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The
Foundation's Environment Program focuses on biodiversity conservation in Latin America and sustainable production and consumption in the United States. In Latin America, its geographic focus includes Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico and, in certain circumstances, the nations of Central America. Criteria applied to potential projects include: potential impact, level of innovation, the opportunity represented in funded group/leadership to accomplish the work proposed. The Environment Program seeks out efforts that support innovative ideas in sustainability, particularly around the production and consumption of materials. Climate change, with a particular focus on energy efficiency, receives distinct but limited support.
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The
Foundation's Human Rights Program supports organizations within the U.S. that are advancing the U.S. domestic human rights movement where Overbrook has played a leadership role since 2005. It also continues its grantmaking to strengthen gender rights in the U.S. where it has a long history of support for women's rights, LGBT rights and anti-trafficking efforts. Building the reproductive justice movement and advancing marriage equality for same-sex couples are central elements of the gender rights focus. Media reform and support of non-profit media continute to receive support for non-profit electronic and print media and efforts to reform the media landscape. This represents the Foundation's contribution to progressive movement building in the U.S. Other movement building efforts not defined as human rights will be phased out over 2011. In the Latin America grantmaking program, the Foundation supports human rights defenders and gender rights organizations.
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