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

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Public School Teachers
To support the History Teacher of the Year Award and teachers to attend the in-person summer Teacher Symposium
  • $272,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
Youth programs
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Greater Farallones Association

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support LiMPETS (Long-Term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students), and/or K-16 Marine Science Education
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Hawai’i Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Āina Protection and Āina Stewardship & Restoration programs, with an emphasis on coastal and/or agricultural lands
  • $500,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Idea Wild

Field Biology Small Grants for Field Biologists
To support the small equipment fund for biological field research projects
  • $225,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Inaturalist

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support iNaturalist’s work to inspire people to care about nature, accelerate science, and enable grassroots conservation action, with a focus on California and Hawaii
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Iup Research Institute

Earth Science Enable Research Activity
To support students in the STEMSEAS program and researchers in the ChOP program
  • $75,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Jane Goodall Institute

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support two undergraduate, graduate, or postdoc Africa-based students in a field-based study internship focused on primate research and conservation
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Kodaly Foundation For Music Education

Public School Teachers Teacher Experiences
To support 10 full Kodály Summer Certificate Scholarships for educators per year at the University of Redlands in San Anselmo
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Kua

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the E Alu Pū Network, Hui Mālama Loko I'a, or Limu Hui
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Kupu

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support workforce development in conservation, ecosystem resilience, sustainability and environmental education, including the Kupu Āina Corps (KAC) and/or the Conservation Leadership Development Program (CLDP)
  • $500,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

La Semilla Food Center

Food Fellowships and Internships
To support beginning farmers' participation in a six-month Agroecology Farmer Fellowship program focused on land stewardship for a changing climate
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support initial stewardship and restoration at Colina Ranch in the southern Santa Cruz Mountains
  • $500,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Macalester College

Earth Science Fellowships and Internships
To support participant costs in the Keck Geology Consortium's Gateway Program
  • $420,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Maine Crafts Association

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Craft Apprenticeship and the Maine Craft Artist Award Programs
  • $150,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Marin Agricultural Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Farmland Protection and/or Small Grants Program
  • $150,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Math in The Mountains

Public School Teachers Teacher Experiences
To support teachers to participate in Math in the Mountains Teacher Immersion Program, a week-long residential professional development experience
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Minorities in Shark Sciences

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support recent college graduates and graduate students in a field-based internship studying sharks and rays
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Mission Edge San Diego

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Planet Women's 100 Women Pathway project, with an emphasis on California and Hawaii participants
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Missouri Botanical Garden

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support field research of students in the Graduate Studies Program
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support conservation research on California wildlife and ecosystems, including internships
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Earth Science Fellowships and Internships
To Support the MBARI Technical Apprenticeship and Summer Internship Programs
  • $150,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

Morton Arboretum

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support the Integrated Mentorship Program at The Center for Tree Science
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Earth Science Awards and Prizes
To support the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards
  • $120,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active

National Council On Education For The Ceramic Arts

Craft Awards and Prizes
To support NCECA's Innovator and Emerging Artist Fellowship Award Programs
  • $300,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2026 Active