Grant Highlights
Environment
The philanthropic fund administers the RE-AMP network, a collaboration of nonprofits and foundations working to achieve meaningful reductions in regional greenhouse-gas emissions in the Upper Midwest through research, information exchange, strategy making, and advocacy. This grant supports RE-AMP groups advocating the adoption and implementation of state-level energy-efficiency resource standards.
The philanthropic fund administers the RE-AMP network, a collaboration of nonprofits and foundations working to achieve meaningful reductions in regional greenhouse-gas emissions in the upper Midwest through research, information exchange, strategy making, and advocacy. This grant supports RE-AMP activities and groups working in the Midwest on energy efficiency, renewable energy, and vehicle electrification.
The nonprofit provides research and counsel on charitable giving, develops philanthropic programs, and offers program, administrative, and management services for foundations and trusts. This two-year grant for the Sustainability Endowments Institute, hosted by Rockefeller, supports the Billion Dollar Green Challenge to encourage colleges and universities to invest a combined $1 billion in “green” revolving-loan funds that finance energy-efficiency improvements on their campuses.
The nonprofit provides research and counsel on charitable giving, develops philanthropic programs, and offers program, administrative, and management services for foundations and trusts. This grant furthers the work of the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health, a community-led philanthropy serving the hurricane-damaged Gulf region.
This green planning grant was awarded under the Green Building Initiative, begun in 2003 and retired in May 2009, which encouraged environmentally responsible construction and renovation in the nonprofit sector. The grant covers the incremental costs associated with the integrated design process ― a collaboration essential to efficient, cost-effective outcomes. The Environment Program’s strategic priorities extend the aims of the Green Building Initiative by working to advance the policy and practice of environmental sustainability in the built environment.
The foundation provides financial support to the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations for charitable projects. This two-year grant advances the Sierra Club’s expansion of its Resilient Habitats Campaign, a broad-based initiative to establish strongholds for biodiversity and natural-systems conservation in 10 U.S. regions.
The foundation provides financial support to the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations for charitable projects. This grant funds the Sierra Club’s early organizing, capacity-building, advocacy, and education efforts leading to the launch of the Resilient Habitats Campaign, a five-year, $30 million initiative to establish strongholds for biodiversity and natural-systems conservation in 10 U.S. regions.
The grassroots nonprofit is dedicated to protecting and restoring the rich natural heritage of native species and habitats in the Sky Island region of the American Southwest and northwestern Mexico. The alliance is using this three-year grant to engage academic, governmental, and environmental advocacy partners in the development of comprehensive, collaborative climate change adaptation strategies for the region.
The coalition of national, state, and local organizations works to improve land-use planning and to identify strategies for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions produced by the U.S. transportation sector. This renewed funding supports ongoing efforts to advance federal and state policies aimed at improving travel efficiency to achieve climate-mitigation goals.
The alliance promotes energy efficiency through advocacy, programs, and events and engages diverse stakeholders in fostering energy-efficient policies and practices. This two-year grant helps to fund the award for an energy-efficiency program competition and enables the alliance to assist the winning city in developing the Southeast’s first comprehensive energy-efficiency program at the city level.