Environment Grants 2007

Goal: To promote environmentally sustainable practices and equitable development that guarantee livable communities and healthy environments.

119 grants totaling $3,472,250

Objective: Support local and regional land use planning and development practices that promote environmental stability, beauty, and integrity. Total: $436,000

California Association of Community Organizations for Reform
To conduct an educational campaign focused primarily on Proposition 90 targeted at African American and Latino voters in Alameda, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties and to encourage these voters to vote on Election Day.
Oakland
$60,000<

American Farmland Trust
To increase food produced with sustainable practices in the region and surrounding communities.
Davis
$25,000

Asian Neighborhood Design
To support community planning efforts to help build vibrant, sustainable, and equitable neighborhoods.
San Francisco
$25,000

Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development
To produce and publicize a video that highlights sustainable and equitable infill development opportunities.
San Francisco
$30,000

Citizens for Eastshore Park
To expand public support for adding ten miles of Richmond shoreline to Eastshore State Park.
Albany
$15,000

Committee for Green Foothills
To provide continued support for the protection of open spaces and farms; to foster relationships with organizations and civic leaders that represent people of color; and to address the interests of San Mateo County's diverse population.
Palo Alto
$10,000> 

East Bay Community Foundation
To complete a neighborhood master plan for the Nystrom United ReVitalization Effort in the Iron Triangle of Richmond.
Oakland
$27,500

Global Footprint Network
To explore the environmental benefits of building affordable housing in Marin County.
Oakland
$15,000> 

HaywardArea Planning Association
To provide project support for Quarry Village, developing a database, and working with local and regional agencies and stakeholders to advance  new sustainable and affordable housing development.
Hayward
$18,000

Latino Issues Forum
To expand Latino leadership and involvement in sustainable development policies and issues in the Bay Area.
San Francisco
$20,000

San Bruno Mountain Watch
To support efforts to conserve the urban wildlands and open spaces of San Bruno Mountain by advancing sustainable development policies.
Brisbane
$15,000

San Mateo County Parksand Recreation Foundation
To improve the organization's operational capacity, develop its board, and engage in a strategic planning process.
Menlo Park
$18,000

Sustainable Agricultural Education
To support the operation of an Agricultural Park at the Sunol water temple and educate the public on sustainable agriculture.
Berkeley
$15,000

Sustainable San Mateo County
To create comprehensive development and volunteer programs that promote sustainable communities.
San Mateo
$15,000

Transportation and Land Use Coalition
To advance policies that promote sustainable and equitable development.
Oakland
$90,000> 

Urban Resource Systems
To support public involvement to further develop the Blue Greenway, a pedestrian and bike trail that will extend 13 miles along San Francisco's southeast waterfront.
San Francisco
$25,000

Visitacion Valley Greenway Project
To expand educational programming and community stewardship of an urban greenway in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley.
San Francisco
$12,500

Objective: Facilitate the conservation of natural resources and the reduction in energy use and carbon emissions by shifting our current production and consumption patterns toward environmentally sustainable practices. Total: $1,021,500

Acterra Action for a Sustainable Earth
To expand the Green Team Project by engaging individuals in climate change action in Alameda and San Francisco Counties.
Palo Alto
$15,000

American Rivers
To improve San Francisco Bay Delta water quality, assure the recovery of endangered fish and wildlife species, and provide for long-term water supply needs.
Nevada City
$20,000

Bay Localize
To promote the use of urban rooftops and gardens to produce energy and address environmental problems.
Oakland
$10,000

CaliforniaCoastkeeper Alliance
To support the work of the Government Accountability Project to phase out once-through cooling systems in power plants, curtail stormwater pollution, and improve citizen enforcement of water quality laws in the Bay Area.
Fremont
$20,000

CaliforniaInterfaith Power and Light
To promote energy efficiency and renewable energy programs among Bay Area congregations.
Oakland
$15,000

City of Berkeley
To support community involvement in developing plans to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Berkeley
$15,000

Community Alliance with Family Farmers
To expand the Buy Fresh, Buy Local branding campaign into the Bay Area, to promote the direct purchase of locally grown food, and to educate consumers by providing clear and accessible point-of-purchase information about provenance and freshness of local farm goods.
Davis
$20,000

Conservatree
To provide Bay Area consumers with information about choosing and buying environmentally sustainable papers.
Novato
$15,000

Creating Sustainable Green Schoolyards Collaborative
To develop a cohesive plan to create and sustain green schoolyards.
San Francisco
$18,000

Environmental Education Evaluation Learning Community
To disseminate information gathered from the peer cluster evaluation pilot, expand the participation of environmental education leaders in the evaluation-based program, and provide technical assistance to new participants.
Berkeley
$35,000

Environmental Nonprofit Network
To develop a website and membership program and coordinate and host events to build an alliance of environmental organizations working on environmentally sustainable alternatives.
San Francisco
$15,000

EnviroSpec (The Green Purchasing Institute)
To develop and maintain a more sustainable food system.
Berkeley
$15,000

Global Citizen Center
To develop a semester-long training program for City College of San Francisco engaging students in green career learning opportunities.
San Francisco
$18,000

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
To provide an intensive afterschool environmental education program for high school youth.
San Francisco
$15,000

Green Sangha
To implement the Rethinking Plastics campaign in Marin County and the East Bay.
Oakland
$10,000

GRID Alternatives
To hire an outreach coordinator for the Solar Affordable Housing Program.
San Francisco
$20,000

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability U.S.A.
To launch a regional climate protection program in Contra Costa County.
Oakland
$25,000

Institute for Local Self Reliance
To develop an independent system for rating the environmental, health, and social justice impacts of building products.
Berkeley
$20,000

Kids for the Bay
To improve evaluation of environmental science education and stewardship programs for elementary school students in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
Berkeley
$20,000

Kids in Parks
To introduce urban youth to open space and foster their connection with the natural world.
San Francisco
$7,500

Lindsay Wildlife Museum
To update software data management systems in order to deliver more effective public education programs.
Walnut Creek
$10,000

Local Government Commission
To engage local leaders on issues of global warming.
Sacramento
$20,000

Natural Heritage Institute
To identify potential wetland restoration projects and encourage citizen participation in protection and stewardship in eastern Contra Costa County.
San Francisco
$20,000

Natural Resources Defense Council
To build the capacity of an emerging coalition of local stakeholders to protect and restore the environmental integrity of the San Francisco Bay Delta through the Bay Vision project.
New York
$20,000

Nature in the City
To preserve urban wild places by building a coalition of nonprofits and individuals to engage in advocacy and stewardship.
San Francisco
$15,000

Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
To support the School Garden Program, which offers trainings, workshops, experiential learning, curriculum development, and follow-up technical support to public school teachers.
Occidental
$25,000

Product Policy Institute
To assist local governments in adopting policies and practices that advance sustainable production and reduce waste.
Athens
$20,000

Rose Foundation
To support the Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund that provides grants to small, emerging groups working on environmental health and justice, habitat preservation, environmental education, and water resources issues.
Oakland
$40,000> 

San FranciscoFood Systems Council
To build capacity to create and maintain a more sustainable food system by working with public agencies.
San Francisco
$15,000

San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance
To build its capacity to advocate for environmental gardens and curriculum in public schools.
San Francisco
$20,000

San FranciscoRecreation and Parks
To provide students with hands-on conservation opportunities and environmental education.
San Francisco
$18,000

Save San Francisco Bay Association
To strengthen the Watershed Program serving middle and high school students and teachers throughout the Bay Area with experiential environmental education programs.
Oakland
$25,000

Save the Redwoods League
To support the Redwood Land Program to ensure the long-term preservation of redwood forests and their ecosystems.
San Francisco
$100,000

Sempervirens Fund
To develop a matching gifts campaign for the purchase of the Lompico Headwaters property in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Los Altos
$150,000> 

Sustainable Conservation
To provide core operating support and to implement innovative solutions to critical environmental problems affecting Bay Area communities.
San Francisco
$15,000

Thimmakka's Resources for Environmental Education
To provide technical assistance to ethnic restaurants seeking certification as green businesses.
Berkeley
$20,000

Tuolumne River Trust
To promote environmentally sustainable water resource use and watershed stewardship in the Bay Area and to encourage civic participation in the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's water decision making processes for the Water System Improvement Program.
San Francisco
$25,000

Unity Council
To support a green building feasibility study for the Fruitvale Cultural and Performing Arts Center about environmentally friendly business practices.
Oakland
$30,000

Urban Creeks Council
To preserve, protect, and restore urban streams and riparian habitats by providing creek care advice to homeowners, and technical support to affiliate groups in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
Berkeley
$20,000

Urban Sprouts School Gardens
To support the ecoliteracy program to develop environmentally responsible attitudes and habits.
San Francisco
$15,000

Watershed Project
To assist community creek protection groups and support educational programs for students and teachers.
Richmond
$20,000

Wilderness Arts and Literacy Collaborative
To build this organization's capacity to provide high quality, interdisciplinary environmental education and youth development programs to underserved youth of color.
San Francisco
$15,000

World Wildlife Fund
To protect marine diversity off the California coast and to help local fisheries obtain sustainability certification from the Marine Stewardship Council.
Washington
$15,000

Objective: Promote the elimination of toxins and pollutants and encourage precautionary policies to minimize impacts on the environment and on human health. Total: $458,500

Bay Area Working Group for the Precautionary Principle
To involve citizens in implementing San Francisco's precautionary principle ordinance.
San Francisco
$25,000

CaliforniaFund for Youth Organizing
To support youth participation in ReGenerations: Leadership Expansion for Environmental Justice.
Oakland
$15,000

Californians for Pesticide Reform
To prevent the use of hazardous pesticides in low-income and public housing and promote alternative pest management techniques in the Bay Area.
San Francisco
$15,000

Commonweal
To expand public education on and advocacy for biomonitoring in the Bay Area.
Bolinas
$20,000

Earth Team Environmental Network
To support Something's in the Air that raises student awareness about the links between air quality and asthma and promotes student leadership and activism.
Berkeley
$15,000

Earthjustice
To provide legal counsel to environmental organizations working to remove toxins from the San Francisco Bay Delta ecosystem.
Oakland
$20,000

Environmental Education Coalition of Marin
To convene the Marin Environmental Justice and Health Collaborative, facilitate the prioritization of joint projects of the Collaborative, and provide citizen advocacy training.
San Rafael
$15,000

Environmental Health Legislative Working Group
To expand the participation of Bay Area residents and organizations in a statewide coalition of public health, environmental, environmental justice, and community groups.
San Francisco
$25,000

Environmental Justice Air Quality Coalition
To develop a comprehensive strategic plan for organizational capacity building.
San Francisco
$20,000

Environmental Justice Coalition for Water
To support the Bay Area efforts to promote the involvement of low-income communities in public policy decisions about the availability and quality of water.
Oakland
$25,000

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic
To provide free legal services and technical assistance to grassroots groups working to promote environmental justice.
San Francisco
$20,000

Environmental Support Center
To support a feasibility analysis to determine opportunities for developing and maintaining an information resource system for grassroots public policy advocacy and community organizing.
Washington
$3,500

Environmental Support Center
To build the capacity and sustainability of Bay Area environmental justice organizations.
Washington
$25,000

Green Schools Initiative
To develop and implement demonstration projects in public schools to improve air quality and contribute to healthier environments for students and teachers.
Berkeley
$20,000

Health and Environmental Funders Network
To advance environmental health and justice philanthropy in California.
Washington
$10,000

Immigrant Power for Environmental Health
To enable Asian and Latino immigrants in southeast San Francisco to advocate for policies that address environmental health issues.
San Francisco
$20,000

KPFA Radio
To support the operation and further development of its Environmental Justice Bureau.
Berkeley
$25,000

Literacy for Environmental Justice Project
To provide core operating support to this youth leadership organization.
San Francisco
$30,000

Long Range Education, Empowerment and Action Project
To support two demonstration projects to engage the community in implementing San Francisco's precautionary principle ordinance.
Berkeley
$20,000

Pacific Institute, Development, Environment, and Security
To provide technical assistance and support to community groups  working to reduce the effects of air pollution and toxins in their neighborhoods.
Oakland
$35,000

People for Children's Health and Environmental Justice
To reduce risk and eliminate toxins related to fish consumption and water qualityand watch dog the testing and remediation processes at Midway Village/Bayshore Park.
Pinole
$20,000

Tri-Valley CAREs
To increase community awareness about the environmental and health impacts of activities at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Livermore
$10,000

Universityof California at Berkeley School of Public Health
To provide for communication and consultation related to the nation's first statewide biomonitoring program.
Berkeley
$15,000

West County Toxics Coalition
To build the capacity of this organization by recruiting and training new leaders and members.
Pittsburg
$10,000

Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative
A collaboration representing over 40 environmental justice and environmental health groups working together to address the cumulative impacts of air pollutants on a regional level. Total: $345,000

Bay Area Clean Air Task Force
To participate as a resource coalition member of the Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative.
San Francisco
$20,000

Contra Costa Health Services
To participate as a resource coalition member of the Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative.
Martinez
$20,000

Ditching Dirty Diesel Collaborative
To participate as a resource coalition member of the Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative.
Oakland
$20,000

Environmental Justice Air Quality Coalition
To serve as a steering committee coalition member.
San Francisco
$60,000

Environmental Law and Justice Clinic
To hire, house, and provide administrative support for the full-time campaign coordinator and to serve as a resource organization.
San Francisco
$145,000> 

Immigrant Power for Environmental Health
To serve as a steering committee coalition member.
San Francisco
$60,000

Public Health Institute
To participate as a resource coalition member of the Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative.
Oakland
$20,000

Bay Area Livable Communities Initiative
The Bay Area Livable Communities Initiative is a collaboration of community foundations and nonprofit organizations employing their collective expertise, and resources to help make the Bay Area environmentally healthy, economically strong, and socially equitable. It is a catalyst, providing leadership to support model place-based development and policy changes that will promote environmentally sustainable growth in the region in order to create more livable communities. Total: $314,750

Accountable Development Coalition
To support organizing efforts in neighborhoods within and adjacent to Santa Rosa's Railroad Square station area.
Santa Rosa
$16,000

Bay Area Local Initiatives Support Corporation
To identify examples of land acquisition strategies and to develop initial recommendations for tailoring such strategies to the Bay Area.
San Francisco
$18,750> 

California Land Use Initiative
To influence state legislation and state spending priorities to encourage sustainable and equitable infill development in the Bay Area.
Sacramento
$35,000

Congregations Organizing for Renewal
To support relationship-building and expand resident capacity to participate in transit-oriented development planning efforts in San Leandro.
Hayward
$16,000

Conservation Action Fund for Education
To perform grassroots organizing near the Santa Rosa SMART rail station.
Santa Rosa
$12,000

Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community Organization
To engage community residents in the Pittsburg Railroad Avenue transit-oriented development planning process.
Martinez
$16,000

Greenbelt Alliance
To promote a smart growth specific plan for Bay Meadows in San Mateo and participation in the tools development and strategic coordination of the transit-oriented Development Collaborative.
San Francisco
$15,000

GreenInfo Network
To provide capacity for computer mapping, geographic analysis, and effective data management to partner organizations of the Great Communities Collaborative.
San Francisco
$14,000< 

La Clínica de la Raza, Inc.
To participate in and advocate for the needs of health facilities in Pittsburg Railroad Avenue transit-oriented development planning process.
Oakland
$16,000

Local Government Commission
To assist the Great Communities Collaborative by educating East Bay elected officials and city managers about overcoming barriers to walkable, bicycle-friendly, mixed-use projects around transit stations.
Sacramento
$28,500

Reconnecting America's Center for transit-oriented Development
To help create tools for transit-oriented development and to participate in the Great Communities Collaborative.
Oakland
$22,500

Transportation and Land Use Coalition
To create advocacy tools and provide management for the Great Communities Collaborative.
Oakland
$25,000

Universityof California at Berkeley, Sponsored Projects Office
To make a regional case for mixed-income development at transit-oriented developments and to explore strategies for achieving this goal.
Berkeley
$40,000< 

Urban Habitat
To lead advocacy work around the San Leandro BART transit-oriented development planning process, to engage in the planning process along the San Pablo Avenue Corridor, and to participate in the Great Communities Collaborative.
Oakland
$25,000

Urban Land Institute - San Francisco District Council
To support the goals of the Great Communities Collaborative by holding transit-oriented development opportunity site tours, technical assistance panels, and a day-long transit-oriented Development Marketplace.
San Francisco
$15,000

Richmond Equity Demonstration Initiative
This four-year project aims to build sustainable and equitable communities by influencing the patterns of metropolitan development in ways that promote ecological sustainability and decrease the cultural, social, economic, political, and spatial isolation of poor people. The Richmond Equity Demonstration Initiative draws together a number of partners addressing multiple sector issues to demonstrate the power of a collaborative and regional equity approach to community development in distressed inner cities and suburbs. It also explores implementation of specific strategies for on-the-ground sustainable and equitable development. Total: $505,000

Contra Costa Faith Works!
To engage technical assistance experts for the Richmond Equity Initiative partners and to build the organizational capacity of the core partners.
Richmond
$200,000< 

Contra Costa Faith Works!
To hire a tenant and civic outreach organizer and increase the hours of the director.
Richmond
$70,000< 

East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
To support developing equitable job opportunities and promoting better employment policies in Richmond and Contra Costa County.
Oakland
$45,000< 

Urban Habitat
To continue leadership participation in the Richmond Equity Initiative that is promoting equitable economic development, affordable housing, and environmentally sustainable practices.
Oakland
$190,000< 

Bay Fund
Established in 1998 as a $3.9 million settlement from a law suit related to selenium releases polluting the San Francisco Bay, the fund was created to fund environmental, public health, and wildlife research and restoration projects to improve water quality or reduce pollution in the San Francisco Bay and its watersheds. Total: $391,500 [Note: these grants were made in the second half of calendar year 2006]

Audubon California
To restore eelgrass habitat in Richardson Bay.
Tiburon
$38,500

Bay Model Association
To support analysis and monitoring of wetlands and restored tidal marshes in the San Francisco Bay.
Sausalito
$50,000> 

California Land Stewardship Institute
To eradicate the invasive Arundo dorax (Giant reed) along Suisun Creek and restore the area with native trees.
Oakland
$25,000> 

California State Parks Foundation
To restore Yosemite slough at Candlestick Point State Recreation Area.
Sacramento
$40,000> 

Ducks Unlimited Inc.
To monitor post-construction for the Napa Sonoma Marshes restoration project.
Rancho Cordova
$57,000

Friends of Sausal Creek
To develop a watershed assessment and management plan.
Oakland
$46,000> 

Restoration Ecology Institute
To prepare a comprehensive case study of the Petaluma River Marsh.
San Rafael
$30,000> 

United States Geological Survey
To establish a biogeochemical monitoring and research project in the tidal wetlands of south San Francisco Bay.
Menlo Park
$65,000>

University of California at San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies
To identify pollution hotspots impacting the San Francisco Bay and guide efforts to monitor, reduce, and remediate fecal pollution.
San Francisco
$40,000

< Denotes grant term is less than 12 months.