Grants

The Foundation makes grants that support its broad interest areas of field-based science, art and craft, teaching, and protection of the natural world.

Active

40 Acre Conservation League

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support general operating
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Ah Haa School For The Arts

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support American Academy of Bookbinding scholarships for students underrepresented in craft and trade and/or of higher socioeconomic need
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Alaska Native Heritage Center

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support artist engagement throughout the Alaska Native Artist community
  • $30,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

American College of The Building Arts

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support scholarship(s) and recruiting for students in the full-time program, with a preference for students of diverse backgrounds and/or underrepresented in their craft or trade
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

American Craft Council

Craft Awards and Prizes
To support the ACC Award Program’s Gold Medal For Consummate Craftsmanship and College of Fellows for hands-on practitioners, with a focus on practitioners working in traditional/heritage craft
  • $205,500
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Appalachian Artisan Center of Kentucky

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Appalachian School of Luthiery's Advancement in Luthiery Scholarship for Women
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Archbold Biological Station

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for graduate student
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Archie Bray Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the First Fire Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Baltimore Jewelry Center

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support increased capacity of the teaching fellowship, allowing for multiple concurrent fellows; to support our artist residency; and to expand residency opportunities for BIPOC artists
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Berea College

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support Student Craft’s Visiting Artist Residency Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Berea College

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support Grow Appalachia's hands-on learning with experienced farmers for new and beginning farmers aspiring to start their own farms
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Beta-local

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the La Ivan Illich Program with a focus on cultural material practitioners
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Big Sur Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Carr Lake Restoration and Park Development Project and/or acquisitions
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Black Artists & Designers Guild

Craft Awards and Prizes
To support the BADG Maker Award and Education Initiative grants–including the Creative Futures Grant, Creative Visionary Grant, and Legacy Maker Grant–all with a focus on craftspeople
  • $90,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Black in Marine Science

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the BIMS Immersion Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration residency program for a recent graduate, graduate student, or undergraduate who will work in collaboration with faculty from the departments of Art + Film and Biological Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

California Academy of Sciences

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Thriving California Initiative
  • $150,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

California Indian Basketweavers Association

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support basketweavers in California to carry on their traditional basketweaving and cultural knowledge
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

California State Parks Foundation

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support park access and experiences, and park stewardship
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

California State University Channel Islands Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the community-based Service Learning field class research trip to Maui in January 2025, and a 2025 summer course at Santa Rosa Island Research Station (SRIRS)
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Calypso Farm and Ecology Center

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support the Community Roots Program, an urban agriculture training program for teens and young adults
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Coastal Quest

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Emerging Leaders for 30x30 Cohort in California
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Community Initiatives

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Latino Outdoors' programs in California
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Communityshare

Public School Teachers Classroom Grants
To support school-community partnerships nationwide, allowing PK-12 students to engage with scientists, artists, business leaders and others, with an emphasis on educator capacity building
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Compass For Youth

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Community College Field Biology Alliance, to enable 15 undergraduates currently enrolled in community colleges in the greater Los Angeles area to participate in a 8-month long hybrid field research internship
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active
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