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Protecting the Natural Environment   Strengthening the Urban Community


CLIMATE CHANGE

American Forest Foundation
www.affoundation.org
Washington, DC
$30,000
To advocate for forest protection and carbon sequestration in climate legislation.

Environment Northeast
www.env-ne.org
Rockport, ME
$100,000
To advance RGGI expansion and gain support from state and provincial governments.

The Trust for Public Land
www.tpl.org
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To advocate for forest protection and carbon sequestration in climate legislation.

US Climate Action Network
www.usclimatenetwork.org
Washington, DC
$50,000
To coordinate advocacy organizations in the southeast around federal climate change legislation.

EASTERN ECOSYSTEMS

Center for Whole Communities
www.wholecommunities.org
Fayston, VT
$40,000
To support Whole Thinking fellowships for leaders working on climate change.

Consultative Group on Biodiversity
www.cgbd.org
San Francisco, CA
$3,500
First year of a two-year, $7,000 grant for general operational support.

Forest Guild
www.forestguild.org
Santa Fe, NM
$35,000
To support research and reports that guide sustainable forestry practice especially with wood use as a biofuel.

Land Trust Alliance
www.lta.org
Washington, DC
$25,000
To advance the work of land trusts in coastal South Carolina and the Southern Appalachians.

Land Trust for the Little Tennessee
www.ltlt.org
Franklin, NC
$20,000
To support conservation efforts in the upper Little Tennessee River Valleys in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains.

National Parks Conservation Association
www.npca.org
Washington, DC
$75,000
To support legal actions, and state and federal policies to reduce air pollution in Southern Appalachia.

New England Grassroots Environment Fund
www.grassrootsfund.org
Montpelier, VT
$30,000
To support grassroots initiatives that improve environmental conditions at the community level.

Rainforest Alliance
www.rainforest-alliance.org
New York, NY
$50,000
To further develop and support FSC-certified forestry operations.Southern

Environmental Law Center
www.selcva.org
Charlottesville, VA
$50,000
To support conservation work in coastal South Carolina.

SouthWings
www.southwings.org
Asheville, NC
$25,000
To use small plane flights to heighten awareness of conservation issues.

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS

Center for a New American Dream
www.newdream.org
Takoma Park, MD
$50,000
To transition the Responsible Purchasing Network out of CNAD and into another appropriate entity.

Environmental Defense Fund
www.environmentaldefense.org
Boston, MA
$25,000
To transition the paper calculator to the Environmental Paper Network.

Environmental Paper Network
www.environmentalpaper.org
Asheville, NC
$30,000
To support a network's coordination of organizations working to improve the practices of the pulp and paper industries.

Green Press Initiative
www.greenpressinitiative.org
Asheville, NC
$30,000
To advance shifts in the US newspaper and book industries, and US policy shifts, concerning environmentally preferable paper.

Health Care Without Harm
www.noharm.org
Jamaica Plain, MA
$75,000
To support a guide to environmentally sound operations and construction in the healthcare industry.

Markets Initiative
www.marketsinitiative.org
Vancouver, BC, Canada
$40,000
To support market-based paper reform in North America.

Natural Resources Council of Maine
www.maineenvironment.org
Augusta, ME
$15,000
To develop a Framework Product Stewardship program to promote development of extended life-cycle products.

Product Stewardship Institute
www.productstewardship.us
Boston, MA
$20,000
To build the case for product stewardship’s role in reducing releases of greenhouse gases.

U.S. Green Building Council, NY Chapter
www.urbangreencouncil.org/
New York, NY
$30,000
To develop a sustainable green building education program for tradespeople in the construction industry.


 


GREEN AND OPEN SPACE

Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation
www.allstonbrightoncdc.org
Allston, MA
$20,000
To create, improve and advocate for green and open space and to strengthen the neighborhood’s green network.

Boston Natural Areas Network
www.bostonnatural.org
Boston, MA
$35,000
To support stewardship of Boston’s community gardens, urban wilds, and the Neponset River and East Boston Greenways.

Bronx Land Trust
www.bronxlandtrust.org
New York, NY
$25,000
To support and strengthen community managed open space in Manhattan and the Bronx.

Bronx River Alliance
www.bronxriver.org
Bronx, NY
$35,000
To involve the community in stewardship and implementation of the Bronx River Greenway.

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
www.brooklyngreenway.org
Brooklyn , NY
$35,000
To involve the community in the advocacy, planning, and implementation of a 14-mile greenway in Brooklyn.

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
www.caaav.org
Bronx, NY
$15,000
To support Asian youth in leading campaigns that address issues of concern to residents in the Bronx and Chinatown.

Chelsea Collaborative
www.chelseacollab.org
Chelsea, MA
$35,000
To advocate for, preserve, create and restore green and open space along Chelsea Creek and its tributary Mill Creek.

Urban Ecology Institute
www.urbaneco.org
Newton Center, MA
$30,000
To support young people and residents to create greener neighborhoods and healthier cities.

YOUTH ORGANIZING

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
www.caaav.org
Bronx, NY
$15,000
To support Asian youth in leading campaigns that address issues of concern to residents in the Bronx and Chinatown.

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
www.cypresshills.org
Brooklyn, NY
$30,000
To support Future of Tomorrow's leadership development and youth-led organizing campaigns.

FIERCE
www.fiercenyc.org
New York, NY
$30,000
To support training, leadership development, and youth-led organizing campaigns for and by LGBTQ youth of color.

Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing
www.fcyo.org
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support a funder-practitioner collaborative that advocates for increased support for youth organizing nationally.

Hyde Square Task Force
www.hydesquare.org
Jamaica Plain, MA
$35,000
To support their Youth Community Organizers' leadership development and campaigns locally and citywide.

Urban Youth Collaborative
www.urbanyouthcollaborative.org
New York, NY
$25,000
To support youth-led citywide campaigns for educational reform.

Youth in Action
www.youthinactionri.org
Providence, RI
$20,000
To support leadership development, peer education programs, and participation in citywide coalitions.

Youth on Board
www.youthonboard.org
Somerville, MA
$25,000
To support organizing, leadership development, and citywide coalition work to secure a permanent role for student voice and engagement in Boston Public Schools.

MEMBERSHIPS

Environmental Grantmakers Association
www.ega.org
New York, NY
$1,690
2010 Annual Membership

Associated Grant Makers of Massachusetts
www.agmconnect.org
Boston, MA
$6,050
2010 Annual Membership

 



     
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