What we
fund

Rivian Foundation supports the builders of a thriving future who are advancing solutions in the intertwined areas of nature, climate and social equity. We fund high-impact work in the priority areas below, emphasizing efforts driving progress in multiple areas.

SPUN (first image), Surfrider Foundation (second image)

Our focus
areas

Our focus
areas

Our focus
areas

Safeguarding a healthy planet

Safeguarding a
healthy planet

Local stewardship of healthy lands and waters

Local stewardship of healthy
lands and waters

Local stewardship of healthy
lands and waters

We support efforts to strengthen the capacity of frontline stewards working to safeguard and rejuvenate healthy ecosystems in the United States.

Equitable access to nature

We support initiatives that enable more communities to experience the benefits and healing power of nature firsthand.

Natural climate solutions

We support nature-based climate initiatives, especially those that also advance biodiversity and community well-being.

Advancing a better energy future for all

Advancing a better
energy future for all

Clean energy equity

We support initiatives to help underrepresented communities equitably access the opportunities and benefits of the clean energy transition.

Getting transition
minerals right

We support work to advance responsible mining and mineral extraction approaches that balance the needs of climate, conservation and communities.

Dune

Maasai Wilderness Conservation

Maasai Wilderness Conservation

Maasai Wilderness Conservation

Our grantees

Our grantees

Organization
Objective
Geography
Date
Total Award
Duration

To support the Alliance in launching and administering the Indigenous Power & Light Fund, which provides pre-development support and resources to Native American tribes for initiating equitable renewable energy projects on their lands.

United States

08-2024

$500,000

2 Years

To enhance the Project’s efforts to bolster local ecological health and climate resilience by working to rejuvenate oyster reefs in New York City.

New York

02-2024

$100,000

2 Years

To support efforts to protect and restore the wild places and native biodiversity of California’s public lands.

California

08-2024

$50,000

1 Year

To enhance CLF's "Friends Grassroots Network" and community-led efforts to achieve large-scale protection of the most ecologically and culturally significant US public lands.

United States

02-2024

$400,000

2 years

To address the root causes of water pollution to provide clean and abundant water throughout the Cumberland River basin across Tennessee and Kentucky.

Tennessee, Kentucky

08-2024

$100,000

2 Years

To support efforts to ensure that marine habitats, biodiversity, and ocean ecosystems are effectively protected from harmful effects of deep-sea mining.

Global

02-2024

$200,000

2 Years

To enhance community-led conservation along the Duwamish Valley around Seattle through programs encompassing river restoration, climate justice, youth leadership, and environmental advocacy.

Washington

08-2024

$140,000

2 Years

The Ecology Action Center (EAC) is a leading community organization in Normal, Illinois, dedicated to driving sustainable action and environmental stewardship

Illinois

02-2024

$60,000

2 Years

To support a "Tour of Duty" initiative to conduct marine conservation missions and community engagement events in and around America's National Marine Sanctuaries.

United States

02-2024

$200,000

2 years

To advance the protection and preservation of the Owyhee region, a unique and ecologically rich landscape spanning parts of southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, and northern Nevada.

Oregon, Nevada

08-2024

$60,000

2 Years

To expand land and resource conservation and ensure flourishing communities across Georgia.

Georgia

08-2024

$140,000

2 Years

To enhance efforts to engage Atlanta's underrepresented youth and young adults by introducing them to the outdoors and equipping them for conservation careers.

Georgia

02-2024

$120,000

2 Years

To develop scalable business models for affordable public EV charging in partnership with the utility sector so that everyone, regardless of dwelling type, can benefit from equitable access to affordable charging infrastructure nationwide.

United States

08-2024

$300,000

1 Year

To enhance Harlem Grown's efforts to strengthen and inspire New York City youth to embrace healthy and sustainable lifestyles through mentorship and immersive education in urban farming, sustainability, and nutrition.

New York

02-2024

$100,000

2 Years

To support the INDIGENOUS LED project's work to expand a growing partnership network across North America dedicated to keystone species rewilding work, building on successful Bison restoration efforts led by the Blackfoot Confederacy.

North America

02-2024

$250,000

2 Years

To enhance educational and outreach initiatives to engage local and marginalized youth and broaden access to nature.

California

02-2024

$60,000

2 Years

To support a pioneering solar PV microgrid project in Kenya to enable a leading conservation effort to remove fossil fuels from its operations and fleet and become more financially self-sufficient.

Kenya

02-2024

$300,000

1 Year

To enhance efforts to mobilize capital and expertise to advance the regenerative agriculture movement and expand the geographic impact throughout the Mountain West, Midwest, and Southeast.

Colorado

02-2024

$140,000

2 Years

To help the Coalition expand capacity to meet rapidly rising demands for assistance from Tribal nations and communities in navigating and participating in carbon credit markets.

United States

02-2024

$300,000

2 Years

To enhance efforts in the Los Angeles region to build a more diverse and inclusive environmental movement through protecting existing natural resources, creating more natural spaces, and nurturing diverse environmental leaders.

California

02-2024

$120,000

2 Years

To support the preservation and protection of the culture, heritage, and natural resources of the Northern Chumash people through education and conservation of coastal ecosystems and sacred lands.

California

08-2024

$140,000

2 Years

To advance efforts to connect Latino communities to public lands and conservation efforts in New Mexico and promote environmental justice, sustainable land use, and equitable access across the United States.

New Mexico

08-2024

$100,000

2 Years

To provide founding support for a major new funders collaboration to elevate ocean-climate philanthropy through strategic grants targeting opportunities across mitigation, sequestration, adaptation, and resilience.

Global

02-2024

$1,000,000

2 Years

To support the expansion of a pilot "Resilient Communities Program" that empowers vulnerable communities to plan for and respond to the increasing effects of climate change by harnessing nature-based solutions.

Georgia, Tennessee

02-2024

$250,000

1 Year

To help protect Oregon’s most ecologically important high desert public lands to provide climate resiliency, essential habitat for fish and wildlife, and healthy natural environments.

Oregon

08-2024

$140,000

2 Years

To protect and restore rivers, enhance soil health, and promote biodiversity across Illinois.

Illinois

08-2024

$100,000

2 Years

To support Rare's SHINE program (Solar Helping Ignite Neighborhood Economies) expand efforts to build the capacity of local partners to help underserved communities gain access to clean energy benefits.

United States

08-2024

$300,000

1 Year

To enable rapid research to identify the most promising 10-25 opportunities for "Good Samaritan" re-mining and restoration projects around abandoned mine sites in the US.

United States

02-2024

$125,000

1 Year

To help protect coastal ecosystems in California by building the capacity to create a network of Surfing Protected Areas across California – with the potential to scale lessons learned to other locations around the globe.

California

02-2024

$160,000

2 Years

To enhance efforts to drive land stewardship, active forest restoration, wildfire risk mitigation, and cultural engagement within and beyond its 900-acre community forest in Northern California.

California

02-2024

$100,000

2 Years

To launch a new initiative to explore, document and help protect extreme underground ecosystems in the United States—focusing initially on the fungi powering the carbon drawdown of the Alaskan Tundra and the drought-resistant desert fungi of the Western US.

United States

08-2024

$300,000

2 Years

To bridge marginalized communities with nature around the Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland area and uplift outdoor leaders of diverse backgrounds.

Washington, DC

08-2024

$40,000

2 Years

To enhance efforts to safeguard, rejuvenate and enhance access to the South River in Georgia.

Georgia

02-2024

$80,000

2 Years

To advance a Climate Action Program in Southern California, which aims to demonstrate successful nature-based solutions and coastal resilience projects to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and sea level rise while providing scalable models for other coastal areas.

California

08-2024

$200,000

2 Years

To inspire sustainable living and farming in Southern California through educational programs, community events, and hands-on experiences.

California

08-2024

$180,000

2 Years

To support the research and development of a documentary film that educates the public on the challenges and opportunities of modernizing the US energy grid and transitioning to clean energy.

United States

08-2024

$250,000

1 Year

To enhance the quality of life for Detroit residents and promote sustainable urban growth through tree planting, job training, and youth education about the natural environment.

Michigan

08-2024

$180,000

2 Years

To help foster the collaborative efforts needed to ensure that critical California landscapes remain places where wildlife thrives, cultural resources are protected, and people are inspired for generations to come.

California

08-2024

$2,000,000

2 Years

To enhance efforts to steward the ancestral lands of the Tongva region in the greater LA basin.

California

02-2024

$100,000

2 Years

To advance "Critical Juncture" work around sustainable mining that focuses on finding a balance between protecting special places, cleaning up past mistakes, while increasing the supply of critical minerals required for a clean energy transition.

United States

02-2024

$300,000

2 Years

To address food insecurity and promote an equitable food system in Austin, Texas through sustainable farming, youth leadership development, and community engagement.

Texas

08-2024

$80,000

2 Years

To support a shovel-ready implementation project to conserve the world's brightest bioluminescent bay through mangrove restoration following devastating impacts from Hurricane Maria.

Puerto Rico

02-2024

$370,000

2 Years

To support the Alliance in launching and administering the Indigenous Power & Light Fund, which provides pre-development support and resources to Native American tribes for initiating equitable renewable energy projects on their lands.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$500,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance the Project’s efforts to bolster local ecological health and climate resilience by working to rejuvenate oyster reefs in New York City.

Geography

New York

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To support efforts to protect and restore the wild places and native biodiversity of California’s public lands.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$50,000

Duration

1 Year

To enhance CLF's "Friends Grassroots Network" and community-led efforts to achieve large-scale protection of the most ecologically and culturally significant US public lands.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$400,000

Duration

2 years

To address the root causes of water pollution to provide clean and abundant water throughout the Cumberland River basin across Tennessee and Kentucky.

Geography

Tennessee, Kentucky

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To support efforts to ensure that marine habitats, biodiversity, and ocean ecosystems are effectively protected from harmful effects of deep-sea mining.

Geography

Global

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$200,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance community-led conservation along the Duwamish Valley around Seattle through programs encompassing river restoration, climate justice, youth leadership, and environmental advocacy.

Geography

Washington

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

The Ecology Action Center (EAC) is a leading community organization in Normal, Illinois, dedicated to driving sustainable action and environmental stewardship

Geography

Illinois

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$60,000

Duration

2 Years

To support a "Tour of Duty" initiative to conduct marine conservation missions and community engagement events in and around America's National Marine Sanctuaries.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$200,000

Duration

2 years

To advance the protection and preservation of the Owyhee region, a unique and ecologically rich landscape spanning parts of southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, and northern Nevada.

Geography

Oregon, Nevada

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$60,000

Duration

2 Years

To expand land and resource conservation and ensure flourishing communities across Georgia.

Geography

Georgia

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts to engage Atlanta's underrepresented youth and young adults by introducing them to the outdoors and equipping them for conservation careers.

Geography

Georgia

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$120,000

Duration

2 Years

To develop scalable business models for affordable public EV charging in partnership with the utility sector so that everyone, regardless of dwelling type, can benefit from equitable access to affordable charging infrastructure nationwide.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

1 Year

To enhance Harlem Grown's efforts to strengthen and inspire New York City youth to embrace healthy and sustainable lifestyles through mentorship and immersive education in urban farming, sustainability, and nutrition.

Geography

New York

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To support the INDIGENOUS LED project's work to expand a growing partnership network across North America dedicated to keystone species rewilding work, building on successful Bison restoration efforts led by the Blackfoot Confederacy.

Geography

North America

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$250,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance educational and outreach initiatives to engage local and marginalized youth and broaden access to nature.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$60,000

Duration

2 Years

To support a pioneering solar PV microgrid project in Kenya to enable a leading conservation effort to remove fossil fuels from its operations and fleet and become more financially self-sufficient.

Geography

Kenya

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

1 Year

To enhance efforts to mobilize capital and expertise to advance the regenerative agriculture movement and expand the geographic impact throughout the Mountain West, Midwest, and Southeast.

Geography

Colorado

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

To help the Coalition expand capacity to meet rapidly rising demands for assistance from Tribal nations and communities in navigating and participating in carbon credit markets.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts in the Los Angeles region to build a more diverse and inclusive environmental movement through protecting existing natural resources, creating more natural spaces, and nurturing diverse environmental leaders.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$120,000

Duration

2 Years

To support the preservation and protection of the culture, heritage, and natural resources of the Northern Chumash people through education and conservation of coastal ecosystems and sacred lands.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

To advance efforts to connect Latino communities to public lands and conservation efforts in New Mexico and promote environmental justice, sustainable land use, and equitable access across the United States.

Geography

New Mexico

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To provide founding support for a major new funders collaboration to elevate ocean-climate philanthropy through strategic grants targeting opportunities across mitigation, sequestration, adaptation, and resilience.

Geography

Global

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$1,000,000

Duration

2 Years

To support the expansion of a pilot "Resilient Communities Program" that empowers vulnerable communities to plan for and respond to the increasing effects of climate change by harnessing nature-based solutions.

Geography

Georgia, Tennessee

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$250,000

Duration

1 Year

To help protect Oregon’s most ecologically important high desert public lands to provide climate resiliency, essential habitat for fish and wildlife, and healthy natural environments.

Geography

Oregon

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

To protect and restore rivers, enhance soil health, and promote biodiversity across Illinois.

Geography

Illinois

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To support Rare's SHINE program (Solar Helping Ignite Neighborhood Economies) expand efforts to build the capacity of local partners to help underserved communities gain access to clean energy benefits.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

1 Year

To enable rapid research to identify the most promising 10-25 opportunities for "Good Samaritan" re-mining and restoration projects around abandoned mine sites in the US.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$125,000

Duration

1 Year

To help protect coastal ecosystems in California by building the capacity to create a network of Surfing Protected Areas across California – with the potential to scale lessons learned to other locations around the globe.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$160,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts to drive land stewardship, active forest restoration, wildfire risk mitigation, and cultural engagement within and beyond its 900-acre community forest in Northern California.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To launch a new initiative to explore, document and help protect extreme underground ecosystems in the United States—focusing initially on the fungi powering the carbon drawdown of the Alaskan Tundra and the drought-resistant desert fungi of the Western US.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

2 Years

To bridge marginalized communities with nature around the Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland area and uplift outdoor leaders of diverse backgrounds.

Geography

Washington, DC

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$40,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts to safeguard, rejuvenate and enhance access to the South River in Georgia.

Geography

Georgia

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$80,000

Duration

2 Years

To advance a Climate Action Program in Southern California, which aims to demonstrate successful nature-based solutions and coastal resilience projects to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and sea level rise while providing scalable models for other coastal areas.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$200,000

Duration

2 Years

To inspire sustainable living and farming in Southern California through educational programs, community events, and hands-on experiences.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$180,000

Duration

2 Years

To support the research and development of a documentary film that educates the public on the challenges and opportunities of modernizing the US energy grid and transitioning to clean energy.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$250,000

Duration

1 Year

To enhance the quality of life for Detroit residents and promote sustainable urban growth through tree planting, job training, and youth education about the natural environment.

Geography

Michigan

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$180,000

Duration

2 Years

To help foster the collaborative efforts needed to ensure that critical California landscapes remain places where wildlife thrives, cultural resources are protected, and people are inspired for generations to come.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$2,000,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts to steward the ancestral lands of the Tongva region in the greater LA basin.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To advance "Critical Juncture" work around sustainable mining that focuses on finding a balance between protecting special places, cleaning up past mistakes, while increasing the supply of critical minerals required for a clean energy transition.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

2 Years

To address food insecurity and promote an equitable food system in Austin, Texas through sustainable farming, youth leadership development, and community engagement.

Geography

Texas

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$80,000

Duration

2 Years

To support a shovel-ready implementation project to conserve the world's brightest bioluminescent bay through mangrove restoration following devastating impacts from Hurricane Maria.

Geography

Puerto Rico

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$370,000

Duration

2 Years

To support the Alliance in launching and administering the Indigenous Power & Light Fund, which provides pre-development support and resources to Native American tribes for initiating equitable renewable energy projects on their lands.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$500,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance the Project’s efforts to bolster local ecological health and climate resilience by working to rejuvenate oyster reefs in New York City.

Geography

New York

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To support efforts to protect and restore the wild places and native biodiversity of California’s public lands.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$50,000

Duration

1 Year

To enhance CLF's "Friends Grassroots Network" and community-led efforts to achieve large-scale protection of the most ecologically and culturally significant US public lands.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$400,000

Duration

2 years

To address the root causes of water pollution to provide clean and abundant water throughout the Cumberland River basin across Tennessee and Kentucky.

Geography

Tennessee, Kentucky

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To support efforts to ensure that marine habitats, biodiversity, and ocean ecosystems are effectively protected from harmful effects of deep-sea mining.

Geography

Global

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$200,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance community-led conservation along the Duwamish Valley around Seattle through programs encompassing river restoration, climate justice, youth leadership, and environmental advocacy.

Geography

Washington

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

The Ecology Action Center (EAC) is a leading community organization in Normal, Illinois, dedicated to driving sustainable action and environmental stewardship

Geography

Illinois

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$60,000

Duration

2 Years

To support a "Tour of Duty" initiative to conduct marine conservation missions and community engagement events in and around America's National Marine Sanctuaries.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$200,000

Duration

2 years

To advance the protection and preservation of the Owyhee region, a unique and ecologically rich landscape spanning parts of southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, and northern Nevada.

Geography

Oregon, Nevada

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$60,000

Duration

2 Years

To expand land and resource conservation and ensure flourishing communities across Georgia.

Geography

Georgia

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts to engage Atlanta's underrepresented youth and young adults by introducing them to the outdoors and equipping them for conservation careers.

Geography

Georgia

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$120,000

Duration

2 Years

To develop scalable business models for affordable public EV charging in partnership with the utility sector so that everyone, regardless of dwelling type, can benefit from equitable access to affordable charging infrastructure nationwide.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

1 Year

To enhance Harlem Grown's efforts to strengthen and inspire New York City youth to embrace healthy and sustainable lifestyles through mentorship and immersive education in urban farming, sustainability, and nutrition.

Geography

New York

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To support the INDIGENOUS LED project's work to expand a growing partnership network across North America dedicated to keystone species rewilding work, building on successful Bison restoration efforts led by the Blackfoot Confederacy.

Geography

North America

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$250,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance educational and outreach initiatives to engage local and marginalized youth and broaden access to nature.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$60,000

Duration

2 Years

To support a pioneering solar PV microgrid project in Kenya to enable a leading conservation effort to remove fossil fuels from its operations and fleet and become more financially self-sufficient.

Geography

Kenya

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

1 Year

To enhance efforts to mobilize capital and expertise to advance the regenerative agriculture movement and expand the geographic impact throughout the Mountain West, Midwest, and Southeast.

Geography

Colorado

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

To help the Coalition expand capacity to meet rapidly rising demands for assistance from Tribal nations and communities in navigating and participating in carbon credit markets.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts in the Los Angeles region to build a more diverse and inclusive environmental movement through protecting existing natural resources, creating more natural spaces, and nurturing diverse environmental leaders.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$120,000

Duration

2 Years

To support the preservation and protection of the culture, heritage, and natural resources of the Northern Chumash people through education and conservation of coastal ecosystems and sacred lands.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

To advance efforts to connect Latino communities to public lands and conservation efforts in New Mexico and promote environmental justice, sustainable land use, and equitable access across the United States.

Geography

New Mexico

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To provide founding support for a major new funders collaboration to elevate ocean-climate philanthropy through strategic grants targeting opportunities across mitigation, sequestration, adaptation, and resilience.

Geography

Global

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$1,000,000

Duration

2 Years

To support the expansion of a pilot "Resilient Communities Program" that empowers vulnerable communities to plan for and respond to the increasing effects of climate change by harnessing nature-based solutions.

Geography

Georgia, Tennessee

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$250,000

Duration

1 Year

To help protect Oregon’s most ecologically important high desert public lands to provide climate resiliency, essential habitat for fish and wildlife, and healthy natural environments.

Geography

Oregon

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$140,000

Duration

2 Years

To protect and restore rivers, enhance soil health, and promote biodiversity across Illinois.

Geography

Illinois

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To support Rare's SHINE program (Solar Helping Ignite Neighborhood Economies) expand efforts to build the capacity of local partners to help underserved communities gain access to clean energy benefits.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

1 Year

To enable rapid research to identify the most promising 10-25 opportunities for "Good Samaritan" re-mining and restoration projects around abandoned mine sites in the US.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$125,000

Duration

1 Year

To help protect coastal ecosystems in California by building the capacity to create a network of Surfing Protected Areas across California – with the potential to scale lessons learned to other locations around the globe.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$160,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts to drive land stewardship, active forest restoration, wildfire risk mitigation, and cultural engagement within and beyond its 900-acre community forest in Northern California.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To launch a new initiative to explore, document and help protect extreme underground ecosystems in the United States—focusing initially on the fungi powering the carbon drawdown of the Alaskan Tundra and the drought-resistant desert fungi of the Western US.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

2 Years

To bridge marginalized communities with nature around the Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland area and uplift outdoor leaders of diverse backgrounds.

Geography

Washington, DC

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$40,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts to safeguard, rejuvenate and enhance access to the South River in Georgia.

Geography

Georgia

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$80,000

Duration

2 Years

To advance a Climate Action Program in Southern California, which aims to demonstrate successful nature-based solutions and coastal resilience projects to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and sea level rise while providing scalable models for other coastal areas.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$200,000

Duration

2 Years

To inspire sustainable living and farming in Southern California through educational programs, community events, and hands-on experiences.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$180,000

Duration

2 Years

To support the research and development of a documentary film that educates the public on the challenges and opportunities of modernizing the US energy grid and transitioning to clean energy.

Geography

United States

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$250,000

Duration

1 Year

To enhance the quality of life for Detroit residents and promote sustainable urban growth through tree planting, job training, and youth education about the natural environment.

Geography

Michigan

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$180,000

Duration

2 Years

To help foster the collaborative efforts needed to ensure that critical California landscapes remain places where wildlife thrives, cultural resources are protected, and people are inspired for generations to come.

Geography

California

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$2,000,000

Duration

2 Years

To enhance efforts to steward the ancestral lands of the Tongva region in the greater LA basin.

Geography

California

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$100,000

Duration

2 Years

To advance "Critical Juncture" work around sustainable mining that focuses on finding a balance between protecting special places, cleaning up past mistakes, while increasing the supply of critical minerals required for a clean energy transition.

Geography

United States

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$300,000

Duration

2 Years

To address food insecurity and promote an equitable food system in Austin, Texas through sustainable farming, youth leadership development, and community engagement.

Geography

Texas

Date

08-2024

Total Award

$80,000

Duration

2 Years

To support a shovel-ready implementation project to conserve the world's brightest bioluminescent bay through mangrove restoration following devastating impacts from Hurricane Maria.

Geography

Puerto Rico

Date

02-2024

Total Award

$370,000

Duration

2 Years