Statistics per Cycle
2024 Cycle 2 – We received 147 applications, and 16 were awarded for a total of $330,000.
2024 Cycle 1 – We received 91 applications, and 22 were awarded for a total of $275,000.
2023 Cycle 2 – We received 58 applications, and 9 were awarded for a total of $131,100.
2023 Cycle 1 – We received 119 applications, and 22 were awarded for a total of $140,000.
Unsolicited Grant Recipients
Showing 1–12 of 172 items
| Organization | Amount | Description | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organization Kent Cultural Alliance | Amount $15,000 | Description Shared Field is a partnership between artist Austen Camille and farmer Trey Hill of Harborview Farms, working to facilitate storytelling within and about the regenerative agricultural community and the adjacent communities who steward the land on the Eastern Shore of MD. Their resulting work – a manuscript, a shared farm-to-table meal, an exhibition and outreach – will highlight the interconnectivity between farmers, conservationists, ecologists, riverkeepers, amongst many other land stewards. | Year 2024 |
| Organization Future Harvest | Amount $25,000 | Description The Beginner Farmer Training Program seeks to replenish the aging farmer population with a workforce trained in Chesapeake Bay-centered sustainability. | Year 2024 |
| Organization Resource Conservation District of Monterey County | Amount $25,000 | Description RCDMC provides technical and financial assistance to farmers for natural resource conservation. This project will support small-scale, Spanish-speaking farmers with irrigation and nutrient management and enable them to meet water quality requirements of Central Coast Water Board’s Ag order 4.0. Improved efficiency and monitoring in this community will prevent nitrate loading to freshwater, reduce groundwater consumption, and protect the financial viability of small agribusiness. | Year 2024 |
| Organization Centro de los Derechos del Migrante | Amount $25,000 | Description Centro de los Derechos del Migrante works alongside migrant worker communities in the crab- and protein-processing industries in the coastal regions of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia to support leadership development and educate migrant workers about their rights so they advocate for fair policies and rules. | Year 2024 |
| Organization Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps | Amount $25,000 | Description In the Wilderness programs are immersive backpacking experiences designed to equip participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to explore and steward public lands. Over 8 days, 15 participants will hike 40 miles and volunteer alongside trained trail crews. Through this hands-on experience, they will gain valuable trail maintenance skills, develop a deep appreciation for the importance of maintaining public lands, and be introduced to potential career paths in conservation. | Year 2024 |
| Organization WorkingFilms Inc. | Amount $15,000 | Description Rural Cinema resources environmental justice leaders in small towns across the U.S. to harness the power of film to convene their communities and move them to action. We offer training, funding, and solar-powered screening equipment to groups who launch film series in their communities. Rural Cinema increases support for and participation in critical environmental justice organizing outside of urban hubs. To date, we’ve supported 28 organizations in 20 states, 75% of whom are BIPOC-led. | Year 2024 |
| Organization Free Migration Project | Amount $5,000 | Description The Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (PICC) is a diverse coalition of 60+ organizations and hundreds of individuals. Membership includes community and faith groups, social/health/legal service providers, and labor unions. PICC leads and supports campaigns, decided by members, to advance immigrant rights at the local, state and federal levels; supports grassroots community-led organizations with training, capacity building; and leads nonpartisan voter registration of new citizens. | Year 2024 |
| Organization Black Thistle Street Aid | Amount $20,000 | Description Black Thistle Street Aid provides high quality, volunteer-supported medical care and harm reduction services during weekly outreach visits to local encampments where houseless folks live, as well as during our monthly pop-up medical clinics in Lane County, OR (Eugene area) | Year 2024 |
| Organization Climate First: Replacing Oil & Gas | Amount $5,000 | Description CFROG challenges California’s polluting oil and gas industry by: strengthening community action, holding industry accountable, advocating for permitting and policy that put community first, developing youth leadership, growing the green workforce, and increasing research-informed decision making. | Year 2024 |
| Organization Maryland CASA Association | Amount $25,000 | Description To build upon the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging (DEIAB) building blocks to provide CASA advocates with the in-depth training needed to support youth adequately. They focus on the intersections of youth in foster care and the juvenile justice system, and want expand their monthly DEIAB training options through a new interactive training platform. | Year 2024 |
| Organization Casey Trees | Amount $25,000 | Description Casey Trees is the only land trust working in Washington, DC, and Prince George’s (PG) County, MD, focusing on acquiring urban conservation easements and other high impact parcels. The organization is expanding its work in PG County to mitigate stormwater and sediment runoff into the Anacostia watershed (and the Chesapeake Bay), improve air quality, reduce extreme heat, mitigate flooding, and enhance equitable access to green space in densely paved and urbanized communities. | Year 2024 |
| Organization City Surf Project | Amount $25,000 | Description City Surf Project provides free, year-round surf experiences to school aged youth in the San Francisco Bay Area, helping them build a lifelong connection to nature, fostering a sense of environmental stewardship, and establishing healthy lifestyle habits. | Year 2024 |