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2014 Grants
Media
The Foundation supports nationally-significant public interest media including: policy, investigative journalism, public broadcasting, and select environmental media projects.
National Policy
These grants include nationally-significant initiatives that promote fair and open public interest media systems and policies in the U.S.
Free Press
Florence, MA
General operating support
$350,000
www.freepress.net
New Venture Fund
Washington , DC
Media Democracy Fund
$100,000
www.newventurefund.org
Common Cause Education Fund
Washington, DC
Media and Democracy Reform Initiative
$100,000
www.commoncause.org
Tides Center
San Francisco, CA
General operating support for Open MIC
$25,000
www.tides.org
Investigative Reporting & Public Interest Media
These grants include investigative reporting projects, watchdog and independent journalism, and other non-commercial media projects that serve the public interest and ensure a better informed citizenry.
Center for Media and Democracy
Madison, WI
Investigative work on fracking and its impact on water
$50,000
www.prwatch.org
Consortium for Independent Journalism, Inc.
Arlington, VA
General operating support
$10,000
www.consortiumnews.com
Foundation for National Progress
San Francisco, CA
General operating support
$15,000
www.motherjones.com
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
Arlington, VA
General operating support of PBS NewsHour
$200,000
www.weta.org
Women Make Movies, Inc.
New York, NY
America: COMPROMISED, documentary series on institutional corruption
$100,000
www.wmm.com
American University
Washington, DC
Training the Next Generation of Investigative Journalists
$200,000
www.american.edu
Center for Public Integrity
Washington, DC
General operating support
$250,000
www.publicintegrity.org
Common Dreams, Inc.
Portland, ME
General operating support (over three years)
$45,000
www.commondreams.org
Foundation for National Progress
San Francisco, CA
The Climate Desk and Mother Jones' Dark Money Reporting
$100,000
www.climatedesk.org
Media in the Public Interest, Inc.
Boulder, CO
North Carolina News Service
$20,000
www.mediainthepublicinterest.org
Democracy Now! Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
General operating support
$25,000
www.democracynow.org
Independent Production Fund
New York, NY
Moyers & Company
$500,000
www.IPFmedia.org
Nation Institute
New York, NY
The Investigative Fund to facilitate the development and publication of socially significant investigative reporting
$10,000
www.nationinstitute.org
Truthout
Sacramento, CA
General operating support
$15,000
www.truth-out.org
Environment
These grants include select film, radio, print and multimedia projects on critical environmental issues aligned with priority interests. These grants are primarily at the Foundation’s initiative.
Orion Society
Great Barrington , MA
Investigative journalism examining America's energy future
$15,000
www.orionmagazine.org
Grist Magazine, Inc.
Seattle, WA
General operating support
$15,000
www.grist.org
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs
Calabasas, CA
Project for Improved Environmental Coverage & Dream of a Nation
$15,000
www.saveourplanet.org
Public Broadcasting
These grants include underwriting for nationally broadcasted public affairs programs and select projects in conjunction with three major East Coast stations: WGBH (Boston), WNET (New York) and WETA (Arlington, VA/Washington, DC).
Center for Responsive Politics
Washington, DC
General operating support
$10,000
www.OpenSecrets.org
Earth Island Institute, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
Green Journalism Fund
$12,000
www.earthisland.org
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
New York, NY
CounterSpin
$15,000
www.fair.org
Pacifica Foundation WBAI Radio
Brooklyn, NY
News reporter/training
$15,000
www.wbai.org
Positive Futures Network
Bainbridge Island, WA
YES! magazine's 'Building Momentum for a New Economy' Initiative
$15,000
www.yesmagazine.org
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
FRONTLINE 2015 Series Support
$600,000
www.wgbh.org
Institute for Policy Studies
Washington , DC
OtherWords editorial service
$15,000
www.ips-dc.org
Institute for Public Affairs
Chicago, IL
General operating support for In These Times magazine
$10,000
www.inthesetimes.com
International Media Project
Oakland , CA
Making Contact weekly radio series and web content
$15,000
www.radioproject.org
Lost Light Projects, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
General operating support for InsideClimate News
$25,000
www.insideclimatenews.org
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill , NC
Increased Reporting on the Coastal Environment
$10,000
www.unc.org
Collective Heritage Institute
Santa Fe, NM
The Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature
$15,000
www.bioneers.org
Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation
Kennesaw, GA
Support for Youth Today and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
$10,000
www.kennesaw.edu/ksursf/
New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
Out of Bounds Radio Show with Tish Pearlman
$15,000
www.nyfa.org
Public Communicators, Inc./Free Speech TV
Denver, CO
2014 Strategic Initiative
$15,000
www.freespeech.org
Documentaries
These grants support select independent documentaries, primarily at the Foundation's initiative.
Katahdin Foundation
Berkeley, CA
Documentary Film: GABE TOMORROW
$10,000
www.kathadin.org
Independent Feature Project
Brooklyn , NY
The documentary, All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the "Children" of I.F. Stone
$100,000
www.ifp.org
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA-TV)
Arlington, VA
Ken Burns': Vietnam (over two years)
$500,000
www.weta.org
Brave New Foundation
Culver City, CA
Gun Safety Project
$25,000
www.bravenewfoundation.org
Independent Feature Project
Brooklyn, NY
School of Last Resort
$15,000
www.ifp.org
WNET
New York, NY
Dream On Documentary
$15,000
www.wnet.org
Other
These grants are primarily made at the initiative of the Foundation.
Free Speech for People, Inc.
Amherst, MA
Citizens Inspired campaign to overturn Citizens United
$40,000
www.freespeechforpeople.org
North Carolina Health News, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC
General operating support
$10,000
www.northcarolinahealthnews.org
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Arlington, VA
General operating support
$15,000
www.rcfp.org
United Republic Education Fund
Florence, MA
Represent.Us, a campaign to advance comprehensive, national campaign finance and lobbying reforms
$115,000
www.represent.us
Tides Center
San Francisco, CA
The Story of Stuff Project
$25,000
www.tides.org
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Washington, DC
2014 Environmental Film Festival
$5,000
www.dcenvironmentalfilmfest.org
Institute for Public Accuracy
Oakland, CA
General operating support
$10,000
www.accuracy.org
Environment
These grants are primarily focused on improving drinking water at the state and national level and supporting challenges to continued shale gas extraction and infrastructure expansion. At the Foundation's initiative, it also supports efforts to address environmental issues in North Carolina, and national-level environmental health and toxics concerns, as well as several other areas of interest.
Corporate Engagement (prior to 2017)
These grants demonstrate the use of complementary investor activist and advocacy efforts that engage the corporate sector and publicize corporate responsibility and liability risks as related to water use and impairment.
As You Sow
Oakland, CA
Its continued work pressuring major gas producing companies to be more transparent and to acknowledge the negative environmental, health and
social impacts of hydraulic fracturing
$50,000
www.asyousow.org
Public Interest Projects, Inc.
New York, NY
American Sustainable Business Council's organizing activities in New York around shale gas drilling concerns
$45,000
www.publicinterestprojects.org
Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment
Montclair, NJ
Shareholder engagement with companies to address the impacts of business operations on water use and quality
$25,000
www.tricri.org
Ceres, Inc.
Boston, MA
Advancing investor and corporate action on water stewardship
$50,000
www.ceres.org
Media (prior to 2017)
These grants aim to raise awareness of freshwater concerns through national media and investigative reporting outlets.
Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
Purcelleville, VA
Blue Ridge Press' 2014 -2015 Freshwater Environmental Change Series
$20,000
www.blueridgecenter.org
Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Inc.
Narrowsburg, NY
Trailer Talk: The Frack Talk Marcellus Shale Water Project
$15,000
www.artsalliancesite.org
Independent Media Institute
Berkeley, CA
AlterNet's coverage of freshwater issues, with a special focus on fracking and the intersections of water and energy
$25,000
www.alternet.org
State and National Policy (prior to 2017)
These grants support efforts to increase public investment in water infrastructure, oversight of existing federal and state laws and regulations, and advocacy for stronger and enforceable policies
Clean Air Council
Washington, DC
Developing capacity in New York-based community groups to address natural gas infrastructure
$25,000
www.cleanair.org
Clean Water Fund
Washington, DC
Its continued work on policy innovation, regulatory monitoring, constituency outreach and mobilization on water issues
$80,000
www.CleanWaterFund.org
Community Environmental Defense Council, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
General operating support
$50,000
www.cedclaw.org
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Educational and advisory efforts to highlight the importance of methane to the greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas
$67,000
www.eeb.cornell.edu/howarth
Earthworks
Washington, DC
Oil & Gas Accountability Project work in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions
$70,000
www.earthworksaction.org
Environment America Research and Policy Center, Inc.
Washington, DC
Protect clean water by working to restore protections in the Clean Water Act and to build a national anti-fracking movement
$60,000
www.environmentamerica.org
Environmental Working Group
Washington, DC
Drinking water protection research and communications, including its work related to fracking
$60,000
www.ewg.org
Food & Water Watch
Washington, DC
New Yorkers Against Fracking coalition
$100,000
www.foodandwaterwatch.org
Food & Water Watch
Washington, DC
Expand the statewide movement against oil fracking and other oil extraction techniques in California
$22,500
www.foodandwaterwatch.org
Netcentric Campaigns, Inc.
Washington, DC
Continued development of the Halt the Harm network
$25,000
www.netcentriccampaigns.org
North Carolina Conservation Network
Raleigh, NC
Continued work to protect North Carolina's water, including the challenge of stopping fracking
$60,000
www.ncconservationnetwork.org
Sustainable Markets Foundation
New York, NY
General operating support for Elected Officials to Protect New York
$20,000
Bluegreen Alliance Foundation
Minneapolis , MN
Clean Water=Good Jobs, a national advocacy project to upgrade water infrastructure, protect water resources, and create good jobs
$50,000
www.bgafoundation.org
Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment
Farmingdale , NY
Public education and outreach on gas drilling in New York State
$20,000
www.citizenscampaign.org
Earthjustice
San Francisco , CA
Ongoing efforts to safeguard human health and the environment in the Northeast from dangers associated with fracking
$75,000
www.earthjustice.org
Environmental Advocates of New York, Inc.
Albany , NY
Ongoing work to safeguard New York from gas drilling and emerging work to ensure the vision of a sustainable, cleaner and safer energy future for the state
$80,000
www.eany.org
Frack Action Fund
New York , NY
General operating support
$70,000
Green Corps, Inc.
Oakland , CA
Strengthen the fracking activist base in the New York City suburbs
$25,000
www.greencorps.org
New York Public Interest Research Group Fund
New York, NY
Continue its public education and outreach campaign on the issue of gas drilling in New York
$50,000
www.nypirg.org
Sustainable Markets Foundation
New York , NY
Continued Marcellus Shale-related activities in New York, including research, advocacy, media outreach, internet mapping, and grassroots organizing
$50,000
Citizens Awareness Network, Inc.
Shelburne Falls, MA
Alliance for a Green Economy general operating support
$10,000
www.nukebusters.org
Environmental Integrity Project
Washington, DC
Efforts to strengthen the public right to know by requiring the oil and gas industry to report to the national Toxics Release Inventory
$30,000
www.environmentalintegrity.org
Food & Water Watch
Washington, DC
New Yorkers Against Fracking campaign
$40,000
www.foodandwaterwatch.org
Fractracker Alliance
Johnstown, PA
Continued role as a resource for understanding the impacts of unconventional oil and gas development in New York
$43,000
www.FracTracker.org
Grassroots Environmental Education, Inc.
Port Washington, NY
Public awareness initiatives related to shale gas development in New York State
$35,000
grassrootsinfo.org
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
New York, NY
Protecting drinking water from poorly regulated oil and gas drilling and other threats
$80,000
www.nrdc.org
Sustainable Markets Foundation
New York, NY
General operating support for Energy Policy Forum
$30,000
American Rivers, Inc.
Washington, DC
Promotion of sustainable water infrastructure funding and policy
$70,000
www.americanrivers.org
Catskill Mountainkeeper, Inc.
Livingston Manor, NY
General support for its on-going comprehensive campaign against fracking
$50,000
www.catskillmountainkeeper.org
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
Water resource protection and stream and wetland mitigation in North
$40,000
www.edf.org
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
Durham, NC
Research into the environmental and health risks of oil and gas wastewater disposal in the Marcellus Shale region
$70,000
nicholas.duke.edu
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation, Inc.
Washington, NC
Waterkeepers Carolina for general operating support and its water quality testing work
$25,000
www.ptrf.org
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York
Albany, NY
Campaign against fracking in New York and related organizing work in the Southern Tier
$60,000
www.ppefny.org
Southern Environmental Law Center, Inc.
Chapel Hill, NC
Advocacy and leadership for protecting drinking water in North Carolina and the Southeast
$100,000
SouthernEnvironment.org
Sustainable Markets Foundation
New York, NY
Coordinate the broad movement of opposition to shale gas drilling in New York
$75,000
Yadkin Riverkeeper, Inc.
Winston Salem, NC
General operating support
$15,000
www.yadkinriverkeeper.org
Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Sustainable and Healthy Energy
Ithaca, NY
General operating support
$60,000
www.psehealthyenergy.org
Environment America Research and Policy Center, Inc.
Washington, DC
Relaunch the Clean Water Network
$50,000
www.environmentamerica.org
Training & Capacity Building (prior to 2017)
These grants are to build knowledge and technical capacity of environmental leaders, primarily in the nonprofit sector.
Nourish International
Carrboro , NC
General operating support
$20,000
www.nourish.org
River Network
Portland, OR
Build the capacity of watershed organizations and leaders to protect water resources in the Eastern U.S.
$50,000
www.rivernetwork.org
Virginia Organizing, Inc.
Charlottesville, VA
Science Communication Network's work to publicize peer-reviewed science on natural gas development and health
$25,000
www.virginia-organizing.org
Water in the Public Trust (prior to 2017)
These grants support regional and national organizations that empower and assist communities in exercising their rights to protect and manage local drinking water resources.
Flow For Water
Traverse City, MI
General operating support
$35,000
www.flowforwater.org
On the Commons
Minneapolis , MN
Great Lakes Commons Initiative, a partnership with many organizations to declare the Great Lakes a commons, public trust resource and protected bioregion
$60,000
www.onthecommons.org
Corporate Accountability International
Boston, MA
National Water Program, which is comprised of two primary initiatives - Public Water Works! and Think Outside the Bottle
$110,000
www.stopcorporateabuse.org
Food & Water Watch
Washington, DC
National water campaign to prevent the private control of water and protect and conserve the nation's water resources
$110,000
www.foodandwaterwatch.org
The Council of Canadians
Ottawa, ON
Strengthen the U.S. water commons and justice movement
$20,000
www.canadians.org
Vermont Natural Resources Council, Inc.
Montpelier, VT
Research and participation in rule-making that will help interpret Vermont's public trust law
$15,000
www.vnrc.org
Environmental Health
These grants focus on the effects of chemical use in the environment and prioritize the need for stronger federal and state policies to protect public health.
Coming Clean, Inc.
Brattleboro, VT
General operating support
$41,000
www.comingcleaninc.org
Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides
Washington , DC
General operating support
$15,000
www.beyondpesticides.org
Center for Health, Environment and Justice
Falls Church , VA
General operating support
$25,000
www.chej.org
Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
Albany , NY
General operating support
$25,000
www.healthyschools.org
Helen Caldicott Foundation
Asheville , NC
Nuclear Weapons: Waste to Weapons to War Symposium
$15,000
www.helencaldicottfoundation.org
Virginia Organizing, Inc.
Charlottesville, VA
General operating support for the Science Communication Network
$25,000
www.virginia-organizing.org
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Inc.
Glendale Springs, NC
Blistering the Air Campaign organizing against coal-fired power plant pollution
$15,000
www.BREDL.org
Children's Environmental Health Network
Washington, DC
General operating support
$20,000
www.cehn.org
Dogwood Alliance, Inc.
Asheville, NC
Our Forests Aren't Fuel
$10,000
www.dogwoodalliance.org
Friends of the Earth
Washington, DC
Continue to advocate for precaution-based regulation of nanomaterials while encouraging meaningful public engagement in decision making
$45,000
www.foe.org
Katahdin Foundation
Berkeley, CA
GABE TOMORROW, a documentary film about a young cancer survivor and his family's efforts to get a toxic waste site near their home in NC cleaned up.
$15,000
www.kathadin.org
Women's Voices for the Earth
Missoula, MT
General operating support
$50,000
www.womensvoices.org
Breast Cancer Fund
San Francisco, CA
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
$30,000
www.breastcancerfund.org
Center for Food Safety
Washington, DC
NanoAction Program to bring accountability to the nanotechnology industry
$20,000
www.centerforfoodsafety.org
Ecology Center
Ann Arbor, MI
Its work to shift industry away from the use of toxic materials through policy and market campaigns
$25,000
www.ecocenter.org
Nuclear Policy Research Institute/Beyond Nuclear
Takoma Park, MD
Drinking Water Protection and Radiological Contamination
$20,000
www.beyondnuclear.org
Toxic Free North Carolina, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
General operating support
$15,000
www.toxicfreenc.org
North Carolina
These grants are for protecting and improving North Carolina’s environment, with emphasis on ecological health and human impacts.
Blue Ridge Conservancy
Boone, NC
General operating support
$10,000
www.blueridgeconservancy.org
Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA
Pittsboro, NC
Landowner Outreach, Education & Empowerment Project
$25,000
www.rafiusa.org
Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Asheville, SC
General operating support
$10,000
www.appalachian.org
Trees NC, Inc.
Asheboro, NC
General operating support
$10,000
www.treesnc.org
Environment North Carolina Research & Policy Center, Inc.
Raleigh , NC
Campaign against hydrofracking in North Carolina
$15,000
www.EnvironmentNorthCarolina.org
Triangle Land Conservancy
Durham, NC
Clean Water and Land for the Triangle: Launching TLC's Strategic Plan
$10,000
triangleland.org
Blue Ridge Conservancy
Boone, NC
General operating support
$15,000
www.blueridgeconservancy.org
Sustain Charlotte, Inc.
Charlotte, NC
General operating support
$10,000
sustaincharlotte.org
Other
Environmental grants primarily made at the initiative of the Foundation.
Children's Environmental Literacy Foundation
Chappaqua, NY
NYC Leadership in Sustainability Curriculum Project
$7,500
www.celfeducation.org
Ocean Foundation
Washington, DC
Atlantic Geophysical and Geological campaign
$15,000
www.oceanfdn.org
Rachel's Network, Inc.
Washington, DC
General operating support
$10,000
www.rachelsnetwork.org
350.org
Brooklyn , NY
General operating support
$25,000
www.350.org
Environmental Federation of North Carolina, Inc
Durham , NC
General operating support
$10,000
www.earthsharenc.org
Greenpeace Fund, Inc.
Washington , DC
Democracy Initiative to remove corporate-sponsored roadblocks to environmental protection ($25,000) and the Fund to Save the Arctic ($25,000)
$50,000
www.greenpeacefund.org
Sustainable Markets Foundation
New York , NY
Mothers Out Front's organizing expansion into New York State
$10,000
The Fund for Lake George, Inc.
Lake George , NY
Legacy Strategy, a model for sustained watershed protection
$20,000
www.fundforlakegeorge.org
UPSTREAM
Athens , GA
Campaign for Sustainable Packaging
$20,000
www.upstreampolicy.org
Center for a New American Dream
Charlottesville, VA
General operating support
$10,000
www.newdream.org
Center for Biological Diversity, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
Fighting Crude Oil Transport in New York State
$20,000
www.biologicaldiversity.org
Helen Caldicott Foundation
Asheville, NC
General operating support
$10,000
www.helencaldicottfoundation.org
Union of Concerned Scientists, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
Nuclear Power Safety Campaign (over three years)
$45,000
www.ucsusa.org
350.org
Brooklyn, NY
General operating support
$50,000
www.350.org
Corporate Accountability International
Boston, MA
The Real Food Media Project, working to debunk persistent myths about industrial agriculture
$20,000
www.stopcorporateabuse.org
Green America
Washington, DC
Clean Energy Victory Bond program to allow all Americans to invest in a clean energy future
$25,000
www.greenamerica.org
Animal Welfare
The Foundation supports nationally-significant programs to protect domesticated animals and wildlife.
Domesticated and Companion Animals
These grants include nationally-significant programs to support the humane treatment, care and well-being of domesticated animals, particularly companion animals. Grants focus on spay/neuter programs to reduce overpopulation, veterinary services, advocacy and public education programs to prevent animal cruelty. Grants to select animal rescue and shelter organizations in specific geographic regions are primarily at the Foundation's initiative.
Tompkins County SPCA
Ithaca , NY
General operating support
$33,000
www.spcaonline.com
Partners! Canines
Blowing Rock, NC
Veterinary Expenses for Transport Pups
$5,000
partnerscanines.org
Mercy For Animals
Los Angeles , CA
General operating support (over two years)
$40,000
www.MercyForAnimals.org
Watauga Humane Society
Boone , NC
General operating support
$5,000
www.wataugahumanesociety.org
Suncoast Humane Society
Englewood, FL
No Birth Campaign - Spay and Neuter and Capital Campaign
$40,000
www.humane.org
Compassion Over Killing
Washington, DC
General operating support
$20,000
www.cok.net
Humane Society of the United States
Gaithersburg, MD
Working to end cruel industries, including animal fighting and factory farming
$100,000
www.humanesociety.org
Wildlife Protection and Conservation
These grants include nationally-significant projects to protect and conserve wildlife, support critical advocacy, policy and education initiatives, and provide sanctuary care for primates. Grants made to select organizations in specific geographic regions are primarily at the Foundation's initiative.
International Primate Protection League
Summerville, SC
General operating support
$10,000
www.ippl.org
Defenders of Wildlife
Washington, DC
Work to reform Wildlife Services' predator control policies
$25,000
www.defenders.org
Earthjustice
San Francisco , CA
Protecting wolves and Northern Rockies' grizzly bears
$55,000
www.earthjustice.org
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Friday Harbor , WA
General operating support for marine wildlife protection initiatives
$75,000
www.seashepherd.org
Buffalo Field Campaign
West Yellowstone, MT
General operating support
$5,000
www.buffalofieldcampaign.org
Center for Orangutan and Chimpanzee Conservation, Inc.
Wauchula, FL
General operating support
$50,000
www.CenterForGreatApes.org
Genesis Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc.
Beech Mountain, NC
General operating support
$10,000
www.genesis-wildlife.org
New England Aquarium Corporation
Boston, MA
St. Lawrence Beluga (over three years)
$45,000
www.neaq.org
Oceana, Inc.
Washington, DC
Protecting Marine Animals from Seismic Blasting in the Atlantic
$15,000
www.oceana.org
Sea Turtle Conservancy
Gainesville, FL
General operating support
$10,000
www.conserveturtles.org
The Science and Conservation Center, Inc.
Billings, MT
General operating support
$15,000
sccpzp.org
Wildlife Conservation Network, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
General operating support
$5,000
www.wildnet.org
Defenders of Wildlife
Washington, DC
General operating support
$50,000
www.defenders.org
Peace River Refuge and Ranch, Inc.
Silver Springs, FL
General operating support
$35,000
forestanimalrescue.org
Other
These grants are primarily made at the initiative of the Foundation.
Community Initiatives
San Francisco, CA
North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance collective advocacy efforts
$30,000
www.communityin.org
Living Archives, Inc.
New York, NY
Completion and dissemination of Unlocking The Cage, a film documenting an attorney's efforts to provide basic personhood rights for cognitively complex animals (over two years)
$50,000
www.living-archives.org
Media in the Public Interest, Inc.
Boulder, CO
Work to build the animal welfare and rights movement nationally through media coverage
$50,000
www.mediainthepublicinterest.org
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Washington, DC
Nonanimal Alternatives in Medical Research
$10,000
www.pcrm.org
Tribe of Heart
Ithaca, NY
LEGACY, a documentary aiming to empower audiences to recognize oppression and exploitation while demonstrating the impact of an individual's commitment to nonviolence
$40,000
www.tribeofheart.org
Vegan Outreach
Davis, CA
Adopt a College
$25,000
www.veganoutreach.org
Sustainable Ithaca
These grants are focused on sustainability issues in Tompkins County, New York, including the subprogram areas of Energy and Climate Change, Environmental Health and Toxic Threats, Greening Systems, and Education and Behavior Change.
Energy and Climate Change
These grants encourage the development of alternative and renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and knowledge and action on climate change in Tompkins County.
Second Nature, Inc.
Boston, MA
Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative
$70,000
www.secondnature.org
Environmental Health and Toxic Threats (prior to 2016)
These grants address concerns about the human health and environmental effects of hydrofracking for natural gas and to educate about toxins found in household and personal care products.
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
Aurora, NY
General operating support
$35,000
www.cayugalake.org
Greening Systems (prior to 2016)
These grants support conservation of natural systems, improved transportation, local food and smart growth systems.
Finger Lakes ReUse, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Transition to new facility (over 2 years)
$120,000
www.fingerlakesreuse.org
Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
Aurora, NY
Tompkins County wetlands mapping project
$25,000
www.cayugalake.org
Center for Transformative Action
Ithaca, NY
Groundswell Farm Business Incubator Program
$50,000
www.centerfortransformativeaction.org
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY
"From Scarcity to Abundance" Sustainability Leadership Development Series
$20,000
www.ccetompkins.org
Cornell University-Cornell Plantations
Ithaca, NY
Stewardship and Enrichment of the Park Park Natural Area
$20,000
www.cornellplantations.org
Green Resource Hub
Ithaca, NY
General operating support
$45,000
www.greenresourcehub.org
Greenstar Community Projects, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Weaving Together a Sustainable Food System
$20,000
www.greenstarcommunityprojects.org
Center for Transformative Action
Ithaca, NY
Bike Walk Tompkins (over two years)
$90,000
www.centerfortransformativeaction.org
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY
Healthy Food For All
$60,000
www.ccetompkins.org
Finger Lakes ReUse, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
General operating support
$40,000
www.fingerlakesreuse.org
Sustainable Tompkins
Ithaca, NY
Starfish, Networks, and Social Movements for Sustainability
$70,000
www.sustainabletompkins.org
Education and Behavior Change (prior to 2016)
These grants support programs that provide education on sustainability for K-12 students and the general public, and encourage behavior change around environmental stewardship and consumerism.
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY
"Get Your GreenBack Tompkins" County-side energy-saving community-building campaign
$70,000
www.ccetompkins.org
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY
Pollinator Gardening Education & Outreach Project
$5,000
www.ccetompkins.org
Greater Ithaca Activities Center, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Conservation Corp
$35,000
Ithaca Downtown Business Improvement District, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Sustainability on the Ithaca Commons
$21,500
www.downtownitha$21,500ca.com
Center for Transformative Action
Ithaca, NY
Education programming and operational spport for the Sustainability Center
$50,000
www.centerfortransformativeaction.org
Paleontological Research Institution
Ithaca, NY
Education on the local impact of climate change
$25,000
www.museumoftheearth.org
Wells College
Aurora, NY
Floating Classroom - Community Access for the Future of Cayuga
$15,000
www.wells.edu
Other
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
2015/16 Annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) (over 2 years)
$35,000
www.ithaca.edu
Community Needs
These grants include support for programs serving community needs in Tompkins County, NY. Grants focus on programs serving low-income and underserved populations in the following areas: youth services and education, social justice and equity, health and human services, and capacity building and philanthropy.
Youth Services & Education (Prior to 2017)
These grants focus on the social, emotional, educational and artistic needs of youth, with a particular focus on the needs of low-income and at-risk youth in Tompkins County.
BJM Enrichment Program, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
STEM Infusion
$15,000
www.icsd.k12.ny.us
Greater Ithaca Activities Center, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
The Science and Mathematics Saturday Academy
$10,000
Running to Places Theatre Company
Ithaca, NY
Running Free
$9,000
www.runningtoplaces.org
City of Ithaca
Ithaca, NY
Ithaca Youth Bureau's Recreation Department Scholarship Fund (ECHO)
$15,000
www.cityofithaca.org
City of Ithaca
Ithaca, NY
Mentoring and Youth Leadership Programs for Secondary Students
$20,000
www.cityofithaca.org
New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches
Ithaca, NY
Cool School Food project to support adding plant-based dishes to the Ithaca City School District lunch menus
$25,000
www.healthyschoolfood.org
The Learning Web, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Youth Outreach
$20,000
www.learning-web.org
Tompkins Community Action
Ithaca , NY
Family Literacy & Parent Education (over two years)
$32,000
www.tcaction.org
WSKG Public Telecommunications Council
Vestal , NY
Youth Voice: Year Three
$20,000
www.wskg.com
Center for the Arts at Ithaca, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
2014-2015 Project 4 Artists-in-the-Schools Residency Program
$20,000
www.hangartheatre.org
Child Development Council of Central New York, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Healthy Beginnings
$40,000
www.childdevelopmentcouncil.org
Greater Ithaca Activities Center
Ithaca, NY
General operating support for Community Unity Music Education Program
$16,000
www.communityunity.cfsites.org
Drop-In Children's Center
Ithaca, NY
Tuition Assistance Program
$12,000
www.dicc.org
Historic Ithaca, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Work Preserve Job Training Program
$27,000
www.historicithaca.com
The Village at Ithaca
Ithaca, NY
General operating support (over two years)
$60,000
www.villageatithaca.org
Center for Transformative Action
Ithaca, NY
Wood's Earth general support
$20,000
www.centerfortransformativeaction.org
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY
4-H Urban Outreach Program
$20,000
www.ccetompkins.org
Ithaca Children's Garden, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Hands-on-Nature Anarchy Zone project, dedicated to offering children opportunities for self-directed play
$25,000
ithacachildrensgarden.org
Social Justice & Equity (Prior to 2017)
These grants address inequity, human rights and racism issues in Tompkins County.
Alternatives Venture Fund, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Matched Savings for Low-Income Adults to Build Assets and Economic Stability (over two years)
$45,500
www.alternatives.org/venture
Center for Transformative Action
Ithaca , NY
Finger Lakes Social Entrepreneurship Scholarships
$2,500
www.centerfortransformativeaction.org
Cornell University
Ithaca , NY
Addressing Farmworkers' Needs in Tompkins County
$20,000
www.giving.cornell.edu/foundations
Multicultural Resource Center
Ithaca, NY
Ultimate Re-Entry Opportunity
$43,000
www.multicultural-resource.org
The Village at Ithaca
Ithaca, NY
Together We Rise as a Community
$3,500
www.villageatithaca.org
Capacity Building & Philanthropy (Prior to 2017)
These grants support programs that enhance the effectiveness of the local nonprofit sector and its leaders. Grants also support other community-based grantmaking entities and organizations supporting and enhancing philanthropy in Tompkins County.
Community Foundation of Tompkins County, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
General operating support
$25,000
www.cftompkins.org
Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY
General operating support for Tompkins County Mentor Capacity Building Trainers
$5,000
www.cftompkins.org
Community Foundation of Tompkins County, Inc.
Ithaca , NY
Collective Impact Summit Scholarships
$5,000
www.cftompkins.org
Center for Transformative Action
Ithaca, NY
Building Bridges
$30,000
www.centerfortransformativeaction.org
Health & Human Services (Prior to 2017)
These grants help meet the basic needs of low-income and underserved people and help alleviate the impacts of poverty in Tompkins County.
Catholic Charities Food Bank of the Southern Tier
Elmira, NY
Food Acquisition and Distribution
$25,000
www.foodbankst.org
Ithaca Health Alliance
Ithaca, NY
General operating support
$40,000
www.ithacahealth.org
Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation
Boone , NC
Baker Center for Primary Care
$20,000
www.apprhs.org
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Foundation
Tampa , FL
Support for research within Moffitt's Center for Women's Oncology
$50,000
www.moffittcancercenter.org
Hospicare and Palliative Care Services of Tompkins County, Inc.
Ithaca , NY
General Operating Support
$10,000
www.hospicare.org
Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County
Ithaca , NY
Advocacy Coordinator
$20,000
www.loaves.org
Parkinson's Action Network Foundation
Washington , DC
2015 Research & Public Policy Forum scholarships
$10,000
www.parkinsonsaction.org
Public Citizen Foundation, Inc.
Washington , DC
Dangerous Medicines: Drug Safety Oversight
$15,000
www.citizen.org/hrg
Center for Transformative Action
Ithaca, NY
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program
$10,000
www.centerfortransformativeaction.org
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY
Part 2: Better Together! Taking Action on Community Conversations for Children & Families (over two years)
$30,000
www.ccetompkins.org
Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga
Ithaca, NY
Samaritan Center
$45,000
www.catholiccharitiesTT.org
Human Services Coalition
Ithaca, NY
Homeless Solutions
$29,500
www.hsctc.org
Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
General operating support
$10,000
www.ppsfl.org
Tompkins Community Action
Ithaca, NY
From Poverty to Opportunity Tour 2014
$5,000
www.tcaction.org
Other (Prior to 2017)
These grants support the general quality of life in Tompkins County or address particular needs and concerns.
City of Ithaca
Ithaca , NY
Body Cameras for Police Officers
$19,560
www.cityofithaca.org
State Theatre of Ithaca, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
2014-15 General operating support
$20,000
www.stateofithaca.com
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY
Addressing Food Justice and Food Security through Gardens for Humanity
$27,000
www.ccetompkins.org
Town of Caroline
Slaterville Springs, NY
Caroline Broadband Initiative
$20,000
www.townofcaroline.org
Memberships and Philanthropic Engagement
The Foundation supports and participates in funders affinity groups relevant to its program interests and priorities.
Confluence Philanthropy, Inc.
New York, NY
Water Investors Subgroup
$22,000
www.confluencephilanthropy.org
Third Sector New England
Boston, MA
General operating, family philanthropy organizing and alumni program development support for Resource Generation
$15,000
www.tsne.org
Grantmakers Forum of New York
Rochester , NY
Membership in 2014-15
$6,100
www.grantmakers.org
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
New York , NY
Membership for one year
$7,500
www.iccr.org
Virginia Organizing, Inc.
Charlottesville , VA
Health & Environmental Funders Network and its funder working group on hydraulic fracturing
$20,000
www.virginia-organizing.org
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Washington, DC
General operating support and membership
$5,000
www.ncrp.org
North Carolina Community Foundation/NCNG
Chapel Hill, NC
Membership in the North Carolina Network of Grantmakers during 2014
$5,000
www.ncgrantmakers.org
Confluence Philanthropy, Inc.
New York, NY
Membership dues
$7,500
www.confluencephilanthropy.org
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
Coral Gables, FL
Membership in 2014
$2,500
www.fundersnetwork.org
Media Impact Funders
Philadelphia, PA
Membership in 2014
$5,000
www.mediaimpactfunders.org
New Venture Fund
Washington, DC
Membership for SAFSF
$2,000
www.newventurefund.org
Other Grants
Arts and Culture
These grants support public understanding and appreciation of the arts.
Center for Transformative Action
Ithaca, NY
General operating support for the Vitamin L Project
$12,000
www.centerfortransformativeaction.org
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Ford Lallerstedt's Advanced Musical Studies Seminar and Independent
Study
$15,000
www.curtis.edu
Sarasota Opera Association, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
Education and Youth Opera Programs 2015-16
$10,000
www.sarasotaopera.org
The Supreme Court Historical Society
Washington, DC
Supreme Court Summer Institute for Secondary Teachers
$100,000
www.supremecourthistory.org
Tudor Place Foundation, Inc.
Washington, DC
Improving Access: Bus Transportation and Programs for Title 1 Schools and Database Upgrade
$40,000
www.tudorplace.org
Media Alliance
Oakland , CA
General support, Ithaca Voice online newspaper
$35,000
www.media-alliance.org
Washington Performing Arts Society
Washington, DC
WPAS Capitol Arts Initiative
$50,000
www.wpas.org
Center for Growing and Becoming, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Second Wind Tour, day-long exploration of what it means to catch a "second wind" in one's life and work
$18,000
www.changingaging.org
National Gallery of Art
Landover, M
Teacher Institute in 2014
$75,000
www.nga.gov
National Symphony Orchestra Association at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Arlington, VA
Educational Programming for School Groups and Families
$50,000
www.kennedy-center.org/nso
Education
These grants support educational programs, primarily at the Foundation’s initiative.
Avery County Board of Education
Newland, NC
Family Reading Partnership
$7,500
www.averyschools.net
Black Student Fund
Washington, DC
General operating support
$20,000
www.blackstudentfund.org
Teach for America
Durham, NC
Advancing Educational Opportunities in Eastern North Carolina
$20,000
www.teachforamerica.org
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (WETA-TV)
Arlington , VA
Start with a Book program encouraging summer reading and writing by third grade children
$75,000
www.weta.org
Reach Out and Read, Inc.
Sylva , NC
Reach Out and Read North Carolina Capacity Building
$10,000
www.reachoutandread.org
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College
$30,000
www.ithaca.edu
North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation
Winston-Salem, NC
Scholarship for Student Artists
$10,000
www.uncsa.edu
Discovery Trail
Trumansburg, NY
Kids Discover The Trail! Expansion - Four New Districts
$10,000
www.discoverytrail.com
Tompkins Learning Partners, Inc.
Ithaca, NY
Incarcerated Youth Services
$16,000
www.TLPartners.org
Health
These grants support health education, research and service provision, primarily at the Foundation’s initiative.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Washington, DC
Campaign for Healthy Children
$15,000
www.cspinet.org
Commonweal
Bolinas, CA
Functional Medicine for Cancer (over 2 years)
$25,000
www.commonweal.org
DC Central Kitchen, Inc.
Washington, DC
General operating support
$20,000
www.dccentralkitchen.org
Englewood Community Care Clinic, Inc.
Englewood, FL
General operating support
$10,000
www.englewoodclinic.org
Family and Children's Service of Ithaca
Ithaca, NY
Children's Comprehensive Care Initiative
$25,000
www.wheretoturnithaca.org
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center, Inc.
Sarasota, FL
General operating support
$10,000
www.sparcc.net
So Others Might Eat
Washington, DC
General operating support
$20,000
www.some.org
Dream Catchers at the Cori Sikich Therapeutic Riding Center
Williamsburg, VA
General operating support
$5,000
www.dreamcatcherswilliamsburg.org
El Puente De Williamsburg Inc
Brooklyn , NY
General operating support
$10,000
elpuente.us/
Children's Home Society of Florida Foundation, Inc.
Winter Park, FL
General operating support
$15,000
www.chsfl.org
National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction
New York, NY
Newman Family Support Center
$20,000
www.myface.org
The Food Studies Institute
Trumansburg, NY
Food educator salaries and necessary supervision as part of the Finger Lakes Food Literacy Project
$80,000
www.foodstudies.org
Appalachian Regional Healthcare Foundation
Boone, NC
Emergency Fund for Cancer Patients
$50,000
www.apprhs.org
Bread for the City, Inc.
Washington, DC
General operating support
$15,000
www.breadforthecity.org
Planned Parenthood Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC, Inc.
Washington, DC
General operating support
$20,000
www.plannedparenthood.org/ppmw
Justice & Civil Society
These grants promote a just and civil society including education, policy development.
Democracy North Carolina
Durham, NC
Youth Leadership Training Project
$10,000
www.democracy-nc.org
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
Campaign for Freedom of the Press in Higher Education
$10,000
www.thefire.org
North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
General operating support
$10,000
www.nccppr.org
Project on Government Oversight
Washington, DC
General operating support
$25,000
www.pogo.org
Public Citizen Foundation, Inc.
Washington, DC
Global Trade Watch Stop Fast Track Fund
$31,500
www.tradewatch.org
Alliance for Justice
Washington , DC
General operating support
$10,000
www.afj.org
Blueprint North Carolina
Raleigh, NC
General operating support
$15,000
www.blueprintnc.org
Childrens Law Center
Washington , DC
General operating support
$20,000
childrenslawcenter.org
North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
Durham, NC
General operating support
$10,000
www.nccai.org
Georgia Justice Project
Atlanta, GA
Minimizing Collateral Consequences of Criminal Records through Policy
$10,000
www.gjp.org
iCivics, Inc.
Washington, DC
General operating support
$25,000
www.iCivics.org
North Carolina Center for Voter Education
Raleigh, NC
General operating support
$15,000
www.ncvotered.com
Southern Coalition for Social Justice
Durham, NC
General operating support
$20,000
www.southerncoalition.org
Center for Political Accountability
Washington, DC
CPA-Zicklin Index rating companies on their political disclosure and accountability practicies
$20,000
www.politicalaccountability.net
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Ithaca, NY
Natural Leaders Initiative
$25,000
www.ccetompkins.org
Georgetown Ministry Center
Washington, DC
General operating support
$20,000
www.georgetownministrycenter.org
International Forum on Globalization
San Francisco, CA
Plutonomy Program, to increase public pressure of the ultra-wealthy individuals who exert undue influence over today's policy outcomes
$15,000
www.ifg.org
MapLight
Berkeley, CA
General operating support
$15,000
www.maplight.org
Sunlight Foundation
Washington, DC
After Citizens United: Documenting the "Appearance" of Corporate Corruption
$100,000
www.sunlightfoundation.com
Res Publica
New York, NY
Wildfire Project
$10,000
www.therespublica.org
Higher Education
These grants include undergraduate scholarships and select projects at two academic institutions where Roy H. Park, Sr. had significant affiliations and served as a trustee: Ithaca College and North Carolina State University.
Lees-McRae College
Banner Elk , NC
President's Discretionary Fund
$25,000
www.lmc.edu
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Greening the Core: Integrating Media Literacy into Sustainability Education
$163,000
www.ithaca.edu
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Endowment for Ithaca College
$5,000,000
www.ithaca.edu
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
A cohort of Park Scholars in the class of 2019
$3,207,445
www.ithaca.edu
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