Beldon

We believe that environmentalists, in order to be effective, must join forces with other movements and constituencies sharing their fundamental vision for the future. To encourage the development of such long-term collaborations and partnerships, the Beldon Fund supports state-wide coalitions involving a range of progressive constituencies, including labor, civil rights, women, environmental and low-income community organizations.

• Connecticut Citizen Research Group - West Hartford, CT

• Georgia Rural-Urban Summit - Decatur, GA

• Headwaters - Ashland, OR

• Northeast Citizen Action Resource Center - Hartford, CT

• Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada - Carson City, NV

• Re-Visioning New Mexico - Albuquerque, NM

• United Vision for Idaho - Boise, ID

• Utah Progressive Network - Salt Lake City, UT

• Western States Center - Portland, OR

$165,000 TOTAL PROGRAM GRANTS

Hazardous and Solid Waste

• Alaska Community Action on Toxics - Anchorage, AK

• Association for Birth Defect Children - Orlando, FL

• Calumet Project for Industrial Jobs - Hammond, IN

• Citizens' Environmental Coalition - Albany, NY

• Communities for a Better Environment - San Francisco, CA

• Environmental Background Information Center - State College, PA

• Environmental Research Foundation - Annapolis, MD

• Institute for Energy and Environmental Research - Takoma Park, MD

• Maine Peoples' Resource Center - Portland, ME

• Mision Industrial de Puerto Rico - San Juan, PR

• New Jersey Work Environment Council - Trenton, NJ

• Nuclear Waste Citizens' Coalition - Las Vegas, NV

• Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition - San Jose, CA

• Toxics Action Center - Boston, MA

• U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund - Washington, DC

$273,000 TOTAL PROGRAM GRANTS

Technical Assistance and Training

• Alliance for Justice - Washington, DC

• Americans for the Environment - Washington, DC

• Desktop Assistance - Helena, MT

• Institute for Conservation Leadership - Takoma Park, MD

• Management Assistance Group - Washington, DC

• National Organizers' Alliance - Washington, DC

• New England Grassroots Environment Fund - Marion, MA

• Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation - Harrisburg, PA

• Rockefeller Technology Project - New York, NY

• Safe Energy Communication Council - Washington, DC

• State Environmental Leadership Conference - Washington, DC

• Toxics Action Center - Boston, MA

$197,000 TOTAL PROGRAM GRANTS

Building the Organizational Capacity of Grantees

As part of our interest in strengthening the environmental movement, we fund organizational development and capacity building for organizations that have received Beldon funding in the recent past or are current grantees. We also support state-based, environmental workplace giving programs.

• Colorado Environmental Coalition - Denver, CO

• Dakota Rural Action - Brookings, SD

• Environmental Federation of North Carolina - Durham, NC

• High Country Foundation - Paonia, CO

• Idaho Conservation League - Boise, ID

• Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action Education Fund - St. Louis, MO

• Missouri Environmental Fund - St. Louis, MO

• Ohio Environmental Council - Columbus, OH

$146,000 TOTAL PROGRAM GRANTS

Special Grants Initiative

In 1995, the Beldon II Fund launched a special initiative to support organizations that train and assist environmental advocates. Over the past years, the environmental movement has been challenged by an increasingly hostile political climate and its own lack of long-term, unified vision. We hope that these grants will improve the environmental movement's ability to respond effectively to these challenges.

Special Initiative: General Grants

• Environmental Policy Project - Washington, DC

Special Initiative: Anti-Violence Grants

As part of the Special Grants Initiative, we worked for a second year with Anne Fitzgerald Associates to identify opportunities to address rising levels of violence against environmental activists and the effect of such violence on activism, particularly in isolated rural communities. In 1997, we made the following grants:

• Montana Human Rights Network - Helena, MT

• New Mexico Center for Dispute Resolution - Albuquerque, NM

• High Plains News Service - Billings, MT

• Political Research Associates - Somerville, MA

• Western States Center - Portland, OR

$93,600 TOTAL PROGRAM GRANTS