counties. | More details | |
| Kentucky YMCA Youth Association | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $200.00 | General Support | Kentucky | The Kentucky YMCA Youth Association serves as the home of both Kentucky's YMCA Youth and Government programs as well as the Kentucky State Alliance of YMCAs. They provide middle school; high school; and college students across the Commonwealth with opportunities for service learning; civic engagement; and personal development. | More details | ||||
| Access to Justice Fund - Michigan State Bar Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | Statewide | Legal Services of South Central Michigan's MI Advocacy Program | Human Rights | Michigan | http://www.msbf.org/atjfund/ | The Access to Justice Campaign is a partnership of the State Bar of Michigan; the Michigan State Bar Foundation; and Michigan's nonprofit civil legal aid programs to increase resources for civil legal aid for the poor in Michigan. All three partners serve on the ATJ Campaign Internal Cabinet which provides oversight and guidance for the campaign. | More details | |
| Avalon Housing | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $200.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Michigan | http://www.avalonhousing.org/ | Avalon's property management and maintenance teams share the common goal of helping their tenants succeed. They believe that the most effective solution to ending homelessness is supportive housing. | More details | |
| Food Gatherers | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $100.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Michigan | http://www.foodgatherers.org/ | As the food rescue and food bank program serving Washtenaw County; Food Gatherers exists to alleviate hunger and eliminate its causes in our community. | More details | |
| Jean Ledwith King Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $250.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | Michigan | http://www.womenscentersemi.org | The Women's Center promotes self-determination for women and families by providing professional services that build confidence; strengthen connections; and create positive change. | More details | |
| Shelter Association of Washtenaw County | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $200.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Michigan | http://www.annarborshelter.org/ | Shelter Association's mission is to end homelessness one person at a time. | More details | |
| 350.org | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://350.org | 350.org is building a global climate movement. Their online campaigns; grassroots organizing; and mass public actions are coordinated by a global network active in over 188 countries. | More details | |
| Alliance for Climate Education | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Environmental Education | Nationwide | http://www.acespace.org | To inspire and empower young people to take action on climate change through education and action programs. Climate science is presented to students through a mix of video; animation; music; storytelling; and interactive text messaging. The youth turn the climate literacy learned during classes and assemblies into action by working on a specific initiative; project; or solution to directly address the impact of climate change. | More details | |
| Amazon Watch | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,500.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.amazonwatch.org | To advance indigenous rights to ancestral territories; protect rainforest and wetland ecosystems; and promote the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. | More details |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.aclumich.org/ | The ACLU of Michigan's mission remains realizing the promise of the Bill of Rights for all and expanding the reach of its guarantees to new areas through all the tools at our disposal: public education; advocacy; organizing; and litigation. | More details | |
| American Friends Service Committee | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $250.00 | National | Midwest Prison Project | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://afsc.org/ | The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice; as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds; they nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social relations and systems. | More details | |
| Amnesty International USA | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.amnestyusa.org/ | Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights. They work to protect people wherever justice; freedom; truth and dignity are denied. Currently the world's largest grassroots human rights organization; they investigate and expose abuses; educate and mobilize the public; and help transform societies to create a safer; more just world. They received the Nobel Peace Prize for our life-saving work. | More details | |
| Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $4,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.astraeafoundation.org/ | For grantmaking and philanthropic advocacy programs in the US and in the Global South and East that help lesbians; women; transgendered people; and people of color challenge oppression and claim their human rights. | More details | |
| Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $20,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.bioneers.org | To highlight breakthrough solutions to pressing environmental and social challenges through conferences; media outreach; and radio and book series. Collective Heritage Institute hosts the acclaimed National Bioneers Conference and the Beaming Bioneers Network of community gatherings. | More details | |
| Black Mesa Water Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $11,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.blackmesawatercoalition.org | To fight against injustices committed against the Navajo Nation in Black Mesa; Arizona and build a movement for climate justice. Black Mesa is home to two coalmines contaminating the sole source of drinking water in the region; polluted air and land; rampant unemployment; and an average income of $7;500/year. | More details | |
| Center for Media and Democracy | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $4,000.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://prwatch.org | To support public education and investigative research exposing the influence of major corporations and front groups on public policy. | More details | |
| Chicken & Egg Pictures | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Arts & Culture | Nationwide | http://chickeneggpics.org/ | To provide grants to women filmmakers that feature women and girls onscreen as prominent storytellers and agents of change; and who use film to explore today's most pressing global issues; including environmental challenges; human rights; and social justice. | More details | |
| Climate Justice Alliance: Our Power Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://ourpowercampaign.org | To build local living economies and community resilience through a collaboration of over 35 urban and rural grassroots groups poised to take on extreme energy interests in their communities. | More details |
| Democracy Now! | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,500.00 | National | General Support | Civic Engagement | Nationwide | http://www.democracynow.org/ | To support independent and award-winning journalism currently broadcast on over 1;000 public television and radio stations that includes perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored media; including international journalists; grassroots leaders; peace activists; and academics. | More details | |
| Earthjustice | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $8,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://earthjustice.org/ | To protect the magnificent places; natural resources; and wildlife of this earth and to defend the right of all people to a healthy environment by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations and communities. | More details |
| EarthRights International | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $12,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.earthrights.org | To promote and protect human rights and the environment by partnering with individuals and communities who are vulnerable to human rights abuses and/or environmental degradation. Most of these abuses occur during natural resource extraction projects such as oil and gas development; mega-dams and water diversion projects; logging; and mining. | More details | |
| Earthworks | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $15,000.00 | National | Oil & Gas Accountability Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://earthworksaction.org | To work with communities fighting against irresponsible drilling across the nation and empower grassroots activists to change policy; increase state oversight; improve industry behavior; and publicize the need for alternatives to drilling. | More details | |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.ellabakercenter.org | To end mass incarceration; rebuild and reinvest in hard-hit communities; increase opportunities for low-income people and people of color; and advance racial and economic justice. | More details |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | Freedom of the Press Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping support and defend public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement; corruption; and law-breaking in government. They accept tax-deductible donations to a variety of journalism organizations that push for transparency and accountability; and we work to preserve and strengthen the rights guaranteed to the press under the First Amendment. | More details | ||||
| Friends of the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $7,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nationwide | http://www.foe.org/ | To promote clean and sustainable energy; fair solutions to the climate crisis; responsible use of technology; and protection of the earth's natural treasures through advocacy efforts. | More details | |
| Greenpeace Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | Greenpeace Fund is a nonprofit; tax-exempt organization set up to continue the vital work of Greenpeace by increasing public awareness and understanding of environmental issues through research; the media; and other educational programs. Greenpeace Fund also provides grants to support Greenpeace's work around the world for activities that are consistent with its mission. | More details | ||||
| Groundswell Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://groundswellfund.org/ | To support a stronger; more effective U.S. movement for reproductive justice by mobilizing new funding and capacity building resources to grassroots organizing and policy change efforts led by low income women; women of color; and transgender people. | More details |
| Honor the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $17,000.00 | National | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nationwide | http://honorearth.org | To engage in a collaborative organizing program with tribes; grassroots groups; and other organizations in the Great Lakes region on climate change; human rights; opposition to extreme extraction and fracking; and laying the groundwork for restored Indigenous economies in Native American communities. Honor the Earth uses music; the arts; and the media in order to elevate Indigenous voices and wisdom. | More details | |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $3,000.00 | National | Canoes to Paris' and Other Activities Associated with IEN's Participation in Paris COP 21 | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Nationwide | http://www.ienearth.org | To support the Canoes to Paris action in Paris; France for COP 21; the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The Canoes to Paris action will be performed in recognition of Indigenous communities' spiritual relationship to water and to highlight the risks Indigenous People face because of climate change and rising sea levels. | More details | |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $7,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.ienearth.org | To provide organizing support; issue-based campaign development; advocacy; trainings; network building; and policy development to Indigenous Peoples working for environmental and economic justice; the rights of Indigenous Peoples; and the building of sustainable communities for all. IEN convenes meetings on environmental and economic justice issues; and provides support and resources to Indigenous communities and youth throughout the world. | More details | |
| Justice for Families | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.justice4families.org | For a national alliance to shape opinion about the critical need for the family voice within the juvenile justice system; promote investments in education and economic opportunities that build strong families and strong communities; and encourage the reallocation of spending toward conflict-resolution and peace-building programs in schools. | More details | |
| Mary's Pence | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.maryspence.org | Mary's Pence invests in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change. | More details | |
| Movement Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.movementgeneration.org | To build the capacity of urban communities of color to lead a just transition to equitable; resilient; participatory local economies by developing the leadership of community organizers and leaders; providing tools and hands-on opportunities to construct community resilience; and helping spark transformative actions and campaigns toward local food; energy; water; waste; housing and transit systems. | More details | |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian; gay; bisexual; and transgender people and their families through litigation; legislation; policy; and public education. NCLR is a non-profit; public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBT community; provides free legal assistance to LGBT people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBT issues. | More details | |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $3,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | To advance the civil and human rights of lesbian; gay; bisexual; and transgender people and their families and advocate for equitable public policies through litigation; public policy advocacy; and public education. | More details |
| Native Action | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $5,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.nativeaction.org | To protect Indian children; support and empower community organizing; and address new challenges from the largest oil boom and coal stripmine in the United States; including: violence and death to young Cheyenne women; sex crimes; escalating illegal methamphetamine drug manufacture on the rural Reservation; and lack of communication amongst tribal members in the five villages to address these problems. | More details | |
| Nature Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $700.00 | National | purchase of fly zones for birds | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.nature.org | The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. | More details | |
| Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.nisgua.org/ | NISGUA works for real democracy in Guatemala and the U.S. and strengthens the global movement for justice. NISGUA builds mutually beneficial grassroots ties between the people of the U.S. and Guatemala and advocates for grassroots alternatives to challenge elite power structures and oppressive U.S. economic and foreign policy. To achieve our mission; NISGUA distills information; analysis; and perspectives from Guatemalan grassroots organizations and NGOs; and channels them to activists across the U.S.; to sister advocacy organizations; and to Congressional offices and the press. We design and organize U.S. grassroots advocacy campaigns in response to the needs on the ground; and where it is strategic for NISGUA to play a role. Through annual Guatemalan speakers tours and on-the-ground support to delegations to Guatemala; we build U.S. understanding of the challenges facing the Guatemalan people; help build the spokesperson capacity of our Guatemalan partner organizations; and strengthen people-to-people ties across borders. | More details | |
| Oxfam America | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $1,500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.oxfamamerica.org/ | Oxfam America is a global organization working to create lasting solutions to poverty; hunger; and social injustice. | More details | |
| Political Research Associates | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $12,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.politicalresearch.org | To expose and challenge movements; institutions; and ideologies that undermine human rights and support social justice changemakers through investigative research and analysis. | More details | |
| Race Forward | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $30,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.raceforward.org | To support racial justice and address deep-rooted issues of inequality through research; journalism; and movement building. Race Forward publishes the daily news site Colorlines and presentsFacing Race; a multiracial conference on racial justice. | More details | |
| Rainforest Action Network | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $12,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.ran.org | To campaign for forests; their inhabitants; and the natural systems that sustain life and transform the global marketplace through grassroots organizing; education; and non-violent direct action. | More details | |
| Resource Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.resourcegeneration.org/ | To organize young people with wealth to engage in social change movements and issues they care about and leverage their collective power to make lasting structural change. Resource Generation is working to transform philanthropy; policy; and institutions and support community building; education; and organizing. | More details | |
| Ruckus Society | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.ruckus.org | To support organizers; students; and communities on the front line with the tools; training; and support needed to lead the transition to a just; equitable; and resilient economy that values people and planet over corporate profits. | More details |
| Showing Up For Racial Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,500.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/ | For a national network to organize white individuals into taking action for racial justice through relationship-building; education; and political analysis. Showing Up For Racial Justice moves white people to act as part of the multi-racial movement to dismantle racism in contemporary institutions and structures. | More details | |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Sierra Club Foundation | Nationwide | http://www.sierraclubfoundation.org | The Sierra Club Foundation's board and staff raise charitable funds; preserve and enhance these assets; and ensure they are used appropriately. As the fiscal sponsor of the charitable programs of the Sierra Club; they provide resources to it and other nonprofit organizations to support scientific; educational; literary; organizing; advocacy; and legal programs that further our charitable goals. They work with individual and institutional donors to align financial resources with strategically focused campaigns; help build capacity in the environmental movement; and create partnerships with a broad spectrum of allied organizations that further our shared environmental goals. They do this so that future generations will inherit a healthy planet with wild places left to explore. | More details | |
| Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $2,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://urgentactionfund.org/ | To support women and transgender human rights worldwide by providing rapid response grants to human rights defenders around the globe; participating in advocacy and alliance building; and supporting women and girls' activism as part of a global consortium. | More details | |
| White Earth Land Recovery Project | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $10,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://welrp.org/ | To promote restorative economics and facilitate a transition away from a petroleum-based economy to one based on local food; local energy; increased sustainability; and community development. | More details | |
| Women's Voices for the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $15,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.womensvoices.org | To amplify women's voices and eliminate toxic chemicals that harm women's health by changing consumer behaviors; corporate practices; and government policies. | More details | |
| Rural Vermont | Funding Partnerships | 2015 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Vermont | http://www.ruralvermont.org | Rural Vermont is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to building a prosperous rural life. Rural Vermont supports a rural economic policy for Vermont that recognizes the importance of agriculture and natural resource based industries; support for small rural businesses; along with good jobs; fair wages; and decent health care; housing and transportation for all rural citizens. We are committed to a broad-based sustainable agriculture in harmony with the needs of the family; community; and the environment for future generations. | More details | |
| 350 Bay Area Climate Education Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | California | https://350bacef-350bayarea.nationbuilder.com/ | 350 Bay Area Education Fund promotes a high level of awareness; knowledge and ongoing science-based education about climate change and ways to address it in the Bay Area and beyond. | More details | |
| Access Institute for Psychological Services | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://www.accessinst.org | Access Institute offers low and no-fee psychological services to those who want and need psychological support; but aren't able to access it for any number of reasons including: income; cultural barriers; stigma around mental health; and lack of mobility. | More details | |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | California | https://www.aclunc.org/ | The ACLU of Northern California is an enduring guardian of justice; fairness; equality; and freedom; working to protect and advance civil liberties for all Californians. | More details | |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $4,700.00 | San Joaquin County | Supporting Grassroots Action To Protect the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento Valley | California | http://calsport.org/ | More details | |
| East Bay Meditation Center | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://www.eastbaymeditation.org | The East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) is an independent center; located in downtown Oakland; that offers meditation training and spiritual teachings from Buddhist and other wisdom traditions; with attention to social action; multiculturalism; and the diverse populations of the East Bay and beyond. | More details | |
| Glide Memorial Church | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Human Rights | California | http://www.glide.org/ | GLIDE's mission is to create a radically inclusive; just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. | More details | |
| Glide Memorial Church | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Human Rights | California | http://www.glide.org/ | GLIDE's mission is to create a radically inclusive; just and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization. | More details | |
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $70,000.00 | San Francisco County | Bayview Hunters Point: Toxic and Radioactive Waste Contamination/Sea Level Rise Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco Bay Area | California | http://goldengatesalmonassociation.com/ | The Bayview Hunters Point Environmental Justice Response Task Force project (BVHP EJRTF) was launched by Greenaction in July 2015 and has brought together residents; government agencies; some businesses; and community; environmental justice and health organizations in a multi-stakeholder; problem-solving task force to remedy environmental pollution problems; promote community capacity-building and reduce exposure and cumulative impacts on low-income; highly vulnerable; people of color in Bayview Hunters Point; San Francisco; California. | More details |
| KALW | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Arts & Culture | California | http://www.kalw.org | KALW's mission is to amplify the creativity and idealism of the Bay Area by: Providing listeners with independent; credible news and information from a variety of local; national and international sources; Producing local programs that connect listeners to their communities and that highlight the music; arts; and literature of the San Francisco Bay Area; Supporting the educational mission of the San Francisco Unified School District by informing the public about the San Francisco schools and creating opportunities for learning in radio. | More details | |
| KALW | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Your Call Podcast | Arts & Culture | California | http://kalw.org/programs/your-call#stream/0 | Your Call is KALW's call-in show featuring politics and culture; dialogue and debate. KALW is a pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District; broadcasting since September 1; 1941. KALW is focused on creating the next generation of public media; bringing new voices to the air and reaching out to the diverse communities of the Bay Area. Their mission is to create joyful; informative media that engages people across economic; social; and cultural divides in the San Francisco Bay Area community. | More details | |
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Arts & Culture | California | http://www.kpfa.org | KFPA's Mission is: to promote cultural diversity and pluralistic community expression; to contribute to a lasting understanding between individuals of all nations; races; creeds and colors; to promote freedom of the press and serve as a forum for various viewpoints; to maintain an independent funding base | More details | |
| KQED | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Arts & Culture | California | http://www.kqed.org | KQED serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone; and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st century classrooms; and take people of all ages on journeys of explorationexposing them to new people; places and ideas. | More details | |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $54,708.00 | Madera County | Proposed Austin Quarry in Madera County | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Central Valley | California | http://www.moc1.org/index.php | Massive development pressure sprawling out of the Fresno metropolitan area continues to threaten the natural resources; built infrastructure; public services and quality of life of southeast Madera County. The Madera Oversight Coalition is at the center of community-based challenges demanding that developers and Madera County comply with state law in fully analyzing the impacts of this development. Funding supports continued challenges of specific development proposals; as well as a patterns and practices complaint seeking to reform Madera County's overall CEQA compliance policies and procedures. | More details |
| Marine Mammal Center | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/ | The Marine Mammal Center is a nonprofit veterinary research hospital and educational center dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of ill and injured marine mammals primarily elephant seals; harbor seals; and California sea lions. | More details | |
| Maven's Notebook | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,700.00 | Los Angeles County | Supporting Chris Austin's public education surrounding water issues and protecting the environment | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Southern Coast | California | http://mavensnotebook.com/ | More details | |
| Openhouse | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://openhouse-sf.org | Openhouse enables San Francisco Bay Area LGBT seniors to overcome the unique challenges they face as they age by providing housing; direct services and community programs. As a result; they have reduced isolation and empowered LGBT seniors to improve their overall health; well-being and economic security. | More details | |
| Restore the Delta | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $3,000.00 | San Joaquin County | Supporting Grassroots action to protect the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sacramento Valley | California | http://www.restorethedelta.org | More details | |
| Winnemem Wintu Tribe | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $3,602.00 | Oppose Shasta Dam/Protect Sacred Sites | California | http://www.winnememwintu.us/ | More details | ||||
| Women's Foundation of California | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $20,000.00 | Race; Gender; and Human Rights Fund | Social Justice | Statewide | California | http://www.womensfoundca.org/ | To promote human rights and racial and gender justice by challenging the criminal justice system and its use of mass incarceration in California. Towards that end; the Fund supports effective organizations and coalitions working strategically at the intersections of race; gender; and human rights to advance critical reforms in the criminal justice system in that state. | More details | |
| Yosemite Conservancy/Yosemite Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $250.00 | Statewide | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | http://www.yosemiteconservancy.org/ | Providing for Yosemite's future is Yosemite Conservancy's passion. They inspire people to support projects and programs that preserve and protect Yosemite National Park's resources and enrich the visitor experience. | More details | |
| Young Women's Freedom Center | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,500.00 | General Support | Social Justice | San Francisco Bay Area | California | http://www.youngwomenfree.org/ | More details | ||
| Youth Speaks | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $500.00 | National | Oakland; California | Arts & Culture | California | http://youthspeaks.org/ | One of the world's leading presenters of Spoken Word performance; education; and youth development programs; Youth Speaks produces local and national youth poetry slams; festivals; and reading series; alongside a comprehensive slate of arts-in-education programs during the school day; in the after-school hours and on weekends. In addition; they create internationally-recognized theater and digital programming; and have helped launch a national network of over 70 programs who believe in the power of young people. | More details | |
| Global Greengrants Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $8,000.00 | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | National | International | http://www.greengrants.org/ | More details | ||
| Pachamama Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $4,000.00 | National | Ecuadorian groups fighting oil drilling and support for Achuar | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | International | http://www.pachamama.org/ | Pachamama Alliance is a global community that offers people the chance to learn; connect; engage; travel and cherish life for the purpose of creating a sustainable future that works for all. | More details | |
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville; Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centrol Latino is a 502(c) (3) non-profit organization that relies solely on individual contributions and grants to deliver programs and services to the Hispanic community in Shelby; Spencer; Oldham; Trimble and Henry Counties. | More details | |
| Access to Justice Fund - Michigan State Bar Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $500.00 | Statewide | Legal Services of South Central Michigan | Human Rights | Michigan | http://www.msbf.org/atjfund/ | The Access to Justice Campaign is a partnership of the State Bar of Michigan; the Michigan State Bar Foundation; and Michigan's nonprofit civil legal aid programs to increase resources for civil legal aid for the poor in Michigan. All three partners serve on the ATJ Campaign Internal Cabinet which provides oversight and guidance for the campaign. | More details | |
| Avalon Housing | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $250.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Michigan | http://www.avalonhousing.org/ | Avalon's property management and maintenance teams share the common goal of helping their tenants succeed. They believe that the most effective solution to ending homelessness is supportive housing. | More details | |
| Food Gatherers | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $100.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Michigan | http://www.foodgatherers.org/ | As the food rescue and food bank program serving Washtenaw County; Food Gatherers exists to alleviate hunger and eliminate its causes in our community. | More details | |
| Jean Ledwith King Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $250.00 | Statewide | General Support | Human Rights | Michigan | http://www.womenscentersemi.org | The Women's Center promotes self-determination for women and families by providing professional services that build confidence; strengthen connections; and create positive change. | More details | |
| Shelter Association of Washtenaw County | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $200.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | Michigan | http://www.annarborshelter.org/ | Shelter Association's mission is to end homelessness one person at a time. | More details | |
| 350.org | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://350.org | More details | ||
| Alliance for Climate Education | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | National | Nationwide | http://www.acespace.org | More details | ||
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | https://www.aclu.org/ | For almost 100 years; the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. With more than 1 million members; activists; and supporters; the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights in all 50 states; Puerto Rico; and Washington; D.C.; to safeguard everyone's rights. | More details | |
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.aclumich.org/ | The ACLU of Michigan's mission remains realizing the promise of the Bill of Rights for all and expanding the reach of its guarantees to new areas through all the tools at our disposal: public education; advocacy; organizing; and litigation. | More details | |
| American Friends Service Committee | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $250.00 | National | Michigan Criminal Justice Program | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://afsc.org/ | The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice; as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds; they nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social relations and systems. | More details | |
| Amnesty International USA | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $250.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.amnestyusa.org/ | Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights. They work to protect people wherever justice; freedom; truth and dignity are denied. Currently the world's largest grassroots human rights organization; they investigate and expose abuses; educate and mobilize the public; and help transform societies to create a safer; more just world. They received the Nobel Peace Prize for our life-saving work. | More details | |
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $3,500.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.asyousow.org | Foundation Partnership | More details |
| Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $4,000.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.astraeafoundation.org/ | More details | ||
| Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,500.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.bioneers.org | Bioneers is an innovative nonprofit educational organization that highlights breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet. Founded in 1990 in Santa Fe; New Mexico by social entrepreneurs Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons; Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. | More details | |
| Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $17,500.00 | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | National | Nationwide | http://www.bioneers.org | To highlight breakthrough solutions to pressing environmental and social challenges through conferences; media outreach; radio and book series; formal education; women's leadership initiatives; indigeneity programs; and international network cultivation. Collective Heritage Institute hosts the acclaimed National Bioneers Conference. | More details | |
| Black Mesa Water Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $15,000.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.blackmesawatercoalition.org | To fight against injustices committed against the Navajo Nation in Black Mesa; Arizona and build a movement for climate justice; environmental justice; and just transition. Black Mesa is home to two coalmines contaminating the sole source of drinking water in the region; which also has polluted air and land and rampant unemployment. | More details | |
| Center for Media and Democracy | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $10,000.00 | General Support | Civic Engagement | National | Nationwide | http://prwatch.org | To support public education and investigative research exposing the influence of major corporations and front groups on public policy; especially to expand work on how corporate-funded groups are seeking to obstruct efforts to address climate change. | More details | |
| Chicken & Egg Pictures | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Arts & Culture | National | Nationwide | http://chickeneggpics.org/ | More details | ||
| Climate Justice Alliance Our Power Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $15,000.00 | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | National | Nationwide | http://ourpowercampaign.org | To demand bold action by governments and industry to confront climate change and organize a just transition towards sustainable; resilient; regenerative economies through a collaboration of 40 grassroots groups at the forefront of the climate crisis; and which represent traditionally underrepresented constituencies. | More details | |
| Common Dreams | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Arts & Culture | Nationwide | http://www.commondreams.org | Common Dreams has been providing breaking news & views for the progressive community since 1997; publishing a mix of breaking news; insightful views; videos; and press releases. They are an independent; non-profit; advertising-free and 100% reader supported independent newscenter. | More details | |
| Democracy Now! | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Civic Engagement | Nationwide | http://www.democracynow.org | To support independent and award-winning journalism currently broadcast on over 1;000 public television and radio stations that includes perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored media; including international journalists; grassroots leaders; peace activists; and academics. | More details | |
| Democracy Now! | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Civic Engagement | National | Nationwide | http://www.democracynow.org | To support independent and award-winning journalism currently broadcast on over 1;000 public television and radio stations that includes perspectives rarely heard in the U.S. corporate-sponsored media; including international journalists; grassroots leaders; peace activists; and academics. | More details | |
| Earthjustice | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $10,000.00 | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | National | Nationwide | www.earthjustice.org | To protect wildlife and wild places and fight for healthy communities; clean energy; and a healthy climate to secure a just; flourishing world by enforcing and strengthening environmental laws on behalf of hundreds of organizations and communities. | More details | |
| EarthRights International | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $10,000.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.earthrights.org | To promote and protect human rights and the environment by partnering with individuals and communities around the world who are vulnerable to human rights abuses and/or environmental degradation. ERI seeks to hold corporations accountable for their violations and build strong; strategic networks of lawyers and campaigners collaborating in defense of their own communities. | More details | |
| Earthworks | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $15,000.00 | Oil and Gas Accountability Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | National | Nationwide | http://earthworksaction.org | To protect communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development while promoting sustainable solutions. Earthworks partners with and empowers communities fighting against irresponsible extraction across the nation; fosters collaboration and movement building; holds the oil and gas industry accountable; conducts research and advocacy on health impacts from oil and gas; and seeks to state and national policy to ensure environmental justice. | More details | |
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $15,000.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.ellabakercenter.org | To end mass incarceration; rebuild and reinvest in hard-hit communities; increase opportunities for low-income people and people of color; and advance racial and economic justice. | More details | |
| Foundation for National Progress | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | Mother Jones | Arts & Culture | Nationwide | http://www.motherjones.com | Mother Jones is a reader-supported nonprofit news organization conducting independent and investigative reporting on everything from politics and climate change to education and food. Mother Jones produces an award-winning; 200;000-circulation magazine; a podcast; and approximately 9 million people visit their website each month. | More details | |
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Civic Engagement | Nationwide | Freedom of the Press Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to helping support and defend public-interest journalism focused on exposing mismanagement; corruption; and law-breaking in government. They accept tax-deductible donations to a variety of journalism organizations that push for transparency and accountability; and work to preserve and strengthen the rights guaranteed to the press under the First Amendment. | More details | ||
| Friends of the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $8,000.00 | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | National | Nationwide | http://www.foe.org | More details | ||
| generative somatics | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,200.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | The focus of generative somatics is to bring the transformative power of somatics to serve social and environmental justice movements. generative somatics is committed to strengthen the transformative leadership; organizing capacity; and practices of social and environmental justice leaders; organizations and alliances throughout the country. They offer groups; from staff to members; a process of transformation/sustainable change individually and collectively. gs's process of transformation enables social justice leaders and members to respond to life and work based on vision; rather than reaction with the hope that by enabling transformation; we prepare ourselves; our partners; and the next generation of movement for skillful action; social change; and more fulfilling lives. | More details | ||
| Greenpeace Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | Greenpeace Fund is a nonprofit; tax-exempt organization set up to continue the vital work of Greenpeace by increasing public awareness and understanding of environmental issues through research; the media; and other educational programs. Greenpeace Fund also provides grants to support Greenpeace's work around the world for activities that are consistent with its mission. | More details | ||
| Honor the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,500.00 | Dakota Access Pipeline Protests | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | National | Nationwide | http://honorearth.org | To support mobilization protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline. | More details | |
| Honor the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $15,000.00 | General support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | National | Nationwide | www.honorearth.org | To engage in a collaborative organizing program with tribes; grassroots groups; and other organizations in the Great Lakes region on climate change; human rights; opposition to extreme extraction and fracking; and to lay the groundwork for restored Indigenous economies in Native American communities. This year Honor the Earth seeks to focus on resisting pipeline expansion in the northern United States. | More details | |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $18,000.00 | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | National | Nationwide | www.ienearth.org | To provide organizing support; issue-based campaign development; advocacy; trainings; network building; and policy development to Indigenous Peoples working for environmental and economic justice; the rights of Indigenous Peoples; and the building of sustainable communities for all. Key components of their work at the local; regional; national; and international levels include the frame of Just Transition and building the power of Indigenous/Native frontline communities. | More details | |
| International Refugee Assistance Project | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,500.00 | For Work With Syrian Refugees | Human Rights | National | Nationwide | http://refugeerights.org/ | More details | ||
| Justice for Families | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $10,000.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.justice4families.org | To transform the juvenile justice system through leadership development and skill-building for deeply impacted people and families; strategic partnerships and basebuilding; and changes to systemic policy and practice. Justice for Families is the only national juvenile justice reform organization that is founded and run by families who have been directly impacted by the justice system. | More details | |
| Mary's Pence | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.maryspence.org | Mary's Pence invests in women across the Americas by funding community initiatives and fostering collaborations to create social change. | More details | |
| Movement Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $15,000.00 | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | National | Nationwide | http://www.movementgeneration.org | To build the capacity of urban communities of color to lead a just transition to healthy; resilient; and life-affirming local economies by developing the leadership of community organizers and leaders; providing tools to construct community resilience; and helping build strategic alignment and far-reaching campaigns amongst grassroots groups working in different communities and issue sectors around an ecological justice agenda. | More details | |
| Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://muslimalliance.org/ | To support; empower and connect LGBTQ Muslims. They seek to challenge root causes of oppression; including misogyny and xenophobia. They aim to increase the acceptance of gender and sexual diversity within Muslim communities; and to promote a progressive understanding of Islam that is centered on inclusion; justice; and equality. | More details | |
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,500.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | More details | ||
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian; gay; bisexual; and transgender people and their families through litigation; legislation; policy; and public education. NCLR is a non-profit; public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBT community; provides free legal assistance to LGBT people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBT issues. | More details | |
| Nature Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $700.00 | National | purchase of fly zones for birds | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.nature.org | The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. | More details | |
| NEO Philanthropy | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,500.00 | Blackbird/Direct Action Table Convening | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.theneodifference.org/ | To support the Blackbird organization's Direct Action Table Convening. | More details | |
| Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.nisgua.org/ | NISGUA works for real democracy in Guatemala and the U.S. and strengthens the global movement for justice. NISGUA builds mutually beneficial grassroots ties between the people of the U.S. and Guatemala and advocates for grassroots alternatives to challenge elite power structures and oppressive U.S. economic and foreign policy. To achieve our mission; NISGUA distills information; analysis; and perspectives from Guatemalan grassroots organizations and NGOs; and channels them to activists across the U.S.; to sister advocacy organizations; and to Congressional offices and the press. We design and organize U.S. grassroots advocacy campaigns in response to the needs on the ground; and where it is strategic for NISGUA to play a role. Through annual Guatemalan speakers tours and on-the-ground support to delegations to Guatemala; we build U.S. understanding of the challenges facing the Guatemalan people; help build the spokesperson capacity of our Guatemalan partner organizations; and strengthen people-to-people ties across borders. | More details | |
| Oxfam America | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,500.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.oxfamamerica.org/ | Oxfam America is a global organization working to create lasting solutions to poverty; hunger; and social injustice. | More details | |
| Political Research Associates | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $15,000.00 | General Support | Civic Engagement | National | Nationwide | www.politicalresearch.org | To challenge movements; institutions; and ideologies that undermine human rights and support social justice change makers through investigative research and analysis that strengthens the work of frontline partners; isolates right-wing adversaries; and shapes public debate of key issues. | More details | |
| Proteus Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,500.00 | Orlando Response | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | To support the Proteus Fund in the wake of the Orlando shooting. The Fund seeks to advance justice through human rights; democracy and peace. | More details | ||
| Proteus Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $15,000.00 | Security & Rights Collaborative | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.proteusfund.org/src | To build the capacity of organizations representing Muslim; Arab and South Asian communities to protect rights; advance policy reform and shift the narrative around issues at the core of democracy and society in the United States through direct grantmaking; programming;and technical assistance. | More details | |
| Race Forward | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $40,000.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.raceforward.org | To support racial justice through research; journalism; and movement building. Race Forward publishes the daily news site Colorlines; presentsFacing Race; a multiracial conference on racial justice; and hosts the Racial Justice Leadership Institute. | More details | |
| Rainforest Action Network | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $10,000.00 | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | National | Nationwide | http://www.ran.org | To campaign for forests; their inhabitants; and the natural systems that sustain life and transform the global marketplace through grassroots organizing; education; and non-violent direct action. | More details | |
| Resource Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.resourcegeneration.org | More details | ||
| Showing Up For Racial Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,500.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| Sierra Club Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $500.00 | National | Northern California | Sierra Club Foundation | Nationwide | http://www.sierraclubfoundation.org | The Sierra Club Foundation's board and staff raise charitable funds; preserve and enhance these assets; and ensure they are used appropriately. As the fiscal sponsor of the charitable programs of the Sierra Club; they provide resources to it and other nonprofit organizations to support scientific; educational; literary; organizing; advocacy; and legal programs that further our charitable goals. They work with individual and institutional donors to align financial resources with strategically focused campaigns; help build capacity in the environmental movement; and create partnerships with a broad spectrum of allied organizations that further our shared environmental goals. They do this so that future generations will inherit a healthy planet with wild places left to explore. | More details | |
| The Ruckus Society | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $20,000.00 | General Support | Social Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.ruckus.org | To provide emergent leaders in frontline communities with the tools needed to push forward transformative social movements; empowering activists and organizers in communities most directly affected by ecological devastation; institutionalized racism; and state violence through training in nonviolent direct action. | More details | |
| Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,000.00 | Standing Rock Structures | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | National | Nationwide | Supports Standing Rock Structures for winterization of the Standing Rock camps. | More details | ||
| Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $3,000.00 | General support | Human Rights | National | Nationwide | http://urgentactionfund.org/ | More details | ||
| US Association for UNHCR | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $2,500.00 | To Support the UNHCR Europe Winterization Appeal for Greece | Human Rights | National | Nationwide | http://www.unrefugees.org/ | More details | ||
| White Earth Land Recovery Project | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Human Rights | National | Nationwide | http://welrp.org/ | More details | ||
| Women's Voices for the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $10,000.00 | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | National | Nationwide | http://www.womensvoices.org | To amplify women's voices and eliminate toxic chemicals that harm women's health by changing consumer behaviors; corporate practices; and government policies; resulting in products that are safe; healthy and economically viable for the people that make and use them; the communities where the product is derived; made and disposed of; and for the earth. | More details | |
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $6,000.00 | Statewide | Standing Rock Protests | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | North Dakota | More details | |||
| Rural Vermont | Funding Partnerships | 2016 | $500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Vermont | http://www.ruralvermont.org | Rural Vermont is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to building a prosperous rural life. Rural Vermont supports a rural economic policy for Vermont that recognizes the importance of agriculture and natural resource based industries; support for small rural businesses; along with good jobs; fair wages; and decent health care; housing and transportation for all rural citizens. We are committed to a broad-based sustainable agriculture in harmony with the needs of the family; community; and the environment for future generations. | More details | |
| Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $16,000.00 | California | http://www.bioneers.org | The purpose of this grant is vital life-giving support for Bioneers to help us continue our mission of giving voice to the "solutionaries" on the frontlines of identifying practical solutions for some of the most urgent, paradigm-shifting issues our time. The Rose Foundation's support for Bioneers is more vital now than ever. Against the backdrop of a massive political upheaval in our country and world, many individuals and organizations have chosen to consolidate their giving to organizations like Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. While these and other organizations have singular missions of importance, it has takeny away from organizations like Bioneers that are critical voices in the ecosystem. Your grant will empower more women, more youth, more indigenous peoples to tell their stories of hope and solution! Your grant will sustain and empower and help to grow the Bioneers Network of Networks! Thank you for your enduring support. | More details | ||||
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $2,320.00 | Delta Water Quality | California | http://calsport.org/news/ | More details | ||||
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $3,700.00 | Coordination Operation Agreement for the SWP projects with NEPA. | California | http://calsport.org/ | More details | ||||
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $3,500.00 | California | http://calsport.org/news/ | More details | |||||
| California Wildlife Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $517.00 | California Oaks Program | California | http://www.californiawildlifefoundation.org/ | More details | ||||
| California Wildlife Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $500.00 | California | http://www.californiawildlifefoundation.org/ | Tu support the project where is most needed. | More details | ||||
| Community Water Center | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $8,000.00 | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | California | http://www.communitywatercenter.org | The Community Water Center acts as a catalyst for community-driven water solutions through organizing, education, and advocacy in California’s San Joaquin Valley. | More details | |||
| East Bay Community Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $20,000.00 | California | https://www.ebcf.org/ | More details | |||||
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $15,000.00 | California | http://www.ellabakercenter.org | More details | |||||
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $85,000.00 | Bayview Hunters Point: Toxic and Radioactive Waste Contamination /Sea Level Rise Project | California | http://www.greenaction.org | More details | ||||
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $70,000.00 | California | http://www.greenaction.org | Supports community-based advocacy to educate, organize and mobilize residents and allies and advocate with local, regional, state and federal agencies and industries for safe and comprehensive cleanup/remediation of toxic and radioactive contamination sites along the San Francisco Bay waterfront that are threatened by rising sea levels due to climate change. The geographic focus is the Bay waterfront in San Francisco, including Bayview Hunters Point, Pier 70, Port of San Francisco, PG&E’s Mirant site, and Treasure Island. | More details | ||||
| Indian Cultural Organization | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,000.00 | California | http://www.winnememwintu.us/ | To support the tribe where is most needed. | More details | ||||
| Maven's Notebook | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $500.00 | Water Reporting | California | https://mavensnotebook.com/ | More details | ||||
| Maven's Notebook | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,000.00 | California | https://mavensnotebook.com/ | More details | |||||
| Redwood Credit Union Community Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,000.00 | California | https://www.redwoodcu.org/northbayfirerelief | Supports aid relief efforts and assists victims of the devastating 2017 North Bay fires in Sonoma County. | More details | ||||
| Restore Oakland | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $20,000.00 | California | http://restoreoakland.org/ | More details | |||||
| Restore the Delta | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,050.00 | California | http://www.restorethedelta.org/ | More details | |||||
| Sonoma Humane Society | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $100.00 | California | https://humanesocietysoco.org/ | Supports animal victims of the North Bay fire | More details | ||||
| Hurricane Irma Community Recovery Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,500.00 | Florida | http://newfloridamajority.org/wp/get-involved/donate/irmacommunityrecoveryfund/ | Hurricane Irma Community Recovery Fund | More details | ||||
| Global Greengrants Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $10,000.00 | International | http://www.greengrants.org/ | More details | |||||
| MADRE | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,000.00 | International | http://www.madre.org | MADRE is an international women's human rights organization. We partner with community-based women's groups worldwide facing war and disaster – our sister organizations. | More details | ||||
| Rainforest Action Network | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $5,000.00 | International | http://www.ran.org | Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is requesting $10,000 in general support from the Rose Foundation to support mission-critical capacity across our Climate & Energy and Tropical Forest programs. We will leverage general support funding from the Foundation to complement restricted, program-specific grants in order to support a balanced revenue stream which provides RAN the flexibility to support our mission. RAN stands out among our peers in several ways. First, we punch above our weight: we strategically focus on sector-wide shifts rather than solely targeting corporations one-by-one. Secondly, building authentic and respectful partnerships with our frontline and Indigenous partners is one of our highest priorities. Further, RAN’s organizational priority of advancing racial justice, human rights, and dismantling systemic oppression underpins all of our long-term program goals. Over the coming year we will focus on the following goals within each program: The Climate & Energy Program will develop and leverage pressure on the banking sector to help cut off financial flows to the most carbon-intensive industries, with a focus on tar sands, in order to align with the 1.5 degree Celsius goal of the December 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. The Tropical Forests Program will 1) expose the exploitative supply chains that link Conflict Palm Oil to the foods Americans are sold; and 2) end the conversion of natural forests and peatlands for pulp and paper expansion, while helping to secure protection and respect for the rights and customary land and resource tenures of forest peoples in Indonesia. The Community Action Grants program will provide rapid funding through small grants to Indigenous and frontline-led community organizations impacted by extractive industry mega-projects in the U.S. and abroad. | More details | ||||
| Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $4,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.astraeafoundation.org/ | More details | |||||
| Black Mesa Water Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.blackmesawatercoalition.org | The purpose of this grant is to provide general support to the Black Mesa Water Coalition's (BMWC) work, which is based in the Black Mesa region of the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. While our work is focused in this region, our efforts and the impact of our efforts extend beyond the reservation boundaries. We are a leader in environmental justice, climate justice, and just transition through our region and nationally. General support grants will support: organizational development and fundraising efforts; movement building and leadership development efforts; the Restorative Economy Program which encompasses the Navajo Wool Market Improvement and Food Sovereignty Projects; and the No Coal & Environmental Justice Program which encompasses our regional movement building efforts, legal strategies, and the Just Transition Campaign. | More details | ||||
| Center for Media and Democracy | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Nationwide | http://prwatch.org | CMD is seeking general support from the Underdog Fund to enable it to continue and expand its on how corporate-funded groups are seeking to obstruct efforts to address climate change, as well as environmental and consumer protections--particularly the new administration as well as ALEC and ALEC's funders, along with other special interests. With additional funding, CMD can better document and expose these and related efforts that adversely affect our planet and the ability of our democracy to address people's need for a healthy and sustainable environment. This grant, if it were approved, would help fund CMD's strategic research on these issues as well as it public outreach about our investigations in the public interest. ALEC is active in every state, including California, across a range of issues, and Trump administration policies--including potential national pre-emption--affect all states and the rights of millions and millions of people in the U.S. A Rose Foundation grant would help ensure we have the staff resources needed to continue our investigations and reach a broader audience about these issues. | More details | ||||
| Chicken & Egg Pictures | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,000.00 | Nationwide | http://chickeneggpics.org/ | More details | |||||
| Climate Justice Alliance Our Power Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $500.00 | Nationwide | http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/ | Just Recovery is a visionary framework promoted by the environmental justice and labor communities to transition and secure regenerative economies that can create jobs, protect the environment, and lead to resilient communities. | More details | ||||
| Climate Justice Alliance Our Power Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/ | More details | |||||
| Climate Justice Alliance Our Power Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $3,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/ | Puerto Rico recovery. Just Recovery is a visionary framework promoted by the environmental justice and labor communities to transition and secure regenerative economies that can create jobs, protect the environment, and lead to resilient communities. | More details | ||||
| Climate Justice Alliance Our Power Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/ | Movement Strategy Center | More details | ||||
| Climate Justice Alliance Our Power Campaign | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/ | More details | |||||
| Climate Workers | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $2,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.climateworkers.org/ | More details | |||||
| Earthjustice | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Nationwide | https://earthjustice.org/ | More details | |||||
| EarthRights International | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.earthrights.org | EarthRights International (ERI) stands with communities in pursuit of a world in which every person lives with the dignity of justice and human rights on a planet where precious resources are shared equitably. ERI is seeking support of $15,000 for the continuation and expansion of critically-needed work to hold corporations accountable for their violations and build skilled networks of lawyers and campaigners to fight in defense of their own communities and environment. The world’s most vulnerable communities are those living between its most valuable commodities and the powerful global elites looking to exploit these resources. The unyielding demands of our $75-trillion global economy are driving extractive industries into the farthest corners of the earth, where the search for ever-dwindling natural resources continues to threaten important ecosystems and the indigenous or rural communities who inhabit them. Without the application of vital social and environmental safeguards, companies engage in dangerous and destructive activities on lands where communities are living with scarce means, education, or the ability to defend themselves. The individuals living on or near those valuable resources face violence, exploitation, and an end to their traditional ways of life when they confront powerful corporate interests. Those who dare to protest are all too often met with unjust harassment and violent repression tactics as companies work to protect their profits. Lands, water, and livelihoods are appropriated or destroyed, while the policies and decisions that threaten these communities are made behind the closed doors of corporate boardrooms and halls of government. ERI’s commitment to protecting individual agency and ensuring that the voices of local people are respected on the development decisions that impact their lives is the focus of our human rights-based approach. | More details | ||||
| Earthworks | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Nationwide | http://earthworksaction.org | More details | |||||
| Friends of the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $8,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.foe.org | More details | |||||
| Groundswell Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $18,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://groundswellfund.org/ | Groundswell is the largest funder of the US reproductive justice (RJ) movement and the leading partner for private foundations and individual donors seeking to move resources to effective grassroots organizing and leadership development efforts for RJ at the state and local levels, particularly efforts that are led by women of color (approximately 90% of Groundswell’s grantees) and engaging the New American Majority (millennials, people of color, and unmarried women). Groundswell’s mission is to support a stronger, larger, and more effective constituency base for reproductive justice (RJ) by mobilizing new funding and capacity-building resources to efforts led by low-income women, women of color, and transgender people. | More details | |||
| Groundswell Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Nationwide | http://groundswellfund.org | Please see attached proposal. | More details | ||||
| Health Research Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $11,750.00 | General Support | Nationwide | More details | |||||
| Honor the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.honorearth.org/ | The purpose of this grant is work towards transitional economics in our Anishinaabe communities focused on local energy and food. Our work is local, regional, and national in our Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. In our prophecies as Anishinaabeg people we are told of the time when we would have a choice between two paths - one well worn and scorched, the other path, green, and not well traveled. According to our prophecies this is the time of the Seventh Fire. To bring the transition, the Eighth fire, we are told we must work hard and make good decisions that benefit our ancestors healing and future generations. That moment is now, in Anishinaabe territory and in the world. This region - from Lakota to Ojibwe territory is the heart of the oil industry’s re-plumbing of North American infrastructure to extract the oil of tar sands and fracked fields. In addition to the climate impacts of this dirty oil, the ecological, social, spiritual and economic implications of spending billions on infrastructure which we do not need or want is clear. We are at the epicenter of this battle where Line 3, a 760,000 barrel per day pipeline is coming towards our territory, and we are preparing. We will be focused on several strategies to ensure the movement away fossil fuel expansion and increase renewable energy projects. Tribal governments provide a perfect setting to engage in small-scale operations to demonstrate that transition can be highly successful and economically advantageous for a community working towards energy independence. We have the opportunity to demonstrate and embrace a truly sovereign status through independence from outsourced energy and food economies, while expanding economic opportunity and job creation. | More details | ||||
| Indigenous Climate Action | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $7,000.00 | Nationwide | https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com/ | More details | |||||
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.ienearth.org/ | More details | |||||
| International Refugee Assistance Project | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $2,500.00 | Work with Syrian Refugees | Nationwide | http://refugeerights.org/ | More details | ||||
| Iraq Veterans Against the War | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,000.00 | About Face Veterans Action Camp | Nationwide | https://www.ivaw.org | More details | ||||
| Justice for Families | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.justice4families.org | We are seeking funding to support the leadership development of 20 new people impacted by the criminal justice system. The leadership development will be achieved through the Family Leadership Institute (FLI) and the Family Leadership Network, two successful programs developed in 2012 by Justice For Families. The Institute will provide, at no cost to participants, the tools, information, connections and support necessary to challenge and address systemic problems and the false narratives that underpin the justice system.The Family Leadership Institute is a 2 1â„2 day high impact leadership development and skill-building program that uses training, coaching and support. It develops and enhances the capacities of new and existing leadership, giving these individuals the means to provide clear and strategic support and leadership for both individual case advocacy and overarching reform campaigns. Families often find us when they are in a crisis and we work to connect them to local families or organizations that can provide advocacy to get them through the crisis. Once the crisis has passed, we begin the work of connecting the individual problem to the larger systemic reform efforts. Families that show a desire to work on broad systemic issues are invited to attend the Family Leadership Institute. We follow and support the work of Institute participants for a year, in which we identify on going needs and provide for training or peer-to-peer support to address needs. We, also, document the work and skills of the participants. By the end of 2017, over 200 impacted individuals will have attended the Institute and over 90% of participants have remained highly active in state and national criminal justice reform and other social justice issues. | More details | ||||
| Movement Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.movementgeneration.org | MG’s long-term goal is to cultivate social movements that can lead us towards a new social order in which human communities act as part of a harmonious and complex web of life. In particular, MG helps equip urban communities of color to take leadership in constructing this just transition to equitable, sustainable and eco-literate economies in the 21st century. We provide training and analysis to grassroots leaders, help build strategic alignment and far-reaching campaigns amongst grassroots groups working in different communities and issue sectors around an ecological justice agenda, and provide action tools to construct community resilience. MG is supporting movement leaders who are restoring right relationship to place and each other. Since our launch in 2007, MG has engaged over 300 organizations and thousands of community leaders, activists, and organizers through intensive retreats, political education, hands-on skills workshops, peer exchange, campaign development, alliance building, strategic support and more. | More details | ||||
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $2,500.00 | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | More details | |||||
| Native Organizers Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $7,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.nativeorganizing.org/ | More details | ||||
| Native Voices Rising | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.nativevoicesrising.org/ | More details | ||||
| Native Voices Rising | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.nativevoicesrising.org/ | More details | |||||
| People's Climate Movement | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $2,000.00 | Nationwide | https://peoplesclimate.org/ | More details | |||||
| Political Research Associates | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.politicalresearch.org/ | The dramatic rise in bigoted nationalism and government repression now sweeping the county did not come out of nowhere. Indeed, it is the result of decades long economic, political, and social processes that PRA has analyzed and exposed for 35 years. Despite such continuities, this is also a dramatic moment of rupture in norms of political and civil discourse and a significant reorganization of party and Right-wing forces. Social justice organizers across the country are looking to PRA for interpretation and analysis of the realignment of opposition forces—both in government and on the street—and the implications for our collective work. Since the election, PRA staff have provided more than 50 briefings and strategy sessions at conferences and on national calls. Within the last several weeks, visits to our website have increased by over 500%. We see this collective work as vital, positive, and critical work focused on two goals: 1) build and maintain unity while moving towards a reinvigorated and vibrant progressive movement and 2) prevent a potential descent into authoritarianism by taking affirmative steps to fortify resistance, and defend and expand democratic practices and institutions. Over the coming year we will expand our capacity in research and monitoring, outreach and communications, and core organizational infrastructure. We will partner with social justice organizations to defend vulnerable rights & communities against misogyny, racism, xenophobia, and religious animus. We will advance social justice across issue areas including racial justice, immigrant justice, economic justice, gender and reproductive justice, LGBTQ justice, and religious freedom in a dramatically altered and highly fluid civil and government environment. | More details | ||||
| Proteus Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.proteusfund.org/src | More details | |||||
| Race Forward | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $40,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.raceforward.org | More details | |||||
| Resource Generation | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.resourcegeneration.org | More details | |||||
| Showing Up For Racial Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $2,500.00 | Nationwide | http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/ | More details | |||||
| The Nation Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $3,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.nationinstitute.org | More details | |||||
| The Ruckus Society | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $15,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.ruckus.org | Since the election of 45, The Ruckus Society is experiencing a significant increase in requests for trainings, action resources and tools, and immediate, on-the-ground support in places like Phoenix and Charlottesville. Because of our proven track record of delivering on our promises and our diverse network of trainers, grassroots groups are calling on us to advance their organizing work. The Ruckus Society seeks continued general operating support this year to help us meet the urgent needs of frontline communities in this historic moment. Over the past 20 years, we have seen time and time again that people in stressful (and sometimes terrifying) situations don't rise to their highest level of self; they rise to their highest level of training. In this watershed moment, people from across Turtle Island are realizing what we have always known: ongoing training in the communities that are most impacted by state and ecological violence results powers campaigns that win real community power. The Rose Foundation Underdog Fund’s previous support has been vital to enabling The Ruckus Society to train thousands of grassroots activists in the tried-and-true art of nonviolent direct action-- tools that have accompanied every single major social transformation in modern times. Since January of this year, we have already trained about one thousand emergent leaders, from the Deep North to the Deep South to the borderlands, and the requests show no sign of slowing down. Ruckus' goals for 2018 are to dive in deeper with key partners, develop strategically-minded leaders, push forward resources for the grassroots, and remain nimble to be able to respond to critical situations. We are strengthening long-haul work to attack the root causes of injustice and also attending to the acute conditions many of our communities are facing. Your support this year would allow us to rise to our own highest level of training. Thank you. | More details | ||||
| Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $4,000.00 | Nationwide | http://urgentactionfund.org/ | More details | |||||
| Water Protector Legal Collective | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Nationwide | https://waterprotectorlegal.org/ | More details | |||||
| Women's Voices for the Earth | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $8,000.00 | Nationwide | http://www.womensvoices.org | More details | |||||
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $10,000.00 | North Dakota | No DAPL | North Dakota | http://standingrock.org/ | More details | |||
| Harvey Community Relief Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2017 | $1,000.00 | Texas | https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/ | For Hurricane Harvey Relief efforts | More details | ||||
| 350 Bay Area Climate Education Fund | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.350bayarea.org | More details | ||||
| Access Institute for Psychological Services | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://accessinst.org/ | More details | ||||
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $2,000.00 | General Support | California | https://www.aclunc.org/ | More details | ||||
| California Straw Building Association | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $15,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. Natural Re-Building techniques for health, homes, and livelihoods | California | https://www.strawbuilding.org/ | This project will build a movable carbon-sequestering, high-performance, fire-resistant building on a trailer. This building will express cutting-edge ecological design at a small scale, featuring zero net energy design, carbon-sequestering natural building materials, regenerative supply chains, and rainwater catchment. It will be built on a trailer so that it can reach multiple audiences and locations, helping communicate their work to development partners for scaling up, and providing a great opportunity for hands-on workforce training in ecological building. The building will include information on all of the specific building materials and techniques used, and how they can be applied in various types of structures. To complement the physical building, CASBA will create two documents explaining the wider implications of the project: a “carbon portrait” of the building, quantifying how much carbon is sequestered by the materials and how; and a “building ecosystem map” detailing how this kind of building can support local economy and regenerative agriculture through natural supply chains. CASBA will also partner with North Bay Conservation Corps and other job training programs in Sonoma County to use the building process as an opportunity to train youth in ecological building techniques, developing curriculum as a part of the project. | More details | |||
| Ceres Community Project | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | https://www.ceresproject.org/ | More details | ||||
| Cloud Forest Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. Forest Reciprocity Collective Initiative | California | https://cloudforest.org/ | The Forest Reciprocity Collective (FRC) seeks to establish community resilience through mutually beneficial exchanges between land ecology and human activity. FRC is a growing, countywide initiative engaging professionals and county agencies through CFI networking and outreach. FRC members combine legal, environmental, educational, natural building, landscaping and forestry best practices as resources for their community. FRC members have been stewarding their own forests and using harvested poles for building since the 1980's. Members design and build fire resistant buildings with locally sourced poles harvested from forest lands for fire mitigation. They leave the forest canopy and forest floor in a healthier condition as a result of this practice of selective harvesting to provide building materials for homes, and this work prevents large scale tower fires and enhances water conservation. They are working with land owners to harvest the catastrophic fire fuel load from their forests, then processing poles and building structures, and are in the planning stages of building examples of innovative pole structures in high visibility locations in Mendocino County in three sites designated so far. They will also engage county agencies and the community at large in educational outreach about the full cycle of forest reciprocity via workshops, videos, websites, pamphlets, and cultural events. FRC wants to turn the threat of future fires into an opportunity for forest stewardship, income generation, and cost effective building materials, the heart of forest reciprocity. | More details | |||
| Community Alliance with Family Farmers | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $22,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. Fire Resilient Farms & Communities | California | https://www.caff.org/ | For over forty years, Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) has worked at the grassroots to support small-scale family farms and to promote sustainable agriculture throughout California. After the October 2017 fires, CAFF realized they needed to include a second pillar to their Climate Smart Farming program to complement their climate change mitigation efforts – one that helps prepare farm communities for the inevitable next disaster and cultivates resilience so they are ready to bounce back and return to growing our food. Fire Resilient Farm Communities is a statewide project, beginning in the North Bay and eventually moving outward to the rest of California, that provides farms and rural communities with a comprehensive yet accessible suite of resources to better prepare for disaster. In the form of an online tool, printed info and worksheets, and a series of local events, this project will compile the overwhelming flood of disparate fire-related resources together with lessons- learned from a growing population of survivors and will transpose them into a user-friendly format specifically catered to farmers and rural communities. | More details | |||
| Conservation Action Fund for Education | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $14,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. Fire Rebuild & Recovery Education Outreach | California | http://www.conservationaction.org/ | Conservation Action Fund for Education (CAFE) has been a consistent and reliable voice in advocating for environmental and social justice policy and principles. They have used an array of tactics to educate the public, press for needed environmental protections, and ensure a commitment to conservation from regional leadership. In this project, they seek to research, model, and do outreach around policy mechanisms by which burned areas can avoid being redeveloped in the hinterland, helping to alleviate pressure for the rebuild to recreate the problematic development patterns of the past decades. To conduct the project, they will undertake a combination of research, community engagement, public outreach, and work with agencies on policy change. CAFE wants to ensure that new models of development and land protection are in place so that Sonoma County serves as a model for resilient rebuilding in the wake of climate disasters for the rest of the nation and world. | More details | |||
| Cope Family Center | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund | California | https://www.copefamilycenter.org/ | Cope Family Center - North Bay Fire Response Assistance. Cope Family Center requests an investment of $10,000 from JRFF to replenish emergency supplies for our Family Resource Center that were severely depleted by services offered during the Napa Complex Fires so that we can continue providing emergency aid to families still struggling to recover from the disaster... An investment of $10,000 from JRFF will replenish our supplies of gas and food vouchers, diapers, formula, and more - items that can mean the difference between crisis and stability for families that are struggling to recover from the economic impact of the fires." | More details | |||
| Daily Acts | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $23,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. Creating Just, Resilient Communities by Re-landscaping the Rebuild | California | https://dailyacts.org/ | The next year of the rebuild will shape the character and resilience of our fire impacted neighborhoods and communities. With the scale of need, a labor shortage, and many underinsured households, fire survivors are facing significant hurdles to returning to their homes. One major obstacle is having a completed, permit-approved front yard landscape. From the beginning of the post-fire rebuild, Daily Acts has worked in partnership to help reduce some of these barriers to re-entry, collaborating with the Sonoma County Water Agency, the City of Santa Rosa, and local landscape architects to create scalable landscape design templates. Designed for water, fire, and resource resilience, these templates are free to the public and will expedite permit approval while saving thousands of dollars in expense per household. As part of this initial phase, Daily Acts co-hosted community sessions to discuss landscape needs with over 200 fire survivors. The message received was that the process is overwhelming and that there is a real need for resources, support, and on the ground models of these templates. In order to show both residents and builders what is possible and desirable in the rebuild, Daily Acts has secured funding to install 5 front-yard landscapes using the scalable templates. These installations will happen through hands-on community mobilizations and green job training opportunities, with a focus on supporting low-income community members rebuilding in Coffey Park. This grant would move the project beyond the 5 installations: our goal is to provide the outreach, engagement, and call to action required to set the stage for a community-powered approach to install many more new sustainable landscapes. This is a critical step in this re-landscaping project that will involve community organizing, inspirational tours of completed landscapes, workshops on how-to scale templates, and mobilization to spread models and provide support for other community members in need. | More details | |||
| East Bay Meditation Center | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://eastbaymeditation.org/ | More details | ||||
| Friends of the Petaluma River | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $5,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund | California | More details | |||||
| Glide Memorial Church | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $2,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.glide.org | More details | ||||
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $4,500.00 | Research and Public Comment at Pier 70 | California | http://www.greenaction.org | More details | ||||
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $190,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Climate Justice Waterfront Contamination Campaign | California | http://www.greenaction.org | To expand San Francisco Bay Climate Justice Waterfront Contamination Campaign. Supports community-based advocacy to educate, organize and mobilize residents and allies and advocate with local, regional, state and federal agencies and industries for safe and comprehensive cleanup/remediation of toxic and radioactive contamination sites along the San Francisco Bay waterfront that are threatened by rising sea levels due to climate change. The geographic focus is the Bay waterfront in San Francisco, including Bayview Hunters Point, Pier 70, Port of San Francisco, PG&E’s Mirant site, and Treasure Island. | More details | |||
| Idle No More SF Bay | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.IdleNoMoreSFBay.org | More details | ||||
| KALW | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $750.00 | Your Call Podcast & General Support | California | http://kalw.org/ | More details | ||||
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $250.00 | General Support | California | http://www.kpfa.org | More details | ||||
| KQED | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $250.00 | General Support | California | https://www.kqed.org/ | More details | ||||
| Legal Aid of Sonoma County | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $12,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund | California | https://legalaidsc.org/ | Legal Aid of Sonoma County - North Bay Fire Response Assistance. Legal Aid will assist low-income tenants displaced as a direct or indirect result of the fires. Assistance will include counsel and advice, preparation of legal pleadings, negotiation of settlements and in court representation. Issues will include assistance with Section 8, evictions, habitability concerns, and insurance issues in the event the client resides in a mobile home park." | More details | |||
| North Coast Opportunities Gardens Project | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $8,500.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. The White Deer Lodge Community Garden | California | http://gardensproject.org/ | This project will build a functioning community garden at the White Deer Lodge, a foreclosed motel that has operated as full-time housing and a short-term fire evacuation center since 2016. Gardens create a barrier of defensible space to prevent fire’s spread, contribute to community development and food security, and provide long-term horticultural therapy for fire survivors and others experiencing distress post-fire, and Gardens Project would like to bring these community benefits to the residents of The Lodge. Gardens Project manages a network of 54 other community gardens with roughly 3,500 gardeners throughout Lake and Mendocino Counties. | More details | |||
| Openhouse | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://openhouse-sf.org | Openhouse enables San Francisco Bay Area lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) seniors to overcome the unique challenges they face as they age by providing housing, direct services, and community programs. Openhouse works to reduce isolation and empower LGBT seniors to improve their health, well-being and economic security. | More details | |||
| Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. "La Cultura Cura": Healing our Community through Cultural Knowledge. | California | https://www.puertasabiertasnapa.org/ | Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center (PACRC) bridges the gap between service providers and the Latino community by bringing together resources and providing culturally sensitive intake and guided referrals. They employ bilingual and bicultural staff with knowledge of the community and social justice and who understand and value the cultural, familial, and linguistic wealth of their clients. This project serves individuals who live and/or work in Napa County and were affected by the North Bay fires. Up to 50 participants will gain knowledge on holistic approaches to self-care/self-healing through a series of culturally responsive workshops. Through these workshops, PACRC hopes to inspire their clients to begin a healing process, continue a healing journey already in progress, or take a new direction in that journey by (re)connecting to cultural and ancestral knowledge by way of herbs and "remedios", and other cultural practices working with the body, mind, and spirit. Trained, holistic healing practitioners will facilitate workshops by intertwining the wisdom of cultural practices and traditions used today. | More details | |||
| Reach for Home | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund | California | http://www.reachforhome.org/ | Reach for Home - North Bay Fire Response Assistance. The October fires have left a significant dent in our community. It has greatly impacted the most vulnerable. We already had a shortage in housing stock prior to the fires and it is now at crisis state. Our homeless population has been forced out of camps that were already established, and there is a lot of uncertainty about how we can emotionally support our community who has already been struggling to stay afloat. We believe that bringing financial support to families like the ones in our programs is key to alleviate some of the trauma caused by the fires. Our program allows us to flex our rent subsidy funds to ensure that these families continue to thrive under situations like natural disasters. We have extended our services and subsidy to families so that they can continue their path of stabilization. We provide case management and stability as well as referrals to mental health and medical providers. Reach for Home helps them complete applications and connect them with resources to rebuild their confidence and give them hope that they can rebuild their lives and start a new path to freedom. | More details | |||
| Sierra Club Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | Work in Northern California | California | https://www.sierraclubfoundation.org/ | More details | ||||
| SoCo Music Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund | California | http://www.socomusiccoalition.org/ | Music is Medicine. In the wake of the Sonoma County Fires, SoCo Music Coalition launched the Music is Medicine Program by inviting kids affected by the fires to join our music school free of charge. This program continues, and to date it is self-funded. We had opened our doors on September 1, 2017, just 5 weeks before the fires. As a result of this timing, most community members were not yet aware of our presence. However, via web marketing and walking into service locations all over Sonoma County, we were able to provide lessons and equipment to 6 kids who lost their homes to the fires. In addition to substantially reduced or free tuition, SCMC offers all students free access to our music equipment lending library. This has enabled several kids to participate, as it allows them to start lessons regardless of whether or not their families can afford to buy the instruments and accessories they need. If we receive this grant, we will be able to continue the program for the two students who still need continued support, and add up to 14 more students for three months of lessons each. | More details | |||
| Sonoma County Healers Network | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $18,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. Community Healing Sanctuary. | California | https://www.facebook.com/healersnetwork/ | The Sonoma County Healers Network was created in November of 2016. The purpose of this Network is to create an open and free venue for the healing art practitioners of Sonoma County. The Arlene Francis Center in Santa Rosa hosts the Network’s Community Healing Sanctuary on a monthly basis. The Sanctuary’s purpose is not only to respond to the fires on an acute level, but to do so with longevity as well as integrity, recognizing the long-term effects this type of trauma can have on people and communities as a whole. They feel very passionate about what the Network can offer in regard to long-term support for community members to receive services they typically could not, due to either lack of funds or lack of exposure to traditional healing methods. Their current model does not provide for a consistent stream of practitioners, so they are unable to do any sort of target marketing without the repercussions of long wait times, which directly decrease both practitioner and guest satisfaction. The goal of this project is to increase the number of guests served by 50%, with supportive healing as well as spiritual services. They will do this by securing a regular pool of healing arts practitioners each month and offering them hourly payment for their services. | More details | |||
| Sonoma Ecology Center | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $13,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. Resilient Landscaping Technical Assistance Project | California | https://sonomaecologycenter.org/ | This project will build on the work of Sonoma Ecology Center (SEC) to assist Sonoma Valley landowners following the October 2017 firestorms when 22% of the Sonoma Creek watershed burned. As landowners in Sonoma Valley rebuild their infrastructure and landscapes, there is a unique opportunity to incorporate BMPs for stormwater management and low-water demand landscapes be installed that incorporate native and drought tolerant species that both reduce fire risk and improve habitat and sustainability of our valley. This funding will allow us to continue our work with firestorm affected landowners in Sonoma Valley to rebuild with fire-smart landscapes that will conserve water and help restore groundwater and streamflow in Sonoma Creek to assist with improve upland and in-stream wildlife habitat. We are currently funded to implement our NeWTs program in a few priority areas in Sonoma Valley in different communities, including agricultural communities and low-income neighborhoods in the Springs. We would like to expand that program to work with fire-affected landowners and provide technical support to them as they rebuild their structures and landscapes to encourage fire safe rebuilding that is also water-wise and wildlife friendly. This project will provide outreach and technical assistance to landowners rebuilding their homes that burned in the October 2017 firestorms to help them design landscapes that conserve water, and increase groundwater and streamflow to provide habitat to Sonoma Valley’s steelhead streams and other groundwater dependent ecosystems. | More details | |||
| The Marine Mammal Center | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.marinemammalcenter.org | More details | ||||
| The School Garden Network | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $15,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. Resilient School Gardens | California | http://www.schoolgardens.org | The School Garden Network (SGN) is the leading school garden support organization in Sonoma County. In the wake of the 2017 wildfires, SGN surveyed its affiliate schools to assess the damage and to identify the needs of those most impacted. They found that schools are looking to SGN to provide expertise in rebuilding both infrastructure and programming for their school gardens. In addition to providing direct funding to repair damaged infrastructure from the wildfires, their SchoolYard Habitat (SYH) program supports schools to create an ecologically responsible strategic plan for their garden redesign. Since 2012, SGN has partnered with US Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) to manage its SYH Program, with the mission to provide the opportunity for children to experience and learn about natural resources and enhance the environmental pedagogy used by teachers through the planning and implementation of Schoolyard Habitat and Outdoor Classroom projects. Together the USFWS and SGN aim to educate teachers in Sonoma County through a series of workshops addressing SYH implementation to increase educational opportunities for students. This grant will support school gardens in 2 ways: adding 3 fire-affected schools to join the SYH program for the 2018/2019 school year, and providing funding to 5 schools to rebuild school gardens. | More details | |||
| UpValley Family Centers | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $12,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. UpValley Family Centers Long Term Resilience Building in Rural Northern Napa County | California | http://upvalleyfamilycenters.org/ | Supports the long-term recovery services for Calistoga, St. Helena and rural surrounding communities impacted by the Tubbs Fire in October 2017. Provides resources to provide prevention, education and recovery activities from May 15, 2018 to April 30, 2019 as part of UpValley Family Centers' commitment to promote a full and just recovery for all ‚ addressing the needs of families coping with significant economic disruption, geographic displacement and trauma, especially in Calistoga. | More details | |||
| Yosemite Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $250.00 | General Support | California | http://www.yosemiteconservancy.org | More details | ||||
| YOUTH SPEAKS INC | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://youthspeaks.org/ | More details | ||||
| Pachamama Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $11,000.00 | General Support | International | http://www.pachamama.org | More details | ||||
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | More details | ||||
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Michigan | http://www.aclumich.org/ | More details | ||||
| American Friends Service Committee | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $250.00 | Michigan Criminal Justice Program | Michigan | http://www.afsc.org | More details | ||||
| Citizens Alliance On Prisons and Public Spending Inc | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Michigan | http://2015capps.capps-mi.org/ | More details | ||||
| Jean Ledwith King Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Michigan | https://womenscentersemi.org/ | More details | ||||
| Michigan State Bar Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | Access to Just Fund | Michigan | http://www.msbf.org/atjfund/ | More details | ||||
| 350.org | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://350.org | More details | ||||
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.aclu.org/ | More details | ||||
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $2,500.00 | Funding Partnerships | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | https://www.asyousow.org/ | More details | |||
| Common Dreams | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.commondreams.org | More details | ||||
| Democracy Now! | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.democracynow.org | More details | ||||
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.eff.org/ | More details | ||||
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://freedom.press/ | More details | ||||
| Generative Somatics | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.generativesomatics.org/ | The mission of generative somatics is to grow a transformative social and environmental justice movement -- one that integrates personal and social transformation, creates compelling alternatives to the status quo and embodies the creativity and life affirming actions we need to forward systemic change. | More details | |||
| Greenpeace Fund, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.greenpeacefund.org/ | More details | ||||
| GUARDIAN ORG FOUNDATION | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.theguardian.com/us | More details | ||||
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.ienearth.org/ | More details | ||||
| Marshall Project | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.themarshallproject.org/ | More details | ||||
| Mary's Pence | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | Geenral Support | Nationwide | https://www.maryspence.org/ | More details | ||||
| Mother Jones | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.motherjones.com | More details | ||||
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | More details | ||||
| Nature Conservancy, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $500.00 | Purchase of Fly Zones for Birds | Nationwide | https://www.nature.org/en-us/ | More details | ||||
| Oxfam-America | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.oxfamamerica.org/ | More details | ||||
| New Energy Economy Inc | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $800.00 | General Support | New Mexico | https://www.newenergyeconomy.org/ | More details | ||||
| Rural Vermont | Funding Partnerships | 2018 | $1,000.00 | Generla Support | Vermont | http://www.ruralvermont.org | More details | ||||
| 350 Bay Area | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.350bayarea.org | 350 Bay Area is building a grassroots climate movement in the Bay Area & beyond that achieves deep reductions in carbon pollution and presses for socially equitable solutions and a just transition to clean energy. Their mission is that all who live in the Bay Area equitably share clean air, water and soil in a healthy, thriving and stable post-carbon future, benefiting all life. | More details | |||
| Access Institute for Psychological Services | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | California | www.accessinst.org | Access Institute provides high-quality psychological care to people of all ages who fall through the socioeconomic cracks while training the next generation of mental health professionals through a model that values human complexity, supports socially-conscious practice, and promotes sustained human growth. | More details | |||
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Northern California | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $2,000.00 | General Support | California | https://www.aclunc.org/ | The ACLU of Northern California is an enduring guardian of justice, fairness, equality, and freedom, working to protect and advance civil liberties for all Californians. | More details | |||
| Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $5,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.bioneers.org | A celebration of the genius of nature and human ingenuity, Bioneers connects people with solutions and each other. Their acclaimed annual national conference and local Bioneers Network events are complemented by extensive media production including a vibrant online media presence, award-winning radio and podcast series, book series, and role in third-party media projects such as Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie The 11th Hour and Michael Pollan’s best-selling book The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Their dynamic programs and initiatives focus on game-changing initiatives related to Restorative Food Systems, Biomimicry, Rights of Nature, Indigeneity, Women’s Leadership and Youth Leadership. | More details | |||
| Black Lives Matter | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $600.00 | Bay Area Chapter | California | https://blacklivesmatter.com/ | The Black Lives Matter Bay Area chapter covers all 9 counties of the San Francisco Bay Area, and work closely with our sister chapter in Sacramento. BLM Bay Area members organize and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. We support Black-led organizations that amplify the power and voices of Black communities here at home; and we work in alliance with Black communities and other oppressed communities across the country. BLM Bay Area is led by a core team of founding members, and driven by working groups and committees. Every other month, BLM Bay Area hosts a general meeting in Oakland, Berkeley, or San Francisco. Our current priorities are to strengthen radical Black organizing and create opportunities for everyday Black folk to engage, build local political power, and support action and policy to end the mass incarceration of all Black people. | More details | |||
| California Desert Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $2,675.00 | CEQA Grassroots Workshop | California | cadesertcoalition.org | More details | ||||
| Ceres Community Project | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | www.ceresproject.org | Ceres Community Project energizes communities by linking what we eat and how we care for each other with the health of people and planet. Their mission is to create health for people, communities and the planet through love, healing food and empowering the next generation. | More details | |||
| Daily Acts | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $5,000.00 | Just & Resilient Future Fund. Creating Just, Resilient Communities by Re-landscaping the Rebuild | California | https://dailyacts.org/ | Creating Just, Resilient Communities by Re-landscaping | More details | |||
| East Bay Meditation Center | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | California | eastbaymeditation.org | The East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) offers meditation training and spiritual teachings from Buddhist and other wisdom traditions, with attention to social action, multiculturalism, and the diverse populations of the East Bay and beyond. Their programs include meditation classes, daylong retreats, sitting groups, workshops, and classes. | More details | |||
| Glide Memorial Church | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.glide.org | GLIDE is a social justice movement, social service provider and spiritual community dedicated to strengthening communities and transforming lives. Located in San Francisco’s culturally vibrant but poverty-stricken Tenderloin neighborhood, GLIDE addresses the needs of, and advocates for, the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals and families among us. | More details | |||
| Idle No More SF Bay | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.IdleNoMoreSFBay.org | Idle No More SF Bay is a grassroots all-volunteer organization composed of Native and non-Native allies dedicated to climate change activism. They are a Native women-led and multi-generational organization, with the mission to ensure the future of coming generations by addressing environmental harms caused by corporate extreme energy. | More details | |||
| KALW | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $250.00 | General Support | California | http://kalw.org/ | KALW is a pioneer educational station licensed to the San Francisco Unified School District, broadcasting since September 1, 1941 – when it went on the air as the first FM signal west of the Mississippi. | More details | |||
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $250.00 | General Support | California | http://www.kpfa.org | 94.1, KPFA is a community powered radio station that creates and curates a unique mix of music, informed public affairs, culture, and news. For nearly 70 years KPFA has investigated the contemporary intersections of class, race, distribution of wealth and its affects on the citizens of our Northern and Central California coverage area. | More details | |||
| KQED | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $250.00 | General Support | California | www.kqed.org | KQED serves the people of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. They provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone; and engage audiences to share their stories. They help students and teachers thrive in 21st century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration—exposing them to new people, places and ideas. | More details | |||
| Marine Mammal Center | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/ | The Marine Mammal Center is leading the field in ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue, veterinary science, and education. Marine mammals are ecosystem indicators, and the health of these animals provides insights into human and ocean health threats. They are taking action to support a network of scientists and stewards to protect our shared ocean environment for future generations. | More details | |||
| Meztli Projects | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $3,000.00 | General Support | California | meztli.com | Meztli Projects will use art-based strategies to prevent further oil extraction and damage to Mutuuychengna (the original name for the Los Cerritos Wetlands). Tongva artists and other Indigenous artists will create art and work alongside the community to produce screen-printed posters, banners and other materials to aid with the protection of Mutuuychengna from an oil expansion project slated to be developed. | More details | |||
| Occidental Arts & Ecology Center | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://oaec.org/ | The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) is an 80-acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy and community-organizing center in West Sonoma County, California that develops strategies for regional-scale community resilience and the restoration of biological and cultural diversity. OAEC trains and supports “whole communities†— schools, public agencies, Native American tribes, urban social justice organizations, watershed groups and others — to design and cultivate resilience to mounting ecological, social and economic challenges. | More details | |||
| Openhouse | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,500.00 | General Support | California | http://openhouse-sf.org | Openhouse enables San Francisco Bay Area LGBT seniors to overcome the unique challenges they face as they age by providing housing, direct services and community programs. As a result, they have reduced isolation and empowered LGBT seniors to improve their overall health, well-being and economic security. Openhouse recognizes and affirms that LGBT older adults live at intersections of race, ethnicity, class, culture, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, spirituality and ability. Openhouse is committed to creating a safe environment to encourage and support participants to share our diverse perspectives and identities to foster dynamic community engagement. | More details | |||
| Sierra Club Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | Work in Northern California | California | https://www.sierraclubfoundation.org/ | The Sierra Club Foundation promotes climate solutions, conservation, and movement building through a powerful combination of strategic philanthropy and grassroots advocacy. The Foundation is the fiscal sponsor of Sierra Club’s charitable environmental programs. | More details | |||
| Winnemem Wintu Trive | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $9,400.00 | Shasta Work | California | More details | |||||
| Yosemite Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $250.00 | General Support | California | http://www.yosemiteconservancy.org | Yosemite Conservancy provides grants to Yosemite National Park based on the highest-priority needs of the park. | More details | |||
| Youth Speaks | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://youthspeaks.org/ | Through the intersection of arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and high quality artistic presentation, Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change. Youth Speaks exists to shift the perceptions of youth by combating illiteracy, isolation, alienation, and silence, creating a global movement of brave new voices bringing the noise from the margins to the core. | More details | |||
| Pachamama Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $10,000.00 | General Support | International | http://www.pachamama.org | Pachamama Alliance is a global community that offers people the chance to learn, connect, engage, travel and cherish life for the purpose of creating a sustainable future that works for all. | More details | |||
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centro Latino improves the lives of Latinos in Shelby, Spencer, Oldham, Trimble and Henry counties in Kentucky and promotes civic engagement by educating, motivating and helping them access trustworthy support systems. Centro Latino celebrates the hard-working vulnerable families who help to make the community better. These families strengthen the community and endeavor to improve life for themselves, their families, their neighborhoods and our society. The mission at Centro Latino is to advance their prospects to achieve a part of the American Dream. | More details | |||
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $40,000.00 | General Support | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centro Latino improves the lives of Latinos in Shelby, Spencer, Oldham, Trimble and Henry counties in Kentucky and promotes civic engagement by educating, motivating and helping them access trustworthy support systems. Centro Latino celebrates the hard-working vulnerable families who help to make the community better. These families strengthen the community and endeavor to improve life for themselves, their families, their neighborhoods and our society. The mission at Centro Latino is to advance their prospects to achieve a part of the American Dream. | More details | |||
| Access to Justice Fund - Michigan State Bar Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | Michigan Advocacy Program | Michigan | http://www.msbf.org/atjfund/ | The Access to Justice Campaign is a statewide effort to increase resources for civil legal aid. Civil legal aid gives those in poverty access to the justice system, a most basic human right. The civil legal aid programs in Michigan help people protect and preserve their livelihoods, their health, their homes and their families. The Michigan legal community can support this essential work and advance access to justice for those in poverty by giving to the ATJ Campaign. | More details | |||
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | Michigan | http://www.aclumich.org/ | In Michigan, ACLU's story begins as early as 1955, when social justice advocates came together and began to plan for a state organization. The ACLU of Michigan was officially established in 1959 to defend our civil liberties. | More details | |||
| American Friends Service Committee | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $250.00 | General Support | Michigan | http://www.afsc.org | Founded in 1917, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization that promotes lasting peace with justice, as a practical expression of faith in action. Drawing on continuing spiritual insights and working with people of many backgrounds, they nurture the seeds of change and respect for human life that transform social relations and systems. | More details | |||
| Jean Ledwith King Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | Michigan | https://womenscentersemi.org/ | The Women's Center serves as a safety net for people who are struggling to get back on their feet. Their financially-accessible counseling, education, and advocacy are uniquely situated to help women in transition who are often without friends, family, or other supports. The Center’s programs promote self-determination by building confidence, strengthening connections, and creating positive change. | More details | |||
| Safe & Just Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Michigan | https://www.safeandjustmi.org/ | Safe & Just Michigan works to reduce the harm caused by both crime and unnecessary incarceration. They advance evidence-based reforms that can improve public safety and eliminate unnecessary and wasteful corrections spending. They conduct research, educate, advocate and mobilize support for smart investments in services and programs proven to reduce crime and promote healthy, thriving communities. | More details | |||
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.aclu.org/ | For almost 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. | More details | |||
| As You Sow Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $2,500.00 | Funding Partnerships | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | https://www.asyousow.org/ | Proxy Preview Sponsorship at Proxy Player Level | More details | ||
| Democracy Now! | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.democracynow.org | Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Their reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events. | More details | |||
| Electronic Frontier Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.eff.org/ | The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation. EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. They work to ensure that rights and freedoms are enhanced and protected as our use of technology grows. | More details | |||
| Freedom of the Press Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://freedom.press/ | The organization works to preserve and strengthen First and Fourth Amendment rights guaranteed to the press through a variety of avenues, including the development of encryption tools, documentation of attacks on the press, training newsrooms on digital security practices, and advocating for the public’s right to know. | More details | |||
| Generative Somatics | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $2,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.generativesomatics.org/ | The mission of generative somatics is to grow a transformative social and environmental justice movement -- one that integrates personal and social transformation, creates compelling alternatives to the status quo and embodies the creativity and life affirming actions we need to forward systemic change. | More details | |||
| Greenpeace Fund, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | www.greenpeacefund.org | Greenpeace is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. | More details | |||
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | www.ienearth.org | EN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ). IEN’s activities include building the capacity of Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities. | More details | |||
| Marshall Project | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | www.themarshallproject.org | The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. They achieve this through award-winning journalism, partnerships with other news outlets and public forums. In all of their work they strive to educate and enlarge the audience of people who care about the state of criminal justice. | More details | |||
| Mary’s Pence | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.maryspence.org | Mary’s Pence funds women’s organizations in the US and Canada that are working with their local community to create long-term systemic change. | More details | |||
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) was the first national LGBTQ legal organization founded by women and brings a fierce, longstanding commitment to racial and economic justice and our community’s most vulnerable. Since 1977, NCLR has been at the forefront of advancing the civil and human rights of our full LGBTQ community and their families through impact litigation, public policy, and public education. | More details | |||
| Nature Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.nature.org | A leading conservation organization in the United States and around the world, TNC works with public and private partners to ensure our lands and waters are protected for future generations. | More details | |||
| Oxfam America | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.oxfamamerica.org/ | Oxfam is a global organization working to end the injustice of poverty. They help people build better futures for themselves, hold the powerful accountable, and save lives in disasters. | More details | |||
| theguardian.org | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://theguardian.org/ | More details | ||||
| Rural Vermont | Funding Partnerships | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Vermont | http://www.ruralvermont.org | Rural Vermont is a community of family farmers, neighbors and citizens committed to supporting and cultivating a vital and healthy rural economy and community. They believe family farms and the local food that they provide are at the heart of thriving communities and environmental sustainability. Economic justice for family farmers is the foundation of a healthy rural economy. Towards this end we strive for fair prices for farmers and they work to counter corporate consolidation of agriculture and the food supply. | More details | |||
| 350 Bay Area | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $200.00 | General Support | California | http://www.350bayarea.org | 350 Bay Area is building a grassroots climate movement in the Bay Area & beyond that achieves deep reductions in carbon pollution and presses for socially equitable solutions and a just transition to clean energy. Their mission is that all who live in the Bay Area equitably share clean air, water and soil in a healthy, thriving and stable post-carbon future, benefiting all life. | More details | |||
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Northern California | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $2,000.00 | General Support | California | https://www.aclunc.org/ | The ACLU of Northern California is an enduring guardian of justice, fairness, equality, and freedom, working to protect and advance civil liberties for all Californians. | More details | |||
| Bayview Hunters Point Mothers and Fathers Committee for Health and Environmental Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $250.00 | General Support | California | The mission of the Bayview Hunters Point Mothers and Fathers Committee for Health and Environmental Justice is to educate, empower and mobilize residents to protect our community from pollution, gentrification, environmental racism and injustice, and to bring about a healthy community with justice. | More details | ||||
| Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.bioneers.org | A celebration of the genius of nature and human ingenuity, Bioneers connects people with solutions and each other. Their acclaimed annual national conference and local Bioneers Network events are complemented by extensive media production including a vibrant online media presence, award-winning radio and podcast series, book series, and role in third-party media projects such as Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie The 11th Hour and Michael Pollan’s best-selling book The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Their dynamic programs and initiatives focus on game-changing initiatives related to Restorative Food Systems, Biomimicry, Rights of Nature, Indigeneity, Women’s Leadership and Youth Leadership. | More details | |||
| Ceres Community Project | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $200.00 | General Support | California | https://www.ceresproject.org/ | Ceres Community Project energizes communities by linking what we eat and how we care for each other with the health of people and planet. Their mission is to create health for people, communities and the planet through love, healing food and empowering the next generation. | More details | |||
| Destiny Arts Center | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $300.00 | General Support | California | https://destinyarts.org/ | Destiny Arts Center believes that art and movement gives young people a vehicle for self and community expression. Founded by Black and Queer dance and martial artists in 1988, Destiny uses movement-based arts to uplift youth voice, supporting pathways for young people to express themselves, advocate for justice and equity, fight against the systemic racism that continues to impact Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and build a community where everyone feels seen, valued, and free. | More details | |||
| East Bay Meditation Center | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://eastbaymeditation.org/ | The East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) offers meditation training and spiritual teachings from Buddhist and other wisdom traditions, with attention to social action, multiculturalism, and the diverse populations of the East Bay and beyond. Their programs include meditation classes, daylong retreats, sitting groups, workshops, and classes. | More details | |||
| Glide Memorial Church | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.glide.org | GLIDE is a social justice movement, social service provider and spiritual community dedicated to strengthening communities and transforming lives. Located in San Francisco’s culturally vibrant but poverty-stricken Tenderloin neighborhood, GLIDE addresses the needs of, and advocates for, the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals and families among us. | More details | |||
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $36,000.00 | Bayview Hunters Point/San Francisco Waterfront Toxic & Radioactive Contamination Project | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | http://www.greenaction.org | To enable Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice to continue ongoing, timely and successful campaign and policy work to address the threat to public health and the environment posed by radioactive and toxic contamination along the San Francisco Bay waterfront with a focus on Bayview Hunters Point and Treasure Island. | More details | ||
| Idle No More SF Bay | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $750.00 | General Support | California | http://www.IdleNoMoreSFBay.org | Idle No More SF Bay is a grassroots all-volunteer organization composed of Native and non-Native allies dedicated to climate change activism. They are a Native women-led and multi-generational organization, with the mission to ensure the future of coming generations by addressing environmental harms caused by corporate extreme energy. | More details | |||
| Marine Mammal Center | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/ | The Marine Mammal Center is leading the field in ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue, veterinary science, and education. Marine mammals are ecosystem indicators, and the health of these animals provides insights into human and ocean health threats. They are taking action to support a network of scientists and stewards to protect our shared ocean environment for future generations. | More details | |||
| Occidental Arts & Ecology Center | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $200.00 | General Support | California | https://oaec.org/ | The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) is an 80-acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy and community-organizing center in West Sonoma County, California that develops strategies for regional-scale community resilience and the restoration of biological and cultural diversity. OAEC trains and supports “whole communities†— schools, public agencies, Native American tribes, urban social justice organizations, watershed groups and others — to design and cultivate resilience to mounting ecological, social and economic challenges. | More details | |||
| TGI Justice Project | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.tgijp.org/ | TGIJP works in collaboration with others to forge a culture of resistance and resilience to strengthen the fight against human rights abuses, imprisonment, police violence, racism, poverty, and societal pressures. They seek to create a world rooted in self- determination, freedom of expression, and gender justice. The mission of TGIJP is to challenge and end the human rights abuses committed against TGI people in California prisons, jails, detention centers and beyond. | More details | |||
| Youth Speaks | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://youthspeaks.org/ | Through the intersection of arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and high quality artistic presentation, Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change. Youth Speaks exists to shift the perceptions of youth by combating illiteracy, isolation, alienation, and silence, creating a global movement of brave new voices bringing the noise from the margins to the core. | More details | |||
| Nepal Seeds | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | International | https://nepalseeds.org/ | Nepal SEEDS was founded in 1998 by trekking guide KP Kafle who cares deeply about his country and the everyday challenges faced by fellow villagers. In 1998 he inspired a group of friends to support a non-profit organization that provides funding for projects at the grassroots level. As Executive Director of Nepal SEEDS, KP’s tireless energy and commitment to his country have enabled him to personally oversee the growth and development of the foundation’s activities. Equally at home on a dirt floor in a village or making a presentation to a standing-room-only audience, KP inspires all who meet him. | More details | |||
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $40,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centro Latino improves the lives of Latinos in Shelby, Spencer, Oldham, Trimble and Henry counties in Kentucky and promotes civic engagement by educating, motivating and helping them access trustworthy support systems. Centro Latino celebrates the hard-working vulnerable families who help to make the community better. These families strengthen the community and endeavor to improve life for themselves, their families, their neighborhoods and our society. The mission at Centro Latino is to advance their prospects to achieve a part of the American Dream. | More details | ||
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centro Latino improves the lives of Latinos in Shelby, Spencer, Oldham, Trimble and Henry counties in Kentucky and promotes civic engagement by educating, motivating and helping them access trustworthy support systems. Centro Latino celebrates the hard-working vulnerable families who help to make the community better. These families strengthen the community and endeavor to improve life for themselves, their families, their neighborhoods and our society. The mission at Centro Latino is to advance their prospects to achieve a part of the American Dream. | More details | |||
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | Michigan | http://www.aclumich.org/ | In Michigan, ACLU's story begins as early as 1955, when social justice advocates came together and began to plan for a state organization. The ACLU of Michigan was officially established in 1959 to defend our civil liberties. | More details | |||
| Michigan State Bar Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $500.00 | Legal Services of South Central Michigan | Michigan | http://www.msbf.org | Legal Services of South Central Michigan (LSSCM) provides free legal advice and representation to low-income individuals, families, and older adults in Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Shiawassee, and Washtenaw Counties. LSSCM also provides legal services to older adults of St. Joseph County. | More details | |||
| Safe & Just Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $150.00 | General Support | Michigan | https://www.safeandjustmi.org/ | Safe & Just Michigan works to reduce the harm caused by both crime and unnecessary incarceration. They advance evidence-based reforms that can improve public safety and eliminate unnecessary and wasteful corrections spending. They conduct research, educate, advocate and mobilize support for smart investments in services and programs proven to reduce crime and promote healthy, thriving communities. | More details | |||
| Women's Center of Southeastern Michigan | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $100.00 | General Support | Michigan | https://womenscentersemi.org/ | The Women's Center serves as a safety net for people who are struggling to get back on their feet. Their financially-accessible counseling, education, and advocacy are uniquely situated to help women in transition who are often without friends, family, or other supports. The Center’s programs promote self-determination by building confidence, strengthening connections, and creating positive change. | More details | |||
| Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $400.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://boldorganizing.org/ | BOLD is a national training intermediary focused on strengthening Black social justice infrastructure in the U.S. We do this by transforming the practice of Black organizers to increase their alignment, impact and sustainability to win progressive change. | More details | |||
| Generative Somatics | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $2,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.generativesomatics.org/ | The mission of generative somatics is to grow a transformative social and environmental justice movement -- one that integrates personal and social transformation, creates compelling alternatives to the status quo and embodies the creativity and life affirming actions we need to forward systemic change. | More details | |||
| Greenpeace Fund, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $750.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://greenpeacefund.org/ | Greenpeace is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. | More details | |||
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $750.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.ienearth.org/ | IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ). IEN’s activities include building the capacity of Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities. | More details | |||
| Marshall Project | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $750.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.themarshallproject.org/ | The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. They achieve this through award-winning journalism, partnerships with other news outlets and public forums. In all of their work they strive to educate and enlarge the audience of people who care about the state of criminal justice. | More details | |||
| Mary’s Pence | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.maryspence.org | Mary’s Pence funds women’s organizations in the US and Canada that are working with their local community to create long-term systemic change. | More details | |||
| National Black Justice Coalition, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $750.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://new.nbjc.org/ | The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and same gender loving (LGBTQ/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS. NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma. | More details | |||
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) was the first national LGBTQ legal organization founded by women and brings a fierce, longstanding commitment to racial and economic justice and our community’s most vulnerable. Since 1977, NCLR has been at the forefront of advancing the civil and human rights of our full LGBTQ community and their families through impact litigation, public policy, and public education. | More details | |||
| Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $60,000.00 | Alabama | General Support | Environmental Justice ; Environmental Health and Toxics ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Human Rights & Civil Liberties | Alabama | http://blackbeltcitizens.org/ | We work towards a Uniontown and Black Belt region where all people will unite to act in love for shared liberty and justice for all. We, the Freedom Fighters, based in Uniontown Alabama will demonstrate faith in action by embracing and encouraging solutions against all injustices. OUR COMMUNITY IS UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? UNITE & FIGHT BACK! WE CAN’T BREATHE IN UNIONTOWN! There is a current crisis of violence, poverty & pollution. ​ Black Belt Citizens have a solution: unite with faithful acts of love & fight for the liberation of all people. | More details | |
| Alameda Food Bank | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.alamedafoodbank.org | Founded in 1977, the Alameda Food Bank is a non-profit organization that helps Alameda residents in need by providing nourishing food in a compassionate and respectful manner with the support of dedicated volunteers and local partners. | More details | |||
| American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Northern California | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $2,000.00 | General Support | California | https://www.aclunc.org/ | The ACLU of Northern California is an enduring guardian of justice, fairness, equality, and freedom, working to protect and advance civil liberties for all Californians. | More details | |||
| American Lung Association | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $100,000.00 | California Climate Health Program | California | https://www.lung.org/ | To promote sustainable land use and transportation policies and educate the public and elected leaders about the role of prescribed burns in reducing air pollution from catastrophic fire. | More details | |||
| Ancient Forests International | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $40,000.00 | North Coast; California | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://www.ancient-forests.org/ | This grant will be used as general support to maintain key AFI volunteers and consultants engaged in various conservation projects in northern California, Ecuador and Chile. General support is crucial in order for AFI to respond to strategic conservation opportunities as they arise and allow the organization to continue effective and timely advocacy for a threatened and endangered habitats where a small amount of representation can spark big changes in future outcomes. One of our current primary projects involves advocacy and planning efforts in our own backyard, the gateway to Humboldt County’s incredible redwood forests, the Wild and Scenic South Fork Eel River, and the Lost Coast. While the area is rich in natural resources, there is surprisingly minimal recreation access for residents and for tourists who enjoy hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian activities, and whose visits contribute to the local economy. The Southern Humboldt Parks and Community Connections Project includes the towns of Redway, Garberville and Benbow and will ultimately connect residents and visitors to ancient redwood groves and open spaces immediately adjacent to these towns. There are four main components: 1) Connect and enhance trail access for two ancient groves in the John B. DeWitt Redwood State Natural Reserve 2) Conduct fuels reduction and enhance trails on Redway Ridge, a 500+ acre property added to the John B. Dewitt Grove in the 2000s. 3) Formalize an existing use trail between Benbow State Recreation Area and Southern Humboldt Community Park. 4) Improve Briceland Road to support safe non-motorized use to enhance recreation and community connectivity to ancient redwood groves and the river. | More details |
| Bioneers - Collective Heritage Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $3,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.bioneers.org | Bioneers is an innovative nonprofit organization that highlights breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet. Founded in 1990 in Santa Fe, Bioneers acts as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. | More details | |||
| Bird Ally X | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $60,000.00 | North Coast ; North Central & East; North Coast; California | General Support | Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Mendocino County ; Siskiyou County ; Trinity County | California | http://www.birdallyx.net | General Support for the work of Bird Ally X, including: 1. expanding our wildlife rehabilitation facility (Humboldt Wildlife Care Center) to better meet the needs of our patients 2. staffing/overhead to carry out the work of wildlife rehabilitation, including rescue and treatment of injured wild animals, and educating the public on preventing conflicts with wild animals. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $4,700.00 | General Support | California | https://calsport.org/ | The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) was established in 1983 for the purpose of conserving, restoring, and enhancing the state's water quality, wildlife and fishery resources and their aquatic ecosystems and associated riparian habitats. To further these goals, CSPA actively seeks federal, state, and local agency implementation of environmental regulations and statutes and routinely participates in administrative, legislative and judicial proceedings. | More details | |||
| East Bay Meditation Center | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://eastbaymeditation.org/ | The East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) offers meditation training and spiritual teachings from Buddhist and other wisdom traditions, with attention to social action, multiculturalism, and the diverse populations of the East Bay and beyond. Their programs include meditation classes, daylong retreats, sitting groups, workshops, and classes. | More details | |||
| Fresnoland Media | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $75,000.00 | Fresnoland Media | California | https://www.thefresnoland.com/ | Fresnoland is a policy and media lab focused on producing explanatory and investigative journalism that will bring about stronger civic engagement and a better central San Joaquin Valley for all residents. Under this grant, the Fresnoland Lab at the Fresno Bee will focus reporting on the Fresno City Council, the Clovis City Council, and the Fresno and Madera County Boards of Supervisors regarding growth, general plans, resource allocation, and the use of public lands. Coverage will help the audience and community better understand how these land use decisions affect their daily lives - from water availability to housing affordability to public service access, especially in lower-income and working class neighborhoods. When possible, coverage will hold decision-makers accountable for the implications of their choices and when there are questionable conflicts of interest with developers or other interested parties. | More details | |||
| Glide Memorial Church | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.glide.org | GLIDE is a social justice movement, social service provider and spiritual community dedicated to strengthening communities and transforming lives. Located in San Francisco’s culturally vibrant but poverty-stricken Tenderloin neighborhood, GLIDE addresses the needs of, and advocates for, the most vulnerable and marginalized individuals and families among us. | More details | |||
| Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $36,000.00 | Bayview Hunters Point/San Francisco Waterfront Toxic & Radioactive Contamination Project | California | http://www.greenaction.org | To enable Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice to continue ongoing, timely and successful campaign and policy work to address the threat to public health and the environment posed by radioactive and toxic contamination along the San Francisco Bay waterfront with a focus on Bayview Hunters Point and Treasure Island. | More details | |||
| Idle No More SF Bay | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.idlenomoresfbay.org/ | Idle No More SF Bay is a grassroots all-volunteer organization composed of Native and non-Native allies dedicated to climate change activism. They are a Native women-led and multi-generational organization, with the mission to ensure the future of coming generations by addressing environmental harms caused by corporate extreme energy. | More details | |||
| Marine Mammal Center | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/ | The Marine Mammal Center is leading the field in ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue, veterinary science, and education. Marine mammals are ecosystem indicators, and the health of these animals provides insights into human and ocean health threats. They are taking action to support a network of scientists and stewards to protect our shared ocean environment for future generations. | More details | |||
| Openhouse | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $1,000.00 | Dr. Karyn Skultety Balcony | California | http://openhouse-sf.org | Openhouse offers guidance to those seeking affordable housing in San Francisco. Their primary housing service is their Housing Workshop, an hour-long presentation that provides an introduction to searching for housing, including overview of housing availability and eligibility requirements, exploration of strategies, and sharing of helpful resources, all in an LGBTQ+ affirming environment! | More details | |||
| Openhouse | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support and Leadership Council on Queerness, Race & Privilege | California | http://openhouse-sf.org | Openhouse offers guidance to those seeking affordable housing in San Francisco. Their primary housing service is their Housing Workshop, an hour-long presentation that provides an introduction to searching for housing, including overview of housing availability and eligibility requirements, exploration of strategies, and sharing of helpful resources, all in an LGBTQ+ affirming environment! | More details | |||
| Sogorea Te Land Trust | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $14,000.00 | General Support | California | https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/ | Sogorea Te’ Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led land trust based in the San Francisco Bay Area that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. Through the practices of rematriation, cultural revitalization, and land restoration, Sogorea Te’ calls on native and non-native peoples to heal and transform the legacies of colonization, genocide, and patriarchy and to do the work our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do. They envision a Bay Area in which Ohlone language and ceremony are an active, thriving part of the cultural landscape, where Ohlone place names and history is known and recognized and where intertribal Indigenous communities have affordable housing, social services, cultural centers and land to live, work and pray on. | More details | |||
| TGI Justice Project | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.tgijp.org/ | TGI Justice Project is a group of transgender, gender-variant and intersex people, inside and outside of prisons, jails, and detention centers, creating a united family in the struggle for survival and freedom. They work in collaboration with others to forge a culture of resistance and resilience to strengthen us for the fight against human rights abuses, imprisonment, police violence, racism, poverty, and societal pressures. They seek to create a world rooted in self-determination, freedom of expression, and gender justice. | More details | |||
| Wildlands Conservancy | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $1,000,000.00 | North Coast | Lone Pine Ranch Acquisition Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change and Energy ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | California | http://www.wildlandsconservancy.org/ | Land acquisition project for The Wildlands Conservancy (TWC) 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 National Wild and Scenic Eel River. The property includes fantastic geology, a major carbon sequestration opportunity with over 100 million board-feet of fir, pine and oaks, anadromous fish habitat, a herd of Roosevelt elk, and significant water resources and wetlands. Lone Pine Ranch stretches across Trinity and Mendocino counties, and sits astride future public access to the Great Redwood Trail which follows the former Northwestern Pacific Railroad line. | More details | |
| Youth Speaks | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://youthspeaks.org/ | Through the intersection of arts education and youth development practices, civic engagement strategies, and high quality artistic presentation, Youth Speaks creates safe spaces that challenge young people to find, develop, publicly present, and apply their voices as creators of societal change. Youth Speaks exists to shift the perceptions of youth by combating illiteracy, isolation, alienation, and silence, creating a global movement of brave new voices bringing the noise from the margins to the core. | More details | |||
| Pachamama Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $10,000.00 | Environmental Justice | International | http://www.pachamama.org | Pachamama Alliance is a global community that offers people the chance to learn, connect, engage, travel and cherish life for the purpose of creating a sustainable future that works for all. | More details | |||
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $2,000.00 | General Support | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centro Latino improves the lives of Latinos in Shelby, Spencer, Oldham, Trimble and Henry counties in Kentucky and promotes civic engagement by educating, motivating and helping them access trustworthy support systems. Centro Latino celebrates the hard-working vulnerable families who help to make the community better. These families strengthen the community and endeavor to improve life for themselves, their families, their neighborhoods and our society. The mission at Centro Latino is to advance their prospects to achieve a part of the American Dream. | More details | |||
| Louisiana Bucket Brigade | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $50,000.00 | Louisiana | General Support - Standing with St. James | Environmental Justice | Louisiana | https://labucketbrigade.org/ | Since our inception in 2000, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade has partnered with communities impacted by the petrochemical industry in Louisiana. These relationships have always been our foundation, and together we work toward the overarching goal of stopping the petrochemical expansion in Louisiana. We request $50,000 from Rose Foundation for our general operating costs with a particular focus on organizing, communications, legal and research work in St. James Parish, a program that we call Standing with St. James. This is our collaboration with RISE St. James and a new group, Inclusive Louisiana, led by women in the 4th District of the Parish. On August 18th of this year, Bucket Brigade staff, leadership from RISE St. James and Inclusive Louisiana, and our lawyers at the Center for Biological Diversity were on a call with the Army Corps of Engineers. Jaime Pinkham, a member of the Nez Perce Nation and Acting Secretary for Civil Works, shared that the Army Corps would require that Formosa Plastics conduct what should have been required from the start: an Environmental Impact Statement for its project in St. James. This causes a delay that could take years. With Formosa now halted after three and a half years of consistent and persistent campaigning, we are defining success for Standing with St. James in the following ways: 1) our partner organizations, RISE St. James and Inclusive Louisiana, are adequately resourced to fulfill their organizational missions; 2) a halt to the petrochemical expansion in St. James Parish ; and 3) the region has a post-petrochemical economic road-map that incorporates the contributions that historic Black fenceline communities have made, and continue to make, in the region. | More details | |
| RISE St. James | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $60,000.00 | Louisiana | General Support | Environmental Justice ; Environmental Health and Toxics | Louisiana | https://risestjames.org/ | The state of Louisiana has 110 new or expanded facilities planned in the next eight years, the vast majority sited along Cancer Alley, the 85 mile stretch of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Our homes in St. James Parish are at the epicenter of this industrial onslaught. RISE St. James, together with our main collaborator, Louisiana Bucket Brigade, has been leading the fight to delay the build out of Formosa Plastics project dubbed the “Sunshine Projectâ€. If allowed to move forward, this $9.4 billion, 14-facility plastic plant would cover 2,300 acres of land neighboring our homes, schools, and ecologically diverse natural habitats in the Parish. With the project now tied up in legal battles and the environmental integrity statement, RISE has the opportunity to leverage this temporary moratorium on Formosa towards our larger goal of a parish and state-wide moratorium on ALL new construction and expansion. In St. James alone this includes YCI, Southern Methanol, and Syngas. We anticipate that this bigger picture goal of shifting the narrative around the benefits of a moratorium in St. James and Louisiana will be ongoing work that must start as soon as possible. Rose Foundation's support will allow RISE to continue its on-the-ground grassroots organizing strategies while also engaging in a high-level communications strategy to be executed across television, print, and radio to widen our reach and support in St. James Parish and beyond. | More details | |
| Michigan State Bar Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $500.00 | For Civil Rights Liberties in Legal Services of South Central Michigan | Michigan | http://www.msbf.org | The Michigan State Bar Foundation provides leadership and funding to improve the justice system. The Foundation also supports programs that improve the administration of justice by educating children and adults about their legal rights and responsibilities, the justice system and opportunities to resolve conflicts outside the courtroom. | More details | |||
| Peoples' Advocacy Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $1,000.00 | Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition | Mississippi | https://www.peoplesadvocacyinstitute.com/ | To move resources to Black-Led grassroots relief efforts and direct needs in Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Ida. | More details | |||
| Allied Media Projects | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $5,000.00 | The Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute | Nationwide | https://alliedmedia.org/ | The Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute (ESII) is a hub to experiment, think, facilitate, learn and share emergent strategy. ESII exists to help groups, organizations and movements bring/increase the principles of emergent strategy into their work through facilitation and training. We are a collective of facilitators, mediators, coaches and trainers interested in this specific approach. | More details | |||
| Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://boldorganizing.org/ | BOLD is a national training intermediary focused on strengthening Black social justice infrastructure in the U.S. We do this by transforming the practice of Black organizers to increase their alignment, impact and sustainability to win progressive change. | More details | |||
| Generative Somatics | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $2,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.generativesomatics.org/ | The mission of generative somatics is to grow a transformative social and environmental justice movement -- one that integrates personal and social transformation, creates compelling alternatives to the status quo and embodies the creativity and life affirming actions we need to forward systemic change. | More details | |||
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.ienearth.org/ | IEN was formed by grassroots Indigenous peoples and individuals to address environmental and economic justice issues (EJ). IEN’s activities include building the capacity of Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities. | More details | |||
| Marshall Project | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $750.00 | Media | Nationwide | http://www.themarshallproject.org/ | The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. We have an impact on the system through journalism, rendering it more fair, effective, transparent and humane. | More details | |||
| Mary’s Pence | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.maryspence.org | Mary’s Pence funds women’s organizations in the US and Canada that are working with their local community to create long-term systemic change. | More details | |||
| National Center for Lesbian Rights | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.nclrights.org/ | The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) was the first national LGBTQ legal organization founded by women and brings a fierce, longstanding commitment to racial and economic justice and our community’s most vulnerable. Since 1977, NCLR has been at the forefront of advancing the civil and human rights of our full LGBTQ community and their families through impact litigation, public policy, and public education. | More details | |||
| Saving Nature Inc | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $150,000.00 | Nationwide; Southeast | Restoring Brazil's Atlantic Coast Forest | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.savingnature.com | We are working in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil to rescue species marooned in habitat fragments too small for their long-term survival. To do so, we are creating strategic wildlife corridors that connect isolated forests. These corridors restore native vegetation and canopy cover so threatened and endangered species can move freely, restoring genetic diversity, and supporting population rebound. In this now mixed landscape of farmland, fragmented forests, and new housing developments, the wildlife corridors we are creating are the only real hope for gene pools of stranded biodiversity to move around. The project is based at the Guapiaçu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), located 2 hours by car from Rio de Janeiro. Our goal is to reforest 512 hectares with over 852,000 native trees. Once reforested, these trees will sequester over 256,000 tons of carbon dioxide and will provide safe passage for animals to move through and beyond to a 100,000-hectare forest block. There is currently an opportunity to acquire a strategic parcel of land that will establish a critical connections between isolated forest fragments that can be secured with the support of this grant, along with additional funds already secured by Saving Nature and REGUA. | More details | |
| The Embodiment Institute | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Social and Environmental Justice | Nationwide | https://www.theembodimentinstitute.org/ | The Embodiment Institute uses embodiment as the standard of change, which means it is not enough for us to envision new ways of being, but we need support to practice, to feel, and to stay the course of transformation. To that end, they offer tools and principles through which people can build and practice liberatory culture within their bodies, organizations, and networks. Healing justice frameworks have opened up a conversation on the politicized nature of healing, reaching many that would not have otherwise found their place in change-work and creating new conversations and practice inside of movement spaces. They believe that the combination of activated and politically engaged practitioners, alignment around liberatory principles of culture building, and the development of clearly articulated emotional competencies, will support a more thriving and inviting ecosystem supportive of movements. | More details | |||
| Soul Fire Farm | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $5,000.00 | Environmental Justice | New York | http://www.soulfirefarm.org/ | Soul Fire Farm is an Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. They raise and distribute life-giving food as a means to end food apartheid. With deep reverence for the land and wisdom of our ancestors, they work to reclaim our collective right to belong to the earth and to have agency in the food system. They bring diverse communities together on this healing land to share skills on sustainable agriculture, natural building, spiritual activism, health, and environmental justice. They are training the next generation of activist-farmers and strengthening the movements for food sovereignty and community self-determination. | More details | |||
| Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $50,000.00 | Other Oregon Watersheds; Other Washington Watersheds; Oregon ; Washington | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Asotin County ; Columbia County ; Garfield County; Crook County ; Deschutes County ; Gilliam County ; Grant County ; Harney County ; Jefferson County ; Morrow County ; Umatilla County ; Wasco County ; Wheeler County | Oregon | https://bluemountainsbiodiversityproject.org/ | The purpose of our work is to protect and restore forests on public lands in Eastern Oregon. We work to stop or modify projects that threaten biodiversity and ecological integrity such as logging, road building, livestock grazing, and herbicide and biocide use. Our forest defense goals include protecting high quality wildlife habitat, mature and old forests, biodiversity, water quality, and forest and stream connectivity. Our strategies include field surveying timber sales, submitting comment and objections on federal projects, strategic litigation, working with allies and movement-building, and public outreach and education. The expected outcomes of our work during the grant year include: • Field surveying all major timber sales and selected grazing allotments in our work area; • Engaging in the public comment process for all major projects in our work area; • Litigation on strategically selected priority cases; • Utilizing our field survey data and public comments to pressure the agency to drop or modify ecologically destructive projects and as evidence in potential litigation; • Ongoing public outreach and education, including development of messaging on issues such as wildfire, forest carbon storage, and the importance of protecting terrestrial and riparian habitats; • Working with allied groups and individuals on major environmental issues. General funding is needed to support staff pay, overhead expenses, field work, and office expenses to achieve our forest protection work and goals. | More details |
| Duwamish River Community Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | Washington | http://www.duwamishcleanup.org | DRCC's mission is to advocate, empower, promote and transform. Beyond monitoring the cleanup of Seattle’s Duwamish River, DRCC id guided by the voice of the community, which is negatively affected by the environmental, social, and economic impacts of pollution and climate | More details | |||
| American Lung Association | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $100,000.00 | Statewide; California | Climate Smart Communities | Statewide | California | https://www.lung.org/ | To promote sustainable land use and transportation policies and educate the public and elected leaders about the role of prescribed burns in reducing air pollution from catastrophic fire. | More details | |
| AMI Housing, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $250,000.00 | Sierra Nevada; California | Sun Rose Apartments - Solar Installation | Housing | Placer County | California | https://www.amihousing.org/ | This project is part of the state's Homekey 2.0 funding to convert hotels into low income apartments for their communities. We will be converting an 82 bed Hampton Inn into 82 studio units for homeless individuals or families with very low income. The project will provide 24 hour security, supportive services, and an onsite Crisis Residential Facility. | More details |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $10,340.00 | Sacramento Valley; California | General Support | Alameda County ; Contra Costa County ; Sacramento County ; San Joaquin County ; Solano County ; Stanislaus County ; Yolo County | California | https://calsport.org/ | The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) was established in 1983 for the purpose of conserving, restoring, and enhancing the state's water quality, wildlife and fishery resources and their aquatic ecosystems and associated riparian habitats. To further these goals, CSPA actively seeks federal, state, and local agency implementation of environmental regulations and statutes and routinely participates in administrative, legislative and judicial proceedings. | More details | |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $4,700.00 | Central Valley; California | General Support | San Joaquin County | California | https://calsport.org/ | The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance (CSPA) was established in 1983 for the purpose of conserving, restoring, and enhancing the state's water quality, wildlife and fishery resources and their aquatic ecosystems and associated riparian habitats. To further these goals, CSPA actively seeks federal, state, and local agency implementation of environmental regulations and statutes and routinely participates in administrative, legislative and judicial proceedings. | More details | |
| Fresnoland Media | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $75,000.00 | Central Valley; California | General Support | Fresno County | California | https://www.thefresnoland.com/ | To support Fresnoland Media and its work reporting on critical land use and groundwater issues in the San Joaquin Valley. Fresnoland is a policy and media lab focused on producing explanatory and investigative journalism that will bring about stronger civic engagement and a better central San Joaquin Valley for all residents. Under this grant, the Fresnoland Lab at the Fresno Bee will focus reporting on the Fresno City Council, the Clovis City Council, and the Fresno and Madera County Boards of Supervisors regarding growth, general plans, resource allocation, and the use of public lands. Coverage will help the audience and community better understand how these land use decisions affect their daily lives - from water availability to housing affordability to public service access, especially in lower-income and working class neighborhoods. When possible, coverage will hold decision-makers accountable for the implications of their choices and when there are questionable conflicts of interest with developers or other interested parties. | More details | |
| National Marine Mammal Foundation | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $500.00 | San Diego Area; Nationwide | General support | Statewide | California | https://www.nmmf.org/ | The National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF) is recognized globally as a leader in marine mammal science, medicine, and conservation. Their team of experts is answering critical questions about the health of the world’s marine mammals and our shared oceans. The NMMF has a mission to improve and protect life for marine mammals, humans, and our shared oceans through science, service, and education | More details | |
| Pachamama Alliance | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $5,000.00 | General Support | International | http://www.pachamama.org | Pachamama Alliance equips people around the world with inspiration and training to regenerate the planet’s ecosystems, bring justice to their communities, and restore our relationships with the Earth, each other, and ourselves. | More details | |||
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $20,000.00 | Kentucky | General Support | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centro Latino improves the lives of Latinos in Shelby, Spencer, Oldham, Trimble and Henry counties in Kentucky and promotes civic engagement by educating, motivating and helping them access trustworthy support systems. Centro Latino celebrates the hard-working vulnerable families who help to make the community better. These families strengthen the community and endeavor to improve life for themselves, their families, their neighborhoods and our society. The mission at Centro Latino is to advance their prospects to achieve a part of the American Dream. | More details | ||
| Centro Latino of Shelbyville, Inc. | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $75,000.00 | Kentucky | General Support | Kentucky | http://www.centro-latino.org/ | Centro Latino improves the lives of Latinos in Shelby, Spencer, Oldham, Trimble and Henry counties in Kentucky and promotes civic engagement by educating, motivating and helping them access trustworthy support systems. Centro Latino celebrates the hard-working vulnerable families who help to make the community better. These families strengthen the community and endeavor to improve life for themselves, their families, their neighborhoods and our society. The mission at Centro Latino is to advance their prospects to achieve a part of the American Dream. | More details | ||
| Native Justice Coalition | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $25,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.nativejustice.org/ | The Native Justice Coalition, formed in 2016, is grassroots community based, and progressive Anishinaabe Native led coalition that provides platform for healing, social, and racial justice for all Native American people. Their goal is to provide a safe and nurturing platform for Native people based in an anti-oppression framework. They seek to collaborate first and foremost with tribal governments, Native American non-profits, and other Native American led community organizations. Their goal is to bring resources, initiatives, and programming into our tribal communities that are creative, engaging, and transformative. | More details | |||
| Apolysis, LLC | Funding Partnerships | 2022 | $7,200.00 | Rogue River; Oregon | Rogue River Nutrient Reconnaissance Study – Phase 1 Scope of Work | Jackson County ; Josephine County | Oregon | https://vymaps.com/US/Apolysis-Llc-OR18459198/ | Study Objective: Assess point sources on the Rogue River to evaluate whether a biocriteria, or other assessment of nutrients, can be made on their individual impact on aquatic life below their mixing zones, and report findings to the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment. (It is understood that all these sources are causing impairments in the Rogue River.) The Foundation will then use this information in making future grants for such assessments. | More details | |
| Fresnoland Media | Funding Partnerships | 2023 | $85,000.00 | Central Valley; California | General Support | Fresno County | California | https://www.thefresnoland.com/ | To support Fresnoland Media and its work reporting on critical transportation, land use and groundwater issues in the San Joaquin Valley. | More details | |
| Winnemem Wintu Tribe | Funding Partnerships | 2023 | $4,700.00 | North Central & East; California | General Support | Shasta County | California | http://www.winnememwintu.us/ | To support of the Winnemem Wintu efforts to enforce the Delta Water Quality Plan, the Clean Water Act and water quality standards. | More details | |
| Wiyot Tribe | Funding Partnerships | 2023 | $30,000.00 | North Coast; California | General Support Dishgamu Community Land Trust | Environmental Justice;Environmental Health and Toxics;Land Management / Urban Sprawl / Open Space;Climate Change and Energy;Human Rights & Civil Liberties;Housing;Peace & Conflict Resolution | Humboldt County | California | Michelle@wiyot.us | Since time immemorial, the Wiyot people have lived along Shou’r (the Pacific Ocean) and around Wigi (Humboldt Bay). This region was once in balance. This balance was disrupted with the onset of settler colonialism and intensified through decades of extractive practices around fur, minerals, timber, fishing, and water diversion. This has left the region to face economic decline alongside increasing environmental threats such as sea level rise and wildfires. For over a century, Wiyot people have worked to remain in a reciprocal relationship with their unceded ancestral territory - through private land purchases, legal action, and more recently, voluntary land returns. Through this work, the Wiyot Tribe has exemplified how native and non-native peoples can exist in relationship to the land and to one another. As the Community Land Trust of the Wiyot Tribe, Dishgamu Humboldt is the next step on this journey. The Wiyot Tribe previously purchased back part of Tuluwat a Sacred site the Tribe, however the site is a former brownfield. The tribe has already started remediating the land, and they will soon start removing invasive species and restoring habitat. This grant will provide staff training, attend conferences, purchase software/computer/IT support, and pay dues and subscriptions to be part of regional land trusts/associations, and advertise to recruit for the tribe’s ongoing work. | More details |
| Clean Up the Cayes (dba Clean up the Lakes) | Funding Partnerships | 2023 | $44,000.00 | Sierra Nevada; West; California | Lake Tahoe Litter Hot Spot Monitoring and Deep-Water Exploration with Washoe Tribal Community Engagement | Environmental Education;Environmental Justice;Environmental Health and Toxics;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection;Human Rights & Civil Liberties | Placer County | California | www.cleanupthelake.org | Submerged litter can take decades to centuries to degrade. If left in place, this degradation process releases microplastics and toxins such as organic chemicals (e.g. BPA, PCBs) and heavy metals into the water. In 2021- 2022 Clean Up The Lake (CUTL) completed the circumnavigational 72-mile Lake Tahoe Cleanup, removing over 25,000 pounds of litter from the nearshore lakebed. This effort identified and remediated zones with heavy litter accumulations, termed “hotspots.” This grant will fund revisiting the hotspots along the shoreline within Placer County to remove additional trash and perform exploratory deep-water dives to expand the group’s freshwater litter dataset so that they can inform scientific research into total lake litter loads. This expanded litter dataset will then be made publicly available to promote stewardship and community awareness about the consequences of trash in the environment. Lake Tahoe is the ancestral land of the Washoe tribe, and its members connect the health of the lake to the health of their people. The grant will also support CUTL’s community engagement by providing scuba training to 20 Washoe tribe members so that they can actively participate in the underwater cleanup efforts and learn new skills to protect their natural environment. In particular, the trainings will meet PADI Open Water training standards, while also teaching tribal members additional skills about submerged litter cleanup, aquatic invasive species (AIS) types, documenting hot spots, heavy lift litter, AIS infestations, and how to document and track historical tribal artifacts. This active collaboration will serve both the tribe’s interest in improving the health of the lake as well as CUTL’s interest in serving the greater community. CUTL will continue to work with tribal members to better understand their sacred relationship to the land as well as to ensure they are respecting the lake in a manner that honors the Washoe tribe’s history and beliefs. | More details |
| GRID Alternatives | Funding Partnerships | 2023 | $495,000.00 | Southern Desert; Southern Valleys (incl. Antelope, Imperial, and Riverside/San Bernardino); California | GRID Alternatives solar+storage work in EJ communities within Eastern Riverside County | Environmental Education;Environmental Justice;Climate Change and Energy;Economic Development | Riverside County | California | https://gridalternatives.org/ | GRID Alternatives is the nation’s largest solar non-profit organization. Since 2004, the group has installed over 23,600 turnkey solar energy systems, saving families more than $600 million in lifetime electricity costs, preventing more than 1.7 million tons of GHG emissions, all while engaging more than 46,000 individuals with hands-on solar installation experience. GRID’s Inland Empire region holds substantial experience working with municipalities, affordable housing providers, Tribal nations, and community-based organizations, to coordinate services and focus impacts where needed most. This project will empower EJ communities in Eastern Riverside County to own and operate Solar PV systems, at the equivalent of offsetting the gas- turbine generated electricity currently available. GRID IE will install energy solutions benefitting qualified households to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while providing immediate, long-term, direct utility savings. These installations will also support local workforce development through hands-on solar installation job training. GRID IE will install up to 570 kW- DC of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems on single-family-housing. 570kW-DC of solar has estimated lifetime electricity production of 28,070,588 kWh over 30 years, preventing 9,747 tons of GHG. These systems will save residents a combined total of $6,383,802 over the system life. GRID IE commits leveraged funds to overcome barriers to solar readiness and provide upgrades beyond the requested funds. These services may include roof repair, electrical main service panel upgrades, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. GRID IE holds extensive experience managing high-impact grants such as these and implementing large-scale transformative programs that benefit low-income and frontline communities. | More details |
| American Lung Association | Funding Partnerships | 2023 | $125,000.00 | Statewide; California | Climate Smart Communities | Statewide | California | https://www.lung.org/ | To promote sustainable land use and transportation policies and educate the public and elected leaders about the role of prescribed burns in reducing air pollution from catastrophic fire. | More details | |
| Roseville Joint Union High School District | Funding Partnerships | 2023 | $250,000.00 | West; Sierra Nevada; California | EV School Bus Purchase | Environmental Health and Toxics;Children & Youth | Placer County | California | https://www.rjuhsd.us/ | Assist with the purchase of a EV school bus, rest o fleet is being funded by Federal and State grants | More details |
| Marin City People's Plan | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | California | https://marincitypeoplesplan.org/ | With this project, Marin City People's Plan aims to put their community at the head of planning and implementation processes and to activate and raise the awareness of community members, home owners, youth and community groups to design and implement nature-based adaptation solutions to address flooding problems related to climate change driven extreme storm events. Funds will be used towards the implementation of their Watershed Steward Training and Watershed Steward Project, which will train community members in designing and subsequently implementing a model resiliency project to help mitigate Marin City’s climate vulnerabilities. | More details | ||
| Marin City People's Plan | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | California | http://www.marincitypeoplesplan.org/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Elyria, Globeville, Swansea & Partners | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Sustainable Forestry ; Environmental Justice | Colorado | https://egs-partners.com/ | Elyria, Globeville, Swansea & Partners focuses on outreach, advocacy and education on environmental issues and community development in North Denver. This year, EGS & Partners will focus on educating and training community members around rain barrels and urban flooding, and working with these community members to then install and maintain the rain barrels. | More details | ||
| Little Growers, Inc | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Florida | https://www.ccfei.org/partners/little-growers-inc/ | Little Growers seeks to prepare the community to fight the adverse effects of climate change, including flooding, heat and pollutants. They seek to build a localized green economy that provides jobs and ownership opportunities to local residents that restore the environment, while investing in building the health, wealth and resilience of communities most impacted by climate change. Working with the cities of Palm Bay and Melbourne, they are focusing their work on the role of green infrastructure, including tees and gardens, in climate mitigation and adaptation. This project includes continuing their work in community gardens and helping residents impacted by climate-related flooding become active participants in stormwater mitigation solutions through sustainable landscaping. | More details | ||
| Little Growers, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Florida | https://www.ccfei.org/partners/little-growers-inc/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Little Growers, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $100.00 | Reality Grantmaking Panel Participant | Florida | https://www.ccfei.org/partners/little-growers-inc/ | General Support | More details | |||
| Centreville Citizens for Change | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Justice | Illinois | https://floodedandforgotten.com/ | To empower and mobilize the residents of Centreville who have been impacted by severe storm water flooding and raw sewage overflows to hold elected officials, governmental bodies, and utility companies accountable. | More details | ||
| A Community Voice | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Louisiana | http://www.acommunityvoice.org/ | The Blight to Bioswales project works with the lowest income residents who are most vulnerable to flooding due to blight and increased rainfall, as they are the least able to migrate or rebuild post-disaster, to develop strategic plans to install bioswales/raingardens to mitigate mass blight. This project improves resiliency through education and knowledge that will foster ready engagement with city officials and stakeholders and find long-term solutions that will prepare communities for impending disasters. | More details | ||
| A Community Voice | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | http://www.acommunityvoice.org/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| A Community Voice | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $300.00 | Reality Grantmaking Panel 3rd Place | Louisiana | http://www.acommunityvoice.org/ | General Support | More details | |||
| Greater Treme Consortium, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy | Louisiana | http://greatertreme.org/ | This project will pursue the development of an environmental education/renewable clean energy/cultural arts site, on a vacant lot which the group owns. Funding will be used to match other potential resources to further their goal to combine an outdoor environmental education component with cultural aspects of the Treme community. They will continue to use artwork to draw in community members to then be able to explain how these small green infrastructure projects that they have already installed help reduce flooding and why increasing green infrastructure is important to the environment and health. The artwork is a link to the community and opens doors to have conversations about green infrastructure, climate change, and what we all can do to combat its effects. | More details | ||
| Greater Treme Consortium, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://greatertreme.org/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Greater Treme Consortium, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $200.00 | Reality Grantmaking Panel Finalist | Louisiana | https://greatertreme.org/ | General Support | More details | |||
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Louisiana | https://www.hcsnola.org/ | This group will continue to build and advance green infrastructure through community education. They will establish an Urban Agricultural Green Infrastructure site that satisfies the dual purpose of addressing repetitive flooding via green infrastructure techniques, and helping increase access to healthy food choices for residents. In a pilot program based on a community needs assessment, residents were interested in learning home-based growing techniques in order to increase food security while applying green infrastructure interventions. | More details | ||
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://www.hcsnola.org/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $100.00 | Reality Grantmaking Panel Participant | Louisiana | https://www.hcsnola.org/ | General Support | More details | |||
| Hollygrove Neighbors Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy | Louisiana | https://www.facebook.com/hollygroveNOLA/ | Hollygrove Neighbors is an association of dedicated residents working to promote a safe, clean, and proud Hollygrove community. This project will continue their work installing and maintaining green infrastructure, convening community members, repurposing vacant lots, and spreading their message to to build a more sustainable future. | More details | ||
| Hollygrove Neighbors Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://www.facebook.com/hollygroveNOLA/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Hollygrove Neighbors Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $1,000.00 | Reality Grantmaking Panel 1st Place | Louisiana | https://www.facebook.com/hollygroveNOLA/ | General Support | More details | |||
| Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Environmental Justice | Louisiana | http://www.sustainthenine.org | This group has succeeded in communicating this urgent issue of ecosystem restoration to members of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward and residents have increasingly embraced the importance of ecosystem restoration as well as the implementation of other non-structural measures of flood protection. With this project, they would continue building knowledge among key stakeholders, incorporating resident voice into master planning, leading multiple lines of defense tours of the Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Triangle, and conducting resiliency-training workshops designed to serve participants related to hurricane preparedness and wetland restoration. | More details | ||
| Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | http://www.sustainthenine.org | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Mirabeau Gardens Neighborhood Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $2,500.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Louisiana | http://mgna.freeservers.com/ | This is the rebirth of a neighborhood association active before Hurricane Katrina. As a new iteration of this organization, the Mirabeau Gardens Neighborhood Association will leverage support from this grant to build the capacity of leadership, offer empowering and educational programming for residents, and maximize participation at meetings and events. | More details | ||
| Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organization | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Mississippi | EEECHO’s mission is to support the efforts of communities seeking a better quality of life, through equity based, holistic approaches. This project will continue and expand educational and training outreach and build EECHO's organizational and community capacity to bolster understanding of flooding, environmental pollution, and climate change. Their continued activities will include challenging development of wetlands, activating community members and local politicians, and conducting workforce training for a variety of environmental careers. | More details | |||
| Citizens' Committee for Flood Relief | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Missouri | https://www.facebook.com/groups | The Committee is made up of concerned individuals that represent the residents, businesses, and families of De Soto affected by urban flooding. They work at finding effective ways to protect De Soto from flooding and also work to revitalize the town, in conjunction with city, county, state and federal agencies. This project will support their ongoing work of mobilizing local residents, partnering with organizations such as the USGS and US Army Corps of Engineers to conduct studies, generating political will around urban flooding, future planning around buildings now located in flood plains, and emergency planning. | More details | ||
| Citizens' Committee for Flood Relief | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Missouri | https://www.facebook.com/groups/609613372545223/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Citizens' Committee for Flood Relief | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $100.00 | Reality Grantmaking Panel Participant | Missouri | https://www.facebook.com/groups/609613372545223/ | General Support | More details | |||
| Coalition for Wetlands and Forests | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | New York | http://www.sicwf.org/ | This project seeks to preserve the Graniteville Wetland and Forest through the courts, and protect it from infill development, by finding a purchaser who will turn it over to the State or City Parks Department or to do so by way of eminent domain. By preserving these freshwater and tidal wetlands, this project aims to ameliorate the effects of climate change flooding and to buffer the effects of intensive air pollution. The Coalition seeks to educate and empower those who will be most affected by climate change. | More details | ||
| Coalition for Wetlands and Forests | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | New York | http://www.sicwf.org/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Local Environmental Action Demanded Agency, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Oklahoma | http://www.leadagency.org/ | LEAD Agency is a non-profit environmental justice organization devoted to the protection of human health and the environment. They educate and empower their communities, advocate for the interests of area residents, and act as a liason between the public and tribal and governmental agencies. This year, LEAD Agency's work on flooding will focus on education and engagement of the public and legislative/agency staff and research. | More details | ||
| The Progressive Club of Johns Island | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Other | South Carolina | http://progressiveclub.org/ | Johns Island residents have been collecting data on Johns Island for two years related to Fill and Build development practices and the consequent urban flooding and runoff. The runoff and flooding adversely affect Johns Island, both in the urban and rural areas, and the surrounding waterways. The Progressive Club proposes to continue and expand this work by continuing data collection, drawing more detailed conclusions, and presenting results in civic and political venues. They will affect ongoing development practices, the development of City ordinances, and decisions made at all levels of the development process. | More details | ||
| Community In-Power and Development Association Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice | Texas | https://www.cidainc.org/ | This project seeks to continue Community In-Power’s work of combating urban flooding via community-led home repairs and federal buyout assistance, strengthening flood management infrastructure, convening the community and educate the broader public on what is happening in Port Arthur, and combating climate change by challenging big polluters. | More details | ||
| Community In-Power and Development Association Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Texas | https://www.cidainc.org/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Community In-Power and Development Association Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Reality Grantmaking Panel 2nd Place | Texas | https://www.cidainc.org/ | General Support | More details | |||
| Georgetown Open Space Committee | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy ; Other | Washington | https://www.seattleparksfoundation.org | This group advances parks and open space improvements in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. They will host a block party to kick off a series of five coordinated neighborhood discussions about climate induced flooding and emergency planning. From these discussions, they will create a coordinated neighborhood response team and plan to address flooding and other emergencies, including how they involve the most vulnerable such as the elderly and disabled. This organization is also conducting community mobilizations around green infrastructure as part of a separate Rose Foundation grant. | More details | ||
| Georgetown Open Space Committee | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Washington | https://www.seattleparksfoundation.org/project/georgetown-open-space-priorities/ | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | More details | |||
| Marin City People's Plan | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | California | https://marincitypeoplesplan.org/ | With this project, Marin City People's Plan aims to put their community at the head of planning and implementation processes and to activate and raise the awareness of community members, home owners, youth and community groups to design and implement nature-based adaptation solutions to address flooding problems related to climate change driven extreme storm events. Funds will be used towards the implementation of their Watershed Steward Training and Watershed Steward Project, which will train community members in designing and subsequently implementing a model resiliency project to help mitigate Marin City’s climate vulnerabilities. | More details | ||
| Marin City People's Plan | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | California | https://marincitypeoplesplan.com/ | More details | ||||
| Little Growers, Inc | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Florida | https://www.ccfei.org/partners/little-growers-inc/ | Little Growers seeks to prepare the community to fight the adverse effects of climate change, including flooding, heat and pollutants. They seek to build a localized green economy that provides jobs and ownership opportunities to local residents that restore the environment, while investing in building the health, wealth and resilience of communities most impacted by climate change. Working with the cities of Palm Bay and Melbourne, they are focusing their work on the role of green infrastructure, including tees and gardens, in climate mitigation and adaptation. This project includes continuing their work in community gardens and helping residents impacted by climate-related flooding become active participants in stormwater mitigation solutions through sustainable landscaping. | More details | ||
| Little Growers, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Peer Learning Session Honorarium | Florida | https://www.littlegrowersinc.org/ | To lead a Peer Learning Webinar on Fundraising Strategies for Grassroots Groups. | More details | |||
| Little Growers, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Florida | https://www.littlegrowersinc.org/ | More details | ||||
| Centreville Citizens for Change | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Illinois | https://floodedandforgotten.com/ | More details | ||||
| Centreville Citizens for Change | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Illinois | https://floodedandforgotten.com/ | More details | ||||
| A Community Voice | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Louisiana | http://www.acommunityvoice.org/ | The Blight to Bioswales project works with the lowest income residents who are most vulnerable to flooding due to blight and increased rainfall, as they are the least able to migrate or rebuild post-disaster, to develop strategic plans to install bioswales/raingardens to mitigate mass blight. This project improves resiliency through education and knowledge that will foster ready engagement with city officials and stakeholders and find long-term solutions that will prepare communities for impending disasters. | More details | ||
| A Community Voice | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | http://www.acommunityvoice.org/ | More details | ||||
| A Community Voice | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Louisiana | http://www.acommunityvoice.org/ | General support | More details | |||
| Greater Treme Consortium, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy | Louisiana | http://greatertreme.org/ | This project will pursue the development of an environmental education/renewable clean energy/cultural arts site, on a vacant lot which the group owns. Funding will be used to match other potential resources to further their goal to combine an outdoor environmental education component with cultural aspects of the Treme community. They will continue to use artwork to draw in community members to then be able to explain how these small green infrastructure projects that they have already installed help reduce flooding and why increasing green infrastructure is important to the environment and health. The artwork is a link to the community and opens doors to have conversations about green infrastructure, climate change, and what we all can do to combat its effects. | More details | ||
| Greater Treme Consortium, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://greatertreme.org/ | More details | ||||
| Greater Treme Consortium, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Louisiana | https://greatertreme.org/ | General support | More details | |||
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Louisiana | https://www.hcsnola.org/ | This group will continue to build and advance green infrastructure through community education. They will establish an Urban Agricultural Green Infrastructure site that satisfies the dual purpose of addressing repetitive flooding via green infrastructure techniques, and helping increase access to healthy food choices for residents. In a pilot program based on a community needs assessment, residents were interested in learning home-based growing techniques in order to increase food security while applying green infrastructure interventions. | More details | ||
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://www.hcsnola.org/ | More details | ||||
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Louisiana | https://www.hcsnola.org/ | General support | More details | |||
| Hollygrove Neighbors Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy | Louisiana | https://www.facebook.com/hollygroveNOLA/ | Hollygrove Neighbors is an association of dedicated residents working to promote a safe, clean, and proud Hollygrove community. This project will continue their work installing and maintaining green infrastructure, convening community members, repurposing vacant lots, and spreading their message to to build a more sustainable future. | More details | ||
| Hollygrove Neighbors Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://www.facebook.com/hollygroveNOLA/ | More details | ||||
| Hollygrove Neighbors Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Louisiana | https://www.facebook.com/hollygroveNOLA/ | General support | More details | |||
| Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Environmental Justice | Louisiana | http://www.sustainthenine.org | This group has succeeded in communicating this urgent issue of ecosystem restoration to members of New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward and residents have increasingly embraced the importance of ecosystem restoration as well as the implementation of other non-structural measures of flood protection. With this project, they would continue building knowledge among key stakeholders, incorporating resident voice into master planning, leading multiple lines of defense tours of the Bayou Bienvenue Wetland Triangle, and conducting resiliency-training workshops designed to serve participants related to hurricane preparedness and wetland restoration. | More details | ||
| Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Peer Learning Session Honorarium | Louisiana | http://www.sustainthenine.org | To lead a Peer Learning Webinar on Building Equity and Inclusion in Grassroots Groups. | More details | |||
| Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | http://www.sustainthenine.org | More details | ||||
| Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Louisiana | http://www.sustainthenine.org | General support and hurricane relief. | More details | |||
| Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organization | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Mississippi | EEECHO’s mission is to support the efforts of communities seeking a better quality of life, through equity based, holistic approaches. This project will continue and expand educational and training outreach and build EECHO's organizational and community capacity to bolster understanding of flooding, environmental pollution, and climate change. Their continued activities will include challenging development of wetlands, activating community members and local politicians, and conducting workforce training for a variety of environmental careers. | More details | |||
| Education, Economics, Environmental, Climate and Health Organization | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Mississippi | https://www.facebook.com/EEECHO-391349767730212/ | More details | ||||
| Citizens' Committee for Flood Relief | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Missouri | https://www.facebook.com/groups | The Committee is made up of concerned individuals that represent the residents, businesses, and families of De Soto affected by urban flooding. They work at finding effective ways to protect De Soto from flooding and also work to revitalize the town, in conjunction with city, county, state and federal agencies. This project will support their ongoing work of mobilizing local residents, partnering with organizations such as the USGS and US Army Corps of Engineers to conduct studies, generating political will around urban flooding, future planning around buildings now located in flood plains, and emergency planning. | More details | ||
| Citizens' Committee for Flood Relief | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Missouri | https://www.facebook.com/groups/609613372545223/ | More details | ||||
| Coalition for Wetlands and Forests | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | New York | http://www.sicwf.org/ | This project seeks to preserve the Graniteville Wetland and Forest through the courts, and protect it from infill development, by finding a purchaser who will turn it over to the State or City Parks Department or to do so by way of eminent domain. By preserving these freshwater and tidal wetlands, this project aims to ameliorate the effects of climate change flooding and to buffer the effects of intensive air pollution. The Coalition seeks to educate and empower those who will be most affected by climate change. | More details | ||
| Coalition for Wetlands and Forests | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | New York | http://www.sicwf.org/ | More details | ||||
| Coalition for Wetlands and Forests | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $1,200.00 | General Support | New York | http://www.sicwf.org/ | General support and hurricane relief. | More details | |||
| Local Environmental Action Demanded Agency, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Toxics & Environmental Health | Oklahoma | http://www.leadagency.org/ | LEAD Agency is a non-profit environmental justice organization devoted to the protection of human health and the environment. They educate and empower their communities, advocate for the interests of area residents, and act as a liason between the public and tribal and governmental agencies. This year, LEAD Agency's work on flooding will focus on education and engagement of the public and legislative/agency staff and research. | More details | ||
| Local Environmental Action Demanded Agency, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Oklahoma | https://www.leadagency.org/ | More details | ||||
| The Progressive Club of Johns Island | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | South Carolina | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | South Carolina | http://progressiveclub.org/ | More details | ||
| The Progressive Club of Johns Island | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice ; Other | South Carolina | http://progressiveclub.org/ | Johns Island residents have been collecting data on Johns Island for two years related to Fill and Build development practices and the consequent urban flooding and runoff. The runoff and flooding adversely affect Johns Island, both in the urban and rural areas, and the surrounding waterways. The Progressive Club proposes to continue and expand this work by continuing data collection, drawing more detailed conclusions, and presenting results in civic and political venues. They will affect ongoing development practices, the development of City ordinances, and decisions made at all levels of the development process. | More details | ||
| Community In-Power and Development Association Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Education ; Environmental Justice | Texas | https://www.cidainc.org/ | This project seeks to continue Community In-Power’s work of combating urban flooding via community-led home repairs and federal buyout assistance, strengthening flood management infrastructure, convening the community and educate the broader public on what is happening in Port Arthur, and combating climate change by challenging big polluters. | More details | ||
| Community In-Power and Development Association Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Texas | https://www.cidainc.org/ | More details | ||||
| Community In-Power and Development Association Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Texas | https://www.cidainc.org/ | General support | More details | |||
| Georgetown Open Space Committee | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2021 | $5,000.00 | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Climate Change & Energy ; Other | Washington | https://www.seattleparksfoundation.org | This group advances parks and open space improvements in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. They will host a block party to kick off a series of five coordinated neighborhood discussions about climate induced flooding and emergency planning. From these discussions, they will create a coordinated neighborhood response team and plan to address flooding and other emergencies, including how they involve the most vulnerable such as the elderly and disabled. This organization is also conducting community mobilizations around green infrastructure as part of a separate Rose Foundation grant. | More details | ||
| Marin City People's Plan | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Marin County | California | https://marincitypeoplesplan.com/ | To address flooding and the impacts of climate driven extreme storm events by implementing Watershed Steward Training and the Watershed Steward Project. These programs will train community members to design and implement a model resiliency project to mitigate Marin City’s climate vulnerabilities via community-led, nature-based adaptation solutions. | More details |
| Little Growers, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $1,000.00 | Florida | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Florida | https://www.littlegrowersinc.org/ | More details | ||
| Little Growers, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Florida | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Florida | https://www.littlegrowersinc.org/ | To work in community gardens and help residents impacted by climate-related flooding participate in stormwater mitigation and green infrastructure projects. | More details | |
| South River Watershed Alliance | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Georgia | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Georgia | https://www.southriverga.org/ | To address environmental injustices that have contributed to decades of unabated pollution in the South River through a combination of legal and community advocacy, recreation, education and training, collaboration, and partnerships. | More details | |
| Centreville Citizens for Change | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Illinois | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Illinois | https://floodedandforgotten.com/ | To mobilize local residents in generating political will around urban flooding protection, future planning, and emergency planning, in conjunction with local, state, and federal agencies. | More details | |
| A Community Voice | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Louisiana | General Support | Environment | Louisiana | http://www.acommunityvoice.org/ | To organize residents and politicians around the Blight to Bioswales project, which works with the lowest income and most vulnerable residents to develop strategic plans to install bioswales and rain gardens that prepare communities for impending disasters. | More details | |
| A Community Voice | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Louisiana | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Louisiana | http://www.acommunityvoice.org/ | To organize residents and politicians around the Blight to Bioswales project, which works with the lowest income and most vulnerable residents to develop strategic plans to install bioswales and rain gardens that prepare communities for impending disasters. | More details | |
| Bunny Friend Neighborhood Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Louisiana | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Louisiana | https://www.bunnyfriend.org/ | To install green infrastructure projects like french drains, rain gardens, bioswales, permeable pavers and rain barrels to mitigate the impact of flooding on Upper 9th Ward residents. | More details | |
| Greater Treme Consortium, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Louisiana | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Louisiana | https://greatertreme.org/ | To develop an environmental education, renewable energy, and cultural arts site, including cultural aspects of the Treme community; have conversations about green infrastructure, climate change, and how to address its effects in the community. | More details | |
| Healthy Community Resources and Advocacy | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Louisiana | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Louisiana | https://www.hcsnola.org/ | To address repetitive flooding with green infrastructure and increase access to healthy food choices by growing food locally in New Orlean's 7th Ward. | More details | |
| Hollygrove Neighbors Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Louisiana | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security ; Environmental Justice | Louisiana | https://www.facebook.com/hollygroveNOLA/ | To continue installing and maintaining green infrastructure, convening community members, repurposing vacant lots, and spreading their message to build a more sustainable future. | More details | |
| Citizens' Committee for Flood Relief | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $1,000.00 | Missouri | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | Missouri | https://www.facebook.com/groups/609613372545223/ | More details | ||
| Citizens' Committee for Flood Relief | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Missouri | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | Missouri | https://www.facebook.com/groups/609613372545223/ | To mobilize local residents in generating political will around urban flooding protection, future planning, and emergency planning, in conjunction with local, state, and federal agencies. | More details | |
| Greater Neighborhood Alliance of Jersey City, NJ | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $1,000.00 | New Jersey | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Capacity Building | New Jersey | https://gnanj.org/ | More details | ||
| Greater Neighborhood Alliance of Jersey City, NJ | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | New Jersey | General Support | Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space ; Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | New Jersey | https://gnanj.org/ | To create, organize, and strengthen block and neighborhood associations in Jersey City and advocate for residential quality-of-life issues that include safety, land use, development, affordable housing, stormwater/flooding issues, and the lack of trees and access to green spaces. | More details | |
| Coalition for Wetlands and Forests | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | New York | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy ; Environmental Justice | New York | http://www.sicwf.org/ | To ameliorate the effects of climate change flooding in Graniteville Staten Island through the protection of wetlands, buffer the effects of air pollution, and empower those most impacted by the climate crisis. | More details | |
| Local Environmental Action Demanded Agency, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Oklahoma | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Toxics & Environmental Health ; Environmental Justice | Oklahoma | https://www.leadagency.org/ | To protect human health and the environment by researching, educating, and engaging the public, tribal, legislative, and agency staff on flooding. | More details | |
| Northeast Action Collective | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2022 | $6,000.00 | Texas | General Support | Environmental Education ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice | Texas | https://www.weststreetrecovery.org/northeast-action-collective/ | To organize against flooding, disinvestment and inadequate drainage in northeast Houston. NAC has initiated campaigns to push government agencies to respond adequately to the disaster, environmental, and climate issues their neighborhoods face and demand real investment from the City for street drainage and maintenance infrastructure. | More details | |
| Marin City People's Plan | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Marin County | California | https://marincitypeoplesplan.com/ | For trainings to develop our Steering Committee into a board that is empowered and knowledgeable about how a board operates. | More details | |
| South River Watershed Alliance | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | Georgia | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Georgia | https://www.southriverga.org/ | To hire professional trainers on development of urban ag skills, specifically, horticulture and/or Irrigation licensing. These skills will further enhance the organization's ability to provide training to residents on these topics. The purpose of the training is also to learn wise water conservation techniques for successful urban ag practices to respond to the severe weather conditions caused by high heat indices. | More details | ||
| Bunny Friend Neighborhood Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | Louisiana | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://www.bunnyfriend.org/ | Mini-grant will be spend to purchase the a Microsoft Office License and Adobe License for Chrome computers that were purchased a couple of months ago. | More details | ||
| A Community Voice | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | Louisiana | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | http://www.acommunityvoice.org/ | To hire a consultant to help upgrade our website ACommunityVoice.org (now 3 years old), resolve issues with google accounts we use where we can no longer receive email and another where it is bouncing back, and help with obtaining a system of Robodialing. | More details | ||
| Healthy Community Services | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | Louisiana | Peer Learning Session Honorarium | Louisiana | https://www.hcsnola.org/ | To lead a peer learning webinar on Strategies for Working Together. | More details | ||
| Hollygrove Neighbors Association | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | Louisiana | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://www.facebook.com/hollygroveNOLA/ | To purchase a speaker, microphones and a screen for meetings and events. The purchase of this equipment will support ramping up engagement in the community. | More details | ||
| Greater Treme Consortium, Inc. | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | Louisiana | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://greatertreme.org/ | To reestablish GTC website so that it can become interactive and informative to everyone who visits. Most importantly, the website will provide staff with additional and essential IT skills. | More details | ||
| Healthy Community Services | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | Louisiana | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | Louisiana | https://www.hcsnola.org/ | To hire professional trainers on development of urban ag skills, specifically, horticulture and/or Irrigation licensing. These skills will further enhance the organization's ability to provide training to residents on these topics. The purpose of the training is also to learn wise water conservation techniques for successful urban ag practices to respond to the severe weather conditions caused by high heat indices. | More details | ||
| Coalition for Wetlands and Forests | Grassroots Leadership Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | New York | Grassroots Leadership Fund Mini-Grant | New York | http://www.sicwf.org/ | To purchase a new printer to replace the one we use now which is about 15 years old. We will also purchase an external hard drive that updates automatically. | More details | ||
| Brown Girl Surf | Grassroots Training Institute | 2017 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Training Institute | Environmental Education | California | https://www.browngirlsurf.com/ | To create a donor and participant data management system integrated with sign up forms, and communications technology. | More details | |
| Conservation Action Fund for Education | Grassroots Training Institute | 2017 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Training Institute | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://cafefund.org/ | To create a complete fundraising plan that maintains consistent and clear messaging to donors and identifies the most effective fundraising methods. | More details |
| Farms to Grow, Inc. | Grassroots Training Institute | 2017 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Training Institute | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.farmstogrow.com | To integrate Farms to Grow programs into a cohesive business model with a refined mission statement and a strong social media marketing component. | More details |
| Growing Together | Grassroots Training Institute | 2017 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Training Institute | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://growingtogetherproject.org | To develop a simple and effective communications plan to expand the reach of Growing Together and remain relevant to the community’s needs. | More details |
| SPAWNERS | Grassroots Training Institute | 2017 | $10,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Grassroots Training Institute | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.thewatershedproject.org | To cultivate local, dedicated volunteers, by researching local demographics and sending out mailings. | More details |
| Chehalis River Basin Land Trust | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2013 | $100,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Lewis County | Washington | http://chehalislandtrust.org/ | Supports the long-term stewardship of 175 acres of diverse wetland habitat critical for local fish and wildlife populations in the largest coastal salmon fishery in Washington State. These tidally influenced wetlands help protect the water quality of the lower Chehalis River and Grays Harbor by absorbing high water flows and filtering run-off. | More details |
| Capital Region ESD 113 | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $49,974.00 | Pacific Northwest | Chehalis Basin Restoration through Education and Action | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Thurston County | Washington | http://esd113.org/ | The Chehalis Basin Education Consortium (CBEC) proposes to support stewardship of the Chehalis River Basin by engaging the high need and underserved Grays Harbor schools in the study; investigation; protection and restoration of the Chehalis basin. Water quality monitoring will culminate in a watershed-wide Student Congress at Centralia Community College. The school year will conclude with the Summer Teacher's Institute (STI); a three-day professional development opportunity for watershed teachers. | More details |
| Centralia College | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | China Creek Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | As Centralia College acquires property on both sides of China Creek; a salmon-spawning tributary of the Chehalis River; the college is able to remove invasive species; plant native riparian vegetation and restore gravel to the creek bed. As a result; salmon now spawn in the restored habitat. This project would duplicate the initial successful efforts of the last two years by removing the invasive non-native vegetation in the next downstream contiguous section of the stream and replacing these with native riparian vegetation. | More details | ||
| Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Satsop Springs Fish Culvert Replacements | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.cbftf.com/ | This proposal will correct two culverts at the Satsop Springs salmon rearing facility. These culverts are corrugated round steel pipes that have deteriorated and are in danger of failing. Failure of either culvert would result in catastrophic dewatering of the rearing ponds; endangering up to 500000 coho juveniles being raised by the Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force (CBFTF) for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). | More details | |
| Chehalis Basin Partnership | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $47,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Grays Harbor County Lewis County Mason County Thurston County | Washington | http://www.chehalisbasinpartnership.org/ | The Chehalis Basin Partnership is a watershed management group with members spanning the entire 2660 square miles of the basin. Members represent counties; municipalities; tribes; non-governmental organizations; in addition to federal and state agencies. The CBP is a key forum for education and outreach in the basin; a management group for advancing innovative water resources projects; and the umbrella group for many sub-committees including the citizen advisory committee for the Grays Harbor/Chehalis lead entity - a program for community supported salmon recovery. | More details |
| City of Ocean Shores | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $6,563.00 | Pacific Northwest | Ocean Shores Fresh Waterways Testing and Monitoring | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Grays Harbor County | Washington | http://www.osgov.com | This project will complete ambient monitoring in the 450 acre fresh waterway system in the City of Ocean Shores to began in an effort to better understand and characterize the lake quality. The objective is to sample and to monitor current water quality trends in Ocean Shores' lake system. | More details |
| City of Ocean Shores | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $9,624.00 | Pacific Northwest | Weatherwax Mitigation Bank Wetland Enhancement | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Grays Harbor County | Washington | http://www.osgov.com/ | The Ocean Shores Citizens for Balanced Growth; will complete the Wetland Mitigation Banking Instrument on the parcel known as the Weatherwax Point for preservation and mitigation purposes. The primary goal is to preserve and protect the Weatherwax property _'' a 121 acre grove of rare old-growth coastal forest; while creating a Wetland Mitigation Bank. | More details |
| Friends of Grays Harbor | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Grays Harbor County SMP Update Enhancement | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://fogh.org/ | Friends of Grays Harbor will partner with Futurewise (F/F Partnership ) to undertake this project with two components: education and technical review. The F/F Partnership and other local partners will conduct community and stakeholder education and organizing efforts to support Grays Harbor County's adoption of a protective Shoreline Master Program (SMP). The F/F Partnership will work with Grays Harbor County to provide scientific and technical information and recommended policies and regulations to protect water quality and the environment that are needed to fill gaps in the updated SMP. | More details | |
| Grays Harbor Audubon Society | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Community Organizing in Grays Harbor | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Washington | http://www.ghas.org/ | This Grant will be used for community organizing and public outreach as Grays Harbor Audubon (GHAS) builds opposition to several oil transport proposals; which threaten Grays Harbor; its estuary; the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge; the Chehalis River Watershed; and numerous communities along the rail line. | More details | |
| Grays Harbor Conservation District | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Delezenne Creek Fish Barrier Correction Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://graysharborcd.wordpress.com/ | This project will correct two fish passage barriers consisting of a derelict water retention dam and man-made falls in Delezenne Creek; a tributary to the Chehalis River near Elma. Historically; the stream was diverted from its original channel to route it over the dam and falls. The project will restore the historic channel and route the stream to its original course; correcting the passage barrier by bypassing the dam and falls. | More details | |
| Grays Harbor County Department of Public Services | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Stevens Creek Fish Barrier Culvert Correction | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.co.grays-harbor.wa.us/info/pub_svcs/Index.htm | This project would remove an undersized fish barrier culvert and replace it with a larger culvert capable of providing unimpeded fish passage to 3.26 miles of prime spawning and rearing habitat. This correction would primarily benefit coho and chum salmon; but could also benefit juveniles of other salmonid species including Chinook; steelhead and sea run cutthroat. | More details | |
| Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Seaport Landing - Shannon Slough and Stormwater Systems Redesign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Grays Harbor County | Washington | http://historicalseaport.org/ | In March 2013 GHHSA acquired and began cleaning up a 38-acre former sawmill property for redevelopment into a mixed-use public waterfront facility. One of the primary design goals for Seaport Landing is to develop and showcase best practices in way that will engage and educate visitors about the rich cultural and natural history of our area. The grant helps defray planning costs related to designing stormwater systems and enhancements to Shannon Slough that will serve as a showcase for best practices. | More details |
| Lewis County Conservation District | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Upper Chehalis Irrigation Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://lewiscountycd.wordpress.com/ | The Chehalis Basin is the second largest watershed in the State of Washington. It has a large number of irrigated acres but little work has been done to improve systems for pollution runoff control. This project will educate irrigators on proper techniques and to find ways that irrigation systems can be improved. This project will benefit the entire Chehalis Basin. Irrigation management in the upper basin will result in improved low summer flows. | More details | |
| Onalaska Alliance for Sustainable Community | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Carlisle Lake Fish Passage and Wetlands Restoration Design Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | This project will produce a design to revise the outflow from and inflow access to Carlisle Lake. Revision would allow outflow from the lake through historic channel of Gheer Creek. The revision of the inflow to Carlisle Lake would restore a wetlands pond complex that has been channelized and overtaken by invasive weed species. These revisions would allow managed passage of fish from Gheer Creek into Carlisle Lake and out through the wetlands complex to access 5.8 miles of potential upstream spawning and rearing habitat. | More details | ||
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2014 | $49,400.00 | Pacific Northwest | Chehalis River Surge Plain Fish Habitat Assessment | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://wildfishconservancy.org/ | This project will describe in detail how emigrating juvenile salmon are utilizing the lower portion of the Chehalis River and Surge Plain (head of tidal intrusion) through a combination of sea level rise (SLR) modeling; field sampling; and habitat assessment. The report will serve as a science-based roadmap to guide future habitat restoration and protection projects submitted by WFC and other local Chehalis habitat project sponsors. | More details |
| Friends of Grays Harbor | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Cost of Trading Jobs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Grays Harbor County | Washington | http://fogh.org/ | This grant will be used to provide matching funding for an economic development study of Grays Harbor that would describe the actual value of marine and natural resources to our communities. This study will be specifically centered on the non-tribal impacts to the marine resources and local economy if the proposed fossil fuel terminals were located here. The study will conduct required research and perform necessary economic impacts analyses to identify the range of costs and impacts pertinent to addressing risk and mitigation in the event of a spill. The study will include an evaluation of the direct and indirect economic impacts associated with the proposed expansion of crude oil storage and transport facilities at the Port of Grays Harbor. The study will culminate with a final report that will summarize key findings; approach; data collection; analytical and valuation methods; and discussion of direct and indirect impacts. The outcome of the study will allow FOGH and its partners to more adequately respond to the Environmental Impact Statements scheduled to be released in April. | More details | |
| Chehalis Basin Partnership | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2016 | $60,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Grays Harbor Stream Team | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | The Chehalis Basin Partnership will work with partner organizations that are dedicated to protecting and restoring the Chehalis watershed to help them meet their public involvement and education goals. The project will create an enhanced Stream Team which can take on activities in support of multiple partner organizations. A shared Stream Team Coordinator will be funded by this grant and may be recruited from graduates of the Grays Harbor College internship program. The Stream Team Coordinator will actively recruit volunteers and develop a volunteer data base to assist with education and restoration projects. These hands on restoration projects and outreach efforts will improve citizen's appreciation of the natural resources in the watershed and lead to actions that will improve water quality and fish and wildlife habitat. | More details | ||
| Citizens for a Clean Harbor | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2016 | $90,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | Citizens for a Clean Harbor is a coalition of organizations in the Chehalis River/Grays Harbor watershed that was formed to oppose plans to transport oil by rail to proposed shipping facilities in Grays Harbor. General funding to this group will provide stable; long term (3year) funding to build this coalition and network of local organizations; including the Quinault Indian Nation and other regional environmental groups. Funding will be used to provide partial funding for an outreach coordinator to educate the community and to expand involvement in regulatory updates; analysis of impending development proposals and to mobilize participation in the public process. | More details | ||
| Grays Harbor College | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2016 | $76,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Environmental Stewardship via Ecology-Based Internships and Community Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.ghc.edu | Grays Harbor College proposes to create a summer research internship program that would coordinate and train students interested in gaining hands on watershed research experience with mentors from the college and partnering organizations. In addition; a geocache and related educational materials will be created and distributed to K-12 educators interested in using the Lake Swano watershed located on campus for ecology education. | More details | |
| RE Sources for Sustainable Communities | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2016 | $4,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Grays Harbor County Training Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Whatcom County | Washington | http://re-sources.org/ | Lee First (RE Sources staff) will work with Citizens for a Clean Harbor to develop and execute a plan to train local Grays Harbor community members to use the bridge inspection protocol developed by the Waterkeeper Alliance to inspect railroad crossing in the Grays Harbor area. Components of this work will include: Meet with Grays Harbor activists (at a location in the Grays Harbor area and at a time of mutual choice between CCH and RE Sources); to provide a training session. Citizens for a Clean Harbor may invite other organizations or individuals to participate in the training; including students and faculty of Grays Harbor Community College. Perform at least 5 bridge inspections with the activists to help them gain experience and expertise with the protocols. The bridge inspections will include all the documentation required by the protocol. Be available for phone and email consultation before the initial field work and for follow up in the weeks following the training to help resolve any questions that arise as the local community members employ the protocols to asses additional crossings. Provide a short (target length 1-2 page) report to the Rose Foundation at the end of the grant period describing the training process; any key take-aways or lessons learned related to the training; and offering any ideas from Re_Sources' perspective about possible future collaborations with local groups in the Grays Harbor area. Grant period: 3 months; February 1 April 31; 2016 (includes training prep time; training; a few weeks of follow up availability via phone/email; submitting grant report). | More details |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2016 | $30,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Chehalis Riparian Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.wildfishconservancy.org | The Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) proposes to field-verify water types on Chehalis streams where time-sensitive threats to riparian habitats exist of are anticipated; so that water type data can inform appropriate land-use decisions. For example; if a timber harvest or residential development is proposed; the proposal impacts riparian habitat and there is reason to believe the water type determination used to the justify the project is inaccurate; WFC will mobilize a two-person water type field team to ground truth the water type of the stream in question. Field data collected by WFC will be submitted through the existing regulatory/ public comment channels to inform the land use activities and ensure that existing regulations designed to provide streamside buffers are effective. | More details | |
| Twin Harbors Waterkeeper | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2020 | $60,000.00 | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River | The Chehalis River Watershed and Grays Harbor Estuary Clean Water Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | https://twinharborswaterkeeper.org/ | The mission of Twin Harbors Waterkeeper (THW) is to protect and improve water quality in the Chehalis River Watershed, Grays Harbor Estuary and Willapa Bay Watershed. In order to achieve this mission TWH has three goals: 1) stop illegal water pollution; 2) prevent new sources of water pollution; and, 3) stop toxic discharges to water from historically contaminated sites. The goal of the proposed project is to work to achieve these goals specifically in the Chehalis River Watershed and Grays Harbor Estuary. In order to achieve these goals THW has a number of objectives and strategies including permit compliance review, field inspections, on-the-water patrols, pollution hotline, and legal actions including permit appeals and Clean Water Act litigation. | More details | |
| Twin Harbors Waterkeeper | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River Watershed Fund | 2022 | $80,000.00 | Grays Harbor/Chehalis River | The Chehalis River Watershed and Grays Harbor Estuary Clean Water Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Justice ; Environmental Health and Toxics | Washington | The Chehalis River Watershed, including the Grays Harbor Estuary, is important for five major reasons: 1) it is the largest watershed that is completely within the boundaries of Washington state; 2) it has no salmon species that are listed as threatened or endangered; 3) the main stem is free-flowing with no dams; 4) it provides Chinook salmon needed for endangered Orcas as they feed off of Grays Harbor; 5) it helps support a vibrant shellfish industry and tribal treaty fishing rights; and, 6) is an important source of food and habitat for over a million migratory birds. This project will benefit water quality. To achieve these benefits, Twin Harbors Waterkeeper (THW) has five goals: 1) stop illegal water pollution; 2) prevent new sources of water pollution; 3) stop toxic discharges to water from historically contaminated sites; 4) advocate for habitat protection in coastal estuaries and rivers; and 5) provide outreach and education to our most overburdened communities to reduce harm. THW will put the Chehalis River Watershed and Grays Harbor Estuary on the map to increase funding and awareness of the issues affecting marine and freshwater habitats, salmon and Orcas and water quality. It will position the SW Coast of Washington to compete more effectively for funding on par with the efforts to protect and preserve the Salish Sea. THW will strive to increase funding for critical scientific research, habitat protection, invasive species removal, and pollution permit enforcement. THW will use the highly efficient and effective Waterkeeper model to ensure water is protected as required by the federal Clean Water Act. THW will use all of the tools including litigation to stop egregious pollution. And, THW will expand its base of support and collaborators to include public health officials and vulnerable neighbors around our watershed that experience poverty and high environmental health disparities. | More details | ||
| Another World Is Possible Coalition | Just and Resilient Future Fund | 2019 | $33,725.00 | North Bay Community Engagement Fair | California | https://www.facebook.com/Another-World-Is-Possible-Coalition-1542496135760417/ | This grant will support a climate resilience fair, guided by the principle of rooting the North Bay Area in the strength of diverse resilience, in a way that uplifts and connects those at the front line of climate impacts. This will be an intersectional community convening that activates inclusive planning strategies and equal opportunities of transformative action within this regenerative movement of nurturing resilient communities and ecosystems. This one-day exhibition will explore the social, cultural, environmental, economical, political, spiritual, and educational realms of the coalition's community - a civic engagement fair of cross-pollination celebrations and a grassroots strategic planning day. This gathering will be held at the Veterans Hall, in Santa Rosa, in the heart of Sonoma County on January 19th, 2020. | More details | |||
| Nuestra Comunidad | Just and Resilient Future Fund | 2019 | $11,000.00 | Disaster Resilience Project | California | https://nc707.org/ | The goal of Nuestra Comunidad's Disaster Resilience Project is to provide disaster preparedness education communities throughout the North Bay with an emphasis on traditionally underserved populations such as the Spanish-speaking and low-income elderly communities. The 12-month project consists of a series of educational presentations, training, and outreach activities, delivered in both English and Spanish at workplaces, schools, and community centers and events. | More details | |||
| Seigler Springs Community Redevelopment Association | Just and Resilient Future Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | Scaling natural building materials and methods for multifamily affordable housing in Lake County, CA | California | http://sscra.org/ | This project will demonstrate how an affordable multi-family housing project can be built in a low-income community using the most advanced forms of environmentally sensitive and regenerative materials and methods. Natural, carbon-sequestering building is ready to take its next leap into scaling up, but without individuals focusing on innovations to serve low-income communities, these technologies will continue to be accessible primarily to high net wealth individuals. What is needed is concrete data on design strategies for affordability, combined with technical data on carbon impacts and regenerative supply chains, generated by projects like this one. This project will produce a set of construction ready, county approved (provisional) plans for an 8-unit, approximately 3800 square foot project, based on designs for the “Bright Village at Seigler Springsâ€, an existing affordable housing project now in development in Lake County that uses industry-standard site-built materials and methods. The Bright Village project has set strong affordability goals (at least 50% of units) working with local builders and nonprofits. The new plans will demonstrate an approach to design and construction applicable to communities generally. All plans and design specifications will be copyright free and all design documents will be available for download. The plans will also be accompanied by a white paper describing in detail the research that went into this particular design and explaining how the information can be applied as a template more generally to other projects. | More details | |||
| City of Bakersfield | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2007 | $280,000.00 | Central Valley | Electric Woodchipper | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://www.bakersfieldcity.us/ | 50% matching funds for an electric wood chipper; which replaced an aging 800 hp diesel chipper. | More details |
| Kern County Superintendent of Schools | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2007 | $329,935.00 | Central Valley | CNG School Buses | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://kern.org/ | 50% matching funds for four compressed natural gas fueled school buses; which replace 4 old diesel school buses. | More details |
| Kern County Superintendent of Schools | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2008 | $540,000.00 | Central Valley | CNG School Busses | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://kern.org/ | 50% matching funds for four compressed natural gas fueled school buses; which replace 4 old diesel school buses. | More details |
| Bike Bakersfield | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2009 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.bikebakersfield.org/ | Supports continued advocacy of considering bicycles; pedestrians and public transit in Kern County's upcoming General Plan update. Also supports bike-related media outreach; educational programs and equipment such as bike helmets. | More details |
| American Lung Association | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2010 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | What Color Do You Breathe? | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.lungusa.org/associations/states/california/ | Supports expansion of an educational program providing different color flags (corresponding to air quality) for schools to fly; and associated materials in English and Spanish about air pollution and lung health. Also supports outreach to school districts and schools to adopt and enforce policies that comply with state regulations regarding shutting off idling buses. | More details |
| Bakersfield Christian High School | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2010 | $55,575.00 | Central Valley | Retrofit 3 Buses with Cleaire Filters | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://www.bakersfieldchristian.com/ | Retrofit 3 diesel buses with Cleaire filters; includes spare filters and plug-in infrastructure support. | More details |
| Bike Bakersfield | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2010 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Kern County | California | http://www.bikebakersfield.org/ | Supports continued advocacy of considering bicycles; pedestrians and public transit in Kern County's upcoming General Plan update. Also supports bike-related media outreach; educational programs and equipment such as bike helmets. | More details |
| Tri-County Watchdogs | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2010 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | Southern Kern Co. Air Quality Monitoring Program | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://www.cuddyvalley.org/tcwdogs/ | Supports community-based air pollution monitoring; with training and assistance provided by Global Community Monitor; a non-profit group that specializes in helping communities monitor pollution sources and advocate for clean-up. Also includes training in how to interpret the data and use it to advocate for cleaner air. | More details |
| A. Phillip Randolph Community Development Corporation | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2011 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | Public Outreach Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | Community outreach and public education about air pollution targeting underserved communities in Southeast Bakersfield. | More details | |
| American Lung Association | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2011 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | What Color Do You Breathe? | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.lungusa.org/associations/states/california/ | Educate students; teachers and families about the health effects of air pollution through a school based program. | More details |
| Association of Irritated Residents | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2011 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | Supports community-based advocacy of clean air solutions in Kern County; including opposition to sewage sludge incineration and reducing VOC emissions from dairies. | More details | |
| Bike Bakersfield | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2011 | $75,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Kern County | California | http://www.bikebakersfield.org/ | Supports continued advocacy of considering bicycles; pedestrians and public transit in Kern County's upcoming General Plan update. Also supports bike-related media outreach; educational programs and equipment such as bike helmets. | More details |
| Committee for a Better Arvin | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2011 | $67,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | Supports community-based organizing related to air pollution issues in one of the most highly impacted; yet under-served communities in California. | More details | |
| Kern County Superintendent of Schools | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2011 | $200,000.00 | Central Valley | Matching Funds for CNG Buses | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://kern.org | Provides matching funds to help purchase new clean-fueled school buses in the Bakersfield area. | More details |
| San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2011 | $100,000.00 | Central Valley | Clean Green Yard Machine Lawnmower Replacement Program | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Fresno County | California | http://http://www.valleyair.org/ | Supports an innovative partnership project between the Air District and the Sierra Club to administer a lawnmower trade-in program that replaces old; polluting; gas-powered mowers with new electric mowers. | More details |
| Vineland Elementary School District | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2011 | $74,400.00 | Central Valley | Clean Fleet Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | Defrays the clean air retrofit of 5 school buses in the underserved; but highly-impacted community of Weedpatch. | More details | |
| City of Bakersfield; Development Services Department | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $120,000.00 | Central Valley | Bicycle Transportation Plan Preparation | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://www.bakersfieldcity.us | Supports the development of an integrated Master Bicycle Plan for the Bakersfield area. | More details |
| American Lung Association in California | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $15,000.00 | Central Valley | Air Quality Education Program | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.lung.org/california | Continue Blue Sky Brown Sky: It's Up To You seven-week curriculum at elementary schools in Arvin; Lamont and Bakersfield reaching a total of 200 students. In addition to classroom lessons; students will also submit Clean Air Champion art projects to Bakersfield City Council or Kern COG; and the students' families will be asked to pledge to drive one less trip per week. | More details |
| Association of Irritated Residents | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $30,000.00 | Central Valley | Kern County Air Quality; Health and Environmental Justice Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | Supports community-based efforts to reduce air pollution and mobilize at-risk local residents to advocate for reduced pollution emissions. Activists will center around advocating for stricter rules around fracking - especially in the Shafter area, mobilizing farmers and farmworkers to participate in the permit process of the proposed Hydrogen Energy California project near Buttonwillow, and encouraging community engagement with CARB and SJAPCD's environmental justice advisory groups. | More details | |
| Bike Bakersfield | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | Bicycle Infrastructure Improvement Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Kern County | California | http://bikebakersfield.org/ | Supports community-based advocacy to get more bicycle infrastructure installed throughout Bakersfield; as well as educate community members and encourage them to bike. The immediate goal is to increase bicycling trips by 25% in the upcoming year. Bike Bakersfield would accomplish this by advocating for 60 miles of new bike lanes in Metropolitan Bakersfield and end-of-trip facilities such as secure bike racks; plus helping to elevate the overall culture of bicycling in the area. Using CARB-approved methodology; a 25% increase in bike trips would result in a combined reduction of ROG; NOx and PM10 of nearly 21000 lbs. | More details |
| Global Community Monitor | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $30,000.00 | Central Valley | Improve Air Quality in Kern County | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://gcmonitor.org/ | Supports the expansion of an existing community-based air monitoring program in Arvin. The expanded program would continue the Arvin Bucket Brigade and expand into either Wasco or Shafter (or possibly both). The overall goal of the program is to demystify the air quality regulatory process by allowing the community to generate their own data about toxic hotspots and overall emission levels; and then use that data to push for tighter emissions controls. In the big picture; this proposal is part of GCM's overall plan to establish a presence in the Valley and launch bucket brigades in numerous communities. | More details |
| Kern County Superintendent of Schools | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | Clean Fuel School Bus CNG Station Renewal | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://kern.org/ | Provides matching funds as part of a $1.4 million project to help upgrade the Kern County Superintendent of School's existing CNG refueling station in Bakersfield. The station currently serves approximately 120 vehicles per day. The increased capacity will allow it to double their fueling capacity (from 760cfm to 1500cfm) to meet increased demand from school buses and public vehicles. | More details |
| City of Bakersfield; Public Works Department | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,826.00 | Central Valley | Calloway Weir Improvement Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://www.bakersfieldcity.us/cityservices/pubwrks/ | Provides matching funds to build an important bike path connection across the Kern River to connect Riverview Park with the Kern river Parkway Trail. | More details |
| Bike Bakersfield | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $65,000.00 | Central Valley | Bike Bakersfield's Regional Mobility Enhancement Plan | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.bikebakersfield.org | Bike Bakersfield's Regional Mobility Enhancement Plan will foster coordination among local jurisdictions and community support groups to improve bikeability in the Bakersfield area by improving the local infrastructure; enhancing public planning; and bolstering community education efforts. Supports work with multiple jurisdictions in Kern County to improve the bike network by adding class I; II; and III facilities to local roads; add new bike parking to increase end trip opportunities; and coordinate efforts to build and develop educational prototypes for programs to lay the foundation for more opportunities for local Safe Routes To School programs. From the Mobility Enhancement Program; Bike Bakersfield will make monumental gains toward improving bicycle mobility across Kern County to move towards our goal of a 5% bike modeshare in Bakersfield in 2025 and increase bicycle use across Kern County. | More details |
| Californians for Pesticide Reform | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $30,000.00 | Central Valley | Kern Deserves Safe Air for All | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | www.PesticideReform.org | Agricultural pesticides are the 5th greatest source of smog-producing ROGs in the San Joaquin Valley; accounting for as much as 10% of total Valley ROG. Despite pesticides' major contribution to poor air quality; agricultural interests have avoided full accountability; with lesser targets for ROG/VOC emission reductions set in the San Joaquin Valley than in any of the other 5 nonattainment regions of California. The greatest pesticide contributors to ROG/VOCs and NOx in Kern are the neurotoxicant chlorpyrifos and fumigants the most toxic pesticides used in agriculture; and among the most heavily used near schools. Funding is limited to efforts to reduce use of these ozone-emitting pesticides in the Valley part of Kern; and to support local organizing and training to increased capacity and engagement of Kern residents as part of a statewide campaign to reduce fumigants. | More details |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $150,000.00 | Central Valley | Arvin Air Quality Monitoring and Visualization System | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | ccejn.wordpress.com | Arvin suffers from some of the worst air quality in the entire US. This project will provide continuous air quality information at the neighborhood scale in Arvin; California and engage and educate the community about local air quality concerns. Up to five (5) air quality sensors will be installed throughout the community. The sensors will measure concentrations of air quality pollutants including nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3); and other potential gases such as Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). These sensors will continuously transmit air quality data that will be displayed on a website open to the public. This website will show current and past air quality data gathered by the sensors and display contours of pollution concentrations and risk levels over a map of Arvin. Community members will be engaged through public meetings; which will present the monitoring and visualization system; how it works and can be used to report to the Kern Environmental Enforcement Network (KEEN); and summarize any data that has been generated from the sensors. | More details |
| Central Valley Air Quality Coalition; a project of Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | Policy advocacy to strengthen oil & gas air regulations through advocate-agency collaboration. | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | www.calcleanair.org | Kern County is the epicenter of oil and gas development I the Central Valley; with active wellheads projected to double according to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The Central Valley Air Quality Coalition will work to strengthen air quality regulations specific to oil and gas in the San Joaquin Valley with direct impacts in Kern County. The agencies targeted are the Valley Air District and the Air Resources Board. The regulations CVAQ will seek to strengthen are 1) creating transparency in the Air District's Emission Reduction Credit program and ensuring the pollution credits; which are largely owned by oil & gas; will have expiration dates; 2) ensuring the Air District commits to a flaring minimization plan; 2) inclusion of a plan to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions from oil and gas operations in State Implementation Plans. CVAQ will educate coalition members; partners and the public on the air pollution reduction opportunities within this project and will collectively meet with Air Board members from Kern County and staff from the Valley Air District and Air Resources Board to create policy change. | More details |
| City of Bakersfield | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $35,000.00 | Central Valley | Bakersfield Metropolitan Area Active Transportation Plan | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | Recognizing walking and bicycling as healthy; accessible and sustainable forms of transportation; the City of Bakersfield (City) proposes developing its first Active Transportation Plan (ATP Plan) for the metropolitan area; which includes updating our Bicycle Transportation Plan combined with targeted pedestrian and safe routes to school planning efforts. The ATP Plan will create an environment and develop programs that support walking and bicycling for transportation and recreation; encourage fewer trips by car; and support active lifestyles. Ultimately; the successful implementation of projects and activities described in the ATP Plan will improve air quality in the Valley portion of Kern County. | More details | |
| City Of Bakersfield | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $150,000.00 | Central Valley | Low Emissions Compost System | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | bakersfieldcity.us | The project helps reduce air emissions in two ways; using electrification of heavy diesel equipment to eliminate NOx and PM emissions; and using a new low emission composting system to eliminate ozone precursor VOCs. First; the project eliminates diesel engine emissions and dust from three types of existing off road heavy equipment by using an electric conveyor system in their place. Second; it reduces VOC emissions from organic materials being composted. The air district determined compost VOCs to be ozone precursors; and therefore established a rule for 19% VOC reduction. The proposed project uses a compost cap as a biofilter to reduce VOCs well beyond the requirement. It is modeled after a very successful Technology Advancement Program project for which the Air District documented a 98% reduction in VOCs from composting. A third benefit; although not in air emissions; is that the new system saves 66% of the water normally used in the existing system. | More details |
| City of Bakersfield; Public Works Department | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $14,274.00 | Central Valley | Calloway Weir Improvement Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Kern County | California | http://www.bakersfieldcity.us/cityservices/pubwrks/ | Provides matching funds to build an important bike path connection across the Kern River to connect Riverview Park with the Kern river Parkway Trail. | More details |
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | Working Towards a Healthy and Sustainable Kern County | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.leadershipcounsel.org | Supports work with community and organizational partners to engage in the development of Kern Council of Governments (KCOG) Regional Active Transportation Plan (ATP) and the 2018 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS). Activities center around work with community leaders to ensure that active travel priorities are included in KCOG's ATP for funding prioritization. LCJA will engage community and partners in the RTP/SCS to ensure that adequate growth (housing and employment) is allocated to low income rural communities and that funding is prioritized and frontloaded to improve current transit systems and active travel opportunities. Through community organizing; education; and policy advocacy; the project's goals is to ensure that low income communities of color have access to real opportunities to affordable housing; employment; services; transit; and active travel while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improving the air quality we breathe. | More details |
| Project Clean Air; Inc. | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | Project Clean Air Easy EV | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | www.projectcleanair.us | Easy EV is a comprehensive program of activities in Kern County designed to develop the market for electric vehicles and to increase the number of charging stations. PCA would build on past successful efforts that established the San Joaquin Valley Electric Vehicle Partnership (SJVEVP). Activities would include hosting Workplace Charging workshops; developing projects while promoting the SJVAPCD incentive programs; coordinating outreach with automotive dealerships and charging station companies; offering EV curriculum materials for junior high and high school classrooms; and conducting Training for First Responders. PCA would work to build capacity in disadvantaged communities (DACs) by hosting workshops to train volunteers and to develop projects to bring more CARB Cap-and-Trade program money to the region. The project also would provide general support to PCA as we pursue grant funding; sponsorships and memberships to create a sustainable program to improve air quality. | More details |
| Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $50,000.00 | Central Valley | EHP Kern County: Salud Lost Hills! | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Kern County | California | http://www.environmentalhealthproject.org/ | Supports local Kern County elements of pilot project to provide residents of Lost Hills with air and water monitoring data that can be used to inform decision-making about exposure reduction and health. An in-depth analysis of individual exposures combined with health assessment data will be used to explain air quality and health impacts to communities and individuals located in close proximity to oil and gas development. This pilot project is a replication of a model that the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project has developed and tested in multiple communities in Pennsylvania and New York; and will determine the feasibility of expansion of this model into other communities in Kern County that are impacted by oil and gas development. | More details |
| City of Arvin | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $37,700.00 | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | https://www.arvin.org/ | The City of Arvin’s Police Department requests funds for the purchase of four 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrids to expand its community service and retire two gasoline vehicles in its fleet. Arvin also requests funds for installing EV infrastructure. The vehicles will be used for community service expansion, and to replace 2 existing gas powered vehicles, a 2000 Ford Crown Victoria, and a 2013 Ford Taurus, thereby reducing emissions. Arvin is a severely disadvantaged Latino community, with a high population of at-risk teens, young adults, and history of gang violence. The city has a CalEnviroScreen 2.0 score in the high ranges from 81 to 95 percent with factors like poverty (99th percentile), low educational achievement (97th to 99th), linguistic isolation (89th to 93rd), exposure to ozone (96th to 99%), exposure to PM 2.5 (98th to 99%), exposure to pesticides (98%) and low drinking water quality (91st to 99th%). Arvin has an active public outreach but limited resources for capital purchases. | More details | |||
| California State University Bakersfield Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $10,652.00 | CSUB Runner Ride Program Development | California | http://www.csub.edu/ | The Runner Ride Bike Program at CSU Bakersfield provides the opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to check out a bike for free for the day as a healthy and sustainable mode of transportation. Expansion for this program, which currently serves about 2,500 participants per year, will provide bicycle safety programming, improve program infrastructure, and provide additional bike maintenance, all activities that will increase CSUB's Bronze standing as a Bicycle Friendly University through the League of American Bicyclists. The development and expansion of the Runner Ride will boost campus and community cycling participation, increase health and environmental education concerning the benefits of cycling, and take polluting vehicles off of the road. | More details | |||
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Community Driven Land Use and Transportation Policies: The Key to a Cleaner Environment | California | http://www.leadershipcounsel.org | We will facilitate meaningful community engagement in development and implementation of various local, regional, and statewide plans, programs, and policies to improve air quality and enhance community health. In partnership with resident leaders from disadvantaged communities and partner organizations, we will inform development of land use and transportation plans, including the Kern County General Plan, Kern COG’s Regional Transportation Plan, Sustainable Communities Strategy, and Active Transportation Plan, and will work with local agencies to implement those plans to draw planning, infrastructure, and capital improvement investments to Kern County communities. We will work with resident leaders to inform key budget processes in the region to ensure equitable investments in disadvantaged communities. Finally, in partnership with residents, our statewide air quality advocacy will ensure that communities in Kern County benefit from improved climate and air quality programs. | More details | |||
| Bike Bakersfield | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $150,000.00 | Central Valley | E-Bikes for East and Southeast Bakersfield Loan-to-Own Transportation Program | Planning ; Environmental Education | Kern County | California | https://bikebakersfield.org/ | E-Bikes for East and Southeast Bakersfield is a loan-to-own electric bicycle education and encouragement program designed to engage residents of some of the most disadvantaged, transit-isolated communities in active transportation and air pollution mitigation strategies. Program participants are loaned a free electric bicycle, commuting accessories, and safety equipment for one year while documenting a minimum of 30 miles per week traveled, participating in in-depth interviews, and attending a series of workshops taught by local industry professionals and group rides to maximize confidence and the ability to replace vehicle trips with an electric bicycle trip. E-bikes for East and Southeast Bakersfield provides a free, reliable form of transportation for low-income individuals, and it will build solidarity and collective knowledge of active transportation options and air pollution mitigation within some of the most underserved and underrepresented communities in Bakersfield, California | More details |
| Central California Asthma Collaborative | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $100,000.00 | Central Valley | Reducing Asthma and Air Pollution in Homes and Schools (RAAPHS) | Planning ; Environmental Education | Kern County | California | https://www.centralcalasthma.org | CCAC will collaborate with one or more school districts in Kern County to implement a school-based air monitoring network, an indoor (classroom) air pollution mitigation intervention, collaborate with school district staff to develop air pollution and air monitoring curriculum for middle school STEM students and establish a community steering committee to educate and engage the general public about air pollution health effects, sources and mitigation strategies. CCAC will also work with school district health services and Kern County's managed care health plans (Kern Family Health Care, Health Net, Kaiser) to identify children and adults with asthma who live in low-income and disadvantaged communities. At-risk asthmatics will be enrolled in CCAC's Comprehensive Asthma Remediation and Educational Services (CARES) Program, which provides in-home asthma education and environmental remediation to reduce exposures to asthma triggers, like air pollution, inside the home. | More details |
| Central California Environmental Justice Network | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $200,000.00 | Central Valley | The FLIR Project - Finding Leaks Impacting Residents | Environmental Education | Kern County | California | https://ccejn.org/ | This project will reduce planet-warming and health-harming pollutants from leaking oil infrastructure in Kern County. To accomplish this, CCEJN will enhance its technical capacity to proactively identify and report leaks to ensure a timely response from regulatory agencies. CCEJN will simultaneously conduct culturally appropriate outreach and education to residents living fence line to oil and gas operations and involve interested residents in community enforcement and air monitoring projects. CCEJN will also work with public health experts to develop a Strategic Inspection Plan that will prioritize community inspections of wells within 3,200 feet of homes or schools. Considering the recent and ongoing crisis of leaking oil wells in Bakersfield, and our leaders’ failure to implement a proactive approach to address it, we believe this project is essential to keep oil infrastructure from poisoning our frontline communities and exacerbating climate change. | More details |
| Central Valley Air Quality Coalition | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $100,000.00 | Central Valley | Kern County Community Air Protections and Resilience | Environmental Education | Kern County | California | http://www.calcleanair.org | This project will provide information and resources on how to protect yourself from and improve local air pollution impacts while receiving guidance on priority concerns and interventions, with a focus on the most impacted neighborhoods and populations in Kern County. Platicas/listening and discussion sessions will facilitate a reciprocal exchange between CVAQ staff, local partners, and community members. These sessions will culminate in a community toxics and resilience tour for staff and decision makers connected to the priorities identified. | More details |
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Kern County Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $150,000.00 | Central Valley | Equitable Air Quality in Kern County | Planning ; Environmental Education | Kern County | California | http://www.leadershipcounsel.org | Leadership Counsel will engage residents of lower income communities of color in Kern County to advocate for improved policies and programs that will address the poor air quality. We will advocate for improved land use planning, increased investment, and improved community engagement in the General Plan update process including the Environmental Justice Element and identification of Climate Adaptation Strategies, AB 617 implementation, the Housing Element development, and energy programs. We will work to ensure consistency regarding air quality goals among and between these processes. We will partner with community residents and other relevant stakeholders to ensure community needs regarding air quality improvements are met and alleviate public health issues and environmental injustices. | More details |
| The Nature Conservancy | Los Angeles Community Water Justice Grants Program | 2021 | $178,200.00 | Los Angeles River Stormwater Capture and Habitat Enhancement Project | Los Angeles | California | http://www.nature.org | For more than 100 years of urban development, L.A. has turned to engineered solutions and gray infrastructure to manage water. Rivers were channelized, and drinking water was delivered from lakes and rivers hundreds of miles away. As the cost of maintaining this gray infrastructure skyrockets and the services it provides fall short of meeting environmental standards, L.A. is evaluating the use of nature-based solutions to capture and clean rain water and allow it to infiltrate the soil into aquifers beneath the city. Voters have shown support for natural infrastructure projects at the ballot box, especially where parks and open space needs can be addressed as co-benefits. And nature-based solutions can provide a greater suite of environmental benefits, often at lower costs than traditional alternatives. | More details | ||
| Del Amo Action Committee | Los Angeles Community Water Justice Grants Program | 2022 | $62,100.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Environmental Justice Educational Program: Protecting Our Water through Stormwater Management | Los Angeles; Los Angeles County | California | https://delamoactioncommittee.org/ | Our overarching goal is to create the opportunity for our grassroots groups to engage in solution oriented discussions around stormwater runoff issues and ways to empower our communities to take action at the local individual level, which we would hope leads to larger projects like “green street†concepts that could enhance buffer zones around our venerable communities. The effectiveness of our network is in its collaborative process with each other and agencies charged with water infrastructure like the Water Replenishment District. We recognize the great value of community "boots on the ground" and our ability to see from a view invisible to others. We will draw on the research being conducted on watershed management so we can prepare our educational materials to be current and relevant. This work is timely and relevant because agencies need to partner with environmental justice communities to truly understand impacts occurring there. This project will provide capacity building opportunities for many areas in Los Angeles. We have a good concept of areas we wish to focus on and will need to verify this direction with the groups that self-select to work on this project. | More details | |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | Los Angeles Community Water Justice Grants Program | 2022 | $90,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Watershed Outreach and Education Project | Los Angeles; Los Angeles County | California | https://www.lawaterkeeper.org/ | Our RAFT and Watershed Cleanup Programs aim to educate communities about the impact of human consumption on the planet, clean up and collect critical data on the river’s ecological health, as well as the plastic and other waste polluting the Watershed. Managing the overall project will be our Staff Scientist/Watershed Manager, who started early in Q1 2022 and replaced a staff member who left to get her PhD in freshwater ecology at UC Berkeley. Our new hire will be supported by our Development and Communications Director and Outreach and Communications Manager (active search), who oversee volunteer and community engagement. | More details | |
| California Greenworks | Los Angeles Community Water Justice Grants Program | 2023 | $27,000.00 | Los Angeles Area (incl. Orange County) | Urban Forestry, South Los Angeles— Ballona Creek and Dominguez Channel | Pollution Prevention;Other | Los Angeles | California | http://www.californiagreenworks.org/ | Project description, scope of work, deliverables as described in November 2022 Project update form which will be attached to contract. | More details |
| Berkeley High School Development Group | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2001 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Public Education Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2001 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.bpef-online.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Media and Democracy | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2001 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.prwatch.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Fiduciary Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2001 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2001 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| Ma'at Youth Academy | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2001 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.maatya.org/ | More details | |
| Regional Parks Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2001 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.regionalparksfoundation.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2001 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley High - BHS Organizer | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley High - Common Ground | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley High Men's Lacrosse | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley High School Development Group | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Public Education Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.bpef-online.org/ | More details | |
| Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) Berkeley Urban Gardening Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Food Systems Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | Supports protection and restoration of watersheds and aquatic and riparian habitat of the creeks of North Berkeley; Albany; Kensington; and southern El Cerrito and Richmond. | More details |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| New Dimensions Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $100.00 | North Coast | General Support | Other | Mendocino County | California | http://www.newdimensions.org/ | More details | |
| Northern California Cancer Center | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.cpic.org/site/c.skI0L6MKJpE/b.5730233/k.BD66/Home.htm | More details | |
| Nutrition Network Program | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $5,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | BUSD for school gardens | More details | |
| Regional Parks Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.regionalparksfoundation.org/ | More details | |
| Slow Food USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2002 | $60.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley High Men's Lacrosse | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley High School Development Group | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Public Education Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.bpef-online.org/ | More details | |
| EarthTeam | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthteam.net/ | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | Supports protection and restoration of watersheds and aquatic and riparian habitat of the creeks of North Berkeley; Albany; Kensington; and southern El Cerrito and Richmond. | More details |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| MoveOn | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.moveon.org | More details | |
| New Dimensions Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $100.00 | North Coast | General Support | Other | Mendocino County | California | http://www.newdimensions.org/ | More details | |
| Oakland Museum of California Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $125.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://museumca.org/ | More details | |
| Progress Unity Fund/A.N.S.W.E.R. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.progressunity.org/ | More details | |
| Slow Food USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $60.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2003 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley High Men's Lacrosse | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley High School Development Group | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Public Education Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.bpef-online.org/ | More details | |
| Donald Dahlsten Outreach Fund | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://givetocal.berkeley.edu/fund/?f=FN8328000 | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | Supports protection and restoration of watersheds and aquatic and riparian habitat of the creeks of North Berkeley; Albany; Kensington; and southern El Cerrito and Richmond. | More details |
| Genesee Retreat | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $100.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Other | Plumas County | California | http://www.geneseehome.org/ | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| New Dimensions Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $100.00 | North Coast | General Support | Other | Mendocino County | California | http://www.newdimensions.org/ | More details | |
| Oakland Museum of California Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $125.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://museumca.org/ | More details | |
| Slow Food USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $60.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ | More details | |
| Voices in the Wilderness | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://vitw.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2004 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | More details | |||
| Berkeley High Men's Lacrosse | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $400.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley High School Development Group | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bhs.berkeley.net/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Public Education Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.bpef-online.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| Oakland Museum of California Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $125.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://museumca.org/ | More details | |
| Progress Unity Fund/A.N.S.W.E.R. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.progressunity.org/ | More details | |
| Rebuilding Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Mateo County | California | http://rebuildingalliance.org/ | More details | |
| Slow Food USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $60.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ | More details | |
| Urban Creeks Council | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2005 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbancreeks.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Public Education Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2006 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.bpef-online.org/ | More details | |
| CodePink/ETINA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2006 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2006 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| Houston Katrina Relief Fund | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2006 | $1,200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | More details | |||
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | |
| CodePink/ETINA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | Supports protection and restoration of watersheds and aquatic and riparian habitat of the creeks of North Berkeley; Albany; Kensington; and southern El Cerrito and Richmond. | More details |
| Global Exchange | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.globalexchange.org/ | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| Oakland Museum of California Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $125.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://museumca.org/ | More details | |
| Slow Food USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $75.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $250.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2007 | $250.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.washington-report.org/ | More details | ||
| Berkeley Food & Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2008 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | |
| No More Victims | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2008 | $150.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Other | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.nomorevictims.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Food & Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | |
| CodePink/ETINA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | Supports protection and restoration of watersheds and aquatic and riparian habitat of the creeks of North Berkeley; Albany; Kensington; and southern El Cerrito and Richmond. | More details |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| Oakland Museum of California Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $125.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://museumca.org/ | More details | |
| Slow Food USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $75.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| A Jewish Voice for Peace; Inc. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ | More details | ||
| American Education Trust/Washington Report on | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | More details | |||
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| Education for Just Peace in the Middle East | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | More details | |||
| Friends of the Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $148.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.palestine-studies.org/ | More details | ||
| Progress Unity Fund/A.N.S.W.E.R. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.progressunity.org/ | More details | ||
| SOS Children's Villages USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2009 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.sos-usa.org/Pages/default.aspx | More details | ||
| ANSWER Coalition | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.answercoalition.org | More details | |
| Berkeley Food & Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | |
| CodePink Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | Supports protection and restoration of watersheds and aquatic and riparian habitat of the creeks of North Berkeley; Albany; Kensington; and southern El Cerrito and Richmond. | More details |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| University of California Press Journals | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $52.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://ucpressjournals.com/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | International | http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ | More details | ||
| A Jewish Voice for Peace; Inc. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ | More details | ||
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| Friends of the Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $148.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.palestine-studies.org | More details | ||
| Open City | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://opencity.org/ | More details | ||
| SOS Children's Villages USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.sos-usa.org/Pages/default.aspx | More details | ||
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2010 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.washington-report.org/ | More details | ||
| Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.borp.org | More details | |
| Berkeley Food & Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $1,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Partner for Parks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.bpfp.org | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | |
| CodePink Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| Progress Unity Fund/A.N.S.W.E.R. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.progressunity.org/ | More details | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sfmoma.org | More details | |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| University of California Press Journals | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $52.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://ucpressjournals.com/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| A Jewish Voice for Peace; Inc. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ | More details | ||
| American Education Trust/Washington Report on | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | More details | |||
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $600.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| Education for Just Peace in the Middle East | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | More details | |||
| Friends of the Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $148.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.palestine-studies.org | More details | ||
| SOS Children's Villages USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2011 | $500.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.sos-usa.org/Pages/default.aspx | More details | ||
| Berkeley Food & Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $1,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | |
| CodePink Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Lines Contemporary Ballet | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.linesballet.org/ | More details | |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| University of California Press Journals | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $52.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://ucpressjournals.com/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | International | http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ | More details | ||
| A Jewish Voice for Peace; Inc. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | San Francisco County | Nationwide | More details | ||
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $600.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| Friends of the Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $148.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.palestine-studies.org | More details | ||
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2012 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.wrmea.org/ | More details | ||
| Berkeley Food & Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $1,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org/ | More details | |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | International | http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ | More details | ||
| A Jewish Voice for Peace; Inc. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $1,600.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | ||
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $700.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| CodePink Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $300.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Los Angeles County | Nationwide | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of the Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.palestine-studies.org | More details | ||
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | ||
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2013 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.wrmea.org/ | More details | ||
| Homer Wilderness Leaders | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $250.00 | General Support | Environmental Education | Alaska | http://www.howlalaska.org/ | More details | |||
| Aurora Theatre Company | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | https://auroratheatre.org/ | More details | ||
| Berkeley Food and Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $1,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | ||
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $1,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | KFPA's Mission is: to promote cultural diversity and pluralistic community expression; to contribute to a lasting understanding between individuals of all nations; races; creeds and colors; to promote freedom of the press and serve as a forum for various viewpoints; to maintain an independent funding base | More details |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| Zen Hospice Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.zenhospice.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | International | http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ | More details | ||
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $700.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| CODEPINK Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $300.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Los Angeles County | Nationwide | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.palestine-studies.org | More details | ||
| Friends of Cedar Mesa | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2014 | $150.00 | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Utah | http://www.friendsofcedarmesa.org/ | More details | |||
| Homer Wilderness Leaders (HoWL) | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $150.00 | General Support | Environmental Education | Alaska | http://www.howlalaska.org/ | More details | |||
| Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.anvfarm.org/ | More details | |
| Aurora Theatre Company | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | https://auroratheatre.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Food and Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Partners for Parks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $1,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | KFPA's Mission is: to promote cultural diversity and pluralistic community expression; to contribute to a lasting understanding between individuals of all nations; races; creeds and colors; to promote freedom of the press and serve as a forum for various viewpoints; to maintain an independent funding base | More details |
| Self-Sustaining Communities | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://self-sustainingcommunities.org | More details | |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| Zen Hospice Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.zenhospice.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | International | http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ | More details | ||
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $700.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| CodePink Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $300.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Los Angeles County | Nationwide | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2015 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.palestine-studies.org | More details | ||
| Aurora Theatre Company | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | https://auroratheatre.org/ | More details | |
| Aurora Theatre Company | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | https://auroratheatre.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Food and Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | |
| Berkeley Food and Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $1,800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $1,800.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | More details | |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.ccwi.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $400.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | More details | |
| KPFA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | More details | |
| Marin Agricultural Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support; in memory of Roane Sias | Other | Marin County | California | http://www.malt.org/ | More details | |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $1,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $1,200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Sonoma County | California | http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| Zen Hospice Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.zenhospice.org/ | More details | |
| Zen Hospice Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.zenhospice.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | meca@mecaforpeace.org One of the $500 grants recommended in 2016 was project specific; Maia Project | More details |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | International | http://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | meca@mecaforpeace.org One of the $500 grants recommended in 2016 was project specific; Maia Project | More details |
| US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $300.00 | National | General Support | Other | International | http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ | More details | ||
| US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $300.00 | National | General Support | Other | International | http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ | Also known as the Education for Just Peace in the Middle East | More details | |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $1,000.00 | National | General Support | Consumer Issues | Nationwide | http://ccrjustice.org/ | More details | ||
| CODEPINK Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $300.00 | National | General Support | Social Justice | Los Angeles County | Nationwide | http://www.codepink4peace.org/ | More details | |
| Community Rebuilds | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $250.00 | National | General Support | Other | Grand County | Nationwide | http://www.communityrebuilds.org/ | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.ifamericansknew.org/ | Vanguard Foundation used to be their fiscal sponsor. Former address 6312 SW Capitol Hwy; #163 Portland; OR 97239-1938 | More details |
| Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.palestine-studies.org | More details | ||
| Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.palestine-studies.org | Formerly Friends of the Institute for Palestine Studies Subscription is done through the University of California Press | More details | |
| Playworks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $400.00 | National | Playworks in Washington DC | Other | Washington D.C. | Nationwide | http://www.playworks.org/ | More details | |
| Playworks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $500.00 | National | Playworks in Washington DC | Other | Washington D.C. | Nationwide | http://www.playworks.org/ | More details | |
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $200.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.wrmea.org/ | More details | ||
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2016 | $300.00 | National | General Support | Human Rights | Nationwide | http://www.wrmea.org/ | www.wrmea.com | More details | |
| Aurora Theatre Company | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://www.auroratheatre.org/ | More details | ||||
| Berkeley Food and Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $1,800.00 | General Support | California | http://bfhp.org/ | More details | ||||
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $250.00 | General Support | California | More details | |||||
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $200.00 | General Support | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | More details | ||||
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.kpfa.org | More details | ||||
| Multicultural Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $100.00 | General Support | California | http://mionline.org/ | More details | ||||
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $1,200.00 | General Support | California | https://sonomalandtrust.org/ | More details | ||||
| Zen Hospice Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.zenhospice.org | More details | ||||
| Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $100.00 | General Support | International | https://www.palestine-studies.org/ | More details | ||||
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $1,000.00 | Maia Project & General Support | International | https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | More details | ||||
| US Campaign for Palestinian Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $300.00 | General Support | International | More details | |||||
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $1,800.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | ||||
| Center for Constitutional Rights Inc | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | More details | |||||
| CODEPINK: WOMEN FOR PEACE | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $300.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.codepink.org/ | More details | ||||
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $250.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://ifamericaknew.org/ | More details | ||||
| The Electronic Intifada | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $100.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://electronicintifada.net/ | More details | ||||
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2018 | $200.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.wrmea.org/ | More details | ||||
| Aurora Theatre Company | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | California | www.auroratheatre.org | Aurora Theatre Company invigorates audiences and artists through the shared experience of professional, intimate theatre. Their work, while entertaining, is more than entertainment as they challenge themselves and community to do better, think deeper, laugh louder and cast wider nets of empathy toward the world. Through their productions of both classic and new works, they support the Bay Area community by hiring local artists and artisans and likewise support all forms of diversity both onstage and off. | More details | |||
| Berkeley Food and Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $2,000.00 | General Support | California | http://bfhp.org/ | Food & Housing Project (BFHP) provided a comprehensive range of housing, food, and supports services to help those in need move from homelessness into a safe and affordable home of their own. They accomplish their work in partnership with the City of Berkeley, other government agencies, and a robust network of local service providers. | More details | |||
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://www.communitycleanwater.org/ | Community Clean Water Institute (CCWI) is dedicated to protecting water quality and public health throughout Northern California by identifying pollution sources through the collection and analysis of water quality data. CCWI shares the information collected with government regulatory agencies and the public, and engages in education and community outreach activities. | More details | |||
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $2,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.kpfa.org | 94.1, KPFA is a community powered radio station that creates and curates a unique mix of music, informed public affairs, culture, and news. For nearly 70 years KPFA has investigated the contemporary intersections of class, race, distribution of wealth and its affects on the citizens of our Northern and Central California coverage area. | More details | |||
| Multicultural Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $200.00 | General Support | California | www.mionline.org | MI’s programs increase access to opportunities for immigrant families to reach economic stability. Program strategies enhance economic, educational, and skill opportunities, cultivate leadership development, provide direct services and stimulate positive transformation of individuals, families, and communities. These programs ultimately, assist individuals in contributing and participating in the civic life and well-being of their community as a whole. Impact goes beyond the direct beneficiaries reaching their extended families and community. | More details | |||
| Rose Foundation | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $400.00 | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | California | www.rosefdn.org | The California Environmental Grassroots Fund supports small grassroots groups throughout greater northern California that are tackling tough environmental problems including toxic pollution, urban sprawl, sustainable agriculture, climate change, environmental degradation of our rivers and wild places, as well as, of our communities and our health. The Grassroots Fund is a pooled re-granting fund supported by about 20 funding partners. | More details | |||
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $2,400.00 | General Support | California | www.sonomalandtrust.org | Sonoma Land Trust protects the scenic, natural, agricultural and open landscapes of Sonoma County for the benefit of the community and future generations by: Developing long-term land protection strategies; Promoting private and public funding for land conservation; Acquiring land and conservation easements; Practicing stewardship, including the restoration of conservation properties; and Promoting a sense of place and a land ethic through activities, education and outreach. | More details | |||
| Zen Caregiving Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | California | http://www.zenhospice.org | Zen Caregiving Project is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California with over 30 years of experience in practicing and teaching mindfulness-based, compassionate caregiving. They offer courses, workshops, and training for professional, family, clinical, and volunteer caregivers. Through their work, they provide a context for public discussion of caregiving, loss, and death. | More details | |||
| Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $200.00 | General Support | International | www.palestine-studies.org/ | The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) is the oldest institute in the world devoted exclusively to documentation, research, analysis, and publication on Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict. | More details | |||
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | International | mecaforpeace.org | The Middle East Children’s Alliance works for the rights and the well-being of children in the Middle East. MECA supports dozens of community projects for Palestinian children and refugees from Syria. Since 1988 they have delivered $25 million in food and medical aid to Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon. MECA welcomes the support of all people who care about children and their future. | More details | |||
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $1,000.00 | Maia Project | International | mecaforpeace.org | In September 2009, the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) launched the Maia Project (Arabic for “waterâ€) to provide Palestinian children with clean, safe drinking water. The Maia Project provides safe clean, drinking water for tens of thousands of Palestinian children by installing water purification and desalination units in schools throughout the Gaza Strip. | More details | |||
| US Campaign for Palestinian Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | International | https://uscpr.org/ | The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) is a national coalition of hundreds of groups working to advocate for Palestinian rights and a shift in US policy. Founded in 2001 as the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, USCPR has been a leading player in the movement for Palestinian rights in the United States. The coalition is bound by commonly shared principles on Palestine solidarity as well as our anti-racism principles. | More details | |||
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $3,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | www.biologicaldiversity.org | At the Center for Biological Diversity, they believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, they work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. They do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive. They want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive. | More details | |||
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $2,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://ccrjustice.org/ | The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. They do that by combining cutting-edge litigation, advocacy and strategic communications in work on a broad range of civil and human rights issues. | More details | |||
| CodePink Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $300.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.codepink.org/ | CODEPINK is a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. | More details | |||
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $400.00 | General Support | Nationwide | www.ifamericansknew.org | The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world's major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation. It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution. | More details | |||
| The Electronic Intifada | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $200.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://electronicintifada.net/ | The Electronic Intifada is an independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world. Founded in 2001, The Electronic Intifada has won awards and earned widespread recognition for publishing original, high-quality news and analysis, and first-person accounts and reviews. The Electronic Intifada’s writers and reporters include Palestinians and others living inside Palestine and everywhere else that news about Palestine and Palestinians is made. | More details | |||
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2019 | $300.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.wrmea.org/ | The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, a 76-page magazine published 8 times per year in Washington, DC, that focuses on news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region | More details | |||
| Ella Baker Center for Human Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2020 | $750.00 | General Support | California | http://www.ellabakercenter.org | Ella Baker Center organizes with Black, Brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons and punishment, and towards opportunities that make communities safe, healthy, and strong. | More details | |||
| People's Kitchen Collective | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2020 | $750.00 | General Support | California | http://peopleskitchencollective.com/ | People's Kitchen Collective (PKC) works at the intersection of art and activism as a food-centered political education project. Based in Oakland, California, their creative practices reflect the diverse histories and backgrounds of co-founders Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik, Jocelyn Jackson, and Saqib Keval. Written in their families' recipes are the maps of their migrations and stories of resilience. It is from this foundation that they create immersive experiences that honor the shared struggles of their people. They believe in radical hospitality as a strategy to address the urgent social issues of our time. | More details | |||
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2020 | $1,060.00 | Saving Life on Earth Fund | Nationwide | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | More details | ||||
| Color Of Change Education Fund Inc | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2020 | $750.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://colorofchange.org/ | Color of Change leads campaigns that build real power for Black communities. They challenge injustice, hold corporate and political leaders accountable, commission game-changing research on systems of inequality, and advance solutions for racial justice that can transform the world. | More details | |||
| Berkeley Food and Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Environment ; Housing | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | Food & Housing Project (BFHP) provided a comprehensive range of housing, food, and supports services to help those in need move from homelessness into a safe and affordable home of their own. They accomplish their work in partnership with the City of Berkeley, other government agencies, and a robust network of local service providers. | More details |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Russian River; California | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | https://www.communitycleanwater.org/ | More details | |
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Arts, Culture & Media | Alameda County ; Fresno County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | 94.1, KPFA is a community powered radio station that creates and curates a unique mix of music, informed public affairs, culture, and news. For nearly 70 years KPFA has investigated the contemporary intersections of class, race, distribution of wealth and its affects on the citizens of our Northern and Central California coverage area. | More details |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | Russian River; California | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | https://sonomalandtrust.org/ | The Land Trust works closely with private landowners, Sonoma Ag + Open Space and other public agencies at all levels of government, nonprofit partners and foundations, andt has protected nearly 58,000 acres of beautiful, productive and environmentally significant land in and around Sonoma County. | More details |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2021 | $1,500.00 | Other | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution ; Economic Development | International | https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) supports children and families in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon through: - Direct aid including food, medicine, medical supplies, and clothes as well as books, toys and school supplies. Since 1988, we have sent more than $27 million in aid to children in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon - Financial support and professional assistance to community organizations in the West Bank and Gaza that help meet Palestinian children’s needs, including clinics, kindergartens, counseling centers, libraries; accessible parks and playgrounds; sports teams, and dance, music and art programs - University scholarships for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank - Educational and cultural programs in the US and internationally to increase understanding about the lives of children in the Middle East and the impact of US foreign policy on people in the region | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | Nationwide | Saving Life on Earth Fund | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Nationwide | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | At the Center for Biological Diversity, they believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction.They do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive. | More details | |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2021 | $2,000.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Civil Rights/Liberties | Nationwide | https://ccrjustice.org/ | The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. They do that by combining cutting-edge litigation, advocacy and strategic communications in work on a broad range of civil and human rights issues. | More details | |
| CODEPINK: Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2021 | $300.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.codepink.org/ | CODEPINK is a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. | More details | ||
| The Electronic Intifada | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | Nationwide ; Other | General Support | Human Rights & Civil Liberties ; Arts, Culture, & Media | Nationwide | https://electronicintifada.net/ | The Electronic Intifada is an independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world. Founded in 2001, The Electronic Intifada has won awards and earned widespread recognition for publishing original, high-quality news and analysis, and first-person accounts and reviews. The Electronic Intifada’s writers and reporters include Palestinians and others living inside Palestine and everywhere else that news about Palestine and Palestinians is made. | More details | |
| Aurora Theatre Company | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Arts, Culture & Media ; Arts, Culture, & Media | Alameda County | California | https://www.auroratheatre.org/ | Aurora Theatre Company invigorates audiences and artists through the shared experience of professional, intimate theatre. Their work, while entertaining, is more than entertainment as they challenge themselves and community to do better, think deeper, laugh louder and cast wider nets of empathy toward the world. Through their productions of both classic and new works, they support the Bay Area community by hiring local artists and artisans and likewise support all forms of diversity both onstage and off. | More details |
| Berkeley Food and Housing Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Housing | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | Berkeley Food & Housing Project (BFHP) provides a comprehensive range of housing, food, and supports services to help those in need move from homelessness into a safe and affordable home of their own. This includes emergency food and shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and permanent supportive housing with support services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness. They accomplish their work in partnership with the City of Berkeley, other government agencies, and a robust network of local service providers. | More details |
| Californians for Alternatives to Toxics | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | North Coast; California | General Support | Environment | Del Norte County ; Humboldt County ; Lake County ; Mendocino County ; Shasta County ; Siskiyou County ; Sonoma County | California | http://www.alt2tox.org | For 23 years, CATs has worked to help the public to gain control over pesticides and other toxic chemicals within the environment of California in ways that will benefit people around the world. They currently work on pesticide issues in the following areas: forests & public lands, wildlife, agriculture, schools & public places, and home & garden. | More details |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $250.00 | Russian River; California | General Support | Environment ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | https://www.communitycleanwater.org/ | Community Clean Water Institute (CCWI) is dedicated to protecting water quality and public health throughout Northern California by identifying pollution sources through the collection and analysis of water quality data. CCWI shares the information collected with government regulatory agencies and the public, and engages in education and community outreach activities. | More details |
| Dorothy King Young Chapter, California Native Plant Society | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | North Coast; California | General Support | Environment | Mendocino County ; Sonoma County | California | http://www.dkycnps.org/ | The Dorothy King Young Chapter serves coastal Mendocino County, the northern coastal area of Sonoma County, and nearby areas. They host activities throughout the year for members and the general public including regular meetings featuring informative guest speakers, field trips, educational functions, plant sales, and weed eradication. | More details |
| Earth Island Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Earth Island Journal | Environment | Alameda County | California | https://www.earthisland.org | Earth Island Journal is the media arm of Earth Island Institute — an organization that supports environmental activists and leaders working to protect the biological and cultural diversity that sustains our environment. Their award-winning international magazine combines investigative journalism, thought-provoking commentary, and art to highlight the subtle but profound connections between the environment and other contemporary issues. | More details |
| Friends of Five Creeks | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $200.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Environment ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.fivecreeks.org/ | Friends of Five Creeks mobilizes volunteers of all ages to restore, maintain, understand, and enjoy the creeks and watersheds of the East Bay from North Berkeley to Richmond. In year-round hands-on volunteering, they revitalize creeks, improve habitat and water quality, eliminate invasive plant species, and increase public access, knowledge, understanding, and stewardship. | More details |
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Arts, Culture & Media ; Arts, Culture, & Media | Alameda County ; Fresno County ; San Mateo County ; Santa Cruz County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | 94.1, KPFA is a community powered radio station that creates and curates a unique mix of music, informed public affairs, culture, and news. For nearly 70 years KPFA has investigated the contemporary intersections of class, race, distribution of wealth and its affects on the citizens of their Northern and Central California coverage area. | More details |
| Moving South Berkeley Forward | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Environment ; Children & Youth ; Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | https://movingsouthberkeleyforward.weebly.com/ | Moving South Berkeley Forward is an urban minority youth and community environmental justice endeavor. MSBF intentionally encourages South Berkeley High School students to advocate and participate in the creation of a youth-led community garden site which will simultaneously improve air quality while providing local healthy food and a lush community greenspace for all. | More details |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $1,500.00 | Russian River; California | General Support | Environment ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | https://sonomalandtrust.org/ | The Land Trust works closely with private landowners, Sonoma Ag + Open Space and other public agencies at all levels of government, nonprofit partners and foundations, to protect 58,000 acres of beautiful, productive and environmentally significant land in and around Sonoma County. | More details |
| The Plant Exchange | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Environment | Alameda County | California | http://theplantexchange.com | The Plant Exchange promotes waste reduction, sustainable gardening, urban farming and environmental justice through educational programming and the rescue, repair and redistribution of plants, pottery, and other gardening items that are headed to landfill. They grow community through the collection, nurturing, and redistribution of plants and supplies. | More details |
| Zen Caregiving Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | San Francisco County | California | http://www.zenhospice.org | Zen Caregiving Project is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California with over 30 years of experience in practicing and teaching mindfulness-based, compassionate caregiving. They offer courses, workshops, and training for professional, family, clinical, and volunteer caregivers. Through their work, they provide a context for public discussion of caregiving, loss, and death. | More details | |
| Community Rebuilds | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $200.00 | Colorado ; Utah | General Support | Housing | Colorado | https://www.communityrebuilds.org/ | To build energy-efficient housing, provide education on sustainability, and improve the housing conditions of the workforce through an affordable program. ​ | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $800.00 | Other | Maia Project | Children & Youth ; Environmental Justice ; Water Resources/Watershed Protection | International | https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | In September 2009, the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) launched the Maia Project (Arabic for “waterâ€) to provide Palestinian children with clean, safe drinking water. The Maia Project provides safe clean, drinking water for tens of thousands of Palestinian children by installing water purification and desalination units in schools throughout the Gaza Strip. | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $700.00 | Other | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution ; Housing ; Human Rights & Civil Liberties | International | https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) supports children and families in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon through: - Direct aid including food, medicine, medical supplies, and clothes as well as books, toys and school supplies. - Financial support and professional assistance to community organizations in the West Bank and Gaza that help meet Palestinian children’s needs, including clinics, kindergartens, counseling centers, libraries; accessible parks and playgrounds; sports teams, and dance, music and art programs - University scholarships for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank - Educational and cultural programs in the US and internationally to increase understanding about the lives of children in the Middle East and the impact of US foreign policy on people in the region | More details | |
| Playgrounds for Palestine | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $300.00 | Other | General Support | Children & Youth | International | https://playgroundsforpalestine.org/ | Playgrounds for Palestine partners with local NGOs, schools, and municipalities to construct playgrounds for children in Palestine. | More details | |
| US Campaign for Palestinian Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $300.00 | Nationwide ; Other | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution ; Human Rights & Civil Liberties | International | https://uscpr.org/ | The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) is a national coalition of hundreds of groups working to advocate for Palestinian rights and a shift in US policy. Founded in 2001 as the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, USCPR has been a leading player in the movement for Palestinian rights in the United States. The coalition is bound by commonly shared principles on Palestine solidarity as well as our anti-racism principles. | More details | |
| Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $300.00 | Michigan | Champion Tree Project | Environment ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Michigan | https://www.ancienttreearchive.org/ | AATA works to propagate the world’s most important old growth trees before they are gone, archive the genetics of these ancient trees in living libraries around the world, and reforest the Earth with the offspring of these trees. Their Champion Tree Project locates champion trees of every tree species in the world, for cloning and propagation purposes. | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $2,000.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Environment ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | Center for Biological Diversity works to protect the vast diversity of wild animals and plants and secure a future for species hovering on the brink of extinction. They do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive. | More details | |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $1,000.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Civil Rights/Liberties ; Human Rights & Civil Liberties | Nationwide | https://ccrjustice.org/ | The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. They do that by combining cutting-edge litigation, advocacy and strategic communications in work on a broad range of civil and human rights issues. | More details | |
| CODEPINK: Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $300.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution | Nationwide | https://www.codepink.org/ | CODEPINK is a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. | More details | |
| Human Rights Watch, Inc. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Nationwide ; Other | General Support | Civil Rights/Liberties ; Human Rights & Civil Liberties | Nationwide | https://www.hrw.org/ | Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world and works to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. They direct their advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $250.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution | Nationwide | https://ifamericansknew.org/ | The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world's major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation. It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution. | More details | |
| Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $200.00 | Nationwide ; Other | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution ; Civil Rights/Liberties ; Human Rights & Civil Liberties | Nationwide | https://www.palestine-studies.org/ | The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) is the oldest institute in the world devoted exclusively to documentation, research, analysis, and publication on Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict. | More details | |
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2022 | $200.00 | Nationwide ; Other | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution | Nationwide | https://www.wrmea.org/ | The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs is a 76-page magazine published 8 times per year in Washington, DC that focuses on news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region. | More details | |
| Californians for Alternatives to Toxics | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | North Coast; California | General Support | Environment | Del Norte County;Humboldt County;Lake County;Mendocino County;Shasta County;Siskiyou County;Sonoma County | California | http://www.alt2tox.org | For 23 years, CATs has worked to help the public to gain control over pesticides and other toxic chemicals within the environment of California in ways that will benefit people around the world. They currently work on pesticide issues in the following areas: forests & public lands, wildlife, agriculture, schools & public places, and home & garden. | More details |
| Sonoma Land Trust | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $1,500.00 | Russian River; California | General Support | Environment;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Sonoma County | California | https://sonomalandtrust.org/ | The Land Trust works closely with private landowners, Sonoma Ag + Open Space and other public agencies at all levels of government, nonprofit partners and foundations, to protect 58,000 acres of beautiful, productive and environmentally significant land in and around Sonoma County. | More details |
| Community Clean Water Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $250.00 | Russian River; California | General Support | Environment;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | https://www.communitycleanwater.org/ | Community Clean Water Institute (CCWI) is dedicated to protecting water quality and public health throughout Northern California by identifying pollution sources through the collection and analysis of water quality data. CCWI shares the information collected with government regulatory agencies and the public, and engages in education and community outreach activities. | More details |
| KPFA 94.1 FM | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Arts, Culture & Media;Arts, Culture, & Media | Alameda County;Fresno County | California | http://www.kpfa.org | 94.1, KPFA is a community powered radio station that creates and curates a unique mix of music, informed public affairs, culture, and news. For nearly 70 years KPFA has investigated the contemporary intersections of class, race, distribution of wealth and its affects on the citizens of their Northern and Central California coverage area. | More details |
| Earth Island Institute | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | Earth Island Journal | Environment | Alameda County | California | https://www.earthisland.org | Earth Island Journal is the media arm of Earth Island Institute — an organization that supports environmental activists and leaders working to protect the biological and cultural diversity that sustains our environment. Their award-winning international magazine combines investigative journalism, thought-provoking commentary, and art to highlight the subtle but profound connections between the environment and other contemporary issues. | More details |
| Insight Housing | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Housing | Alameda County | California | http://bfhp.org/ | Insight Housing, formerly Berkeley Food & Housing Project (BFHP), provides a comprehensive range of housing, food, and supports services to help those in need move from homelessness into a safe and affordable home of their own. This includes emergency food and shelter, transitional housing, rapid rehousing, and permanent supportive housing with support services to individuals and families experiencing homelessness. They accomplish their work in partnership with the City of Berkeley, other government agencies, and a robust network of local service providers. | More details |
| Moving South Berkeley Forward | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Environment;Children & Youth;Environmental Justice | Alameda County | California | https://movingsouthberkeleyforward.weebly.com/ | Moving South Berkeley Forward is an urban minority youth and community environmental justice endeavor. MSBF intentionally encourages South Berkeley High School students to advocate and participate in the creation of a youth-led community garden site which will simultaneously improve air quality while providing local healthy food and a lush community greenspace for all. | More details |
| Aurora Theatre Company | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Arts, Culture & Media;Arts, Culture, & Media | Alameda County | California | https://www.auroratheatre.org/ | Aurora Theatre Company invigorates audiences and artists through the shared experience of professional, intimate theatre. Their work, while entertaining, is more than entertainment as they challenge themselves and community to do better, think deeper, laugh louder and cast wider nets of empathy toward the world. Through their productions of both classic and new works, they support the Bay Area community by hiring local artists and artisans and likewise support all forms of diversity both onstage and off. | More details |
| Zen Caregiving Project | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | http://www.zenhospice.org | Zen Caregiving Project is a non-profit organization based in San Francisco, California with over 30 years of experience in practicing and teaching mindfulness-based, compassionate caregiving. They offer courses, workshops, and training for professional, family, clinical, and volunteer caregivers. Through their work, they provide a context for public discussion of caregiving, loss, and death. | More details |
| Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | Statewide; California | California Environmental Grassroots Fund | Environment;Environmental Justice | Statewide | California | / | To support grassroots leaders who are working to hold polluters accountable, bring food access and environmental education to their community, preserve critical habitat, and more! | More details |
| Community Rebuilds | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $200.00 | Colorado | General Support | Housing | Colorado | https://www.communityrebuilds.org/ | To build energy-efficient housing, provide education on sustainability, and improve the housing conditions of the workforce through an affordable program. | More details | |
| If Americans Knew | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $250.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution | International | https://ifamericansknew.org/ | The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world's major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation. It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution. | More details | |
| Human Rights Watch, Inc. | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | Nationwide;Other | General Support | Civil Rights / Liberties;Human Rights & Civil Liberties | International | https://www.hrw.org/ | Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world and works to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. They direct their advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. | More details | |
| Institute for Palestine Studies | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $200.00 | Nationwide;Other | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution;Civil Rights / Liberties;Human Rights & Civil Liberties | International | https://www.palestine-studies.org/ | The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) is the oldest institute in the world devoted exclusively to documentation, research, analysis, and publication on Palestinian affairs and the Arab-Israeli conflict. | More details | |
| US Campaign for Palestinian Rights | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $300.00 | Nationwide;Other | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution;Human Rights & Civil Liberties | International | https://uscpr.org/ | The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) is a national coalition of hundreds of groups working to advocate for Palestinian rights and a shift in US policy. Founded in 2001 as the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, USCPR has been a leading player in the movement for Palestinian rights in the United States. The coalition is bound by commonly shared principles on Palestine solidarity as well as our anti-racism principles. | More details | |
| Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $200.00 | Nationwide;Other | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution | International | https://www.wrmea.org/ | The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs is a 76-page magazine published 8 times per year in Washington, DC that focuses on news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region. | More details | |
| Amnesty International USA | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $1,000.00 | Nationwide;Other | General Support | Human Rights & Civil Liberties | International | http://www.amnestyusa.org/ | Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights. They work to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. Currently the world’s largest grassroots human rights organization, they investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilize the public, and help transform societies to create a safer, more just world. They received the Nobel Peace Prize for their life-saving work. | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $800.00 | Other | Maia Project | Children & Youth;Environmental Justice;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | International | https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | In September 2009, the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) launched the Maia Project (Arabic for “water”) to provide Palestinian children with clean, safe drinking water. The Maia Project provides safe clean, drinking water for tens of thousands of Palestinian children by installing water purification and desalination units in schools throughout the Gaza Strip. | More details | |
| Playgrounds for Palestine | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $300.00 | Other | General Support | Children & Youth | International | https://playgroundsforpalestine.org/ | Playgrounds for Palestine partners with local NGOs, schools, and municipalities to construct playgrounds for children in Palestine. | More details | |
| Middle East Children's Alliance | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $700.00 | Other | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution;Housing;Human Rights & Civil Liberties | International | https://www.mecaforpeace.org/ | The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) supports children and families in Palestine, Iraq and Lebanon through: - Direct aid including food, medicine, medical supplies, and clothes as well as books, toys and school supplies. - Financial support and professional assistance to community organizations in the West Bank and Gaza that help meet Palestinian children’s needs, including clinics, kindergartens, counseling centers, libraries; accessible parks and playgrounds; sports teams, and dance, music and art programs - University scholarships for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank - Educational and cultural programs in the US and internationally to increase understanding about the lives of children in the Middle East and the impact of US foreign policy on people in the region | More details | |
| Archangel Ancient Tree Archive | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $300.00 | Michigan | Champion Tree Project | Environment;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Michigan | https://www.ancienttreearchive.org/ | AATA works to propagate the world’s most important old growth trees before they are gone, archive the genetics of these ancient trees in living libraries around the world, and reforest the Earth with the offspring of these trees. Their Champion Tree Project locates champion trees of every tree species in the world, for cloning and propagation purposes. | More details | |
| CODEPINK: Women for Peace | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $300.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Peace & Conflict Resolution | Nationwide | https://www.codepink.org/ | CODEPINK is a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs and other life-affirming programs. | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Makdisi & Wheeler Fund | 2023 | $2,000.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Environment;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation | Nationwide | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | Center for Biological Diversity works to protect the vast diversity of wild animals and plants and secure a future for species hovering on the brink of extinction. They do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive. | More details | |
| Gary Polakovic | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2002 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | Meade Prize Winner | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | For a series of stories published in the LA Times during 2001 that explored the scientific; human and political dimensions of the air pollution problem. | More details | |
| Fresno Bee | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2003 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | Meade Prize Winner | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Joaquin County | California | http://www.fresnobee.com/ | Awarded to: Fresno Bee for the Last Gasp The Last Gasp is a 24-page special section of the Fresno Bee; published on December 15; 2002; that examines how air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley became some of the worst in the nation. | More details |
| Elizabeth Shogren | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2004 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | Meade Prize Winner | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | Awarded to: Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Elizabeth Shogren for consistent excellence in covering federal policy developments that have been widely condemned by environmentalists as encouraging increased emissions of harmful air pollutants. | More details | |
| Eric Johnson | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2005 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | Meade Prize Winner | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | For his eight-day series exploring the air pollution impacts of the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach; published in February 2004 in the Long Beach Press-Telegram. | More details | |
| Mark Grossi | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2006 | $1,000.00 | Central Valley | Meade Prize Winner | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Fresno County | California | For his reporting in a year-long series of articles in the Fresno Bee on the air pollution impacts of citing new dairies in Fresno County and other places in the Central Valley. | More details | |
| William Kelly | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2006 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | Meade Prize Winner | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | For a series of articles published in the LA Weekly that provided insight about the backroom Sacramento wheeling and dealing over adding ethanol into gasoline and the pitfalls of liquefied natural gas terminals. | More details | |
| UCLA Foundation | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2008 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | Meade Clean Air Scholarship | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.uclafoundation.org/ | An annual scholarship award to a student studying air pollution at the UCLA School of Public Health. | More details |
| UCLA Foundation | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2009 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | Meade Clean Air Scholarship | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.uclafoundation.org/ | An annual scholarship award to a student studying air pollution at the UCLA School of Public Health. | More details |
| UCLA Foundation | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2010 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | Meade Clean Air Scholarship | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.uclafoundation.org/ | An annual scholarship award to a student studying air pollution at the UCLA School of Public Health. | More details |
| UCLA Foundation | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2011 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | Meade Clean Air Scholarship | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.uclafoundation.org/ | An annual scholarship award to a student studying air pollution at the UCLA School of Public Health. | More details |
| UCLA Foundation | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2012 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | Meade Clean Air Scholarship | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.uclafoundation.org/ | An annual scholarship award to a student studying air pollution at the UCLA School of Public Health. | More details |
| Breathe California of Los Angeles County | Meade Clean Air Prize/Scholarship | 2013 | $5,300.50 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.breathela.org | General Support | More details |
| Columbia Riverkeeper | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2012 | $13,750.00 | Pacific Northwest | Toxics Reduction Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Hood River County | Oregon | http://www.columbiariverkeeper.org | For public outreach; organizing; policy development and legal advocacy to encourage Washington State to reduce toxic pollution on the Spokane River; and to create a statewide water quality standard that protects human health. | More details |
| Columbia Institute for Water Policy | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2012 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Spokane River Toxics Cleanup Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Spokane County | Washington | http://www.columbia-institute.org | To reduce PCBs in Spokane River waters; sediment and fish by building public support for the enforcement of the Clean Water Act and the development of water reuse infrastructure in the Spokane watershed. | More details |
| Futurewise | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2012 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Spokane River Shoreline Master Program Update Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Spokane County | Washington | http://www.futurewise.org | To advocate for protecting the shoreline habitat and water quality of the Spokane River and its tributaries including Latah Creek by participating in the update of the Shoreline Master Program (or SMP) for the County of Spokane; the City of Spokane Valley and the City of Millwood. SMPs are policies and regulations that protect rivers; streams; wetlands and the uplands near them. | More details |
| Inland Northwest Land Trust | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2012 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Latah Creek Watershed Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Spokane County | Washington | http://www.inlandnwlandtrust.org | To improve water quality and wildlife habitat in the Latah Creek Watershed; a highly degraded tributary to the Spokane River. The project will recruit interested landowners; develop restoration plans; and coordinate volunteers to restore; enhance and conserve a four miles riparian zone on Latah Creek. | More details |
| Kootenai Environmental Alliance | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Industrial Stormwater Dischargers Survey | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kootenai County | Washington | http://www.kealliance.org | For a survey pollution of discharges from industrial sites into the Spokane River in Kootenai County and its Lake Coeur d_''Alene headwaters. | More details |
| Lands Council | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2012 | $13,750.00 | Pacific Northwest | Spokane River Watershed Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Spokane County | Washington | http://www.landscouncil.org | For stream bank restoration and planting 10000 native trees along Latah Creek utilizing hundreds of volunteers. Increased riparian vegetation along the eroding creek will keep sediment and toxics out of the Spokane River; which will improve water quality. The project will also educate students and underserved populations about toxics in stormwater and teach them what they can do to reduce pollution in the watershed. | More details |
| Northwest Environmental Defense Center | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2012 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Spokane River Stormwater Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Multnomah County | Washington | http://www.nedc.org | A two-year project to restore and protect the water quality of the Spokane River by ensuring that polluting sources obtain Clean Water Act stormwater discharge permits; monitoring permit compliance; and providing hands-on learning opportunities for students at Lewis and Clark and Gonzaga universities. | More details |
| Eastern Washington University | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2017 | $24,871.00 | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Washington | https://www.ewu.edu/ | Latah Creek, a major tributary of the Spokane River, is a substantial source of sediments. This project will monitor the spatial and temporal distribution and persistence of sediments immediately downstream from the mouth of Latah Creek. These sediments may cause a substantial decline in water quality and may negatively affect both invertebrate and vertebrate fauna within the river. | More details | |||
| Futurewise | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Washington | http://www.futurewise.org/ | Futurewise is proposing to work with the City of Spokane to establish a private stormwater facility inspection and maintenance program. Currently the City of Spokane requires stormwater retention facilities on residential developments to prevent PCBs and other contaminants from entering rivers and streams, but these facilities are not inspected, and there are no requirements for maintenance plans--causing flooding and reducing the water treatment impacts. Through this proposal we will be working with the Spokane City Council to develop a self-sustaining program to address failing facilities and ensure water quality and quantity performance. In the long term, this effort will achieve two significant outcomes – ensuring that the city develops the practices, procedures and skill sets for applying best management practices to the maintenance of stormwater facilities; and, increasing the potential for neighborhood support of new green stormwater infrastructure facilities by eliminating the nuisances that past failures have caused. | More details | |||
| The Lands Council | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | https://landscouncil.org/ | The Lands Council will reduce nonpoint source pollution to the Spokane River in three ways: 1) by employing green chemistry to explore how fungi mycelium degrades PCBs into innocuous substances, and developing a protocol for using mycelium in storm gardens treating polluted stormwater; 2) by conducting a targeted public outreach campaign in Spokane to educate residents about the health risks of PCB exposure in contaminated stormwater raising awareness/acceptance of green infrastructure as an environmentally sound, successful, and cost-effective means of capturing and treating stormwater on-site; and 3) by planting urban trees partnered with willing landowners, using biochar, a soil amendment proven to retain PCBs and other contaminants associated with stormwater. The Lands Council is uniquely suited to carry out these tasks due to our experience in each of these areas. We have completed Phase I of a mycelium research project and have conclusively demonstrated that fungi are capable of breaking down PCB congeners. We have conducted multiple outreach campaigns focusing on neighborhoods at risk in Spokane aiming to improve environmental health and understanding in our community. We have used biochar in a pilot storm garden and studied its ability to reduce influent stormwater contaminants. Finally, we work with Spokane City Council members on an improved urban tree ordinance fostering growth of our urban forest while simultaneously reducing stormwater flows to MS4s and CSOs generating ardent support for our urban tree planting. | More details | ||||
| University Legal Assistance of Gonzaga University School of Law | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2018 | $9,925.00 | Spokane River PCB Education Project | Washington | https://www.law.gonzaga.edu/academics/law-clinic/ | This project will utilize a dedicated law student intern to: (1) compile a public information sheet about sources of PCBs into the Spokane River, including information about PCBs originating from the manufacture of PCBs from Monsanto and (2) organize a public workshop to discuss the City of Spokane's lawsuit against Monsanto and other community efforts to control PCBs into the Spokane River. Representatives from the City of Spokane will be inviting to assist in the organizing and to participate in the event. | More details | |||
| University Legal Assistance of Gonzaga University School of Law | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2019 | $7,000.00 | Spokane River Water Quality Variance Project | Washington | https://www.law.gonzaga.edu/academics/law-clinic/ | This project will provide support for the Spokane River Forum conference to facilitate community discussion of the tool of water quality variance. As a follow-up to the conference, the Law Clinic will research and produce a white paper examining the applicability of variances to the problem of PCBs on the Spokane River. This will be distributed through a short public presentation, upon its completion, and through the Spokane River Forum's stakeholder list, which includes governmental, industrial, and community stakeholders. | More details | |||
| University Legal Assistance of Gonzaga University School of Law | Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2019 | $80,000.00 | Spokane River Water Quality Variance Expert Outreach | Washington | https://www.law.gonzaga.edu/academics/law-clinic/ | This project will focus on PCBs, the Spokane River, and how variances affect water quality goals. The Spokane River's current PCB variance process is the first toxic pollutant variance affecting the human health criteria in the whole of the United States. This project will provide expert information and outreach to the public in the Spokane area, Washington state, and nationwide. Primarily, the project will provide funds for experts to critically review the economic and engineering justifications used to support the PCB variance applications submitted to WA's Department of Ecology. Completed expert reviews will be publicly available for parties wishing to challenge the variances. Additionally, the project will utilize the expert data and reports as part of a presentation/media campaign to build public support for health-protective water quality standards. The outreach campaign will educate the general public on the potential risks/effects of variances while simultaneously providing expert data for further variance-related issues. | More details | |||
| Kwiáht | Orca Fund | 2020 | $31,198.00 | Salish Sea; Kwiaht project location map.pdf ; Kwiaht’s food-web monitoring program collected specimens of plankton, forage fish, juvenile and adult Chinook salmon on southeast Lopez Island, just 12 miles north of Admiralty Inlet, an area frequented by SRO, whale watchers and salmon fishers. | Sustainable community monitoring of managed toxics in the SRO food web | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.kwiaht.org | Forage fish such as Pacific Herring and Pacific Sand Lance are key mediators of the impacts of Puget Sound water quality on Chinook salmon and the Southern Residents that feed selectively on them. Unlike endangered salmon and cetaceans, moreover, forage fish are abundant, easily sampled, short-lived, mobile, and largely panmictic throughout the Salish Sea. Monitoring toxic loading of forage fish can serve as a reliable and sustainable alternative to direct measurement of toxics in SRO, which is comparatively costly and opportunistic. Forage fish toxic loads should also respond more quickly and sensitively to any changes in overall Puget Sound water quality, on a timescale of 2-3 years, rather than a decade or more in the case of accumulations in long-lived mammals. This project builds upon a well-established citizen-science program monitoring juvenile Chinook outmigrants and their forage fish prey in the San Juan Islands, which already contributes to the state’s Marine Waters reporting system, by adding annual measures of four families of bio-accumulative toxics in herring and sand lance populations preyed on by Chinook salmon. Consistently pooled annual samples of over 500 forage fish (under current federal and state permits) will provide a high level of statistical confidence and sensitivity to change; while an existing trained volunteer base and local community-based laboratory will reduce costs and ensure sustainability of annual fish collections and processing. | More details | |
| Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research | Orca Fund | 2020 | $43,546.00 | Salish Sea ; Puget Sound; | Ecology and health status of Southern Resident killer whales in the outer waters of Washington State | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://www.marecotel.org/ | The mission of Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research is to support the conservation of marine species by conducting research into their biology, behavior, and physiology for use by managers and stakeholders. They promote the development, improvement, and use of technologies that support their research and embrace collaborations (i.e., Navy, NOAA, International Whaling Commission, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada) to support effective research by aligning expertise with objectives and outcomes. | More details | |
| SR3 Sealife Response, Rehab and Research | Orca Fund | 2020 | $74,536.00 | Salish Sea ; Puget Sound ; Canada; SR zoom.jpg ; Drone photogrammetry during small boat surveys in Salish Sea waters around the San Juan Islands (SJ on attached map), northern Puget Sound, eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca (JDF) and the Strait of Georgia (SOG). Map shows previous flight locations. | Quantitative health metrics for Southern Resident killer whales using non-invasive photogrammetry | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Other | Washington | https://www.sealifer3.org/ | Since 2008, the applicants have used aerial photogrammetry to develop the only quantitative time series for monitoring the health of Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW). Measurements from high-resolution still images, collected non-invasively using drones since 2015 (Durban et al. 2015), have provided measurements of body condition (Fearnbach et al. 2018, Fearnbach et al. 2020) and growth (Fearnbach et al. 2011) for the majority/all of the population in each year. These are being used to inform recovery actions to ensure adequate Chinook salmon prey, and to identify whales in concerning condition to support enhanced responses. We propose to extend these unique time series and identify further useful quantitative metrics of whale behavior and skin condition, also generated from non-invasive drone images. The utility of new health indices will first be evaluated (year 1) in the context of existing measurements of changing body condition for a subset of SRKWs that have died over the last 6 years during our high-resolution drone studies. In years 2-5, we will extend our time series with further data collection and intensive image analysis to generate population-wide time series for each health metric that showed utility from year 1. We will support a graduate student to quantify health metrics from existing and new drone images (currently 160,000 images 2015-2020, comprising a 355 whales-by-year matrix) and will analyze patterns of change relative to life history, mortality patterns and changes in growth and body condition. The outcomes will represent baselines for monitoring to evaluate the success of recovery actions and will establish benchmarks for poor health to identify “whales of concern†before they die. Durban et al. 2015. Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems 3:131-135. Fearnbach et al. 2011. Endangered Species Research 13: 173-180. Fearnbach et al. 2018. Endangered Species Research 35: 175-180. Fearnbach et al. 2020. Marine Mammal Science, 36: 359-364. | More details | |
| University of Washington | Orca Fund | 2020 | $74,948.00 | Salish Sea ; Puget Sound ; Canada; ; Coastal and inland waters of the Salish Sea, from Swiftsure Bank and the southwest coast of Vancouver Island through the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the San Juan Islands and southern Canadian Gulf Islands, and south Puget Sound. | Partitioning Multiple Pressures Impacting Southern Resident Orca and Other Whales in the Salish Sea | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://www.washington.edu/research/osp/ | This study will link physiological and environmental health in Southern Resident Orcas (SRO) and their habitat. We non-invasively measure stress, reproductive and nutritional health, toxins and microbiome diversity in genotyped SRO feces located by specially trained scat detection dogs (Wasser et al., 2004; Ayres et al., 2012; Wasser et al., 2017). Since 2007, we have collected 650+ samples using this method, enabling us to tie physiological and toxicant measures to concurrent measures of fish abundance, vessel traffic (presence, type, and activities), SRO behavior (e.g foraging, traveling, socializing, resting) and more, with the ultimate goals of partitioning the relative impacts of threats facing SROs identified by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)/NOAA. These findings have made vital contributions to management decisions related to SRO recovery at the county, state, and federal level, including Washington’s Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Task Force. The proposed study will use existing methods from our lab and newly developed measures of toxicants and the microbiome in SROs to help prioritize mitigation efforts and better promote population recovery. Additionally, we will assess the potential of expanding our study to include mammal-eating orcas (MEO) and baleen whales (humpback, minke, gray) present in these inland waters, in an effort to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the overall health of the Salish Sea ecosystem across multiple trophic levels. These findings will help guide management decisions related to water quality and aquatic habitat of the Salish Sea. Dissemination of results will be through peer-reviewed publications, lectures/presentations, engagement with elected officials, outreach to the public, and education in public and Coast Salish tribal schools. | More details | |
| Wild Orca | Orca Fund | 2020 | $10,000.00 | Salish Sea ; Puget Sound; ; The core project team is based in Puget Sound/Salish Sea. Grassroots supporters covers the entire range of the SRO and Chinook salmon spawning habitats. Project directed efforts would be within the core Salish Sea habitat, where most SRO work occurs. | SRO Health Crisis: Engaging and Educating the Salish Sea Community to Advance Policy Solutions | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://www.wildorca.org/ | The Southern Resident Orcas (SRO) are on the brink of extinction. Research from the Orca Scat Project—University of Washington’s Center for Conservation Biology—shows insufficient Chinook salmon leads to poor health; increased stress, early mortality, miscarriages, and young calves struggling to thrive. Studies suggest that poor nutrition amplifies the effects of toxic pollution in the Salish Sea. Put simply, to save the SRO, we must save the salmon—and that means addressing long-standing water quality issues impacting the entire salmon lifecycle, and their food web. It’s essential that these landmark studies from UW and other research groups are highlighted and discussed more prominently in the public domain. But too often, research lives in an insiders’ bubble, and fails to make the intended real-world policy changes. Scientific literature can be highly indigestible, with complex math and statistics, making it inaccessible to most lay readers. This work requires interpretation and translation to make it more accessible to multi-stakeholder audiences, from the public to policymakers. Wild Orca’s Project proposes a full review of the science and research findings from UW, as well as other emerging science, data such as habitat use and trends, and water quality. A suite of talking points, position papers, and policy briefs will build a clear picture of the SRO’s need for a resilient food web in the Salish Sea, less exposed to toxins and pollutants. Wild Orca will utilize this translational science to create tools for outreach and education, for grassroots advocacy, campaigns and media engagement; and to facilitate discussion with key elected officials and other decision-makers, to influence policy, regulation and practice in favor of recovering SRO and their prey. Policy solutions will advocate for an increase in natural production of wild salmon, through restoration of key spawning habitats, and improving water quality throughout the Salish Sea watershed. | More details | |
| Northwest Environmental Advocates | Orca Fund | 2022 | $6,720.00 | South Puget Sound | Data Support for Litigation Seeking Regulation of Discharges of Emerging Contaminants to Puget Sound | Pierce County | Washington | https://northwestenvironmentaladvocates.org/ | The purpose of this project is to obtain regulatory limits on otherwise completely unregulated toxic pollutants that have been demonstrated to cause significant harm to Chinook salmon—the primary prey of the Southern Resident killer whales—and are cause for concern for orcas themselves. These pollutants are the so-called contaminants of emerging concern (“CECâ€)—including pharmaceuticals and personal care products (“PPCPâ€) and industrial chemicals. Scientists have established that approximately 97,000 pounds of CECs are discharged annually to Puget Sound by roughly 100 sewage treatment plants and that these CECs are harming Chinook salmon. The scope of the project, insofar as the support being sought from the Orca Fund, is narrow: to supplement the data on CECs present in effluent discharged from the City of Tacoma’s Central sewage treatment plant to the Puyallup River Estuary/Commencement Bay of Puget Sound, previously studied in 2014–2018. The project as a whole is to use both these new and the original data in a Clean Water Act enforcement action against Tacoma. To our knowledge, this case would be the first in the country seeking to regulate CECs. | More details | |
| Oceans Initiative | Orca Fund | 2022 | $47,300.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Assess Critical Habitat Use Throughout the Southern Resident Orca’s Range to Guide Recovery | King County | Washington | http://www.oceansinitiative.org | Oceans Initiative will advance the knowledge and conservation of endangered SROs as we assess critical habitat use throughout their range. Our team will interrogate decades' worth of spatially explicit SRO behavioral data and time series on inter-annual variability in salmon abundance. Using a new, larger sample size covering nearly 20 years, we will model and map how SROs use their Salish Sea habitat for feeding, resting, socializing, and traveling, and how these have changed over time. We will then build a predictive tool that links SRO behavior to salmon and guides enhanced protection measures (fishing closures, no-go zones, marine protected areas, ship slow-downs). Managers will have access to this dynamic tool that can help predict where key foraging areas will be in good and bad salmon years, so that enhanced protection measures can be implemented to benefit the whales at the least cost to other ocean users. | More details | |
| SeaDoc Society, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine | Orca Fund | 2022 | $74,996.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Development and use of remotely assessed indicators of SRKW health | Clallam County ; Island County ; Jefferson County ; King County ; Kitsap County ; Mason County ; Pierce County ; San Juan County ; Skagit County ; Snohomish County ; Thurston County ; Whatcom County | Washington | https://www.seadocsociety.org/ | We propose to finalize a variety of tools for remotely assessing health that were piloted in 2019 and 2021. These quantitative and qualitative metrics are designed to reflect early changes in individual SRKW health (improvement or decline). All data will be uploaded in the existing Killer Whale Health Database for analysis and future shared use. These validated health parameters will enable us to evaluate not only the health of individual orca, but also cumulatively by matriline, pod, or population. These data will complement annual body condition, reproductive success and population count datasets by providing managers in Canada and the United States with data in real-time on the effectiveness of management actions for improving the health of southern residents. | More details | |
| SR3 Sealife Response, Rehab and Research | Orca Fund | 2022 | $74,938.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Quantitative health metrics for Southern Resident killer whales using non-invasive photogrammetry | San Juan County | Washington | https://www.sealifer3.org/ | Since 2008, we have used aerial photogrammetry to develop the only quantitative time series on the health of Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW). Measurements from high-resolution still images, in recent years collected non-invasively using drones (Durban et al. 2015), have provided annual and seasonal measurements of body condition (Fearnbach et al. 2018, 2020) and growth (Fearnbach et al. 2011) for the majority of the population. Notably, our recent publication (Stewart et al. 2021a) showed that individuals measured to be in poor body condition had an elevated risk of mortality, demonstrating that our quantitative identification of “whales of concern†can serve as an early warning system to facilitate enhanced conservation measures. | More details | |
| Toxic Free Future | Orca Fund | 2022 | $72,362.00 | Central Puget Sound | Understanding Preventable Toxic Threats to Southern Resident Orcas | Jefferson County ; King County ; Kitsap County ; Mason County ; Pierce County ; Snohomish County ; Thurston County ; Whatcom County | Washington | http://www.toxicfreefuture.org | Toxic-Free Future plans to test Chinook salmon, key orca prey, and potentially other food web elements to better understand Southern Resident orca exposure to PFAS and flame retardant chemicals that may be impacting their health. | More details | |
| Wild Orca | Orca Fund | 2022 | $74,456.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Wild Orca Southern Resident Killer Whale Health Monitoring Program | Clallam County ; Island County ; Jefferson County ; King County ; Kitsap County ; San Juan County ; Skagit County ; Snohomish County ; Whatcom County | Washington | http://www.wildorca.org | Wild Orca’s Southern Resident Killer Whale Health Monitoring Program will continue and build on the legacy of 15 years’ work at the University of Washington (UW), to link both the physiological health of the Southern Resident Orca (SRO) with the environmental health of the Salish Sea. Using scent detection dogs, we will non-invasively collect feces for analysis to measure stress levels, reproductive health—including pregnancy, miscarriage and male fertility—and nutritional health relating to diet. | More details | |
| Columbia Riverkeeper | Orca Fund | 2023 | $55,000.00 | Columbia River | Linkages between Columbia River restoration and Southern Resident Orca recovery. | Asotin County;Benton County;Clallam County;Clark County;Columbia County;Cowlitz County;Franklin County;Garfield County;Grays Harbor County;Island County;Jefferson County;King County;Kitsap County;Klickitat County;Lincoln County;Mason County;Pacific County;Pierce County;San Juan County;Skagit County;Skamania County;Snohomish County;Thurston County;Wahkiakum County;Walla Walla County;Whatcom County;Whitman County; Clatsop County;Columbia County;Coos County;Curry County;Douglas County;Gilliam County;Harney County;Hood River County;Lake County;Lane County;Lincoln County;Morrow County;Multnomah County;Sherman County;Tillamook County;Umatilla County;Union County;Wallowa County;Wasco County | Oregon | http://www.columbiariverkeeper.org | Columbia Riverkeeper will leverage existing salmon and orca population health models to quantify the impact of Lower Snake River dam removal on Southern Resident Orca recovery. Specifically, Columbia Riverkeeper will retain the experts necessary to develop a scientifically defensible estimate of how increased Spring Chinook abundance would affect SRO recovery and survival if the Lower Snake River Dam were removed. Riverkeeper will disseminate this report, and the findings it contains, through earned media, social media, direct communications with its members, and direct communications to regional decision-makers including fish and wildlife managers and elected leaders. Riverkeeper will use this report—along with two other reports to be produced simultaneously on the evaporation losses and methane emissions from Lower Snake River reservoirs—to strengthen the political case for Lower Snake dam removal. Ultimately, Riverkeeper seeks to increase regional and national awareness of the need for Lower Snake River dam removal to recover salmon and Southern Resident Orca populations. | More details | |
| University of Washington | Orca Fund | 2023 | $75,000.00 | Oregon Coast; Central Puget Sound | The right fish at the right time: studying shifts in SRKW diet to improve prey resource conservation | King County;San Juan County | Washington | https://www.washington.edu/research/osp/ | In Partnership with Wild Orca and the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance (SDZWA), the UW Whale And Dolphin Ecology (WADE) lab will sequence DNA from up to 100 fecal samples collected by Wild Orca during 2020-2024 to improve understanding of Southern Resident Orca (SRO) diet and foraging behavior. Despite multiple years of monitoring and sample collection by NOAA and their partners, major gaps exist in understanding SRO diet and foraging behavior still inhibit managers’ capacity to apply appropriate conservation measures to ensure this population has a reliable food source throughout the year. Parallel sample collection by Wild Orca has been focused on analyzing changes in hormones in SRO, however, this existing sample set has great potential to have a wider impact by increasing understanding of SRO diet changes throughout the year and examine pod-level differences in diet and foraging behavior at a level never before possible. Using this work as a learning opportunity, the WADE lab will train an undergraduate intern from historically underserved communities, via UW Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), and a scientist from SDZWA in lab procedures to determine SRO diet from fecal samples. The WADE lab and trainees will also work with Wild Orca to collect new SRO field samples, increasing datasets available to the research community and ensuring proper training of future marine mammal scientists. While the first half of the internship will be focused on generating new data to inform SRO conservation, the second half will be focused on effective communication of this new information. The WADE lab, intern, and Wild Orca will develop outreach materials and participate in events that keep the public informed of and engaged in SRO conservation. Finally, the WADE lab will share these results directly with regional, federal, and state management agencies to support the conservation of prey resources most heavily used by SRO. | More details | |
| Wild Orca | Orca Fund | 2023 | $125,000.00 | Oregon Coast; North Sound/Salish Sea | Southern Resident Killer Whale Health Monitoring Program | Jefferson County;King County;San Juan County | Washington | http://www.wildorca.org | Wild Orca’s Southern Resident Orca Whale Health Monitoring Program will continue to build on the 15-year legacy of groundbreaking work at the University of Washington (UW) by monitoring and tracking the health of the Southern Resident Orcas (SRO). Wild Orca will increase understanding of SRO core summer habitat as well as wild Chinook salmon populations, the SRO’s primary prey species. Wild Orca will use non-invasive techniques to collect fecal samples for lab analysis to monitor SRO reproductive health—including pregnancy success and failure—and hormone levels related to stress and nutrition. Wild Orca will build on knowledge gained through research by UW, NOAA, and other health monitoring studies over the last decades to keep the science on the SRO’s health up-to-date to assess change over time and better understand recovery solutions. However, Wild Orca will make data and findings available for more immediate protection of SROs rather than storing results for later publication. Further, Wild Orca will use its conservation research findings to engage with federal and state agency scientists tasked with SRO and salmon recovery. Wild Orca seeks to inform policy through top-down and bottom-up engagement by directly engaging with lawmakers and supporting grassroots activism to engage in meaningful, informed actions. Accessible, easily digestible information will be available for all key audiences to ensure that the best available, most up-to-date science is used to inform the policy and regulatory changes necessary to save the SROs from extinction. | More details | |
| Center for Whale Research | Orca Fund | 2023 | $75,000.00 | Oregon Coast; North Sound/Salish Sea | Linking Acoustics to Behavior to Inform SRKW Passive Acoustic Monitoring | Clallam County;Island County;Jefferson County;King County;Kitsap County;San Juan County;Skagit County;Snohomish County;Whatcom County | Washington | whaleresearch.com | Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) provides crucial information about the habitat use and distribution of wide-ranging marine mammal species, including southern resident killer whales. The southern residents are spending an increasing portion of time outside of their core summer habitat of the central Salish Sea, where most studies of their behavior and habitat use have been conducted, making remote monitoring methods like PAM more important than ever. However, a weakness of these systems compared to direct observation is a lack of detail regarding the way animals are using these areas. This is a crucial gap, as establishing priority areas for conservation action requires that managers not only know where southern residents spend time, but also which specific areas are important for key behaviors such as foraging, socializing, and mating. Towards that end, the Center for Whale Research (CWR) will pair fine-scale behavioral data with localized acoustic recordings. Using a towed acoustic array with newly developed techniques for call detection paired with tracking and behavioral observation of focal groups, CWR will collect detailed data related to southern resident vocal behavior. With this data, CWR will create statistical models that aim to classify behaviors from acoustic information. These models will be shared with agencies currently operating remote PAM arrays, particularly NOAA and DFO, to inform analyses of behavior-specific habitat usage throughout the southern residents’ range. | More details | |
| SeaDoc Society, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine | Orca Fund | 2023 | $55,000.00 | Oregon Coast; North Sound/Salish Sea | Refining high return tools for remotely assessing health in southern resident killer whales | Clallam County;Island County;Jefferson County;King County;Kitsap County;Mason County;Pierce County;San Juan County;Skagit County;Snohomish County;Thurston County;Whatcom County | Washington | https://www.seadocsociety.org/ | The SeaDoc Society develops tools for remotely assessing southern resident (SRO) orca health. Recently, SeaDoc refined its list of health metrics suitable for evaluating potentially sick SROs and identified areas where tools or metrics need more research and development. SeaDoc will refine those high-value, low-impact health metrics and sample collection tools that need more work. This development and refinement effort includes work on the measurement techniques such as maximizing the volume of breath droplets captured by drone and calibrating infrared taken blow hole temperature to core body temperature. The grant will also allow the researchers to explorethe feasibility of using a drone-based imaging tool for developing a 3-D replica of the animal, which would allow for a much more detailed understanding of body condition such as changes in fat from various regions of the body. All data will be uploaded in the Killer Whale Health Database which is being transferred to the Center for Whale Research for analysis and shared use. All tools for measuring health metrics, once fully developed and validated, will be shared with other scientists and managers for the benefit of the wider SRO research community. In addition to individual Orca health, these newly validated health parameters will enable SeaDoc to make wider health assessments by matriline, pod, or population. In addition to annual body condition, reproductive success and population counts, NOAA, DFO, and WDFW resource managers in Canada and the United States will use these health data to evaluate in real-time the effectiveness of management actions for improving the health of southern residents. | More details | |
| SR3 Sealife Response, Rehab and Research | Orca Fund | 2023 | $65,000.00 | Oregon Coast; North Sound/Salish Sea | Quantitative photogrammetry of Southern Resident killer whales: linking health to population status | Clallam County;Island County;San Juan County;Skagit County;Whatcom County | Washington | https://www.sealifer3.org/ | SR3 uses aerial photogrammetry to develop the only quantitative time series on the health of Southern Resident Orcas (SRO). Measurements from high-resolution photographs have provided annual and seasonal measurements of body condition and growth for the majority of the population and has lead SR3 to the development of its “whales of concern” designation that can serve as an early warning system for whale management. SR3 will extend its unique time series on body condition to deliver new stand-alone products focused on the identification of “whales of concern” in the short term and the impact of condition and growth changes on population status and viability in the long-term. This will be achieved through three elements: 1) detecting changing body condition of SRKWs through 2025; 2) updating relationships between individual condition and subsequent survival and its relationship to pod condition; and 3) investigating relationships between demographic rates and variability in body size, particularly fecundity in adult females. The outcomes of this study will greatly extend and enhance the ability to monitor health of SROs to detect changes, identify “whales of concern” to facilitate enhanced management responses before whales die, and will improve predictions and tracking of future population viability. | More details | |
| Columbia River Environmental | PNW Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest; Columbia River | General Support | Environmental Education | Oregon | https://columbiariverenvironmental.org/ | Columbia River Environmental is a relatively new organization devoted to marine debris removal and prevention, with a specific focus on Styrofoam and Styrene pollutants. CRE will provide educational events, outreach to the public regarding appropriate marine debris disposal and prevention, host cleanup events in and around the Astoria, OR, and promote recycling initiatives that will help prevent waste streams into the Columbia River. Projects will be conducted along the mouth of the Columbia River, encompassing small watersheds in both Washington and Oregon. CRE intends to measure the effectiveness of its debris removal and prevention strategies through data collection and analysis in critical areas and adapt as needed. | More details | |
| Protect the Peninsula’s Future | PNW Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | Other Washington Watersheds; Washington | Grow Your Roots Mini-Grant | Clallam County;Kitsap County;Kittitas County;Klickitat County | Washington | http://www.protectpeninsulasfuture.org/ | The Gill Tract Farm Coalition will spend our Mini-Grant on a subscription to the MailerLite mass email platform. GTFC has built an email list of approximately 3,000 supporters over the past decade. Many of these folks participate in person as volunteer farmers; many more participated directly in the past and remain committed to the mission of the Gill Tract Farm Coalition, though they may live far away. Without a paid platform, volunteers manage this list "by hand" using Google Docs, and send messages through Google Groups and our individual accounts, which is both time-consuming and inefficient. A paid email platform will allow us to build, manage and maintain a consistent and professional communications presence with our supporters, including a quarterly e-newsletter (launched in Fall 2022), more effective fundraising appeals, invitations to workshops and events, etc. MailerLite's market rate for one year is $348; their nonprofit discount is $244 (30% discount). A $500 mini-grant will cover 22 months of a two-year subscription if we are granted the nonprofit discount rate; about 16 months if we have to pay the market rate (as a fiscally sponsored project rather than an independent 501c3). (Our fiscal sponsor receives 8% of grant funds, so the total available to spend on the platform will be $460). In either case, we have funds available to make up the two-year subscription. | More details | |
| 350 Tacoma | PNW Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Pacific Northwest; Central Puget Sound | General Support | Climate Change and Energy;Environmental Justice;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Pierce County | Washington | 350tacoma.org | 350 Tacoma supports climate resilience and environmental justice by advocating for the phasing from fossil fuels; the preservation of forests, greenspaces, and wetlands; the strengthening of zoning policies, ordinances and laws that support and enhance future sustainability, healthy communities, and climate justice. 350 Tacoma organizes local support of a wide array of environmental and social justice issues. With this funding, the groups will focus on area water quality issues including advocacy to protect drinking water sources by advocating against a “mega” warehouse atop Tacoma’s primary water aquifer. In addition, the group will continue working on the restoration and conservation of a saltwater marsh for which 350 Tacoma has a stewardship agreement with the City of Tacoma. | More details |
| Duwamish Alive! Coalition | PNW Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest; Central Puget Sound | General Support | Environmental Education;Environmental Health and Toxics;Environmental Justice;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | www.duwamishalive.org | Duwamish Alive! Coalition provides community engagement and volunteer opportunities for the care and stewardship of the Duwamish River and surrounding communities. The Coalition will conduct restoration activities at 15 sites along the Green-Duwamish Watershed as well as Longfellow Creek. The Coalition will engage volunteers and homeowners in maintenance of creek and riverbanks, planting of native species, removal of invasive species, water quality monitoring, and outdoor education for local schools, including water quality and soil testing. Further, the Coalition will host community education and cultural events in partnership with the Duwamish tribe. Results will be tracked with metrics of sites, volunteers engaged, work accomplished as well as engaging with new homeowners, holding a neighborhood gathering about the program, developing ecosystem related resources for homeowners which foster stewardship. | More details |
| Restaurant 2 Garden | PNW Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Pacific Northwest; Central Puget Sound | R2G General Support | Agriculture / Gardens / Food Security;Environmental Education;Environmental Justice | King County | Washington | www.Restaurant2Garden.com | Restaurant 2 Garden (R2G) will establish localized, high-capacity composting throughout the greater Seattle-area. Currently, R2G transforms local food scraps from businesses into nutrient-rich compost for local gardeners in the Danny Woo Community Garden with plans to scale up operations to other Seattle neighborhoods. Additionally, R2G is engaging in a green stormwater infrastructure project in partnership with a neighboring organization. This project will allow R2G to capture stormwater run-off and treat it onsite for use in gardens and composting operations. It will also allow R2G to construct a localized rain garden to slow storm water streetside in an area that is heavily paved and has little ground penetration opportunities for water. | More details |
| Garden of the Salish Sea Curriculum | PNW Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest; North Sound/Salish Sea | General Support | Children & Youth;Environmental Education;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Thurston County;Whatcom County | Washington | https://www.gardensalishsea.org/ | Garden of the Salish Sea Curriculum partners with the Pacific Shellfish Institute in Washington's Whatcom County, to provide K-12 shellfish-based ocean education focused on stewardship, hands-on learning, field experience, and personal responsibility. GSSC focuses on North Sound water quality by emphasizing education about waste, its effects on climate and the ocean, and waste reduction. GSSC will partner with Whatcom County schools to educate about stewardship, marine debris, and waterfront recycling audits through classroom lessons and hands-on field trips that will include removal of trash on beaches and adjacent areas. Ocean plastics and waste reduction education will be added to and expanded upon in the curriculum provided by GSSC and delivered to at least 600 K-12 students who will engage in direct marine debris removal. The curriculum culminates in the Salish Sea Challenge program which provide high school and college internships that promote careers in sustainable aquaculture, marine science, and water quality. | More details |
| Protect the Peninsula’s Future | PNW Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Pacific Northwest; Other Washington Watersheds | General Support | Environmental Health and Toxics;Habitat / Wilderness / Preservation;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Clallam County | Washington | http://www.protectpeninsulasfuture.org/ | Protect the Peninsula's Future (PPF) is a small, rural, volunteer organization with an emphasis on protecting the natural resources on Washington State's North Olympic Peninsula. PPF will engage in a legal effort to require the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services (USFWS) and associated federal agencies to act according to the federal Refuge Improvement Act guidelines. This includes conducting a compatibility determination, as required by law, prior to approving permits for commercial and industrial use in the Dungeness Spit Wildlife Refuge. As USFWS did not conduct the compatibility determination, PPF will mount a legal challenge to the permit and ask that environmental impacts are well understood prior to using sensitive habitats for new commercial activities which could impact several different protected animals in the region. Further, PPF will engage its volunteer base and local community, show up at county meetings, pass out literature at farmers markets in the region, and organizing public participation in public comment periods. | More details |
| West Plains Water Coalition | PNW Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $7,500.00 | Pacific Northwest; Spokane River | General Support | Environmental Health and Toxics;Environmental Justice;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Spokane County | Washington | https://westplainswater.org/ | West Plains Water Coalition (WPWC) works to educate, engage, and empower the citizens of Spokane's West Plains watershed towards public health safety and solutions to groundwater and drinking water contamination, and water table resources. WPWC is an organization composed of mostly rural homeowners on private wells that are or are at great risk of PFAS contamination. Members live within the150 square mile aquifer contaminated by Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane International Airport from 1975-2017. PFAS, a known health and habitat hazard, have been found in high concentrations throughout local wells but also throughout the Spokane River and come from the same sources. WPWC will engage in regular water quality testing, develop storytelling and data capacity using GIS mapping to create visuals for local water quality data, and will engage with elected officials and relevant committees. | More details |
| West Plains Water Coalition | PNW Grassroots Fund | 2023 | $500.00 | Spokane River; Washington | Grow Your Roots Mini-grant | Spokane County | Washington | https://westplainswater.org/ | The Mini-Grant request for Moving South Berkeley Forward will support the 501(c)(3) application process for MSBF which will be provided by the East Bay Community Law Center. The center is a community service of the U.C. Berkeley Law School. The funds will cover the cost of filing. The Law Center in addition to assisting the filing process will collaboratively work with future board members (currently community members) to draft the bylaws for MSBF as well. While other city garden sites are dues based, MSBF will be a sweat equity site. Therefore having a board that can apply for funding, recruit garden educators/admin staff, obtain tools and support structures, and interact with community and city partners is integral to this projects' success and longevity. | More details | |
| Memorial Medical Center Foundation | Port of L.A. Air Pollution Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $250,000.00 | Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma (LBACA) Community Education, Asthma Intervention and Home Visitation Program | Environmental Education;Environmental Justice;Environmental Health and Toxics;Children & Youth | California | memorialcare.org/mmcf | LBACA is an essential part of the hospital’s Asthma Center of Excellence and is dedicated to improving the lives of children with asthma. This grant will provide general support for the ongoing program and help fund numerous program staff that work directly with impacted families in San Pedro and Wilmington, the two communities closest to the Port of Los Angeles. LBACA’s Community Health Worker Program serves children with the greatest need for intervention services due to air pollution exposure, disease risk, and lack of access to quality care. The program’s components are recommended by the National Heath, Lung, and Blood Institute for comprehensive and effective asthma care and include monitoring, education and awareness of environmental factors, and proper medication management. LBACA uses a socio-ecological approach that places the child in the center of efforts to address asthma and expands outwards to encompass the different factors that influence the ability of a child and their family to effectively control and manage their asthma. Through education, support, and removal of home environmental hazards, the group works to decrease symptom severity while also reducing use of rescue and quick relief medications. A central part of the program is home visits by Community Health Workers. The program has proven to successfully reduce emergency department visits, hospitalizations, missed school days, and workdays missed by caretakers. In addition to working with children and families, LBACA conducts outreach to the San Pedro and Wilmington communities to educate people about the health impacts associated with air pollution and how their program can support children with asthma. LBACA tracks progress of participants in the Asthma Intervention Program using a rigorous evaluation methodology which evaluates program participants pre- and post-intervention. The goal of the program is to significantly reduce children’s asthma symptoms and number of missed days of school and empower them to control their condition with support from their families and schools. | More details | ||
| Agape Foundation | President's Fund | 1993 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Arms Control Research Center Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | San Francisco County | California | http://www.agapefdn.org/ | Supports Arms Control Research Center project creating a Citizens Environmental Impact Statement to develop and analyze sustainable alternative uses to assist base closure/conversion efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area. | More details |
| California Resource Recovery Association | President's Fund | 1993 | $170.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Other | Sacramento County | California | http://www.crra.com/ | Awards Reception Sponsorship | More details |
| Californians Against Waste Foundation | President's Fund | 1993 | $1,000.00 | Statewide | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sacramento County | California | http://www.cawrecycles.org/ | CAWF works to promote the use of recycled products and link the development of secondary markets for recycled products with economic redevelopment efforts in urban centers throughout California. | More details |
| Center for Environmental Economic Development | President's Fund | 1993 | $1,000.00 | North Coast | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | http://ceedweb.org/ | Supports staff salary for a new non-profit organization working to diversify the lumber-based local economy | More details |
| Citizens for a Better Environment | President's Fund | 1993 | $4,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | Funds environmental advocacy before California state administrative regulatory agencies; primarily the SCAQMD; opposing the creation of a commodities trading market in toxic smog futures for the greater Los Angeles area | More details | |
| Los Angeles Conservation Corps | President's Fund | 1993 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Environmental Education | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.lacorps.org/ | Supports a joint program with the City of Los Angeles which provides internships in the environmental professions to inner-city; at-risk youth. | More details |
| Plant Closures Project | President's Fund | 1993 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | An additional $100 grant helped sponsor a conference directed at promoting a sustainable; environmental economy. | More details | |
| Plant Closures Project | President's Fund | 1993 | $1,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Center for Economic Renewal Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | A $1500 grant supports their Center for Economic Renewal Project developing worker involvement in the planning of a recycling based workers cooperative venture in a joint project with La Alianza in Watsonville. | More details | |
| San Francisco Foundation | President's Fund | 1993 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | North Hills Landscape Committee Project | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Francisco County | California | http://www.sff.org/ | In support of their North Hills Landscape Committee project; which is creating a fire resistant demonstration garden in the Oakland Hills. | More details |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | President's Fund | 1993 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | Annual Gala Sponsorship | More details |
| Brooklyn Neighborhood Preservation Association | President's Fund | 1994 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Adopt-a-Spot | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| California Hotel Tenants' Garden | President's Fund | 1994 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Therapy Garden | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Californians Against Waste Foundation | President's Fund | 1994 | $200.00 | Statewide | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Sacramento County | California | http://www.cawrecycles.org/ | More details | |
| Citizens for a Better Environment | President's Fund | 1994 | $3,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Selenium Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | Supports project to control selenium discharges into San Francisco Bay. | More details |
| Clean Water Fund | President's Fund | 1994 | $2,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Baylands Environment-Economy Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/ca | Supports Baylands Environment-Economy Project promoting community control over toxic clean-up and economic redevelopment in the South San Francisco/Daly City area. | More details |
| Coalition for Clean Air | President's Fund | 1994 | $2,000.00 | Southern Coast | Dump Diesel Campaign | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.coalitionforcleanair.org/ | Supports Dump Diesel campaign to promote purchase of clean fueled buses by metropolitan transportation agencies | More details |
| Concerned Citizens of South Central LA | President's Fund | 1994 | $2,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Environmental Education | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.ccscla.org/ | Provides core operating support for community-based lead abasement program targeted at school age children. | More details |
| Crescent Elk School Garden & Compost Demonstration | President's Fund | 1994 | $680.00 | North Coast | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Del Norte County | California | Provides start-up funds for demonstration garden and compost project involving 5th and 6th graders. | More details | |
| Earth Island Institute | President's Fund | 1994 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | San Francisco Bay Seal Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://earthisland.org/immp/seal.html | Helps fund the dissemination of a four year study documenting the habits and needs of harbor seals in the Bay Area. A project of Earth Island Institute. | More details |
| East Bay Urban Gardeners | President's Fund | 1994 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | Supports community garden efforts throughout Alameda County. | More details | |
| East Palo Alto Agricultural and Historical Society | President's Fund | 1994 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | San Mateo County | California | General support for community organizing in a historically underserved community in South San Mateo County. | More details | |
| Environmental Resource Center of San Jose State | President's Fund | 1994 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Santa Clara County | California | http://erc.thinkhost.net/ | Supports purchase of computer equipment for student-run resource center serving community members; faculty and students. A project of Associated Students of San Jose State College. | More details |
| Esperanza Community Housing Corporation | President's Fund | 1994 | $3,500.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.esperanzacommunityhousing.org/ | Supports tenant-controlled slum intervention and abatement of environmental hazards in decayed housing stock. Building repairs are performed by local; minority-owned subcontractors. | More details |
| Jobs and Environment Campaign | President's Fund | 1994 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Contra Costa County | California | Assists start-up funding for a new non-profit dedicated to transforming the regional economy towards sustainable manufacturing. | More details | |
| Judith Gold Memorial Book Fund | President's Fund | 1994 | $50.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Other | Los Angeles County | California | More details | ||
| MacArthur Coalition | President's Fund | 1994 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.macarthurmetro.org/index.html | More details | |
| Organizacion de la Comunidad de Alviso | President's Fund | 1994 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Clara County | California | Funds production of a community newsletter in part of the Silicon Valley which has been heavily impacted by pollution problems. | More details | |
| Project Go! | President's Fund | 1994 | $800.00 | Sacramento Valley | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Placer County | California | Funds purchase of a conveyor for a community recycler in Placer County | More details | |
| Temescal Community Gardens | President's Fund | 1994 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| TRI-CED | President's Fund | 1994 | $2,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Capital Campaign | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.tri-ced.org/ | Supports Capital Campaign. The Tri-Cities Community Economic Development Corporation employs disadvantaged; at-risk youth in the recycling collection business. | More details |
| Urban Ecology | President's Fund | 1994 | $30.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbanecology.org/ | More details | |
| West County Toxics Coalition | President's Fund | 1994 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Contra Costa County | California | http://www.stratsolve.net/West_home.htm | Supports environmental justice efforts in an area heavily impacted by toxic air contaminants. | More details |
| Trust for Public Land | President's Fund | 1994 | $35.00 | National | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.tpl.org/ | More details | |
| Barclay's Book Drive | President's Fund | 1995 | $75.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| California Rural Legal Assistance | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | Statewide | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | http://www.crlaf.org/ | More details | |
| CALPIRG | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | Statewide | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Sacramento County | California | http://www.calpirg.org/ | More details | |
| Castlemont High School Environmental Academy | President's Fund | 1995 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/castlemont/index.php | More details | |
| Coalition for Clean Air | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | Statewide | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.coalitionforcleanair.org/ | More details | |
| Earth Regeneration Society | President's Fund | 1995 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://www.earthregenerationsociety.org/ | Supports a slide show presentation about the need to protect the Headwaters Forest. | More details |
| Environmental Health Coalition | President's Fund | 1995 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Environmental Education | San Diego County | California | http://www.environmentalhealth.org/ | Supports creation of the Lincoln/Gompers Outdoor Environmental Science Laboratory. | More details |
| Friends of Bentley School | President's Fund | 1995 | $60.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.bentleyschool.net | More details | |
| Friends of the Center | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| Greenbelt Alliance | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenbelt.org/index.shtml | More details | |
| Heal The Bay | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.healthebay.org/ | More details | |
| Local Economic Assistance Program | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Lockwood Gardens Greening Project | President's Fund | 1995 | $500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Madres del Este de Los Angeles | President's Fund | 1995 | $1,000.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.mothersofeastla.com/ | Supports a scholarship fund enabling at-risk youth in East LA to pursue higher education. | More details |
| Mono Lake Foundation | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Mono County | California | http://www.monolake.org/mlc/foundation | More details | |
| Neighborhood Newsletter Task Force | President's Fund | 1995 | $30.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Neighbors for a Rockridge Library | President's Fund | 1995 | $300.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| San Francisco Baykeeper | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | More details | |
| Sane Alternatives | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | More details | |
| The Oakland Digest | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Tree People | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.treepeople.org/ | More details | |
| Urban Ecology | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Alameda County | California | http://www.urbanecology.org/ | More details | |
| Vanguard Foundation | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| ACLU Foundation | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.aclu.org/ | More details | ||
| American Cancer Society | President's Fund | 1995 | $20.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.cancer.org/ | More details | ||
| Co-op America | President's Fund | 1995 | $20.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.greenamerica.org/ | More details | ||
| Environmental Defense Fund | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.edf.org/home.cfm | More details | ||
| Greenpeace | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/ | More details | ||
| Natural Resources Defense Council | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.nrdc.org/ | More details | ||
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | President's Fund | 1995 | $50.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ | More details | ||
| Sierra Club Foundation | President's Fund | 1995 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.sierraclub.org/ | More details | |
| Alameda County Food Bank | President's Fund | 1996 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.accfb.org/ | More details | |
| Earth First Action Fund | President's Fund | 1996 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Contra Costa County | California | More details | ||
| Friends of the Firestorm | President's Fund | 1996 | $15.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | President's Fund | 1996 | $20.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://folar.org/ | More details | |
| Greenbelt Alliance | President's Fund | 1996 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Bernardino County | California | http://www.greenbelt.org/index.shtml | More details | |
| Mono Lake Committee | President's Fund | 1996 | $25.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Mono County | California | http://www.monolake.org/mlc/ | More details | |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | President's Fund | 1996 | $50.00 | Statewide | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pcl.org/ | More details | |
| Project Open Hand | President's Fund | 1996 | $35.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.openhand.org/ | More details | |
| Redwood Environmental Education Institute | President's Fund | 1996 | $25.00 | Statewide | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Humboldt County | California | http://www.redwoodalliance.org/ | More details | |
| Redwood Justice Fund | President's Fund | 1996 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sonoma County | California | More details | ||
| Save the Redwoods League | President's Fund | 1996 | $25.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | California | http://www.savetheredwoods.org/ | More details | |
| Sierra Club; SF Bay Chapter | President's Fund | 1996 | $35.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Alameda County | California | http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/ | More details | |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | President's Fund | 1996 | $275.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | El Dorado County | California | http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/ | More details | |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | President's Fund | 1996 | $150.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | More details | |
| Tri-Valley Cares | President's Fund | 1996 | $75.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.trivalleycares.org/ | More details | |
| Urban Habitat Program of Earth Island Institute | President's Fund | 1996 | $35.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://urbanhabitat.org/uh/newfront | More details | |
| Ancient Forests International | President's Fund | 1996 | $20.00 | Santa Tecla; El Salvador | Los Cedros Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | International | http://www.ancientforests.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Defense Fund | President's Fund | 1996 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.edf.org/home.cfm | More details | ||
| Friends of the Earth | President's Fund | 1996 | $75.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.foe.org/ | More details | ||
| Natural Resources Defense Council | President's Fund | 1996 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.nrdc.org/ | More details | ||
| People for the American Way | President's Fund | 1996 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.pfaw.org/ | More details | ||
| Save America's Forests | President's Fund | 1996 | $50.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.saveamericasforests.org/ | More details | ||
| Western States Legal Foundation | President's Fund | 1996 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.wslfweb.org/ | More details | |
| Wilderness Society | President's Fund | 1996 | $20.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://wilderness.org/ | More details | ||
| Alameda County Food Bank | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Agriculture/Gardens/Food Security | Alameda County | California | http://www.accfb.org/ | More details | |
| California League of Voters Ed | President's Fund | 1997 | $1,500.00 | Statewide | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| Children's Productions Ltd. | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| College Ave Presbyterian Church | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.capcchurch.org/ | More details | |
| Data Center | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | http://www.datacenter.org/ | More details | |
| East Bay Cycle Coalition | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.ebbc.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Protection Information Center | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | http://www.wildcalifornia.org/ | More details | |
| Friends of the Firestorm | President's Fund | 1997 | $15.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | Alameda County | California | More details | ||
| Friends of the Los Angeles River | President's Fund | 1997 | $20.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Los Angeles County | California | http://folar.org/ | More details | |
| Greenbelt Alliance | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Francisco County | California | http://www.greenbelt.org/index.shtml | More details | |
| Inner City Law Center | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Other | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.innercitylaw.org/ | More details | |
| John Brown Education Foundation | President's Fund | 1997 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Other | San Francisco County | California | More details | ||
| Mendocino Environmental Center | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | North Coast | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Mendocino County | California | http://www.mecgrassroots.org/ | More details | |
| Mono Lake Committee | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | Sierra Nevada | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Mono County | California | http://www.monolake.org/mlc/ | More details | |
| Planning and Conservation League Foundation | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | Statewide | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Sacramento County | California | http://www.pcl.org/ | More details | |
| San Francisco Baykeeper | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Francisco County | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | More details | |
| Sempervirens Fund | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | Central Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Santa Cruz County | California | http://sempervirens.org/ | More details | |
| Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition | President's Fund | 1997 | $100.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Santa Clara County | California | http://svtc.org/ | More details | |
| Taxpayers for Headwaters | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | North Coast | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Humboldt County | California | More details | ||
| Tree People | President's Fund | 1997 | $100.00 | Southern Coast | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://www.treepeople.org/ | More details | |
| Urban Habitat Program of Earth Island Institute | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://urbanhabitat.org/uh/newfront | More details | |
| El Bosque Pulmalin Foundation | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | Ciudad Aut'_noma de Buenos Aires; Argentina & Puerto Varras; Chile | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Marin County | International | http://www.theconservationlandtrust.org/ | More details | |
| Environmental Defense Fund | President's Fund | 1997 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.edf.org/home.cfm | More details | ||
| Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics | President's Fund | 1997 | $30.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.fseee.org/ | More details | ||
| Friends of the Earth | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.foe.org/ | More details | ||
| National Parks Conservation Association | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Nationwide | http://www.npca.org/ | More details | ||
| Natural Resources Defense Council | President's Fund | 1997 | $100.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.nrdc.org/ | More details | ||
| Nature Conservancy | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.nature.org/ | More details | ||
| People for the American Way | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Other | Nationwide | http://www.pfaw.org/ | More details | ||
| Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Nationwide | http://www.peer.org/ | More details | ||
| Range Watch | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | National | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.rangewatch.org/ | More details | |
| Save America's Forests | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.saveamericasforests.org/ | More details | ||
| Sierra Club Foundation | President's Fund | 1997 | $50.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Francisco County | Nationwide | http://www.sierraclub.org/ | More details | |
| Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://earthjustice.org/ | More details | |
| Western States Legal Foundation | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | Nationwide | http://www.wslfweb.org/ | More details | |
| Wilderness Society | President's Fund | 1997 | $25.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://wilderness.org/ | More details | ||
| World Wildlife Fund | President's Fund | 1997 | $15.00 | National | General Support | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Nationwide | http://www.worldwildlife.org/home-full.html | More details | ||
| President's Fund | President's Fund | 1998 | $3,085.00 | Nationwide | The President's Fund provides small grants to a variety of community and environmental projects. | More details | |||||
| President's Fund | President's Fund | 1999 | $4,935.00 | Nationwide | The President's Fund provides small grants to a variety of community and environmental projects. | More details | |||||
| President's Fund | President's Fund | 2000 | $10,030.00 | Nationwide | The President's Fund provides small grants to a variety of community and environmental projects. | More details | |||||
| President's Fund | President's Fund | 2001 | $2,270.00 | Nationwide | The President's Fund provides small discretionary grants to a variety of community and environmental projects. | More details | |||||
| President's Fund | President's Fund | 2002 | $400.00 | Nationwide | The President's Fund provides small discretionary grants to a variety of community and environmental projects. | More details | |||||
| President's Fund | President's Fund | 2003 | $1,525.00 | Nationwide | The President's Fund provides small discretionary grants to a variety of community and environmental projects. | More details | |||||
| Down's Memorial Untied Methodist Church | President's Fund | 2004 | $8,500.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | New Voices are Rising | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.downsumc.org/ | For expenses related to the New Voters Project; a joint project between the Rose Foundation and Downs Memorial to register young people; and people of color to vote. | More details |
| President's Fund | President's Fund | 2004 | $450.00 | Nationwide | The President's Fund provides small discretionary grants to a variety of community and environmental projects. | More details | |||||
| Down's Memorial Untied Methodist Church | President's Fund | 2005 | $23,171.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | New Voices are Rising | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.downsumc.org/ | For expenses related to New Voters Are Rising; a joint project between the Rose Foundation and Downs Memorial to develop new young leaders in low income communities and communities of color; through civic engagement; especially as it relates to environmental health problems that disproportionately impact their communities. | More details |
| President's Fund | President's Fund | 2005 | $6,600.00 | Nationwide | The President's Fund provides small discretionary grants to a variety of community and environmental projects. | More details | |||||
| Down's Memorial Untied Methodist Church | President's Fund | 2006 | $8,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | New Voices are Rising | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | http://www.downsumc.org/ | For expenses related to New Voters Are Rising; a joint project between the Rose Foundation and Downs Memorial. | More details |
| Holy Names High School | President's Fund | 2006 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.hnhsoakland.org/ | More details | |
| West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project | President's Fund | 2006 | $4,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Alameda County | California | http://www.woeip.org/ | To provide science-base information on environmental and social conditions to neighborhood residents to help them revitalize and clean up their communities. | More details |
| Environmental Protection Information Center | President's Fund | 2007 | $2,850.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Alameda County | California | http://www.wildcalifornia.org/ | $2500 Environmental Protection Information Center; $350 Coro Foundation Exploring Leadership Program | More details |
| Russian Riverkeeper | President's Fund | 2008 | $150.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Sonoma County | California | http://www.russianriverkeeper.org/ | More details | |
| OUSD School to Career Department | President's Fund | 2009 | $1,600.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Environmental Education | Alameda County | California | More details | |||
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | President's Fund | 2012 | $500.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.pugetsoundkeeper.org/ | Supports the 9th Annual Salute to the Sound | More details |
| Golden Gate University | President's Fund | 2013 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | 20th Anniversary Celebration | Social Justice | San Francisco County | California | http://law.ggu.edu | More details | |
| Local Clean Energy Alliance | President's Fund | 2013 | $250.00 | San Francisco Bay Area | Clean Power Heal Communities Conference | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Alameda County | California | http://www.localcleanenergy.org/ | More details | |
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | President's Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Sponsor 2013 Salute to the Sound | Other | King County | Washington | http://www.pugetsoundkeeper.org | More details | |
| California Sportfishing Protection Alliance | President's Fund | 2015 | $5,000.00 | Sacramento Valley | Communications & Presentation Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | San Joaquin County | California | http://calsport.org/ | To support the design; development; preparation and presentation of graphic materials illustrating the impacts of stormwater pollution. | More details |
| California Coastkeeper Alliance | President's Fund | 2017 | $5,000.00 | Southern Coast | Mobilize Angelinos for Clean Water | California | http://www.cacoastkeeper.org | More details | |||
| San Francisco Baykeeper | President's Fund | 2017 | $1,500.00 | 2017 Bay Parade | California | http://baykeeper.org/ | More details | ||||
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | President's Fund | 2017 | $500.00 | General Support | Washington | https://pugetsoundkeeper.org/ | More details | ||||
| Karuk Tribe | President's Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | North Coast | Removing Barriers to Wildland Fire Management | Environmental Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | California | https://www.karuk.us/index.php | This project will support the efforts of a coalition led the Karuk Tribe to change California law to remove barriers to implementing Wildlands fire management activities. These barriers include inadequate funding for Tribal programs, liability laws affecting burn bosses and organizations performing prescribed burns, and unintended consequences associated with Clean Air Act implementation. These barriers prevent Tribes, ranchers, local firesafe councils and other entities from developing and implementing prescribed burns and other activities necessary to manage fuel loads on public and private lands throughout the state. | More details | |
| Adopt A Stream Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $55,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Puget Sound Coastal Streamkeepers Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Snohomish County | Washington | http://www.streamkeeper.org | Supports an expansion of the Puget Sound Coastal Streamkeepers Program; an outreach and data collection project; into four new watersheds that drain into Puget Sound; encouraging environmental stewardship and the creation of surveys to identify new ways to improve water quality and habitat restoration. | More details |
| Citizens for a Healthy Bay | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $29,500.00 | Pacific Northwest | Puyallup River Pollution Patrol Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Pierce County | Washington | http://www.healthybay.org/ | Supports science-based environmental education of Tacoma-Pierce County students followed by their engagement with county residents regarding the characteristics; sources; and extent of pollution found in local waters; and ways people can change personal behavior to reduce water contamination. The project will also engage residents in restoring natural habitat and generating scientific data on non-point source pollution flowing down the Puyallup River into Commencement Bay. | More details |
| EarthCorps | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Nearshore and Riparian Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org/index.php | Supports hands-on shoreline and riparian restoration; community engagement and ecological monitoring at publicly owned properties on Dumas Bay; Poverty Bay; and along the East Fork of Hylebos Creek; which drains into Puget Sound and provides spawning areas for endangered Chinook salmon and other endemic species. | More details |
| Environmental Coalition of South Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $60,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Stormwater Pollution Prevention Outreach Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.ecoss.org | Supports an expansion of ECOSS_'' Stormwater Pollution Prevention Outreach Program; which currently provides stormwater and sustainability assistance to multicultural businesses in the urban areas of Snohomish; Pierce; and Kitsap Counties; to encompass underserved businesses in the Central Sound area and create partnerships with municipalities in order to provide spill kits and printed materials for local business use. | More details |
| Friends of North Creek Forest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Building Grassroots Help to Restore North Creek Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org | To improve water quality in a Chinook salmon bearing stream; North Creek; by restoring the ability of the North Creek Forest to naturally filter runoff from upland neighborhoods. At present; runoff is piped across the forest. Funding supports fielding 2400 hours of volunteer time for removal of invasive plant species and forest restoration activities to restore the forest so the pipes can eventually be removed and allow natural water percolation and filtration to occur. | More details |
| Horses for Clean Water | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Horses for Clean Water in Snohomish County | Environmental Education | Snohomish County | Washington | http://www.horsesforcleanwater.com | To partner with Snohomish Conservation District to offer environmental education to horse and small acreage livestock owners on topics such as manure composting; growing and maintaining productive pastures; wildlife enhancement; chemical use reduction; water conservation and naturescaping. The program will reach an audience of 400+ small farm landowners who; as a result of the education; will implement best management practices (BMPs) that will reduce nutrients; sediments; pesticides and herbicides reaching Puget Sound. | More details |
| King Conservation District | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $30,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Bothell Streamside Landowner Outreach Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.kingcd.org/index.php | Supports partnership with the City of Bothell to embark on an outreach and educational riparian enhancement demonstration project on Parr Creek; which flows through a business park and recreational ball field in the Seattle metropolitan area; with the goals of increasing canopy cover; providing native riparian habitat; raising awareness about individual impacts on water quality and engaging the surrounding community in environmental stewardship. | More details |
| King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks - Water and Land Resources Division | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Restoration of Riparian Zone of Newaukum Creek | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/dnrp.aspx | Supports the implementation of several riparian re-vegetation projects in an agricultural area adjacent to Newaukum Creek. Livestock exclusion fencing will be erected and riparian zones will be re-vegetated with native trees and shrubs to improve water quality and protect fish and wildlife habitat. | More details |
| Pierce Conservation District | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $40,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Industrial Retrofitting Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Pierce County | Washington | http://www.piercecountycd.org | Supports outreach to reduce industrial stormwater pollution in Commencement Bay by persuading industrial owners to retrofit industrial properties in the Port of Tacoma with green infrastructure and low impact development techniques. The project will also assist industrial operators to locate funding assistance to help defray green infrastructure improvements. | More details |
| RE Sources for Sustainable Communities | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $60,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Education; Engagement and Cooperative Solutions to Water Quality Problems in North Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Whatcom County | Washington | http://www.re-sources.org | Supports sampling for metals; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fecal coliform in order to generate data on non-point pollution in urban and rural areas. The project will also facilitate outreach and resident education via a series of fact sheets; written materials; published articles; the training of a cadre of interns and volunteers who will conduct conversations within the community; as well as the formation of two stakeholder groups that will vet solutions to the problems of urban stormwater and fecal coliform. | More details |
| Seattle Tilth | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $60,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Water Smart at Rainier Urban Farm and Wetlands Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://seattletilth.org/ | Supports a collaborative effort with the City of Seattle Parks and Recreation to provide over 1000 residents within the Lake Washington watershed with the knowledge; skills; and resources to engage in behaviors and land-use practices to decrease runoff and non-point source pollutants. Activities will include hands-on habitat restoration and green infrastructure construction as part of a larger undertaking to transform a surplus City of Seattle Parks facility into a unique hub for environmental stewardship and community. | More details |
| South Park Area Redevelopment Committee | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $60,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | South Rose Greenstreet & Duwamish Riverfront Revival | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | Supports local community involvement in the planning and construction of a demonstration site that will illustrate the utility of roadside rain gardens as a tool to combat polluted runoff. In addition to the direct water quality benefits; the project will serve as a model for successfully engaging local residents in restoration and street-end public access projects. | More details | |
| South Sound Estuary Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Meet Us on the Beach Project | Environmental Education | Thurston County | Washington | http://www.sseacenter.org | To train volunteer Beach Naturalists to provide on-the-beach identification of marine creatures to beach goers; and share ideas about how to protect the waters of Puget Sound and the habitat of the creatures that live there. The Beach Naturalists will also develop and deliver a curriculum of in-class and on-the-beach activities for grades 4 _'' 12 in partnership with South Sound Green and Taylor Shellfish Farms. | More details |
| Surfrider Foundation - Seattle Chapter | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Puget Sound Ocean Friendly Garden Outreach and Installations | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://ww2.surfrider.org/seattle/ | To support the collaborative efforts of volunteer activists in the Seattle and South Sound Surfrider chapters to promote the benefits of implementing Ocean Friendly Garden techniques _'' alternatives to impermeable surfaces and traditional gardening techniques that reduce polluted runoff _'' through workshops; signage; and mapping in the Puget Sound region. The chapters will work closely with Stewardship Partners; building on their established and successful program to construct rain gardens throughout Puget Sound; and leverage SPU_''s Rainwise Program. | More details |
| Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $37,500.00 | Pacific Northwest | Coastal Bulkhead Removal Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Skagit County | Washington | http://www.swinomish.org | Supports the removal of several sections of coastal bulkhead and the construction of low-impact alternatives along Tribal and private; non-Indian properties to improve salmon and prey fish habitat; nearshore and shoreline ecological functions; and water quality. The project will also serve as a model for future cooperative partnerships between Tribal and private; non-Indians in the restoration of shorelines. | More details |
| Veterans Conservation Corps & Duwamish Alive! Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $22,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Green/Duwamish Watershed Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Thurston County | Washington | http://www.duwamishalive.org/ | Supports the extensive involvement of veterans in removing garbage and invasive plants from the Duwamish River watershed and planting more than 3000 native trees in collaboration with existing local riparian stewardship efforts. In addition to the direct watershed benefits; the project will also demonstrate the effectiveness of eco-therapy in helping veterans find personal peace and stability. | More details |
| Washington Environmental Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2012 | $35,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Clean Water and Green Infrastructure Agenda | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.wecprotects.org | Supports collaboration with municipal governments reduce stormwater pollution and promote the removal of institutional barriers to low impact development projects; while also laying the groundwork for effective implementation of the statewide stormwater permits at the municipal level. | More details |
| Building Youth Through Music | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Rodney Raccoon Goes Green | Environmental Education | Pierce County | Washington | Builds on an acclaimed Tacoma-based youth educational program to develop and add an interactive environmental education module. Through animation; video games and teacher curriculum BYTM will pique the interest of young students in the Puget Sound ecosystem and engage them in learning activities designed to increase their awareness of the environment and what they can do to protect the water quality of Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Cascadia Environmental Science Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Expanding Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Education | King County | Washington | Supports the expansion of an experiential learning-based environmental science education program for K-12 students to serve more students in northern King and Southern Snohomish counties in Washington. The program teaches stewardship concepts in the classroom; mentors students during field observations and measurements of habitat features that affect the health of Puget Sound; and then reviews the students' findings back in the classroom. The funds will be used to increase staffing levels; improve the availability of equipment and supplies for field work; and build community awareness of programs and the results of the students' work. | More details | |
| Clean Water Project | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Crude Oil-by-Rail Initiative | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | King County | Washington | When the construction of proposed railcar receiving and unloading facilities are completed in Tacoma; Anacortes and Ferndale; it is estimated that 27 railroad trains per day carrying crude oil will travel along the shorelines of Puget Sound _ much of it in the congested rail corridors that run through King County. However; most of the region's oil spill response capacity has been oriented towards leaks from tankers in the sound; not railcars that may have derailed in one of the Puget Sound watershed's numerous and hard-to-reach wetlands or creek crossings. The goal of the Crude Oil-by-Rail Initiative is to prevent a crude oil spill from rail cars from damaging Puget Sound and harming local communities. Funding supports an assessment of oil spill risks; assessment of existing response capability; and production and distribution of a report with policy recommendations to reduce risks to the watershed from accidents involving oil tanker rail cars. | More details | |
| Conservation Stewards/Garden Life Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $3,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Biofiltration Swale and NGPA Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Snohomish County | Washington | Supports the restoration of two bio-filtration swales and over 200 feet of Native Growth Protection Area (NGPA) bordering a wetland by converting mowed lawn to native plants. The native plants will slow and filter contaminated stormwater runoff from a large church parking lot that empties through two bio-filtration swales directly into a wetland. The wetland flows into Upper Chennault Ravine and runs down to enter Puget Sound at Chennault Beach. Slowing the flow of water entering the wetlands from the bio-filtration swales and NGPA will improve the capacity of the wetland to remove contaminants; will increase ground water recharge; and will provide wildlife habitat. | More details | |
| Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Volunteers for Estuary Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Thurston County | Washington | Supports the development of an active Imagine the Deschutes Estuary volunteer program that will recruit; train and deploy 100 new and enthusiastic marine ecosystem advocates to explain the long-term benefits of returning Capitol Lake to its natural estuarine condition. DERT will also convene a group of engaged scientists and technical experts to help prepare training materials. Target volunteer groups for the program will be downtown business owners and employees; youth Earth Corps; veterans and the public. Outputs and outcomes will focus on numbers of volunteers recruited; number and impact of contacts with a larger public audience; and an Imagine the Deschutes Estuary campaign resulting in an increase in estuary restoration support. | More details | |
| Fauntleroy Watershed Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Kilbourne Ravine Riparian and Buffer Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.fauntleroywatershed.org/ | Part of a 6 year project to restore native riparian and buffer habitat in the ravine that drains into the middle reach of Fauntleroy Creek; a coho-bearing urban stream in central Puget Sound. The restored habitat will maximize prevention of erosion from steep slopes; filtration of runoff; retention of precipitation in conifer canopy; and shade to discourage invasive return. The project will also enlist ravine property owners and neighbors in recognizing and removing invasive species from their own landscaping. The overall project involves private property; undeveloped City of Seattle right-of-way and Kilbourne Park; a natural area in the Seattle Parks and Recreation system; for a fully collaborative approach to full restoration of Kilbourne Ravine. | More details |
| Friday Creek Habitat Stewards | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $7,500.00 | Pacific Northwest | Silver Creek Habitat Enhancement Demonstration Project Phase II | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Skagit County | Washington | Supports the establishment of a multi-faceted stream & wildlife habitat enhancement demonstration site in the Samish watershed to inspire local stewardship and to increase public awareness of landscaping and conservation practices that enhance critical fish and wildlife habitat; reduce water quality pollution; protect downstream shellfish resources; and create a more sustainable; healthy environment for everyone. Phase I of the project was tackled last spring with the removal of invasive blackberries and the replanting of 400 native trees & shrubs along Silver Creek (at Alger Community Hall); an important salmon-bearing tributary to Friday Creek & the Samish River. This project will build on the success of Phase I and support implementation of Phase II; which will include: 1) incorporating specialty demonstration gardens at this site to showcase pairings of native plants and naturescaping techniques that homeowners can apply to invite wildlife; save water; lower maintenance; reduce pesticide use and support local ecology; 2) incorporating a native plant corridor/windbreak; 3) establishing pathways and observation areas; and 4) installing interpretive signage at key observation areas so residents can see firsthand how they can landscape with Pacific NW native plants; provide for the basic needs of wildlife; and protect their neighborhood stream. | More details | |
| Friends of North Creek Forest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Friends of North Creek Forest Phase 2 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org/ | Supports the expansion of volunteer capacity to control erosion affecting water quality in North Creek; a Sammamish River tributary containing Chinook salmon and other salmon species. Activities include repair of eroded areas and elimination of invasive plant species and replacement with a diverse palate of native species. Project partners include the University of Washington Capstone program and the Restoration Ecology Network (UW-REN). Friends of North Creek Forest also seeks to increase direct volunteer stewardship by an additional 1000; enabling them to address projects of a scale too large for UW-REN alone. | More details |
| Killer Whale Tales | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Kids Making a Difference NOW | Environmental Education | King County | Washington | http://www.killerwhaletales.org/ | Supports an environmental science curriculum promoting stewardship of Puget Sound killer whales and their habitat. Killer Whale Tales' curriculum teaches school children about orcas' complex individual and social behaviors and the human impacts on the species in order to capture children's attention and imaginations; providing a gateway for teaching about environmental field science and the importance of environmental conservation. Activities include interactive storytelling that leads to the behavioral/conservation biology; and participation in experiential science and role-playing activities based on actual Puget Sound orca field studies. These ''games'' enable students to practice field science in the classroom; introduce students to the most recent orca research; demonstrate how human actions impact the marine ecosystem and orca populations and show students what they can do to help correct these issues. Students also become advocates for the Puget Sound and the orcas by taking home KWT's 'Kids Making A Difference_Now!' and ''Stormwater Busters'' conservation worksheets; which chart families' environmental footprint and provide a plan to diminish their impact. | More details |
| Middle Green River Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Lower Soos Creek; Green River Watershed Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.mgrc.org/ | Supports the continued implementation of an extensive water quality and habitat restoration project adjacent to Soos Creek near its confluence with the Green River. This project expands on an existing EPA grant that King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks received to plant native vegetation along Soos Creek to improve water quality and address the 303(d) listing for temperature and dissolved oxygen. To date; Middle Green River Coalition has planted over 3000 native willow and cottonwood stakes in the riparian zone and extensively maintained these planting sites to ensure plant survival. In 2013; MGRC expanded these efforts to include adjacent properties along the Green River on Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) land. Both Soos Creek and the Green River support Chinook and steelhead salmon spawning and rearing. | More details |
| Nisqually Reach Nature Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $9,700.00 | Pacific Northwest | Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Thurston County | Washington | http://www.nisquallyestuary.org/ | Funds citizen science research in the Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve and supports the management of volunteers supporting the Aquatic Reserve and coordinating citizen science research. The Aquatic Reserve is one of five reserves located throughout Puget Sound on state-owned aquatic lands. As part of the management plan; citizen stewardship committees have been formed to allow citizens to participate in scientific investigation; outreach activities; and the permit review process; increasing the knowledge base for the Aquatic Reserve and also fostering a connection between local residents and the impact of shoreline development and water quality. This grant also supports the expansion of direct water quality monitoring through the Department of Fish and Wildlife's (WDFW) Mussel Watch program. Citizens will be trained to participate in the permit review process; giving committee members the baseline knowledge about permit reviews necessary to understand their role. This professional training will allow citizens to comment on proposed projects throughout the Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve and empower them to make their voices heard. | More details |
| Olympic Environmental Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Funding to Review and Interpret Technical Materials for Hazardous Waste Cleanups on the Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Clallam County | Washington | Supports Technical Advisor costs to review documents related to polluted sites and polluted sediments in Outer Puget Sound waters and the Strait of Juan de Fuca; and to translate the information into lay language for the general public. The sites are in the Port Angeles area and are a part of the Puget Sound Cleanup Initiative. | More details | |
| Protect the Peninsula's Future | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | LOSS for Sequim Bay | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Clallam County | Washington | Sequim Bay's seasonally low oxygen levels and diminishing shellfish contaminated with new diarrheic organisms are about to be further harmed by a proposal for a Large On-Site Sewage System (LOSS) designed to receive effluent of from 25000 gal/day to future 90000 gal/day to serve a casino expansion/restaurant/bar/event hall; to be discharged in a CARA (critical area recharge area). The site discharges water gathered in a curtain drain pipe and effluent to a Type III creek (Summer run chum) and will carry water; nitrogen; BOD; viruses; excreted human drugs; pesticides; hormone disruptors etc. to south end mud flats; fish and shellfish of Sequim Bay. The goal of the project is to require adherence to County and State requirements to treat effluent above 14000 gal/day to Class A Re-Use standards. | More details | |
| RE Sources for Sustainable Communities | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Education; Engagement and Cooperative Solutions to Water Quality Problems in North Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Whatcom County | Washington | Supports sampling for metals; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and fecal coliform in order to generate data on non-point pollution in urban and rural areas. The project will also facilitate outreach and resident education via a series of fact sheets; written materials; published articles; the training of a cadre of interns and volunteers who will conduct conversations within the community; as well as the formation of two stakeholder groups that will vet solutions to the problems of urban stormwater and fecal coliform. | More details | |
| Save Habitat and Diversity of Wetlands | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Environmental Education | King County | Washington | Supports the general operating costs of SHADOW's ongoing education; restoration; and conservation work. SHADOW is located on one of the few remaining natural peat bogs in King County; and provides high quality; hands on environmental education programs that use the land as a unique tool to teach and engage the community about the health of Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Skagit Conservation Education Alliance | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Art for Learning Watershed Science | Environmental Education | Skagit County | Washington | http://www.skagitcleanwater.org/ | Supports expanded programming for ''Art for Learning Watershed Science;'' a collaborative and integrated approach for learning about water; watersheds; and species of the Puget Sound produced by Skagit Conservation Education Alliance and Padilla Bay Foundation. Workshops are free for families or low-fee designed specifically for adults and teachers earning Teacher Clock hours. The existing program has a successful two-year track record with young and older age groups. This grant would support expanded programming to appeal to teens and young adults between 13 _ 24 years old and help them express themselves in creative mediums including radio broadcasts; performances; poetry; painting; drawing; video; 3D work; and cartography. Learning outcomes; performances and radio broadcasts from the expanded program for youth will be shared in schools and at public events; conferences and regional summits. | More details |
| South Sound Estuary Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Connecting People to Our Marine & Estuary Waters Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Thurston County | Washington | http://www.sseacenter.org/ | Supports opportunities for people to connect with the fresh and saltwater environments of south Puget Sound; to learn more about its biology; geology; natural and human history; the threats to it; and ways each person can help protect and preserve the water on which all life is dependent. Activities include beach naturalists; school programs; a speakers series and a marine life discovery center. | More details |
| Stanwood High School Natural Resources Class | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $1,500.00 | Pacific Northwest | Stillaguamish River Clean Water Project | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Snohomish County | Washington | Supports the installation and maintenance of trash receptacles in the Church Creek area of the Stillaguamish River; including removal of trash and debris in the immediate area surrounding the trash receptacle. The project is part of an overall watershed stewardship effort led by local high school students to collaborate with Washington State University Extension; the Stillaguamish tribe and surrounding school districts to conduct riparian restoration; raise and release salmon eggs into Church Creek; and teach elementary school students about the salmon lifecycle and habitat. | More details | |
| Whidbey Watershed Stewards | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2013 | $6,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Whidbey Island Impaired Waters | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Island County | Washington | Whidbey Island streams all terminate in Puget Sound within a short distance; and there are swimming and shellfish harvest closures around the island. Whidbey Watershed Stewards is currently working with local partners on a water quality project in the Maxwelton Watershed; funds support the development of outreach materials and presentations that will be used in this project and all watersheds on the island. | More details | |
| Building Youth Through Music/WayOut Kids | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Phase 2 Launch Rodney Goes Green | Environmental Education | King County Pierce County Thurston County | Washington | http://www.rodneyraccoon.com/ | Rodney Goes Green is a youth engagement and environmental awareness program delivered in close cooperation with Tacoma Public Schools that educates students about how their behaviors and activities impact the environment; contribute to polluted runoff and affect Puget Sound water quality. Through award-winning videos; a Go Green video game and associated curricula; the program helps young people understand how their activities impact Puget Sound water quality and teaches them how to reduce polluted runoff. | More details |
| Cascadia Environmental Science Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Experiential Learning In Environmental Science | Environmental Education | Island County King County Snohomish County | Washington | http://https//sites.google.com/site/cascadiaenvironmentalsc/ | Supports an experiential learning-based environmental science education program for K-12 students serving students in Snohomish and King counties. Activities will include teaching concepts and skills in environmental science monitoring of water quality; stream health; and forest ecology to students; increasing college student involvement; improving the quality and availability of equipment and supplies for fieldwork; and building community awareness of programs and the results of the students' work. | More details |
| Chico Creek Task Force | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Clear To The Sound Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kitsap County | Washington | http://www.chicocreektaskforce.org/ | Supports technical analysis; community outreach and legal advocacy to ensure full analysis of the impacts of gravel mining and rock quarries in the headwaters of Dickerson Creek and the Gorst Creek watershed _'' an ecologically sensitive area containing salmon and beaver habitat which drains to Dyes Inlet and Puget Sound. | More details |
| City of Bellingham | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $200,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Little Squalicum Creek Estuary Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.cob.org/ | The project will restore tidal and sedimentary processes; fish passage; and historic wetlands to a shoreline park located two miles east of the Nooksack River delta. The park was historically a gravel mine; which resulted in major regrading and loss of historic wetlands. Currently the creek is channelized; lacks complexity; and the mouth is constrained to a 36-inch culvert. Restoration designs entail excavation of a 1.42 acre estuary; with high marsh; low marsh and mudflat habitats. A riparian buffer will be planted to provide shade; forage; and enhance water quality. Excavated fill that is clean and of suitable size will be used to nourish beaches on the adjacent marine shores to improve forage fish spawning habitat. This project directly addresses local nearshore ecosystem process degradation; while also benefiting down-drift shores; and enhancing cross-shore connectivity in a protected park environment. | More details | |
| Coastal Watershed Institute | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $40,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Long Term Fish Use of the Elwha River Nearshore Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Clallam County | Washington | http://www.coastalwatershedinstitute.org/ | Supports protection and restoration of the Elwha River nearshore area. The work includes defining nearshore ecosystem services; and in particular how nearshore processes; including sediment delivery from the Elwha dam removals; promotes habitat functions for fish. The long-term fish use and water quality data collected will be synthesized into ecosystem services information provided at community workshops and student presentations; where CWI regularly engages local land owners; community members in the Elwha and Dungeness area; and natural resource managers in the ecological processes in the nearshore environment; and the long term ecological management actions that can protect and preserve the resource. | More details |
| Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Volunteer Program Implementation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Lewis County Mason County Pierce County Thurston County | Washington | http://www.deschutesestuary.org/ | Supports restoration of a 260-acre urban estuary adjacent to the State Capital; and further expansion implementation of a volunteer-based community outreach program - working towards goal of 100 trained and committed volunteers to engage the community in restoring the Deschutes Estuary. | More details |
| Duwamish Alive! Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $60,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Duwamish Alive! Watershed Habitat Restoration & Community Stewardship Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org/pugetsoundsteward.php | Supports long term critical habitat restoration and management; community outreach and education in the urban/industrialized Duwamish River Watershed with a broad coalition of partnerships throughout the region. In addition to continuing its signature Duwamish Alive! event; which annually mobilizes thousands of river stewardship volunteers; the project will generate a communal sense of responsibility for the river watershed by integrating numerous existing restoration activities and initiatives. Activities will include educating and fostering enduring stewardship through Rain2River Walks; community events and classroom programs. It will also address the WRIA 9 Salmon Habitat Plan by increasing riparian vegetation through planting native plants; removing invasive; noxious weeds and trash. Restoration sites with natural shorelines are the only few places along the river which provide critical habitat sources of shelter and food for salmon; most of the Duwamish shoreline consists of constructed levees and other forms of armoring which do not provide fish habitat. The river supports five endangered/threatened Pacific salmon species; Bull Trout; bald eagles and rare native salt marshes. | More details |
| Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/TAG | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $60,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.duwamishcleanup.org/ | Supports an environmentally sound and health-protective cleanup of the Duwamish River. Seattle's Duwamish River is a federal Superfund Site _''one of the nation's most hazardous waste sites _'' with 42 toxic chemicals exceeding environmental and human health standards. The Duwamish Valley encompasses the most ethnically diverse and lowest-income neighborhoods in Seattle and is home to the Duwamish Tribe. The river's fishing community is comprised of Tribal; Asian; Pacific Islander; African; and low-income subsistence fishers. These communities are drastically overburdened with exposures to air; soil and water contamination; high rates of asthma and heart disease; and increased cancer risks resulting from their exposure to contaminated fish and sediments. This project seeks to advocate for a cleanup that is effective; permanent; and protects the health of Puget Sound; its fish; wildlife; and diverse community of subsistence; Tribal and recreational fishermen; engage members of the river's diverse communities in ensuring that EPA and local government agencies and elected officials adopt a river cleanup informed and led by the people who are most affected by their decisions; and secure a cleanup that permanently removes highly toxic sediments; controls ongoing sources of pollution to the river and Puget Sound; and protects the health of people and the environment. | More details |
| EarthCorps | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Hylebos Watershed-Scale Restoration Planning Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org/ | Builds on a decade of hands-on community-based local habitat restoration by supporting the completion of watershed-scale restoration planning for the Hylebos Creek; which flows through residential; industrial; commercial; tribal and agricultural areas before draining into Commencement Bay in Central Puget Sound. Activities will include: reviewing existing data sets and site plans to compile; analyze; and determine gaps; meeting with responsible agencies; investigating key concerns of stormwater management and salmon carrying capacity; determining property ownership; assessing existing conditions of sites and ecological processes; compiling data and maps using consistent data/methodology; prioritizing restoration sites; actions and sequence; and sharing results with partners. | More details |
| Environmental Coalition of South Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Puget Sound Spill Kit Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.ecoss.org/ | Supports the expansion of ECOSS' Stormwater Pollution Prevention Outreach program in the Central Puget Sound region to create a more informed workforce regarding the enhancement and protection of Puget Sound; and conservation of the region's precious natural resources. Activities will include building lasting relationships and leveraging foundation and public funding to partner with 13 new cities in the region on this joint effort; multi-lingual outreach; training and resources about stormwater pollution prevention to diverse small and medium size businesses across the Central Puget Sound; and providing free multi-lingual pollution prevention and resource conservation technical assistance to more than 300 businesses. | More details |
| Friends Of Newberry Hill Heritage Park | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $1,400.00 | Pacific Northwest | Water Mapping Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kitsap County | Washington | http://www.friendsofnhhp.com/ | To map water courses in the Chico Watershed headwaters and correct existing state maps that currently show water courses in the wrong location. These fish-bearing waters and buffers will be established; and forest practices permits will be issued based on map data. Volunteers will ground truth locations using GPS and submit data to a professional surveyor for mapping and submission to the Washington State DNR FPAR's system. | More details |
| Friends of North Creek Forest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $7,500.00 | Pacific Northwest | Building Grassroots Help to Restore the North Creek Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Island County | Washington | http://www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org | Supports the improvement of water quality in a Chinook salmon bearing stream; North Creek; a tributary of the Sammamish River; by restoring the ability of the North Creek Forest to naturally filter surface water from upland neighborhoods and by controlling erosion. Collaborative partners include the University of Washington Bothell's Restoration and Ecology Network. Through these partnerships; over 3000 hours of student and community volunteer time in removing invasive species and restoring native vegetation in the watershed is projected for 2015. | More details |
| Friends of the Earth | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $35,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Puget Sound Clean Shipping Project | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | King County | Washington | http://www.cedarriver.org/ | Supports reducing vessel-related impacts on the people and marine species in Puget Sound; including efforts to decrease the frequency and impact of oil spills and reduce shipping pollution. This project will educate the public about the transportation of tar sands derived oil through Puget Sound by focusing on shipments currently being made from British Columbia to refiners in central Puget Sound; heighten public concern about tar sands movement by depicting the frequency of this trade and publicizing the propensity for this oil to sink and how poorly suited existing spill response equipment is to respond to a spill of tar sands derived crude; and raise public awareness regarding the threats posed by wastewater discharges from cruise ships and other vessels in Puget Sound. | More details |
| Friends of the San Juans | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $36,288.00 | Pacific Northwest | Fisherman Bay Coastal Wetland Reconnection and Beach Enhancement Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | San Juan County | Washington | http://www.sanjuans.org | The Fisherman Bay Coastal Wetland Reconnection and Beach Enhancement Project will reconnect an approximately three acre coastal wetland to the nearshore marine environment and restore intertidal habitat along 800 linear feet of marine shoreline along Lopez Islands_'' Fisherman Bay. The project site spans four shoreline parcels; 3 private as well as portions of a publicly accessible San Juan County Land Bank Preserve. Funding is needed to design and implement removal of an outdated and unnecessary dike from a wetland channel; along with soldier pile walls and additional rock; wood; fill and debris located within wetland channels and along upper intertidal and backshore areas. Habitat benefits of this project include: improved exchange of tidal waters; juvenile fish and other species; nutrients and woody debris; increased salt marsh and upper beach habitat; and enhanced wetland and intertidal habitat. This project will also provide education opportunities on the Land Bank property. | More details |
| Hazel Valley Rain Gardens | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Hazel Valley Rain Gardens | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | Supports work to convert three neighborhood drainage ditches into a rain garden and two bioswales; thus improving efficiency of water usage and stormwater filtration into the nearby waterways which drain into the Duwamish River and Puget Sound. The project is a collaboration between neighborhood residents and the City of Burien; and will be conducted with the work of local volunteers; including a local elementary school. | More details | |
| Horses for Clean Water | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Down on the Farm: Least Toxic Solutions for Snohomish County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Snohomish County | Washington | http://www.horsesforcleanwater.com/ | For nearly 20 years; Horses for Clean Water has helped horse and livestock owners understand environmentally sustainable livestock keeping. Through workshops and farm tours; they provide horse owners with practical; real world examples and solutions such as manure composting bins; barn owl boxes for rodent control and swallow boxes for insect control; footing in paddocks; and gutter and downspouts for mud and dust management; and rotational grazing and other pasture management techniques. The grant supports a collaboration with the Snohomish Conservation District to expand the ongoing program and teach horse owners how to reduce chemical use; enhance wildlife; and utilize native plants to improve pasture management and reduce soil erosion and runoff on their properties. Participants that implement these changes will create a healthier environment for their animals and reduce runoff of sediments; nutrients and fecal coliform; as well as chemical runoff from fertilizer; herbicide; and pesticide use/misuse. | More details |
| Killer Whale Tales | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Kids Making a Difference Now/ Stormbusters | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | King County | Washington | http://www.killerwhaletales.org | Supports an interactive scientific presentation that engages thousands of elementary school students in the complex lives of Killer Whales through storytelling; hands-on activities and conservation actions that plant the seeds for a life-long stewardship of Southern Resident Killer Whales and their Puget Sound habitat. Students become scientists and are invited to create hypotheses; practice field observation using current scientific data; and learn to interpret data and brainstorm ways to decrease human impact on Killer Whales. Through a series of take-home exercises; the students evaluate their families' contributions to Puget Sound pollution and learn to implement simple water conservation actions that collectively have a huge benefit for the water quality of Puget Sound. | More details |
| Lummi Island Heritage Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Lummi Island Shoreline Acquisition and Restoration | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Whatcom County | Washington | http://www.liht.org | Lummi Island Shoreline Acquisition & Restoration project will acquire and permanently protect high quality marine shoreline habitat in Puget Sound. The 105 acre site; including 4000 feet of shoreline; will be acquired and a restoration feasibility study will be initiated. Roughly 20 acres of upland and 500 feet of the site_''s shoreline habitat have been degraded by gravel mining activities. Acquisition will allow for future restoration; which will prevent runoff; restore the natural shoreline functions and maintain shallow water habitat for existing eelgrass and shellfish beds; while providing spawning substrate for forage fish and habitat for juvenile salmon. The remaining 85 acres and 3500 feet of shoreline are intact; functioning nearshore and upland habitats that contain priority physical and ecological processes; habitat; migratory corridors; and vegetation. The project will result in a fully connected watershed from the forested uplands to the nearshore of the site. | More details |
| Middle Green River Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Boise Creek- Treat Riparian Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.mgrc.org | Supports a riparian restoration project along the Boise Creek; a tributary to the White River; which joins the Puyallup River and enters Puget Sound in Commencement Bay. This reach of stream provides primary spawning and rearing habitat for three endangered species: White River Spring and Fall Chinook; Steelhead Salmon; and Bull Trout. Middle Green River Coalition will partner with property owners to remove invasive non-native plant species; discourage their growth with the use of temporary barrier fabric; and re-plant native species along the riparian zone. | More details |
| Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Environmental Education | King County | Washington | http://www.mtsgreenway.org/ | Supports the Greenway Education Program; which connects 4000 young people each year to the outdoors through in-class lessons; science-based field study; and service learning that links concepts such as forest ecosystems; soil and land use issues with Puget sound water quality and salmon. The project focuses on schools with a high free and/or reduced lunch rate and other organizations working with at-risk youth in the Seattle metro area who might not otherwise have the opportunity to explore the natural world; or to participate in a high-quality; science-based program. | More details |
| Nisqually Land Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $40,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Nisqually Land Trust Riparian Forest Restoration Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.nisquallylandtrust.org/ | Supports the planting of an additional 40000 native trees and shrubs in riparian areas owned and managed by the Land Trust in the Nisqually Reach area over the next two years. As these plants mature; they will help to mitigate pollution; reduce erosion; shade streams; and provide many species with food and shelter. To date; over 180000 native trees and shrubs have been planted on Nisqually Land Trust properties along the Nisqually River and its tributaries. The Nisqually River directly influences the water quality of south Puget Sound and provides more than half of the fresh water flow entering the south Sound. Activities will include: site preparation; planting native trees and shrubs; and a variety of project maintenance tasks including installing mulch fabric; controlling invasive weeds; and removing plant protectors from established seedlings. | More details | |
| Nisqually Reach Nature Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $9,500.00 | Pacific Northwest | Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.nisquallyestuary.org/ | The Nisqually Reach portion of Puget Sound was designated a State Aquatic Reserve in 2011. In response; the Nisqually Reach Nature Center began drawing on its 30 years of local marine science education and research to sponsor volunteer-based citizen science programs to support the Reserve's long-term conservation; education and outreach objectives. Funding supports ongoing training of local residents to become volunteer naturalists at the Nisqually Reach Nature Center and coordinating their participation in monitoring wildlife; habitat restoration; and sample collection. | More details |
| Northwest Toxic Communities Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $8,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Safer Wastewater Treatment Plant Technologies; Safer Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.justhealthaction.org/ | Municipal and industrial sewage systems often pass toxic metals; pharmaceuticals and other contaminants of concern through their treatment processes; however; many of these contaminants are not quantified or labeled in end-use products such as compost sold for food-growing uses. Funding supports community education about impacts to natural resources; wildlife; and human health throughout Puget Sound from wastewater treatment plant contents emitted into water bodies and spread on land. Activities will include presentations that help people understand how their communities treat and dispose of these wastes; building a citizen Puget Sound support group to get labeling transparency of the contents sold to consumers; and working with decision makers to consider environmental and human health costs along with wastewater treatment infrastructure; maintenance and operation costs. | More details |
| Puget Sound Stewards | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $30,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Puget Sound Stewards - Duwamish | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org/ | Supports the Puget Sound Stewards program to manage stewardship sites along the Duwamish River. The Duwamish River is Seattle's only river. Once a meandering river flanked by forested hills; the Duwamish has been straightened and armored over 90% of its 12 miles. The last 5 miles are an industrially-contaminated SuperFund site. This project will fund community education; engagement and outreach; volunteer recruitment; hands-on stewardship at habitat sites; event planning; coordination; logistics; and materials; and recruitment and training of Puget Sound Stewards. The Puget Sound Stewards program builds community capacity by recruiting; training and supporting community members to lead hands-on stewardship of 14 vital public habitat sites including Codiga Park; North Wind's Weir; Turning Basin; South Riverside Drive; Terminals 107; and 105. | More details |
| RE Sources for Sustainable Communities | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Citizen Stewardship for Clean Water Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Whatcom County | Washington | http://re-sources.org/ | Supports three existing Citizen Stewardship groups in Whatcom and Skagit counties _'' each group is a broad-based stakeholder network encompassing landowners; grassroots activists and volunteer scientists. The Citizen Stewardship groups conduct field work to explore and document water quality conditions and hold community meetings to educate people about the importance of their watersheds and local aquatic reserves. Participants learn about threats to water quality including the causes of increased levels of fecal coliform in their watershed; and craft creative; voluntary solutions; arm in arm with their neighbors. The overall goals are to increase the profile of each aquatic reserve and advocate for their protection through regulations and policies that will preserve these precious ecosystems. In order to provide adequate back-office support for the Citizen Stewardship groups; a portion of the funds also helps defray fund needed communications and data-management upgrades including a web-based; constituent relationship management database system. | More details |
| Skagit County Public Works | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $100,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Freestad Lake Barrier Lagoon Restoration Design | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | This funding will complete the design phase for the Freestad Lake Restoration Project. The objective of the overall project is to restore nearshore processes within an historic barrier lagoon located on Samish Island. The restoration of tidal hydrology; tide channel formation and maintenance; detritus recruitment and retention; and exchange of aquatic organisms will be achieved by implementing a number of management measures including: dike modification; channel rehabilitation; hydraulic modification and topographic restoration. Cumulatively these actions will restore approximately 25 acres of tidal wetland; approximately 2500 linear feet of tide channel habitat; and 11 acres of mud flat and open water. The shoreform has a long history of anthropogenic alteration; some of which predates the earliest mapping efforts. The current configuration of the shoreform is an excavated salt pond and drained agricultural fields surrounded by dikes with drainage ditches; fill areas and tide gates. | More details | ||
| Skagit Land Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $32,100.00 | Pacific Northwest | Protecting the Salish Sea: Focused Coastal Conservation in Skagit/Samish | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://www.skagitlandtrust.org/ | This project will permanently protect high quality marine shoreline and nearshore habitat in the Salish Sea in the northern marine area of Skagit County while laying a practical and scientific foundation for ongoing shoreline and intertidal habitat protection and restoration. During the project timeframe Skagit Land Trust (SLT) will conserve 2 - 3 high priority marine shoreline properties and develop tools that will guide additional coastal conservation in the future. By pro-actively pursuing the protection of critical marine shoreline; we will help to maintain or improve water quality; marine ecosystem processes; and fish and wildlife habitat associated with coastal wetlands; shorelines and near shore waters in the Skagit. By building SLT's capacity for outreach to landowners of the most ecologically valuable properties; we will establish a long-term; focused shoreline protection program that conserves important nearshore and shoreline habitat and enables restoration. | More details | |
| Skagit River System Cooperative | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $30,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Smokehouse Tidelands Restoration Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://www.skagitcoop.org | The project will expand upon the Smokehouse Tidelands Habitat Reconnection Project. The requested funds will allow for the restoration of ten additional acres of degraded riparian corridor that was formerly in agricultural production to native plant communities that provide complexity; structure; and function within the Smokehouse tidal floodplain. Ten acres will be planted with communities appropriate to the site including salt marsh; shrub wetland; pine-spruce forest; and prairie depending on the microsite soil; saline and hydrologic conditions. The workwhich includes site preparation; planting; and two seasons of maintenancewill start immediately upon award and be completed in 24 months. | More details | |
| South King County Chapter; Sierra Club | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $5,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | South King County Group Soos Creek Park Restoration Project | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | King County | Washington | http://cascade.sierraclub.org/directory/groups/southking | Supports the restoration of Soos Creek Park by organizing at least two restoration events per year in coordination with the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks. Activities will include enhancing the park by supporting expansion of the park and the creation of buffer areas; and working with the Bonneville Power Administration to manage vegetation on its right of way through portions of the park; improving wildlife values and public recreational opportunities. | More details |
| South Sound Estuary Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Inspire Stewardship of Puget Sound Waters | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Thurston County | Washington | http://www.sseacenter.org | Since 2007; the South Sound Estuary Association has helped Olympia-area residents understand and appreciate Puget Sound and increase community-based marine ecological stewardship. They recently established an ''Estuarium'' in downtown Olympia; and funding supports expanded year-round classroom and hands-on activities that introduce residents to the diverse marine and estuary habitat of Puget Sound; and encourage stewardship; including citizen science projects; naturalist led tours of local parks bordering Puget Sound; and the Connecting Youth with Nature program. | More details |
| Stillwaters Environmental Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Carpenter Creek Estuary Restoration and Monitoring Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org/ | The Carpenter Creek estuary system; in the midst of Kingston's Urban Growth Area; provides more than 30 acres of high quality habitat in a crucial location for migrating salmonids. On the West side of Puget Sound; it is part of the critical natural habitat that balances the urbanization of the East side of the Sound; but also faces threats from local population growth. The recently replaced undersized culvert at the mouth of the estuary was creating unnatural flow rates that hindered fish passage; created scour holes; and trapped sediment in the estuary. In 2012; the culvert was replaced with a 90 foot bridge; the Stillwaters Fish Passage. The second part of this restoration is to replace another culvert in the middle of the estuary. This grant will support the related monitoring program; which is critical to the evaluation of its success and in determining further restoration needs; and will also train and educate local citizens on the importance of watershed protection. | More details | |
| Sustainability Ambassadors | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $40,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Bog to Bay | Environmental Education | King County | Washington | Stormwater Pollution Solutions in My Neighborhood Project | Supports embedding stormwater education in the core curriculum of local schools by using real-world content to drive project-based learning that results in measurable reductions in polluted stormwater runoff in Elliot Bay and Puget Sound. The geography for this project includes the Longfellow Creek Watershed; from the Roxhill Bog to Elliot Bay; three combined sewer overflow basins including those that empty into Puget Sound and the Duwamish River; and school service areas with boundaries that overlap these critical drainages. Activities will include evaluating sustainable community conditions as both measures of progress and resources for learning; and empowering students; teachers and residents to solve community challenges though collective; intergenerational skill-building and project management. | More details |
| Sustainable Connections | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Legacy Watersheds: Public-Private Low Impact Development Solutions for Puget Sound Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Whatcom County | Washington | http://sustainableconnections.org/greenbuilding | Supports a regional network of businesses and community leaders in the North Sound area promoting replicable solutions that advance municipal master plan processes and legacy commitments; build on Puget Sound Partnership recommendations and research; and facilitate public-private partnerships to reduce polluted runoff. This project will facilitate local implementation of Puget Sound Partnership's Action Agenda; focusing on the ''Prevent pollution from urban stormwater runoff'' strategic initiative. Sustainable Connections will also partner with Whatcom Watersheds Information Network to provide focused stormwater-related communication; education; training; and assistance through various events and activities. | More details |
| Vashon Nature Center LLC | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $6,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Shinglemill Creek Stormwater Project: community science for clean waters and healthy salmon | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.vashonnaturecenter.org | Volunteer-based citizen monitoring has documented reduced Coho salmon populations and poor biological integrity in Shinglemill Creek; one of Vashon Island's largest watersheds and part of the Central Puget Sound watershed. Funding supports a ''Scientists in Schools'' program engaging more than 100 sixth and tenth grade students in ongoing invertebrate monitoring of Shinglemill Creek. The monitoring will be integrated with a popular carwash program being conducted at a school parking lot where several community partners and King County have collaborated to retrofit storm drains and utilize special carwash kits designed to reduce polluted runoff. Students will document a tangible example of how their actions affect and can improve the health of the environment by combining student led carwash fundraisers that integrate stormwater runoff control features with monitoring improvements in the creek's health over time. | More details |
| Washington Environmental Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $35,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Clean Water and Green Infrastructure Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.wecprotects.org/ | Supports a comprehensive approach to address stormwater pollution by linking funding; land use; and transportation policies with clean water goals. Activities will include identifying priorities and funding for clean water retrofit projects throughout Puget Sound; helping local municipalities find financial resources to implement innovative efforts and incentivizing others to follow their lead; connecting land use and stormwater management together by identifying key barriers and finding solutions that systematically address these issues; and advancing the dialogue around sustainable funding sources for green infrastructure and clean water projects. | More details |
| Washington Toxics Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $30,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Toxic-Free Legacy Campaign | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | King County | Washington | http://www.watoxics.org/ | In addition to legacy pollutants such as PCBs and DDT; and oil; grease; metals; and agricultural and industrial runoff; Puget Sound faces threats from toxics in many consumer products. For example; the flame-retardant PBDE has been found in the tissue of Pacific herring and Chinook salmon; and particularly bio-accumulates in orcas. Funding supports prevention of toxic pollution in Puget Sound through promotion of green chemistry solutions to provide safer alternatives to commonly-used hormone disruptors such as phthalates and bisphenol A; and to leverage the US EPA's support of the Puget Sound National Estuary Program's efforts promote alternatives assessments; starting with copper boat paint. | More details |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $60,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Puget Sound Salmon Resiliency Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.westernlaw.org/ | The multi-agency Puget Sound Partnership stakeholder project has recognized that improperly managed farm runoff conveys a variety of pollutants to Puget sound including sediment; phosphorus; animal waste pathogens; pesticides; nutrient and other chemicals. However; there are no legally-enforceable rules that protect salmon from non-point source pollution resulting from agricultural activity. Funding supports an analysis of the success _'' and failure _'' of the current voluntary-based approach to protect salmon recovery in Puget Sound as well as whether these approaches comply with applicable clean water law. Activities will include a comprehensive public record review; with a focus on waterways draining into the Sound where voluntary farm runoff control projects have been implemented yet the waterways are still impaired. The results will be compiled and broadly disseminated in a report to help regulators; governmental policy makers and the public understand the values and drawbacks of the current voluntary approach to this major pollution source; and encourage the use of a more stringent regulatory approach where needed to protect Puget Sound's water quality and salmon fisheries. | More details |
| Whale Scout | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $2,500.00 | Pacific Northwest | Whale Scout | Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | King County | Washington | http://www.whalescout.org | Supports Whale Scout's work to recover threatened and endangered whales in the Salish Sea through salmon habitat restoration projects and everyday stewardship activities. Volunteers are trained to become Whale Scouts and act as researchers tracking the movement of whales; monitoring the health of their marine habitat and educating and conducting public outreach to create more volunteers. Through social media; Whale Scout volunteers help people find and see resident Orca pods; and then use the excitement generated by observing the whales to recruit volunteers for watershed and riparian restoration projects. | More details |
| Whidbey Watershed Stewards | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $8,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Whidbey Island Impaired Waters | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Island County | Washington | http://www.whidbeywatersheds.org/ | Whidbey Island streams all terminate in Puget Sound; and there are swimming and shellfish harvest closures around the island. This project will contribute to the water quality project in the Maxwelton Watershed; and the restoration and conversion of the recently acquired 45-acre wetland near Freeland into a public Watershed Science Center. | More details |
| YMCA of Greater Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Youth Voices; Youth Choices; Youth Action Project | Environmental Education | King County | Washington | http://www.seattleymca.org/ | Supports engagement of young people in environmental education; service-learning and leadership opportunities that draw direct connections between environmental action and the health of Puget Sound. Activities will include expanding the YESC Leadership Council to engage 20 student leaders in the implementation of the project; facilitating 20 Environmental Restoration Projects during which teens will restore habitat within the central Puget Sound watershed through invasive species removal and native plantings; implementing 5 school-wide Environmental Campaigns; and creating opportunities for 150 youth to learn about environmental topics at an Environmental Symposium featuring hands-on workshops led by professionals within the community. | More details |
| YMCA of Greater Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2014 | $100.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Other | Island County | Washington | http://www.seattleymca.org/ | YMCA of Greater Seattle is an inclusive organization of men; women and children with a shared commitment to nurture the potential of youth; promote healthy living and foster social responsibility. | More details |
| Bainbridge Beach Naturalists | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $3,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | 2015-16 Regional Stormwater Monitoring Program (RSMP) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kitsap County | Washington | http://www.sustainablebainbridge.org/bainbridge-beach-naturalists.aspx | Bainbridge Beach Naturalists are already responsible for 6 mussel monitoring sites on Bainbridge Island in Central Puget Sound as part of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's (DFW) Regional Stormwater Monitoring Program. This grant enables them to include an additional site in a more rural area for comparison purposes as part of the larger DFW study about toxics in the waters of Puget Sound. | More details |
| Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve Citizen Stewardship Committee | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Cherry Point Stewardship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Whatcom County | Washington | http://www.aquaticreserves.org/the-reserves/cherry-point/about-the-reserve/ | The Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve is a unique nearshore aquatic ecosystem located in the Strait of Georgia in northern Puget Sound. Containing cobbled intertidal areas and rich aquatic vegetation as well as a steep gradient into deep water; the Reserve supports a high diversity of fish; yet is also a locus for large vessel docking. The CPAR Citizen Stewardship Committee will raise the profile of the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve; contribute to scientific surveys which help define the resources of the reserve; and ensure that development projects that affect the reserve are scientifically scrutinized and carefully vetted. | More details |
| Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Watershed Health and Youth | Environmental Education | Thurston County_x000B_Lewis County | Washington | http://www.deschutesestuary.org/ | To give young people a chance to learn about ecosystem health and develop their ''sense of place'' within the Deschutes watershed as a direct link to South Puget Sound. WHY youth will work with DERT's Science Team and study the Deschutes watershed and all of its attributes. Through monthly field trips and the classroom; they will learn about healthy; functioning ecosystems and identify recreational opportunities within the watershed to nurture a broader sense of understanding and public enjoyment. They will also learn about the economic opportunities that their watershed provides; and how to sustain the ecosystem while enjoying the benefits of living; working and recreating in this 51 mile river basin. | More details |
| Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve Citizen Stewardship Committee | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $9,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Fidalgo Bay Science and Stewardship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Skagit County | Washington | The Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve includes tidal flats; slat marshes; beaches and eel grass; and provides essential habitat for many fish and bird species. The project will elevate the profile of Fidalgo Bay and improve its water quality through engaging the public and conducting outreach and education about life in the bay and threats to it. Special topics will include citizen science surveys of intertidal life and forage fish; and the threat of stormwater pollution. | More details | |
| Killer Whale Tales | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Kids Making a Difference Now/Whale Scouts | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.killerwhaletales.org | Every year; Killer Whale Tales uses storytelling and field based science activities to inspire thousands of elementary schools students to take an active role in the conservation of Southern Resident Killer Whales and their habitat throughout the Central Puget Sound area. In addition learning about orcas; their habitat and conservation issues; students are taught how to analyze their families' ecological footprint and practical tools that every family can use to reduce their contribution to stormwater pollution. Some of the grant also defrays work with another Rose Foundation grantee; Whale Scouts; to get their participants into the outdoors and assist in hands-on river and salmon habitat restoration. | More details |
| New Start Sails | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $2,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | Supports New Start Alternative High School; a Burien-based public high school serving predominantly low-income students of color; in its partnership with Sound Experience aboard the Adventuress Schooner to teach 200 students how to conduct water quality testing of Puget Sound. The students will analyze the acidity of the water and survey plankton and invertebrate calcification to help them understand impacts of ocean acidity. Programming also challenges the students to propose viable solutions that they are capable of implementing to make a difference in their local watershed. Students come from their experience aboard the Adventures empowered with leadership skills; educated about the current state of water quality in the Puget Sound and dedicated to making a difference in their community in whatever way possible. | More details | |
| Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Ecosystem and Water Quality Advocacy through Watershed Restoration in Olympia | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Thurston County | Washington | http://www.olyecosystems.org | This grant will enable Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation to organize ten work parties; including a large annual event at this year's Martin Luther Day of Service. Work will focus on removal of invasive plant species; sheet mulching; replanting the forest with native species and constructing rain gardens at the ends of streets unserviced by City stormwater infrastructure. Work will focus on the upland shoreline forest; just upstream from a section of contaminated shoreline in southern Puget Sound. The shoreline is visible from and abuts the forest. Thus; restoration work not only serves to improve filtration in the forest and water quality on the shoreline; but also serves as motivational work to enable the community to see the shoreline/forest/riparian corridor as an integrated ecosystem worth preserving and restoring. | More details |
| OneBothell | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Community Involvement in the Restoration of the Sammamish River at Wayne Golf Course | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.onebothell.org | The Wayne Golf Course is an 88 acre parcel that straddles a section of the Sammamish River. Although the river is in poor condition; it supports Chinook salmon and; with careful habitat restoration; this endangered salmon run could be rejuvenated. Forterra's impending purchase of the golf course parcel creates a strategic opportunity for salmon habitat restoration as well as environmental education and recreation. Funding supports a public outreach program including several open houses where OneBothell will provide information on the importance of restoration of wetlands and the river; identify avenues for community involvement in restoration activities; and seek community input into crafting an overall site plan that would integrate riparian restoration with recreational opportunities and an environmental education facility shared with University of Washington-Bothell. | More details |
| Save Habitat and Diversity of Wetlands Org | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County | Washington | http://www.Shadowhabitat.org | Save Habitat and Diversity of Wetlands (SHADOW) manages 97 acres of wetland and upland forest surrounding Shadow Lake bog; provides education to 3;000 visitors per year of which 1;200 are in the Tahoma school district; and has a boardwalk; trail systems; a greenhouse for native plant propagation; and training tools such as microscopes and water quality testing equipment. Funding supports an AmeriCorps intern to help staff a partnership with King Conservation District and King County to further extend SHADOW's reach into local communities. | More details |
| Smarter Cleanup Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | HeyDuwamish.org | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kings County | Washington | http://smartercleanup.org/ | Supports a grassroots mapping tool to inform; engage; and empower communities to take action for their environmental health by sharing ideas; photos; comments; and questions on a detailed interactive map of the planned 23 year long cleanup of the Duwamish Superfund site. This will enforce transparency; accountability; and community engagement to maximize the $342 million investment mandated by the USEPA. This project can help to bridge the gap between what is and what is possible by combining geographic information systems with collective knowledge for positive change. | More details |
| Sno-King Watershed Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Water Watchers | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County_x000B_Snohomish County | Washington | http://snokingwatershedcouncil.org/ | The Water Watchers program will train citizens and students to monitor basic water quality parameters in Puget Sound watersheds with larger goals to engage volunteers; students; and local groups; provide environmental education; improve water quality; and increase public awareness and action. The Sno-King Watershed Council will coordinate this project with local environmental organizations; schools; and jurisdictions. Data will be collected regularly from July 2015 to June 2017 on specific streams in the Cedar-Sammamish-Lake Washington watershed. Target streams include Bear Creek; Little Bear Creek; North Creek; Horse Creek; Parr Creek; Little Swamp Creek; Swamp Creek; Lyon Creek; MacAleer Creek; and Thornton Creek. Monitoring data will be compiled and published on the Sno-King Watershed Council website. | More details |
| Soundside Marinelife Rescue Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $4,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Snohomish County | Washington | http://www.soundsidemarinelife.org | Seed funding to support the development of the Soundside Marinelife Rescue Center. The Center's goal is to establish a marine animal rescue center with the dual mission of specializing in the rescue and release of sick; injured and orphaned marine animals and teaching people in the Everett area about marine mammals and the need to protect their environment. Planned 2016 activities include finalizing an agreement with the Port of Everett to secure the Center's eventual home; teaching 40 marine biology classes in Everett-area schools; developing a summer marine science internship program for college students; and sponsoring a community lecture series about marine and environmental issues. The overall theme of the education program is to teach the direct links between marine mammals; the health of our waters and human health; thus channeling people's love for marine mammals into knowledge about the marine environment and leading them to change their everyday activities to improve the water quality of Puget Sound. | More details |
| Stillwaters Environmental Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Carpenter Creek Estuary Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Kitsap County | Washington | http://www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org/ | Supports water quality monitoring and corresponding community and college education to increase local watershed stewardship. The undersized culvert at the mouth of the Carpenter Creek estuary system had been creating unnatural flow rates that hindered fish passage; created scour holes; and trapped sediment in the estuary. In 2012; the culvert was replaced with a 90' bridge. The monitoring program of this restoration project is critical to evaluation of the project's success & in demonstrating need for further restoration here and elsewhere around Puget Sound. Stillwaters uses this monitoring program to protect the estuary; to document the restoration work; to train and educate our local citizens on the importance of watershed protection; and to create advocates for preservation of natural spaces. | More details |
| Whidbey Watershed Stewards | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2015 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Langley Middle School Oceanography; Smith & Minor Islands Aquatic Reserve Citizen Science/Outreach | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.whidbeywatersheds.org/ | Supports two projects to protect the waters of Central Puget Sound: a Langley Middle School Oceanography Study focused on ocean acidification; and a citizen science research/outreach effort conducted in the Smith & Minor Island Aquatic Reserve (S&MIAR). In the school project; students will learn how to measure; record and analyze water movement; plankton; pH; oxygen and salinity data; and ultimately discover how subtle scientific fluctuations lead to the large differences in the general health of the sound; the planet and the quality of life for future generations. The overall goal is to increase each student's appreciation for the environment; give them a comprehensive knowledge of the scientific process; conceptual knowledge about the current environmental threats and critical thinking skills so they will be armed with the fundamental tools to make informed decisions into the future. The S&MIAR project extends a 4 year project with Washington Department of Natural Resources as the lead for the Citizen Science and Community Outreach Committee. The primary focus of the expansion is a research project investigating the affect of recreational kelp harvesters on the aquatic reserve's bull kelp habitat; critical to forage fish reproduction and salmon rearing. Some funding will also support general public outreach public about the importance of aquatic reserves. | More details | |
| Bainbridge Island Watershed Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $2,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Bainbridge Island Beach Cleanup | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.biwatershedcouncil.org | To partner with multiple organizations to inaugurate the first-ever Bainbridge-Island-wide shoreline cleanup in concert with Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup Day on September 17; 2016. The goal of the cleanup is to remove litter and refuse from all 53 miles of Bainbridge Island's shoreline by engaging hundreds of participants from across our island's student; environmental; business; and nonprofit groups; and raising awareness about the critical issue of plastics and trash in our marine environment. | More details | |
| Citizens for a Healthy Bay | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Student Stewardship Conservation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | healthybay.org | The Student Stewardship Conservation Project is an immersive; comprehensive environmental education program designed to benefit both students and the natural environments they live in. Through a combination of education; scientific data collection and hands-on habitat restoration; 700 middle school students will work toward the study and protection of critical wetland and riparian habitat within the Puyallup River watershed and Commencement Bay. Participating students; primarily underserved rural students and students of color; will perform 2;800 hours of restoration work; including removing 1;500 square feet of invasive plants; planting 700 native plants and installing seven bird boxes at critical habitat sites. Students will also collect and analyze data to create an extensive and high-quality freshwater microplastic dataset. This project will simultaneously empower youth environmental stewards; amass a substantial dataset on aquatic plastics and directly benefit local waters through restoration actions. | More details | |
| City of Burien | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Burien Residential Rain Garden Pilot Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.burienwa.gov | Inspired by the 12;000 Rain Gardens in Puget Sound campaign; the City of Burien investigated how many rain gardens they had themselves. However; when they could barely find any residential rain gardens in Burien; they knew something needed to change. Together with DIRT Corps and volunteers from the community; the City of Burien will install ten rain gardens on residential properties. The project will not only manage stormwater pollution and increase environmental awareness; but provide residential volunteers the knowledge necessary to continue building rain gardens in the community. The funds will be matched 1:1 by Burien in order to double the number of rain gardens built. | More details | |
| Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Delridge Wetlands Restoration and Stewardship Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | dnda.org | The Wetlands Restoration and Stewardship Project has five goals: 1) to restore; preserve and protect a natural wetland habitat in Delridge; a neighborhood in Seattle near the Duwamish River. 2) to re-forest portions of the site that buffer the delineated wetland. 3) to expand community supported agriculture by constructing two gardens and planting a small orchard to expand access to healthy fruits and vegetables to benefit community members. 4) to partner with K-8 STEM School; Arbor Heights Elementary and Denny Middle School to create environmental stewards of all ages; and 5) to grow support for investing in green infrastructure systems; creating a replicable model for other communities within the City of Seattle. The Project will enhance the natural wetland; effectively manage storm water runoff using bio-remediation; and significantly increase hydrology; cool and filter contaminated storm water that crosses the street coming from neighboring yards and an adjacent hillside before flowing into Longfellow Creek. | More details | |
| Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.duwamishcleanup.org | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated the Duwamish River as a Superfund site in 2001; identifying it as one of the most toxic hazardous waste sites in the country. The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group (DRCC/TAG) collaborates closely with the affected communities of Georgetown and South Park to address the health of these environmental justice communities and the health of Seattle's only river. DRCC/TAG's focus is a comprehensive and health-protective cleanup of the Duwamish River that benefits the health of the fish; wildlife; and communities that rely on it for subsistence; recreation; employment; and cultural reasons. This includes working with EPA to develop a transparent process for cleanup design; advocating to local governments to ensure maximum benefits from the cleanup and minimal impacts on the health and well-being of the communities; and continuing to ensure the community is informed and engaged in the stewardship of the river. | More details | |
| EarthCorps | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Hylebos Watershed Community-Based Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org | Hylebos Creek is a salmon-bearing stream located between the busy urban centers of Seattle and Tacoma; directly under the flight path of jets landing at the Seattle-Tacoma airport; it crosses under Interstate 5 and two state highways before emptying into Tacoma's Commencement Bay. Despite all the traffic and sprawling strip mall developments; parts of the watershed host surprisingly intact forests; attractive grassy parks; bluffs overlooking central Puget Sound; and even a rare peat bog that is lush and teaming with life. Communities along Hylebos Creek are coming together to protect and connect the bits of nature along the creek. Their work helps save salmon; birds; and wildlife; keeps dirt and pollution out of Puget Sound; and provides essential green oases for the diverse residents of these growing suburbs. | More details | |
| Friends of North Creek Forest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Protecting The North Creek Watershed and Beyond | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org | The mission of Friends of North Creek Forest is to maintain and improve the ecological function of North Creek Forest through education; stewardship; and conservation in perpetuity. This 64 acre mature forest in Bothell helps to improve the water quality in nearby North Creek; a Chinook salmon bearing stream; by naturally filtering runoff from upland neighborhoods and protecting the steep slope from erosion. Funding support FNCF's Stewardship Program; which focuses on restoring North Creek Forest while simultaneously engaging the community and inspiring volunteers of all ages; including college students and school children; to learn how to restore and protect North Creek Forest and beyond. | More details | |
| Futurewise | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Puget Sound Stormwater Language; Messaging and Outreach Material Development Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.futurewise.org | Futurewise will work with numerous governmental and nonprofit partners to research; create and test storm water terminology; imagery; messaging and materials that are sticky that is; those that stick with the target audience for a long time so that residents in the Puget Sound Region will have significantly increased awareness of storm water runoff impacts and will take action to implement best management practices and support implementation of storm water management projects. The project will result in tested materials that are proven to be effective and can be used by agency and nonprofit staff throughout the Puget Sound region and beyond. This improved messaging will catalyze residents to implement numerous behavioral changes that will lead to reductions in excess stormwater flows and decreased pollutant loading in the storm water pathway resulting in improved ecosystem health in local waterways throughout Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Garden Green | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $6,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Garden Green Pesticide Reduction | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | Small quantities of toxic pesticides can significantly contaminate stormwater runoff; especially on Vashon Island; whose long narrow shape means that lawns; gardens and farms are never very far from Puget Sound in fact Vashon and Maury Island combined constitute almost half of King County's shoreline. The Project's goal is to eliminate the use of toxic pesticides on Vashon Island; and is a continuation of 9 years of outreach to both the retailers and the public educating them on the hazards of toxic pesticides and the benefits of nontoxic alternatives. | More details | ||
| Harbor WildWatch | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Donkey Creek Outreach; Education & Action Project (PHASE 3) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.harborwildwatch.org | The Donkey Creek Outreach; Education & Action Project's goal is to inspire stewardship for local creeks and estuaries in the Gig Harbor/Tacoma area amongst adults; students and families. Funding supports public and student tours to introduce hundreds of local residents to a recently restored salmon-bearing creek; as well as the continued collection of biodiversity data by students and community members. | More details | |
| Horses for Clean Water | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Sound Horsekeeping to Protect Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.horsesforcleanwater.com/ | For 20 years; Horses for Clean Water has worked with local horse owners to develop and implement a series of best practices to control erosion and contamination from farms and stables. In 2013 HCW and the Snohomish Conservation District formalized these equine best management practices (BMPs) into a the voluntary; incentive-based Sound Horsekeeping Program. This grant supports the expansion of the program throughout the Puget Sound region to the 11 other Puget Sound Conservation Districts. Funds will support a train the trainer program that will teach equine BMPs to farm and resource planners throughout the entire region; and will also include brochures; a series of webinars and distribution through the CDs' Better Ground website. Better Ground is a program currently being adopted by Puget Sound conservation districts to help their clients find resources to improve their farms and protect natural resources. | More details | |
| Nisqually Reach Nature Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $9,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Aquatic Reserve Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.nisquallyestuary.org | The Nisqually Reach Nature Center engages citizen stewards in research and education around the long-term stewardship of the Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve; located in the Tacoma area. Volunteer citizen scientists engaged and trained by the NRNC will collect data on active waterfowl breeding sites and forage fish spawning beaches in the Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve and report that information to Aquatic Reserve managers; state and federal agencies; and the public. | More details | |
| Northwest Environmental Advocates | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Bringing the Clean Water Act to Bear on Nutrients and Toxics in Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | NorthwestEnvironmentalAdvocates.org | Supports strategically-targeted legal advocacy to encourage governmental agencies to more fully bring the Clean Water Act to bear on water pollution in Puget Sound. Regulators are required to ensure that dischargers do not cause or contribute to violations of water quality standards established to protect human health; fish; and wildlife. Activities will include a petition challenging the State of Washington's permitting practices and seeking corrective actions designed to improve nitrogen limits. Addition legal advocacy will center around seeking additional governmental controls on nutrient loading and non-point source pollution. Nutrients are crucial to Puget Sound water quality because excessive nutrients cause water quality problems including low dissolved oxygen; algal blooms; and food web changes. Focusing on nutrient pollution has additional strategic value strategic because controlling nutrients also captures many other regulated and unregulated toxic pollutants; including pharmaceuticals. | More details | |
| People for an Environmentally Responsible Kenmore | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | LakeWashington.Us - A community map uniting all to protect and restore Lake Washington | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://perkinkenmore.org | Supports the development of an interactive; community-powered map to unite all who want to protect and restore Lake Washington and surrounding watersheds. The north end of the Lake faces considerable pressure from industrial; commercial; and residential developments. Many of these proposed developments could disturb contamination from past uses such as creosote manufacturing and logging; limited testing around the expansion of the 520 bridge has documented PCBs and dioxins in the sediments; leading to concerns that proposed developments could spread toxic contaminants into the lake and jeopardize critical Steelhead; Coho; and Chinook habitats. The community map will live at LakeWashington.Us and provide residents of all 12 all municipalities along the Lake's shoreline with a common tool for information and restorative action. | More details | |
| Pierce County Conservation District | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $9,250.00 | Pacific Northwest | Tacoma Mall Neighborhood Depave Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.piercecd.org | The Pierce County Conservation District will work with project partners and urban community groups to remove asphalt and concrete pavement from at least 5;000 square feet near the Tacoma Mall. The project partners will then install healthy soils within the project area and establish and maintain site appropriate plants and trees. The target area for this project is the Tacoma Mall community which lies within two sensitive stormwater basins - Flett Creek and the Thea Foss Waterway. Flett Creek is an EPA target watershed which influences Chambers Creek; a salmon-bearing stream. The Thea Foss Waterway is a superfund site that has been remediated. The project will be a community driven process; and will include representation from the City of Tacoma and at least one neighborhood community council. About 100 volunteers will take part in depave and planting events designed to protect and remediate Central Puget Sound water quality. Amount Requested $18;500.00 PCD has committed to supplying the balance as a match. | More details | |
| RE Sources for Sustainable Communities | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Strengthening Puget Sound Hands-On Stewardship and Intertidal Monitoring Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://re-sources.org | For the last 4 years; RE Sources has helped develop and support the all-volunteer Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve Citizen Stewardship Committee; creating a strong intertidal monitoring program in this sensitive watershed in the Anacortes area. One of the project's central goals is to compile a comprehensive list of intertidal species that would help them monitor ongoing changes and fill data gaps that could prove useful baselines in the event of an oil spill from one of the oil refineries that are immediately adjacent to the Reserve. Additional activities include collaboration with scientists from the University of Washington and Western Washington University to developing robust protocols for the Reserve's citizen scientists to use in monitoring temperature; pH; water quality and species diversity. Through the use of interactive date visualization software; the information collected will be widely available and understandable to the general public and decision makers. This citizen science model can then be replicated by others for possible uses throughout Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Seattle Tilth | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | A Watershed Stewards Program for King County | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.seattletilth.org | The project builds on Seattle Tilth's 20 years of experience in developing and implementing successful volunteer training and management programs to create a Watershed Stewards program that will provide up to 43 hours of training in watershed stewardship and community outreach to at least 40 King County volunteers from communities outside of Seattle. Once trained; these volunteers will add to the capacity of already existing efforts to engage community members to take action to improve water quality by providing 1;400 hours of community service; reaching over 2;500 people. The community service actions will consist of practical stormwater management solutions including drainage improvements and low-impact yard care options that can be widely implemented on a residential level. | More details | |
| Smarter Cleanup Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Hey Duwamish! - open technology and community engagement for the Green-Duwamish Watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://smartercleanup.org | Hey Duwamish is a community monitoring platform designed to connect stakeholders and empower those most affected by pollution in the Duwamish Valley. The project utilizes an open source mapping platform which allows community members to report water quality concerns; share ideas; ask questions; and stay up to date on important information happening in their neighborhood including the status of the Duwamish River Superfund cleanup. The project will also provide technology training and assistance to youth in the Duwamish Alive! Program to help disadvantaged teenagers learn valuable career skills and leverage the power of knowledge and transform it into meaningful actions to protect Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Sound Salmon Solutions | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Edmonds Watershed Stewards | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.soundsalmonsolutions.org | The Edmonds Water Quality Stewards is a multi-faceted project to engage high school students & community members to improve water quality & awareness of pollution solutions. One aspect is a citizen science program led by Edmonds Woodway High School (EWHS) students & local community volunteers. This team collects ambient & storm water quality data from 16 locations in Edmonds streams throughout the year. This provides students hands-on experience collecting scientifically viable data; & provides needed baseline water quality data to inform decision makers. The project will also engage 4 EWHS biology classes in conducting bio-assessments of local streams utilizing habitat health & macroinvertebrate collection & identification. To reach the wider community; SSS will also host a volunteer tree planting event. This work is crucial because the monitored streams flow into Edmonds Marsh; one of the last remaining saltwater marshes in Puget Sound; and the data collected will support marsh restoration. | More details | |
| Stand | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Protecting Washington's Waterways and Delicate Ecosystems from Dirty Fossil Fuels | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.forestethics.org | Supports a multi-pronged strategy to educate the community about the threats to water quality and public health from oil trains and fossil fuel-related infrastructure in Skagit County; and to support the initiation of a planning process to make a just transition to a clean energy economy. Current oil trains to Tesoro's Anacortes refinery along with Tesoro's proposal to expand its refinery pose threats to the Puget Sound coastline; the Green-Duwamish River; and all of eastern Puget Sound's tributaries north of Olympia. These watersheds are at risk of catastrophic pollution from accidents caused by trains carrying highly volatile; toxic crude oil in tank cars deemed unsafe by the National Transportation Safety Board. The Tesoro's refinery would also lead to a significant increase in tanker traffic and oil train traffic along the shores of the Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Stillwaters Environmental Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Carpenter Creek Estuary Restoration: Monitoring & Internship Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org | Supports the protection and restoration of over 30 acres of high quality habitat in a crucial Puget Sound location for migrating salmonids. Project elements include monitoring a variety of water quality indicators at key locations along Carpenter Creek; providing data to assess the impacts of the riparian restoration and creating a reference site for restoration elsewhere around the Sound. The monitoring program also is a springboard towards educating local citizens on the importance of watershed protection; and is conducted in partnership with interns and graduate research students from Western Washington University and the University of Washington. | More details | |
| Sustainability Ambassadors | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | BOG to BAY - Stormwater Pollution Solutions in My Neighborhood | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://sustainabilityambassadors.org | The goal of the Bog to Bay Project is to embed stormwater education in the core curriculum of local schools by using real-world content to drive project-based learning. This long-term; multi-partner strategy will integrate classroom curriculum with measurable stewardship actions in the community to help reduce polluted stormwater runoff to Puget Sound. Funds support program elements that have already been piloted at three schools in the Duwamish watershed: Denny Middle School; Chief Sealth High School and Holy Family Catholic School; all serving diverse student populations. The Duwamish watershed supports salmon runs and includes the combined sewer overflow basins of Longfellow Creek (which flows from a historic bog and joins the Duwamish in a pipe) and the Lower Duwamish Waterway superfund site. | More details | |
| Toxic Free Future | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Toxic-Free Legacy Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.watoxics.org | The project's goal is to reduce the amount of toxic flame retardants and fluorinated stain- and water-resistant (Teflon or PFAS) chemicals that pollute Puget Sound and other waterbodies. Aided in part by research from WTC that demonstrated how these chemicals wash out of clothes during household laundry and then pass through the sewage treatment system into aquatic environments; the State of Washington has recognized the threat that these chemicals pose to water quality and recently enacted new policies regarding these chemicals. Funding will help the Washington Toxics Coalition (WTC and soon to become Toxic-Free Future) work through the state's Chemical Action Plan on PFASs to encourage the phase-out their use and restrictions on their release. Funding will also support will also WTC's collaboration with the Department of Ecology as a stakeholder in a rulemaking process encouraging strong implementation of Washington's pending phase-out of the first 5 toxic flame retardants; and promote the phase-out of 6 more. | More details | |
| Vashon Nature Center LLC | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $8,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Science Connects: discovering our role in a healthy Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.vashonnaturecenter.org | Science Connects gets people outside watching; feeling; and understanding the forces that shape life and promote health in local watersheds. The program engages the entire community; from children through elders; to learn about salmon in local creeks on this prominent Central Sound island; analyze stream bugs; and monitor beach life. Working with scientists; participants learn specific actions they can take for a healthier Sound; and through partnerships with a variety of other groups; the program develops citizen-science projects to understand and impact local management decisions that affect water quality. By integrating a variety of citizen-science opportunities under one goaldiscovering local residents' role in a healthy Puget Sound; the program helps people discover links between watersheds and nearshore ecosystems and track the often invisible impacts that flow between them. | More details | |
| Washington Environmental Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Normalizing Green Infrastructure | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.wecprotects.org | More details | ||
| Western Environmental Law Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | An Agricultural Pollution Prevention Strategy to Save Salmon and Shellfish in Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.westernlaw.org | In the Puget Sound; water pollution caused by industrial agriculture is degrading salmon habitat; water quality; and the Northwest's economy and culture. For the last 30 years; the State of Washington has spent billions of dollars on voluntary incentive programs designed to reduce agricultural pollution and to facilitate the recovery of salmon in the Puget Sound basin. These voluntary incentive programs; while a potentially useful tool; have largely failed to improve water quality and restore salmon and shellfish habitat; and a new; comprehensive approach is needed. Funding supports policy development and related advocacy to help state government develop and implement an Agricultural Pollution Prevention Strategy to restore salmon and shellfish in Puget Sound. | More details | |
| YMCA of Greater Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2016 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Youth in Action: Stewardship; Education & Leadership | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.seattleymca.org | The Youth in Action projects seeks to educate disadvantaged Seattle youth about watersheds and water quality issues while empowering them to take individual and group actions to benefit Puget Sound through environmental service projects and sustainable behaviors. The YMCA is providing $10;000 in matching funds in order to conduct the full project. | More details | |
| Adopt a Stream Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Squires Landing Park Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://streamkeeper.org/aasf/SITE_DIRECTORY.html | Squire's Landing Park is a 42-acre undeveloped parcel of land owned by the City of Kenmore located in the lower Swamp Creek drainage at its confluence with the Sammamish River near its outlet into Lake Washington. In 2012, the Washington Department of Ecology found that Swamp Creek violated state and federal water quality standards for dissolved oxygen, pH, and temperature which can be attributed to urbanization in the watershed increasing impervious surfaces and reducing forest cover. This project will increase native plant species diversity, remove invasive blackberry and reed canary grass, improve shade, water filtration, provide both cover and complex edge habitat for rearing juvenile and migrating adult Chinook and coho salmon. In particular, this grant will expand on the 2 acres of Squires Landing Park that have already been restored forming a 50 ft riparian buffer at the confluence of Swamp Creek and the Sammamish river by adding an additional acre on the south bank of Swamp Creek, 50 ft wide and extending 870 ft upstream from the previously planted area. | More details | |
| Citizens for a Healthy Bay | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | http://healthybay.org | The Student Stewardship Conservation Project (SSCP) is an immersive, comprehensive environmental education program designed to benefit both students and the natural environments they live in. Through a combination of education, scientific data collection and hands-on habitat restoration, 700 middle school students will work toward the study and protection of critical wetland and riparian habitat within the Puyallup River watershed. Participating students, primarily underserved rural students and students of color, will perform 2,800 hours of restoration work, including removing 1,500 square feet of invasive plants, planting 700 native plants and installing seven bird boxes at critical habitat sites. Students will also collect and analyze data to create an extensive freshwater microplastic dataset. This project will simultaneously empower youth environmental stewards, amass a substantial dataset on aquatic plastics, create recreational community resources and directly benefit local waters through restoration actions. | More details | ||||
| City of Blaine | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Washington | https://www.ci.blaine.wa.us/ | The City of Blaine is requesting funds to finish design drawings and acquire permits for Phase II of the Marine Park Reconstruction and Naturalization project (the project). The City completed Phase I in 2015 which removed concrete rubble, broken asphalt and garbage and debris leaking out on the public beach and marine waters of Semiahmoo Bay. The haphazard jumble of rubble imped public access to the water’s edge which detracts from the beach-goers experience and contributes point source pollution to the human and marine environments. The City, with the help of a $50,000 grant from Washington State Department of Ecology's Coastal Protection Program, removed the rubbish, and then reconstructed and naturalized over 400 feet of shoreline by installing sand, gravel cobbles, boulders, LWD, and native plants. The result was a clean enhanced public shoreline where there are no other accessible public beaches in central Blaine due to the physical separation of the Burlington Northern Railway along our coastline. The City would like to capitalize on the momentum generated from completing Phase I of the project. Recently the City conducted a broad public survey as part of the Blaine Economic Strategic Initiative, and the reconstruction the Marine Park shoreline was the number one capital project as voted on by the citizenry. The City also constructed the Marine Park Playground Project, which is a regional nautical themed playground completed in 2015 located right above the same subject shoreline. Today hundreds of families and children visit the Marine Park Playground, and while they can look out over the water, there is no physical access to the water edge due to the vast amounts of broken concrete and debris, which creates an attractive hazard for those daring enough to climb down the jumble of debris. Please consider approving this grant request and help the City fix one of the only public shorelines in central Blaine. | More details | ||||
| Climate Solutions | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | http://www.climatesolutions.org | Climate Solutions’ Puget Sound Clean Project is working to fight our region’s number one source of stormwater pollution: petroleum runoff from fossil fuel powered vehicles. The project is working to accelerate the rapid adoption of electric transportation which will result in significant reductions to pollution in the Puget Sound and other bodies of water throughout the Northwest. The project is part of Climate Solutions’ larger effort to transition the Northwest to 100% clean energy, faster than anywhere else in the nation, and to leverage our clean electrical grid to electrify as many energy uses that we can for the built environment, industry, and transportation, which will be significantly beneficial to the health of Puget Sound. | More details | ||||
| Conservation Northwest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Washington | http://www.conservationnw.org/ | Conservation Northwest proposes to work in coordination with the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and diverse local stakeholder groups on the first phase of watershed restoration in a heavily used and degraded landscape in the headwaters of the Upper White River watershed, which drains into Puget Sound. With funding from your foundation and leveraged support, we aim to restore several miles of illegal user-created motorized trails in the Government Meadows area off of Highway 410 that natural resource specialists have identified as high priorities for closure and restoration through a recent environmental analysis and travel management decision for federal lands in this area. The Upper White River watershed has been rated by the Forest Service for its “poor†watershed function due to high road density, sedimentation levels in the water, high stream temperatures, and lack of woody debris; all while providing habitat for three fish species federally listed as threatened: Puget Sound Chinook salmon, Puget Sound steelhead, and bull trout, with the spring chinook being the only remaining spring Chinook stock in the South Sound. Our proposed work in complement to implementation of adjacent roadway improvements in the field season of 2018 engages diverse interests in shared stewardship of a legal and sustainable access system, improves watershed health and hydrologic function, restores native habitat, and builds momentum and critical relationships necessary towards our efforts to develop a larger blueprint for restoration in this priority Puget Sound watershed over the next 2 years. | More details | ||||
| Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | https://dnda.org/ | Our project is an ambitious undertaking that engages the Delridge community in the preservation and restoration of a natural habitat in a highly urbanized setting that is undergoing tremendous change due to residential development. Our project will restore a wetland and improve water quality entering Longfellow Creek at the former SCL transfer station site, now known as DNDA's "Wetland Restoration and Stewardship" project. The 20,000 sq ft parcel has three distinct zones, the wetland (7,144 sq ft), the footprint of the transfer station (5.000 sq ft) and the green space between (7,856 sq ft). This project preserves green space in Delridge and 1) provides needed green infrastructure, 2) provides a learning landscape for experiential educational opportunities for local area children, and 3) expands urban agriculture opportunities for community members and will improve access to healthy fruits and vegetables for Delridge residents. The project will require investment in green stormwater infrastructure, installation of a bio-filtration swale with boardwalk for access and circulation and many additional features such as observation posts, gathering areas and garden beds to support quiet observation and experiential learning. Our project includes the development of an outdoor classroom such that students and classes visiting the site have a closeup look at a highly functioning wetland, multiple ecosystems and exposure to natural flora and fauna that the restored wetland will provide. | More details | ||||
| Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Washington | http://www.deschutesestuary.org | DERT is the only education and advocacy non-profit organization working on restoration of the Deschutes River watershed and its estuary. DERT's efforts have to this day resulted in a significant raising of awareness to remove Olympia's 5th Avenue dam at mouth of the Deschutes River and the necessity of restoring the Deschutes estuary to improve South Puget Sound water quality. For this funding request, DERT is asking for $10,000 to continue work on education and outreach projects the most important being the Festival of the Steh-Chass (indigenous name for the Deschutes river estuary) to be held on September 1, 2018 at the site of the original Deschutes estuary. DERT is partnering with the Squaxin Island Tribe and Salmon Defense in this effort. | More details | ||||
| Ducks Unlimited, Inc. | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $22,500.00 | Washington | http://www.ducks.org/conservation | Ducks Unlimited (DU) will provide technical support to our partners, the Skagit and San Juan Preservation Trust to enhance wetlands in the San Juan Islands. These enhancements will improve water quality, recharge aquifers and improve habitat.. The sites are: 1) Richardson Marsh on Lopez Island (approximately 74 acres) 2) Guemes Valley on Guemes Island (approximately 36 acres) At both sites DU will design wetland features to increase seasonal freshwater storage, and improve water quality for humans, fish, waterfowl and other wildlife. | More details | ||||
| Duwamish Alive! Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Duwamish Alive: Watershed Habitat Restoration, Water Quality Improvement and Community Stewardship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org/pugetsoundsteward.php | Duwamish Alive Coalition events restore critical native habitat and improve water quality for the recovery of 5 salmon species in the Duwamish Watershed while providing community education and engagement about important environmental issues in the highly urbanized Duwamish Watershed which is made up of underserved communities of diversity. Comprehensive information is provided, educating community members to the many challenges being faced and providing ways individuals can make a positive impact on the watershed. Our goal is to expand the number of habitat sites and activities which improve water quality, increase volunteers by engaging more community members as stewards, providing mentorship and resources to community groups establishing new restoration sites and provides community outreach connecting the various efforts into a unified whole which emphasizes healthy environment - clean water, air and open spaces. | More details | |
| Earth Ministry | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | http://earthministry.org/ | Earth Ministry's Faithful Action for Puget Sound project will help religious communities understand that protecting watersheds and water quality is a central tenet of their faith, which will provide the moral grounding for people of faith to become involved in shaping public policy for the health of the Sound. Earth Ministry will build capacity in faith communities in the Puget Sound region for civic engagement on fossil fuel projects that directly impact water quality, and on land use regulations that implement long-term protection for vulnerable watersheds. There is a need for water advocacy that is not only innovative and scientifically sound, but also hopeful and morally articulate. Earth Ministry is uniquely positioned to meet this pressing need by educating and mobilizing religious leaders to call for a permanent moratorium on new and expanded fossil fuel projects in two key areas of Puget Sound: Whatcom County and Tacoma. To engage this under-represented constituency, Earth Ministry will use a values-based framework to train, empower, and provide opportunities for people of faith to take action on key land use decisions affecting Puget Sound water quality. | More details | ||||
| EarthCorps | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Puget Sound Stewards - Duwamish and Beyond | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org | The Puget Sound Stewards program activates community members to steward specific parks and natural areas along the Duwamish River that enhance water quality, wildlife habitat, and community recreation. With support and on-going training from a professional EarthCorps staff member, the stewards plan and carry out critical management actions to ensure that their site can continue to flourish. They learn to lead volunteer work parties, and to engage neighbors in transforming their river! With a shining 10+ year track record of success, this program is poised to expand to more Stewards and additional sites along the industrial Duwamish and lower Green River from the Port of Seattle to Tukwila. | More details | |
| ECOSS | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | New Arrival Environmental Orientation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.ecoss.org | Over the last three years ECOSS has hired and trained community coordinators from the Bhutanese and Burmese new arrival groups to recruit, engage and educate their respective communities on core environmental basics. In the first year of the program, both new arrival groups identified water resources, access to local parks and fishing and shellfish gathering opportunities in our region as topics of most interest. To date more than 400 youth and families have participated in organized trips to the Cedar River Watershed, community led and organized education dinners, youth performances related to water resources, and field trips to the Duwamish River, Hood Canal and Lake Washington for fishing and volunteer restoration events. With the support of the Rose Foundation, our vision is to integrate meaningful water quality and restoration activities for the purpose of enhancing ongoing environmental education programs and to expand the number of communities that we currently are able to serve. | More details | |
| Everett Community College Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $21,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Tales of Puget Sound: Training the Next Generation of Researchers | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.everettcc.edu/ | This ecological research and education project builds upon a 10-year foundation of students studying Physical Geography at Everett Community College (EvCC) using field data collected in salt- and freshwater environments throughout in Snohomish County, Washington. The funding supports the purchase of scientific equipment needed to improve the accuracy of water quality and sediment sample data so that it can better contribute to the work of regional scientists, researchers and environmental advocates. In addition to learning about coastal geosystems, students will publish their data as “Story Maps,†gaining a deeper understanding of the science behind the interventions and mitigation efforts aimed at protecting Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Friends of North Creek Forest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | https://www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org/ | The mission of Friends of North Creek Forest is to maintain and improve the ecological function of North Creek Forest through education, stewardship, and conservation in perpetuity. This 64 acre mature forest in Bothell helps to improve the water quality in nearby North Creek, a Chinook salmon bearing stream, by naturally filtering runoff from upland neighborhoods and protecting the steep slope from erosion. We request funding to support our Stewardship Program, which focuses on restoring North Creek Forest, while simultaneously engaging the community to participate in its care. We increase ecological literacy by engaging, supporting, training and inspiring volunteers of all ages, including college students and school children, to learn how to restore and protect North Creek Forest and beyond. Thank you for considering this proposal. Your support will help us continue to provide meaningful forest experiences and education for generations to come. | More details | ||||
| Friends of the Earth | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Friends of the Earth - Puget Sound Marine Conservation & Oil Transportation Safety Campaign | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.foe.org | For two decades, Friends of the Earth (FoE) has worked with federal, state, tribal and local partners leading efforts to protect Puget Sound communities and marine life from ship-sourced pollution, including oil spills as well as air and water discharges from cruise ships, cargo ships and oil tankers. We are seeking funding to enhance oil spill prevention and response capabilities of barges and other smaller oil carriers not subject to safety measures required of large oil tankers transiting Puget Sound. In particular, we will focus on vessels transporting diluted bitumen (dilbit) from Burnaby, BC through Puget Sound to the US Oil refinery in Tacoma – Washington’s primary destination for this uniquely challenging oil to clean up. FoE’s groundbreaking report published last spring spotlighted this previously unknown shipping of dilbit via unescorted barge and articulated tug-barges (ATBs) to Puget Sound refineries. The report also documented for the first time that between 2011-2014 crude oil has been exported from oil refinery tanker terminals. Department of Ecology (Ecology) data from 2015-2016 are now available to update this report to establish trends in this trade and serve to advance new protection efforts. The urgency of this proposal is underscored by Canada’s approval to triple the Kinder Morgan pipeline that will result in a 700% increase in dilbit tankers, and potentially more barges, traveling into Puget Sound. State rulemaking will begin in late 2017 to update oil spill response requirements for ships that will need to address new research showing dilbit’s propensity to sink, thereby requiring specialized spill response equipment. FoE’s participation in that rulemaking is essential to ensure the highest level of protection for Puget Sound. This grant will assist FoE in hiring a policy analyst to aid our 20-year veteran Northwest maritime safety consultant Fred Felleman to ensure that state laws adequately address these emerging risks | More details | |
| Garden Green | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $6,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Garden Green Pesticide Reduction | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | Our project's goals are to eliminate the use of toxic pesticides on Vashon Island. We have been working on this effort for 10 years, and are making progress with both the retailers and the public. We educate both groups on the hazards of toxic pesticides and nontoxic alternatives. | More details | ||
| Green River Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | General Support: Hire a part-time staff person | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.greenrivercoalition.org/ | Grant funding will be used to hire a part-time staff person who will take over many of the oversight responsibilities of our ongoing projects, and work on securing new grants which will support our vision of improving the condition of the Green/Duwamish River watershed. In the past, Green River Coalition (GRC) has operated without paid staff and has managed its projects solely with volunteer participation. The combined effects of our recent successes in (1) starting up an intern program with the Natural Resources Department at Green River College, (2) being awarded a joint grant with Mid-Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group to conduct a streambank restoration project, (3) acquiring a support role in an EPA grant for restoration and education activities in the Covington, Washington vicinity and (4) being awarded a support role in an outreach program for streambank protection along the Newaukum Creek tributary to the Green River have raised our workload to the level that our all-volunteer participation has reached its capacity to support it all. | More details | |
| Green River College Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $17,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Improving Environmental Restoration with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | https://www.greenrivercollegefoundation.org/ | This proposal request the funds to supply the necessary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or “UAV†(i.e., drone) hardware and software to supply Green River College Natural Resources Department students with the necessary tools to pilot new restoration monitoring and information accrual methods to efficiently inform future restoration and conservation land management actions. The proposed project is novel in that it will integrate the use of UAV technology within the scope of a higher education curriculum to enhance the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of environmental restoration at four established restoration sites within the Green/Duwamish Watershed. Students will get real-world experience gathering and assessing the data and deliverables to inform these sites’ short- and long-term environmental restoration goals. This project will also explore the utility and scalability of drone technology at restoration sites within the Green/Duwamish Watershed, as an alternative to traditional surveying methods which are too expensive for frequent data collection by grassroots organizations. | More details | |
| Killer Whale Tales | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $8,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Killer Whale Tales: Kids Making a Difference Now/Stormwater Busters, Deep Dive | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://killerwhaletales.org/ | KWT’s overarching goal is to promote the conservation of the Puget Sound waters and the orca population that depends upon it, by providing a high quality environmental education program for 2nd through 6th grade students, at no-cost to the participating schools. Our innovative curriculum uses the endangered Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) population, a species with complex individual and social behaviors, to capture children’s attention and imaginations and inspire them to become Puget Sound stewards. Students are fascinated by orcas’ complex communication systems and matriarchal pods. When they learn about the species, they naturally begin to care about it and are eager to learn what they and their families can do to mitigate local marine pollution. | More details | |
| King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/dnrp.aspx | Newaukum Creek is one of the two largest tributaries in the Green/Duwamish River Watershed. The stream flows through an agricultural area where very little riparian vegetation protects the channel, resulting in a significant lack of shade (primarily between River Mile 4 and 10). Stream temperatures consistently exceed State standards for salmon spawning and incubation, and for juvenile rearing; salmon use is likely limited by these high temperatures (Ecology TMDL 2011). In addition, dissolved oxygen levels periodically violate state standards. King County proposes to spend $25,000 on revegetating a reach of Newaukum Creek on land recently acquired by the county. | More details | ||||
| Lake City Greenways | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $3,500.00 | Pacific Northwest | Matching grant for 60% design, Olympic Hills Pocket Park | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://seattlegreenways.org/ | This is to fund the 60% design for restoration and planting of an undeveloped right-of-way in Lake City, Seattle, where a tributary to Thornton Creek flows through the Olympic Hills neighborhood. This former dump site has been cleaned up and beautified over the course of 3 years by 50+ volunteers. Residents worked with a professional design team to arrive at a design concept; we have completed the 30% design and construction drawings, and we seek to proceed through the 60% phase. | More details | |
| Latino Community Fund | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Front and Centered: Engaging communities of color in water quality issues | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.latinocommunityfund.org/ | The Front and Centered coalition will work to engage, involve and coalesce communities of color around issues pertaining to water quality and habitat protection throughout Puget Sound. Environmental degradation has a disproportionate impact on communities and low-income people, but these communities are rarely resourced to address core environmental issues like water quality. Front and Centered will conduct listening sessions, community meetings and educational forums and prepare and translate culturally appropriate informational materials on water quality issues on this issue with people of color around the Puget Sound. We will also work with our member organizations to mobilize communities of color to take action around emerging issues and specific opportunities for impact in local communities as well as on a state-wide basis. | More details | |
| Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Green Duwamish Water Quality Improvement Youth Exchange | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.midsoundfisheries.org | This project is a multi partner effort to bring together diverse youth from throughout the Green-Duwamish watershed to plant at least 900 native trees and shrubs along streambanks in the Soos Creek basin and plant 40 trees to increase neighborhood tree canopy and improve water quality in the South Park community which is located next to the Lower Duwamish River. The “Re-green the Green†WRIA 9 salmon recovery strategy identified Soos Creek, which has a TMDL for temperature and dissolved oxygen, as a high priority area for revegetation to shade the stream. South Park is a highly urbanized community in Seattle with a large amount of impervious surfaces and polluted stormwater that drains into the Lower Duwamish River. Mid Sound will partner with the Green River Coalition, Green River College, the Institute for Community Leadership, Sustainability Ambassadors, the Duwamish Infrastructure Restoration Training Corps (DIRT Corps) and the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps to facilitate an exchange of youth leaders, expose the youth to a new part of their watershed, and to engage them in hands on work to improve water quality in their watershed. | More details | |
| Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $13,000.00 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.mtsgreenway.org | The Mountains to Sound Greenway Education program seeks to engage and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards. Through hands-on, scientific inquiry, 4th – 12th grade students from schools across King County learn about forest ecosystems, healthy salmon habitat, biodiversity, and more. Students also have the opportunity to take action and make a positive impact on the landscape by participating in an ecological restoration project. We work with some of the nation’s most ethnically diverse school districts, and focus recruitment efforts on schools with a high free and reduced lunch rate to ensure the program reaches children with the greatest financial need. | More details | |||
| Na'ah Illahee Fund | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Yahowt Native Women’s Circle | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.naahillahee.org/ | Na’ah Illahee Fund’s Yahowt (Lushootseed Language “lift us up, togetherâ€) Circle of Native women will design and implement an ecological restoration project of the water filtration ponds located on the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural land, improving water quality of runoff from Discovery Park that empties into Puget Sound. The 30-year old ponds will be redesigned to include silt cleanup, invasive species removal, and planting of both floating and submerged native plants. The enhanced area will create a healthy and welcoming environment for both teaching and practicing traditional Indigenous lifeways through plant harvesting for medicine and cultural arts. | More details | |
| Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $13,000.00 | Washington | https://www.olyecosystems.org/ | Last year we constructed a 2000 sq. ft. rain garden at the entrance of the West Bay Woods conservation area with funding from the Rose Foundation. This year, we propose to build a second rain garden in the same area, which is unserviced by City stormwater infrastructure, and where a City outfall dumps untreated stormwater into the woods and has caused significant erosion. Construction this year will be more complicated both because the flows are more substantial and because the area touches on City right of way. The entire area is an upland shoreline forest at Budd Inlet. This work is particularly pressing as the woods are just upland of some of the most contaminated shoreline in Thurston County. Moreover, the shoreline is predicted to be underwater by 2050 due to sea-level rise. Our long-term goal is to conserve and restore the shoreline to benefit water quality in Budd Inlet and to build resilience into the shoreline. The shoreline is visible from and abuts the forest. Thus, restoration work not only serves to improve filtration in the forest and water quality on the shoreline, but also serves as motivational work to enable the community to see the shoreline/forest/riparian corridor as an integrated ecosystem worth preserving and restoring. We are also asking for modest support for operations. | More details | ||||
| Port Townsend Marine Science Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $10,690.00 | Pacific Northwest | Be a Toxic Free Zone Workshops | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://ptmsc.org | The Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) will motivate people to reduce toxics in their lives and their impact on Puget Sound water quality through fourteen 2-3 hour workshops customized to suit audiences with different needs. The workshops are adapted from a 6-week program that covers topics ranging from toxics in the home, garden, personal care products, and the food supply. We will lead people to take “the next step†in personal/collective action to reduce toxics that can enter the marine environment. | More details | |
| Save Habitat and Diversity of Wetlands Org | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $20,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve: Extend the Bog Tour | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://shadowhabitat.org/ | Rapid urbanization in South King County and the lack of environmental education in the area pose a threat to the health of the Puget Sound. SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve's historic wetland system and education programming are uniquely equipped to address this threat at the community level. In order to effectively scale the impact of these resources SHADOW will need: - Support for staff time spent on community outreach - To extend the boardwalk trail system - To strengthen web-based educational materials | More details | |
| Seattle Tilth | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | http://www.seattletilth.org | Soil and Water Stewards (SWS) was piloted last year with the support of The Rose Foundation, Cascade Water Alliance and King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division. The goal of SWS is to train a diverse cohort of volunteers who will lead water quality improvement projects and serve as watershed ambassadors to communities in King County outside of Seattle. Further support from The Rose Foundation will enable Tilth Alliance to focus on providing the majority of programming in high-need traditionally underserved communities. Additional funding will fuel targeted outreach and on-the-ground project in East and South King County, and within immigrant and refugee communities, low-income neighborhoods, senior centers, and schools serving high-poverty populations. With The Rose Foundation’s support, the pilot year of Soil and water Stewards has been a tremendous success. Already, 40 volunteers have completed the training and volunteers have logged over 550 hours. Our community partners are excited about the support the trained volunteers can provide. Projects completed by volunteers in recent months include: community-based water quality improvement demonstration projects, and educational workshops that encourage residents to adopt natural yard care practices, better manage runoff, and install a spectrum of green stormwater infrastructure. | More details | ||||
| Skagit County Public Works | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | https://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/PublicWorks/main.htm | Trumpeter Creek is located in the Nookachamps basin in Skagit County, WA. The property was historically agriculture, resulting in Trumpeter Creek being straightened, confined, and devoid of riparian vegetation. These actions have limited fish habitat and caused potential impacts to water quality from run-off and cattle fenced very closely to the stream. Skagit Land Trust purchased the property and using partnerships with Skagit County, Ducks Unlimited, and the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, have started restoration of the property including a re-route of over 2,700 linear feet of Trumpeter Creek to a more naturally configured channel, the installation of large woody debris, daylighting approximately 600 linear feet of currently tight-lined tributary, and planting a 150 foot buffer on both sides. | More details | ||||
| Sno-King Watershed Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | http://snokingwatershedcouncil.org/ | The water quality of Puget Sound is threatened by the many land-disturbing development projects underway, especially those which do not comply with applicable codes, particularly relating to water quality, storm water flow control, wetland delineation, and wetland and stream buffer widths. We have found that agencies and jurisdictions charged with reviewing applications and enforcing codes do not in fact use due diligence and often approve projects which under closer scrutiny don't meet the code requirements. Expert members of the Sno-King Watershed Council have been reviewing permit submittals, engineering diagrams and calculations, wetland and critical area drawings and reports, offering comments, and filing appeals as appropriate. As a result of our reviews, comments, and appeals, we have been successful in protecting streams and wetlands, getting better water quality and flow control designs enacted, and obtained settlements which have been used for construction of rain gardens and other projects to benefit the water quality of Puget Sound. In addition to the direct benefit of these reviews and appeals, they also set precedents, our goal being better subsequent review processes by enforcement agencies. We rely primarily on volunteer work for civil engineers and stormwater expertise, but also use paid consultants as needed including wetlands biologists and lawyers. We partner with affected downstream jurisdictions and other non-profits. With increased funding and capacity, we could increase the amount of work that we do in this vitally important area. With this proposal, we seek to increase our capacity in the area of project reviews and appeals. | More details | ||||
| South Sound Estuary Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $12,150.00 | Washington | http://www.sseacenter.org/ | Our proposal is to educate students and visitors about water quality throughout the South Puget Sound community. The Estuarium will develop materials for a new exhibit at the facility and develop STEM and common core aligned water quality lesson plans. We will incorporate this lesson plan and water quality activities through an On the Water field trip, curriculum kits that get loaned out to schools, and as an option during Estuarium field trips. Our organization specifically targets K-12 students that are disadvantaged, disabled, or English is their second language. | More details | ||||
| Sustainability Ambassadors | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | http://sustainabilityambassadors.org | The Green-Duwamish Project Design Lab is an exciting expansion of our Bog to Bay Project from three individual schools in Seattle to two more school districts upriver in the Green/Duwamish Watershed. Through our Lab we will strengthen curriculum connections and community impact mapping at the secondary level by supporting problem-based learning that meets academic standard in context of solving community problems. Classroom/community problem-solving will include green stormwater infrastructure stewardship actions, outdoor classrooms, field investigations and adopt-a-site salmon habitat restoration events. All projects will be organized around the shared policy framework of King County’s Green/Duwamish Strategic Plan. With lessons learned from the Bog to Bay Project, we will produce a case study for new Lab partners to replicate. We have matching funds from several sources, a long term vision, and excellent strategic partnerships including several other Rose Foundation grantees. | More details | ||||
| Sustainable Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Depave the Duwamish | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.sustainableseattle.org | Sustainable Seattle's Depave Program is entering the second year of its "Depave the Duwamish" project. Depave projects replace asphalt with green infrastructure that reduces storm water pollution, ameliorates heat islands and builds climate resilience, and improves community health. Seattle's lower Duwamish River Valley is comprised of more than 20,000 acres of highly industrialized hardscape that releases over 1.5 billion gallons/year of polluted storm water into the Duwamish River – a federal Superfund cleanup site. The Duwamish Valley has among the lowest green space acreage and tree canopy citywide, and is home to the low-income and highly diverse neighborhoods of South Park and Georgetown, which suffer from multiple environmental health disparities, including childhood asthma, heart disease, and a life expectancy seven years shorter than the city average. Year 1 of Sustainable Seattle's Depave the Duwamish project produced a basin-wide map identifying potential Depave sites on industrial lands. Year 2 of the project will construct three demonstration Depave projects representing a variety of land ownerships and regulatory structures (e.g., private, city, school), and Year 3 will utilize lessons learned to develop a larger-scale Depave project through a public-private-community partnership that can serve as a model for a citywide Depave Program. | More details | |
| Vashon Nature Center LLC | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $10,000.00 | Toxics/Environmental Health and Justice | Washington | http://vashonnaturecenter.org/ | Vashon Nature Center’s Scientists in Schools program connects students with scientists through direct participation in research on water quality and watershed health. Students, alongside scientists, monitor fresh and marine water health through stream invertebrate studies and marine mussel monitoring. They also conduct salmon surveys, sea star wasting disease surveys, and forage fish surveys, and monitor nearshore restoration projects at shoreline armoring removal sites. Scientists in Schools has been highly effective in improving our island water quality and in the prevention of further system degradation. Whereas our community volunteers are self-selected individuals who value environmental conservation, student populations hold a much wider value set. Over the past two years, we have found that when students bring their educational experiences home, the opportunity to shift worldviews is much greater than in any of our other volunteer-based programs. For this reason, we invite continued support from the Rose Foundation to expand the capacity of current programs, increase the number of school classes we engage, and diversify research opportunities to include additional opportunities for students which are currently only available to the community. | More details | |||
| Washington Physicians for Social Responsiblity | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $24,000.00 | Washington | https://www.wpsr.org/ | In Washington State, Tacoma’s industrial Tideflats, an area which includes the Port of Tacoma, has been an ongoing target of many new fossil fuel-based projects that threaten the health of Commencement Bay and all of Puget Sound. Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) has an urgent, timely opportunity to join the movement underway to protect this area from additional dirty energy projects. With support from the Rose Foundation, WPSR will collaborate with partners in the Tacoma area to educate and train a cadre of health professionals to vocally advocate against the siting of new fossil fuel industries in the Tacoma Tideflats. Rose Foundation’s partnership will enable us to grow our network in Tacoma and mobilize the trusted voices of doctors, nurses, and other health professionals to help chart a new course for a healthier Puget Sound now and into the future. | More details | ||||
| Whale Scout | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $3,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Channeling Interest in Land-Based Whale Watching into Saving Puget Sound Drop-by-Drop | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | https://www.whalescout.org/ | Killer whales are among the most fascinating and charismatic species in Puget Sound, and while their popularity draws a lot of attention to their biology and delicate conservation status, the solutions for recovery are often mundane and overlooked. Whale Scout harnesses the admiration and energy of whale watchers and channels it towards native plants, streams, and our own homes, improving the water quality of Puget Sound for whales, salmon, and ourselves. We do this through educational experiences with volunteer naturalists on shorelines using "Save Orcas" brochures; direct salmon habitat restoration at "Helpin' Out" events; and our new PodMatch program, connecting up to 500,000 whale watchers each year with salmon habitat restoration events near their homes, scaling up our efforts significantly and providing cool, clean, water free of toxins for Puget Sound. Saving orcas is intrinsically linked to the water quality of Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Whatcom Land Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Washington | http://www.whatcomlandtrust.org/ | This project will restore and protect in perpetuity 11.5 acres of estuarine habitat at the confluence of California Creek and Drayton Harbor near Blaine in northwest Washington State. This project will: 1) improve 1,700 feet of freshwater and salt water frontage in order to restore and protect critical fish, wildlife, and tideland habitat; 2) restore and protect 6 acres of declining wetlands by restoring wetland hydrology, removing noxious weeks and re-establishing native plant; 3) remove a dilapidated house, foundations, outbuilding, concrete slabs and debris; 4) engage community members in citizen science monitoring; 5) provide year round public access for passive recreational, educational and stewardship opportunities highlighting the coastal wetland ecosystems of the northeast corner of the Salish Sea. | More details | ||||
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $22,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | WFC Strategic Initiative: Puget Sound Net Pens Pollution Reduction | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.wildfishconservancy.org/ | Piling on to threats to Puget Sound water quality, a foreign seafood company’s recent proposal to transform Puget Sound into an epicenter of net-pen farmed Atlantic salmon production will further degrade water quality and endanger the health of Puget Sound. Last year Cooke Aquaculture, a Canadian company with major salmon farm operations in Chile, Spain, Scotland, Canada, and Maine, purchased Icicle Seafoods, which owned and operated eight Atlantic salmon net pen facilities currently in Puget Sound. Following their purchase, Cooke Aquaculture unveiled an ambitious plan to dramatically expand their operation in Washington and transform Puget Sound into one of the largest industrial salmon farm operations in the world. Washington is the only state on the West Coast that has not forbidden Atlantic salmon net pens in its marine waters. WFC will consolidate and share the best available science about the environmental threats the Atlantic salmon net pen industry poses, build a broad-based coalition that will advocate against the expansion of this industry in Puget Sound, and use our scientific and legal expertise to demand accountability from the agencies that regulate the Atlantic salmon net pen industry in Washington. | More details | |
| Zero Waste Washington | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2017 | $25,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Phthalates Research and Education for Source Control, Duwamish River and Commencement Bay | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.zerowastewashington.org/ | Phthalates are a family of industrial chemicals which cause reproductive impacts in humans and wildlife and are a major concern in the stormwater pathway causing recontamination of Superfund sediment sites in Puget Sound. In this project, we will develop an inventory of exterior-use products used by businesses and agencies in the Duwamish River and Commencement Bay Superfund source areas which may contain phthalates by interviewing staff at these entities and conducting exterior visual site assessments. We will then prioritize and analyze phthalates in those products as well as in environmental samples from publicly accessible locations and conduct analysis of alternative products. Finally, we will conduct outreach to businesses and agencies about the results and available low/no phthalate alternative products. The project will be overseen by an Advisory Committee of agencies who conduct source control activities in the two cleanup areas. The goals are to reduce phthalates input into stormwater and improve source control, reduce impacts to humans who use the products, and provide information that can be used locally and nationally as we move away from toxic chemicals in products which cause impacts both during use and at end of the life of those products. | More details | |
| American Rivers | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Headwater Restoration at Roxhill Bog | Washington | https://www.americanrivers.org/ | American Rivers’ seeks to restore hydrologic functions to Roxhill Bog, which is located at the headwaters of Longfellow Creek, a highly urbanized sub-basin of the Green-Duwamish River that flows into an estuary in the south end of Elliott Bay in Puget Sound. Over the past century, the impacts of urbanization have degraded fish habitat, and as the Bog has drained, the quality and quantity of water across the lower reaches of the Green-Duwamish basin have diminished. A study conducted by the City of Seattle in 2000 found that Roxhill Bog groundwater levels are draining rapidly along the northeast corner of the wetland through stormwater and sewer lines. In 2017, the Bog became so dry that it caught fire, further harming an already vulnerable headwaters system. We will advance key first steps to restore Roxhill Bog’s natural hydrology to enhance its water quality, improve ecological resiliency and benefit salmonid recovery in Longfellow Creek and the greater Green-Duwamish basin. Wetland restoration will reduce direct stormwater discharge and increase groundwater recharge, thereby decreasing water temperature, stabilizing baseflow and improving salmonid habitat conditions in the Longfellow watershed. Currently, stormwater from the surrounding area is directed into the stream via stormwater drainage. Restoration can be achieved by redirecting stormwater into the wetland. Target outcomes for this project include full saturation of peat soils that currently dry out too frequently and reduced annual water level fluctuations (WLF) to approximately 8-9 inches, with lower fluctuations during growing seasons. American Rivers seeks a $25,000 grant to work with the Roxhill Bog Wetland Partnership to complete Phase 1 of the project workplan: • Review existing data; and • Field surveys and data collection. Once complete, American Rivers and the Roxhill Bog Wetland Partnership will move forward with future project phases of engineering design, permitting and construction. | More details | |||
| Beavers Northwest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $9,825.00 | Improving Water Quality Through Non-Lethal Beaver Management | Washington | http://www.beaversnw.org/ | Funds support an outreach program in King and Snohomish Counties to highlight the importance of beavers and opportunities for non-lethal management. Beavers have long been recognized for their ability to create and maintain vast wetland complexes that result in numerous water quality, habitat and hydrologic benefits, such as increases in riparian vegetation and benthic microbial organisms that sequester pollutants, decreases in erosion and sedimentation, and promotion of groundwater recharge. Since beaver damming can also impact humans by flooding homes, farmland and other infrastructure, landowners and land managers often turn to lethal management: trapping and killing beavers to remove them from the system. To stop the continuation of lethal beaver management, Beavers Northwest is working to advocate for and implement non-lethal solutions to ensure that the ecosystem services provided by beavers are maintained. The outreach supported by this grant will include landowner workshops, presentations at local schools, website enhancements and brochure distribution to highlight cost-share and the water quality benefits that beaver-wetland complexes provide. | More details | |||
| City of Auburn Parks Department | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $18,246.00 | Fenster Nature Park Community Planting | Washington | This project will revegetate a 1.4 acre mowed field adjacent to the Green River at the City of Auburn’s Fenster Nature Park with tall native trees and shrubs that will increase the riparian forested buffer. Planting this site will extend the riparian plantings installed in 2014 as part of the Fenster levee setback project. The plantings will further enhance riparian habitat for salmon, including Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed Chinook and steelhead that migrate through and spawn in this reach of the Green River. The 2011 Green River TMDL identified the lack of shade a main driver for high summer water temperatures. The report identified the need for tall, continuous riparian vegetation to reduce high summer temperatures that sometimes reach lethal levels for salmon. The project site is located on a south-facing aspect identified by the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe as a “critical†priority shoreline for planting. In addition to the habitat benefits, this site provides a rare opportunity along the Lower Green River to engage volunteers in revegetation efforts. The site is flat and easily accessible to volunteers, providing an excellent opportunity to engage Auburn Schools and community groups in hands-on restoration work. The City of Auburn plans to coordinate its volunteer engagement with Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group and nearby Cascade Middle School to help with fall planting and learn about the value of riparian forest. | More details | ||||
| City of Tukwila | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Green the Green | Washington | http://www.tukwilawa.gov/ | This project revegetate 450 linear feet of private shoreline along the Lower Green River within the City of Tukwila. This grant will help fund the implementation of an innovative new public-private partnership model to increase tree cover and riparian habitat on private shoreline properties along the Green-Duwamish River. Summertime temperatures in the Green River frequently exceed the lethal threshold for ESA-listed Chinook and other salmon and fail to meet state water quality standards (Ecology TMDL, 2011). This funding would extend an upcoming City of Tukwila led shoreline planting project, resulting in a total of 1,160 linear feet of restored shoreline on a reach identified as a high priority for tree shade. The project would also contribute to Tukwila’s tree canopy, improve water quality by slowing surface runoff and filtering pollutants, provide overhanging vegetation for fish, and contribute organic matter critical for juvenile salmon growth. | More details | |||
| Community To Community | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Tierra Y Agua Farmland and Watershed Stewardship Training Project | Washington | http://www.foodjustice.org/ | Funding will help to develop and implement the Tierra Y Agua Farmland and Watershed Stewardship Training Project, a training program in sustainable farm practices for emerging farmworker-owned farming cooperatives throughout Whatcom County and throughout the Salish Sea region. Foundation funding would be especially targeted for our work with Tierra y Libertad, a farmworker-owned cooperative which owns 60-acres of farmland in Whatcom County on which Community to Community is partnering to develop and implement entirely organic and sustainable farming practices that mitigate groundwater damage by mono-agriculture and its use of pesticides and that protect water draining into the Salish Sea. This land is particularly important in that it is the first farmworker-owned farming cooperative and a model for similar farmworker cooperatives now in development. With the help of the Rose Foundation, they will research and compile best practices, create a curriculum in organic growing practices and sustainable land management, and pilot a farm-based training program for members of the farmworkers cooperative. | More details | |||
| Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Delridge Wetlands and Stewardship Project | Washington | https://dnda.org/ | DNDA’s Delridge Wetland Restoration and Stewardship Project was a concept borne during the disposition of surplus properties by the City of Seattle (including sites owned by Seattle City Light) in late 2015. DNDA, a local nonprofit, became interested in acquiring the site to preserve an urban green space. Highly motivated to protect a natural habitat from commercial development, DNDA began seeking funds for acquisition of the site for the purposes of preservation, restoration and education. Simultaneously, we reached out to experts to learn about the potential of the site. We engaged with our neighbors, gaining widespread support, including a partnership with the Louisa Boren K-8 STEM School. We focused on preserving the site as a natural habitat, encouraging stewardship among our neighbors, and restoring the wetland to reduce local flooding. Long-term impacts include improvements in hydrology and water quality entering Longfellow Creek, and maintaining green stormwater infrastructure for the neighborhood. Funding builds on two past Rose Foundation grants supporting engagement of the Delridge community in the preservation and restoration of Longfellow Creek and its natural habitat in a highly urbanized setting that is undergoing tremendous change due to residential development. This Project is designed to slow, cool and pretreat stormwater and substantially reduce and/or prevent pollution from entering nearby waterways, such as the Duwamish River, into which the Creek feeds. Passing through a system of bio-filtration swales, stormwater entering the site will be pretreated prior to entering the wetland. DNDA is constructing this swale system within the boundary of the park which will then be linked to Seattle Department of Transportation’s (SDOT) neighborhood system of bioswales. DNDA is consulting with SDOT and Seattle Pacific University to ensure that the bioswale(s) and culvert are easily accessible for cleaning and other maintenance. In this third phase of the project, DNDA will • increase community education for greater engagement and stakeholder involvement • have restoration work parties to remove invasive species, and revegetate mulch areas and native plants • complete phase 2 design of the Wetlands Park which includes engineering and 80% of construction drawings • coordinate and plan with SDOT Safe Routes to Schools to increase active transportation For Delridge, the park is critical to SPU’s ongoing Implementation Strategy 2015-2020, to maximize effects of green stormwater infrastructure and stormwater management. In terms of environmental equity, upon completion the Delridge Wetland Park will alleviate the impact of more severe and frequent flooding on local homeowners, most of whom are historically underserved non-English speakers, people of color, and low-income. | More details | |||
| Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $20,550.00 | Restoring the Deschutes Estuary: Environmental Impact Statement Response and Community Education | Washington | http://www.deschutesestuary.org | The Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team (DERT) will develop a Technical Team with scientific expertise in oceanography, water quality and quantity, habitat restoration, hydrology and sediment transport, contaminants, stormwater, Clean Water Act regulations and the connection to a healthy economy. The Technical Team will review and respond to the scientific feasibility of alternatives to be evaluated during the Department of Enterprise Services Environmental Impact Statement process to begin in the late fall of 2018. The Team will represent the latest and best science in estuary restoration from a number of disciplines: habitat, water quality, water quantity, sea level rise, flooding, sediment management, economic implications and regulation. DERT is forming the team now - some will be working remotely from positions all over the country and across US borders. So far, no team member has requested an honorarium - all are energized volunteers. DERT will also produce four community forums and keep the "What's Up?" theme becoming popular with the public. We will upgrade and develop a management system for our website and produce quarterly print and on-line newsletters to walk the public through our involvement in the EIS process and also to bring the latest in estuary restoration science and efforts forward. | More details | |||
| Duwamish Alive! Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $12,500.00 | Duwamish Alive Coalition General Support | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org/pugetsoundsteward.php | Duwamish Alive Coalition events restore critical native habitat and improve water quality for the recovery of the 5 salmon species in the Green-Duwamish Watershed while providing community education and engagement about important environmental issues in the highly industrial/urbanized Duwamish Watershed which is made up of underserved communities of diversity. Comprehensive information is provided, educating community members to the many challenges being faced and providing ways individuals can make a positive impact on the watershed. Their goal is to expand the number of habitat sites and activities which improve habitat and water quality, address issues impacting habitat and water quality, increase volunteers by engaging more community members as stewards, providing mentorship and resources to community groups establishing new restoration sites. Given the complexity of the watershed they continue to promote and facilitate collaboration across organizations, local communities and sectors, they are especially focusing on Longfellow Creek's many various project, facilitating coordination and sharing of expertise throughout its watershed by identifying and mapping all projects and promoting collaboration. | More details | |||
| Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/TAG | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Duwamish Valley Rain Garden Project | Washington | http://www.duwamishcleanup.org | Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group (DRCC/TAG) will work with youth to build rain gardens on private properties to help reduce storm water pollution and flow, and to green the community. The Duwamish Valley has been subject to air, ground, and water pollution for decades but the area is being cleaned up as part of the Duwamish Superfund site. Cleaning up storm water is important so that we don’t recontaminate the site after hundreds of millions of dollars are spent to clean the river. DRCC/TAGs highly successful youth program, the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps (DVYC), has for several years worked to educate its members, as well as peers and family of members, on issues regarding environmental justice and equity, including clean water. This project builds on that past work. | More details | |||
| EarthCorps | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Commencement Bay Stewardship Collaborative - Bridge Funding | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org | Thanks to SuperFund and the Natural Resources Damage Assessment process, sites along Tacoma’s highly polluted Commencement Bay have been transformed from one of the most polluted spots in the country to one of the brightest spots of hope for environmental restoration. Now it is a national model for recovery; where restored habitats support critical populations of birds and fish alongside once heavily-polluted industrial areas. Vigilance is needed to keep these areas from becoming polluted again, and also to keep habitats around the bay on a positive trajectory to keep supporting key wildlife populations and improving water quality. Partner organizations (and fund grantees such as Citizens for a Healthy Bay and Earth Ministries) mobilize residents to keep industries from further polluting the bay and tidelands around it. EarthCorps' role is to steadily improve the pockets of natural areas that propel the recovery and survival of plants and animals that once thrived here. The Commencement Bay Trustees including NOAA, US Fish & Wildlife Service, Washington State Department of Ecology, the Puyallup Tribe, and the Muckleshoot Tribe have worked diligently since 1998 to restore over 300 acres of habitat throughout the Puyallup River Watershed. Much of the habitat in the lower portion of the watershed has been injured by more than 100 years of pollution. The Trustees developed the Commencement Bay Stewardship Collaborative (CBSC) to ensure that the habitat they created and the salmon and birds that depend on these habitats can grow and thrive. The Trustees entrusted the long-term stewardship of these habitat sites to EarthCorps. The intent is for the Trustees and EarthCorps to ensure that these restoration sites continue to provide a healthy home for salmon and birds for future generations. We seek your funding so that we can continue to provide a high level of service at these sites over the coming year, while adjusting to higher costs. | More details | |||
| Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark College | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Advocacy to Reduce Nutrient and Toxic Pollution in Puget Sound | Washington | http://law.lclark.edu/centers/earthrise/ | Earthrise Law Center ("Earthrise") will bring targeted litigation to help control both point source (industrial and municipal dischargers) and nonpoint source (run-off from agriculture, forestry, and urban areas) pollution into Puget Sound. In this litigation, Earthrise will represent Northwest Environmental Advocates ("NWEA"), which is also submitting a parallel proposal for this project. Together with additional co-counsel, Earthrise and NWEA will prosecute several lawsuits designed to use the "hammer" of statutes like the Clean Water Act and the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments to change key federal agency decision-making in Washington. In turn, this litigation will require changes by the State of Washington to improve the foundational programs affecting pollution into Puget Sound. The litigation targets key federal and state agency decision-making, with the ultimate goal of bringing about on-the-ground reductions in pollution into Puget Sound. This project targets multiple forms of Puget Sound pollution. In particular, the lawsuits focus on nutrient pollution, which causes water quality problems such as low dissolved oxygen, massive algal blooms, and food web changes. Focusing on nutrient pollution is strategic because nutrient treatment technology also removes many regulated and unregulated toxic pollutants. | More details | |||
| Friends of North Creek Forest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Stewardship in North Creek Forest | Washington | https://www.friendsnorthcreekforest.org/ | The mission of Friends of North Creek Forest is to maintain and improve the ecological function of North Creek Forest through education, stewardship, and conservation in perpetuity. This 64 acre mature forest in Bothell helps to improve the water quality in nearby North Creek, a Chinook salmon bearing stream, by naturally filtering runoff from upland neighborhoods and protecting the steep slope from erosion. We request funding to support our Stewardship Program, which focuses on restoring North Creek Forest, while simultaneously engaging the community to participate in its care. We increase ecological literacy by engaging, supporting, training and inspiring volunteers of all ages, including college students and school children, to learn how to restore and protect North Creek Forest and beyond. We link our efforts to the snow caps to whitecaps philosophy for the recovery of Puget Sound, through teaching how what happens in the forest relates to the health of the Southern Resident Killer Whale population. The people we train participate in protection and stewardship of other sites in the Puget Sound basin, so we increase the region's capacity to improve our waters. Your support will help us continue to provide meaningful forest experiences and education for generations to come. Thank you for considering this proposal. | More details | |||
| Friends of the Earth | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Friends of the Earth – Salish Sea Marine Conservation & Oil Transportation Safety Campaign | Washington | http://www.foe.org | For two decades, Friends of the Earth (FoE) has worked with federal, state, tribal and local partners leading efforts to protect Puget Sound communities and marine life from ship-sourced pollution, including oil spills as well as air and water discharges from cruise ships, cargo ships and oil tankers. Regardless of whether the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is completed (which would result in a 700% increase in dilbit tankers transiting through the endangered killer whale’s critical habitat), there is an urgent need to update the State’s tug escort and oil spill response plan rules to address existing risks and to prevent the extinction of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale community. As part of FoE’s ongoing effort to catalog and publicize the movement of oil in, out and within Puget Sound, this project continues with a focus on how Washington State can increase our ability to prevent and respond to oil spills. We are seeking funding to enhance oil spill prevention and response capabilities for barges and other smaller oil carriers not subject to the safety measures required of large oil tankers transiting the Salish Sea. In addition to our focus on preventing oil spills from vessels transporting diluted bitumen (dilbit) between Burnaby, B.C. through Puget Sound to the U.S. Oil refinery in Tacoma (Washington’s primary destination for this uniquely challenging oil to clean up), this project will also advance the capacity to respond to oil spills from all types of commercial vessels that can carry up to two million gallons of fuel. Finally, two State rulemakings will occur in early 2019, and FoE’s participation in these rulemakings and other state processes (e.g. the Governor’s Orca Task Force vessel safety working group) are essential to ensuring the highest level of protection for the Salish Sea. | More details | |||
| Front and Centered | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Engaging Communities of Color on Water Quality Issues | Washington | https://frontandcentered.org/ | Front and Centered requests continued funding in order to build upon their efforts over the past year and to increase their scope of impact as follows: • Building a Collective Vision - 1) work among Front and Centered members to create core principles that will guide their Collective and drive strategies that center equity around water quality; 2) create and formalize partnerships among environmental organizations and leaders around a collaborative effort around addressing water quality in an equitable manner; and 3) develop shared priorities around which they can mobilize including policies, advocacy, education and engagement. • Centering Equity Around Water - work to develop and implement a policy agenda around addressing water pollution and compromised water quality. Included among the water-related issues which they envision addressing are protections against infiltration of farm runoff into drinking water, the corrosive impact of micro-fibers and micro-plastics in our waters and other urgent needs and emerging priorities that are identified by the Collective. • Serving as Convener and Action Hub around Puget Sound Water Issues- 1) convene and staffed monthly meetings of the Collective; 2) convene communities of color around emerging policy priorities; 3) do policy research; and 4) coordinate strategy development and implementation, including media and mobilization strategies. • Continuing to Convene Communities of Color - conduct an additional convenings among communities of color to ensure that their efforts align with the water-related priorities and needs that people are facing. | More details | |||
| Futurewise | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Protecting Water, Fish and Wildlife Through Improved Shoreline Master Plans | Washington | http://www.futurewise.org/ | Futurewise works at the intersection of environmental policy and planning to create and promote solutions that defend our lands and sustain our communities. For this grant, we are proposing a project-specific funding request that would support our involvement in developing guidance and supporting community engagement for Puget Sound cities and counties as they update their Shoreline Master Programs – policies and regulations which protect shoreline and riparian environments that are critical for maintain and improving the production of Chinook salmon, and ultimately the resident orca population supported by salmon. | More details | |||
| Garden Green | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Garden Green Pesticide Reduction | Washington | Garden Green is a community effort to reduce toxic pesticide sales and use on Vashon-Maury Island and Puget Sound. It involves education and lobbying of retail management, plus education of the public, community groups, and government agencies. The work ties closely to recommendations in the Vashon-Maury Island Watershed Plan, and is designed to maintain/improve island surface water, groundwater, and the waters of Puget Sound. Our actions help protect families, pets, birds, pollinators and other wildlife: everything from the tiny aquatic insects eaten by young salmon, to the orca whales that live primarily on Chinook salmon. | More details | ||||
| Green Futures Lab | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $24,929.00 | Duwamish Floating Wetlands Water Quality Monitoring | Washington | http://greenfutures.washington.edu/ | This project will fund water quality and habitat monitoring for the Duwamish Floating Wetlands Project, using a citizen science approach. The Rose Foundation project will train citizen scientists in gathering and managing water quality and habitat data from four floating wetland “Biobarges,†deployed on the Duwamish Waterway in Seattle, Washington. Fostering pathways for citizen-led science, community participants will will evaluate how floating wetlands affect conditions for outmigrating salmon smolts in the Puget Sound, while inspiring community stewardship and education. Floating wetlands support the hydroponic growth of native wetland vegetation, mimicking natural wetlands by improving water quality and providing aquatic habitat. Benefits include carbon sequestration; reduction of aquatic pollutants and water temperature; increased oxygen; invertebrate food chain reconnections; habitat improvement; and shoreline beautification and protection. While incorporated into the improvement of urban water quality in cities such as Baltimore and Chicago, little is known about how salmon respond to floating wetlands. To investigate their potential benefits as resting and feeding points for smolting juvenile salmon along the industrialized Duwamish outmigration corridor, four floating wetland Biobarges will be deployed and their functions measured during salmon smolting months, March - May of 2019-2020. Generating scientific data on functional design and performance, this monitoring program will aid regional planners, stormwater managers, and restoration ecologists in optimizing floating wetland technologies throughout the Puget Sound. In addition, this project will promote environmental literacy and mobilize communities to take part in protecting local waters. This project aligns with the Rose Foundation’s philosophy that the most effective projects are often initiated at the community level and nurtured within an institutional framework. | More details | |||
| Harbor WildWatch | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $11,000.00 | Citizen Science: Communities collecting meaningful data to encourage Puget Sound stewardship | Washington | https://www.harborwildwatch.org/ | Harbor WildWatch’s (HWW) Citizen Science Experience (CSE) trains and guides volunteers to collect meaningful scientific data at select south Puget Sound sites. In 2017, the CSE conducted 38 events with a total of 522 participants, contributing 1,227 service hours. Current CSE protocol includes beach monitoring at 10 south Puget Sound locations, salmon observation, water quality monitoring, young-of-year Rockfish surveys, beach clean-ups, and riparian zone restoration. HWW is seeking grant funding to fund existing CSE events, develop monitoring protocol for sea bird and eelgrass monitoring, expand the location and number of water quality sampling events, increase the reach of our volunteer training, and conduct trend analysis of the last five years of data using the ESRI GIS. | More details | |||
| Killer Whale Tales | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $9,000.00 | Killer Whale Tales: Kids Making a Difference Now/Stormwater Busters, Deep Dive | Washington | http://killerwhaletales.org/ | KWT’s overarching goal is to promote the conservation of the Puget Sound waters and the orca population that depends upon it, by providing a high quality environmental education program for 2nd through 6th grade students, at no-cost to the participating schools. Our innovative curriculum uses the endangered Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) population, a species with complex individual and social behaviors, to capture children’s attention and imaginations and inspire them to become Puget Sound stewards. Students are fascinated by orcas’ complex communication systems and matriarchal pods. When they learn about the species, they naturally begin to care about it and are eager to learn what they and their families can do to mitigate local marine pollution. | More details | |||
| Long Live the Kings | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Address sources of flame retardants affecting Nisqually & Snohomish river salmon and steelhead | Washington | https://lltk.org/ | This project will identify and begin work to address the sources of flame retardants (PBDEs) affecting the health of ESA-listed Chinook and steelhead in the Snohomish and Nisqually watersheds of Puget Sound. Long Live the Kings has been leading the international, 60 entity Salish Sea Marine Survival Project to identify what's killing salmon and steelhead as they migrate downriver and through the combined waters of Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia, known as the Salish Sea. As a part of this work, investigators have found very high PBDE concentrations in 100% of the wild juvenile Chinook in the estuary/lower delta of the Snohomish River, and in over 30% of wild juvenile Nisqually River steelhead: concentrations at levels that cause reduced disease resistance and alter thyroid function, factors that can lead to increase mortality as these fish exit their rivers and traverse Puget Sound. We will work with our partners to assess detailed fish and water quality data to identify the sources of these PBDEs, ensure addressing this issue is a priority for the local watersheds and region, and outline and begin to advance strategies to reduce contamination of these rivers and their precious salmon. | More details | |||
| Nisqually Land Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Nisqually River Riparian Stewardship Initiative | Washington | http://www.NisquallyLandTrust.org | The Land Trust's mission is to acquire and manage critical lands to permanently benefit the water, wildlife, and people of the Nisqually River Watershed. Today, the Land Trust owns, protects, and stewards more than 7,000 acres in the watershed, and have planted over 290,000 native tress and scrubs on Trust properties. The Nisqually Land Trust seeks funding to continue the work of their Riparian Reforestation Initiative. Funds will be used to help support riparian forest restoration activities along the main stem of the Nisqually River over the next two years. Restoration sites are located near the City of Yelm and along the Nisqually River's Middle Reach in Thurston and Pierce counties. Project activities, which will engage over 100 volunteers from the local community, will include garbage and debris cleanup; site preparation, planting native trees and shrubs, and seedling maintenance; and a variety of conservation property management tasks including controlling invasive weeds, and removing plant protectors from established seedlings. | More details | |||
| Nisqually Reach Nature Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve | Washington | http://nisquallyestuary.org/ | The Nisqually Reach Nature Center proposes to engage citizen stewards in research and education outreach in South Puget Sound communities. Citizen scientists will collect data on active waterfowl breeding sites and forage fish spawning beaches in the Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve and report that information to Aquatic Reserve managers, state and federal agencies, and the public. As the site proponent, the Nature Center staff will motivate and organize volunteers to accomplish this effort. Citizens will be engaged in the long-term stewardship of these aquatic resources. During this next two-year period, we will be working with the Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve Implementation Committee (the governing body) on a proposal to expand the Aquatic Reserve to include McNeil Island. We will also be partnering with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on an effort to help monitor planned restoration projects on McNeil Island. Over the next few years, there will a heavy focus on removal of overwater structures, groins, bank stabilization, and debris from McNeil Island (an uninhabited island and site of a former prison), The Nature Center is poised to be a leading advocate for this restoration work. | More details | |||
| Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $22,780.00 | The Nooksack River Stewards Program | Washington | https://www.n-sea.org/ | The Nooksack River Stewards Program provides watershed education to residents, visitors, and recreational users of the Nooksack River, which benefits water quality and habitat for native fish. This program fills a need in Whatcom County to build comradery between upriver and downriver residents, and promotes an understanding of our collective watershed. Through innovative, collaborative outreach, the Nooksack River Stewards Program creates education and outreach for all ages to learn about river ecology, native anadromous fish, and the various ways to minimize negative impacts on the Nooksack River while enjoying this special place. New additions to the program this season include offering unique citizen science and service-based project opportunities. Through strategic partnerships, these opportunities provide a critical connection between local scientific research and river clean-up efforts by directly addressing upstream [Nooksack River] activities that impact water quality for the greater Puget Sound watershed. | More details | |||
| Northwest Environmental Advocates | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $15,000.00 | Advocacy and Education to Reduce Nutrient and Toxic Pollution in Puget Sound | Washington | https://www.northwestenvironmentaladvocates.org/newblog/ | Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) will use litigation and advocacy to bring the Clean Water Act (CWA) to bear on water pollution in Puget Sound. The CWA requires a series of linked actions by state and federal regulators to ensure that dischargers do not cause or contribute to violations of water quality standards that are established to protect human health, fish, and wildlife. The CWA and Coastal Zone Act Reathorization Amendments (CZARA) also require federal agencies to ensure that Washington carries out nonpoint source pollution control programs. In contrast, the Department of Ecology, with federal agency approval, has long ignored legal requirements when issuing discharge permits, thereby failing to control major sources of pollution to Puget Sound. Likewise, Ecology has a mere fig leaf of a nonpoint source program that fails to protect the Sound from agriculture, septic systems, run-off, and logging. This project includes multiple lawsuits to trigger federal actions that are intended to propel the state into carrying out federal law properly, controlling pollution from both point and nonpoint sources. To a significant extent, these ongoing and planned lawsuits target nutrient pollution, which causes water quality problems such as low dissolved oxygen, massive algal blooms, and food web changes. However, focusing on nutrient pollution is also strategic because nutrient treatment technology also removes many regulated and unregulated toxic pollutants, including personal care products and pharmaceuticals. The lawsuits build off decades of studies conducted by Ecology and many years of failure by agencies to respond to the results. Accompanying the litigation are education and outreach activities including educating reporters on how the regulatory programs are intended to work and increased use of social media. Where the outcome of litigation provides for public involvement, NWEA will work with other groups in Washington to organize that effort. | More details | |||
| RE Sources for Sustainable Communities | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Protecting the Marine Waters of Skagit County through Citizen Science and Public Education | Washington | http://re-sources.org | RE Sources provides staff support for the Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve Citizen Stewardship Committee (FBAR CSC). The committee is tasked with carrying out the Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR’s) management plan to promote the preservation, restoration, and enhancement of the Aquatic Reserve. RE Sources assists with this implementation through staff support for the committee’s volunteer efforts to host meetings, plan and host educational events, conduct citizen science projects, and provide technical comments to foster stronger protections of Fidalgo Bay and the surrounding and connected shorelines of Skagit County. The goal of all this work is threefold: (a) to provide a baseline of data that informs policy, restoration efforts, clean-ups, and polluter accountability; (b) to augment microplastics research efforts in Puget Sound and determine impacts on aquatic wildlife; and (c) to engage more people in the work of protecting Fidalgo Bay aquatic reserve and the marine waters of Skagit County. | More details | |||
| Salmon Defense | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $17,800.00 | Salmon Defense: Water Quality Protection through Education and Leadership | Washington | https://salmondefense.org/ | Salmon Defense is partnering with the Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team (DERT), the Squaxin Island Tribe and the Port of Olympia to protect water quality in South Puget Sound through two specific public and youth education efforts. First, we will work with DERT and the Squaxin Island Tribe, to provide educators and speakers for hands on activities and help recruitment for the youth camp days on the Steh-Chass - the indigenous name for the Budd Inlet/Deschutes Estuary area in the South Puget Sound area of the Salish Sea. Second, we will partner with the Squaxin Island Tribe and the Port of Olympia to develop a trail on the Budd Inlet waterfront along with interpretive signage to honor Billy Frank Jr., our late leader and warrior activist for our indigenous culture, environmental justice, salmon, water quality and habitat. | More details | |||
| Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Riverfront Park Community Restoration | Washington | http://www.skagitfisheries.org/ | Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group (SFEG) proposes riparian restoration at Riverfront Park to provide the opportunity for underprivileged members of the Skagit Valley community to engage in a project that will convert 7 acres of thick blackberry brambles into a healthy native ecosystem consisting of native riparian plants. Restoration on this site will protect water quality on a TMDL listed tributary to the Skagit River while also improving habitat for salmon, wetland birds, and other wildlife. Key partners included in this project are the City of Sedro-Woolley, Cascade Middle School, Clear Lake Elementary, and the Kulshan Creek Neighborhood Youth Program. Volunteer work parties and service learning projects involving targeted school and special interest groups will be carried out in the fall of 2019 and spring of 2020 to plant more than 4000 native trees and shrubs along the stream. | More details | |||
| Sound Salmon Solutions | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $13,632.00 | Youth Exploring Stream Science | Washington | http://www.soundsalmonsolutions.org/ | Youth Exploring Stream Science (YESS) engages youth in court-mandated diversion programs in meaningful experiences in watershed science. Sound Salmon Solutions (SSS) is currently in a pilot year of the YESS program and is seeking funding to further provide these youth with experiences in citizen science water quality monitoring and riparian habitat restoration along Jones Creek in Marysville, Washington. The Jones Creek site is bound by dense residential housing to the north, east and south. To the west, Jones Creek flows downstream through an intact greenbelt, reconstructed stream channels, and into the Qwuloolt estuary, discharging into the Snohomish River at Ebey Slough. This project would aim to address water quality issues on this site through restoration activities to reduce water temperature, increase dissolved oxygen, reduce fecal coliform and bacteria inputs, and improve salmon habitat. YESS students will have ownership over 1/2 acre of this site so that they may see the cumulative impact of their restoration activities. In addition to restoring habitat, YESS students will be gaining positive community connections, fostering confidence and career skills through engagement in water quality education and water quality monitoring, and through empowering students to engage their community in the stewardship of their local waterbodies for the health of humans and wildlife. | More details | |||
| Stand | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $20,000.00 | Protecting the Puget Sound and Washington’s Delicate Ecosystems from Fossil Fuel Pollution | Washington | http://www.stand.earth | Stand (formerly ForestEthics) respectfully requests a grant of $20,000 to support our work to protect the Puget Sound and Washington’s delicate ecosystems from pollution caused by existing and expanding fossil fuel infrastructure in Skagit County, WA. Specifically, we will: 1) work toward a moratorium on all unrefined fossil fuel export projects in Skagit County and 2) continue planning for a just transition to a clean energy economy in Skagit County. There are two oil refineries in Skagit County (Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery and the Andeavor (formerly Tesoro) Anacortes Refinery). These two refineries are a major source of air, water, and climate pollution. When oil travelling to or from these refineries is transported by tanker, there is a risk of oil spills, which are disastrous to the health of marine environments as well as the local population. When transported by train, oil can spill, leak, and cause dangerous explosions, threatening communities along the rail line. In addition, refineries create significant and adverse health impacts for all—especially young families and children living in fence-line communities. Furthermore, these two refineries are also among the most significant sources of greenhouse gas pollution in the region. In light of these serious risks to the health of the Puget Sound and the surrounding communities, our ultimate goal in Skagit County is to prevent expansion of these refineries and in-particular, limit unrefined fossil fuel export, thereby minimizing the risk of catastrophic oil spills in the Puget Sound and surrounding waterways. In addition, an integral part of this work, as we move toward a clean energy economy, is to ensure a fair and equitable transition for refinery workers. | More details | |||
| Stillwaters Environmental Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Carpenter Creek Estuary Restoration, Research and Monitoring Program | Washington | http://www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org | This model restoration project in Central Puget Sound protects and restores over 30 acres of high quality estuarine habitat in this crucial Puget Sound location for migrating salmonids. Our estuary is one of the last refuges before the salmon head north into the Strait. The MONITORING PROGRAM of the restoration project is critical to evaluation of the project effectiveness and in creating a reference site for restoration elsewhere around the Sound. We engage citizen-scientists and professionals, all volunteers, to conduct monitoring and research in the watershed on 20+ different parameters. A MODEL FOR OTHERS: In 2018, we are focusing on documenting our procedures and protocol for our citizen-based monitoring program. When we started the salt marsh monitoring, we had no reference sites to access for protocol or comparison. We see a big need to be a reference for other restoration of marshes around the Sound, especially citizen-based projects. RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: We use this restoration program to educate interns and graduate research students from Western Washington University, from the University of Washington, and other universities. We also educate local citizens on the importance of watershed protection at a community and at an individual level. We offer field trip sites for the local schools from pre-school to college. | More details | |||
| Toxic Free Future | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Not So PFASt! Protecting Puget Sound from PFAS Chemicals in Firefighting Foam | Washington | http://www.toxicfreefuture.org | Toxic-Free Future (TFF) is taking great strides in leveraging the breakthrough we achieved in Washington in 2018 on restricting PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam. Our goal is to stop this highly toxic and highly persistent class of chemicals from becoming the next legacy contaminant in Puget Sound. PFAS chemicals (PFCs or Teflon chemicals) are highly persistent, cancer-causing chemicals used for their stain- and water-resistant properties in a wide variety of consumer products and industrial applications. PFAS chemicals contaminate Puget Sound waters, sediments and freshwater fish as well as marine mammals and wildlife all over the globe. PFAS-containing firefighting foam has been identified as a major source of PFAS contamination in the Puget Sound region. Getting PFAS out of firefighting foam will cut off a significant source of these chemicals to Puget Sound. TFF is uniquely positioned with strong relationships in the firefighting community to accelerate the transition of fire services in the Puget Sound region to PFAS-free foams. Because firefighters experience higher rates of cancer than the general population they are highly concerned about the toxics such as PFAS that they are exposed to on the job. But firefighters also understand how PFAS contaminates the environment when released during training and firefighting, therefore they have emerged as strong partners in the fight against PFAS. TFF is already engaging major fire services in the Puget Sound region in launching the switch to PFSA-free foams. Over the next year, TFF will support fire services in the Puget Sound region in their transition to PFAS-free firefighting foams, assess PFAS-free alternative foams, and leverage growing public concern around PFAS chemicals. We would truly value Rose Foundation’s partnership on the ground level of this crucial work to keep PFAS from becoming the next legacy contaminant for Puget Sound through a grant of $25,000 for "Not So PFASt!". | More details | |||
| Vashon Nature Center LLC | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Storm Water Action Group (SWAG): improving water quality through community science | Washington | https://vashonnaturecenter.org/ | Vashon Nature Center, with support from Rose Foundation, conducted citizen science research that revealed impacts of stormwater in watersheds on Vashon-Maury Islands. This spurred a collaborative, multi-year effort to improve conditions. Funding is now secured for the first downtown stormwater improvement project to install a series of rain gardens in the headwaters of Shinglemill Creek, and construction could happen as early as this winter! Vashon Nature Center (VNC) is excited about this success and seeking support from the Rose Foundation to work in partnership with King County Groundwater Protection Committee (KCGWPC), Washington State University stormwater lab (WSU), and the local community to make this project a model of community-based stormwater reduction. VNC will coordinate a team of volunteer stormwater ambassadors of all ages, aka the Storm Water Action Group (SWAG), who will monitor stream invertebrates, water quality during storms, and salmon populations, before and after rain gardens are installed, and share their results with the community. We are also working with the WSU stormwater lab to create a stormwater monitoring toolbox- a set of citizen-science based research protocols that we can share with other groups around Puget Sound who are interested in engaging volunteers in stormwater research and monitoring. | More details | |||
| Washington Environmental Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Orcas Love Raingardens | Washington | http://www.wecprotects.org | Washington Environmental Council is accelerating green stormwater infrastructure solutions that reduce the amount of pollution entering Puget Sound and move Washington away from the grey infrastructure of the past. A grant from the Rose Foundation will support WEC’s efforts to launch a new program – Orcas Love Raingardens – that links orca recovery to on-the-ground actions like raingardens to control stormwater inputs to Puget Sound. We are partnering with Defenders of Wildlife, Tacoma Public Schools, Metro Parks Tacoma, and others to launch a multi-year program to institutionalize raingardens in highly visible and influential locations with a goal to accelerate adoption everywhere. In the next year, we will host events that showcase new signage and improved plantings at several existing raingardens that need additional attention; work with educators to tie raingardens into curriculum; shape policies; and engage leaders who will champion the program to meet community needs. | More details | |||
| Weed Warriors | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $9,000.00 | Hazel Valley Community Garden with Storm Water Mitigation | Washington | http://naturestewardswa.org/ | Funds are supporting the creation of an organic community garden and native plant raingarden swale. The project redirected stormwater runoff from the Highline United Methodist Church roof, which drains directly into the Duwamish River section of the Puget Sound. Once completed, water that currently flows from the roof and other impervious surfaces will be redirected to the catchment system with an above ground cistern that will utilize the rainwater for garden projects that encourage sustainable, chemical-free gardening for the community. The raingarden swale will also provide the means to filter excess rainwater before entering the Duwamish River, which will reduce the toxins and chemicals found in stormwater runoff that is detrimental to the health of the watershed’s ecosystem. Not only will this project contribute to the overall environmental health of the Duwamish watershed, but it will also reduce food insecurity within the community and provide a means for the community to connect with each other and their local environment. | More details | |||
| Western Washington University Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Restoring riparian buffers for improving water quality and quantity in Dogfish Creek and beyond | Washington | https://foundation.wwu.edu/ | Important to the water quality of the Puget Sound, city parks can be managed to create riparian buffer zones comprised of native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants that function as a protective barrier for aquatic habitats. However, non-native, invasive weed species have impacted thousands of hectares of Washington's native areas. This results in the degradation of riparian buffer zones that require a diverse mix of plant species for functional water protection. Since 2002, the Poulsbo community has put a great deal of volunteer time, effort and money into improving the riparian zone of Fish Park, a 17-hectare (42 acre) park that connects Dogfish Creek to the estuary in Liberty Bay. Despite notable improvements, to address the remaining challenges caused by invasive species, Western Washington University has developed a three-year management plan. This proposal seeks funding to experimentally design methods for the restoration of degraded urban riparian zones that are impacted by invasive species. If awarded funding by the Rose Foundation, money will be allocated to: 1) create a digital map with a Master Vegetation Plan that documents plant community types and prioritizes invaded areas, 2) remove blackberry and reed canary in prioritized areas, followed by an experimental native tree planting using a rapid riparian revegetation approach, and 3) finalize an adaptive management plan that includes park inventory and new methodology for the improvement of riparian buffers. To accomplish this, two undergraduate research assistants will be hired to assist the principal investigator to complete the inventory, initiate the project design, help coordinate volunteers and document methodology that can be replicated throughout this and other Puget Sound urban parks that impact water quality. All work will be in conjunction with the Fish Park Steering Committee, who will aid project oversight, provide consultation, and mobilize community volunteers. | More details | |||
| Whatcom Conservation District | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $19,610.00 | Sound Horsekeeping in Whatcom County | Washington | https://www.whatcomcd.org/ | Since 1946, Whatcom Conservation District (WCD) has been assisting residents of Whatcom County with natural resource conservation and promoting the use of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to improved animal health and environmental stewardship. Through free farm visits, workshops and incentive programs, WCD has been working to generate awareness and understanding of water quality issues and promote responsible stewardship of local resources. This Sound Horsekeeping program will recognize the Whatcom County horse owners who have implemented specific BMPs on their land, and promote them to leaders in their community through landowner recognition signage. Additionally, the program will provide much needed tools to the horse community including soil testing, manure spreading equipment, and pasture management assistance. | More details | |||
| Whidbey Watershed Stewards | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $10,000.00 | Langley Middle School Ocean Acidification Research Project | Washington | http://www.whidbeywatersheds.org/ | Our Langley Middle School Ocean Acidification Research Project focuses on ocean acidification. Our goal -- to foster stewardship, an appreciation for the fragility of our threatened ecosystem, focusing for an extended length of time, on the ecological components of the marine environment – intimate time spent observing small subtle scientific fluctuations in the sea. | More details | |||
| White River Valley Museum | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $10,800.00 | Stream to Sea Week at the Mary Olson Farm | Washington | http://wrvmuseum.org/ | After many years and touring thousands of school students through the Mary Olson Farm where they learned about stream ecology during the five runs of salmon who call that stream home, the adoption of Next Generation Science Standards calls for a new approach. Funding is requested to pilot Stream to Sea Week at the Mary Olson Farm, an experiential environmental education program that features new subjects and occurs only during the first week in December when salmon are guaranteed to be in the stream. Two busloads of students will arrive every 90 minutes; students will be led by a guide through a series of eight stations. The activities address Next Generation Science Standards and focus on watersheds and stream ecology. Students will participate in stream water testing, learn about watershed health, take a forest walk and learn about native plants, observe salmon spawning with a Native American storyteller, meet a salmon predator (a live bald eagle), learn about historic Native fishing techniques with a Muckleshoot instructor, get introduced to the Boldt Decision and treaty fishing rights, and meet the farm's livestock and learn about manure management and composting with staff from the King Conservation District. We are seeking funds to help pilot this program: to purchase the needed equipment, hire hourly guides and educators, provide honoraria for participants, and to provide bus scholarships for the anticipated 750 young participants. | More details | |||
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2018 | $25,000.00 | Protecting Puget Sound from Commercially-Propagated Viruses | Washington | http://www.wildfishconservancy.org/ | Our Sound, Our Salmon is a collection of groups and individuals across the Puget Sound Region brought together and lead by Wild Fish Conservancy. In 2018, the coalition – with partial funding from the Rose Foundation – worked effectively to aid in the passage of legislation that will phase out Atlantic salmon net pens from Washington waters by 2022. In 2018 and 2019, Wild Fish Conservancy is continuing to lead Our Sound, Our Salmon to test for the presence of Piscine Reovirus (PRV) in remaining Atlantic salmon net pens in Puget Sound, and, through a parallel effort, to raise public awareness of and advocate for state-conducted testing of PRV, which is a highly contagious and potentially lethal salmonid virus that has the potential to spread to and harm native wild salmon and steelhead. Continued support will aid Wild Fish Conservancy in the following efforts: 1) work in coordination with the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station to utilize a groundbreaking research tool to determine the distribution of the virus in active Puget Sound net pens; 2) increase public awareness of the threats posed by Piscine Reovirus, a virus that may infect and harm wild Pacific salmon; 3) persuade Washington State officials to test the remaining Atlantic salmon in net pens for PRV, and 4) urge Washington State to remove all Atlantic salmon infected with PRV from net pens in Puget Sound. This project will benefit those that rely on the integrity of Puget Sound’s water quality – ranging from chinook salmon and the Orcas that eat them, to the Tribes and First Nations that have made their homes in the Salish Sea for a millennium. | More details | |||
| Bainbridge Beach Naturalists | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $5,550.00 | Puget Sound Mussel Monitoring Program 2019-2020 | Washington | http://www.sustainablebainbridge.org/bainbridge-beach-naturalists.aspx | In 2015, Bainbridge Beach Naturalists received a grant from the Rose Foundation for the placement of a cage of mussels as part of a Puget Sound-wide study of pollutants associated with stormwater and other runoff into the marine environment conducted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Washington Department of Ecology. BBN now marshals 24 trained citizen scientists to monitor seven sites in total as part of this on-going program to determine whether efforts to clean up runoff are improving the situation or making a difference. This grant will support mussel monitoring at two new sites: a new site at a property owned by Washington State University (WSU) at Meyer's Point in south Puget Sound and a repeat placement at Burley Lagoon in central Puget Sound. The WSU site is of interest due to the proximity to both an active oyster growing operation and the nearby Nisqually Reserve. This is an area that should be relatively pristine, but without testing, it is not possible to determine what the bivalves in the area are adsorbing. The location will also enable students from WSU Vancouver to become engaged with citizen science through this study. The Burley Lagoon site is under pressure to be converted to an industrial geoduck operation, and significant preparatory work for the conversion has already been performed in the lagoon. The fresh study will allow comparison with 2015 results to assess the impacts of the conversion in disturbing sediments and increasing pollution loads in the mussels. | More details | |||
| Citizens for a Healthy Bay | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Mobilizing Diverse Environmental Advocates to Stop Industrial Pollution in Commencement Bay | Washington | http://healthybay.org | Tacoma has reached a watershed moment, one which will determine if we will continue our trajectory as a hub for heavy industry that pollutes Commencement Bay, or if we will become leaders in the movement towards clean, innovative development that improves water quality by preventing stormwater pollution, limiting toxic discharges from industry, and curbing industrial air emissions. In the next year, Citizens for a Healthy Bay (CHB) will protect Commencement Bay from increased water pollution through a three-pronged approach: Technical Analyses and Comprehension; Land Use Reform, and; Community Education and Engagement. There are three upcoming opportunities to implement our approach: the permitting process of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility; the formation of the Tideflats Subarea Plan, a component of the City’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and; the City’s temporary heavy industry moratorium, known as the Tideflats Interim Regulations. Together, CHB and the community we serve will engage in each of these processes to fight for our right to clean water. If we are successful, the impact of system changes that prevent new, heavy polluting industry around Commencement Bay, while advancing sustainable, forward-thinking development in Tacoma will have far-reaching implications. Smart land use planning will improve water quality by protecting sensitive floodplain and wetland areas, encourage innovative clean industry and green infrastructure, limit the aerial deposition of harmful air pollutants into our waters, advance contaminated site cleanups, reduce toxic industrial wastewater discharges, and decrease stormwater runoff pollution. | More details | |||
| Conservation Northwest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $20,000.00 | Restoring Public Lands and Engaging Communities in Central Puget Sound's Upper White River Watershed | Washington | www.conservationnw.org | Conservation Northwest proposes to work in coordination with the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and diverse local stakeholder groups on watershed restoration in a heavily used and degraded landscape in the headwaters of the Upper White River watershed, which drains into Puget Sound. With lessons learned and relationships strengthened from their successful pilot work in 2018, they will lead a coordinated effort with the Forest Service and other partners to restore 19.41 miles of routes (system and non-system roads and motorized trails) and associated natural resource damage in the Government Meadows area while increasing outreach and engagement to ensure long-term sustainability in the uplands of this watershed. Natural resource specialists have identified these routes as high priorities for closure and restoration through a recent environmental analysis and travel management decision for federal lands in this area. Although the Upper White River watershed provides habitat for three fish species federally listed as threatened: Puget Sound Chinook salmon, Puget Sound steelhead, and bull trout, with the spring chinook being the only remaining spring Chinook stock in the South Sound, its watershed functions have been rated “poor†by the Forest Service due to high road density, sedimentation levels in the water, high stream temperatures, and lack of woody debris. Work funded by this grant will complement implementation of roadway improvements by the Forest Service, and will engage diverse interests in shared stewardship of a legal and sustainable access system, improve watershed health and hydrologic function, restore native habitat, and build momentum and critical relationships necessary towards Conservation Northwest’s efforts to develop a larger blueprint for restoration in this priority Puget Sound watershed. | More details | |||
| Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/TAG | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Duwamish Valley Community Stewardship Project | Washington | http://www.duwamishcleanup.org | As a result of community prioritization and requests for support, in late 2016 the Community Stewards program was begun. This program depends heavily on the train-the-trainer model, in which DRCC/TAG employs two “Master Stewards†who work with 3-7 “community stewards†to plan stewardship events and stewardship presentations/lessons. The stewards maintain specific areas of the community (planted pots in the business district of South Park and traffic circles in Georgetown, for example) on a regular basis, for the environmental benefits and for the aesthetic results, badly needed in this post-industrial community. The stewards also facilitate periodic cleanups and/or trash pickups, in green spaces that, without maintenance, quickly become overgrown and are no longer useful to the community and become degraded environmentally. Our Stewardship program supports other public spaces, including our local school and parks, to remove invasive plants and educate community members on the importance of removing non-native plants as well as keeping gutters and sidewalks cleared of litter to prevent contamination of the Duwamish River. Finally, our stewards work closely with our Duwamish Valley Youth Corps to provide mentorship and guidance for stewardship efforts. | More details | |||
| Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark College | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Legal Advocacy for a Cleaner Puget Sound | Washington | http://law.lclark.edu/centers/earthrise/ | Earthrise Law Center, the law clinic at Lewis and Clark University, will continue its strategic legal advocacy to help control both point source (industrial and municipal dischargers) and nonpoint source (run-off from agriculture, forestry, and urban areas) pollution into Puget Sound. Earthrise is the largest environmental law clinic in the country, and has been nominated for the prestigious American Bar Association Award for Distinguished Environmental Achievement. Over 20-plus years, Earthrise has trained more than 300 attorneys, many of whom have gone on to make substantial contributions as advocates and leaders for the environment. Grant funding will allow Earthrise and it’s law students to work in partnership with Northwest Environmental Advocates to use the Clean Water Act and Endangered Species Act to encourage more environmentally-protective federal agency decision-making in Washington State. In turn, this would then require changes by the State of Washington to improve the foundational programs affecting pollution into Puget Sound, including Total Maximum Daily Load determinations, with the ultimate goal of bringing about on-the-ground reductions in pollution into Puget Sound. This project targets multiple forms of Puget Sound pollution, but its primary focus is on nutrient pollution, which causes water quality problems such as low dissolved oxygen, massive algal blooms, and food web changes. Focusing on nutrient pollution is particularly strategic because nutrient treatment technology also removes many regulated and unregulated toxic pollutants. The net result of the project will be reduced toxic discharges, higher dissolved oxygen levels, fewer algal blooms, lower numbers of jellyfish, and higher numbers of forage fish. In addition to directly partnering with Northwest Environmental Advocates, project activities will be coordinated with the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. | More details | |||
| Enumclaw Plateau Community Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $20,000.00 | Foothills Trail/Boise Creek Community Project | Washington | We are revegetating between the Foothills Trail and Boise Creek through a series of volunteer events, some contracting with Earthcorps, college Interns from Green River College and middle school students and teachers from the Enumclaw School District. This project will go forward for several years and will touch many community members. Highway 410 is parallel to the creek. Our work will be installing native plantings creating filters to the creek. Students and community members will be developed as stewards. Utilizing the Best Available Science and Best Management Practices as defined by our partner organizations: King County, Washington Native Plant Society, King Conservation, Green River College Natural Resources and many years of experience via Green River Coalition (our sponsor). Historically the residents of this part of King County have been difficult to educate. This grant will allow outreach events to accomplish that difficult task. | More details | ||||
| Environmental Coalition of South Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Green Stormwater Infrastructure Industrial Demonstration Site at Equinox Studios | Washington | http://www.ecoss.org | The Green-Duwamish Watershed is contaminated with toxic chemicals from many sources, including wastewater, industrial practices, and stormwater runoff. Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) has emerged as a practical solution to reduce both water volume and contaminants from industrial sites that flow into stormwater drains then into the Duwamish River. Many local manufacturing and industrial businesses produce significant zinc and heavy metal runoff from their roofs and downspouts, yet GSI educational materials and outreach in this area is currently limited. In areas not connected to the sewer system, GSI solutions help decrease water volume during heavy rainfall and help prevent additional pollution from entering the Duwamish. Implementing GSI solutions are a practical and sustainable way for business owners to address flooding and contamination issues. Funds from this grant will allow ECOSS to partner with Equinox Studios to coordinate and implement GSI solutions on their property. Located only two blocks from the Duwamish, Equinox is a large industrial business in the heart of Georgetown. The impact of this project is dual-pronged: First, by implementing GSI strategies at Equinox, the project will help control runoff volume into the sewer system and prevent polluted stormwater runoff from entering the Duwamish basin. In alignment with efforts to address pollution at the Superfund site and decrease the volume of surface water, this project will have a positive effect on the health of the local community, fish, shellfish, and salmon, and Green-Duwamish ecosystem. Second, the GSI solutions installed at Equinox will become a permanent industrial demonstration site open to the public, which will create new opportunities to educate industrial business owners about the benefits of GSI. Critically, this project will help ECOSS to address the current gap in education and services to the industrial sector in South Seattle. | More details | |||
| Georgetown Open Space Committee | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $22,071.00 | Community Voice for Making Bioswales and Restoring the Shoreline along the Duwamish River | Washington | https://www.seattleparksfoundation.org/project/georgetown-open-space-priorities/ | We will address water quality and polluted run-off into the Duwamish River at the end of 8th Ave. South in the Georgetown neighborhood of the Duwamish Valley in Seattle. This is an industrial corridor area lacking trees, greenery or other mechanisms for mitigating storm water run-off from the street right of way and includes a beloved, albeit degraded shoreline street end park. Through community-led contracts, Rose Foundation funding will allow the Government-NGO-Community partnership that has developed since 2017 to remain community led and community informed, thereby ensuring that the final design is responsive to the needs of those who live, work and play nearby. The property, owned by two city agencies and the Port of Seattle, holds polluted run-off that pools and slowly drains into the River. Because of the complexity of the site, nothing would change and the area would remain untended if not for community activism and leadership. However, attending the many planning meetings and doing work as unpaid volunteers is not sustainable. The community contracts will allow for the engagement with agencies, the outreach, design and planting of green stormwater infrastructure to provide educational and job opportunities that improve environmental wellbeing and promote public health education for people who live, work and play in the Duwamish Valley. | More details | |||
| Green River Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Soos Creek Watershed Restoration | Washington | http://www.greenrivercoalition.org/ | Grant funding will support Green River Coalition’s ongoing restoration projects and conservation community building work in the Soos Creek basin, a tributary to the Green/Duwamish watershed. Green River Coalition has been working in the Soos basin for a number of years to help King County secure lands for natural habitat, and has several active habitat restoration projects in close coordination with King County in and immediately adjacent to Soos Creek, several of which have been supported by past Rose Foundation funding. The new grant will leverage a Regreen 2018 grant from King County, allowing Green River Coalition to expand the related restoration acreage in the Soos Creek basin. In addition to the direct riparian restoration, some of the grant funds will support Green River Coalition’s part-time operations manager who oversees their ongoing projects, and works on securing new grants to further leverage funding towards Green River Coalition’s overall vision of improving the condition of the Green/Duwamish River watershed, and increasing the overall | More details | |||
| Killer Whale Tales | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $11,000.00 | Killer Whale Tales: Kids Making a Difference Now! | Washington | www.killerwhaletales.org | Killer Whales Tale’s overarching goal is to promote the conservation of the Puget Sound/Salish Sea waters and the orca population that depends upon it, by providing a high-quality environmental education programming for kindergarten through 6th grade students and their families, at no-cost to the participating schools. In 2018, they reached 8,000 students at 100 schools throughout Puget Sound. Their innovative curriculum uses the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population, a species with complex individual and social behaviors, to capture children’s attention and imaginations and inspire them to become stewards of the Puget Sound. Students are fascinated by Orcas’ complex communication systems and matriarchal pods. When they learn about the species, they naturally begin to care about it and are eager to learn what they and their families can do to reduce their 47 impact on the region’s habitat. Each student receives a “go home†kit that helps their families reduce their impacts on Orca’s by conserving water and energy, increasing recycling and composting, reducing pesticide usage, and buying chlorine-free paper. Detailed follow-up tracking documents achievement of these simple steps which cumulatively add up to a cleaner Puget Sound. | More details | |||
| King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $12,500.00 | Tukwila Shoreline Revegetation along the Green-Duwamish River | Washington | https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/dnrp.aspx | This funding will support King County’s efforts to revegetate 600 linear feet of Green-Duwamish River shoreline within the City of Tukwila along the shoreline of two privately owned businesses. The shoreline in this reach is severely degraded with invasive Himalayan blackberry, bamboo, knotweed, and English ivy. Summertime temperatures in the Green River frequently exceed the lethal threshold for ESA-listed Chinook and other salmon and fail to meet state water quality standards (Ecology TMDL, 2011). This reach of shoreline (river mile 11.15-11.3) is identified as a high priority for shade on the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe’s riparian aspect map. Following invasive weed control, native trees and shrubs will be planted that will provide critical shade for the Green-Duwamish River in a reach with minimal tree cover. The project will also contribute to increasing Tukwila’s tree canopy, improving water quality by slowing surface runoff and filtering pollutants, providing overhanging vegetation for fish, and contributing organic matter critical for juvenile salmon growth. | More details | |||
| Lummi Island Heritage Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $28,220.00 | Lummi Island Shoreline Structures Removal | Washington | www.liht.org | The Lummi Island Shoreline Structures Removal project will remove two large overwater structures, a dock ramp and a loading pier, along with 70 pilings that are damaging nearshore habitat and water quality, and are impeding shoreline restoration activities at the site. This project builds on the restoration feasibility and design work that was previously funded in part through the Puget Sound/Salish Sea Watershed Fund. | More details | |||
| Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Green Duwamish Student Stewards | Washington | www.midsoundfisheries.org | The Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group will partner with Sustainability Ambassadors’ already successful problem-based environmental education program in the Green Duwamish River watershed to add a new stewardship element. The project will connect school teachers and students in the program from at least 3 schools directly with priority riparian salmon habitat restoration sites near their schools on the Green River or on important salmon tributaries to the Green. 20 – 30 students will be involved at each of the three schools. The objectives are to: a) engage local youth in water quality and salmon habitat projects in their communities to both serve as a science and math learning opportunity; b) develop engaged communities committed to salmon habitat stewardship; and c) make a meaningful contribution to restoring native trees and shrubs to improve water quality and salmon habitat in the Green Duwamish watershed. Instead of the more typical approach of bringing students out for one day of planting trees along the river, each class will adopt a restoration site over the course of the entire school year and engage fully in the restoration planning and implementation process. With support from Mid Sound staff and Green River Coalition interns from the Green River College, students will learn how to assess their site, how to choose native trees and shrubs that are most likely to succeed at the site, how to put together their planting plan, plant the plants at their site, and then do post planting monitoring and maintenance to ensure their plants survive and thrive. The outcome will be at least three important riparian areas in the Green River watershed will be restored, over 500 native trees and shrubs will be planted in the riparian zone, water quality and habitat will be improved, and the community will be educated and engaged in active stewardship of these areas. | More details | |||
| Mini Mart City Park | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Green Stormwater Infrastructure at Mini Mart City Park | Washington | http://minimartcitypark.com | Mini Mart City Park’s long-term goal is to transform a former gas station into a public pocket park and artsoriented community education and environmental action center in Georgetown near Boeing Field. Grant funds will help support the installation of bioretention planters, permeable paving and hardscaping, green roof infrastructure, and Native drought-tolerant landscaping to benefit local water quality in this highly-visible Duwamish Valley location. Multilingual signage will provide a lasting public education element about the benefits of the green infrastructure in reducing stormwater pollution, and partnerships with DIRT Corps and the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps will open up green job pathways for local youth. Specifically, DIRT Corps and DVYC will contribute to design, installation, maintenance, community engagement, job training, education, and ongoing green infrastructure training at Mini Mart City Park. Some of the initial work has already begun, having received $10,000 from the Duwamish River Opportunity Fund to plan the collaboration. Once fully constructed, MMCP will be a case study for how other historical landmarks - even those on contaminated land - can be remediated and repurposed into vibrant community spaces that contribute to initiatives like improving regional water quality. | More details | |||
| Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $12,000.00 | The Nooksack River Stewards Program | Washington | www.n-sea.org | The Nooksack River Stewards Program provides watershed education, stewardship and citizen science opportunities to residents, visitors, and recreational users of the Nooksack River, which benefits water quality and habitat for native fish. This program fills a need in Whatcom County to build comradery between upriver and downriver residents and promote an understanding of their collective watershed. Through innovative, collaborative outreach with several key partners, the Nooksack River Stewards Program provides hands-on opportunities for all ages to learn about river ecology, native anadromous fish, and the various ways to minimize negative impacts on the Nooksack River, while enjoying this special place. A strong outreach component will be targeted towards recreational visitors such as tubing groups which often leave behind harmful trash and debris, and cause habitat degradation, including heavy streambank erosion; all of which leads to increased stress on listed fish species. Grant funding will help defray an educational information booth hosted every Friday – Sunday, strategically placed at the US Forest Service Public Service Center in the town of Glacier in order to connect with visitors as they explore the Nooksack River and/or continue into the North Cascades National Park. Grant funding will also help defray targeted signage and river cleanup events, working with the local community of Acme and the South Fork Community Group. Grant funding will also support interpretive river walks, informational tours to view spawning salmon and investigate the importance of healthy habitat and water quality. Interpretive guides connect these habitat characteristic studies to community impacts and solutions. These opportunities provide a critical connection between local scientific research and river clean-up efforts by directly addressing upstream [Nooksack River] activities that impact water quality for the greater Puget Sound watershed. | More details | |||
| Northwest Environmental Advocates | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Advocacy to Reduce Nutrient, Temperature, and Toxic Pollution in Puget Sound | Washington | NorthwestEnvironmentalAdvocates.org | Northwest Environmental Advocates will partner with Lewis and Clark University’s Earthrise Law Center to engage in strategic legal advocacy designed to fully bring the regulatory programs of the Clean Water Act to bear on water pollution in Puget Sound. The Clean Water Act requires a series of linked actions by state and federal regulators to ensure that pollution sources that discharge pursuant to permits do not cause or contribute to violations of the water quality standards that are established to protect human health, fish, and wildlife. The law also requires assurance that Washington will reduce the nonpoint runoff, from such sources as agriculture and logging, that is not regulated under permits. The overall goal of the project is to encourage Washington Department of Ecology and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue more stringent discharge permits and Total Maximum Daily Load requirements designed to more fully control major sources of pollution to Puget Sound, as well as increase regulatory scrutiny over agriculture, septic systems, and logging. A significant focus of the project is to address nutrient pollution, which is causing water quality problems in Puget Sound such as low dissolved oxygen, massive algal blooms, and food web changes. Focusing on nutrient pollution is also strategic because nutrient treatment technology also removes many regulated and unregulated toxic pollutants, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products. Scientists have estimated the annual discharge of this latter category of drugs and chemicals at 96,000 pounds. A secondary focus will be on temperature in order to promote the use of sufficiently protective riparian buffers control polluted runoff. | More details | |||
| Olympic Forest Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $20,000.00 | Quilcene Bay Protection Project | Washington | olympicforest.org | Olympic Forest Coalition (OFCO) seeks $20,000 grant support for the Quilcene Bay Protection Project. The grant will fund expert assistance for a Clean Water Act citizen suit and an NPDES permit campaign for a shellfish hatchery operation in Quilcene Bay, Washington State. OFCO filed suit against Coast Seafoods Company (Pacific Seafoods) in 2016. Pacific is a major transnational corporation and the hatchery is the largest in the United States. Coast Seafoods uses numerous pipes and ditches to discharge untreated effluent from its indoor, land-based hatchery facilities to a small stream, the adjacent beach, Quilcene Bay and Puget Sound. The effluent has included excessive amounts of ammonia, nitrogen and solids, which OFCO believes is creating problems for fish, shellfish, and pursuit-diving birds and other wildlife. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Coast is not exempt from the permit requirement. On remand, the district court reopened the case in August 2018 only to stay the case in July 2019. The judge’s stay order was based largely on Coast’s representations to the court that it had applied for and was seeking an NPDES permit for the discharges. Sampling of dissolved oxygen in Quilcene Bay in the fall of 2019 appeared to show dangerous, near-hypoxic conditions in the water. OFCO believes that Coast contributes to the degraded quality of Quilcene Bay and it has asked Ecology to require Coast Seafoods to treat effluents before discharging into the bay, and to monitor and report on discharges. The permit process should provide the public with more information about the pollutants and amount and frequency of pollution from the facility, as well as limit pollution from the facility to protect water quality. The grant will provide expert assistance needed to support the litigation and win a stringent NPDES permit, require treatment of effluents, and win protection of Quilcene Bay. | More details | |||
| Save Habitat and Diversity of Wetlands | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Lake Nature Preserve | Washington | www.shadowhabitat.org | The 100 acre SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve (SHADOW) is an environmental protection center in South East King County; one of the last reaming peat bogs in King County, for 20 years SHADOW has provided access to green space, environmental education, land stewardship, and environmental outreach. In 2018, SHADOW hosted 45 schools and organizations through its Wilderness Adventure Program and held 30 Community Education events, and is now partnering with Natural Resources Conservation Service and King Conservation District to begin a restoration project in SHADOW’s upland habitat. The upland habitat restoration will provide several community stewardship and education opportunities during this year and beyond to protect Puget Sound water quality and watershed health. Through this highly shaded headwater system, SHADOW provides cool, clean water to Big Soos Creek, a salmon bearing system within the Green/Duwamish watershed (WRIA 9), meaning that its waters ultimately flow into the Puget Sound at Elliott Bay in Seattle. Funding will help defray current restoration projects focused on restoring natural forest canopy of mixed conifer and hardwood stand, increasing canopy water retention and improving groundwater recharge throughout the property's wetland systems. Over the next 40 years our upland restoration will have an estimated carbon sequestration of 1,871,929 pounds and have avoided approximately 1,388,439 gallons of water runoff. | More details | |||
| Skagit County Public Works | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Barrel Springs Dam removal and Fish Passage Improvement | Washington | https://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/PublicWorks/main.htm | In 2017, a dam on Barrel Springs began to fail. The dam was installed in the 1960s by the father of the current property owner with the intension of raising salmonids for fishing and for remote-control boating. Since the passing of Mr. Spore, the dam has gone mostly unmaintained and is no longer desired by the property owner. The dam has no fish passage. Barrel Springs provides the only summer flow to Dry Creek and because it originates from an artesian spring it is cold, clean water. Dry Creek, which flows to Bear Creek and eventually Friday Creek, is documented as supporting Steelhead. The property owner is willing to remove the dam and restore his undersized driveway culvert and a known fish passage barrier on Dry Creek. This culvert has become perched over 5 feet above the stream bed and is actively eroding the downstream end as the plunge pool worsens. Skagit County is seeking funding for design, permitting, bid package preparation, and construction methodology assistance for the removal of the Barrel Springs dam and restoration of two fish passage barriers on this private property. | More details | |||
| South Sound Estuary Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $3,582.00 | Explore • Connect • Inspire! ~ Puget Sound Water Quality | Washington | www.sseacenter.org | Grant funding will help educate 1,000 educate students from Thurston and Pierce Counties, and well as an additional 1,350 community members about what lives in the Puget Sound and inspire them to prevent pollution in their everyday lives. From their Olympia-based Estuarium, South Sound Estuary Association will advertise and coordinate the distribution of STEM and NGSS aligned water quality school estuary kit in north Thurston and south Pierce Counties. The hands-on water quality classroom activities and curriculum in the kit were developed with past Rose Foundation's assistance to educate students about pollution prevention in Puget Sound. These kits specifically target K-12 students that come from disadvantaged neighborhoods. In 2018, the program reached 3,318 K-12 students in their classrooms, and an additional 2,426 beachgoers through SSEA’s Meet the Beach program. Funding will also sponsor the water quality station for North Thurston Public Schools during students’ "On the Water" field trip. For some students, this will be their first experience in seeing Puget Sound from the water. They may have never seen the log rafts in the water on West Bay, armored shoreline bulkheads and docks, or the abundance of wildlife that lives in and around this marine ecosystem. Funding will also support production of a tri-fold version of SSEA’s Making a Difference poster which anchors their outreach booth at numerous local community events. At these events, SSEA will test versions of a Puget Sound pledge and interactive prompts to change behavior that includes tips individuals can make to prevent pollution, conserve water, and reduce their carbon footprint. | More details | |||
| SR3 Sealife Response, Rehab and Research | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Sharing the Plight of Marine Wildlife to Inspire, Inform and Ignite Solutions to Water Pollution | Washington | www.sealifer3.org | Funding will support broad outreach to inspire water protection efforts in thousands of Puget Sound residents - from Bellingham and the San Juan Islands throughout the entire Sound all the way down to Olympia. Through a vocal, accessible presence at 70 community events during 2019, SR3 will channel people’s passion for marine wildlife into education and action that benefits the water quality of Puget Sound. By harnessing the new 50 community connections these efforts will bring, and recruiting existing volunteers, SR3 will also organize two beach clean-up events, mobilizing 150 volunteers to pick up trash from the shoreline of the Sound. Both efforts will focus on the central Puget Sound - with at least one event in Elliott Bay - and will prevent at least 280 pounds of garbage from ending up in local waterways. Grant funds will be used to support program staffing, vendor fees for attendance at community festivals, interactive educational tools and activities for children, and the printing of materials focused on marine health issues and water pollution prevention. Some educational materials will be available in both Spanish and English. Four college interns will also assist with outreach, in addition to community volunteers. The overall goal of the program is to engaging people in understanding how everyday actions are connected to the health of their marine environment as well as their own; bringing about even small changes in individual behaviors, when multiplied across thousands of people in dozens of communities, adds up to a big impact on water quality in the Puget Sound. | More details | |||
| Stewardship Partners | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Gray to Green Action Assistance for Communities and Landowners | Washington | http://www.stewardshippartners.org | For years Stewardship Partners has been building a “Gray-to-Green†project pipeline, alongside strong communities and public and private partners to significantly increase adoption of green infrastructure across the region. But in King County, especially outside of Seattle’s RainWise incentive program boundaries, there is an unmet need for guidance and technical assistance on green infrastructure. In many counties, we have a local partner that we can direct people to for a site visit and local guidance (e.g. Washington State University Extension or a Conservation District), but in King County neither WSU Extension nor King Conservation District has an individual or department dedicated to green infrastructure technical assistance, resulting in a King County-sized “leak†in our pipeline. This project seeks to patch that leak and provide technical assistance to community members and landowners located in King County, particularly outside of Seattle’s RainWise basins, resulting in more green infrastructure and less polluted runoff flowing into local waterways and Puget Sound. Belaboring the pipeline metaphor further, the green infrastructure career pipeline is also leaking near the inlet, and young people of color are disproportionately falling out or not seeing it at all. To begin to patch this hole, Stewardship Partners will provide mentorship to interested youth and emerging professionals of color interested in exploring environmental careers beyond entry-level and landscape labor. Working with our partners: the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps, DIRT Corps, Mountains to Sound, Sustainability Ambassadors, ECOSS, and World Relief, Stewardship Partners will lower a barrier identified at the Forum on Green Jobs for Youth of Color (https://youtu.be/K9RPQRHigd8) that we convened 1.5 years ago. Mentees will job shadow on site consulting and technical assistance projects and gain professional experience with site planning, client relations and professional communications. | More details | |||
| Sustainability Ambassadors | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Sustainability Ambassadors - Equity Advocacy Intern Program | Washington | http://sustainabilityambassadors.org | The Rose Foundation funded our work in in 2014, 2016 and 2017 as we built our skill set in facilitating problem-based curriculum design related to stormwater pollution solutions, primally in south Seattle schools. From that foundation, we have expanded our cohort of Teacher Fellows to include representation from five more south King County School Districts including Kent, Auburn, Tukwila, Highline, and Federal Way. At the same time, we launched our Equity Advocacy Internship with pilot programs developed in collaboration with the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps, World Relief Seattle, and Rainier Beach Action Coalition. We are collaborating with Mid-Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group on curriculum connections for adopt-a-site habitat restoration, and with Stewardship Partners on curriculum connections for adopt-a-site green infrastructure engineering design recommendations for commercial intersections near neighborhood schools, along with mapping and monitoring completed GSI projects. We are working with all of these organizations on green jobs youth pathways. This proposal seeks general operating funds to expand our paid Equity Advocacy Internship, integrate our curriculum design work with youth-led projects, and connect both to watershed-wide needs for salmon restoration, green infrastructure, climate change, and environmental justice. In pursuing these systemic objectives, we seek to strengthen the ecosystem of community groups, non-profits, agencies, and local governments committed to collective impact around a common agenda, mutually reinforcing actions, and shared measurement systems. Our friends at Mid-Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group are already working on a Rose-funded project. Our new proposal is submitted in close collaboration with sister proposals from World Relief Seattle and Stewardship Partners. As an informal coalition, we encourage the Foundation to recognize the unique and intentional synergy we have been cultivating among us. | More details | |||
| Tahoma Audubon Society | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $14,948.00 | Improving Our Subwatersheds: From Learning to Action | Washington | www.tahomaaudubon.org | This project builds on Tahoma Audubon’s commitment to water quality, environmental health and place-based action. We currently steward three properties in Pierce County with direct on-the-ground restoration activities. We also provide workshops and training directly to homeowners in Pierce County with the goal to provide them with the tools and knowledge to improve water quality and habitat in their backyards. Finally, we engage community members throughout Pierce County in bird activities, classes, scientific research and an overall commitment to action. This project will specifically focus on a coordinated and connected approach to improving the overall health of three subwatersheds in Pierce County. Two of these subwatersheds are located in the Chambers/Clover Creek Watershed and the third in located in the Puyallup River Watershed. We will provide educational workshops (3), on-the-ground work parties (3) and a comprehensive resource manual for the community. The goal is to raise the level of knowledge, experience and action within each subwatershed. | More details | |||
| The Salish Sea School | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $6,109.00 | Guardians of the Sea - Marine Conservation Ecology Program for High School Students | Washington | thesalishseaschool.org | The Salish Sea School is on an endless pursuit to create world-changing student leaders in marine conservation ecology through experiential boat-based STEM programs. The flagship student program, Guardians of the Sea (Guardians), begins June 2020 with student registration opening this September 2019! Guardians is a summer program for rising 9th-12th graders who are passionate about protecting the marine world and/or considering a future in marine biology/marine conservation. It uses experiential lessons and STEM to bring Next Generation Science Standards to life in ways that can never be replicated within the confines of a classroom. They will become citizen scientists on a motorboat science lab! During this unique 4-day (8 hrs per day) boat-based program, Guardians will: -work as citizen scientists, providing data to local organizations, agencies, and/or scientists to help with important long-term data collection projects including marine plastic sampling, endangered tufted puffin survey, water quality monitoring, storm water monitoring, a bull kelp survey, and more -build knowledge with field research methodology and experience with marine research equipment -connect to ongoing mentoring with like-minded peers while inspiring a personal purpose and vision to serve both now and in the future through participation in environmental service projects on local islands (earning community service credit) such as debris collection, removal of invasive plants, and/or native plant plantings -experience different marine ecosystems including geologic history, oceanography, tidal knowledge, tribal history, plankton netting, microscopic observations, marine life behaviors, hydrophone deployment, and more -identify personal strengths for guidance into future career -discover the benefits of evidence-based pranayama and mindfulness in nature practices The Rose Foundation grant would cover half of the costs for the boat lease from Nov '19 to May '21. | More details | |||
| Vashon Center for the Arts | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Heron Wetland Project: Saving Salmon through Community Science and Public Art | Washington | www.vashoncenterforthearts.org | Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA) is partnering with Vashon Nature Center (VNC) to restore a 2-acre wetland on our campus that feeds into the islands’ largest salmon-bearing stream. We envision this wetland, known as Heron Wetland, as an anchor site for hands-on, powerful combined public art and community science programs that engage people in solving key environmental issues. The Heron Wetland project has three primary goals: 1. Create a deeper understanding and appreciation of salmon life cycles and water quality through building on existing VNC community science and school programs about watershed health. Students at our local elementary school are beginning a year-long cross disciplinary dive into studying salmon that includes multiple field trips and casting of salmon sculptures out of local clay. Following the student projects, the Vashon community will be offered the opportunity to participate in workshops to learn about salmon and watershed health in the process of creating salmon casts. 2. Restore Heron Wetland through student and community educational work parties, and ongoing stewardship by a VNC intern. The intern will act as a liaison between VNC scientists and VCA artists to help coordinate these combined science-art opportunities and to create the stewardship and education vision for this site. 3. Raise awareness and engagement in the broader community through a Salmon Celebration – a culmination of the education and stewardship activities through the year, featuring student voices, a panel discussion with salmon experts, viewing and discussion of the film Dammed to Extinction and an opportunity to engage in wetland restoration activities in Heron Wetland. Within this grand vision, we invite Rose Foundation to support the internship position, coordination between scientists and artists, and wetland restoration supplies. | More details | |||
| Washington Physicians for Social Responsiblity | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $15,500.00 | Health-Based Advocacy to Protect Tacoma's Tideflats | Washington | www.wpsr.org | Tacoma’s industrial Tideflats, situated on the Puyallup Tribe’s ancestral estuary and home to the Port of Tacoma, is an ongoing target for new and expanded projects by major fossil fuel companies – threatening local water quality and human health. The region is beginning a long-term subarea planning process for Tideflats. This comprehensive land use planning process, expected to take up to five years, will determine what types of industrial uses are prioritized and permitted at the Port of Tacoma, representing a strategic opportunity to map out an environmentally sustainable future for Tacoma’s historic tideflats, and for advocacy to protect Puget Sound from increased fossil fuel pollution threats including catastrophic spills during bulk transport, as well as routine releases related to shipping and industrial operations. Pollution related to fossil fuel development impacts both human and ecological health; oil spills in particular have been linked to increased incidence of cancer, reproductive disorders, and other ailments by contaminating local waterways and fishing resources. Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility believes that enlisting health professionals is essential for charting a new course for Tacoma’s industrial region and surrounding waterways to advocate successfully for jobs and the environment, not job vs the environment. As the land use planning process for the Tacoma Tideflats moves forward over the next year, health-based advocacy will be a powerful means to ensure that local water quality is protected from the threats posed by encroachment of large fossil fuel facilities. | More details | |||
| Whidbey Watershed Stewards | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $10,000.00 | Langley Middle School Ocean Acidification Research Project | Washington | http://www.whidbeywatersheds.org/ | Our Langley Middle School Ocean Acidification Research Project focuses on ocean acidification. Our goal -- to foster stewardship, an appreciation for the fragility of our threatened ecosystem, focusing for an extended length of time, on the ecological components of the marine environment – intimate time spent observing small subtle scientific fluctuations in the sea. | More details | |||
| Wild Society | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $4,000.00 | Master Naturalist Program | Washington | wildsociety.org | We are requesting funding to do the preliminary framework to create a Master Naturalist program in Kitsap County, in collaboration with Washington State University (WSU) Extension. In this environmental education program, residents of Kitsap County and surrounding Puget Sound will receive hands-on training and learn how to protect the health of local habitats and water bodies including Puget Sound, its shorelines, and organisms. They will gain wider access to scientific thinking, understanding, and methods which they will share with the larger community through citizen science, education, and outreach. Through the 12-month duration of this grant, Wild Society plans to establish a working partnership with WSU Extension, to organize course logistics from registration to instructors, to do outreach and communication to market the program and ensure adequate registration. The tentative time frame includes starting the pilot Master Naturalist program in early 2021, during the 2020 - 2021 academic year. The ultimate goal of this grant is to increase environmental education, conservation, action, and awareness in Kitsap County and surrounding regions. | More details | |||
| World Relief Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Monitoring & Maintaining GSI through Community Engagement | Washington | https://worldreliefseattle.org/ | Green stormwater infrastructure is fairly easy to build. Harder, but more critical though, is assessing the effectiveness of such infrastructure. Take rain gardens, for example: It is fairly easy to build a rain garden, but how do you know if it is actually improving water quality? And how do you ensure that the rain garden will be just as effective in years to come? World Relief Seattle (WRS) has been working diligently to transform an acre of parking lot in the rapidly urbanizing city of Kent, WA into a thriving community garden that operates at the crossroads of race, environmental justice and community development. The garden is growing into the largest demonstration of green stormwater infrastructure in the county with the recent addition of 5 rain gardens - the only ones in the county accessible to the public as a teaching and engagement site. These rain gardens are being planted out this fall and will filter nearly 1 million gallons of polluted stormwater that flows through the garden and into the Green-Duwamish River watershed. World Relief is requesting funds from the Rose Foundation to build a pathway and system to: - Collect measurements of the rain gardens’ efficacy in improving water quality - Annualize a plan for collecting data and maintenancing the rain gardens - Adapt a rain garden monitoring tool for use with students and non-native English speakers - Create interactive, educational curriculum for the community and local schools around GSI and measuring effectiveness In this project, WRS will utilize a newly designed monitoring tool (from Stormwater Action Monitoring), adapt it to be used for students and in communities of color (particularly with refugees and immigrants), and engage the local community in monitoring and maintenancing these rain gardens. This project supports World Relief’s long term goal of making the community garden into a case study and training site for sustainable, equitable, community-based environmental stewardship. | More details | |||
| Zero Waste Washington | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2019 | $25,000.00 | Freshwater quantification of plastic pollution and community engagement, Central Basin Salish Sea | Washington | www.zerowastewashington.org | There is a growing load of tiny bits of plastics - microplastics - which are causing harm to fish and wildlife in our local waters. While there are good data on microplastics in the Salish Sea and other marine waters, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified a large data gap in the quantification of types and sources of plastics that are being transported into our streams, rivers and lakes and ultimately ending up in marine waters. In other words, we need freshwater data about plastics loading. Zero Waste Washington proposes to fill that data gap and help inspire local action to reduce sources of plastic by using a new litter assessment protocol and supporting local volunteer groups to quantify litter at a minimum of 10 events, develop customized messaging and do outreach about potential solutions. Over the past 2 years, we have worked in partnership with EPA to develop, pilot and refine a high quality method to quantify litter in a variety of environments - beaches, parks, riparian areas, roadways, etc. – in order to assess water quality impacts in adjacent waterbodies. By using this robust approach across a spectrum of locations, we will build a credible database that demonstrates impairments to water quality, Then, under the federal Clean Water Act, we will work to get these waterbodies listed on Washington's 303(d) list. This listing, in turn will trigger regulatory and voluntary responses. In addition, we will work with local groups to use the collected data and resultant messaging to promote local solutions to reduce plastic sources and reduce waste. The objectives for this funding are: • Work with existing volunteer cleanup groups to quantify litter at a minimum of 10 events • Create local factsheets and messaging to highlight sources and local solutions for plastics pollution and waste reduction • Assist local groups in outreach and education about solutions • Compile data and create regional data report to support 303(d) listing pathway | More details | |||
| Adopt a Stream Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $35,000.00 | Central Sound; ; This site encompasses 2,826 feet of the Middle Fork Quilceda Creek as well as 1,384 feel of an unnamed tributary in the Quilceda Creek watershed. | Strawberry Fields Buffer Enhancement | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | https://www.streamkeeper.org/ | Strawberry Fields Park is a 72-acre park owned by the City of Marysville. This park contains 2,622 feet of the main stem of the Middlefork Quilceda Creek, including one unnamed tributary. The Middlefork Quilceda violates state water quality standards for both bacteria, and dissolved oxygen levels. The poor water quality is attributed to multiple factors. These factors include the loss of riparian habitat and lower base flows, as well as improper manure management, septic failure, and pet waste. The overall goals of this project are to improve water quality in Quilceda Creek through the restoration of 14.6 acres of riparian forest. The 35,196.24 being requested will be used to fund the planting and maintenance activities required to do so. One of the major barriers to successful riparian plantings is supporting the new plantings while they become established. This funding will support AASF’s efforts to control invasive species such as reed canary grass, Himalayan blackberry, Japanese knotweed, and bittersweet nightshade; all which are established throughout the site. These invasive plants threaten both the survival of the installed native flora and could easily spread into additional sites downstream. This funding will also support hosting volunteer events to place plant-protectors onto installed native plants. Such protectors have been demonstrated to significantly improve protection from herbivory, which is commonly observed at this site. | More details | |
| American Rivers | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Central Sound; ; Longfellow Creek sub-basin Duwamish River basin Elliott Bay | Longfellow Creek Network | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | https://www.americanrivers.org/ | Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), as part of a consent decree, is developing a plan to improve water quality by limiting combined sewer overflows into the City’s waterways using natural infrastructure for stormwater management. Longfellow Creek, an urban waterway that flows through Roxhill and Delridge in West Seattle before draining into the Duwamish River and Elliot Bay, is one watershed where several stakeholders are investing in natural infrastructure projects. However, there is little coordination occurring amongst the stakeholders to ensure projects are being implemented in a coordinated way. American Rivers will leverage our momentum on our Roxhill Bog restoration project to coordinate local partners and provide a platform to: discuss their work in the Longfellow Creek watershed, explore collaboration and find funding opportunities that will amplify and accelerate natural infrastructure projects. By increasing coordination of these partners and bringing new stakeholders to the table, we will foster the development of a coordinated plan to use natural infrastructure throughout the watershed, thereby improving water quality and establishing a network of partners to implement projects for years to come. American Rivers is well positioned to organize and guide this coordination. Our project to restore the headwaters of Roxhill Bog has provided us the opportunity to build strong relationships with local partners and assist them with improving relationships with SPU. We will draw upon this work, as well as the experience of American Rivers’ staff who have worked on green stormwater infrastructure projects across the country, to inform our strategy in Longfellow Creek and ensure that our local partners have the resources, tools and coordination needed to meet their long-term water quality goals. | More details | |
| Black Farmers Collective | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Central Sound; Black Farmers Collective_Farm Location Map_Rose Foundation.pdf ; Our farm site drains into Puget Sound. It is in the center of the city on the corner of Yesler Way and I-5, .5 mile uphill from Puget Sound. Please see attached map and Dropbox link for more information. | Yes Farm integrated Storm water Mitigation, Utilization, and Demonstration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Washington | https://www.blackfarmerscollective.com/ | Black Farmers Collective (BFC) is proposing a multi-faceted rainwater retention, storage, and education project for our Yes Farm located in the Yesler neighborhood of Seattle. The project will leverage a past design partnership with the University of Washington to install a purposely designed storm water catchment and storage system, a rain garden filtration project, and bioswale retention zone reducing storm water overflow into Puget Sound. The system is designed to reuse 54,000 gallons of water annually for our farm irrigation system. Our system is interconnected and will drastically reduce the high storm water flow on the farm and be used to increase storm water pollution mitigation education for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). Yes Farm is at the bottom of a large hill with high density urban development and limited green space, directly above I-5, and .5 miles uphill from Puget Sound. Due to the high clay content of the soil in our farm very little storm water is currently held in our undeveloped areas. The rain garden will be installed at the uphill portion of the main farm and planted with native plants designed for filtering contaminants. This will filter pollutants, slow storm water runoff, and reduce erosion. The bioswale will be installed at the bottom of the farm working with the natural slope of the property to capture and hold storm water. We will utilize organic material and slow drain soil to reduce run off into the freeway and on to Puget Sound. The water catchment system will use rain roofs to capture and store rainwater which will be reintroduced to the system as irrigation for our raised beds and developed soil. This integrated system will be utilized as a demonstration site for BIPOC youth and communities. Through experiential education opportunities students can learn from and share with their community the value in storm water management and imagine an environmental career breaking the barriers that uphold the Green Ceiling. | More details | |
| Capital Region ESD 113 | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $9,907.00 | South Sound; ; The Deschutes River Watershed very close to the estuary into Budd Inlet in the South Puget Sound. Students will be learning about how to preserve and protect the Deschutes River and its tributaries and in turn, influencing the Southern Puget Sound. | Watershed Education for South Sound Adjudicated Youth | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://www.esd113.org/ | This request would help to fund a new watershed education program for adjudicated youth in the South Sound. A new environmental education program is being implemented at the Thurston County Juvenile Detention Center in Olympia, Washington. This program includes weekly watershed education workshops or field experiences for adjudicated youth age 12-17. The program is coordinated by a regional science educator who will bring local environmental professionals to give workshops on a wide variety of topics including water quality, salmon habitat, ocean acidification, micro plastics, waste water, surface water runoff, local wildlife, native plants and environmental jobs. The youth will also be able to attend field experience and restoration work in nearby locations led by local environmental organizations such as Thurston Conservation District, Pacific Shellfish Institute, Lott Clean Water Alliance, Thurston County Water Resources, Wolf Haven International, Pacific Education Institute and others. The youth will learn how to be better environmental stewards and gain an understanding of their local environments. All the activities will be centered around the Deschutes watershed and Budd Inlet and will be focused on improving local water quality. | More details | |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $30,000.00 | South Sound ; Central Sound ; North Sound ; Salish Sea; Seattle Times - cooke-operations-map.jpg ; This project affects essentially all of the communities of the Puget Sound region, the Columbia River watershed, and the northern Oregon coast. Cooke intends to conduct net pen operations throughout Puget Sound, as shown in the attached graphic. | Fighting Destructive Net Pen Aquaculture in Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ | The Center for Biological Diversity will work alongside peer organizations to challenge a permit approval by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) allowing Cooke Aquaculture to continue harmful net pen aquaculture operations throughout Puget Sound. In 2017, a catastrophic net pen failure resulted in the escape of over 250,000 Atlantic salmon at Cooke's Cypress Island facility. Washington subsequently passed a law banning all open water net pen aquaculture of Atlantic salmon by 2022. Despite this ban, WDFW issued a permit in January 2020, allowing for Cooke's net pen operations to continue in Puget Sound by transitioning to a domesticated, partially sterile form of steelhead. These operations would pose a significant danger to Puget Sound habitat, as these fish are capable of interbreeding as well as exchanging pathogens and parasites with native wild steelhead, an endangered species. Working with the Center for Food Safety, Wild Fish Conservancy, and Friends of the Earth, the Center has filed suit in state court challenging WDFW's permit approval, charging that it poses significant environmental risks and depends on mitigation measures that will not prevent harm. Briefing begins this spring. In addition to litigation efforts, the Center and partners will engage and organize with tribes and local fishing communities to mobilize against this threat, with a goal of defeating the proposal and putting an end to all net pen fish-farming in Washington - the last state on the West Coast to allow the practice. | More details | |
| Citizens for a Healthy Bay | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | South Sound; ; Our work will change the landscape of industrial development, prevent water pollution, and improve water quality in Commencement Bay, Tacoma, Washington. | Mobilizing Diverse Environmental Advocates to Stop Industrial Pollution in Commencement Bay | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | http://healthybay.org | Tacoma has reached a watershed moment, one which will determine if we will continue our trajectory as a hub for heavy industry that pollutes Commencement Bay, or if we will become leaders in the movement towards clean, innovative development that improves water quality by preventing stormwater pollution, limiting toxic discharges from industry, and curbing industrial air emissions. Citizens for a Healthy Bay (CHB) aims to protect our Bay from increased water pollution through a three-pronged approach: Technical Analyses and Comprehension; Land Use Reform, and; Community Education and Engagement. The Tideflats continue to be a target for fossil fuel development due to its natural deep-water port, existing infrastructure, rail access to fossil fuel deposits, proximity to international energy markets, and a political reputation for fast-tracking Port projects. As Tacoma evolves away from being hub for dirty industry, CHB is a driving force for achieving new policies that promote smart urban growth. We play a key role in the continuation of a city-wide fossil fuel moratorium, and are actively influencing new policy that will inform how the lands of the Tideflats will be developed and utilized in the future. We believe education and connection-to-place is the first step in creating an engaged community capable of advocating for the systems and policy changes that impact their everyday lives. We connect community members to their local waters by inviting them onboard for Bay Patrol to learn about the issues we work on and the solutions we create. Through our trainings and workshops, CHB provides the community a way to engage in highly technical processes around contaminated site cleanup and urban growth - fostering an educated, effective advocacy community. If our mobilizing is successful, the impact of system changes that prevent new, heavy polluting industry, while advancing sustainable, forward-thinking development in Tacoma will have far reaching implications. | More details | |
| Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Central Sound; DNDA - Longfellow Creek Restoration Sites Map (1).JPG ; Longfellow Creek watershed and basin | Delridge Wetland Park and Longfellow Creek Environmental Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://dnda.org/ | Walking distance from Louisa Boren K-8 STEM, the Delridge Wetland Park is located in Delridge, a highly urbanized setting that’s changing as residential development and gentrification increase. As DNDA moves towards completion of the site, we are seeking funding to consistently engage students at K-8 STEM in wetland education, and in hands-on environmental science lessons once in-person classes resume post-pandemic. The Delridge Wetland Park is part of the Longfellow Creek Watershed, and we plan to expand our environmental engagement into other sites in the watershed where we already lead restoration work: Croft Forest, and Thistle Greenspace. We want to bring other neighborhood youth into these West Seattle urban greenspaces to learn the impacts of environmental awareness and stewardship. As a functioning outdoor classroom, the Delridge Wetland Park is a unique asset to our community as it allows youth, and others in our neighborhood, to engage in systems-based projects while being immersed in Seattle’s urban forest. Contact with nature is essential for healthy mental and cognitive development in young children, and studies have shown that poor access to urban green spaces is associated with behavioral problems, inattention and hyperactive disorders. Although the pandemic has put aspects of this project on hold, we are continuing construction and virtually engaging with students. As we know that the outdoors is a safer place in the pandemic, we await public health guidance that will allow us to be physically in our outdoor classroom again. | More details | |
| Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | South Sound; WRIA_13_map_draft2.jpg ; DERT works in the Deschutes Watershed, a 57 mile long system of streams and lakes. The Deschutes River is the headwaters of Puget Sound,†historically flowed freely into Budd Inlet at the southern tip of Puget Sound in Olympia, Washington. | South Sound Healthy Watershed Program - Phase One | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | http://www.deschutesestuary.org | DERT is currently partnering with Puget Soundkeeper Alliance (PSKA), the Squaxin Island Tribe, Salmon Defense and the Nisqually Indian Tribe to execute Phase 1 of the South Sound Healthy Watershed Program, The Program will help DERT move to the next phase of accomplishing our overall mission to restore and protect the Deschutes Watershed. With this funding, DERT will expand our presence in the Watershed, increase our volunteer base to engage in kayak and boat patrols and conduct citizen science, use drone technology to develop a map that identifies fresh and marine water habitat restoration opportunities and develop nutrient reduction strategies for these over-taxed waters. DERT’s’ South Sound Healthy Watershed Program will address these root causes and seek out new opportunities to improve water quality using the following tools: 1. Boat and kayak patrols to monitor pollution where trained volunteers collect water quality samples and remove detritus; 2. Identification of restoration opportunities through analysis of shorelines used by Native Americans since time immemorial to inform and innovate modern restoration and maintenance in reference to potential sea level rise; and 3. Creation of draft maps of the watershed using drone technology culminating in a story map to educate the public about DERT and partners conservation and restoration efforts while providing them with tangible, interactive maps and video for engagement and future projects. 4. Develop a new and improved program to recruit and train volunteers in South Sound in-water and on-land activities. DERT's South Sound Healthy Watershed Program will become the fulcrum of our water quality and estuary restoration efforts and will engage the community in a new, more active way. | More details | |
| Dirt Corps LLC | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | Central Sound; DC Green-Duwamish sites.jpg ; Main focus: Middle Green (Riverbend, Nelson Side Channel, Bicentennial Park, Minkler Shops) Lower Duwamish (Pt. Rediscovery, 8th Ave, Southern/Rose and Orcas Green Streets) Other sites: Throughout mainstem Duwamish | South King County Community Green Job Training and Lower Green Riparian Revegetation Project Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | https://www.thedirtcorps.com/ | Grant funding will help support the operation of our Green Job Training Program and provide additional support to our riparian re-vegetation project in Tukwila, in which we are partnering with the Green River Coalition through CWM ReGreen 2019 and 2020 Grants. Over a course of two, six week sessions, our program will train twenty participants in the fields of urban forestry, green stormwater infrastructure, and ecological restoration through a combination of classroom and hands-on field training. The goal of our program is to introduce people from underserved communities to accessible green career pathways. Leveraged funding will support two rounds of community outreach and recruitment, twelve weeks of training over two sessions, development of current trainees to become crew leaders/instructors, and curriculum development to continue improving and adapting the program to be relevant for the communities we serve. DIRT currently maintains multiple green stormwater infrastructure facilities in South Seattle and ecological restoration projects on tributaries or main-stem sites along the Green-Duwamish River. These Duwamish Valley centered projects become our teaching sites and further opportunities for advanced skill building. Our training program teaches community members to become stewards of their environment while providing employable job skills. Shared regional goals of environmental stewardship, workforce development, community resilience, and economic equity create important societal linkages while also serving goals of increased water quality benefits through riparian restoration; direct maintenance of stormwater facilities; and increasing the number of skilled people needed to design, install, and maintain these projects. | More details | |
| Duwamish Alive! Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $10,000.00 | Central Sound; DAC area of work map.JPG ; Our primary area of focus is the Duwamish Watershed, however we have expanded to coordinating with projects and partners throughout the Green-Duwamish Watershed to share information, collaborate and build an awareness of the entire system. | Duwamish Alive General Community Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org/pugetsoundsteward.php | With Covid's significant impact on our coalition partners and communities, our 2021 plan is based on adaptability and resilience. We will continue to advance our mission of improving the health of the Duwamish Watershed through restoration work, education and promoting stewardship, especially long term community stewardship. With this new challenge of Covid adding to those of climate change and equity and justice issues, we are adjusting our efforts to smaller restoration projects, especially those that have been overlooked in communities of diversity but can add great value to improving the health of urbanized streams and creeks. We will continue our efforts in habitat restoration and education within the watershed by building in flexibility for our 2 primary Duwamish Alive! volunteer events next year is key, adjusting them to the appropriate health requirements now that we have experience and clarity of what is required. We are especially focusing on Longfellow Creek's many various project, facilitating coordination and sharing of expertise throughout its sub-basin but also now focusing on two areas that have been overlooked - private homeowner property of the creek and the Jefferson Golf Course which has a significant segment of the creek. The goal is to personally engage homeowners who have creek property in providing healthily habitat and water quality by education and resources for restoration efforts with the goal of creating a neighborhood of creek stewardship. This is a new, holistic approach, forming a team of DAC partners that specialize in vegetation, water quality, fish/wildlife and community starting with a pilot residence and then expanding with nearby neighbors. For the homeowners, it changes the creek from a liability into an asset that will be carefully stewarded. Delridge is an area of low income, communities of diversity with few programs available to help these homeowners in creating healthy habitat and water quality. | More details | |
| EarthCorps | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $30,000.00 | Central Sound; Commencement Bay project location maps_EarthCorps.pdf ; Commencement Bay and the Puyallup Watershed, specifically the Puyallup Tribe sites of Yowkwala and Squally Beach that are part of the Commencement Bay Stewardship Collaborative (maps of both sites are uploaded here, along with a CBSC overview map) | Commencement Bay Initiative: Restoration of Puyallup Tribe’s Squally Beach and Yowkwala Sites | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org | EarthCorps is a core partner of an innovative experiment in community-based restoration taking place in the coastal area and surrounding watersheds of Commencement Bay. In the Tacoma region, Commencement Bay has been transformed from one of the most polluted spots in the country to a national model for recovery, where restored habitats support critical populations of birds and fish alongside once heavily-polluted industrial areas. The Commencement Bay Trustees include National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, Washington Department of Ecology, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Washington Department of Natural Resources. Since 1998, they have worked to restore over 300 acres of habitat throughout the Puyallup River Watershed. The Trustees developed the Commencement Bay Stewardship Collaborative (CBSC) to ensure that the habitat they created and the salmon and birds that depend on these habitats can grow and thrive. In 2014, the Trustees entrusted the ongoing Commencement Bay stewardship of 15 individual sites to EarthCorps. Rose Foundation’s investment will leverage funding from CBSC and allow EarthCorps to expand restoration efforts at two Puyallup Tribe CBSC sites. Due to the structure of the consent decree and funding limitations, comprehensive restoration at these two sites has not been possible to date. Your funds would allow us to activate upland forest restoration that links to the Yowkwala site’s backshore where we have focused restoration over the past six years. At Squally Beach, your support would allow us to control aggressive weeds on adjacent lands that threaten to set back current restoration efforts. Ultimately, your investment would activate and link restoration on a fuller expanse of the Puyallup Tribe’s CBSC lands, ensuring these sites can safeguard water quality and healthy habitat for salmon and other marine wildlife for years to come. | More details | |
| Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark College | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | South Sound ; Central Sound ; North Sound ; Salish Sea; Earthrise Maps for Rose Puget Sound 2020.pdf ; The project works to protect all of Puget Sound, as it focuses on nitrogen and toxics, which move throughout the Sound from the original sources. This project also targets Budd Inlet and the Deschutes River basin, in particular. See attached maps. | Legal Advocacy for a Cleaner Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://law.lclark.edu/centers/earthrise/ | Earthrise Law Center (“Earthriseâ€) will continue its existing targeted litigation, and initiate new litigation, to help control both point source (industrial and municipal dischargers) and nonpoint source (run-off from agriculture, forestry, and urban areas) pollution into Puget Sound. In this litigation, Earthrise will represent Northwest Environmental Advocates (“NWEAâ€), which is also submitting a parallel proposal for this project. Together with additional outside co-counsel, Earthrise and NWEA will prosecute several lawsuits designed to use the “hammer†of statutes like the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act to change federal and state agency decision-making in Washington. In turn, this litigation will require changes by the State of Washington, and the federal agencies that oversee Washington, to improve the foundational programs affecting pollution into Puget Sound. The litigation targets key federal and state agency decision-making processes, with the ultimate goal of bringing about on-the-ground reductions in pollution into Puget Sound. This project targets multiple forms of Puget Sound pollution. In particular, the lawsuits focus on nutrient pollution, which causes water quality problems such as low dissolved oxygen, massive algal blooms, and food web changes. Focusing on nutrient pollution is strategic because nutrient treatment technology also removes many regulated and unregulated toxic pollutants. Additionally, one of the cases involved in this project directly targets water quality standards for toxic pollutants. This project has two main goals: (1) to control nonpoint source run-off into Puget Sound, and (2) to change the fundamental Clean Water Act programs in Washington to better address both point and nonpoint source pollution into the Sound. | More details | |
| Friends of Pierce County | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $7,000.00 | South Sound ; Central Sound; ; The project's focus will be on the shoreline areas of Pierce County, in Puget Sound. | Saving Shorelines | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | http://www.friendsofpiercecounty.org | Shorelines are under constant pressure from many angles. Development and buffer reduction are one of the main negative impacts to Puget Sound. When a homeowner wants to reduce a shoreline buffer, they must apply for a shoreline variance with the county. Under the new Pierce County Shoreline regulations, cumulative impacts are to be considered by the Hearing Examiner when deciding to allow shoreline buffer reductions. The problem is the Hearing Examiner only considers how future development will impact a shoreline area - not what is currently built (as required by state law). In order to establish a precedent for better shoreline protections, we need to be in position to hold the county accountable to better enforce its own regulations and consider the cumulative impacts to Puget Sound shorelines within Pierce County (which are mandatory in the County's new Shoreline regulations). Friends of Pierce County seeks funding to enlist technical experts, conduct research, educate community members and work with county government to reassess, better define and more thoughtfully apply its shoreline regulations when deciding on cumulative impacts from shoreline development. Funding would also be used for office equipment and mailers. | More details | |
| Friends Of Skagit Beaches | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | North Sound; Anacortes Storm Outfalls.jpg ; Anacortes is on Fidalgo Island in North Puget Sound. The city limits include ~60% of the island’s shoreline. The city has 79 storm water outfalls draining into Fidalgo Bay, Padilla Bay, Burrows Bay, Guemes Channel and Rosario Strait. See map. | Anacortes Citizen Science Water Quality Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | https://skagitbeaches.org/ | The City of Anacortes has 79 storm water outfalls that are subject to monitoring for water quality under their storm water discharge permit. The City meets the permit requirements for monitoring; however, the Storm Water Division is interested in a greater volume of data collection. This project establishes a partnership between Friends of Skagit Beaches and the City of Anacortes to make available additional resources by using a crew of trained citizen science volunteers. The City will provide required monitoring criteria, quality assurance guidelines, and be responsible for any lab analyses of samples collected under this project for certain contaminants. Collected data will be documented, analyzed and available to residents and other constituents. Friends of Skagit Beaches (Friends) will train, outfit, and coordinate citizen science volunteers to take field measurements and collect samples from storm water outfalls in the city. Volunteers will be recruited from the Salish Sea Stewards program. These volunteers receive general training on the marine ecology, critical eco-systems and habitats, and organizations in Skagit County working to preserve, protect, and restore those critical resources. Friends is one of the organizations affiliated with this program and routinely uses Salish Sea Stewards volunteers to support our projects. Other interested community members will also be invited to participate. This project will establish baseline data on Anacortes storm water discharges into local bays and waterways. This will enable the City to prioritize their discharge sampling and help to identify outfalls that require action to mitigate pollution at upstream sources. By involving local citizens in storm water monitoring and making data publicly available, the project will increase visibility of water quality issues and engage the public in seeking solutions to problems that impact their water quality. | More details | |
| Great Peninsula Conservancy | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | South Sound; Project Location Map_Updated.pdf ; This project will take place along the shoreline of Lynch Cove, where the Union River flows in Hood Canal, one of the four main basins of the Puget Sound. (See attached map). | Klingel-Bryan-Beard Wetlands Wildlife Refuge Shoreline Planting Project | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://greatpeninsula.org/ | Great Peninsula Conservancy’s (GPC) Klingel-Bryan-Beard Wetlands Wildlife Refuge protects just under one-hundred acres of estuary wetland and forest buffer near the mouth of the Union River. This bird-watchers’ haven is a piece of a community wide conservation effort to protect Lynch Cove, the nutrient rich estuary where the Union River flows into Hood Canal, one of the four main basins of the Puget Sound. Lynch Cove provides critical habitat for fives species of salmon, including Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed Hood Canal summer chum and chinook salmon. Both species depend on the near-shore waters of the Lynch Cove estuary for food and protection from predators – and because of the large-scale community conservation work in this area, young salmon continue to find these things. This community effort - led by non-profits, public agencies, private landowners, and volunteers - succeeded in permanently protecting more than 540 acres of estuary and near-shore habitat of Lynch Cove. Through two previous, large-scale restoration projects, GPC and partners removed fill and structures to restore estuary habitat on GPC's Klingel-Bryan-Beard Wetland Wildlife Refuge on Lynch Cove. Our currently-proposed project will allow GPC to engage the community in the next step of this wider effort: installing a native plant community along the estuary shoreline. GPC will recruit community volunteers, educate the volunteers about watershed health and stewardship, and lead the volunteers in invasive species removal and native plant installation on eight acres of shoreline. Removing invasive species and establishing a healthy, climate-change resilient native plant community will create wildlife habitat, provide shading for juvenile salmon feeding grounds, and preserve water quality in Hood Canal. Engaging volunteers in the project will educate the community about their watershed, local ecosystems, and the importance of watershed stewardship to protect our natural resources. | More details | |
| Green Futures Lab | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Central Sound; 2008_10268m_WRIA8map-D4.pdf ; The Sweetgrass Living Shorelines Restoration project will locate prototypes in the urbanized freshwaters of the Lake Washington Basin and Ship Canal, and the salt and/or brackish waters where the basin drainage outflows into Central Puget Sound. | Sweetgrass Living Shorelines Restoration Project: Fabrication, Stewardship and Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://greenfutures.washington.edu/ | The purpose of the Sweetgrass Living Shorelines Restoration Project is to test new ways to retrofit existing armored urban shorelines with living shorelines that can improve water quality, increase salmon habitat, and restore cultural keystone species such as Ka’qsxW or sweetgrass (common three-square bulrush) in the Lake Washington Basin, Ship Canal and Central Puget Sound. This project will build on the planning and design groundwork established by the Sweetgrass Urban Shorelines Working Group, which is bringing together planners, scientists, regulators, designers, and community stakeholders to reimagine living shorelines that are connected to local communities. With funding provided by King County, the Sweetgrass Living Shorelines Restoration Project is in the process of selecting sites and developing innovative living shoreline designs that can be monitored and evaluated for their effectiveness in improving habitat and water quality. Rose Foundation support will fund fabrication and stewardship of these projects, with community education and engagement targeting American Indian youth and young adults to participate in the reestablishment of Ka’qsxW and other critical shoreline habitats. Rose Foundation funding for this project will support collaboration of the University of Washington (UW) Green Futures Lab (GFL) and EarthCorps in community outreach, material costs, construction, deployment, operation and maintenance of demonstration project designs, with in-kind outreach support from the Na’ah Illahee Fund and United Indians of All Tribes Foundation. The funds will enable the GFL and EarthCorps to involve Indigenous young adults, and support the cultural connection local Indigenous peoples have to the water, surrounding environment and diminishing salmon populations. | More details | |
| Green River Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $39,730.00 | Central Sound; Master Map.jpg ; Continue work within the Soos Creek Basin (Middle Green River) Additional sites within the main stem Green River in Kent including Riverview Park (Lower Green River) Additional tributaries: Mill/Springbrook Creek (Lower Green River) | Soos Creek Basin Community Building, City of Kent/Green River Collaboration, and Operations Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | http://www.greenrivercoalition.org/ | Grant project funding will support our new and ongoing projects including our CWM ReGreen 2018 grant based on restoration work within the Soos Creek Basin and our CWM ReGreen the Green 2019 grant based on restoration work within the lower Green River, Tukwila. We are also in the process of applying for the ReGreen 2020 grant, which will continue our restoration efforts within the Soos Creek Basin while expanding work in the City of Kent on the main stem Green River and on the Mill Creek/Springbrook Creek tributaries. We will be closely coordinating the work we do in Kent with our Green the Green Network partners across three existing grants to continue and expand our coordination and mutual support on the Green River from Tukwila to Auburn. We anticipate starting invasive removal work with the City of Kent in the Mill/Springbrook basin later this summer. The Rose Foundation grant will help support the initial phase of this work until the anticipated Regreen 2020 grant, anticipated to be awarded in fall 2020. This project will also help to support employment for our part-time operations manager, who performs many of the oversight responsibilities including grant management, community outreach, and fundraising. The retainment of an operations manager has been a pivotal asset in increasing the overall capacity of our organization. | More details | |
| Harbor WildWatch | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $14,200.00 | South Sound; kgi watershed map.jpg ; HWW calls the Key Peninsula–Gig Harbor–Islands (KGI) Watershed within Pierce and Kitsap Counties home. The KGI watershed covers over 100,000 acres, with 179 miles of saltwater shoreline and 70,000 residents across two peninsulas and several islands. | Community Science: Collecting Meaningful Data to Encourage Stewardship in the Salish Sea | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://www.harborwildwatch.org/ | Harbor WildWatch’s (HWW) Community Science Experience (CSE) trains and guides citizens to collect meaningful scientific data at select south Puget Sound sites. This program includes beach monitoring at 10 locations, salmon observation, water quality monitoring, Rockfish surveys, beach clean-ups and, the newly added, sea bird and eelgrass surveys. Efforts in 2018-19 brought a total of 108 events with 1,506 community scientist participants. In 2020-21, HWW is seeking grant funding to fund existing CSE events, implement the newly developed monitoring protocol for eelgrass monitoring, expand the number of water quality sampling sites, continue to increase participation through improved promotion, and complete trend analysis of the last seven years of data using the GIS. | More details | |
| Jefferson Land Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Salish Sea; Jefferson Land Trust 2020 Properties Map.jpg ; We work across all 10 watersheds that flow to the Salish Sea in Jefferson County. This project will focus on two: - Chai-yahk-wh Preserve on the shores of Marrowstone Island. - Snow Creek Forest Preserve in Quilcene. | Stream to Sea: Community-Supported Stream and Wetland Stewardship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://saveland.org/ | We respectfully request The Rose Foundation’s support of 40,000 over two years to help improve Salish Sea water quality through our Streams to Sea project. This project will enhance the health of our streams through community supported restoration and stewardship, and create and implement a Wetland Ecological Health Assessment protocol for our wetlands in Jefferson County, all of which feed into the Salish Sea and support threatened marine wildlife such as salmon and orcas. Stream Restoration As a result of our Forest and Stream Ecological Health Assessment in 2018-2019, we discovered that stream and forest health across our 23 preserves is suffering from the lack of coarse woody debris: in-stream log jams (that add complexity and sediment retention) and on-land down logs (that act as sponges during the longer seasonal dry periods we expect to see as a result of climate change). Without coarse woody debris in our streams, water quality suffers during both high and low water flow periods and jeopardizes the fish and amphibians that make their homes there. Without intervention, coarse woody debris would take hundreds of years to develop naturally. Maintaining stewardship of these areas in the short and long-term ensures that water quality remains optimal, and wildlife habitat and migration corridors are enhanced forever. Wetland Ecological Health Assessment Protocol Your support of our Stream to Sea project will allow us to create a Wetland Ecological Health Assessment protocol that complements those for forests and streams we developed and deployed in 2018-2019. We haven’t had the technical expertise and staff capacity to fully assess wetland water quality and health levels across the numerous freshwater wetlands that dot our lands, often associated with salmon streams. Following assessment of current wetland health conditions and stewardship needs, your support will then allow us to implement necessary wetland restoration and stewardship improvements in 2022. | More details | |
| Long Live the Kings | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | South Sound; Project Location.PNG ; This project will be in the Nisqually Watershed along Highway 7 where it crosses over Ohop Creek. The site is owned by the Nisqually Land Trust, who support the project and are engaged in the proposed project design. | Nisqually Stormwater Management Pilot Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://lltk.org/ | Untreated stormwater is a significant concern for the health of Puget Sound’s aquatic ecosystems. Urban waterways are vulnerable to toxic stormwater runoff during and immediately following rain events, which carry contaminants from roadways into the waterway and out to sea. Throughout many urban waterways in Puget Sound, coho salmon – a species of concern under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) – experience pre-spawn mortality because of toxic stormwater runoff, limiting population recovery and contributing to extirpation in local streams (Spromberg & Scholz 2011; Scholz et al. 2011; Spromberg et al. 2015). Toxic stormwater also impacts the health and fitness of juvenile coho, ESA-listed Chinook, and their prey (McIntyre et al. 2015; King County 2018). Long Live the Kings and the Nisqually Indian Tribe are partnering with Cedar Grove, Nisqually Land Trust, Washington State University, and local water chemistry laboratories to pilot a new stormwater biofiltration system within the Nisqually watershed. In-ground systems have proven successful at filtering stormwater to reduce pollution entering waterways. This project will be the first in situ test of a compost-based containerized mobile filtration system designed to capture and filter stormwater runoff from bridges, elevated roadways, and other structures. The system will be installed along Highway 7 where it crosses Ohop Creek, a Nisqually River tributary, to filter vehicle impacted stormwater (VIS). This pilot study will test the mobile VIS biofiltration system’s effectiveness at removing harmful contaminants before they enter the Nisqually River system by comparing water chemistry and toxicity to fish in pre-filtered water versus post-filtered water during storm events. Results will serve as a model for future stormwater management and will inform transportation redesign projects in ecologically sensitive areas throughout the region, including a major redesign of the I-5 corridor over the Nisqually Estuary. | More details | |
| Northwest Environmental Advocates | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | South Sound ; Central Sound ; North Sound ; Salish Sea; Map for Rose Puget Sound 2020.pdf ; The project addresses the entirety of Puget Sound. Maps: (1) Puget Sound sewage treatment plants; (2) Deschutes basin; (3) South Fork Nooksack basin. (Budd Inlet and Lake Whatcom are nearby, respectively.) | Advocating for Puget Sound Water Quality and Salmon Habitat | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://northwestenvironmentaladvocates.org/ | Puget Sound is beset by nitrogen and toxic pollution that is causing widespread algal blooms, exploding jellyfish populations, and adverse effects to salmon and orca whales. Its tributaries are beset by unshaded stream banks that cause water temperatures to rise, threatening the existence of cold-water salmon and amphibians. Despite current poor water quality conditions in Puget Sound’s marine and fresh waters, which state and federal agencies have predicted will worsen from increased population pressures and the measurable effects of climate change, these same agencies continue business as usual in the form of discharge permits that are missing required pollution limits and nonexistent or inadequate coastal nonpoint source pollution control programs. NWEA, working with its outside six-person legal team, is focused on a three-part advocacy and litigation strategy to achieve the following results: (1) to control nitrogen discharges to Puget Sound from sewage treatment plants, which will concurrently reduce the discharge of toxic pollutants, including unregulated pharmaceuticals and personal care products; (2) to improve or jump start controls on nonpoint sources including farming, logging, and on-site septic systems, with an emphasis on forested riparian buffers; and (3) to strengthen the Clean Water Act and state regulatory programs that drive pollution controls on point and nonpoint sources, including obtaining new water quality standards to protect aquatic species from toxics pollutants and fine sediment, the timely and complete publication of impaired waters lists that include all pollutants affecting Puget Sound species, and timely and effective TMDL clean-up plans that establish the pollution controls needed to restore polluted waters. | More details | |
| Not An Alternative | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $30,000.00 | Central Sound; ; Our work affects 75 drainage basins on Vashon-Maury Islands and 54 miles of shoreline and near-shore ecosystems (half of King County’s undeveloped shoreline) in WRIA 9; programs will be near the salmon-bearing watersheds of Judd and Shinglemill. | Whale People: Protectors of the Sea—Education, Culture, and Community Science to Improve Our Waters | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Washington | http://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org | We propose to use our award-winning outdoor exhibition and film Whale People: Protectors of the Sea to inspire and catalyze community-wide action to improve water quality in Puget Sound. In collaboration with Lummi Nation, Vashon Nature Center (VNC), Vashon Heritage Museum, and the Vashon School District, we will produce a program that includes large-scale outdoor exhibitions at two public sites on the island; a speaker series (virtual and/or in-person TBD); curricula tie-ins for 3rd-12th grades; and coordinated media promotion to engage youth and adults in ways to reduce stormwater pollution. We will promote the VNC’s new rain garden as both a model and a site that will require ongoing community investment; volunteer opportunities through their Stormwater Action Groups; and ways to use the VNC and WSU citizen science stormwater monitoring toolbox. We will enable students and audiences to learn from and about Coast Salish tribes’ ancestral teachings about right relations with nature, and how to protect natural and cultural heritage and the health of the waters. The exhibition will debut outside the Heritage Museum as part of its new natural history exhibition and next door to the VNC rain garden. It features a 16-foot, 3,000-pound orca totem made by the House of Tears Carvers and an IMAX-style film projected onto a 15’x30’ roofless octagonal tent, integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge, marine science, and underwater videography of local orcas. School field trips and a speaker series featuring Indigenous fishers, leaders, and allied scientists will inspire and promote concrete steps people can take to improve local water quality. Our projects will provide the context and catalyst for community science and civic engagement in the Vashon community, increasing the likelihood that people will change behaviors and act to support regional engineering projects, development decisions, and policy initiatives to help restore and protect Puget Sound waters. | More details | |
| Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | South Sound; Overview of project.pdf ; Budd Inlet, Olympia, WA | Ecosystem and Water Quality Enhancement through Watershed Restoration in Olympia, WA Â- Phase III | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | https://olyecosystems.org/ | The Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation (OCEP) recently conserved two acres on West Bay Drive that are contiguous with the now 18.5 acres of conserved land in the West Bay Woods in Olympia, WA. The entire West Bay Woods is an important watershed to West Bay in Budd Inlet, and represents a meaningful opportunity to address the significant water quality issues in Budd Inlet by enhancing stormwater infiltration and detoxification with green infrastructure. The eastern edge of the newly acquired properties consists of remnant feeder bluffs that once marked the pre-settlement shoreline of West Bay in Budd Inlet. This site (directly across the bay from the Port of Olympia) has experienced significant disturbance over the past century. Most recently in 2014, the City of Olympia removed approximately 250 mature trees from the slope and surrounding area as part of the construction of a retaining wall and sidewalk. The City, however, neglected to implement the final stage of construction, a required tree plan. The result is a denuded slope that has experienced significant and predictable invasive species growth. OCEP proposes to restore and revegetate this area and to construct a landscaped stormwater pond that would significantly enhance stormwater treatment of upland flows by increasing capacity and by reducing flow through the adjacent contaminated Reliable Steel site located on the Budd Inlet shoreline. The location of the proposed pond was once a paved parking lot for the Reliable Steel site before it shut down in 2009. Rose funding would be dedicated to the construction of the pond and associated check dams in the seasonal stream that is partly fed by two upland, Rose-funded green infrastructure projects. The project represents a significant partnership-building opportunity for OCEP as we pivot from the forested watershed to the conservation, remediation and restoration of the post-industrial West Bay Shoreline that is currently a target for development. | More details | |
| Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | South Sound; WRIA13 Map.jpg ; Our project covers WRIA 13, which includes the Budd/Deschutes, east Eld and Henderson Inlet watersheds. Future expansion is envisioned to WRIA 14. | South Sound Healthy Watersheds Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Washington | https://pugetsoundkeeper.org/ | Puget Soundkeeper will provide program development support to the Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team (DERT) in Pollution Monitoring and Prevention in the South Puget Sound. The DERT mission is to restore and protect the Deschutes River and Budd Inlet watershed (DERT advocates for the removal of Olympia’s 5th Avenue Dam and the full restoration of the Deschutes Estuary). Since 2011, they have worked to educate the South Sound community on the benefits of estuary restoration and advocate for funding and necessary studies. They envision a restored urban estuary and functioning ecosystem in the headwaters of Puget Sound. Puget Soundkeeper will provide training, resources and logistical support to DERT to expand their capacity and assist them in becoming a Waterkeeper affiliate working in partnership with Soundkeeper and other waterkeepers and organizations in the region focused on the goal of restoring and protecting the waters of Puget Sound as a whole. DERT’s work will cover WRIA 13, which includes the Budd/Deschutes, east Eld and Henderson Inlet watersheds, with the intention of future expansion into WRIA 14, which includes Oakland Bay, Totten Inlet in the South Sound and southern portions of Hood Canal. | More details | |
| Salish Sea Sciences | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Central Sound ; Salish Sea; ; The proposed project's focus is on students from the Green-Duwamish watershed and for the purpose restoring, protecting, enhancing, and mitigating that watershed, by way of their immersion in a Salish Sea experience in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. | Ecology and Conservation—Green-Duwamish watershed meets the Salish Sea | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Washington | salishseasciences.org | The project for consideration is a 2-week immersive, residential summer Ecology and Conservation program tailored specifically to engage and empower 8-9 high schoolers—nominated by Unleash the Brilliance, an organization designed "to help close the achievement gap for students at the risk of academic failure and keep them out of the school to prison pipeline"—who have exhibited exceptional environmental leadership in their home communities in the Green-Duwamish River watershed. Salish Sea Sciences respects the commitment demonstrated by these young people and intends to support and compound the sustainability of their efforts. Salish Sea Sciences is situated on San Juan Island in the Salish Sea, where fresh water and shorelines are precious and where the severe losses of southern resident orca remind us we are at an ecological precipice. The location also is one of the world's most biologically diverse and home to a constellation of organizations and individuals with extraordinary expertise in marine and environmental sciences as well as advocacy, policy and law, offering what the National Monument Declaration suggests: "a refuge of scientific and historic treasures and a classroom for generations." Salish Sea Sciences is thus positioned to expose students to the arc of environmental science, action, and career awareness, highlighting the Salish Sea as a giant estuarial system from the mountains to the Sound and Straits and drawing attention to the fluidity between research and mitigation efforts pursued here in microcosm with that of the Green-Duwamish Rivers. Students return home to their watershed with a renewed energy to engage, enabled with action plans, and equipped with new knowledge and skills to exert a positive effect. Students obtaining a sense of belonging and agency in a place they can fully appreciate as their own, in the company of a tight cohort, and among mentors representing multiple fields of expertise and experience is a powerful thing. | More details | |
| Save Habitat and Diversity of Wetlands | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $15,000.00 | Central Sound; SHADOW Location & Parcel Map.pdf ; SHADOW is part of the Green-Duwamish Watershed. The headwaters for Jenkins creek originate on SHADOW’s property. Jenkins creek flows into Soos Creek, a salmon-bearing system, which flows into the Green River entering the Puget Sound at Elliott Bay. | Preservation, Restoration and Education at SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | https://shadowhabitat.org/ | SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve is requesting general operating funds to support the programs, projects, and services that we provide to our wetlands, the watershed, and our community. As SHADOW continues to grow the size of the Nature Preserve and navigate through a global pandemic, we remain committed to providing our surrounding communities with a place to enjoy nature, learn about the importance of critical wetland habitats, and engage in ethical land stewardship. SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve staff and board of directors has been working diligently to provide flexible environmental education opportunities, maintain safe public access to our trail system, and ensure our habitats and wetlands remain healthy. To continue to serve our region, SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve is striving to create and adapt our education and community engagement programs and activities to comply with new regulations. Our goal is to reach more community members, of all ages, through our current programming and alternative learning opportunities that include virtual classes and events and off-site environmental education. In addition to our education programs, SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve continues to work with community partners to complete stewardship and restoration projects at the Nature Preserve. SHADOW is a small organization providing a positive impact for our local habitats and the community. We contribute directly to the health of the Green-Duwamish Watershed through our habitat preservation and restoration efforts. More importantly, we connect the community to our natural landscapes and teach them about the importance of wetland protection, water quality, and how our ecosystem links to the rest of the Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $6,332.00 | Salish Sea; ; Our Washington Conservation Corps crew will be working in the Skagit, Samish, and Sauk watersheds removing invasive species, planting native species, and becoming more involved with local community members at volunteer events. | Skagit Watershed Community Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://www.skagitfisheries.org/ | For over two decades, Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group (SFEG) has sponsored a Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) crew to complete restoration work in the Skagit, Samish, and Sauk watersheds. The WCC AmeriCorps program is designed to mentor new leaders in the field of restoration, and provides young adults the opportunity to gain hands-on experience, field skills, and training certification related to habitat restoration. SFEG is seeking funds to support both our sponsored WCC crew and our restoration partners through donated WCC crew labor. Our restoration projects are, in large part, possible because of the work of our WCC crew. Our WCC crew implements our riparian planting, maintains our restoration sites, and provides the workforce for our knotweed program in the Sauk and upper Skagit watersheds. By providing funds to support the WCC crew, the Rose Foundation will increase our ability to work with more partners and create more opportunities for the WCC members to participate in volunteer events. SFEG strives to enable the WCC crew to participate in events that help them grow and utilize their leadership skills, such as our Earth Day and Make a Difference Day volunteer events. We want to create opportunities that enable WCC members to participate in other parts of our organization, like our native plant nursery or at our monitoring sites throughout the Skagit. We would support new or underfunded restoration projects by providing necessary labor to important restoration work. With additional funding we would regularly send our WCC crew to support partner’s events, like Orca Recovery Day hosted by the Skagit Conservation District. | More details | |
| Sno-King Watershed Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Central Sound ; North Sound; WRIA 7, 8, 9 map.pdf ; We work in the Lake Washington-Cedar-Sammamish watershed (WRIA8), in the sub-basins of the Sammamish River, Swamp Creek, North Creek, Little Bear Creek, and others. We also are working in the Snohomish watershed (WRIA7) on the Skykomish River. | Protecting Puget Sound Streams via Project Reviews and Appeals Round 2 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | http://snokingwatershedcouncil.org/ | This is an application to continue work which we previously have been funded by the Rose Foundation for. Over 2017 and 2018, we received $25,000 for this type of work, and completed a report on the work. This is still important and potentially precedent-setting work, in a niche in which few organizations operate. The water quality of Puget Sound is threatened by the many land-disturbing development projects underway, especially those which do not comply with applicable codes, particularly relating to water quality, storm water flow control, wetland delineation, and wetland and stream buffer widths. We have found that agencies and jurisdictions charged with reviewing applications and enforcing codes do not in fact use due diligence and often approve projects which under closer scrutiny don't meet the code requirements. Expert members of the Sno-King Watershed Council have been reviewing permit submittals, engineering diagrams and calculations, wetland and critical area drawings and reports, offering comments, and filing appeals as appropriate. As a result of our reviews, comments, and appeals, we have been successful in protecting streams and wetlands, getting better water quality and flow control designs enacted, and obtained settlements which have been used for construction of rain gardens and other projects to benefit the water quality of Puget Sound. In addition to the direct benefit of these reviews and appeals, they also set precedents, our goal being better subsequent review processes by enforcement agencies. We rely primarily on volunteer work for civil engineers and stormwater expertise, but also use paid consultants as needed including wetlands biologists and lawyers. We partner with affected downstream jurisdictions and other non-profits. With increased funding and capacity, we could increase the amount of work that we do in this vitally important area. With this proposal, we seek to increase our capacity in the area of project reviews and appeals. | More details | |
| Snohomish Conservation District | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | North Sound; Renew Location Map.png ; The site is located at 2721 164th St SW in Lynnwood, WA. The garden is located on the grounds of Renew Church on the east end of the lot. | Urban Agriculture: Reducing Stormwater Runoff and Increasing Food Access | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | http://snohomishcd.org | The Snohomish Conservation District (SCD) proposes implementing a systems approach to reduce stormwater runoff, improve salmon habitat, and increase food access in an area experiencing degraded water quality and food insecurity. This approach will include constructing an organic community garden, installing rainwater catchment, and engaging with the local community. Implementation will triple the size of the existing community garden, greatly increasing capacity to address food insecurity issues in an underserved area. This project will also add a rainwater catchment system to divert stormwater runoff and provide a water source for the food crops. The catchment system will retain stormwater from impermeable surfaces, which would typically enter the stormwater system and discharge to water bodies. This water will instead be filtered and used to irrigate urban food crops. Filtration and infiltration will reduce flooding and keep nutrients and pollutants from the waterways, reducing heavy metal, nutrient, and bacterial pollution. SCD will also engage the community to develop a food sovereignty program, making sure to grow and provide food crops that are culturally relevant for the community. The Renew Community Garden uses the fruit and vegetables grown in local food bank meals for the surrounding neighborhood and to bring together diverse groups of people through food. SCD will coordinate educational opportunities for the community to learn about the garden and its benefits; the ecosystem of the local watershed; and nutritional benefits of organically grown fresh produce. Outreach will also include education for volunteers and staff, signage to communicate system function and benefits, and ensure the garden’s long-term operation. SCD will use its extensive experience in successful community outreach projects and implementation of urban agriculture projects to produce significant improvements to stormwater runoff and local access to nutrition where both are needed. | More details | |
| South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $35,000.00 | South Sound; 20190228_ButlerCovePermit_OptRed.pdf ; The Butler Cove Estuary Restoration Project is located on the west side of Budd Inlet approximately 2 miles north of Olympia in Thurston County. Attached is a location map and the restoration plan. | Butler Cove Estuary Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://spsseg.org/ | Butler Cove estuary was modified and developed in the early 1930’s by the property owner for the installation of fish rearing ponds from the mouth of the estuary up 400’ to Windolph Road, a private road. The development consisted of installing an earth embankment across the estuary, a concrete spillway, an 18-inch bypass pipe and upstream concrete divider walls and spillways. Fish rearing operations were abandoned and as a result of neglected maintenance, the impoundment filled with sediment. In 2006, the earthen dam failed, but the infrastructure remains. The project proposes to remove the remaining infrastructure; prepare a plan and work with local residents to address invasives; and let natural processes restore the creek bed. The Butler Cove Estuary is the largest pocket estuary in Budd Inlet that drains Butler Creek which has three separate tributaries each with wetland complex headwaters and host 3 miles of potential habitat. Each year, multiple salmonid species attempt to reach these headwaters (personal communication, Fred Seager). Restoration of Butler Cove salt marsh is high priority for locally driven salmon restoration. Restoration of marine marshes like Butler Cove improve estuarine function compromised by physical alteration. The Windolph Road community has been advocating for and supportive of this project since 2003. The project received $192,000 from the Salmon Recovery Funding Board. SRFB requires $35,000 match through volunteer contributions and other grant sources. The project is fully designed and partially permitted. | More details | |
| Stillwaters Environmental Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Central Sound; map of Restoration sites.pdf ; Puget Sound Appletree Cove Carpenter Creek Estuary Carpenter Lake Carpenter Creek watershed Kingfisher Creek Crabapple Creek | Carpenter Creek Estuary Restoration, Research, & Monitoring Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://www.stillwatersenvironmentalcenter.org | This model restoration project in Central Puget Sound protects & restores over 30 acres of high quality estuarine habitat in this crucial location for migrating salmonids. Our estuary is one of the last refuges before the salmon head north into the Strait. The MONITORING PROGRAM of the restoration project is critical to evaluation of the project effectiveness & in creating a reference site for restoration elsewhere around the Sound. We engage citizen-scientists & professionals, all volunteers, to conduct monitoring & research in the watershed on 20+ different parameters. RESEARCH: We add parameters as need & interest arises, such as the ground water sampling to determine the freshwater seepage into the saltwater marsh, due to new housing developments next door. In 2020, we will coordinate the locations of data collection across the parameters, to demonstrate the interdependency of elements of the estuary. A MODEL FOR OTHERS: In 2020, we continue to document our procedures & protocol for our citizen-based monitoring program, & we will share more of that on our website. When we started the salt marsh monitoring, we had no reference sites to access for protocol or comparison. We see a need to be a reference for other restoration around the Sound, especially citizen-based projects. EDUCATION: We use this restoration program to educate interns & graduate research students from Western Washington University, from the University of Washington, & other universities. We offer field trip sites for the local schools from pre-school to college, & high school field studies for our Kingston High School students. We also educate local citizens on the importance of watershed protection at a community & at an individual level. | More details | |
| The Common Acre | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $35,000.00 | Central Sound; Map - ProjectLocationandWetlands.pdf ; Duwamish estuary sub-watershed; our planting site impacts the headwaters of the Duwamish River, Taylor Creek West Fork, and Lake Washington. The specific address of the site is: 10617 53rd Ave S, Seattle WA, 98178. | The Green Line Green Infrastructure Youth Crew | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://www.commonacre.org/ | The Green Line is one of The Common Acre’s keystone projects: a 2 acre pollinator conservation project along the Creston-Duwamish transmission corridor of Seattle City Light, developed and managed by The Common Acre and our partners since 2015. This demonstration site that models how communities may repurpose inactive public space to enhance pollinator habitat, food resilience, human health, and water quality. In 2020, The Common Acre will partner with DIRT Corps to conduct a project aimed at: engaging diverse local youth with our site, helping to prevent ongoing watershed pollution, and improving the health of native habitats along our site, including riparian restoration zones. Specifically, we will: 1) Engage up to 20 youth ages 13-22, in a 6-week program that offers 33 hours of curriculum focused on: stormwater and wastewater; BMPs of ecological restoration work; native and invasive plant ID and management; site assessment skills; visiting DIRT Corps’ nursery at King County’s South Treatment Plant; volunteer management and leadership skills. Youth will likely be recruited from Rainier Beach Action Coalition’s Youth Fellowship program, and will receive these opportunities in green infrastructure and ecological restoration guided by professional mentors and community leaders. 2) Work with an Indigenous landscape designer and DIRT Corps member to design and implement a site-expansion on up to 2 acres, focused on improving native habitat and increasing stormwater infiltration on the project site by installing up to 2,000 native shrubs and forbs, amending compacted urban soils, and removal of invasive species including Reed Canary Grass and Himalayan Blackberry. 3) Conduct 4 public work parties, co-managed by The Common Acre and DIRT Corps staff, and supported by our project Community Liaison, and Field Director. At these free public events, community members will play a hands-on role in site restoration and learn about issues impacting water quality. | More details | |
| Tilth Alliance | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $20,000.00 | Central Sound; rbufw-map-2019.pdf ; These projects are based in southeast Seattle, connecting the wetlands of Rainier Beach to Lake Washington and Puget Sound. | Soil & Water Stewards/Youth Employment | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://www.tilthalliance.org/ | With support from the Rose Foundation, Tilth Alliance piloted our Soil and Water Stewards (SWS) program in 2017 with a goal of training a diverse cohort of volunteers to lead water quality improvement projects and serve as watershed ambassadors throughout Seattle and King County. Additional support helped grow the program with a focus on traditionally underserved communities and fueled targeted outreach and projects in East and South King County, within immigrant and refugee communities, low-income neighborhoods, senior centers, and schools. This program has been phenomenally successful, having now trained 124 volunteers who worked over 1,365 hours of volunteer time including community-based water quality improvement demonstration projects, raingarden and green infrastructure installations, and educational workshops encouraging residents to adopt chemical-free, natural yard care and better manage stormwater runoff, all of which benefits the quality of water in Puget Sound. What began as a one-month, six-session, 21-hour training has grown into a nine-month program with 45 hours of comprehensive training on soil, water, and food system stewardship with monthly projects throughout King County. At our 10-acre Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands (RBUFW) public property in southeast Seattle, we employ 10 youth of color from low-income households to work on restoring the onsite wetlands that connect directly to Lake Washington. We ask the Rose Foundation to help keep this critical activity thriving for the benefit of the waterways and the youth. In addition to stipends for five additional youth, we ask the Foundation to support the development of outdoor signage that will educate the public on the importance of wetland preservation and connecting the wetland to Lake Washington and Puget Sound, as well as the impact of regenerative, sustainable, and organic growing methods on water quality. Youth participants will help design and install the new signage. | More details | |
| Toxic Free Future | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $40,000.00 | Central Sound ; Salish Sea; ; Puget Sound overall, but especially Elliot Bay, Commencement Bay, the Thea Foss Waterway, and the Duwamish River outfall. | Safer Products for Pollution Prevention in Puget Sound | Environmental Health & Justice | Washington | http://www.toxicfreefuture.org | Washington state’s wide-sweeping new Safer Products for Washington Act provides an unprecedented opportunity to remove millions of pounds of chemicals from thousands of consumer products. This will not only protect people and communities that make and use the products, it will protect vulnerable wildlife and sensitive ecosystems downstream of consumer product use. Toxic-Free Future (TFF) will assertively implement Safer Products for Washington, seeking input from collaborating partners in community-based organizations, and advocating that priority products for communities are addressed. We will also provide state agencies with strong science and analysis so product groups that are high volume and high exposure are targeted. TFF will also activate and engage our grassroots, coalition partners, decision makers, scientists, health-effected individuals, and media outlets. The first classes of chemicals to be addressed under Safer Products for Washington are PFAS chemicals, hormone disrupting phthalates, toxic flame retardants, industrial phenolics, and PCBs. What’s so exciting about Safer Products for Washington is that these chemicals will be addressed as entire classes, not just chemical-by-chemical. We can now prevent chemical whack-a-mole in which the chemical industry simply substitutes equally bad or worse chemicals for ones that are restricted. | More details | |
| Washington Environmental Council | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | South Sound ; Central Sound ; North Sound ; Salish Sea; ; We are working to protect all bodies of water in the Puget Sound region. There are a high concentration of MTCA sites in Central Puget Sound, particularly the Duwamish River, Commencement Bay, and the Puyallup River. See map of sites in Attachments. | Puget Sound Toxic Pollution Prevention and Cleanup Advocacy | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | http://www.wecprotects.org | Washington Environmental Council is working to protect and restore Puget Sound from over a century of harm by advancing strong policies and funding mechanisms to improve water quality across the region. Over the next year, we will be working to strengthen and defend Washington’s signature toxic pollution cleanup and prevention funding program, the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA). After failed legislative attempts, WEC helped secure MTCA’s passage in 1988 as a voter initiative, and the program has since cleaned up over 7,000 polluted sites across the state. However, there are still over 13,000 designated MTCA sites in Washington, with the majority of polluted sites concentrated in the Puget Sound region, particularly in communities of color and low-income communities. MTCA is currently undergoing a multi-year administrative overhaul, and WEC sits on the advisory group guiding this process. We are working to incorporate racial and economic equity in every step of the MTCA process, strengthen cleanup quality standards, and defend the program’s funding from being redirected to other state budget needs in the midst of an economic crisis. WEC needs additional resources in the coming year to fight attempts by major polluting industries to weaken MTCA, and to educate and engage the public in advocacy for toxic pollution cleanup and prevention. | More details | |
| Weed Warriors | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $10,000.00 | Central Sound; green-river-watershed-map with location in red.pdf ; | Invasive Weed Species Removal near Myers Way Wetlands | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Washington | http://naturestewardswa.org/ | The overall goal is to improve the health of the wetlands and streams within the Myers Parcels by removing invasive weed species. The project site, located in the Green/Duwamish Watershed, is in proximity to the headwaters of Hamm Creek, which empties into Puget Sound via the Duwamish River. The purpose of this project is to protect and conserve the wetlands of Myers Parcels and restore the damage by invasive weed infestations that occurred from neglect by a previous tenant. These Parcels are now in the City of Seattle Finance and Administrative Services Dept. and a section of the parcels is home to a City-sanctioned tiny-house encampment of approximately 50 homeless individuals, Camp Second Chance. The project includes activities that engage community volunteers and residents of Camp Second Chance in the removal of invasive noxious weeds in the area near the wetlands. The project addresses the social equity justice issues by training and employing the residents that have been displaced from traditional housing due to rising rental costs in the Seattle area. This project, located in a racially diverse low-income area of West Seattle, also demonstrates citizen involvement in environmental stewardship activities and educates about the importance keeping Puget Sound healthy. 1. Community Engagement in environmental stewardship of critical areas such as wetlands and stream tributaries that effect the health of Puget Sound 2. Assessment of invasive plants near the wetlands 3. Removal of invasive weeds to allow the natural re-vegetation of native plant species This project offers stipends to the camp residents, provides training on invasive species removal, and provides the necessary tools, work boots and jackets. The volunteer participants and the camp residents, who are of varied ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, and sexual orientation, will acquire a skill, increasing employment opportunities, and gain knowledge about the local environment. | More details | |
| Weed Warriors | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $10,000.00 | Central Sound; green-river-watershed-map with location in red.pdf ; The Myers Way wetland project site, located in the Green/Duwamish Watershed, is in proximity to the headwaters of Hamm Creek, which empties into Puget Sound via the Duwamish River. Address: 9701 Myers Way So., Seattle, WA 98108 Wetland #1 | Invasive Weed Removal near Myers Way Wetlands - Phase 2 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://naturestewardswa.org/ | The overall goal of Phase 2 is to improve the health of the wetland within the Myers Parcels. The project site, located in the Green/Duwamish Watershed, is in proximity to the headwaters of Hamm Creek, which empties into Puget Sound via the Duwamish River. The purpose of this Phase 2 is to continue removing invasive Himalayan blackberry roots and begin the restoration process, provide weed suppression of mulched organic material, followed by restoration with native plants, such as willow, that further enhances the quality of the wetland habitat. In the first phase, we removed over one-half acre of dense, impenetrable blackberry thickets and some of the roots. The blackberry canes will be mulched and used on site as weed suppression to protect the soil from other invasive weeds. These Parcels are owned by City of Seattle with a section dedicated to a City-sanctioned tiny-house encampment of approximately 50 drug and alcohol-free homeless individuals, Camp Second Chance. Activities will engage community volunteers and residents of Camp Second Chance in the restoration of the delineated wetland area. The project addresses social equity justice issues by training and employing the residents that have been displaced from traditional housing due to rising rental costs in the Seattle area. This project, located in a racially diverse low-income area of West Seattle, also demonstrates citizen involvement in environmental stewardship activities and educates about the importance keeping Puget Sound healthy. This project provides training on invasive species removal, stipends for Camp participants, the necessary tools, and protective gear. The volunteer participants and the camp residents, who are of varied ethnicity, cultural backgrounds, and sexual orientation, will acquire a skill, increasing employment opportunities, and gain knowledge about the local environment, wetlands, and habitat restoration. | More details | |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $30,000.00 | South Sound ; Central Sound ; North Sound ; Salish Sea; ; Our advocacy is broad and implicates the entire Puget Sound ecosystem. That said, our work will specifically protect Elliott Bay, the Duwamish River Watershed, Commencement Bay, Budd Inlet, and the waters of South Sound. | Legal Advocacy to Protect Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://www.westernlaw.org | The Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) is engaged in a legal advocacy campaign to protect the waters of Puget Sound. In this campaign, WELC's legal team will work with our clients and partners including, most notably, Northwest Environmental Advocates and Earthrise Law Center. WELC will not be partnering with, working with, communicating with, or coordinating with Puget Soundkeeper on this project. Puget Soundkeeper will not be a WELC client for this project. Specifically, WELC is fighting to protect the Sound's waters via two complimentary efforts. First, All Known, Available, and Reasonable Treatment (AKART) is the concept that all known and reasonable methods of pollution treatment must be used to control pollution. Currently, the Washington Department of Ecology is in violation of AKART and the agency routinely issues National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permits that require only the use of secondary sewage treatment. This process fails to reduce the amounts of nutrients and toxics discharged to Puget Sound. Over the last 35 years, tertiary treatment, which can remove nutrients and toxics, has become increasingly known, available, and economically feasible. The goal of our legal advocacy is to force the Washington Department of Ecology to comply with AKART and the Clean Water Act to protect the Sound from improperly treated wastewater. Second, WELC is engaged in litigation challenging the Environmental Protections Agency’s approval of Washington’s 2012 Clean Water Act section 303(d) List and water pollution cleanup priority schedule, and failure to develop total maximum daily load (TMDLs) rules for impaired waters. In addition, we have sued EPA for failing to develop the necessary TMDLs, as the law requires. We filed our lawsuit with the District Court of the Western District of Washington. The goal of our advocacy is to force the EPA and Ecology to comply with the 303(d) rules, which will inherently lead to a cleaner, healthier Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2020 | $25,000.00 | Central Sound ; North Sound; ; Central, Eastern, and North Puget Sound, Salish Sea | Taking Back Our Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | https://wildfishconservancy.org/ | Since 2017, Wild Fish Conservancy has led and facilitated the Our Sound, Our Salmon campaign, a broad-based grassroots coalition, with the shared objective of ending commercial open water finfish aquaculture in Puget Sound to improve water quality, protect threatened and endangered species, and restore greater ecosystem health. In 2018, with partial support from the Rose Foundation, this diverse coalition successfully advocated for a landmark law phasing out all Atlantic salmon net pen aquaculture in Washington by 2022. Following the legislation the coalition continued to work together to drive important policy changes to better regulate this industry through the phase out including actions to protect water quality and prevent the spread of pathogens to wild stocks. In 2020, WFC is continuing to lead the Our Sound, Our Salmon campaign in an urgent, new initiative, Taking Back Our Sound, to prevent the net pen industry from expanding in Puget Sound by transitioning their permits and leases to allow for the commercial propagation of highly-domesticated steelhead not prohibited by Washington's recent law. Employing a broad outreach strategy, WFC will work to renergize and grow the highly-effective OSOS coalition and direct the campaign's momentum toward efforts to stop this expansion by preventing the renewal of Cooke Aquaculture's leases. On behalf of the public, WFC will use our scientific and legal expertise to submit a technically rigorous application to lease all public lands currently used by the company that effectively argues protecting these public waters for the restoration of water quality, salmonids, orcas, and the greater ecosystem is ecologically, scientifically, and financially in the best interest of the public. WFC will work in collaboration with the coalition to replicate our legislative success and demonstrate widespread public support necessary to demand the State lease these lands back to the public, ending net pen aquaculture in Puget Sound. | More details | |
| American Rivers | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | Central Sound | Roxhill Bog and Longfellow Creek Network | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | https://www.americanrivers.org/ | Longfellow Creek is one of the most racially diverse, urbanized sub-basins of the Green-Duwamish River, but the impacts of urbanization have diminished the quantity and quality of water entering the neighboring Roxhill Bog and Longfellow Creek, leading to degraded aquatic habitat and unsafe conditions for residents. At the end of 2018, American Rivers collaborated with trusted local partners, the Delridge Neighborhood Development Association (DNDA) and Duwamish Alive Coalition (DAC), to undertake efforts to restore hydrologic function to Roxhill Bog and advance restoration throughout Longfellow Creek. Generous funding provided by the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment supported the development of a hydrologic study to understand why the bog was degrading and develop a conceptual design to fix it. To complete the third phase of the project, partners will develop shovel-ready construction plans for a pilot project that will retain water in a section of the bog to recharge groundwater levels, improve site lines by restoring native wetland vegetation, lay the groundwork for education programs and provide data for future phases of the project. American Rivers requests a $30,000 grant from the Rose Foundation to advance the restoration design of the pilot groundwater block and provide support for partners to lead meaningful public engagement with the community of color surrounding the bog, which include Latinx, Somali and Vietnamese populations, to ensure community needs are met in the project design and residents are informed of project progress. We will also provide guidance, technical support and funding to our local partners to ensure they have the resources and tools needed to meet their long-term water quality goals in Longfellow Creek. We will support DNDA in leading the Longfellow Creek Network into the future and fostering collaboration between community members, NGOs and local agencies that will inform future projects across the watershed. | More details | |
| Brinnon Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $10,000.00 | Central Sound | Monitoring Impacts of Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort Development on Hood Canal | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Washington | http://www.brinnongroup.org/ | Goal: To establish a system to monitor water quality in Hood Canal and the Duckabush River related to the Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort (MPR) development. **An MPR is an exception to the state Growth Management Act, which allows urban density development in rural areas. The MPR would have 890 residential units on 253 acres, plus commercial and recreational facilities and a golf course. *The MPR is located on the Duckabush estuary near vulnerable shellfish beds and extensive salmon recovery planning **MPRs have a high rate of failure, with resulting environmental damage **The 2019 Land Use Petition Act (LUPA) decision won by the Brinnon Group established regulatory parameters for the development, but to reduce cost it appears the developer is trying to develop outside the regulations. **No one is monitoring the water quality or other environmental effects of the MPR (these include impacts on wetlands). **A baseline of environmental conditions must be established so that if the MPR development fails, we can identify what must be done to mitigate or prevent further impacts to the Duckabush estuary, Hood Canal, and the shoreline and to hold the county (and any bonds) responsible for restoring the area. **The ordinance establishing the MPR specifies local participation in monitoring water quality, but allocates no funds for this. **Using donations, the Brinnon Group has begun to monitor the MPR with a drone and with public documents on the permitting process. The county has few resources, if any, committed to monitoring the MPR development. **This proposal is to contract for water quality and legal expertise to develop a system of monitoring environmental impacts, including water quality *Monitoring would include using Lidar maps, additional drone flights, and water quality testing and analysis *Monitoring is key in requiring compliance by the developer and to report non compliance to the county and state agencies. | More details | |
| Building Youth Through Music/WayOut Kids | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $10,000.00 | South Sound | Steam Gone Digital | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Washington | http://www.rodneyraccoon.com | STEAM GONE DIGITAL is a fun digital interactive environmental education program. The program consist of a series of educational videos which utilize science-based curriculum and the great outdoors to teach students about the impact our interactions have on the Puget Sound. If Covid has taught us all anything, we could strongly assume digital learning is here to stay. Our STEAM GONE DIGITAL program addresses these new changes and will deliver environmental education lesson directly into the homes and personal devices of families in the Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Conservation Northwest | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $10,000.00 | Central Sound | Riparian restoration and community engagement in the Upper White River watershed | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://www.conservationnw.org/ | Located on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, the Upper White River watershed drains to Puget Sound. This watershed provides habitat for threatened Puget Sound Chinook salmon, Puget Sound steelhead, and bull trout, but it has been rated by the Forest Service for its “poor†watershed function. Since 2015, we have been collaborating with staff at Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and other partners to develop a holistic restoration strategy for westside watersheds while piloting project-level planning in the Upper Green and White River watersheds. A key success of this work is the Forest Service’s 2020 Decision on the Snoquera project, which authorizes restoration actions on 190,000 acres of the Upper Green and White River watersheds. Now, we are coordinating with the Forest Service to help implement the Snoquera Decision and to ensure public support for sustainable recreation in this landscape. As part of Snoquera, the Forest Service is relocating 14 dispersed campsites away from the Greenwater River in 2022 to better protect aquatic resources. In partnership with the Forest Service and community groups, we will lead dispersed campsite surveys to characterize the most damaging campsites, engage in planning to prioritize which sites to relocate (and which to simply close and restore), and implement restoration of 4 dispersed campsites and associated motorized routes during the grant period. We will also engage user groups to help with trash cleanup, native plantings, sign installation, and wildlife monitoring. Restoring dispersed riparian campsites, and the unauthorized motorized routes that access them, in the Greenwater area of the Upper White River watershed will directly reduce one of the greatest threats to water quality on national forest lands in this part of the Puget Sound, while advancing long-term stewardship of this landscape by building public understanding of the importance of watershed health. | More details | |
| Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/TAG | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | Washington | http://www.duwamishcleanup.org | DRCC's mission is to advocate, empower, promote and transform. Beyond monitoring the cleanup of Seattle’s Duwamish River, DRCC id guided by the voice of the community, which is negatively affected by the environmental, social, and economic impacts of pollution and climate. | More details | |||
| Duwamish Valley Sustainability Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $20,000.00 | Central Sound | Juntos Si Podemos Cuidar Nuestro Rio Duwamish | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Washington | https://www.seattleparksfoundation.org/ | Population projections for Washington state by 2040 are expected to be around 8.8 million. This leads to an increase in water consumption, which is why it is necessary for our population to be directly involved with the correct administration of this important resource. We will select 6 youth from the Duwamish Valley that will be train in: 1) How the source control of the Lower Duwamish Waterway works. 2) What are the main physicochemical variables (pH, turbidity, conductivity, total solids, etc.) of the runoff water that can be measure using a portable instrument. 3) How to export the information collected from the samplings to generate statistical tables and graphs using Excel. Three monitoring groups will be formed that will monitor 12 rainwater drainage points located in South Park and Georgetown over a 4-month period. SDVA will coordinate with Department of Ecology, DRCC, Seattle Public Utilities to choose the monitoring sites. At the end of the project, the youth will be able to evaluate how our source control system behaves in rainy and dry seasons and how it affects our system. All this will be recorded in a final report where we will inform our community of the conclusions and recommendations on the monitoring carried out. | More details | |
| Earth Ministry | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $10,000.00 | South Sound | Standing up to Oil in Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://earthministry.org/ | Earth Ministry’s Standing up to Oil in Puget Sound project educates, inspires, and mobilizes people of faith to take action on oil projects, proposals, and policies that directly impact water quality in Tacoma’s Commencement Bay. Over the last five years, we have built a strong constituency that sees how protecting watersheds and water quality is a core tenet of their faith and understands the danger that unchecked oil expansion poses to Puget Sound. We will continue to expand capacity in Puget Sound congregations and bring the full force of the faith community to participate in strategic decision points in the year ahead. Earth Ministry is uniquely positioned to engage religious leaders to stand up to oil. We will mobilize people of faith to prevent the expansion of two oil facilities in Tacoma, call for a long-term moratorium on new and expanded fossil fuel projects on the Tacoma Tideflats, and weigh in on the Washington Department of Ecology's new statewide rule for evaluating fossil fuel projects, which will apply to any future oil facility proposals. There is a need for clean water advocacy that is not only innovative and scientifically sound, but also hopeful and morally articulate. Earth Ministry brings a unique voice that adds depth to coalition efforts to protect our shared waters. With the support of the Rose Foundation, we will use a values-based framework to educate, train, empower, and provide opportunities for people of faith to take action for the health of Puget Sound and the diverse life it supports. | More details | |
| Enumclaw Plateau Community Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $10,000.00 | South Sound | Boise Creek Trail Natural Area | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | This is a continuation of the same project funded with a $5,000 grant from Rose Foundation in 2019. Phase one is installed and we have continued to monitor the native plant installations through volunteer efforts while weeding and watering the native plants. This phase two funding would allow us to double our footprint further south along the trail. The next section includes invasive blackberry and some reed canary that needs to be managed. We expect this project is very visible and usable to all and it will bring many partners to become more active in this and extending projects on more of a very degraded waterway: Boise Creek, White River, Stuck River, Puyallup River, Commencement Bay, Puget Sound. The community is more interested than ever before and we have actually had a great deal of interest from the city administrators to help us in these efforts. They also want to be educated in the benefits of Native Habitats. We are setting up this scenario through the Washington Native Plant Society. WNPS.org -- The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, The Puyallup Tribe of Indians, The Enumclaw School District, King Conservation District, Pierce Conservation District, South Sound Fisheries, Tacoma Water, and others will be partners. It is important to receive this grant so we can afford to move forward with our outreach and solidifying these partnerships. This area is in a critical crossroads as it is located in King County but drains into Pierce County. Therefore it has been ignored in previous attempts to start restoration and education of the community. It is in the perfect location to involve everyone as an all inclusive with equity and inclusion community commons. It can be used to educate or meditate. This project will demo stream-side mitigation, filtration from the highway, improved habitat for people and creatures. We will be sensitive to cultural issues and history of this site. It will be used by everyone in the community. It is a priority for water quality improvement. | More details | ||
| Environmental Coalition of South Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | South Sound | Using Water Quality Testing Results to Promote the Multiple Benefits of GSI to Industrial Businesses | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Washington | http://www.ecoss.org | The Green-Duwamish Watershed is Seattle’s only river. Designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as a Superfund site in 2001, it is one of the nation’s most toxic hazardous waste sites. The Duwamish River flows into Elliot Bay and is a significant contributor to Puget Sound water quality, as well as salmon and orca health. Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) has emerged as a practical solution to reduce both water volume and contaminants from industrial sites that flow into stormwater drains and into the Duwamish River. Many local manufacturing and industrial businesses produce significant zinc and heavy metal runoff from their roofs and downspouts, yet GSI educational materials and outreach in this area are limited. In areas not connected to the sewer system, GSI solutions help decrease water volume during heavy rainfall and help prevent additional pollution from entering the Duwamish. In 2018, ECOSS and Equinox Studios joined forces to develop a first-of-its-kind, large-scale industrial GSI demonstration site. The Equinox “Industrial Strength†GSI demonstration site showcases stormwater solutions that can be adopted by any industrial or manufacturing business to improve water quality from rainwater pollution. Funds from this grant will help ECOSS continue the partnership with Equinox Studios and continue water quality testing through 2022. We will collect a data set spanning 3+ years to illustrate and promote the effectiveness of GSI system. Building on the successful demonstration site, it is time to take these results to the broader industrial community. ECOSS will engage up to 5 new businesses then plan, implement and track results on a wide range of GSI technologies. ECOSS staff will be fully trained in water sampling and work to train business maintenance staff on Best Management Practices. We will develop a series of case studies for distribution to media, trade publications and at conferences. | More details | |
| Futurewise | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | Central Sound | Community Stewardship Cultivation for the Algona Wetland Preserve | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | https://www.futurewise.org/ | The goal of this project is to cultivate a community stewardship group that will participate in the design and planning of the Algona Wetland Preserve, and will gradually take on stewardship responsibilities as the project progresses. Futurewise will foster increased understanding of the water quality improvement benefits and traditional cultural uses of wetlands in Algona, through education and outreach with local students and community members. The proposed project leverages grant dollars previously invested in the Algona wetland preserve which have accomplished initial public outreach, conceptual design, and wetland delineation to support project permitting. Main activities will include wetland lessons for Alpac Elementary’s 4th and 5th grade classes, outreach to residents and property owners in the vicinity of the Wetland Preserve and community engagement through partnership with the City of Algona’s Community Center programming. | More details | |
| Green River Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | Central Sound | Expansion Soos Creek Basin, City of Kent/Tukwila/Green River Collaboration, and Operations Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | https://www.greenrivercoalition.org/ | Grant project funding will support our new and ongoing projects including our multi-awarded CWM ReGreen 2020 grants based on restoration work within the Soos Creek Basin, City of Kent, and the lower Green River, Tukwila. This project will also help fund work at our Hess site that is upstream from the Soos Creek Hatchery and is a critical parcel of the confluence between Soos and Soosette Creek. We have been awarded an additional 2 CWM ReGreen 2021 grants continuing the work initiated in our CWM 2020 Grants, and last Rose Foundation Grant into 2022/23. We also recently received preliminary approval for a WaterWorks grant, which is King County Council member directed funding. The funds will support work on two of our largest sites in the Soos Creek basin, the Hess Site and Cascade Water Alliance (CWA) site. Work within our CWM ReGreen 2020 Grants are well underway where we have doubled our restoration work site at Riverview Park and a small planting event at our Tukwila sites. Funding from the Puget Sound Stewardship & Mitigation Fund will help move these efforts further to their goals and create more opportunity to engage the community and perspective stewards. This project will also help to support employment for our part-time operations manager and oversight functions for our Green River College intern team. The retainment of an operations manager has been a pivotal asset in increasing the overall capacity of our organization. We have secured additional funding from other sources to support this staff position. | More details | |
| Harbor WildWatch | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $27,090.00 | South Sound | Expanding Community Science Best Practices through Collaboration in Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://harborwildwatch.org/ | Harbor WildWatch’s (HWW) Community Science program mobilizes residents to collect meaningful data at select south Puget Sound locations. Founded in 2013, activities include biodiversity monitoring, salmon observation, water quality testing, beach clean-up events, habitat restoration, and surveys of sea stars, rockfish, sea birds, and eelgrass. Each year, this program has developed improved procedures, implemented new techniques, and grown in volunteer participation. Each year, this program conducts 75-100 community science monitoring events with 750-1,000 individual volunteers. In 2022, our goal is to expand these efforts throughout the Puget Sound region by training other small marine organizations to conduct similar events in their watersheds. These efforts will be facilitated through HWW's participation in the Community Marine Science Centers of the Salish Sea – a group of similarly sized organizations whose mission is to share evidence-based practices, resources, and capacity building strategies to strengthen education, stewardship, and advocacy within our local waters. There are eight active partners located from Olympia to Port Angeles. HWW’s community science activities are the most robust among the partners - making us the ideal organization to lead this collaborative effort. HWW requests funding from the Puget Sound Stewardship & Mitigation Fund to support the operation of our existing community science activities in 2022, as well as the development and implementation of a training program for our partners. This project will greatly expand the breadth of biodiversity data available to inform conservation efforts and policy changes that benefit the Puget Sound. | More details | |
| Just Health Action | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | Central Sound | Duwamish Valley Clean Air Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice | Washington | http://www.justhealthaction.org | The Duwamish Valley (DV) is an Environmental Justice community with disproportionate exposures to air pollution including diesel particulate matter and metals compared to other parts of Seattle. Childhood asthma hospitalization rates are some of the highest in the city of Seattle and life expectancy is 13 years lower than wealthier parts of Seattle. The DV Clean Air Program was re-launched in 2019 to reduce air pollution and health disparities in the DV. The Program’s goal is for Low-income residents, POC, AI/AN, refugees, and immigrants in South Park and Georgetown breathe clean air.The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition (DRCC) has assembled over 25 partners consisting of government agencies, non-profit organizations, and community members to collaboratively address this goal. Through a Results Based Accountability process, the indicator chosen to measure progress toward the goal is reducing asthma prevalence. Three strategies with associated actions and performance measures were developed in 2020 through 15 virtual workshops and several community events. The actions are funded by several of the partner organizations. | More details | |
| Killer Whale Tales | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $11,000.00 | South Sound ; Central Sound | Killer Whale Tales: Deep Dive/Kids Making a Difference, Now! | Environmental Education | Washington | https://killerwhaletales.org/ | KWT’s overarching goal is to promote the conservation of the Puget Sound/Salish Sea waters and the Southern Resident killer whale (SRkw) population that depends upon it. We do this by providing high quality and multiple award winning environmental education programming, using science and storytelling, to kindergarten through 6th grade students and their families. Our program comes at no-cost to the participating schools, as long as the classroom teachers and participants commit to reducing their environmental footprint by completing and return our "Kids Making a Difference, Now!" conservation activities. Our innovative curriculum, offered both in-person and on-line, uses the endangered SRkw population, a species with complex individual and social behaviors, to capture children’s attention and imaginations and inspire them to become stewards of the Puget Sound. Students are fascinated by orcas’ complex communication systems and matriarchal pods. When they learn about the species, they naturally begin to care about it and are eager to learn what they and their families can do to reduce their impact on the regions habitat. | More details | |
| Nisqually Land Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | South Sound | Engaging Community Volunteers in Nisqually Watershed Riparian Reforestation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | http://www.NisquallyLandTrust.org | The Nisqually Land Trust seeks funding from the Rose Foundation Puget Sound Stewardship & Mitigation Fund to expand our community engagement in restoring forests in floodplain and riparian habitats along the Nisqually River mainstem and its tributaries, including Lackamas Creek, Ohop Creek and the Mashel River. Project activities will include coordination with community groups, youth groups, and volunteers from throughout south and central Puget Sound; and hosting in-the-field volunteer events, service projects, and service learning activities. These events will take place in riparian and floodplain habitats on Land Trust properties throughout the watershed and will focus on control of invasive weed species in established forests; site and plant maintenance at sites where native trees and shrubs have been planted during the last six years; and planting on properties recently protected by the Land Trust. | More details | |
| Nisqually Reach Nature Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | South Sound | Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve | Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://nisquallyestuary.org/ | Nisqually Reach Nature Center (Center) proposes to engage community stewards in research and education outreach in South Puget Sound communities. This outreach is particularly important after a year of limited volunteer opportunities due to the global pandemic. Community citizen scientists will collect data on active seabird breeding sites and forage fish spawning beaches in South Puget Sound and report that information to both state and federal agencies, and the public. Center staff will motivate and organize volunteers to accomplish this effort. Citizens will be engaged in the long-term stewardship of these aquatic resources. During this next two-year period, we will continue working with the Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve Implementation Committee (the governing body) on a proposed Aquatic Reserve expansion to encompass all of McNeil Island and extend to Key Peninsula. We are also currently working on a partnership with state agencies to include our volunteers in restoration projects on McNeil Island. We will also continue partnering with the Pacific Northwest Crab Research Group on a regional study of Dungeness crab populations. | More details | |
| Nisqually River Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $29,375.00 | South Sound | Water Quality and Action with Nisqually Students | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Washington | https://nisquallyriver.org | This project will involve 1,000+ students from schools in the Nisqually Watershed in hands-on water quality monitoring of their local streams, a Student GREEN Congress to share their results, and a field investigation on Puget Sound beaches. Students and teachers will receive training, supplies, and field trip support from the Nisqually River Education Project to test their local watershed streams for 8 parameters affecting salmon health. Trainings will include opportunities to learn from local scientists and cultural experts. Students will participate in fall and winter monitoring and compare their data with over 25 years of past student data to draw conclusions and make recommendations to improve their local water quality. 250 students will present their findings at the spring Student GREEN Congress, a student-led water quality conference, and work with peers to create action plans to improve water quality in their communities. 500 students will participate in nearshore field investigations to Puget Sound beaches to conduct inquiry-based studies of marine water quality and aquatic life. By collecting real-world data through outdoor field experiences and making connections to the important role of water quality in human and environmental health, students will gain experience as citizen scientists and as stewards of their waters and environment. | More details | |
| Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $26,000.00 | Central Sound | Water Stewards Central Puget Sound: Promoting Chemical Free Pest Management to Improve Water Quality | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | https://www.pesticide.org/ | Urban pesticide use has been found to be a significant contributor to water pollution due to increased population densities and the expansion of impermeable surfaces. Stormwater runoff carries pesticides from the landscape into the Central Puget Sound, posing detrimental risks to the ecosystem and human health. The Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) aims to reduce pesticide pollution in the Central Puget Sound by enhancing ecosystem and human health resiliency. We will achieve this through partnership with the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association (WSNLA) and Garden Green to collaboratively provide pesticide alternative education, targeted outreach and technical assistance to English and Spanish nursery professionals and community residents. We will focus on communities in Vashon-Maury Islands, Seattle, Bremerton and Poulsbo with an aim to increase individuals’ knowledge around urban pesticide pollution and to improve water quality in the Central Puget Sound. A resource guide and educational workshops will be developed in English and Spanish, focused on new growing techniques and alternative pesticide solutions in the nursery industry to reduce pesticide use and pollution. We will launch a “Water Stewards†Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM) Campaign to educate community residents and groups regarding pesticide literacy and reduction methods to improve Central Puget Sound water quality. CBSM is an active learning method used to raise social awareness, stimulate critical thinking, and lead to action for social change. Traditional approaches of using ads, brochures or websites to encourage behavior change isn’t often enough to achieve lasting success. CBSM is being used effectively in numerous programs across the globe. | More details | |
| Northwest Maritime Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,500.00 | South Sound | Maritime High School: Duwamish Water Quality and Community Action Program (DWQ-CAP) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Washington | https://nwmaritime.org | Northwest Maritime Center (NWMC) and Highline Public Schools have partnered to launch the new Maritime High School (MHS) that started classes September 2021. MHS is centered around principles of access, equity, and environmental justice, and anchored in a maritime focus. DWQ-CAP will be a signature learning experience, building upon the premise that students who help shape their own learning are more invested in outcomes, are better able to identify and work toward learning goals, and are more likely to believe they can succeed. Small project teams of MHS 10th graders, under the guidance of MHS teachers, NWMC educators, maritime professionals and environmental scientists, will design and conduct inquiry-based water quality studies and research and will use their findings to develop community action plans for water quality improvement. Project design criteria will include alignment and adherence with the goals of the Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund. At the MHS we are engaging the next generation of environmental and community leaders, using Project Based Learning (PBL), a dynamic approach in which students actively explore problems and challenges important to them and acquire deeper knowledge. Through DWQ-CAP, students will engage their diverse communities of the lower Duwamish in achieving community-centered outcomes. Because the projects will be student-driven, their own relevant community knowledge and expertise will inform culturally responsive outreach, interactions, and solutions. Under guidance, student teams will design and develop community action plans and stewardship projects that present relevant solutions for their communities. As a result, water quality improves through student-inspired changes that drive understanding and behavior, and long term water quality is positively and sustainably influenced. As important, a new generation of potential environmental leaders are engaged. | More details | |
| Pacific Shellfish Institute | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $15,500.00 | South Sound | Community Education, Engagement, and Action to Protect Budd Inlet Water Quality | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://pacshell.org/ | Our programs are designed to bring the public and scientists together in research, protection, and conservation efforts. These activities will provide community members and students from a variety of backgrounds the opportunity to explore their curiosities about the marine ecosystems; increasing accessibility to science happening in their backyard. For this project, PSI will be collaborating with School District science coordinators, LOTT Alliance, the Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team (DERT), Puget Sound Estuarium, City of Tumwater, ESD 113's Adjudicated Youth program and Olympia Surfriders to increase student and community involvement. | More details | |
| The Friends of the Snoqualmie Trail and River | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | Central Sound | Snoqualmie River Defense Fund | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | https://fosvtr.org/ | The City of North Bend, located on the Snoqualmie River, is on track to double its 2031 Growth Management target a decade early. Issuance of water certificates by North Bend’s water purveyors and a lack of an adequate mitigation plan endangers the Snoqualmie River. Funding is needed for expert legal assistance to protect the quality of the Snoqualmie River and its downstream resources. On March 5, 2021, the WA State Department of Health approved a Water System Plan (WSP) that allows the City of North Bend to expand its water service area and continue issuing water certificates for new development without adequate mitigation of the Snoqualmie River. Inadequate mitigation leads to reduced flow and increased water temperature which threaten the survival of important local and downstream species including the endangered Chinook salmon. Chinook Salmon are the primary food source of a second species, the Southern Resident Puget Sound Orca. The impact of inadequate mitigation goes significantly beyond a local stretch of river. For the past 4 years, Friends of Snoqualmie Valley Trail and River (Friends) have been communicating their concerns regarding the lack of adequate mitigation water in the event of a dry year to the City and state agencies to no avail. In 2015, the last dry year, the City was unable to adequately mitigate the river. According to King County, the Snoqualmie River’s 2015 water temperatures were consistently above state standards for designated uses and resulted in stressful and potentially lethal conditions for salmonids and other fish species. No additional mitigation sources have been added since then, but the City continues to issue water certificates. Even the City’s WSP acknowledges that in the event of a dry year that the City may not be able to properly mitigate the river. Friends have retained a water rights attorney and a land use attorney to assist with filing objections to the ruling. | More details | |
| Vashon Nature Center LLC | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $25,000.00 | Central Sound | BeachNET: discovering our role in a healthy Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Washington | https://vashonnaturecenter.org/ | Vashon Nature Center (VNC) is excited to launch a year-long effort to revamp our long-term community science and education program called BeachNET (Beach Nearshore Ecology Team) for COVID safety and to create a wider, more diverse volunteer corps that better involves all aspects of our community in issues of water quality and Puget Sound health. We ask support from Rose foundation to help us renovate BeachNET programs to increase justice, equity, diversity and inclusion by: 1. Supporting a new Latinx Community Education Specialist position to work with the island Latinx community on watershed health engagement; 2. Work with Vashon Island School District on an exciting pilot program to offer up to 3 internships for students from underrepresented groups to gain early career experience in watershed science and conservation; 3. Add a new beach clean-up program to the existing BeachNET community science programs to involve a wider sector of our population in cleaning up Puget Sound; 4. Offer a Latinx community day at the local natural history exhibit and adjacent rain garden to raise awareness of local watershed health issues. 5. Create innovative and safe responses to the current health crisis through using virtual technologies accessible to a larger audience. Rose Foundation has been pivotal in supporting VNC’s growth from a small, fiscally sponsored group to a successful nonprofit with a thriving staff, board, and community partnerships. We have become the cornerstone for community engagement around watershed health on Vashon-Maury Island. This past year, we learned important lessons about racial inequities and were reminded that diverse and representative community engagement is fundamental to the success of environmental stewardship. We are fired up about making these issues primary in restructuring our programs, partnerships, and youth opportunities for 2021 and beyond. We cannot think of a better partner to help us instigate this then the Rose Foundation. | More details | |
| Wakulima USA | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $35,300.00 | Central Sound | Integrated Stormwater Mitigation, Utilization, and Skillshare for Wakulima | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Washington | https://www.wakulimausa.org/ | In a collaborative partnership with Dynamic Waters and Sawhorse Revolution, Wakulima USA seeks funding to build a multi-faceted rainwater retention, storage, and education project on our working urban farm located in Des Moines, WA. The integrated system is designed to mitigate and manage approximately 45,793 gallons of stormwater. Our system will drastically reduce the high stormwater flow experienced by the half-acre large farm. A series of above ground cisterns will be installed and provide irrigation for the farm during the dry summer season. A rain garden of native plants will also be installed to filter out harmful contaminants, slow stormwater runoff, and reduce erosion. Through our organization’s various programs, we envision using this green stormwater infrastructure project to reinforce our cultures’ environmental stewardship ethic and pollution education for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC); youth; and community members. Furthermore, we intend to use this project as a demonstration site to train female-identifying and/or immigrant/refugee-identifying peoples on the technical build-out of both cisterns and rain garden. We hope to recruit about six to eight participants and utilizing a cohort curriculum model to support collective learning. All participants will be paid a modest stipend, at minimum $500 per individual for a minimum weeklong course. Through this experiential opportunity rooted in Wakulima’s community and economic mobility, we hope lifelong learners and students can exchange knowledge with one another and expand simple stormwater management practices. This project will also benefit three neighboring waterways draining into Puget Sound: Des Moines Creek, Barnes Creek, and Massey Creek. All part of WRIA: 9. This urban salmon bearing streams is impressive to the longevity of our sustained coast salish ecosystem. | More details | |
| Washington Physicians for Social Responsiblity | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $22,920.00 | South Sound | Protecting Water Quality from Fossil Fuels in the Port of Tacoma | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Climate Change & Energy | Washington | https://www.wpsr.org/ | Tacoma’s industrial tideflats, situated on the Puyallup Tribe’s ancestral estuary and home to the Port of Tacoma, is an ongoing target for new and expanded fossil fuel projects – threatening local water quality and human health. The port is one of the largest terminals in the Pacific Northwest. Stopping new oil and gas infrastructure, and mitigating the expansion of existing facilities in the Tacoma Tideflats, presents an opportunity to significantly decrease harmful fracked gas pipeline construction, storage, and vessel traffic in the Salish Sea and northern Washington watersheds. WPSR’s campaigns to stop the construction of a major liquid “natural†gas facility at the Port of Tacoma, and to establish permanent protections against fossil fuel infrastructure in the tideflats are critical to protecting local water quality, and community and environmental health. With past support from the Rose Foundation, WPSR has mobilized health professionals to protect regional water quality by resisting new major fossil fuel projects along Commencement Bay. Oil spills in particular are linked to increased incidence of cancer, reproductive disorders, and other ailments by contaminating local waterways and fishing resources. Health-based advocacy is essential to transcend the "jobs versus environment" debate that has persistently hampered local conservation efforts. Continued partnership with Rose Foundation will allow WPSR and our growing cadre of nurses, physicians, and healthcare workers to recruit and empower additional local health professionals to advocate for protection of the tideflats and local waters. We strongly believe that enlisting health professionals is essential for charting a new course for Tacoma’s industrial port area and its surrounding waters. Our record of effective health advocacy, and WPSR’s reputation among leading local environmental and health organizations, speak to the unique and powerful influence of the health voice. | More details | |
| Weed Warriors | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $20,000.00 | Central Sound | Invasive Weed Removal near Myers Way Wetlands - Phase 3 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Washington | http://naturestewardswa.org/ | Weed Warriors, Camp Second Chance, a sanctioned drug-free and alcohol free homeless camp, and community volunteers will continue to remove invasive noxious weeds in the the wetland area of Myers Way. This wetland area is the start of Hamm Creek that empties into Puget Sounds via the Duwamish River. The project offers education about noxious weeds, wetlands, and native plants, with site restoration of the wetland area near the Camp located on Myers Way So, Seattle, WA. We have restored a section of the wetland and will continue to expand the restoration footprint within the wetland and wetland buffer delineated area. | More details | |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2021 | $30,000.00 | South Sound | Puget Sound Riparian Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Washington | http://www.wildfishconservancy.org | Riparian habitats are among the most important on our landscape, supporting more biodiversity than almost any other. Healthy riparian corridors provide critical functions that protect water quality and the integrity of our watersheds: these include energy dissipation, shade, bank stability, allochthonous inputs, large woody debris recruitment, and filtering pollutants to protect water quality. Safeguarding riparian functions is critical to protect water quality buffer against climate change impacts. Local and state government regulations exist to protect against loss of riparian condition and function by requiring buffers around streams. Unfortunately, the effectiveness of existing regulations is compromised because the regulatory (water type) maps used by planning and permitting departments to determine stream buffers are inaccurate. Many streams are mis-mapped and mis-classified, and many more are not on the maps at all. With systematic water type assessments, Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) has field-verified stream locations and classifications of thousands of Puget Sound stream reaches where time-sensitive threats to riparian habitats exist or are anticipated, so that accurate watertype data can inform appropriate land-use decisions. We have made those data available online for state and local governments and Tribes to consider during planning processes, but until recently there was no clear process for submitting non-forestland water type corrections to the WA Dept. of Natural Resources (WDNR) to update the state’s official regulatory water type map. In 2020, WDNR initiated a new non-forestland water type modification process. With support from the Rose Foundation, WFC will prepare and submit to WDNR at least 75 of the most significant water type modifications we documented during water type assessments we performed over the past decade. We define significance in terms of the extent of increased protection for water quality in streams. | More details | |
| Black Farmers Collective | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Building Towards Food Sovereignty and Black Liberations through Healthy Communities | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | King County | Washington | https://www.blackfarmerscollective.com | At Black Farmers Collective, one of our biggest priorities is to uplift Black brilliance and leadership. This grant project will go towards supporting young Black leaders and farmers who are deeply invested in the community building, educational programming, and farming we do. With these young leaders supported, we will be able to host more community workshops around food sovereignty and environmental justice as well as work more closely and intentionally with youth in our community. Having a bigger team will allow us to support more community members, grow more food, and create more economically feasible opportunities for Black and brown people to be in this work. There are so many barriers to getting into farming, community work, and education without having access to institutional resources and we are devoted to supporting young Black people who have shown clear commitment through volunteering over the years and other work they've participated in and provide the support system, training, and opportunities for self-determination and liberation. With more people on our team, youth and community will see that there are people like them who are land stewards, farmers, organizers, leaders, educators, healers, and much more in their community. | More details |
| Black Star Farmers | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Rainier Valley Water Resiliency Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | King County | Washington | https://blackstarfarmers.org/ | Our project seeks to train, mentor and fund certification fees for 10 BIPOC apprentices on effective residential and commercial site water management principles in South Seattle District 2. In short, there will be two cohorts of students, with the first session beginning in Winter 2023 and concluding in Summer/Fall of 2024 with our second session/cohort. Through a tailor made curriculum focusing on watershed management, education and proficiency development, our students will leave the program with both the knowledge and proven skills to immediately make a positive impact on our south sound watersheds especially WRIA’s 8 + 9 | More details |
| Central Area Collaborative | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $10,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | The Central Area Neighborhood Business District Water Quality Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | King County | Washington | https://www.cacseattle.org | The project we are proposing is part of a three phased approach to addressing Clean Water and culturally based environmental justice solutions in the historically Redlined community neighborhoods in Seattle known as the Central Area, a formerly African American neighborhood that is now the target of rapid gentrification. In our first phase, the Central Area Collaborative (CAC) received a grant from the King County Waterworks program. In phase one, we are constructing a rain water/storm water drainage project to mitigate the effects the run off and pooling are creating on an adjacent public park, that the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation have failed to address over the years. Phase one is to be completed by the end of May 2022. In our next two phases, the CAC is looking to 1) create a neighborhood area flood assessment, around the various redevelopment projects that are contributing to the rain water/storm water problems around our public spaces (parks, community centers, playgrounds) and 2) provide a student led STEM project around water sampling and analysis of Lake Washington, where it borders the eastern edge of the Central Area neighborhood community. There have been several infrastructure projects addressing sewage and storm water runoff effects into Lake Washington in other wealthier neighborhoods, such as Madrona, Mt Baker and Seward Park. However, our inquiries have not resulted in the identification of such projects in our lower socio-economic and historically marginalized communities. Part of this funding would be to create student teams to collect water samples and have them analyzed during the spring and summer (especially at the beaches) to ensure water quality safety is being addressed equitably and/or highlight any abnormal findings. To be clear, depending on the level of funding received, the CAC is looking to begin either phase or both concurrently. | More details |
| City Fruit | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $15,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Community Outreach and Youth Education Program | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | King County | Washington | https://www.cityfruit.org | Since our founding in 2008, City Fruit has worked with public lands managers and private tree owners to harvest and secure access to pesticide-free, healthy fruit, reducing food waste and climate impacts while providing access to sustainably grown, local foods. A community-based organization, City Fruit cares for urban fruit tree systems and harvests ~40,000 pounds of fruit annually from fruit trees on public and private land. Through our partnerships with 25+ food banks, community organizations, and meal programs, we provide access to this local, organically-grown fruit for 25,000 families and individuals who may lack access to fresh fruit. Our Community Outreach and Education Program cultivates fruit tree stewards and environmental champions in hands-on environmental education and volunteer opportunities that help youth and adults connect to their communities, develop an appreciation of the land, and contribute to a sustainable food system. These opportunities are hosted as one-day and multi-week educational workshops, and generally run 2-4 hours. We tailor activities to fit different ages and group sizes (from 5 to 45 participants) and use Seattle’s urban orchard ecosystems as sites to center on various themes related to orchards, their care, and their impact. Some of these themes include Water Systems and Storm Water Management; Soil Layers; Orchard Biodiversity and Fruit Guilds; Carbon Cycle; Invasive Plants and Pests, and Food Justice & Fruit Diversion. This project utilizes two orchards in West Seattle as spaces to discuss orchard and storm water management and tree impact on local waterways. We will connect how individual homes and local parks can contribute to a hyperlocal food system that reduces climate impacts while restoring water systems to native conditions for river and sound health. Funds will support the development of this programming and the engagement of the local community in the care and understanding of resources in their neighborhood. | More details |
| Communities for a Healthy Bay | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $25,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Leveraging Research, Advocacy, and Community to Combat Industrial Pollution in Commencement Bay | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Climate Change & Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Pierce County | Washington | http://healthybay.org | CHB is continuing our research and organizing work to ensure that land use policy and decisions in Tacoma are forward-thinking and prepare Tacoma to transition away from an economy reliant on fossil fuels and other heavy polluting industry. With help from the Rose Foundation, CHB was instrumental in the passage of a moratorium on heavy, polluting industry in the Tacoma Tideflats that is permanent until the adoption of the Tideflats Subarea Plan (TSP). Now we must focus on what is next. Recognizing that we will be most successful in reducing harmful emissions and discharges from heavy industry if we work holistically throughout the community, not just in Tacoma’s Tideflats, we are broadening our scope to include city-wide initiatives. So, we will be tackling two policies that will work together in Tacoma’s transition to becoming a hub for renewable fuels, innovative technologies that bring safe, good-paying jobs, and regulations that will limit polluting industrial discharges and emissions: the TSP and the Tacoma Green New Deal (TGND). CHB will be a leading organizer and supporter of the TGND, a comprehensive policy that consists of three pillars: Environmental Justice for All; Just Transition Off of Fossil Fuels; and Good Green Jobs. The momentum for this project has already been started by a diverse coalition of volunteer community groups and leaders, and given CHB’s policy, technical, and organizing assets, and paid staff capacity, it is time for us to engage in and support this effort to ensure the policy platform is adopted by City Council. The TSP provides a venue for proactive visioning for the Tacoma Tideflats. The TSP will establish a long-term vision for the Tacoma Tideflats. CHB’s leadership as a member of the TPS Stakeholder Advisory Committee will generate long-term policies that reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, incentivize green stormwater infrastructure, promote public transit, and enhance the creation and protection of natural areas. | More details |
| Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Expansion of Urban Restoration sites along Longfellow Creek Basin including Delridge Wetland Park | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | King County | Washington | https://dnda.org/ | The Delridge Wetland Park is part of the Longfellow Creek Watershed, and now that pandemic restrictions are lifting, we plan to continue expanding our environmental engagement with youth into other sites along the watershed, where we already engage in restoration work. These include Croft Forest, and 5 other restoration sites in the Longfellow Creek drainage basin. We want to expand urban forest restoration, and bring additional neighborhood youth into these West Seattle urban greenspaces to learn the impacts of environmental awareness and stewardship. As a functioning outdoor classroom, the Delridge Wetland Park is becoming a unique asset to our community as it allows youth, and others in our neighborhood, to engage in systems-based projects while being immersed in Seattle’s urban forest. Contact with nature is essential for healthy mental and cognitive development in young children, and studies have shown that poor access to urban green spaces is associated with behavioral problems, inattention and hyperactive disorders. The pandemic has put aspects of this project on hold, but as restrictions have lifted, we are continuing the park’s construction and once again engaging with youth in this and other green spaces in the watershed. We know that the outdoors is a safer place in the pandemic, and we will continue to adhere to public health guidance as we expand and enhance programs and sites for youth involvement. | More details |
| Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | South Puget Sound | South Sound Healthy Watershed Program Expansion: Youth and Rural Residents | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | Thurston County | Washington | http://www.deschutesestuary.org | In March 2022, the Department of Enterprise Services declared full restoration of the Deschutes Estuary as the likely preferred alternative to managing Capitol Lake. During this pivotal moment in anticipation of the final Environmental Impact Statement coming this fall, Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team (DERT) is expanding the South Sound Healthy Watershed Program in ways that will radiate outwards to encompass more areas of our Waterkeeper Alliance Affiliate Jurisdiction (see attachments for a map) and reach underserved communities. We cannot facilitate the process of a healthy estuary and improvement of Budd Inlet water quality without inclusive community involvement. In 2023, our focus will be on community members in the mid to upper Deschutes area in rural Thurston County. This outreach program has 4 phases: 1) Gather demographic info and contacts from homeowners associations, nonprofits, and other prominent micro-community organizations in this area. 2) Create educational print and web outreach materials for community members. 3) Distribute materials through web communications, mail, and at events. 4) Organize outreach and education events, which may include: a) “on-the-water†education events and water quality data collection in Budd Inlet and accessible stretches of the Deschutes River b) Community forums c) Lead interpretive estuary tours around Capitol Lake, the 5th Avenue dam, and Budd Inlet. The most important aspect of this project is the development of a Deschutes Youth Advisory Council that will provide insight on outreach events and materials in exchange for a stipend and career development training. DERT’s programs center human influence on the health of the Deschutes Watershed, and what the community can do collectively and individually to advocate for the estuary. We aim to influence mindful environmental decisions pertaining to sedimentation, nutrient pollution, shoreline erosion, stormwater runoff, industrial pollution, and more. | More details |
| Dirt Corps LLC | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $28,500.00 | Central Puget Sound | Community Green Job Training and Lower Green Riparian Revegetation Project Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | King County | Washington | https://www.thedirtcorps.com/ | Grant funding will help support the operation and stipends for Dirt Corps’ paid Green Job Training Program while providing additional support to riparian revegetation projects in Tukwila, in which we partner with the Green River Coalition through CWM ReGreen grants (2019-2022). Green River Coalition wil act as Fiscal Sponsor for this project. Modeling the successes of our program, extended through funding from this grant in 2020, our program will train up to thirty participants in the fields of urban forestry, green stormwater infrastructure, and ecological restoration through a combination of classroom and hands-on field training. The goal of our program is to provide opportunities for underserved or hyperlocal communities to access green career pathways. Leveraged funding will support three rounds of community outreach and recruitment, eighteen weeks of training over three sessions, additional field training opportunities for trainees, development of current staff to become crew leaders/instructors, and curriculum development to continue improving and adapting the program’s relevance to the communities we serve. Our training program teaches community members to become stewards of their environment while providing in-demand job skills. DC currently maintains multiple green stormwater infrastructure facilities in South Seattle and ecological restoration projects on tributaries and main-stem sites along the Lower Green-Duwamish River. These projects become our teaching sites and provide further paid opportunities for advanced skill building through maintaining multi-year sites. Shared regional goals of environmental stewardship, workforce development, community resilience, and economic equity create important societal linkages while also serving goals of increased water quality benefits through riparian restoration; direct maintenance of stormwater facilities; and increasing the number of skilled people needed to design, install, and maintain these projects | More details |
| Duwamish Valley Sustainability Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $39,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Cuidadores de Agua (Water Keepers) | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | King County | Washington | https://www.seattleparksfoundation.org/project/juntos-si-podemos-cuidar-nuestro-rio-duwamish/ | Since 2017, the Duwamish Valley Sustainability Association (DVSA) has been growing the youth program "Juntos Podemos Cuidar Nuestro RÃo Duwamish" (JPCNRD) to work towards a healthy Duwamish River that is accessible and clean for the historically neglected communities of the Duwamish Valley (DV). We educate our community on issues around the Lower Duwamish Waterway (LDW) Superfund Site and elevate their voices in matters concerning the future of the river. Our grassroots approach centers the DV community and its youth in a multi-faceted program that addresses the need for educating our community, collecting our own data about our river, envisioning the future of our river, and then working towards that future together through the following ongoing and cumulative processes. | More details |
| Earth Ministry | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $20,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Education and Advocacy for Living Waters | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Climate Change & Energy | Pierce County | Washington | https://earthministry.org/ | There is a need for clean water education and advocacy that is not only innovative and scientifically sound, but also hopeful and morally articulate. Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light (WAIPL) brings a unique voice that adds depth to Northwest coalition efforts to protect the Puget Sound. With the support of the Rose Foundation, we will use a values-based framework to educate, train, and mobilize people of faith to take action for the health of the Tacoma Tideflats on Commencement Bay in a way that centers justice, stewardship, and reconciliation. Earth Ministry/WAIPL’s Education and Advocacy for Living Waters project builds on years of successfully organizing faith communities in Pierce County to halt new fossil fuel infrastructure. In this next phase, we seek to expand upon our Tacoma Tideflats educational efforts to help people of faith more fully understand and act in solidarity with the historic and ongoing environmental justice issues in this industrial sacrifice zone. The three focus areas of this project are to 1) incorporate the Tideflats into Earth Ministry/WAIPL’s new statewide environmental justice curriculum, 2) mobilize community members to pass a strong Tideflats subarea plan that ensure better future stewardship of the watershed, and 3) prevent any proposed expansion of polluting fossil fuels from increasing threats to Commencement Bay. All work will follow the leadership of the Puyallup Tribe and other impacted communities. Through strategic outreach, relational education, and coalition-based organizing, this grant will water the roots that we have growing in Tacoma faith communities and also provide Earth Ministry/WAIPL staff with the resources to sow new seeds of connection. Funding will be used to fulfill programmatic needs for content creation, material development, presentations, and travel that invests in the faith community to ensure awareness and advocacy for the health and viability of the living waters of the Puget Sound. | More details |
| EarthCorps | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Commencement Bay Initiative: Restoration of Squally Beach and Yowkwala Sites | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Pierce County | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org | EarthCorps is a core partner of innovative community-based restoration taking place in the coastal area and surrounding watersheds of Commencement Bay. The Commencement Bay Stewardship Collaborative (CBSC) is managed by trustees, which include National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, WA Department of Ecology, WA Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Washington Department of Natural Resources. Since 1998, they have worked to restore over 300 acres of habitat throughout the Puyallup River Watershed. In 2014, the Trustees entrusted the ongoing stewardship of 17 individual sites to EarthCorps, which we continue to manage today. Thanks to Rose Foundation’s partnership over the past year, we have begun to expand our restoration to new and important sites within this landscape—Yowkwala and Squally Beach. But the work on these new sites is just beginning. In order to ensure the restoration of these sites is sustained for the long-term, we respectfully request Rose Foundation’s investment in 2022. With your investment, EarthCorps will continue and expand upon the long-term restoration efforts we started at Yowkwala and Squally Beach, lands that belong to the Puyallup Tribe. Rose Foundation’s investment would allow us to: •Continue removing invasive species and planting native trees and shrubs in Yowkwala’s upland forests, which provides myriad of benefits for water quality and salmon habitat. •Continue plantings and controlling aggressive noxious weeds at Squally Beach, which provides an emergent intertidal marsh that consists of a mix of freshwater and saltwater that is essential for a complex food web upon which local marine life thrives. Ultimately, your investment would activate and link restoration on a fuller expanse of the Puyallup Tribe’s CBSC lands, ensuring these sites can safeguard water quality and healthy habitat for salmon and other marine wildlife for years to come. | More details |
| Earthrise Law Center at Lewis & Clark College | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $40,000.00 | Washington | Tomorrow’s Advocates for Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Washington | http://law.lclark.edu/centers/earthrise/ | Earthrise Law Center (Earthrise) maximizes our impact through the work of talented and committed law students, who play a vital role at Earthrise by participating in all phases of our work. Our Tomorrow’s Advocates program enables select Lewis & Clark law students to work full-time as law clerks with Earthrise Law Center during the summer months or part-time during the school year. This program exists to close the gap between the number of well-funded private and government attorneys who work to protect the status quo by developing legal advocates with quality environmental education, intense mentorship, and hands-on legal training while simultaneously engaging in cases that directly protect the environment, including Puget Sound. Student law clerks gain significant experience in public interest environmental litigation and advocacy through drafting legal memos, pleadings and motions; conducting legal research; formulating arguments and strategy; and participating in client meetings and other communications and outreach. They also gain exposure to many pressing environmental issues of our time, and work closely with us to strategically use the legal system to right environmental wrongs. | More details | |
| Kwiáht | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $14,000.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Clean Clams for all: island clam gardening | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | San Juan County | Washington | http://www.kwiaht.org | The cost and availability of safe, healthy food is an issue that has begun bringing together Tribal and non-Tribal people in the San Juan Islands. Inequities have increased as a result of an influx of “Covid refugees†raising land prices and closing shoreline harvesting sites. Climate change is meanwhile threatening the remaining public-access areas for shellfish and seaweed harvesting. Discussions with Tribal cultural people, food-program leaders and other islanders prioritized the negotiation of “access agreements†on private tidelands that would allow scheduled, supervised harvesting dates for responsible families, and scientific oversight to ensure sustainability as well as food safety. Kwiaht proposes a pilot project to develop and implement 5-10 agreements with private tideland owners in the San Juan Islands, and educate an initial cohort of Tribal and non-Tribal harvesters in how they can help protect and maintain these clam “gardens†as conditions change in the near future. Food security and water quality are inextricably linked through clams and other shellfish growing in the nearshore. While the immediate focus of this project is advancing food equity, building an organized constituency for “clean clams†in the San Juan Islands will help advance water quality in the longer term. Kwiaht scientists will ensure that threats to water quality are addressed in the documentation for each harvest-access sites; in particular, the growing frequency of toxic algal blooms that result from warming waters and nutrient-rich rain runoff. | More details |
| Nisqually River Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $29,638.00 | South Puget Sound | Water Quality and Action with Nisqually Students II | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Lewis County ; Pierce County ; Thurston County | Washington | https://nisquallyriver.org | This project will involve 1,000+ students from schools in the Nisqually Watershed in hands-on water quality monitoring of their local streams, a Student GREEN Congress to share their results and recommendations for water pollution solutions, and a field investigation on Puget Sound beaches. Students and teachers will receive training, supplies, and field trip support from the Nisqually River Education Project to test their local watershed streams for 8 parameters affecting salmon health. Training will include opportunities to learn from local scientists and cultural experts. Students will participate in fall and winter monitoring and compare their data with 29 years of past student data to draw conclusions and make recommendations to improve their local water quality. A select group of 250 students will present their findings at the spring Student GREEN Congress, a student-led water quality conference, and work with peers to create action plans to improve water quality in their communities. 500 students will participate in nearshore field investigations to Puget Sound beaches to conduct inquiry-based studies of marine water quality and aquatic life. By collecting real-world data through outdoor field experiences and making connections to the important role of water quality in human and environmental health, students will gain experience as citizen scientists and as stewards of their waters and environment. | More details |
| Orca Conservancy | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $23,500.00 | Central Puget Sound | Green-Duwamish River | Soos Creek Basin Stewardship Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | King County | Washington | https://www.orcaconservancy.org/ | Since 1996, Orca Conservancy (OC) has worked on behalf of Orcinus orca, by, in part, protecting and restoring the wild places on which it depends. We work to ensure that the critically endangered population of Southern Resident orcas has wild, healthy salmon throughout their entire range. OC looks to improve the ecological function of the Soos Creek basin - home to endangered Chinook salmon, the preferred salmon species which makes up 85% of SRKWs diet. The purpose of this proposed restoration project is to plant shade-producing native trees and shrubs adjacent to Soos Creek to provide shade which will eventually moderate overly-warm stream temperatures. These high stream temperatures consistently exceed State standards for salmon spawning and incubation, and for juvenile rearing. Salmon use is likely limited by these high-water temperatures. The native plants can also provide fish habitat within the riparian zone of the stream such as food (insect) production, and eventually, instream wood which improves rearing opportunities for Chinook salmon. Orca Conservancy will be closely coordinating this work in partnership with the Green River Coalition (GRC) who will provide in-depth training and support throughout the Program. Numerous volunteers will be provided from OC and GRC's volunteer databases, and from our long-standing partnership with the Seattle Seawolves. This project will be managed by our executive director, who will perform grant management, community outreach, and additional fundraising. | More details |
| People of the Confluence | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Planting Roots & 13 Moons of Medicine 2022-23 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | King County ; Skagit County | Washington | https://peopleoftheconfluence.org/ | Planting Roots and 13 Moons of Medicine are two interconnected programs where we do ecological restoration among other important parts of the programs. Our students in Planting Roots are trained by indigenous elders and other teachers who are experts in traditional medicine and ecology, environmental policy/law, community organizing and cultural preservation/revitalization. Planting Roots brings students to healthy and very degraded ecosystems across Western Washington (especially in riparian zones) where we teach our students to note the characteristics of a thriving life-supporting ecosystem, and then we propagate plants and fungi from those healthy areas to plant into and restore the degraded ecosystems (again focusing on rivers). We have most heavily focused on the Skykomish and Snohomish watersheds in 2021, but we also do observations and restoration in the Duwamish watershed and Puyallup watershed. We're dedicated to improving habitat for all the wildlife and humans who rely on these ecosystems but especially on salmon since they are critical for the ecosystems and essential to indigenous culture and wellbeing. 13 Moons of Medicine focuses on urban indigenous youth and families and teaching traditional practices for cultivating and caring for indigenous plants, fungi and wildlife, as well as our practices for making medicines and foods from them. We focus on different species each month and build confidence in our students that they can identify, propagate, cultivate and rely on each species. We plan trips to very remote national or state parks as well as urban parks and our own gardens so that students can feel comfortable and rely on their sources of medicine in any situation regardless if they're in an urban environment or not. After we make medicines and food we instruct our students to give away almost all of it to elders and to homeless people so that we're nourishing communities and instilling a spirit of potlatch into our students. | More details |
| RE Sources for Sustainable Communities | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $35,000.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Healthy Skagit Waterways: Skagit River Clean-Ups, Community Science, & Curbing Refinery Expansions | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | San Juan County ; Skagit County ; Whatcom County | Washington | http://re-sources.org | RE Sources is implementing three main strategies to protect Skagit County’s waterways from these ongoing threats: (1) Halting the expansion of fossil fuel transport infrastructure at the two Skagit refineries at March’s Point—HollyFrontier and Marathon through the enactment of game-changing ordinances; (2) Protecting and restoring ecosystem health and biodiversity by monitoring species health and strengthening environmental protections in and for the Fidalgo Bay Aquatic Reserve; and (3) Reducing plastic and other toxic contaminants from the Skagit River (from Marblemount to the mouth of the river) by organizing and conducting on-the-water pollution clean-ups. Our goals are to curtail dangerous threats to human well-being and safety in Skagit County and to safeguard the health of the Skagit River watershed, the area’s marine and fresh waters and shorelines, salmon populations, and vast eelgrass meadows. | More details |
| Shared Spaces Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Heron's Nest Soil and Water Contamination Cleanup and Bioswale Construction | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | King County | Washington | http://www.sharedspacesfoundation.org/ | We are requesting funding to support the creation of a series of bioswales to bolster the existing native plant communities, and direct standing water through more of our site. Our project will improve the water quality of Puget Creek which is a small tributary to the Duwamish River. The bioswale and aquaponics we create will help keep water inputs more consistent in the summer by increasing some low shade, bolstering the fungal communities in the soil, and helping to rebuild some of the top soil that was scraped away for urban development and that now washes away off the top without as much of a diverse plant community to help retain the soil. In the winter the swale will help direct and disperse water and reduce the erosion of soil through the hydrological changes and because we will remove invasives and bolster the indigenous plant communities at the top of the hillsides. We will also use some of the money to conduct water and/or soil tests to ensure there is no lingering contamination from past land uses on site and to measure our impact. We had intended to include some money in the budget for this grant for removal of contaminants that were dumped in the soil in the 1970's, but we recently received documents that were submitted to the department of ecology in 2006 showing wider clean soil test results than we were previously aware of. If the tests we take now are consistent, we will proceed immediately with the hydrological and ecological restoration projects. | More details |
| Skagit County Public Works | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $40,000.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Barrel Springs and Dry Creek Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Skagit County | Washington | In 2017, a dam on Barrel Springs began to fail. The dam was installed in the 1960s by the father of the current property owner with the intension of raising salmonids for fishing and for remote-control boating. Since the passing of Mr. Spore, the dam has gone mostly unmaintained and is no longer desired by the property owner. The dam has no fish passage. On the same property, two failing culverts exist, one on Dry Creek and one on Barrel Springs. A third culvert is located immediately upstream on Barrel Springs. This culvert routinely plugs and causes flooding while blocking fish passage. Skagit County will use this grant to restore stream habitat and fish passage at 3 barriers on Barrel Springs and 1 barrier on Dry Creek in the Samish watershed in Alger, WA. The project will remove a failing dam and replace three culverts with two bridges and one fish passable culvert; regrade the channel and install large woody material; replant native riparian vegetation to restore 2.4 acres of thermal refugia habitat; and reconnect over 3.5 miles of habitat. Barrel springs is Dry Creek's only source of water during the summer months, making access to this thermal refuge increasingly important with climate change threats. The primary species that will benefit from this project include ESA-listed Steelhead and Coho, Chum, and Rainbow and Cutthroat Trout. This project is a high priority for the County and American Rivers, who have worked closely with local Tribes, WDFW, Skagit Fisheries Enhancement group, and the landowners to complete design. Rose Foundation previously contributed $25,000 to the design effort. This project presents a rare opportunity to restore fish passage through four known barriers at one construction site, address an imminent water quality impairment, and directly address climate change impacts. Project completion would also improve Skagit County capacity and partnerships enabling similar barriers to be improved on private lands within the Skagit watershed. | More details | |
| Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $40,000.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Skagit Community Based Riparian Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education | Skagit County | Washington | http://www.skagitfisheries.org/ | The Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group (SFEG) will restore eight acres of degraded riparian habitat at two locations: Riverfront Park and Parker Creek. These projects will provide the opportunity for community members of the Skagit Valley to engage in the conversion of 8 acres of invasive species and pasture into ecologically functional riparian habitat through invasive species control and planting of native trees and shrubs. Water quality issues at both sites will be addressed through the establishment of native plant species, which will aid in pollutant filtration, soil retention and erosion prevention. In addition to planting, this project would also fund the construction of a livestock exclusionary fence at Parker Creek and the replacement of an existing fish passage barrier at Riverfront Park. SFEG is committed to being a diverse and inclusive organization. We believe the outdoors should be for everyone and we know that has traditionally not been the case, with many people being left out of conservation opportunities. SFEG is actively working to create more avenues to engage students and interns from traditionally marginalized communities to participate in community based restoration activities. This grant would allow us to hire interns and provide education opportunities for schools that may not otherwise be able to be involved in such activities. | More details |
| Sound Salmon Solutions | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $28,500.00 | Central Puget Sound | YESS - Youth Exploring Stream Science | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | King County ; Snohomish County | Washington | https://www.soundsalmonsolutions.org/ | Sound Salmon Solutions (SSS) was recently approached by the Snohomish County Juvenile Court (SCJC) staff with a request to provide meaningful experiences with watershed science for youth who are a part of their diversion programs. Youth who qualify for diversion programs have been charged with a crime and sentenced for detention, however due to low risk of re-offense, have been given the option to complete community-based service learning with SSS. In order to remain eligible for these alternative programs, participants must maintain good behavior and show commitment to becoming a productive community member. The purpose of diversion programs such as Youth Exploring Stream Science (YESS) is to divert youth away from the criminal justice system and towards community-based integration and support options. SSS sees this as a more appropriate response than confinement, and a more productive way of addressing and preventing future delinquency. SSS staff very much believes in the transformative nature of environmental education to empower youth to make meaningful and impactful connections with their communities, learn team building skills, develop empathy through contact with the natural world, and provide inspiration to pursue careers in environmental sciences, education, and natural resource and water quality management. At the hatchery and Jones Creek, participants will be engaged in water quality sampling in order to analyze properties of the water such as amount of phosphates, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and temperature. Participants will learn how human actions contribute to the level of each in an aquatic habitat and how salmon and other aquatic life are impacted by each. Participants will then complete a bioassessment of water quality through the collection and identification of macroinvertebrates and compare these results with the more traditional water quality testing. | More details |
| South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $40,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Upper Deschutes River Restoration Package | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation ; Climate Change & Energy | Thurston County | Washington | https://spsseg.org/ | The South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (SPSSEG) is working on a restoration projects package in the high-priority upper Deschutes River on parcels that are owned by the Center of Natural Lands Management at river mile 21 and Weyerhaeuser Company at river mile 34. The projects are geared towards addressing limiting factors for salmonids and improving water quality of the Deschutes river and Budd Inlet. SPSSEG will take this opportunity to use the projects as demonstrations for restoration, tools for environmental education events/curriculums, and to support the Treaty of Medicine Creek with co-managers, the Squaxin Island Tribe. The projects will increase available habitat for juvenile and adult salmonids by installing large wood habitat structures and off-channel habitat. These projects will also contribute to reducing fine sediment inputs, temperature regimes, and polluted runoff that contribute to the river's current TMDL and water quality issues in Budd Inlet. These projects are designed to help "determine the fate" of the watersheds fine sediment by encouraging natural sediment processes and deposition as it has become apparent that large-scale land use changes are needed to stop the inputs at its source. Native trees and shrubs will be planted to help shade the river and filter pollutants from stormwater runoff, as well as add wildlife benefit. At project completion, a total of 1-miles of instream habit and 8-acres of riparian area will be restored within the Deschutes River. The projects have been 85% funded through the Salmon Recovery Funding Board and SPSSEG is in need of matching funds to implement the project. Designs have been finalized, necessary permits have been secured and construction is anticipated to take place across the 2023 fish construction work windows. The requested funds are necessary for implementation to occur in 2023 to fund items such as large wood, habitat structure installation and native floodplain plants and planting. | More details |
| Sustainable Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Soil Health and Justice Initiative | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | King County | Washington | http://www.sustainableseattle.org | Sustainable Seattle and Basilica Bio seek support for our Soil Health and Justice Initiative (SHJI) - a community-driven, advocacy initiative harnessing grassroots groups expertise to transform our soil, water, and food systems. In 2022, we received multi-year King County funding to partially fund an advocacy position and education/awareness activities. Funding would support the expansion of this position and activities. The SHJI is a project of S2’s Soil Health and Justice Coalition, a collective of BIPOC researchers, urban farmers, and environmental justice workers who work to: Understand the extent of legacy and ongoing soil contamination in Seattle area urban gardens Inform communities about soil contamination watershed affects Implement regenerative farming practices to reverse soil contamination effects Change unjust soil quality policies for commercially available soil In Spring 2020, community groups reported contaminated compost was purchased from Cedar Grove - a King County contracted compost/soil company. Testing by community scientists, University of Washington researchers, and S2 revealed Cedar Grove compost contained nearly 4.5x the recommended level of petroleum products and the arsenic and lead levels exceeded EPA limits. Cedar Grove’s response was these tests were not required and testing is the customer’s responsibility. In response, SHJI was formed to build community understanding of contaminated soil, its waterway effects, and empower community action. Our aim is to change policies to include mandatory testing of landscaping products from vendors contracted by regional government agencies. SHJI is in alignment with Rose priorities as testing shows Cedar Grove and other providers distribute soils that create nonpoint pollution leading to polluted groundwater, wetland die off, and decreased fish reproduction. We will assess the impacts of local soil providers and support our community in addressing policy makers to create safer soil and water. | More details |
| The Salish Sea School | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $40,000.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Outdoor marine conservation programs | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Island County ; San Juan County ; Skagit County ; Snohomish County ; Whatcom County | Washington | https://www.thesalishseaschool.org/ | Rose funding will help with expenses in support of our outdoor marine conservation education for K-12th graders. Each program focuses on local water quality and empowers students to play a larger role in helping the marine ecosystem. A cornerstone of our mission is to provide programming to all students, especially those under-resourced, and we rely on grant funding to offer student scholarships and tuition waivers. Funding would also increase student reach, provide more free programs to underserved communities, and allow us to begin partnering with local schools. Each program is built upon three pillars: Adventure: hands-on, outdoor, placed-based education that spans the entire marine ecosystem from underwater drone explorations through listening to orca calls on a hydrophone, island hikes, and recognition of the stewardship of the Coast Salish tribes who have served as guardians of the Salish Sea for millennia. Field Research: unique exposure to career exploration, research equipment and scientific inquiry, collection of valuable research data by students for partner scientists, such as a tufted puffin survey, orca behavior survey, and marine density survey. Action: lessons on environmental advocacy, letter writing, engagement with elected officials, environmental service projects, and at-home actions such as ways to reduce stormwater contaminants, invasive plants. | More details |
| Vashon Nature Center LLC | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Vashon Marine Stewardship Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | King County ; Kitsap County ; Pierce County | Washington | https://vashonnaturecenter.org/ | Vashon Island’s 54 miles of rural shoreline and adjacent marine waters provide an oasis for sea life in heavily urbanized central Puget Sound. Home to Maury Island State Aquatic Reserve and containing half of the undeveloped shoreline in King County, proper use and care of island habitats is extremely important for local well-being and for Puget Sound health. Yet, as an unincorporated area, the island has no central governance or decision-making authority. People here care about their home waters but sometimes disagree about uses or don’t know who to ask about best practices. In addition, sometimes regional values conflict with local values. Use of island marine areas and shorelines are increasing. More people are enjoying clamming, squidding and fishing here; entrepreneurs are putting forth applications for kelp farms and shellfish farms, and as waterfront house values increase and sell, new owners must learn how to be good shoreline stewards. In order to participate in sound decision-making, locals need timely information and connections to managing entities (like Washington Department of Natural Resources, Puyallup Tribe & King County). Vashon Nature Center is a community-based non-profit. We foster stewardship of nature through community science, research and education. For the past 10 years we have built agency connections, research projects, and rapport with our community. We now find ourselves in a unique position to significantly improve stewardship of marine and shoreline environments. We seek funding from Rose Foundation to help kick start a Marine Stewardship Project to engage community members in hands-on research about the state of shoreline and marine ecosystems, deliver education about marine topics, and foster connections between local residents and the plethora of managing agencies responsible for the health of these areas. Our goal is to promote richer, more efficient, place-based stewardship to ensure clean, healthy and thriving waters for all. | More details |
| World Relief Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Equity & Sustainability Internship Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education | King County | Washington | https://worldreliefseattle.org/ | In recent years, World Relief Seattle (WRS) has been one of the leading non-profit organizations linking together stormwater management and food security in the Puget Sound: mitigating water pollution while providing opportunities for King County refugees and immigrants to grow culturally-relevant foods for themselves, their families, and their communities. WRS transformed over an acre of impermeable parking lot in the rapidly urbanizing city of Kent, WA into a thriving community garden—Paradise Parking Plots Community Garden—operating at the crossroads of race, environmental justice, and community development. Our diversity of green infrastructure features, which include 5 rain gardens, a 2,300 sqft bioswale and 16,000 gallons (soon to be 20,000 gallons) of rainwater catchment, are placed strategically on our stormwater-prone site. Paradise Parking Plots is an ideal place for communities to organically engage with and learn about water quality and stormwater management. Seeing this intersection of food sovereignty and environmental justice as an ideal learning opportunity, WRS has developed a place-based environmental education and leadership development program for refugee and immigrant youth in South King County: our Equity & Sustainability Internship program. This internship provides local refugee and immigrant youth with the opportunity to learn about and engage in local water quality and environmental issues in their own backyard using Paradise Parking Plots as their learning laboratory. These youth then apply their learning by creating a 5-week, culturally-relevant curriculum to engage K-8th grade refugee and immigrant youth at WRS’s Refugee Youth Summer Academy. World Relief Seattle is requesting funding from the Rose Foundation to increase the value of internship stipends and support all three tiers of our internship program in 2022. | More details |
| Zero Waste Washington | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2022 | $30,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Litter quantification and outreach to support reduction of plastic pollution, South Puget Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Kitsap County ; Mason County ; Pierce County ; Thurston County | Washington | http://www.zerowastewashington.org | Plastic pollution, a critical water quality problem, has now gained scientific and public attention. Macro- and micro-plastics in our waters cause impacts to wildlife and potentially, as more data are now showing, health impacts to humans who consume fish and shellfish. It is estimated that about 80% of plastics in our oceans are from land-based sources, much of it litter that gets picked up in stormwater runoff. These land-based sources of litter are poorly quantified. To address this data gap, Zero Waste Washington worked with US EPA to develop a standardized litter assessment protocol called the Escaped Trash Assessment Protocol (which started in the PNW and has rolled out nationally). With important support from The Rose Foundation, we worked with partners over the past grant cycle to pilot and refine this protocol by collecting data at cleanup events. These data are designed to inform/inspire action and to provide feedback to community members and volunteers. In this proposal we seek to ramp up the effort by supporting local volunteer groups to quantify litter at a minimum of 10 events and developing customized messaging and outreach about potential solutions. We will build up the database to demonstrate that these waterbodies should be listed as impaired on the state’s 303(d) list, which in turn will trigger regulatory and voluntary responses. The objectives are: Work with existing volunteer groups to quantify litter at a minimum of 10 events in the South Sound Create local factsheets and messaging to highlight sources of and local solutions for plastics pollution and waste reduction and assist local groups in outreach and education about changes at local scale and statewide Compile data and create a regional data report to support 303(d) listing pathway and stronger pollution prevention language in NPDES permits Provide information that can lead to the adoption of Water Quality Standards by the state and, potentially, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians | More details |
| EarthCorps | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Commencement Bay: Restoration of Squally Beach and Yowkwala Sites | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | Pierce County | Washington | http://www.earthcorps.org | EarthCorps is engaged in community-based restoration projects throughout Puget Sound and is currently leading an effort in the coastal area and surrounding watersheds of Commencement Bay. Earthcorps will begin restoration activities, in conjunction with the Puyallup Tribe, on Yowkwala and Squally Beach. Earthcorps will remove invasive species and plant native trees and shrubs in Yowkwala’s upland forests which will help prevent water runoff into Puget Sound and soil erosion. Earthcorps will also monitor past years’ work on adjacent project sites within the upland forest area. On Squally Beach, Earthcorps will remove aggressive, noxious weeds and conduct other place-specific restoration activities in the intertidal marsh area which is essential habitat for a complex food web upon which local marine life thrives. The specific noxious weeds in the project site will require years or mitigation efforts to allow local flora and fauna to thrive. | More details |
| The Common Acre | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | The Green Line Stewardship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | King County | Washington | www.commonacre.org | The Common Acre (TCA) is engaged in a long-term stewardship project in South Seattle’s “Green Line” forest and wetland area. The Green Line is a 2-acre pollinator conservation project along the Creston-Duwamish transmission corridor of Seattle City Light. TCA will host youth and intergenerational education workshops and restoration work parties in partnership with Foster High School. TCA will engage up to eight youth from Foster High School’s environmental science course in a youth internship program focused on the following topics: stormwater and wastewater management; best management practices of ecological restoration work; native and invasive plant ID and management; and site assessment skills. TCA will also increase community engagement at the site with Rainier Beach residents as well as local Coast Salish and Indigenous community members to increase volunteerism in the project. TCA will employ the services of a local landscape designer to design and implement a site expansion for up to two additional acres. The design will focus on improving native habitat and increasing stormwater infiltration on the project site by expanding The Green Line into a camas prairie and removing invasive species including Reed Canary Grass and Himalayan Blackberry. Finally, TCA will incorporate Indigenous cultural activities involving land and water stewardship at The Green Line, expanding efforts to make The Common Acre a more inclusive space for Indigenous people. | More details |
| River Access Paddle Program | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | River Access Paddle Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation;Climate Change & Energy | King County | Washington | River Access Paddle Program (RAPP) will engage in restoration activities on and surrounding Kellogg Island in the Duwamish River. Activities will include invasive plant removal, shoreline restoration, debris removal, site monitoring, water quality monitoring, wildlife count, and general management of the 5-acre critical habitat that is Kellog Island. RAPP will conduct water quality monitoring and testing by kayak in partnership with Maritime High School, Highline High Schools, Atlas School, local youth organizations, and the University of Washington. On-water garbage cleanups are open to public participation, and RAPP will engage volunteers in regular clean-up activities in the surrounding area. Additionally, RAPP will plan and host eight restoration site visit trips to Kellogg Island, and their trained restoration and river guides will provide education on restoration techniques. This will include job training for youth in critical shoreline preparation, planting, and bank stabilization. Trained youth will employ pollution prevention techniques and will conduct water quality sampling in the Spring-Fall of 2024. Finally, RAPP will host three community tours and garbage pickups for the wider Seattle community with the goal of removing 3,000 pounds of debris. | More details | |
| Mini Mart City Park | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Green Stormwater Infrastructure Expansion at Mini Mart City Park | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | King County | Washington | http://minimartcitypark.com | Mini Mart City Park (MMCP) is engaged in water quality improvement efforts to its immediate and surrounding environs through expansion of its existing green stormwater infrastructure capacity. This project will directly contribute to water health onsite with emphasis on chemical and toxic pollutants traveling to the site from nearby roads, alleys, and parking strips. MMCP will install native plantings (trees, shrubs, and perennials) as well as a 1,000+ gallon rainwater harvesting and collection system for treatment and use onsite. Additionally, the planning and implementation will be conducted by youth participants as part of an ongoing green stormwater training program. MMCP’s stormwater expansion project will be the central project for an 8-week curriculum focusing on: (1) the types of contaminants (arsenic, lead, petroleum, solvents, and PCB’s), (2) the history of the Duwamish River, (3) the water cycle, and (4) an introduction to green stormwater infrastructure. The curriculum will be supplemented with special workshops, field trips, and relationship-building with community partners. These young leaders will also serve as community-mentors to volunteers during a series of 2-3 public work parties to help install plantings and conduct general maintenance across the site. In addition to leading work parties, these young leaders will also plan activities that engage the community in citizen science activities through water and soil testing. | More details |
| Communities for a Healthy Bay | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Joining Forces: Strengthening Local Social Justice Efforts for Clean Water in Commencement Bay | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Climate Change & Energy;Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Pierce County | Washington | http://healthybay.org | Communities for a Healthy Bay (CHB) leverages local policy processes and campaigns to educate decision-makers to make lasting change in Tacoma’s Tideflats. CHB will take a three-pronged approach to reducing industrial pollution in Tacoma’s waterways. First, CHB will continue to advance and uphold environmental protections in and near the Tideflats by commenting on industrial permits and other decisions by the government and advancing land use policy changes in Tacoma through the Tideflats Subarea Plan. The Tideflats Subarea Plan provides a venue for proactive visioning for the Tacoma Tideflats. Second, CHB will leverage current economic development planning and activities to focus on developing a sustainable, clean industry. CHB is a member of the City’s committee to implement the Green Economy Strategy and, as such, CHB will work to build a clean and sustainable business community. Finally, CHB will partner with La Resistencia and UW-Tacoma to highlight the public health risks for detainees at the Northwest Detention Center. CHB will investigate pollution in the Tideflats tied to detainees’ health problems, and work with La Resistencia and UW-Tacoma to raise awareness about these issues with the goal of improving the transparency of pollution data, improve environmental protections, and detainee health. | More details |
| Toxic Free Future | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound; South King County | Partnering with King County Communities to Reduce Toxic Chemical Pollution in Puget Sound | Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Other | King County | Washington | http://www.toxicfreefuture.org | Toxic-Free Future (TFF) will engage with King County community-based organizations on the impacts to water quality from common household products and provide them with tools to advocate for safer homes, communities and local water quality through strong implementation of the Safer Products for Washington law. Over the past 6 years, TFF has deepened relationships with low-income and communities of color through a project with Seattle King County Public Health which raised awareness about lead exposures in homes and communities. Building on those relationships, TFF will continue to partner with communities to expand their understanding of the link between chemicals in common household products and water quality. TFF will work with communities by focusing on the priority chemicals in product categories that can be regulated under the Safer Products for Washington law. TFF will provide information about chemicals in everyday products that end up in wastewater systems or leach from landfills and contribute to the toxic chemical contamination in Puget Sound. TFF will support communities’ engagement directly with the Department of Ecology to identify products with priority chemicals and to advocate for restrictions on harmful chemicals in those products that impact water quality and harm the health of their communities. | More details |
| Shared Spaces Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Southwest Seattle Watershed Restoration | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation;Climate Change & Energy;Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space;Other | King County | Washington | http://www.sharedspacesfoundation.org/ | Shared Spaces Foundation (SSF) will conduct forest and riparian restoration activities on its Heron’s Nest site in conjunction with the Duwamish River Tribe. SSF will build an aquaponics system that will allow the Heron’s Nest greenhouse to propagate thousands of wetland and estuarine plants to use in restoration work onsite, as well as to donate to numerous other riparian and marine restoration projects across the Puget Sound region. This will include donation of plants to other community-based, volunteer-driven projects like Heron’s Nest. SSF will organize work crews to restore riparian and estuarine sites along Puget Creek, Longfellow Creek, the Lower Duwamish River, and various sites along Elliott Bay. In addition to plant nursery activities and hands on riparian restoration, SSF will host trainings and facilitate the installation of compost filtration socks into storm drains and other small streams threatened by contaminants from roadway runoff. Installation locations will be along West Marginal Way, in South Park, Georgetown, Highland Park and other areas that contribute stormwater run-off to the Lower Duwamish River watershed. Finally, SSF will produce a documentary about the harm to Puget Sound watersheds from municipal and industrial waste and dumping. | More details |
| Stewardship Partners | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Adopt-a-Downspout | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | King County | Washington | http://www.stewardshippartners.org | This funding will support Stewardship Partners’ project to develop, optimize, and deploy bioretention planter systems to capture and treat highway runoff from elevated roads. The group will work alongside partners including the University of Washington, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), The Nature Conservancy, Herrera Environmental, and others to complete this stormwater demonstration project. Stewardship Partners will install and monitor a pair of bioretention planter systems under the I-5 Ship Canal bridge in Seattle. These “boxes of rain” will treat runoff from approximately 3 acres of high-traffic road surface that currently discharge directly into the Lake Washington Ship Canal, an impaired Coho Salmon (Chinook, Sockeye and Steelhead too) migration corridor. | More details |
| Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Student Driven Restoration: Removing Invasives, Tree Planting & Water Quality Testing | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | King County | Washington | www.midsoundfisheries.org | Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group (MSFEG) will work to restore the water quality of the Green Duwamish and Central Puget Sound watershed while engaging students and young adults in educational opportunities through hands-on learning. The MSFEG project includes three distinct parts that together provide considerable benefit to the local watershed while engaging students who have traditionally not had access to environmental education opportunities. First, a Green Jobs Youth Crew Program will work with 8 youth composed of high school-aged, underserved individuals from the Auburn community. These students will remove invasive vegetation, plant native trees, and learn about Green Job pathways from strong partners in our watershed while receiving environmental education to promote watershed and salmon literacy. The second piece of the project will provide hands-on learning for middle and high school students in the Kent and Auburn school districts as part of the group’s Green Duwamish Student Stewards program. This includes six field trips, creating lesson plans and providing materials and travel to local parks to increase community connection to the local watershed. Third, this funding will support the Salmon in Schools Elementary Program, working with high poverty schools in South King County, to provide salmon life cycle education. | More details |
| Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Longfellow Creek Basin Restoration and Community Engagement | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation;Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | King County | Washington | https://dnda.org/ | The Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association (DNDA) organizes local volunteers to implement community and environmental restoration projects. DNDA will complete its final phase of construction on the Delridge Wetland Park, located in the Longfellow Creek watershed. This park will act as a functioning outdoor classroom with opportunities for students to learn about watersheds and complete a watershed systems-based project to foster a stronger connection to urban wetlands and creeks. DNDA will also expand urban forest restoration in and adjacent to wetlands and streams by bringing additional neighborhood youth into Delridge urban greenspaces to learn the impacts of environmental awareness and complete habitat restoration projects. Finally, DNDA will lead an Environmental Justice Summer Youth Program, which will provide a paid opportunity for high school-aged youth from Delridge’s High Point community to connect with local environmental issues, explore the history of the land, complete environmental restoration projects in the Delridge wetland zone, and meet other organizations and community groups who are engaging in similar activities. | More details |
| The Friends of the Snoqualmie Trail and River | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Securing Technical Capability and Supporting Community Engagement to Protect the Snoqualmie River | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation;Climate Change & Energy;Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | King County | Washington | https://fosvtr.org/ | This grant will allow The Friends of the Snoqualmie Trail and River to conduct basic scientific research to underpin efforts to educate the community and government agencies. The project includes a hydrological study to assess the ability of the Snoqualmie River to support planned and ongoing growth in the area. The group will also add multicultural community outreach to new and diverse communities, particularly local Muslim communities, to engage with the river including partnering with the local “Eat with a Muslim” group to visit the river and conduct water quality testing. The Friends will then promote their research findings and share initiatives to encourage actions towards protecting the river, including expanding an existing water temperature project and training of volunteers to expand water quality testing capabilities. | More details |
| American Rivers | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Roxhill Bog and Longfellow Creek Network | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Climate Change & Energy;Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | King County | Washington | https://www.americanrivers.org/ | This grant will support ongoing work aimed at restoring Roxhill Bog. The organization already has a design plan to restore the hydrological functionality and has established partnerships with community groups to scale restoration and natural infrastructure throughout the watershed. The funding will allow the group to work with the community and local partners to further advance this from pilot project to construction readiness. American Rivers will communicate the project's success as a precedent for natural infrastructure/nature-based solutions and provide support for local partners leading meaningful public engagement with the community surrounding the Roxhill Bog. In addition, this grant will provide direct funding to Delridge Neighborhood Development Association (DNDA) to support the Longfellow Creek Network and ensure they have the resources and tools needed to meet long-term water quality and community goals in Longfellow Creek. | More details |
| Northwest Maritime Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Maritime High School: Duwamish Water Quality and Community Engagement Program | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | King County | Washington | https://nwmaritime.org | In the fall of 2021, the Northwest Maritime Center and Highline Public Schools launched Maritime High School, a partnership-driven effort that engages students in maritime education. Now MHS has more than 130 students immersed in project-based learning including water stewardship. MHS students will engage in water quality projects on the Duwamish/Green River in South King County where they will develop real-world science and problem-solving skills, and also become more deeply connected to their community’s waterways and their challenges. Students will spend time on the water engaged in water quality monitoring activities aboard a floating classroom. The student projects will have a special focus on understanding, analyzing, and monitoring water quality in the Duwamish Waterway as large-scale cleanup efforts begin in earnest in 2024. MHS will educate the students on Duwamish River water quality and environmental justice issues. Students will work in small boats to access stormwater outfalls and sewer overflow sites, bringing them closer to pollution sources for monitoring. Educators will underscore the scientific method in student inquiry, students will map their questions, hypotheses, testing, analysis, and conclusions - driving further questions for future Field Work Experiences. | More details |
| World Relief Seattle | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Paradise Parking Plots Community Stormwater Mitigation Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | King County | Washington | https://worldrelief.org/western-wa/ | World Relief Western Washington (WRWW) is one of the foremost non-profit organizations linking stormwater management and food security in the Puget Sound. WRWW works to mitigate water pollution while also providing opportunities for the refugee and immigrant population in King County to grow culturally relevant foods for themselves, their families, and their communities. Towards that end, WRWW created Paradise Parking Plots where over 24,000 sq. ft. of asphalt was de-paved and an underutilized parking lot was transformed into a thriving community garden. The Site acts as a leading example of community-designed green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), and the group has integrated five rain gardens, a 2,300 sq. ft. bioswale, and 20,000 gallons of rainwater catchment into the garden space. With the garden now established, WRWW is engaged in regular maintenance activities, but this grant will also allow the group to shift its focus towards expanding GSI impact in the community. Using Paradise Parking Plots as a laboratory model and a springboard, WRWW will monitor and quantify the effectiveness of the garden’s GSI on local water quality, advocate for the modernization of Kent City codes to account for GSI and extend the impact of GSI through additional community-based projects. | More details |
| Salish Sea Collective | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Central Puget Sound | Salish Sea Collective Environmental Justice Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Clallam County;Island County;Jefferson County;King County;Kitsap County;Mason County;Pierce County;San Juan County;Skagit County;Snohomish County;Thurston County | Washington | The Salish Sea Collective (SSC) is a group of dedicated non-profits and community-based organizations committed to stewardship, access and quality of the Salish Sea through equitable governance structures, community-based participatory models, and environmental accountability tools. Na'ah Illahee Fund (NIF) one of the organizations within SSC and will serve as project facilitator. This grant will support the eel grass planting in Commencement Bay and surrounding waterways. Additionally, NIF will recruit and support new tribal members’ participation in the collective and related stewardship activities. Lastly, the NIF will continue to participate in implementation of the HEAL Act, and work with agencies including Ecology and the Puget Sound Partnership to assist in embedding environmental justice throughout their work. The organizations will provide input to both agencies and affinity groups around issues of healthy waterways and watersheds for the communities within the Salish Sea ecosystem. | More details | |
| People of the Confluence | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Planting Roots & 13 Moons of Medicine: Protecting Water and Honoring the Salmon Nation | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation;Climate Change & Energy | King County;Snohomish County | Washington | https://peopleoftheconfluence.org/ | People of the Confluence will conduct watershed restoration, water quality testing, and nature-based environmental education including middle school through college-age Riparian Observation trips throughout the Salish Sea, including but not limited to the Green-Duwamish Watershed and the Snoqualmie-Skykomish-Snohomish Watersheds. Restoration work will take place in riparian zones on property belonging to tribal family members and community partners, as well as on public lands like parks, pedestrian trails, and easements. People of the Confluence will conduct restoration activities to include planting native species and invasive removal work as well as installing large woody debris in appropriate locations along watershed project sites. Additionally, People of the Confluence will conduct water quality testing across several project sites with a focus on areas where there are major highways and pipelines. Finally, People of the Confluence will engage in communications work, including developing a short documentary about the threat invasive plants pose to both water quality and salmon health in an effort to engage community members in efforts to prevent threats to human and salmon health. | More details |
| Friends Of Skagit Beaches | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Coastal Puget Sound & North Sound Citizen Science Stormwater Monitoring | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Island County;King County;Skagit County;Snohomish County;Whatcom County | Washington | skagitbeaches.org | This organization has an existing program for volunteer citizen science stormwater monitoring, and this grant will allow stormwater monitoring to occur in three additional cities, Bellingham, Everett, and Shoreline WA. Volunteers will be recruited, trained, and outfitted with equipment, and city mayors and stormwater managers will be contacted regarding the group’s planned stormwater monitoring to invite their collaboration. Volunteers will submit data to the volunteer/data coordinator for all project towns, and monthly reports will be issued to local stormwater managers and ECY NPDES permit manager. Stormwater monitoring will be started around October 2023 and continue through June 2024. The group’s long-term goal is to expand their partnership with volunteers, stormwater managers, and WA Department of Ecology staff to conduct stormwater monitoring around Northern Puget Sound/Salish Sea with a focus on areas where National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase 2 permits have been issued. Lastly, Friends will initiate work to develop expanded outreach tools using social media and updates to website capabilities. This will expand public awareness about issues related to stormwater pollution. | More details |
| Futurewise | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | Protecting Salmon Habitat and Wetlands in Snohomish County | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Snohomish County | Washington | https://www.futurewise.org/ | Futurewise will participate and strengthen upcoming comprehensive plan and Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO) updates in Snohomish County. In 2024, Snohomish County will update its comprehensive plan and associated development regulations that will shape land use patterns in the county for decades to come and will have a profound impact on waterways and water quality in the Central and North Sound. Critical Areas Ordinances accompany the comprehensive plan update cycle and are one of our best tools for protecting waterways from pollution and conserving wildlife habitat from development. A strong CAO in Snohomish County will improve water quality in the Sauk, Skagit, Stillaguamish, and Snohomish river basins, as well as protect wildlife habitat throughout the county. Futurewise will shape the adoption of the comprehensive plan update and CAO in Snohomish County by focusing on submitting comment letters, organizing community members to provide public comment, providing technical guidance to county staff, and conducting community outreach and communications efforts to educate the public about the comprehensive plan and CAO update. | More details |
| Adopt a Stream Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $25,000.00 | North Sound/Salish Sea | W. Fork Quilceda Cr. Water Quality Partnership | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Snohomish County | Washington | www.streamkeeper.org | The Adopt A Stream Foundation (AASF) in partnership with the Tulalip Tribes will restore riparian forest along the West Fork of Quilceda Creek on a 56 acre property in the Tulalip Reservation. This 56-acre property was part of the original Tulalip Reservation, but it was sold off during the Allotment and Assimilation period in 1934 and was recently re-acquired by the Tulalip Tribe. Unfortunately, this property has a long history of livestock grazing and very little riparian buffer remains. This project will improve water quality in the West Fork of Quilceda Creek by creating 100-foot-wide native riparian buffers along 1,739 linear feet of stream, restoring over 8.0 acres of native riparian vegetation. In total, 11,400 native plants will be installed with the help of volunteers at multiple volunteer planting events hosted by AASF. The native riparian buffers resulting from this project will improve water quality by filtering and absorbing runoff thereby creating a forested canopy which cools stream temperatures and reduces fecal coliform bacterial levels. Quilceda Creek is listed by the state's Department of Ecology as an impaired water for exceeding standards for fecal coliform bacteria levels and is included in the Snohomish River Tributaries Fecal Coliform TMDL. This TMDL specifically identifies the loss of riparian habitat as a contributing factor to high bacteria levels within the watershed. | More details |
| Green River Coalition | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Other Washington Watersheds; Soos Creek Basin | Lower, Middle, and Upper Green River Expansion & Operations Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education | King County | Washington | https://www.greenrivercoalition.org/ | Grant project funding will support ongoing riparian restoration efforts within the Soos Creek Basin and Lower Green River and expand efforts in the upper Green River at Palmer Slough, just downstream from Howard Hansen Dam, and Burns Creek in the middle Green. The funding will support maintenance at 15 riparian restoration sites within Soos Creek Basin, 4 restoration sites in Tukwila, and critical portions of the mainstem Green River. This grant will assist GRC in expanding to 3 additional sites within the Soos Creek Basin, including a critical site on the upper Green River, Palmer Slough, and Burns Creek. This project will also help to support employment for a part-time operations manager and oversight functions for the Green River College intern program. Lastly, this grant will allow the grantee to conduct more community outreach in project communities. | More details |
| Great Peninsula Conservancy | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | Other Washington Watersheds; | Mulch circles: a novel approach for restoring climate resilient forests | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Education;Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Kitsap County | Washington | www.greatpeninsula.org | Great Peninsula Conservancy’s "Mulch Circles" Forest Restoration Project will implement an innovative habitat reforestation technique to restore 2-acres of pastureland to mixed riparian coniferous habitat at the 34-acre Martha John Creek – Seman Preserve. The Preserve protects salmon habitat along Martha John Creek, which flows into Port Gamble Bay, an estuary with 1.5 miles of undeveloped shoreline including the nearby 3,500-acre Port Gamble Forest Heritage Park. Establishing functioning upland forestland in the area will add riparian habitat and improve existing habitat thereby improve water quality discharges into the creek. The group will follow the Preserve’s Forest management plan but alter the methodology to include low impact strategies such as mowing, minimizing herbicide use, creating mulch circles, and planting (through the mulch). The group anticipates that the mulch planting will improve seedling survival due to increased soil moisture retention and suppression of competition by exotic pasture grasses. Additionally, this project will have a public engagement component in the form of organized field trips. Led by GPC’s staff and AmeriCorps members, students and volunteers will be directed to collect data and compare growth and mortality measurements of plantings within and beyond the mulch circles. | More details |
| Northwest Environmental Advocates | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Puget Sound Toxics Reduction Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice | Clallam County;Grays Harbor County;Island County;Jefferson County;King County;Kitsap County;Pierce County;San Juan County;Skagit County;Snohomish County;Thurston County;Whatcom County | Washington | https://northwestenvironmentaladvocates.org/ | Northwest Environmental Advocates (NEA) will engage in advocacy efforts related to bio-accumulative toxic pollutants, including PCBs and PBDEs, particularly aimed at toxic discharges in mixing zones by sewage treatment facilities and others. This project, a partnership between Northwest Environmental Advocates and the Western Environmental Law Center, has three Puget Sound-specific objectives: (1) to eliminate the use of regulatory mixing zones for bio-accumulative toxic pollutants in discharge permits; (2) to require the removal of unregulated PFAS chemicals from indirect discharges to municipal sewage collection systems through pretreatment rules; and (3) to seek the regulation of CECs by enforcing the Clean Water Act against a major discharger of toxic pollutants to the Sound. To achieve these objectives, NEA will engage in research, writing, submission of and public support for rulemaking petitions to Ecology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Not only will these petitions reduce toxics in Puget Sound, but they will create opportunities for extensive community engagement in rulemaking. | More details |
| Environmental Science Center | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $20,000.00 | South Puget Sound | From Salmon Heroes to Schoolyard Heroes | Environmental Education | King County | Washington | http://envsciencecenter.org/ | This grant will support a multifaceted program that will bring water quality education and water stewardship projects to thousands of students, teachers, and families in south King County. The 'Salmon Heroes' student component is a four-part field trip program for 4th-8th grade students, delivered by the Environmental Science Center’s naturalists. The 'Schoolyard Heroes' teacher professional development component is a four-part workshop series designed to give 4th-8th grade teachers the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to confidently and effectively engage students in water quality stewardship projects on their schoolyards and adjacent creeks. Through this combined approach, ESC hopes to engage students in meaningful experiences connecting with and stewarding the land and water where they live. | More details |
| South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (SPSSEG) | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $20,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Skookum Creek Restoration at River Mile 6.5 | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Mason County | Washington | www.spsseg.org | South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group (SPSSEG) focuses on restoring stream and river habitat to improve salmon health throughout South Puget Sound. SPSSEG will conduct restoration activities along 1,100 feet of Skookum Creek and its adjacent floodplain aimed at restoring habitat for salmon, water quality, and improving ecological functions supporting aquatic and riparian habitat. Skookum Creek is a vital stream system within the homeland of the Squaxin Island Tribe which supports South Sound stocks of chum and coho salmon, also feeding into Puget Sound at Totten Inlet. Degradation of the Skookum Creek system from extended land conversion, logging, and agricultural related impacts to riparian and floodplain functions has been ongoing for several decades, and this has contributed to losses in salmon habitat, declines in salmon populations, water quality, and shellfish health. This project will take place on a large property purchased by the Squaxin Island Tribe specifically for restoration purposes. Key restoration tasks will include installing log structures and log clusters to improve stream complexity, salmon spawning and rearing habitat, sediment sorting and water filtration, as well as riparian vegetation and wetland enhancement to improve shading, reduce water temperatures, and reduce bacterial input. In-stream work includes building of log structures to slow water as well as riparian vegetation preparations and plantings. This property and project are part of a broader restoration initiative in Skookum Valley led by the Squaxin Island Tribe, SPSSEG, and other partners. | More details |
| Nisqually Land Trust | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Nisqually Watershed Riparian and Floodplain Habitat Stewardship | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | Lewis County;Pierce County;Thurston County | Washington | http://www.NisquallyLandTrust.org | The Nisqually Land Trust enhances and restore forests in floodplain and riparian habitats on Land Trust protected lands along the Nisqually River mainstem and its tributaries, including Powell Creek, Lackamas Creek, Toboton Creek, Ohop Creek, Muck Creek, the Mashel River, and on properties protected by the Land Trust along Puget Sound nearshore shorelines that contribute to the Nisqually Marine Aquatic Reserve. Project activities will include coordination of volunteers from throughout south and central Puget Sound to engage in events, service projects, and service-learning activities. Activities will focus on restoring riparian and floodplain forests and include planting on a property recently protected by the Land Trust. This will increase the diversity of trees, shrubs, and perennials in young forest stands, thereby improving soil health and stability. These restoration activities will lead to increased filtration and water quality improvements. | More details |
| Nisqually River Foundation | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $30,000.00 | South Puget Sound | South Puget Sound Water Quality Monitoring: Student Data to Student Voice | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Education | Pierce County;Thurston County | Washington | https://nisquallyriver.org | This project will involve 1,500+ students from schools in the Nisqually Watershed in hands-on water quality monitoring of their local streams, a Student GREEN Congress to share their results and recommendations for water pollution solutions, and a field investigation on Puget Sound beaches. Students and teachers will receive training, supplies, and field trip support from the Nisqually River Education Project to test their local watershed streams for 6 parameters affecting salmon health. Training will include opportunities to learn from local scientists and cultural experts. Students will participate in fall and winter monitoring and compare their data with 30 years of past student data to draw conclusions and make recommendations to improve their local water quality. A select group of 250 students will present their findings at the spring Student GREEN Congress, a student-led water quality conference, and work with peers to create action plans to improve water quality in their communities. 500 students will participate in nearshore field investigations to Puget Sound beaches to conduct inquiry-based studies of marine water quality and aquatic life. By collecting real-world data through outdoor field experiences and making connections to the important role of water quality in human and environmental health, students will gain experience as citizen scientists and as stewards of their waters and environment. | More details |
| Pacific Shellfish Institute | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $20,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Budd Inlet Water Quality Outreach and Education | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Climate Change & Energy | Thurston County | Washington | https://pacshell.org/ | This grant will support environmental education and community engagement activities in and around Budd Inlet in South Puget Sound. The goal of Pacific Shellfish Institute’s (PSI) work is to educate students and the community about Budd Inlet water quality issues, engage them in activities that connect them to their watershed, and inspire them to take actions to protect Puget Sound. To meet this goal, PSI will conduct several activities that will get students and their families involved in NOAA’s Sound Toxins phytoplankton monitoring program which includes monitoring events, student mentorships, and volunteer opportunities. PSI will conduct field trip presentations about Budd Inlet plankton, water quality and stewardship to over 1,000 middle and high school students in Thurston County, and partner with local organizations to host cleanups and promote the Sound Science Stewards sticker program. These activities will provide community members and students from a variety of backgrounds the opportunity to explore their curiosities about marine ecosystems and thereby increase accessibility to science and stewardship opportunities happening in their backyard. | More details |
| Harbor WildWatch | Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund | 2023 | $40,000.00 | South Puget Sound | Expanding Community Science through Collaboration in the South Sound | Water Resources/Watershed Protection;Environmental Health & Justice;Environmental Education;Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation;Climate Change & Energy | King County;Kitsap County;Pierce County;Thurston County | Washington | https://harborwildwatch.org/ | This grant will support the operation of the group’s existing community science activities in 2023, as well as the continued implementation of their training program for community partners. Harbor WildWatch’s (HWW) Community Science program mobilizes residents to collect meaningful water quality data at select south Puget Sound locations. Founded in 2013, activities include biodiversity monitoring, salmon observation, water quality testing, beach clean-up events, habitat restoration, and surveys of sea stars, rockfish, sea birds, and forage fish. Each year, this program has developed improved procedures, implemented new techniques, and grown in volunteer participation. Annually, this program conducts 100+ community science monitoring events with 1,000+ individual volunteers. The grant will expand these efforts throughout the Puget Sound region by training other small marine organizations to conduct similar events in their watersheds. These efforts will be facilitated through HWW's participation in the Community Marine Science Centers of the Salish Sea – a group of similarly sized organizations whose mission is to share evidence-based practices, resources, and capacity building strategies to strengthen education, stewardship, and advocacy within local waters. | More details |
| Rogue Flyfishers | Rogue River Fund | 2023 | $18,542.00 | Rogue River; Oregon | Rogue River Reconnaissance Survey | Environmental Health and Toxics;Water Resources / Watershed Protection | Jackson County | Oregon | www.rogueflyfishers.org | The Rogue Flyfishers are a community-oriented group of fisherman who fish throughout the Rogue River and have a vested interest in the health of fish and water quality throughout the river. Funds will be used to support a variety of stewardship activities. | More details |
| 350 Bay Area | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $500.00 | Youth Versus Apocalypse | California | http://www.350bayarea.org | More details | ||||
| Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org | More details | ||||
| Communities for a Better Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | More details | ||||
| Oakland Climate Action Coalition | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://oaklandclimateaction.org/ | More details | ||||
| SustainUS | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $500.00 | California Allegory Youth Fellowship | California | https://sustainus.org/ | More details | ||||
| As You Sow Foundation | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.asyousow.org | More details | ||||
| Earthjustice | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://earthjustice.org/ | More details | ||||
| Institute for Policy Studies | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://ips-dc.org/ | More details | ||||
| Rose Foundation | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $2,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | / | More details | ||||
| Western States Legal Foundation | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2018 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.wslfweb.org/ | More details | ||||
| Native Movement | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | Alaska Indigenous Coordinator | Alaska | https://www.nativemovement.org/ | To fund an Alaska Indigenous Coordinator to work on the development/extraction projects on the North Slope of Alaska. | More details | |||
| 350 Bay Area | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | Youth Versus Apocalypse | California | http://www.350bayarea.org | To support “Youth Versus Apocalypseâ€, which will train a team of youth leaders around the Bay Area to become a network for social and environmental justice in their schools and communities. | More details | |||
| Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org | More details | ||||
| Oakland Climate Action Coalition | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | California | www.oaklandclimateaction.org | To engage Oakland residents in creating and implementing climate solutions that strengthen the environmental, economic, and social resilience of frontline communities. | More details | |||
| Point Molate Alliance | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | California | More details | |||||
| KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | Mauna Kea Legal Defense Fund | Hawaii | http://www.kahea.org/ | To protect lands on Mauna Kea's summit, and improve the quality of life for Hawaii's people and future generations through the revitalization and protection of Hawaii's unique natural and cultural resources. | More details | |||
| As You Sow | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.asyousow.org | More details | ||||
| Earthjustice | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | www.earthjustice.org | More details | ||||
| Institute for Policy Studies | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $2,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | www.ips-dc.org | More details | ||||
| SustainUS | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | www.sustainus.org | To advance justice and sustainability by empowering young people to engage in advocacy at the domestic and international levels. | More details | |||
| Western States Legal Foundation | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2019 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.wslfweb.org/ | To democratize decision-making affecting nuclear weapons, compel open public environmental review of nuclear technologies, and ensure appropriate management of nuclear waste. | More details | |||
| California Environmental Justice Alliance | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://caleja.org/ | To advance policy solutions to environmental justice issues across California. | More details | |||
| Center for Farmworker Families | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | http://www.farmworkerfamily.org/ | To provide direct support to farmworkers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. | More details | ||
| Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org | To achieve environmental justice and healthy, sustainable communities through collective action and the law. | More details | |||
| Communities for a Better Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.cbecal.org/ | To build people’s power in California’s communities of color and low income communities to achieve environmental health and justice, reduce pollution and build green, healthy and sustainable communities. | More details | |||
| San Francisco Baykeeper | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://baykeeper.org/ | To advocate for the health of San Francisco Bay, using science and clean water laws to improve habitats and communities reliant on a thriving Bay ecosystem. | More details | |||
| The East Oakland Collective | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Environmental Health & Justice ; Environmental Education ; Habitat/Wilderness/Preservation | California | https://www.eastoaklandcollective.com/ | To provide food and supplies for unhoused and vulnerable people in East Oakland affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. | More details | ||
| Defend Our Health | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Maine | https://defendourhealth.org/ | To protect environmental public health by working for equal access to safe food and water, and healthier products that are toxic-free and climate-friendly. | More details | |||
| As You Sow | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.asyousow.org | To promote environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies. | More details | |||
| Climate Justice Alliance | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/ | To organize for a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies. | More details | |||
| Institute for Policy Studies | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://ips-dc.org/ | To build a more equitable, ecologically sustainable, and peaceful society by partnering with dynamic social movements and turning transformative policy ideas into action. | More details | |||
| Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $4,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | / | To support grassroots initiatives that foster stewardship, build community and demand justice for people and the environment. | More details | |||
| Western States Legal Foundation | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2020 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.wslfweb.org/ | To democratize decision-making affecting nuclear weapons, compel open public environmental review of nuclear technologies, and ensure appropriate management of nuclear waste. | More details | |||
| Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org | To achieve environmental justice and healthy, sustainable communities through collective action and the law. | More details | |||
| Communities for a Better Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://www.cbecal.org/ | To build people’s power in California’s communities of color and low income communities to achieve environmental health and justice, reduce pollution and build green, healthy and sustainable communities. | More details | |||
| San Francisco Baykeeper | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | California | https://baykeeper.org/ | To investigate pollution, hold polluters accountable, advocate for stronger clean water protections, and create a more sustainable San Francisco Bay for all. | More details | |||
| Defend Our Health | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Maine | https://defendourhealth.org/ | To protect environmental public health by working for equal access to safe food and water, and healthier products that are toxic-free and climate-friendly. | More details | |||
| As You Sow | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.asyousow.org | To promote environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies. | More details | |||
| CLIMA Fund | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://climasolutions.org/ | To invest in grassroots climate change movements by supporting the on-the-ground leaders behind the most sustainable and effective solutions to our global climate crisis. | More details | |||
| Climate Justice Alliance | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2021 | $500.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/ | To organize for a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies. | More details | |||
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | https://www.ienearth.org/ | To build the capacity of Indigenous communities and tribal governments in order to to build economically sustainable communities, and develop mechanisms to protect indigenous sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, and the health of both indigenous people and all living things. | More details | |||
| Western States Legal Foundation | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2021 | $1,000.00 | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.wslfweb.org/ | To democratize decision-making affecting nuclear weapons, compel open public environmental review of nuclear technologies, and ensure appropriate management of nuclear waste. | More details | |||
| As You Sow | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2022 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Alameda County | California | http://www.asyousow.org | To promote environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies. | More details | |
| Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Central Valley; California | General Support | Kern County | California | http://www.crpe-ej.org | To achieve environmental justice and healthy, sustainable communities through collective action and the law. | More details | |
| Communities for a Better Environment | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Statewide; California | General Support | Statewide | California | https://www.cbecal.org/ | To build people power in California’s communities of color and low income communities to achieve environmental health and justice, reduce pollution and build green, healthy and sustainable communities. | More details | |
| Western States Legal Foundation | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2022 | $1,000.00 | San Francisco Bay Area; California | General Support | Alameda County | California | http://www.wslfweb.org/ | To democratize decision-making affecting nuclear weapons, compel open public environmental review of nuclear technologies, and ensure appropriate management of nuclear waste. | More details | |
| Defend Our Health | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2022 | $1,000.00 | Maine | General Support | Maine | https://defendourhealth.org/ | To protect environmental public health by working for equal access to safe food and water, and healthier products that are toxic-free and climate-friendly. | More details | ||
| Indigenous Environmental Network | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Minnesota | General Support | Minnesota | https://www.ienearth.org/ | To build the capacity of indigenous communities and tribal governments in order to to build economically sustainable communities, and develop mechanisms to protect sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, and the health of both indigenous people and all living things. | More details | ||
| CLIMA Fund | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Nationwide ; Other | General Support | Nationwide | https://climasolutions.org/ | To invest in grassroots climate change movements by supporting the on-the-ground leaders behind the most sustainable and effective solutions to our global climate crisis. | More details | ||
| Climate Justice Alliance | Rose & Ramo Environmental Justice Fund | 2022 | $500.00 | Nationwide | General Support | Nationwide | http://www.ourpowercampaign.org/ | To organize for a Just Transition away from extractive systems of production, consumption and political oppression, and towards resilient, regenerative and equitable economies. | More details | ||
| Friends of the San Juans | Salish Sea Watershed Fund | 2017 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Neck Point Lagoon and Pocket Beach Restoration Design | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | www.sanjuans.org | Coastal lagoon and pocket beach habitat on Shaw Island in San Juan County has been negatively impacted by a low-lying road and associated failing armoring. Friends of the San Juans (FSJ) is working with area property owners and the San Juan County Public Works Department to develop a solution that maintains access but also supports restoration of tidal exchange, fish passage, and beach and lagoon habitat. An opportunity exists to significantly restore habitat and coastal processes. During conceptual design research, experts identified that targeted technical studies were needed to help determine the most cost-effective integrated infrastructure and habitat restoration option. The grant will allow FSJ and its project team of experts to complete the necessary soil, hydraulic, structural and geologic assessments, stakeholder outreach, and develop a feasible preliminary design that maximizes the restoration of coastal processes and habitats at the site. | More details | |
| Lummi Island Heritage Trust | Salish Sea Watershed Fund | 2017 | $100,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Lummi Island Shoreline Restoration Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.liht.org/ | Supports the second phase of the Lummi Island Shoreline Restoration Project, including the tasks needed to design the shoreline restoration and draft permit applications for restoration activities, and the tasks needed to accomplish pre-restoration monitoring. This project builds on the restoration feasibility studies completed in 2016 with funding from the Puget Sound/Salish Sea Watershed Fund. | More details | |
| Lummi Nation Natural Resources Department | Salish Sea Watershed Fund | 2017 | $80,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Purchase of Marine Research Vessel for use in the Salish Sea | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | Provides partial funding for a 32-36’ marine research vessel. This would provide a platform for fisheries-related research by the Lummi Nation’s Natural Resources Department in waters of the Salish Sea adjacent to the Lummi Reservation. Features of this vessel include a shallow draft hull and bow drop-down door for deploying divers and beach survey field crews, a stern mounted “A†frame/winch, and a crab/shrimp pot puller amidships. Available in-kind match for this purchase includes $20,000 from the Harvest Management Division and $50,000 from the Stock Assessment Division. | More details | ||
| Puget Sound Restoration Fund | Salish Sea Watershed Fund | 2017 | $50,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Enhancing Habitat through Native Olympia Oyster Restoration in Fidalgo Bay | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.restorationfund.org/ | Supports restoration of one acre of Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) bed habitat in Fidalgo Bay (Skagit County) in collaboration with the Skagit County Marine Resources Committee (Skagit MRC), Coastal Volunteer Partnership at Padilla Bay (CVP), Washington Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), and tideland owners (private tideland owners, the Samish Indian Nation, and Swinomish Indian Tribal Community). Olympia oyster beds are "living habitat", providing refuge for small marine creatures that are prey for larger marine organisms. Additionally, they also serve as surface area for the attachment of other sessile organisms, and improve water quality through filter feeding. Through these ecosystem services Olympia oyster beds support the entirety of the marine ecosystem, resulting in a meaningful contribution to habitat restoration and enhancement in Puget Sound and the Salish Sea. | More details | |
| Skagit Land Trust | Salish Sea Watershed Fund | 2017 | $47,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | Protecting the Salish Sea: Focused Coastal Conservation in Skagit/Samish; Phase III | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.skagitlandtrust.org/ | Supports permanent protection of critical lands, associated with restoration and other enhancements to maintain or improve water quality, marine ecosystem processes, and fish and wildlife habitat associated with coastal wetlands, shorelines and nearshore waters in the northern Salish Sea. Past Rose Foundation grants supported phases I and II of the project, enabling the development of tools and landowner contacts that will now help guide further conservation. The current grant supports Phase III, where, during a two-year project time frame, Skagit Land Trust (SLT) will conserve 2 ¬-3 high priority properties encompassing coastal wetlands, coastal creeks, shorelines and nearshore waters in the northern Salish Sea and initiate habitat enhancement and/or restoration planning as needed. All protection projects will include extinguishing development rights to prevent future detrimental impacts to habitat and water quality. | More details | |
| Wild Fish Conservancy | Salish Sea Watershed Fund | 2017 | $37,000.00 | Pacific Northwest | San Juan Nearshore Habitat Protection Project | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Washington | http://www.wildfishconservancy.org/ | Stream and shoreline habitat protection regulations (via County Critical Areas Ordinance and WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife hydraulic regulations) in San Juan County are directly tied to the documented distribution of fish and fish habitat within watersheds. The health and ecological integrity of San Juan County's nearshore habitats are affected by the condition of the watersheds that feed the shoreline. This project, which expands on previous WFC projects funded through the Salmon Recovery Funding Board and the SeaDoc Society, will improve the effectiveness of existing land-use regulations by describing the distribution of salmonids within the County's largest watersheds suspected to support salmonids. The project will also provide fundamental fish species distribution information critical to the identification and prioritization of freshwater habitat protection and restoration projects for wild salmonids in the San Juan archipelago. | More details | |
| Dumna Cultural Resource Management | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | Rio Mesa Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Fresno County | California | Supports participation in a CEQA suit opposing two large developments in the Rio Mesa area that would add approximately 8000 residential units and build four million square feet of commercial and mixed use structures with a footprint of 24000 new residents in a currently completely undeveloped area. Located in southeastern Madera County near the San Joaquin River; Rio Mesa is the ancestral home of the Dumna Tribe. | More details | |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2009 | $100,000.00 | Central Valley | Strategic Litigation on Sustainable Growth | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.moc1.org/ | The Madera Oversight Coalition is community-based organization dedicated to encouraging responsible growth in Madera County. Funding supports participation in a CEQA suit opposing two large developments in the Rio Mesa area that would add approximately 8000 residential units and build four million square feet of commercial and mixed use structures with a footprint of 24000 new residents in a currently completely undeveloped area in southeastern Madera County near the San Joaquin River. | More details |
| Revive the San Joaquin | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2009 | $20,000.00 | Central Valley | Rio Mesa Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Fresno County | California | http://www.revivethesanjoaquin.org/ | Supports participation in a CEQA suit opposing two large developments in the Rio Mesa area that would add approximately 8000 residential units and build four million square feet of commercial and mixed use structures with a footprint of 24000 new residents in a currently completely undeveloped area in southeastern Madera County near the San Joaquin River. | More details |
| San Joaquin et al | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2009 | $29,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Merced County | California | Supports monitoring of compliance and mitigation associated with projects approved in Madera County since 2000; using the California Public Records Act and the Freedom of Information Act to access documents to review and ensure that mitigation was completed and in compliance with state; local and federal law. Mitigations reviewed will include impact fees; in lieu fees; easements; and/or commitments to offsetting impacts to community services such as transportation; water; sewer; fire services; agricultural and natural resources. Reports of the status of mitigation implementation will be produced; and made publicly available. | More details | |
| San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2009 | $12,500.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Water Resources/Watershed Protection | Fresno County | California | http://www.riverparkway.org/ | Supports the development of a habitat protection plan for the San Joaquin River Parkway and Cottonwood Creek. | More details |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2010 | $65,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.moc1.org/ | Supports continued watchdogging and litigation related to large-scale development proposals in Madera County to promote responsible planning; control traffic; and protect farmland and air and water resources. | More details |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2010 | $120,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.moc1.org/ | Supports public education and advocacy to promote responsible growth planning in Madera County. | More details |
| Coalition for Clean Air | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2012 | $125,000.00 | Central Valley | Tesoro Viejo and Gunner Ranch West Area Plan Projects | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Los Angeles County | California | http://ccair.org/ | Supports expert technical and legal analysis of large development proposals in Southeast Madera County. In particular; the project will focus on accurate modeling of projected air quality and public health impacts; and advocating for significant mitigations to be required in the final development entitlements. | More details |
| Madera Coalition for Community Justice | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2012 | $62,000.00 | Central Valley | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Pilot Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://maderacoalition.wetpaint.com/ | Supports community-based efforts to build a strong base of local leaders engaged in local public processes around land use planning in southeast Madera County. Activities include linguistically and culturally-sensitive community outreach and education to build a base of at least 100 community members who will become active in land use issues; and a youth outreach component to train the next generation for meaningful involvement in Madera County land use planning. | More details |
| Madera County Resource Management Agency | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2012 | $6,914.00 | Central Valley | Environmental Constraints Database Pilot Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.madera-county.com | More details | |
| Madera County Resource Management Agency | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2012 | $45,000.00 | Central Valley | Professional Planners Advancement Strategy | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.madera-county.com | More details | |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2012 | $150,000.00 | Central Valley | General Support | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.moc1.org/ | More details | |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2012 | $150,000.00 | Central Valley | Madera County Patterns and Practice & Tesoro Viejo Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.moc1.org/ | Supports continued legal pressure on Madera County and several large development companies over proposals to build huge residential/commercial developments in mostly-rural Southeast Madera County. One of MOC_''s principal arguments is that Madera County has engaged in a long-standing _''pattern and practice_''_ of avoiding CEQA compliance. | More details |
| Tehipite Chapter; Sierra Club | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2012 | $40,000.00 | Central Valley | Organizing to Improve Environmental Planning in Madera County | Sustainable Energy/Lifestyles/Climate Change/Transit | Madera County | California | http://tehipite.sierraclub.org/ | Supports community outreach; education and organizing to ensure that Madera County develops a strong Sustainable Communities Strategy to reduce vehicle miles traveled. In addition to the direct focus on reducing vehicle miles and greenhouse gases; the project_''s goal is to create a network of trained land use activists and shift the prevailing local culture of sprawl development towards smart growth. | More details |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2013 | $65,000.00 | Central Valley | Madera County Patterns and Practice & Tesoro Viejo Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Madera County | California | http://www.moc1.org/index.php | Massive development pressure sprawling out of the Fresno metropolitan area continues to threaten the natural resources; built infrastructure; public services and quality of life of southeast Madera County. The Madera Oversight Coalition is at the center of community-based challenges demanding that developers and Madera County comply with state law in fully analyzing the impacts of this development. Funding supports continued challenges of specific development proposals; as well as a patterns and practices complaint seeking to reform Madera County's overall CEQA compliance policies and procedures. | More details |
| San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2013 | $25,000.00 | Central Valley | Gunner Ranch West Development and Impacts to the San Joaquin River Parkway | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | Fresno County | California | http://riverparkway.org/ | The San Joaquin River Parkway & Conservation Trust provides a wide range of program services to protect and restore the San Joaquin River including: protecting land through land purchase; donations or conservation easement transactions for public open space and to protect habitat and working agriculture for ranching landscapes; restoring stream-side forests and important fish and wildlife habitat; increasing public awareness of the San Joaquin River as a vital public resource; and participating in planning efforts on issues affecting the river. Funding supports a legal challenge to recent environmental impact statement filings that claim that widespread residential/commercial development near the San Joaquin River corridor will have no impact on the Parkway; and to support needed updates to the San Joaquin River Parkway Master Plan. | More details |
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2014 | $15,000.00 | Central Valley | The County Line Magazine | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | California | The Madera Oversight Coalition is at the center of community-based efforts to control the sprawl development that is consuming hundreds of acres of farm and ranchland in Madera County. The centerpiece of their public outreach efforts to educate and mobilize county residents around growth impacts is the County Line magazine; a quarterly free publication distributed throughout Madera County. Funding would support two years of County Line publication. This grant is recommended by the Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund funding board. | More details | ||
| Madera Oversight Coalition | Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund | 2016 | $121,250.00 | Central Valley | Austin Quarry Project | Land Management/Urban Sprawl/Open Space | California | The Madera Oversight Coalition is at the center of community-based efforts to control the sprawl development that is consuming hundreds of acres of farm and ranchland in Madera County. The centerpiece of their public outreach efforts to educate and mobilize county residents around growth impacts is the County Line magazine; a quarterly free publication distributed throughout Madera County. Funding would support two years of County Line publication. This grant is recommended by the Southeast Madera County Responsible Growth Fund funding board. | More details | ||
| Spokane River Forum | The Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2023 | $2,500.00 | Spokane River Forum Conference and Outreach | Water Quality Monitoring;Watershed Assessment;Wetland, Waterbody, Riparian Habitat Conservation or Protection;Pollution Prevention;Pollution Awareness | Washington | www.spokaneriver.net | For community outreach support to build awareness of the Spokane River Forum and to encourage conference participation within the community. The Spokane River Forum Conference and Outreach is using the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act to focus and challenge the community regarding water quality improvements needed in the watershed for the next 50 years. Gayle Killam with Water Policy Pathways will lead off the conference with a retrospective of the CWA and consider challenges looking forward. Conference sessions carefully curate critical issues across topics such as PCBs, PFAS, storm water, habitat restoration and climate change. Conference participants and outreach include a broad array of local, state, tribal and federal agencies; natural resource managers and specialists; elected official, conservation, environmental and recreation groups; business and industry, colleges and universities, and other clean water stakeholders. Outcomes of the conference will allow the Forum to target priority outreach and education needs such as updating and promoting the spokaneriverpcbs.org website. | More details | ||
| Spokane River Forum | The Mike Chappell Fund for the Spokane River | 2023 | $29,034.24 | Spokane River | Spokane River Watershed Assessment Internships | Water Quality Monitoring;Watershed Assessment;Wetland, Waterbody, Riparian Habitat Conservation or Protection | Washington | www.spokaneriver.net | The Spokane River Forum, in collaboration with the Spokane Tribe of Indians, will conduct internships for high school and college interns as part of 3 to 4 person field teams conducting water quality sampling, habitat surveys and fish community surveys across the Spokane River Watershed. Interns will receive training, field experience and career pathway mentoring from highly skilled professionals. Data will be input to an Ecosystem Diagnosis & Treatment (EDT) model needed to support a limiting factors analysis and development of a habitat restoration plan for the Spokane River Watershed. These efforts will directly support identification and prioritization of habitat projects needed to prepare our waters for salmon reintroduction and protection of native redband trout. In addition, these projects will help meet NPDES, TMDL and other water quality standards. EDT modeling and habitat restoration planning is being led by the Spokane Salmon Restoration Collaborative (SSRC). SSRC is coordinated by the Spokane Tribe of Indians and includes state and local agencies, non-government organizations and institutes of higher education. | More details | |
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