Unsolicited Grant Cycle Recipients

Below is information about the competitiveness of each cycle, and the recipients.

2023 Cycle 2
We received 58 applications, and 9 were awarded for a total of $131,100.

• Black Wellness and Prosperity Center – $25,000
• Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative – $25,000
• Crafting the Future – $5,000
• Dreaming Out Loud Foundation – $10,000
• Friends of Plumas Wilderness – $5,000
• Maryland Agricultural Education – $10,000
• Puente de la Costa Sur – $25,000
• Soil Born Farm Urban Agriculture Project – $16,100
• YES Nature to Neighborhoods – $10,000

2023 Cycle 1
We received 119 applications, and 22 were awarded for a total of $140,000.

• Act for Women and Girls – $25,000
• Bright Side Opportunities Corporation – $5,000
• Chattahoochee Riverkeeper – $5,000
• Cheyenne River Youth Project – $5,000
• Center for Aquatic Sciences – $5,000
• Fairmead Community & Friends – $5,000
• Family Connections Centers – $10,000
• Friends of Ballona Wetlands – $5,000
• Good Call NYC – $5,000
• Hopi School Inc – $5,000
• Latino Equity Advocacy & Policy Institute – The Leap Institute – $5,000
• Lost Sierra Food Project – $5,000
• Maryland Reentry Resource Center Inc – $5,000
• Minorities in Shark Sciences – $10,000
• Phoenix Legal Action Network – $5,000
• Rappahannock Tribe, Inc – $5,000
• Redbud Resource Group – $5,000
• Rose Haven CiC – $5,000
• Source LGBT Center Inc – $5,000
• The Challenge Program – $5,000
• United Way of Lower Eastern Shore – $5,000
• VineCorps Inc – $5,000

2021 Cycle 2
We received 65 applications, and six were awarded for a total of $50,000.

• Central Valley Partnership – $10,000
• Environmental Advocates NY – $2,500
• Food System 6 Accelerator, Inc – $15,000
• Little Manila Foundation – $5,000
• National AIDS Memorial – $7,500
• Wye River Upper School – $10,000

2020 Cycle 2
We received 44 applications, and none were awarded.

2020 Cycle 1
We received 36 applications, and two were awarded for a total of $9,000.

• Elsie Allen High School Foundation – $1,000
• Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust – $8,000

2019 Cycle 2
We received 135+ applications, and seven were awarded for a total of $23,000.

• Baltimore Green Space A Land Trust for Community Managed Open Space – $1,000
• Cacapon & Lost Rivers Land Trust – $3,500
• Friends of the Inyo – $5,000
• Inside the Outdoors Foundation – $1,000
• Mariposa County Resource Conservation District – $5,000
• Samuel Lawrence Foundation – $2,500
• Tandem Partners in Early Learning – $5,000

2019 Cycle 1
We received 65+ applications, and five were awarded for a total of $25,000.

• Friends of Grays Harbor – $5,000
• North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council – $1,250
• Noyo Center for Marine Science – $1,250
• RE Sources for Sustainable Communities – $15,000
• Youth Outside – $2,500

2018 Cycle 3
We received 17 applications, and four were awarded for a total of $98,885.

• Sierra Club Foundation – $25,000
• PA Parks and Forest Foundation – $25,000
• Donegal Trout Unlimited – $23,905
• Dickinson College’s Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring – $24,980

2018 Cycle 2
We received 20+ applications, and two were awarded for a total of $15,000.

• Baltimore Community ToolBank – $5,000
• Stand – $10,000

2018 Cycle 1
We received 20+ applications, and none were awarded.

2017 Cycle 2
We received 30+ applications, and four were awarded for a total of $27,500.

• Reef Environmental Education Foundation – $5,000
• Sonoma Ecology Center – $2,500
• The Sierra Fund – $15,000
• The Watershed Project – $5,000

2017 Cycle 1
We received 25+ applications, and three were awarded for a total of $17,500.

• Coastal Watershed Council – $5,000
• Friends of the River – $10,000
• Ocean Discovery Institute – $2,500

2016 Cycle 2
We received 25+ applications, and four were awarded for a total of $57,000.

• Kootenai Environmental Alliance – $2,000
• Cascadia Wildlands – $10,000
• San Diego Coastkeeper – $20,000
• WildEarth Guardians – $25,000

2016 Cycle 1
We received 20+ applications, and nine were awarded for a total of $118,000.

• Columbia Riverkeeper – $10,000
• Girl Scouts of Northern California – $5,000
• Kua’aina Ulu ‘Auamo – $8,000
• Lake Pend Oreille Waterkeeper – $10,000
• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council – $10,000
• Friends of Family Farmers – $10,000
• Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods – $25,000
• Willamette Partnership – $15,000
• California Association of Resource Conservation Districts – $25,000

2015 Cycle 2
We received 60+ applications, and eight were awarded for a total of $80,000.

• Pacific Forest Trust Inc – $10,000
• Puget Soundkeeper Alliance – $10,000
• Save Our Shores – $5,000
• The Shaka Movement – $5,000
• Washington Environmental Council – $25,000
• Washington Toxics Coalition – $10,000
• Watsonville Wetlands Watch – $10,000
• Rivanna Conservation Society – $5,000

2015 Cycle 1
We received 40+ applications, and four were awarded for a total of $85,000.

• Save The Waves Coalition – $10,000
• Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration – $25,000
• Corporate Accountability International (Infact) – $25,000
• Friends of the San Juans – $25,000

2014 Cycle
We received 70+ applications, and seven were awarded for a total of $105,000.

• Cook Inletkeeper – $10,000
• South Yuba River Citizens League – $10,000
• National Fisheries Conservation Center – $20,000
• Pacific Institute – $10,000
• Raincoast Conservation Foundation – $10,000
• Klamath Riverkeeper – $25,000
• Orange County Coastkeeper – $20,000