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

Smithsonian Institution

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support hands-on environmental science research projects by undergraduate students
  • $40,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Smithsonian Institution

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate student focused on visualization of human-environment interactions
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Social Good Fund

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Brown Girl Surf’s community surf programs and organizational development
  • $40,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022

Sonoma Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Community Engagement and Education Programs, the Santa Rosa South East Greenway, and Investing in Nature-Based Solutions
  • $150,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022

Stanford University

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate, graduate or post-doc intern(s) to pursue research that contributes to fulfilling the mission of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Ten Strands

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support general operations
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

The Center For Cultural Innovation

Craft Small Grants for Craftspeople
To support CCI’s Quick Grant program that provides funds for California artists to participate in professional development activities
  • $20,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

The Coral Reef Alliance

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support reducing land-based sources of pollution in Hawaiʻi
  • $40,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022

The Furniture Society

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Local Resident Fellows as part of the Craft For a Greater Good communities program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

The Nature Conservancy

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support California ocean resilience and recovery projects, with a focus on kelp, eelgrass and oysters
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

The Nature Conservancy

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Las Piletas acquisition
  • $100,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

The Society of Arts and Crafts

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Craft Innovation Jumpstarter Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Theodore Payne Foundation

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
General Support
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Trust For Public Land

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Trust for Public Land's Bay Area programs and initiatives, and support for the Deer Creek Beach project
  • $150,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022

U C San Diego Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support a research fellowship for undergraduate or graduate students, focused on marine biological sciences with a field research component at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the UC Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute's Research SCUBA Certification Program (DIVErsity in Diving)
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

United States Artists

Craft Awards in Craft
To support design and administration of the 2023 Maxwell/Hanrahan Awards in Craft
  • $696,900
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of Alaska

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Tamamta Fellows Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Elkus Ranch Fund
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of California Santa Cruz

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support two scientific illustration internships for undergraduate students at UC-Santa Cruz's Norris Center for Natural History.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of California Santa Cruz

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support students to attend the CAMINO (The Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-based Opportunities) summer internship program, and to present their field-based research at scientific conferences
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

University of Florida Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the field research grant program for graduate/doctoral students with a focus on field biology through the Tropical Conservation and Development Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of Hawaiʻi Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate and recent graduate Research Assistantships at the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology for one or more students from underrepresented backgrounds
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

University of Hawaiʻi Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support an internship program for a community college art student in collaboration with a marine biology graduate student (scientific partner) and a local professional artist (mentor) by creating a mural inspired by cultural research and conservation
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

University of Maryland, College Park

Diversity and Inclusion in Art, Design and Computing
To support the University of Maryland Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity
  • $17,250
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022
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