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

Environmental Grantmakers Association

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
2021 Environmental Fellows Program
  • $22,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Field Museum of Natural History

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support a graduate student in a field-based internship for urban monarch and pollinator conservation in 2022
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Handweavers Guild of America

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Convergence internship program for undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in fiber arts programs.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support Haystack’s BIPOC fellowship initiative for summer workshops.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Hidden Villa

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
2021 Summer Camp scholarship fund
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support scholarship(s) for undergraduate students majoring in Studio Arts.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Krenov Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support scholarship(s) for women in the nine-month program in fine cabinet and furniture making.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Marine Biological Laboratory

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support an undergraduate student(s) to pursue summer field research at the MBL in 2022
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support conservation research and education
  • $40,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
MBARI Summer Internship Program
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Mote Marine Laboratory

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support one or more students from underrepresented backgrounds to participate in the Mote Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

National Geographic Society

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the STEM Field Assistant Program
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support a field-based research internship for an undergraduate or graduate student(s)
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the LIFT - Early Career Support for Native Artists program and/or scholarships for the 2022 national convening.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

New York Botanical Garden

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate interns or graduate students to engage in field research along with NYBG botanists
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

North Bennet Street School

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support scholarship(s) for students in the full-time program, with a preference for students of diverse backgrounds and/or underrepresented in their craft or trade.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support a Prothero Intern
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Organization For Tropical Studies Inc.

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support an Internship in the Urban Tropics
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Paʻi Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support The Nana I Ke Kumu cultural workshop series, with a focus on hands-on traditional arts.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Peninsula Open Space Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Coyote Valley program
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Penland School of Craft

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support two scholarships for HBCU arts faculty members to attend Penland workshops.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Peters Valley School of Craft

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To establish an Artist Residency Program that allows 5 artists (one per studio) to reside at Peters Valley for a period of 2 weeks in the fall or spring season and dedicate their time to their craft in a fully equipped studio within the retreat-like setting of the campus located in a National Park.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Philanthropic Ventures Foundation

Public School Teachers Classroom Grants
To support the Environmental Science Resource Grants Program for public school teachers in Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Santa Clara, San Francisco and San Mateo Counties
  • $125,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Point Blue Conservation Science

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Education Program, including STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed), the Community College Conservation Internship Program, and/or intern training
  • $40,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Polynesian Voyaging Society

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Moananuiakea – A Voyage for the Pacific
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021