Grants Approved Fiscal Year Ending October 31, 2008


ENVIRONMENT
22 Environmental Grants totaling $580,800
AMERICAN PUBLIC INFORMATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT $ 5,000
Northfield, MN
Support for an environmental information 800 telephone number. (2008)


CALIFORNIA TROUT $ 25,000
San Francisco, California
Support for California Trout's efforts to protect the genetic integrity and natural habitat of the native McCloud River redband trout. (2008)


CATALINA SEABASS FUND, INC $ 15,000
Avalon, California
Funds to aid in the construction of a floating growout pen to raise juvenile seabass in an offshore environment. (2008)


CLARK FORK COALITION $ 20,000
Missoula, Montana
A general support grant for CFC's program to protect and restore the Clark Fork River watershed. (2008)


CONSERVATION NORTHWEST $ 35,000
Bellingham, Washington
A general support grant to help protect forests and wildlife habitat across Washington. (2008)


EARTHWORKS for ALASKANS FOR RESPONSIBLE MINING $ 20,000
Anchorage, Alaska
General support funds to further ARM's efforts to build a strong, effective coalition of advocates working to make sure mining in Alaska is conducted in a way that is responsive to community concerns and based on sound scientific analysis. (2008)


ECOLOGY CENTER for CATALOG CHOICE $ 30,000
Berkeley, California
Funds for enhancements to the www.catalogchoice.org site, maintain its existing features, and expand outreach to catalog merchants for the remainder of 2008. (2008)


INSTITUTES FOR JOURNALISM & NATURAL RESOURCES $ 35,000
Missoula, Montana
Continued support of IJNR's programs, notably the Energy Country and Williamette Valley programs to take place in the western U.S. (2008)


KLAMATH SISKIYOU WILDLANDS $ 20,000
Ashland, Oregon
Funds for the preparation and dissemination of an economic analysis of the value of outdoor recreation provides in Josephine County, Oregon, in support of the Wild Rogue Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Campaign. (2008)


LAND TRUST OF NAPA COUNTY $ 50,000
Napa, California
A grant to support the programmatic efforts to save land in Napa County and to enable the transition from the successful Napa Valley Wild Campaign to an annual funding mode. (2008)


LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS EDUCATION FUND $20,000
Washington, D.C.
A grant in continued support of the League's education and training programs in AK, AZ, CA, CO, NM, OR and WA. This includes their annual conference, training-related grants, meetings for sharing best practices, specialized training for new executive directors of state league education funds, in depth board and fundraising training, and campaign-related training through the League's signature Environmental Leadership Institute.(2008)


PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY CENTER (LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL) $ 25,000
Portland, Oregon
A grant in continued support of the Oregon Waters Initiative, a campaign to improve water quality in Oregon and establish legal precedents that lead to water quality improvements throughout the country. (2008)


NATIVE SEEDS SEARCH $ 60,000
Tucson, Arizona
A grant in support of Native Seeds/Search's capital campaign to build a new seed bank. (2008)


OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL $ 20,000
Portland, Oregon
Funds to help develop and advance an agenda of practical and innovative policy solutions that will help Oregon, and perhaps other states, prevent and mitigate adverse impacts of global warming. (2008)


PACIFIC RIVERS COUNCIL $ 30,000
Portland, Oregon
A grant in support of PRC's Legacy Rivers program, which emphasizes the connections between economic, social and human health and will develop and implement new models for achieving comprehensive watershed level protection beginning at the community level.(2008)


POINT REYES BIRD OBSERVATORY $ 40,000
Petaluma, California
Two grants, $10,000 for emergency funds for the cleanup of the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay and $30,000 in continued support of the "Farallon Marine Wildlife Conservation and Research Program. (2008)


RAINCOAST CONSERVATION FOUNDATION $ 35,800
Orcas, Washington
Support for the program titled "A Collaborative First Nation/ENGO research project in the Campaignia Archipelago area of British Columbia". (2008)


SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS, INC For GREEN PRESS INITIATIVE $ 15,000
Silver Springs, MD
Continued support for a program that focuses on reducing paper sourced from endangered forests and increase the use of recycled paper. (2008)


THE WATERSHED PROJECT $ 15,000
Richmond, California
General operating funds to educate and inspire communitites to protect their local watersheds. (2008)


WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY $ 50,000
Portland, Oregon
A general support grant to implement the Murtha Ranch (John Day River) acquisition and protection project. (2008)


YOLO BASIN FOUNDATION $ 15,000
Davis, California
Continued support to sustain volunteer resources for the 2008-2009 school year. (2008)


SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
10 Science and Education Grants $ 402,310
HUNTINGTON LIBRARY $ 10,000
San Marino, California
Continued support of research scholar, Harry Kelsey and his book project about sailors who sailed around the world in the century after Magellan. (2008)


JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION $ 100,000
New York, New York
A grant in the amount of $300,000, payable over three years in continued support for research to find a cure for Type 1 diabetes and its complications. (2008)


STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER $ 100,000
Menlo Park, California
First installment of a multi year grant of $300,000 in support of research by Dr. Seung Kim. The funds will aid Dr. Kim's efforts to develop fluorescence activated cell sorting strategies for purifying islet progenitor cells derived from human pancreas and from ES cells. (2007-08-09)


FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER $ 100,000
Seattle, Washington
A grant in the amount of $300,000 payable over three years in support of the work of Dr. Sunil Hingorani entitled "Murine Clinical Trials Program". (2008)


BROPHY COLLEGE PREPARATORY $ 50,000
Phoenix, Arizona
Second installment of a $100,000 grant to aid in the construction of a new Brophy Sports Campus. (2008)


CATCHING THE DREAM $ 25,000
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Second installment of a two year grant in support of scholarships for high potential Native American college students in Math, Engineering,Science,Business, Education and Computers and funds toward an endowment. (2007-08)


NAPA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY $ 7,500
Napa, California
A grant in support of an online catalogue for the Society's collections. (2008)


ROOM TO READ $ 5,000
Seattle, WA
Support of a fund raising auction in Seattle, WA for Room to Read which is dedicated to building education infrastructure in developing countries to end the cycle of poverty. (2008)


COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS $ 1,810
Washington, D.C.
Unrestricted grant in support of programs and services. (2008)


THE FOUNDATION CENTER $ 3,000
San Francisco, California
Support of the center's information services. (2008)


SPECIAL PROJECTS
2 Special Project Grants $ 90,000


ONE HEART SOURCE $ 30,000
Los Angeles, California
A grant in support of the Nafasi Nyingine Street Kid Program and the Mateues Site Sustainable Development. These programs will help to break the cycle of generational transmission of HIV/AIDS through a unique community-based and holistic approach. (2008)


PLYMOUTH HEALING COMMUNITIES $ 60,000
Seattle, Washington
A grant in support of PHC's capital campaign, the goal is to raise funds so that the organization can operate debt free and use funds that would be used for debt servicing to provide ongoing program support to the House of Healing and their other housing resources. (2008)