Grants Awarded and Paid


ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
AMOUNT
AWARDED
2007
AMOUNT
PAID
2007
ORGANIZATION      
   
As You Sow
$45,000
$45,000
San Francisco, California      
For the Environmental Health Program, which encourages corporations and markets to replace toxic chemicals in consumer products with safer alternatives  
   
California Historical Society  
$13,000
$13,000
San Francisco, California      
To complete the California Tomorrow archive and make it available to researchers and the general public  
   
Californians for Pesticide Reform  
$0
$50,000 (1)
San Francisco, California      
For a coalition that seeks to reform pesticide policies  
   
Community Food Security Coalition  
$15,000
$0 (2)
Los Angeles, California      
For the California Food and Justice Coalition  
       
Environment California Research and Policy Center  
$30,000
$30,000
Los Angeles and San Francisco, California      
For a project to identify dangerous chemicals in consumer products and develop prevention-oriented policies  
       
Environmental Working Group  
$50,000
$50,000
Oakland, California and Washington, D.C.      
For a project to develop data on the impact that federal subsidies have on the state's farmers, environmental quality and public health  
       
Health and Environment Funders Network
(Consultative Group on Biological Diversity)
 
$15,000
$15,000
San Francisco, California      
For a collaborative project to educate foundations about environmental threats to human health and identify strategic funding opportunities  
       
Healthcare Without Harm  
$40,000
$40,000
Arlington, Virginia      
For a project to harness the purchasing power and influence of California's healthcare sector to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable food system  
       
Institute for Food and Development Policy  
$22,220
$0 (3)
Oakland, California      
For two research reports that outline strategic frameworks for urban food systems  
       
Natural Resources Defense Council  
$100,000
$50,000 (4)
San Francisco, California      
For a pilot project to establish a certification program for non-agricultural pest control services  
       
Natural Resources Defense Council  
$12,500
$0 (5)
San Francisco, California      
For the Sustainable Food and Biomass Procurement Initiative to assess the sustainability of agriculture certification programs  
       
Northcoast Regional Land Trust  
$25,000
$25,000
Bayside, California      
For a regional planning process in five California counties  
       
People for Open Space / Greenbelt Alliance  
$100,000
$50,000 (6)
San Francisco, California      
For the Last Landscapes project to protect open space and redirect development in the Bay Area to urban centers  
       
People's Grocery  
$30,000
$30,000
Oakland, California      
For general support of urban agriculture and food systems programs  
       
Resource Renewal Institute  
$25,000
$25,000
San Francisco, California      
To help establish the California Information Center for Green Planning  
       
Roots of Change
(Trust for Conservation Innovation)
 
$1,000,000
$200,000 (7)
San Francisco, California      
For a collaboration of government, business and nonprofit organizations seeking to make California's agriculture and food system sustainable by 2030  
       
Rose Foundation  
$50,000
$50,000
Oakland, California      
For the Investor Environmental Health Network, a project to educate investors about safe chemical policies and practices  
       
Sierra Nevada Alliance  
$33,000
$33,000
South Lake Tahoe, California      
For the Sustainable Sierra Land Use Campaign to improve regional planning in the Sierra region  
       
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (Community Partners)  
$0
$10,000 (8)
Los Angeles, California      
For a foundation collaboration that educates funders about sustainable agriculture issues  
       
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (Community Partners)  
$5,000
$5,000
Los Angeles, California      
To support the annual conference  
       
Transportation and Land Use Coalition  
$150,000
$75,000
Oakland, California      
For the Great Communities Collaboration to promote sound planning and development around new transit stations in the Bay Area  
       
Total
 
$1,760,720
$796,000
   
   

(1) Final payment of $100,000 award made in 2006 (Back)
(2) Grant to be paid in 2008 (Back)
(3) Grant to be paid in 2008 (Back)
(4) First payment of $100,000 award (Back)
(5) Grant to be paid in 2008 (Back)
(6) First payment of $100,000 award (Back)
(7) First payment of $1,000,000 award (Back)
(8) Final payment of $20,000 award made in 2006 (Back)

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