Grants

This information was taken from the book Environmental Grantmaking Foundations, 1993 Directory, by the Environmental Data Research Institute.

EPA Grants and Fellowship Information - http://www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.htm

ARCO Foundation
http://www.ntlf.com/html/grants/5977.htm

looking for individual leadership and volunteerism
interested in education
they have a large budget
emphasis on environmental career awareness

Beinecke Foundation, Inc.
http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=KERR004

into higher education

big priorities are activism, innovative programs, etc.

Chevron Companies
http://www.chevrontexaco.com/social_responsibility/grant_guidelines/

energy awareness

conservation issues are important

lots of money

Nathan Cummings Foundation
http://www.ncf.org/programs/programs_other.html
good budget
likes programs of national significance
into participation, conferences, networking
gives multi-year grants

Deer Creek Foundation
http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=DEER001

into waste management issues

also interested in good govt. and govt. accountability

Echoing Green Foundation
http://www.echoinggreen.org/

looks for innovative projects
into education, the environment, and public service
gives multi-year grants

Educational Foundation of America
http://www.efaw.org/

into solid waste issues

gives seed money for innovative programs

Environment Now Foundation
http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=ENVI015

funds all types of environmental projects

Environment Protection Agency more...

The Frost Foundation, Ltd.
http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=FROS002

large budget

like to fund innovative programs which address current problems

GE Fund
http://www.ge.com/foundation/grant_initiatives/education.html

higher education is a priority
large budget

Global Environmental Project Institute

interested in public education, grassroots organization, and action-oriented agendas

HKH Foundation
http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=HOCH002
interested in environmental protection
likes to have input into projects they fund
large budget

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
http://www.hewlett.org/

like non-partisan projects

The Roy A. Hunt Foundation
http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=HUNT003

likes projects that involve community service and education

Ittleson Foundation, Inc.
http://www.ittlesonfoundation.org/

interested in results that impact the real world

wants to recruit young people into the environmental field

into education

likes projects with national scope

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation
http://www.hmjackson.org/

into the environment as it pertains to natural resource management
likes programs with national significance
likes programs that train people for careers in environ- mental fields

Laird, Norton Foundation
http://www.lairdnorton.org/

interests are conservation and forestry

likes educational institutions

The Max and Anna Levinson Foundation
http://www.levinsonfoundation.org/

into conservation, public education, and citizen action
likes educational institutions

The Martin Foundation, Inc.

interested in recycling

likes natural resource conservation

interested in funding national programs

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
http://www.mott.org/

large budget

into general environmentally friendly grant-making

Ruth Mott Fund
http://www.mott.org/annual_report98/programs.html

Into Community organization around issues with national relevance

likes public education and involvement

will consider projects on public resource issues from national organizations, especially if projects have strong grassroots organizing and link together local, regional, and national organizations

The New-Land Foundation, Inc.
http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=NEWL001

into conservation issues

Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.
http://www.rbf.org/

into municipal waste recycling

large budget

Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc.
http://www.rffund.org/

into conservation

likes citizen education and participation

The Florence and John Schumann Foundation
http://fdncenter.org/cgi-bin/findershow.cgi?id=SCHU003

into networking and citizen action
likes to bring citizens into the democratic conversation

Threshold Foundation
http://www.thoreau.org/Tenants/threshold.html

hard- core environmentalists

likes projects with national scope that enable people to live lightly on the earth

Town Creek Foundation, Inc.
http://www.towncreekfdn.org/

likes involvement in monitoring govt. bodies responsible for enforcing environmental legislation

into the preservation and enhancement of the human environment in the US

likes waste reduction issues

Turner Foundation, Inc.
http://www.turnerfoundation.org/

into the conservation of natural resources

WMX Environmental Grants Program
a waste management company
recycling is a large focus of their grants