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Our Environment Grantees

THE ENVIRONMENT

Latin American Biodiversity Conservation

Sustainable Consumption / Production
Other





* Staff Initiated One-Time Grants Funded In Addition To The Regular Human Rights and Environment Grants




 

 

Our Human Rights Grantees

HUMAN RIGHTS

Domestic Human Rights

  Civil & Political Rights

  Social, Economic & Cultural Rights

International Human Rights

  Civil & Political Rights

  Social, Economic & Cultural Rights

Gender Rights

  HIV/AIDS

  LGBT Rights

  Reproductive Rights

  Trafficking


Movement Building



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The Environment

 

Latin American Biodiversity Conservation

 
     

Amazon Conservation Team

 
$60,000
 

Creation and Implementation of a Biodiversity Management Plan for the Surui People of Western Brazil

 
 
 

Amazon Watch

 
$30,000
  Indigenous Lands Protection Project in the Southern Ecuadorian Amazon  
       
  EARTHWORKS  

$50,000

  EARTHWORKS International Program    
 
 

Ecologic Development Fund

 
$50,000

 

 

Strengthening Community Management of Forests and Water in Guerrero, Mexico through Payment for Ecosystem Services

 
 
 

Ecosystem Sciences Foundation

 
$35,000

$35,000

 

Implementation of a Payment for Watershed Services Program in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

 
 
 

Environmental Investigation Agency

 
$25,000

$60,000

 

Improving Biodiversity Conservation in Latin America through Better Forest Governance

 
 
 

Forest Trends Association

 
$60,000

 

 

Core Support for Forest Trends work on Linking Ecosystem Service Payments and Local Communities

 
 
 

Foundation for Sustainable Community
Development in the Tropics - ALTROPICO

 
$40,000
 

Consolidation of the Limits of the Cotacachi Cayaps Ecological Reserve - Establishing Community Forest Reserves and Environmental Outreach with Local Youth Groups within the Chiles Mataje Biological Corridor in Northwestern Ecuador

 
       
  Fundacion Cordillera Tropical  

$80,000

  Payment for the Protection of Environmental Services in the Tropical Andes of Ecuador: Development of Participatory Monitoring Tools    
 
 

Fundacion Futuro Latino Americano
(FFLA)

 
$45,000
 

Strengthening Environmental Governance to Secure Long-term Water Provision for the City of Quito

 
     

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  IMAFLORA  
$40,000
 

Conserve Biodiversity in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Through Improvements in Cocoa Production

 
 
 
     

 

ISEAL Alliance

 
$45,000

$45,000

  Building the Long-Term Sustainability of Credible Voluntary Certification and Labeling Programs  
 
 

The Katoomba Group, Inc.

 
$70,000

 

 

Catalyzing Markets for Ecosystem Services in Latin America

 
 
 
  Nature and Culture International  

 

$35,000

  Environmental Services And Conservation Of Watersheds And Carbon Stock In Southern Ecuador Tropical Forests  
 
 
  People and Plants Incorporated  

$45,000

 

  Transforming Trees Into Timber And Linking Community Forestry To Markets  
 
 
 

Pinchot Institute for Conservation

 

 

$30,000


 
 
     

  Pronatura Noroeste A.C.    
$50,000
  Protection of the Cabo Pulmo National Park Region, Baja California Sur, Mexico      
         
 

Rainforest Action Network

 

$50,000

$50,000
 

General Operating Support, and RAN Tropical Forests Program

 
 
 
 

Rainforest Alliance

 

$75,000

 

Biodiversity Friendly Tourism in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula

 
 
 
 

RARE

 

  $60,000

 

General Operating Support

 
     

Senderos y Encuentros hacia un Desarrollo Autonomo Sustentable (SENDAS) A.C.  
$30,000

 

 

Cloud Forest Restoration and Sustainable Use of Forest Resources in Central Veracruz, Mexico

 
     

Wildlife Trust  
$50,000
 

Empower Conservation Biologists to Study and Protect Species in Central and South America

 
     

World Land Trust - U.S.  
$50,000
 

Conservation of Watersheds Through Payments for Environmental Services In South Ecuador

 
     

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Sustainable Consumption/Production

 
     

 
 

As You Sow Foundation

 
$40,000

$40,000

 

Corporate Social Responsibility Sustainability Program

 
 
 

Borealis Centre For Environmental And
Trade Research

 
$25,000
$25,000
 

BeBOLD Chain-of-Custody Database Project And Targeted Corporate Investigations, and Markets-Oriented Research and Investigations

 
 
 

Catalog Choice

 
$345,000

 

Paperless Choice - Enhancing Digital Fund Raising Tools and Techniques - $150,000 and Catalog Choice Mail Preference Service Operations and Business Development - $195,000

 
 
 
 

Clean Production Action

 
$65,000
$65,000
 

Building Momentum for Green Electronics and Helping the Global Electronics Sector to Chat the Path to Safer Chemicals and Increase the Value of Recycled Materials

 

 

 
 

Clean Air-Cool Planet

 
$175,000
 

Planning to Support Community Based Energy Action - $25,000 and A Small Grants Program for Action on Community Sustainability - $150,000

 
 
 

Corporate Ethics International

 
$15,000
  The Business Ethics Network  
 
 

Dogwood Alliance

 
$10,000
  Packaging Campaign  
 
 

Electronics TakeBack Coalition

 
$75,000
  Electronics TakeBack Coalition  
 
 

Environmental Grantmakers Association

 
$35,000
  The Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption (The Sustainability Funders)  
 
 

Environmental Defense

 
$80,000
$100,000
 

Sustainable Corporate Production and
Consumption

 
 
 

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Environmental Paper Network

 
$25,000
$25,000
 

Advancing Socially and Environmentally Sustainable Transformations Within the Pulp and Paper Industry

 
 
 

ForestEthics

 
$60,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Global Alliance for Incinerator
Alternatives - GAIA

 
$25,000
 

Advancing a New Materials Economy & Making Recycling Work in the United States

 
     

Global Green USA

 
$15,000
 

Coalition for Resource Recovery Quick Service Packaging Recycling Pilot

 
 
 
 

Green For All

 
$30,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
  Green Light New York    
$25,000
  Energy Efficiency Lighting Resource Center      
         
 

Green Press Initiative

 
$25,000
$25,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

GreenBlue Institute

 
$60,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Health Care Without Harm

 

$50,000

 

The Campaign for Environmentally Sustainable Healthcare

 
     

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  Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)    
$45,000
  Helping the Global Electronics Sector to Chat the Path To Safe Chemicals and Increase the Value of Recycled Materials      
         

Natural Resources Defense Council

 
$120,000

 

 

New York State Electronic Waste Recycling Initiative/Clean Computers Campaign - $30,000 and Recycling and Urban Sustainability Project - $90,000

 
       
  Per Scholas    
  New Green Training and Certification Program and Continued Work Acquiring and Refurbishing Electronics    
$40,000
 
 
  Product Policy Institute      
  Building a Grassroots Network and Passing Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation    
$25,000
         
  Product Stewardship Institute    
$15,000
  Consumer Opt-Out for Phone Books      
         
  Root Capital    
$90,000
  Fostering Innovation & Biodiversity Conservation in Ecuador and Mexico      
         

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition

 
$50,000
$30,000
 

Addressing the Environmental Impacts of the Solar Energy and Electronics Industries

 
 
 

The Story of Stuff

 
$25,000
 

The Story of Stuff

 
       
  The Tides Center    
$35,000
  Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption    
       
  U.S. Green Building Council New York  

$50,000
  Urban Green Programming: Ensuring Green Building Expertise in New York City    
 
 
 
Public TV, Radio, Other Media
 
     

 

Demos: A Network For Ideas & Action

 

  $5,000

 

The Open Source Society

 
 
 
 

Environmental Health Sciences

 

$50,000

$50,000
 

Bringing Environmental Health and Climate News to the Mainstream Media

 
 
 
 

Grist

 

$45,000

$65,000
 

Going Further: Grist 2.0 and a Hub of Environmental News, Community and Action - 2008 and General Operating Support - 2009 , and General Operating Support and Cities of the Future - 2010

 
 
   

Island Press

 
$55,000
 

Publication: Last Stands: The Disappearing Rainforests of the Sea, Authored by Kennedy Warne - $10,000 and Developing and Disseminating the Best Information Tools to Those Working to Protect the Environment - $45,000

 
 
 
 

Natural Capital Institute

 

$40,000

 

WiserEarth, www.wiserearth.org

 
       
  National Public Radio  
$25,000
  Coverage of Environemtanl and Human Rights Issues on NPR News (split grant between Environment and Human Rights Programs)    
 
 
 
Other
 
         
  1 Sky Education Fund  
$50,000
$30,000
  Promoting National Climate Legisliation      
         

Ecology Center

 
$100,000

 

 

Operations and Business Development of Catalog Choice

 
     

Mayor's Fund To Advance New York City

 
$200,000

 

 

GreeNYC Research and Strategy Study

 
 
 

Green For All

 
$30,000
 

General Operating Support

 
       
  The Keystone Center    
$25,000
Equal Inclusion of Nonprofit Representation in The Green Products Roundtable
 
     

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Human Rights

 

Domestic Human Rights

 

Civil & Political Rights

 
     

Alliance for Justice

 
$35,000
 

Enforcing Human Rights: Habeas Corpus - 2008 and General Operating Support - 2009

 
 

 

 

American Civil Liberties Union
Foundation

 
$75,000
 

The ACLU's Human Rights Program

 
 

 

 

Asian Law Caucus

 
$15,000
 

Human Rights Framework in API Advocacy

 
 

 

 
 

Human Rights First

$50,000

 

 

Protect And Promote Human Rights And The Rule Of Law By the United States: Law And Security Program And End Torture Campaign

 
 
 
 

Innocence Project, Inc.

 
$45,000

$45,000

 

Uniting Science and Law on Behalf of Justice: Policy Program

 
 
 
 

New York Civil Liberties Union
Foundation

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

Further Integrate a Human Rights Framework in their Liberty and Security Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice and Reproductive Rights Program

   
 

 

 

The Constitution Project

 
$35,000
 

The Rule of Law Program

 
     

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Domestic Human Rights

 

Social, Economic & Cultural Rights

 
     

Breakthrough USA

 
$40,000
$45,000
 

General Operating Support

 
       
  Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Education Fund  
$50,000
  The CEDAW Education Project    
 
   
 

Public Interest Projects, Inc.

$100,000
$100,000
 

US Human Rights Fund

 
     
 

Urban Justice Center

 
$50,000
$55,000
 

Sex Worker Project and Human Rights Project

   
     
 
International Human Rights  

Civil & Political Rights

 
     

 

Committee To Protect Journalists

 
$25,000
$25,000
 

Defending Press Freedom in the Americas

 
     
 

Conectas Human Rights

 
$30,000
$30,000
 

Enhancing Access to Justice for Vulnerable Groups in Brazil - Strategic Litigation and Pro Bono Advocacy

 
     
 

Human Rights Center, University of Chile, Law School

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

International Human Rights Fellows Program

 
       
  Human Rights First  
$40,000
  Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Latin America    
     
 

Human Rights Watch

 
$100,000
 

Research and Advocacy on Business and Human Rights and Mexico's National Human Rights Commission

 
     

 

 

Front Line-International Foundation for
the Protection of Human Rights
Defenders

 
$30,000
 

Support of 15 Latin American Human Rights Defenders to the 2010 Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders

 
     
 

Peace Brigades International (PBI)

 
$25,000
$25,000
 

Protecting Threatened Human Rights Defenders in Latin America

 
     
 

Reporters Without Borders

 
$30,000
 

Press Freedom Defense in Latin America

 
     
  Urgent Action Fund    
  Latin America Rapid Response Grantmaking and Research & Advocacy  
$40,000
 

     
 
International Human Rights  

Social, Economic & Cultural Rights

 
     

 

Foundation for Self-Sufficiency
(Central America)

 
$50,000

 

For its work with the Coordinadora del Bajo Lempa and for core support of the Coordinator's programs

 
     
 

The Global Fund for Children

 
$40,000
 

Advancing the Rights of Children in Latin America

 
     
 

Mental Disability Rights International

 
$50,000
 

Support for Human Rights Advocacy for People with Mental Disabilities in Latin America

 
     
 

Public Interest Projects, Inc.

 
$100,000
 

USHRF Sub-fund for Domestic Human Rights Accountability

 
     
 

WITNESS

 
$50,000

$50,000

 

Promoting Video Advocacy and Human Rights Protection in the Americas

 
     

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Gender Rights

 

HIV/AIDS

 
     

 

American Jewish World Service (AJWS)

 
$25,000
 

HIV/AIDS Initiatives in South Africa - 2009

 
 
 
 

Planned Parenthood of New York City

 
$25,000
 

A Program to Promote Human Rights and Gender Equality in South Africa - 2009

 
     

Religious Coalition for Reproductive
Choice

 
$30,000
 

Reproductive Justice Action Strategy: Motivate, Empower and Activate Key Religious Activists

 
 
 
 

Shared Interest

 
$50,000
 

Sisters For Life Program

 
 
 
 

South Africa Development Fund

 
$25,000
 

HIV/AIDS Initiative Final Grant

 
     

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LGBT Rights

 
     

 

Gender Public Advocacy Coalition, Inc.

 
$50,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

GLSEN

 
$20,000
 

General Support for Safe School Programs

 
 
 
 

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

 
$25,000
  The Caribbean Program Human Rights Institute in Cuba, March 2010  
 
 

Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

 
$75,000
$75,000
 

Challenging Gender Inequalities and Sexual Orientation Bias in Law & Public Policy

 
 
 
 

The Freedom To Marry Collaborative

 

$25,000

$25,000

  General Operating Support  
 
 
 

PROTEUS Fund

 
$75,000
$75,000
 

Civil Marriage Collaboration

   
       
  Search for Common Ground  

$25,000

  Issues Affecting LGBT Individuals    
 
 

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Reproductive Rights

 
     

Advocates for Youth

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 

Center for Reproductive Rights

 
$75,000
 

Core Domestic Legal Program

 
 
 

Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program

 
$50,000
$30,000
 

Training New Generations of Reproductive Rights Leaders and Activists.

 
 
 

The Hesperian Foundation

 
$40,000
 

Taking Action for Women's Health and Empowerment: A Resource for Community-Based Activists

 
 
 

International Planned Parenthood Federation

$40,000
$40,000
 

Strengthening Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.

 
         

IPAS

 
$35,000
$35,000
 

Latin America Policy

 
 
 
 

National Institute for Reproductive Health

 
$50,000
  Urban Initiative for Reproductive Health  
     

Pro-Choice Education Project

 
$50,000
 

Pro-Choice Public Education Project (PEP) - General Operating Support

 
     
 

Third Wave Foundation

 
$40,000
 

Reproductive Health and Justice Initiative (RHJI)

 
 
 
 

Tides Foundation

 
$15,000
 

The Catalyst Fund: Resources for Women of Color in Reproductive Justice

 
     

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Trafficking

 
     

 

Human Rights Initiative Of North Texas

$47,000

 

 

HRI/UTD Cooperative Research Project

 
 
 
   
 

Institute for Policy Studies

 
$30,000

 

Break The Chain Campaign / Freedom Network Training Institute

 
 
   

National Asian Pacific American
Women's Forum

 
$30,000
$30,000
 

Anti-Trafficking Work in the United States

 
 
 
 
     

 

Movement Building  
     

 

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy

 
$50,000

$50,000

 

General Operating Support

 
 
   
 

The Apollo Alliance

$75,000

 

 

The Apollo Alliance for Clean Energy and Good Jobs (was called the Institute for America's Future)

   
 
 
 

Center for Community Change

 
$40,000
 

Campaign for Community Values

 
 
 
 

Free Press

 
$50,000
 

Media Reform Activities

 
 
 
 

Fund for the City of New York

 
$20,000
 

New York Community Media Alliance, Grassroots Media Project

 
 
 
 

Generational Alliance

 
$30,000
 

General Support

 
 
   
 

Institute for America's Future

$30,000

 

 

General Operating Support

   
       
  Mother Jones  

$25,000

  Reporting on Domestic Human Rights    
 
 

New America Media (Pacific News
Services)

 
$40,000
$50,000
 

Efforts to Expand Diversity in the Digial Media World

 
 
 

The Opportunity Agenda Project

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

Promoting Human Rights at Home: Message Development, Training and Media Placement

 
     
 

People For The American Way
Foundation

 
$50,000
 

Youth People For Fellowship Program

 
 
 
 

Tides Foundation/Generational Alliance

 
$30,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Western States Center

 
$30,000
  Gender Justice Program: Family, Community and Sexuality Project  
 
   
 

Women's Media Center

 
$25,000

$25,000

 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

WNYC, Radio, Inc.

 
$50,000
 

On The Media

 
 
 
 
Other
 
     
 

Demos: A Network For Ideas & Action

 

  $5,000

 

The Open Source Society

 
 
 
 

Green For All

 
$30,000
 

General Operating Support

 
     

National Public Radio

 
$50,000
$25,000
 

Coverage of Human Rights Issues on NPR News - 2009 and Coverage of Environmental and human Rights Issues on NPR News (joint grant between Environment and Human Rights Programs)

 
     
 

Thirteen/WNET New York

 
$35,000
 

WIDE ANGLE - Educational Outreach Package

 
     

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