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Our Environment Grantees

THE ENVIRONMENT

Latin American Biodiversity Conservation

Sustainable Consumption / Production
Other

Climate Change Initiative *





* 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



Other


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The Environment

 

Latin American Biodiversity Conservation

 
     

Amazon Conservation Team

 
$60,000
$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

 

 

"No Dirty Gold" Campaign

 
 
 

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

 

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 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  
$35,000
 

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

 
 
 
     

 

ISEAL Alliance

 
$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

 
 
 
  People and Plants Incorporated  

$45,000

 

  Transforming Trees Into Timber And Linking Community Forestry To Markets  
 
 
  Pinchot Institute for Conservation  

 

$30,000

 

The Ecomadera Project

 
 
 
  Pronatura Noroeste A.C.  

$25,000

 

 

Use of Ecosystem Service Payments to Promote the Conservation of Endangered Tropical Deciduous Forest within the Sierra de Alamos Reserve

 
     
     

 

Rainforest Action Network

 

$50,000

$50,000
 

Rainforest Agribusiness Campaigns - 2008 and General Operating Support - 2009

 
 
 
 

Rainforest Alliance

 

$75,000

$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 Conservation Society (WCS)  

 

 

 

Develop an Institution-wide Approach to Payments for Ecosystem Services

 
$110,000
     

Wildlife Trust  
$50,000
 

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

 
     

World Land Trust - U.S.  
$50,000
$50,000
 

Conservation of Watersheds Through Payments for Environmental Services In South Ecuador

 
     

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Sustainable Consumption/Production

 
     

Alliance for Sustainable Colorado

 
$35,000

 

 

Their Work to "Green" the Democratic National Convention in 2008

 
 
 

As You Sow Foundation

 
$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

 
 
 

Breast Cancer Fund

 
$30,000

 

  The Campaign For Safe Cosmetics  
 
 

Center for a New American Dream

 
$40,000

 

  General Operating Support  
 
 
 

Clean Production Action

 
$65,000
$65,000
 

Benign by Design: Promoting the Next Frontier of Eco Design Practices in the Electronics Industry - 2008 and Building Momentum for Green Electronics - 2009

 

 

 
 

Clean Air-Cool Planet

 
$50,000
 

Planning to Support Community Based Energy Action

 
 
 

Corporate Ethics International

 
$15,000
  The Business Ethics Network  
 
 

Dogwood Alliance

 
$20,000
$10,000
  Packaging Campaign  
 
 

Electronics TakeBack Coalition

 
$75,000
$75,000
  Electronics TakeBack Coalition  
 
 

Environmental Defense

 
$80,000
$80,000
 

Sustainable Corporate Production and
Consumption

 
 
 

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Environmental Paper Network

 
$25,000
$50,000
 

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

 
 
 

ForestEthics

 
$60,000
$60,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Green For All

 
$30,000
$30,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Green Press Initiative

 
$25,000
$50,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

GreenBlue Institute

 
$60,000
$60,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Healthcare Without Harm

 

$60,000

 

Support of Safer Electronics in Healthcare and Expanding the Market for Safer Materials in Healthcare

 
     

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Natural Resources Defense Council

 
$120,000

$30,000

 

New York State Electronic Waste Recycling Initiative/Clean Computers Campaign

 
 
 
 

Per Scholas

 

$50,000

  Computer Reuse and Recycling in Tough Economic Times  
 
 

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition

 
$60,000
$50,000
 

Sustainability In The High-Tech & Clean Tech Industries - 2008 and Stem the Global Tide of E-Waste and Promote a Clean and Green Solar Energy Sector - 2009

 
 
 
 
Public TV, Radio, Other Media
 
     

 

Demos: A Network For Ideas & Action

 

 

$5,000
 

The Open Source Society

 
 
 
 

Environmental Health Sciences

 

$50,000

 

Environmental Health News / The Daily Climate

 
 
 
 

Grist

 

$35,000

$45,000
 

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

 
 
 
 

The Immediate Life, Inc.

 
$35,000

 

  Mobilizing Communities Towards an Ecologically Sustainable Future  
 
   

Island Press

 
$65,000
$10,000
 

Applying a Three-Dimensional Model of Publishing to Advance Human Well-Being and Environmental Health - $50,000 and Research on and Promtion of "Redesigning the Future" by Elizabeth Grossman - $15,000 - 2008 and the Publication: Last Stands: The Disappearing Rainforests of the Sea, Authored by Kennedy Warne - 2009

 
 
 
 

Natural Capital Institute

 

$40,000

 

WiserEarth, www.wiserearth.org

 
 
 

The Story of Stuff

 
$15,000
 

The Story of Stuff

 
 
 
Other
 

Ecology Center

 
$200,000

$100,000

 

Operations and Business Development of Catalog Choice

 
     

Green For All

 
$30,000
$30,000
 

General Operating Support

 
       
 
Climate Change Initiative  
     

 

 

1 Sky Education Fund

 
$125,000
$50,000
 

The 1Sky Education Fund - 2008 and General Operating support - 2009

 
 
 
 

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

 
$75,000
 

Energy Savings and Advanced Metering Meta-Analysis: The Effectiveness of New Feedback Mechanisms in Lowering Residential Sector Energy Demand

 
 
 
 

Ceres, Inc.

 
$75,000
 

Ceres' Energy Efficiency and Real Estate Program

 
     

 

 

Energry Action Coalition

 

$20,000

 

Power Shift 2009

 
 
 
 

ICLEI - Local Governments for
Sustainability, USA Inc.

 
$90,000
 

ICLEI Network: Local Climate Leaders in Action (Mayors for Climate Protection)

 
 
 
 

International Institute for
Energy Conservation (IIEC)

 
$75,000
 

Mumbai Energy Alliance: Engaging City Officials for Implementing Energy Efficiency Actions

 
 
 

Natural Resources Defense Council

 
$100,000

 

 

Implementation of New York City's Energy Efficiency Plan

 
 
 
 

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc.

 
$75,000
 

Building Energy Rating and Performance Standards as Policy Instruments to Advance Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings

 
 
 
 

Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA)

 
$40,000
$50,000
 

Work to Establish the Southern Energy Alliance - 2008 and General Operating Support - 2009

 
 
 
 

The Climate Registry

 
$150,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
     

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Human Rights

 

Domestic Human Rights

 

Civil & Political Rights

 
     

Alliance for Justice

 
$35,000
 

Enforcing Human Rights: Habeas Corpus

 
 

 

 

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation

 
$75,000
$75,000
 

The ACLU's Human Rights Program

 
 

 

 

Border Action Network

 
$35,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 

 

 
 

Human Rights First

$50,000

$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

 

Providing Legal Services and Reforming the Criminal Justice System - 2008 and Uniting Science and Law on Behalf of Justice: Policy Program - 2009

 
 
 
 

New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation

 
$50,000
 

Defending Civil Liberties in a Human Rgihts Framework

   
 

 

 

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
$40,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
   
 

Public Interest Projects, Inc.

$115,000
$100,000
 

Bold Concepts / Hometown America Survey ($15,000) - U.S. Human Rights Fund ($100,000) - 2008 and U.S. Human Rights Fund - 2009

 
     
 

Urban Justice Center

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

Sex Worker Project and Human Rights Project

   
     
 
International Human Rights  

Civil & Political Rights

 
     

 

Committee To Protect Journalists

 
$25,000
$25,000
 

Campaign Against Impunity in Mexico Project - 2008 and Defending Press Freedom in the Americas - 2009

 
     
 

Conectas Human Rights

 
$40,000
$30,000
 

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

 
     
 

Human Rights Center, Law School, University of Chile

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

International Human Rights Fellows Program

 
     
 

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
 

Protection of At-Risk Human Rights Defenders in Latin America

 
     
 

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

 
     
 

University of Cape Town DGRU Faculty Of Law

 
$23,000
 

Support of the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit - its work to strengthen South African society, government and civil society (Public Law & Sustainable Cities)

 
     

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International Human Rights  

Social, Economic & Cultural Rights

 
     

 

Foundation for Self-Sufficiency
(Central America)

 
$50,000

$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
$40,000
 

Advancing the Rights of Children in Latin America

 
     
 

Mental Disability Rights International

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

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

 
     
 

The South African Institute for Advancement

 
$17,000
 

Creating a New Framework for The Overbrook Foundation's Funding in South Africa

 
     
 

WITNESS

 
$50,000

$50,000

 

Promoting Video Advocacy in Latin America and the Caribbean - 2008 and Video Advocacy and Human Rights Protection in the Americas - 2009

 
     

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Gender Rights

 

HIV/AIDS

 
     

 

American Jewish World Service (AJWS)

 
$50,000
 

Grantmaking in South Africa

 
 
 

Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.

 
$35,000
 

Immigration Advocacy Initiative

 
 
 
 

Planned Parenthood of New York City

 
$50,000
 

Closing the Gap Between Rights and Reality - A Program to Promote Human Rights and Reduce Gender-Based Violence and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

 
     

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

 
$30,000
$30,000
 

Keeping It Real! in South Africa - 2008 and Reproductive Justice Action Strategy: Motivate, Empower and Activate Key Religious Activists - 2009

 
 
 
 

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

 
$40,000
 

General Operating Support for Capacity-Building in GLSEN Student Organizing, Education, and Policy Departments

 
 
 
 

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

 
$35,000
$25,000
  Support of its ongoing work in Latin America - 2008 and The Caribbean Program Human Rights Institute in Cuba, March 2010 - 2009  
 
 

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

 

$40,000

$25,000

  Freedom to Marry  
 
 
 

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center

 
$40,000
 

Causes in Common: A Working Coalition Among Reproductive Rights and LGBT Freedom Movements

 
 
 

PROTEUS Fund

 
$75,000
$75,000
 

Civil Marriage Collaboration

   
     

SAGE

 
$15,000
 

SAGE's Fourth National Conference On LGBT Aging

 
     

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Reproductive Rights

 
     

Advocates for Youth

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 

Center for Reproductive Rights

 
$75,000
$75,000
 

Core Domestic Legal Program

 
 
 

Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program

 
$35,000
$50,000
 

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
 

Building a Commitment Among Americans that Access to Safe Abortion Care is a matter of Human Rights

 
 
 
 

National Institute for Reproductive Health

 
$50,000
  Urban Initiative for Reproductive Health  
     

Pro-Choice Education Project

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

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

 
     
 

Third Wave Foundation

 
$40,000
 

Reproductive Health and Justice Initiative (RHJI)

 
     

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Trafficking

 
     

 

Human Rights Initiative Of North Texas

$38,000

$47,000

 

HRI/UTD Cooperative Research Project

 
 
 
   
 

Institute for Policy Studies

 
$30,000

$30,000

 

Break The Chain Campaign / Freedom Network Training Institute

 
 
   

National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

 
$30,000
 

Humans Rights for Trafficking Survivors in The United States

 
 
 
 
     

 

Movement Building  
     

 

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy

 
$50,000

$50,000

 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Center for Community Change

 
$40,000
$40,000
 

Campaign for Community Values

 
 
 
 

Free Press

 
$50,000
 

General Operating Support

 
 
 
 

Fund for the City of New York

 
$30,000
$20,000
 

New York Community Media Alliance, Grassroots Media Project

 
 
 
 

Generational Alliance

 
$30,000
 

General Support

 
 
   
 

The Apollo Alliance

$75,000

 

 

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

   
 
 

New America Media (Pacific News Services)

 
$60,000
$40,000
 

Strengthening Ethic Media's Role In Movement Building - 2008 and The Ethnic Media Emergency Messaging Terminal: Building Long-term Sustainability for NAM and Comprehensive Risk Communications for Effective Governance - 2009

 
 
 

The Opportunity Agenda Project

 
$50,000
 

Promoting Human Rights at Home: Message Development, Training and Media Placement - 2008

 
     
 

People For The American Way Foundation

 
$75,000
 

Youth People For Fellowship Program

 
 
 
 

Voter Action

 
$35,000
 

Legal Advocacy Project

 
 
   
 

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

$50,000

 

On The Media

 
 
 
 
 
Other
 
     
 

Demos: A Network For Ideas & Action

 

 

$5,000
 

The Open Source Society

 
 
 
 

Green For All

 
$30,000
$30,000
 

General Operating Support

 
     

National Public Radio

 
$50,000
$50,000
 

Coverage of Environmental and Human Rights Issues on NPR News

 
     
 

Thirteen/WNET New York

 
$35,000
$35,000
 

WIDE ANGLE - Educational Outreach Package

 
     

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