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

Pacific Horticulture

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support general operations and science communicators
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Peninsula Open Space Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Coyote Valley and Farmland programs
  • $200,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Planet Women

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the West Coast cohort of the 100 Women Pathway project
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

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
  • $100,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Polynesian Voyaging Society

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Moananuiakea – A Voyage for the Pacific, and organizational strengthening and leadership development
  • $50,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

San Francisco Estuary Institute

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Shoreline Resilience focus area and urban green infrastructure projects
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Social Good Fund

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Brown Girl Surf’s community surf programs and organizational development
  • $40,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Sonoma Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Community Engagement and Education Programs, the Santa Rosa South East Greenway, and Investing in Nature-Based Solutions
  • $150,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

Ten Strands

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support general operations
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

The Coral Reef Alliance

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support reducing land-based sources of pollution in Hawaiʻi
  • $40,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022

The Nature Conservancy

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support California ocean resilience and recovery projects, with a focus on kelp, eelgrass and oysters
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

The Nature Conservancy

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Las Piletas acquisition
  • $100,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Theodore Payne Foundation

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
General Support
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Trust For Public Land

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Trust for Public Land's Bay Area programs and initiatives, and support for the Deer Creek Beach project
  • $150,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2022 Active

University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Elkus Ranch Fund
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Wai

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support community outreach & education and pilot projects
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

Ymca of San Francisco

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Nature Engagement Education Program and Outdoor Education Programs
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2022

California Academy of Sciences

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support biodiversity science and community science in California; and engaging Bay Area educators with science learning
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Community Initiatives

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Latino Outdoors' programs in California
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2021

Environmental Grantmakers Association

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
2021 Environmental Fellows Program
  • $22,000
  • 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

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support conservation research and education
  • $40,000
  • 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

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
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