2007 GRANTS LIST FINANCIAL REPORTS GUIDELINES

DISCRETIONARY

Alliance for Justice

A grant to Alliance for Justice for its Nonprofit Advocacy Project and Foundation Advocacy Initiative to advance a proactive agenda to strengthen the ability of nonprofit organizations and foundations to participate in public policy advocacy.

Washington, DC

$200,000

1 year

Center for Civic Participation

A grant to Center for Civic Participation for its Michigan Voice project, an effort to improve long-term collaboration among nonprofit organizations working to educate and mobilize historically underrepresented voters.

Detroit, MI

$380,000

1 year

Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund

A general support grant to Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund for its work to increase and diversify the advocacy capacity of the state's environmental community and to provide common tools for use by multiple environmental organizations.

Milwaukee, WI

$200,000

1 year

Civic Engagement Fund

A grant to the Civic Engagement Fund to provide general support for its overall program to provide training and state-of-the-art tools to organizations committed to nonpartisan civic engagement.

Washington, DC

$250,000

1 year

Civic Engagement Fund

A grant to the Civic Engagement Fund to provide general support for its overall program to provide training and state-of-the-art tools to organizations committed to nonpartisan civic engagement.

Washington, DC

$125,000

1 year

Clean Water Fund

A project support grant to Clean Water Fund for its Transition Planning and Executive Search Project.

Washington, DC

$137,000

1 year

League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

A general support grant to League of Conservation Voters Education Fund to strengthen state environmental movements and increase the participation of environmental supporters.

Washington, DC

$700,000

1 year

League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

A general support grant to League of Conservation Voters Education Fund to strengthen state environmental movements and increase the participation of environmental supporters.

Washington, DC

$600,000

1 year

Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

A grant to Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund for its Donor Development Project.

Ann Arbor, MI

$90,000

1 year

Partnership Project

A general support grant to Partnership Project in support of its various activities, including its Collaborative Environment Campaign to coordinate the activities of its member groups in defense of environmental protections.

Washington, DC

$550,000

1 year

Project Vote/Voting for America

A general support grant to Project Vote/Voting for America for its ongoing civic engagement activities.

Little Rock, AR

$500,000

1 year

Sierra Club Foundation

A grant to Sierra Club Foundation for its Building Environmental Communities Public Education Campaign.

San Francisco, CA

$400,000

1 year

TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund

A general support grant to TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund to support its ongoing work to build the capacity of Minnesota's nonprofit community.

St. Paul, MN

$60,000

1 year

Tides Foundation

A general support grant to the Tides Foundation to support its overall program, including its funding of environmental advocacy, environmental justice, and civic engagement programs.

San Francisco, CA

$100,000

1 year

US Action Education Fund

A general support grant to US Action Education Fund to support its various activities, including efforts to provide information, technical assistance, and leadership development to state, regional, and national organizations.

Washington, DC

$600,000

1 year

US Action Education Fund

A general support grant to US Action Education Fund to support its various activities, including efforts to provide information, technical assistance, and leadership development to state, regional, and national organizations.

Washington, DC

$100,000

1 year

Voces de la Frontera - Workers' Center

A general support grant to Voces de la Frontera - Workers' Center for its work to mobilize citizens in Wisconsin around a local environmental agenda.

Milwaukee, WI

$50,000

1 year

Wellstone Action Fund

A general support grant to Wellstone Action Fund for training, leadership development and capacity building supporting the Minnesota nonprofit community.

St. Paul, MN

$657,000

2 years

Wellstone Action Fund

A general support grant to Wellstone Action Fund for training, leadership development and capacity building supporting the Minnesota nonprofit community.

St. Paul, MN

$310,000

1 year

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Institute

A project support grant to Wisconsin Conservation Voters Institute for its work with local and state groups in Wisconsin to help organize a collaborative c3 'table' to promote civic engagement and public policy.

Madison, WI

$100,000

1 year

Women's Voices Women Vote

A grant to Women's Voices. Women Vote for its Evaluation Project to assess its 2006 mobilization efforts.

Washington, DC

$100,000

1 year

Women's Voices Women Vote

A general support grant to Women's Voices. Women Vote to support its civic engagement programs.

Washington, DC

$300,000

1 year

HUMAN HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Human Exposure to Toxic Chemicals

Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides

A grant to Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides for its Stop the Poisoning of Underserved Communities Campaign to build a broader and deeper base of support for restricting toxic chemical use.

Washington, DC

$50,000

1 year

Center for Health, Environment and Justice

A grant to Center for Health, Environment and Justice for its BE SAFE Initiative, including the PVC Market Campaign.

Falls Church, VA

$150,000

2 years

Center for International Environmental Law

A grant to the Center for International Environmental law for its Creating U.S. Chemical Reform: Building Blocks and Bridges project to develop a strategy for enacting comprehensive chemical policy reform at the state level.

Washington, DC

$150,000

2 years

Center for Progressive Reform

A general support grant to Center for Progressive Reform to support its various activities, including efforts to ensure that state and federal regulatory agencies can rely upon unbiased and reliable scientific information and advice in implementing health, safety, and environmental laws.

Edgewater, MD

$100,000

2 years

Clean Water Fund

A grant to Clean Water Fund for its Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut, an alliance of organizations working to achieve chemical policy reform.

Washington, DC

$150,000

1 year

Coming Clean Collaborative

A project of the Kentucky Environmental Foundation, Berea, KY.  A grant to Kentucky Environmental Foundation recommended for its support of the efforts of Coming Clean Collaborative to coordinate a multi-tactic campaign against the chemical industry.

Berea, KY

$100,000

2 years

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity

A grant to Consultative Group on Biological Diversity for its Health and Environmental Funders Network to build and strengthen the emerging field of philanthropy at the nexus of health and the environment.

Washington, DC

$60,000

2 years

Ecology Center

A general support grant to Ecology Center for its various activities, including leadership of the Michigan Network for Children's Environmental Health.

Ann Arbor, MI

$250,000

1 year

Environmental Defense Fund

A grant to Environmental Defense for its Health Program to phase out persistent toxic chemicals and develop precautionary chemicals policies.

New York, NY

$150,000

2 years

Environmental Health Fund

A general support grant to Environmental Health Fund for its various activities addressing the public health impacts related to the proliferation of toxic chemicals in the global environment.

Jamaica Plain, MA

$60,000

1 year

Environmental Health Strategy Center

A project of The Tides Center, San Francisco, CA.  A grant to The Tides Center for support of its project Environmental Health Strategy Center, which provides leadership to the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine.

Bangor, ME

$250,000

2 years

Environmental Research Foundation

A general support grant to Environmental Research Foundation.

New Brunswick, NJ

$50,000

2 years

Environmental Working Group

A grant to Environmental Working Group for its Toxics and Human Health Program to use body burden monitoring data to demonstrate the link between chemical exposure and health.

Washington, DC

$200,000

1 year

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

A grant to Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy for its Healthy Legacy Campaign to phase out persistent toxic chemicals.

Minneapolis, MN

$250,000

1 year

Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition

A grant to Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition for its Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, a coalition of Massachusetts organizations working to achieve chemical policy reform.

Quincy, MA

$100,000

1 year

National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

A general support grant to National Caucus of Environmental Legislators to provide policymakers with a forum to share ideas and information on environmental issues and public policy initiatives.

Washington, DC

$60,000

1 year

National Environmental Trust

A grant to National Environmental Trust for its Environmental Health Program to elevate the environmental health debate at the national and state level.

Washington, DC

$100,000

1 year

Natural Resources Council of Maine

A grant to the Natural Resources Council of Maine for its partnership in the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine.

Augusta, ME

$25,000

1 year

Pesticide Action Network North America

A grant to Pesticide Action Network North America for its Healthy Children, Healthy Future:  State Partnerships to Reduce Pesticide Hazards Project.

San Francisco, CA

$50,000

1 year

Science and Environmental Health Network

A general support grant to the Science and Environmental Health Network.

Ames, IA

$50,000

1 year

US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund

A general support grant to the Science and Environmental Health Network.

Washington, DC

$175,000

2 years

Washington Toxics Coalition

A grant to Washington Toxics Coalition for its State Alliance for Federal Reform of Chemicals Policy Campaign.

Seattle, WA

$225,000

1 year

New Advocates

Breast Cancer Fund

A grant to Breast Cancer Fund for its Key States and Federal Expansion Program to continue to develop its efforts in Washington State and California, and to expand its presence in other states.

San Francisco, CA

$100,000

2 years

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

A project of Breast Cancer Fund, San Francisco, CA.  A grant to Breast Cancer Fund recommended for support of its project the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.

San Francisco, CA

$450,000

2 years

Center for Children's Health and the Environment

A project of Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, New York, NY.  A grant to Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University recommended for its support of Center for Children's Health and the Environment and its Reduction of Children's Exposure to Toxic Pesticides Project.

New York, NY

$50,000

1 year

Commonweal

A grant to Commonweal for its Collaborative on Health and the Environment Project.

Bolinas, CA

$150,000

2 years

Institute for Children's Environmental Health

A project of The Tides Center, San Francisco, CA.  A grant to The Tides Center for support of its project Institute for Children's Environmental Health, which sponsors the Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative.

Freeland, WA

$50,000

2 years

KEY STATES

Clean Water Fund

A general support grant to Clean Water Fund to support its various activities, including its efforts to strengthen and expand ongoing grassroots organizing and outreach programs in Florida and the Upper Midwest.

Washington, DC

$700,000

1 year

KEY STATES/Florida

Florida Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

A project of American Institute for Social Justice, Washington, DC. A grant to American Institute for Social Justice for its support of the efforts of Florida Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now to bring together the environmental and labor communities to advocate for effective environmental and human health policies.

Miami, FL

$250,000

1 year

KEY STATES/Michigan

Center for Civic Participation

A project support grant to the Center for Civic Participation for its work in Florida and Michigan to support the efforts of state organizations to coordinate nonpartisan civic engagement activities.

Detroit, MI

$150,000

1 year

Michigan Environmental Council

A grant to Michigan Environmental Council to support its Environmental Communications and Community Organizing Initiative (ECCO), a collaborative of nine organizations working to increase the impact of environmental and conservation advocates in Michigan.

Lansing, MI

$150,000

6 months

Michigan Environmental Council

A grant to Michigan Environmental Council to support its Environmental Communications and Community Organizing Initiative (ECCO), a collaborative of nine organizations working to increase the impact of environmental and conservation advocates in Michigan.

Lansing, MI

$800,000

2 years

Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

A general support grant to Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund to strengthen the capacity of the environmental and conservation movement to mobilize citizens as informed voters and advocates.

Ann Arbor, MI

$100,000

1 year

KEY STATES/Minnesota

Conservation Minnesota

A general support grant to Conservation Minnesota for its ongoing work to educate citizens and organizations on effective participation in government for conservation goals.

St. Paul, MN

$50,000

1 year

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits

A grant to Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for its Minnesota Participation Project to build the capacity of local organizations in Minnesota, train local leaders and engage diverse constituencies in issue and other civic engagement campaigns.

St. Paul, MN

$150,000

1 year

Minnesota Environmental Partnership

A general support grant to Minnesota Environmental Partnership to support it efforts to increase support for environmental protection, and for its coordination of the environmental advocacy and organizing efforts of 83 member groups.

St. Paul, MN

$450,000

1 year

Wellstone Action Fund

A general support grant to Wellstone Action Fund for training, leadership development and capacity building supporting the organizing and advocacy community in a number of states.

St. Paul, MN

$450,000

1 year

KEY STATES/North Carolina

Conservation Council of North Carolina Foundation

A general support grant to Conservation Council of North Carolina Foundation to provide advocacy tools and build a stronger network among the state's environmental advocates.

Raleigh, NC

$100,000

2 years

North Carolina Conservation Network

A general support grant to North Carolina Conservation Network for its facilitation and coordination of environmental advocacy efforts in North Carolina.

Raleigh, NC

$400,000

2 years

KEY STATES/Wisconsin

Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund

A grant to Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund to build and maintain the statewide civic engagement data file for the use of environmental and allied organizations, and for general support.

Milwaukee, WI

$200,000

1 year

Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund

A general support grant to Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund for its work to increase and diversify the advocacy capacity of the state's environmental community and to provide common tools for use by multiple environmental organizations.

Milwaukee, WI

$170,000

1 year

Institute for One Wisconsin

A general support grant to the Institute for One Wisconsin to strengthen the communications capacity of the environmental community and its allies in Wisconsin.

Milwaukee, WI

$275,000

1 year

Public Health Institute

A grant to the Public Health Institute to support its Blue Green Alliance project, a partnership between the Sierra Club and United Steelworkers designed to promote good jobs and a clean environment.

New York, NY

$100,000

1 year

Voces de la Frontera - Workers' Center

A general support grant to Voces de la Frontera - Workers' Center for its work to mobilize citizens in Wisconsin around a local environmental agenda.

Milwaukee, WI

$60,000

1 year

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Institute

A general support grant to Wisconsin Conservation Voters Institute for its continued role in strategically convening the environmental advocacy community, and for its ongoing work to connect conservation-minded citizens with the policy making process.

Madison, WI

$200,000

1 year