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

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

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

Ho’okua’ina

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support seasonal interns in spending 10 weeks on the farm to gain hands-on experience learning ancient Hawaiian traditional methods of farming, important cultural lessons and life skills
  • $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

Idea Wild

Field Biology Small Grants for Field Biologists
To support Idea Wild's small equipment fund for biological field research projects
  • $100,000
  • 2 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

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

Island Institute

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support the Lift All Boats 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

La Cocina

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support the Incubator Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 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

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

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

Metal Arts Guild

Craft Small Grants for Craftspeople
To support Small Business Grants and Skill Development Grants
  • $20,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Metal Museum

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

Minorities in Shark Sciences

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support art and science internships for undergraduate or graduate student(s)
  • $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

Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a science illustration internship for graduate students
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2024 Active

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
Expenditure Responsibility Grant
  • $45,000
  • 3 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