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.

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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

San Francisco State University

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support up to two rising scholars through the Interdisciplinary Marine & Estuarine Sciences graduate program, based at the Estuary & Ocean Science Center.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

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

Save The Redwoods League

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support at least two students' participation in the BIPOC Science Starter Grant Program
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Social Good Fund

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Brown Girl Surf’s community surf programs, which may include strategic planning
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Sonoma Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Education and Community Programs, and General Operating Support
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

The Coral Reef Alliance

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support reducing land-based sources of pollution in Hawaiʻi
  • $20,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

The Society of Arts and Crafts

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Mentor Program.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Trust For Public Land

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Trust for Public Land's Bay Area programs and initiatives
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

U C San Diego Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support one student to participate in the 2022 summer Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship, focused on marine biological sciences with a field research component.
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

United States Artists

Craft Awards in Craft
to support design and administration of the inaugural year of the Maxwell/Hanrahan individual awards program for emerging and/or under-recognized artisans across the country
  • $664,600
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

University of California Santa Cruz

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support two students to attend the CAMINO (The Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-based Opportunities) summer internship program
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021