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

Council of Chief State School Officers

Public School Teachers Awards in Teaching
To support National and State Teachers of the Year with an unrestricted monetary award
  • $1,849,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Curiodyssey

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Conservation Science Program, with an emphasis on the Conservation Trail and the Conservation Education Gardens
  • $20,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Desert Botanical Garden

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support two undergraduate or graduate students in field-based internships
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Donorschoose

Public School Teachers Classroom Grants
To support K-12 classroom projects across national rural and low-income schools
  • $1,000,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Earthwatch Institute

Public School Teachers Teacher Experiences
To support Teach Earth, a fellowship program for teachers
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Ecological Society of America

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) program, which may include regional field trip(s) and conference attendance
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Field Museum of Natural History

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate or graduate student focusing on native flora and fauna
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Finger Lakes Community College Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the summer coral reef conservation field experience
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Friends of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support Fishadelphia’s after-school program for high school students to learn about sustainable seafood
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the LINC Summer High School Program and middle school programming
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Greater Farallones Association

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support LiMPETS (Long-Term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students), which may include the Marine Science Education Fellows, and/or Visitor Center Education Programs
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Hawaiʻi Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Mahukona Project and ʻĀina Protection Projects with a focus on lands that grow healthy food
  • $150,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support BIPOC fellowships for recipients to participate in one-week or two-week intensive studio workshops
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Houston Center For Contemporary Craft

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

Inaturalist

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support general operating
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Indigo Arts Alliance

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Artists-in-Residence working in craft-based mediums
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Inquiring Systems

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Poco Farm's programs
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Inquiring Systems Inc.

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support CoFED's Just Leader Fellowship program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Jane Goodall Institute

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support two undergraduate, graduate, or postdoc African students in a field-based study internship focused on primate research and conservation
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Kupu

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support hands-on training in conservation, sustainability and environmental education for young adults; and general operating
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the field research internship program at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center with a focus on community college students
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Metal Museum

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

Modern Quilt Guild

Craft Awards and Prizes
To support the QuiltCon Award Program
  • $90,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the education program and conservation research on California wildlife and ecosystems, including the Career Development Pathway Program in those two areas
  • $100,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Mote Marine Laboratory

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