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

Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support projects that protect natural and working lands and create access to nature
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Marin Agricultural Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Farmland Protection and/or Small Grants Programs
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support wildlife research and highway undercrossing projects
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • 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

National Audubon Society

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Audubon California's Working Lands and Conservation Leadership Programs
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

National Park Foundation

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Channel Islands Anacapa Island Ecosystem Restoration and/or Yosemite Ackerson Meadow Wetlands Restoration
  • $20,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024

Northcoast Regional Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Education and Conservation Easements Programs, and General Operating
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024

Outdoor Afro

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Volunteer Leader and Making Waves programs in California, and general operations
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Peninsula Open Space Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Coyote Valley program, and San Mateo County Coast Land Protection and Access
  • $750,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

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 Early Career training; and a scientific illustration internship for graduate students
  • $195,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Polynesian Voyaging Society

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Moananuiākea - A Voyage for the Pacific
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Resources Legacy Fund

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support sustainable forestry and/or wastewater coordination efforts in Hawai'i
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Resources Legacy Fund

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Surf Justice Collective
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

San Francisco Parks Alliance

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Community Partner Network
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Sanctuary Forest

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Education and Outreach Program and General Operating
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Save The Redwoods League

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the 'O Rew Redwoods Gateway Project
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Save The Waves Coalition

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the WSR Stewardship Fund and/or Stewardship Fellows, with a focus on local partners in California or Hawaiʻi
  • $20,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024

Sempervirens Fund

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support inspiring curiosity and learning about redwoods and wildlife
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Social Good Fund

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Salted Roots’ organizational leadership development and general operating
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Sonoma Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Community Engagement and Education Programs, and Investing in Nature-Based Solutions
  • $150,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Surfrider Foundation

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Blue Water Task Force and Ocean Friendly Gardens in California and/or Hawai'i
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

The Coral Reef Alliance

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Clean Water for Reefs in Hawaiʻi
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Learning Among the Oaks Program and the Land Conservation Program
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

The Nature Conservancy

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support California ocean resilience and recovery projects, with a focus on seagrass and oysters
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

The Nature Conservancy

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the San Andreas Corridor
  • $750,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active