Private Foundations Based in California and the Rest of the West

• Bella Vista Foundation
  Presido Building 1016, Suite 300
  PO Box 29906
  San Francisco, CA 94128-0906
  Vista  or  415-561-6540     New URL 8/11!
            Provides grants for restoration of land, streams, wetlands, habitat, etc.
  

• The Barbara Delano Foundation
  450 Pacific Ave., Suite 201
  San Francisco, CA 94133
  Delano  or  415-834-1758
           BDF funding is strictly dedicated to wildlife conservation programs in developing countries.
  

• Flintridge Foundation
  1040 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 100
  Pasadena CA 91103
  Flintridge  or  626-449-0839
            Provides grants to organizations that employ a variety of thoughtful and creative approaches
            designed to benefit the forests, watersheds, and native fish of the Pacific Northwest
  

• General Service Foundation
  557 N. Mill Street, Suite 201
  Aspen, CO 81611
  Service  or  970-920-6834
            Provides grants for projects that preserve, secure and protect water flows for aquatic
            and riparian ecosystems in the rivers of the interior West.
  

• Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
  1 Lombard Street
  San Francisco, CA 94111
  Goldman  or  415-688-1090
            Fund supports nonprofit organizations that enhance the quality of life, primarily in the
            San Francisco Bay Area; funds an array of fields, including the environment.
  

• Hawaii Community Foundation
  1164 Bishop Street, Suite 800
  Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
  Hawaii  or  808-537-6333
            Funds projects that help preserve our Hawaiian family, our neighbors, our community,
            our precious environment

• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
  525 Middlefield Rd, Suite 200
  
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Hewlett  or  650-329-1070
The environment program funds programs to save the ecosystems of the North American West; to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy sources; and to build an infrastructure for environmental concerns in the L.A. basin and the Central Valley.

• William C. Kenney Watershed Protection Foundation
1001 Bridgeway, #703
Sausalito, CA 94965
Kenney  or  415-332-1363

Focuses primarily on the upper, wild stretches of watersheds; funds organizations
whose love of wild places and wild rivers inspires their work.

• The Lawrence Foundation
  530 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 207
  Santa Monica, CA 90401
  Lawrence  or  310-451-1567
            Makes charitable contributions and grants to support educational, environmental,
            health and other causes.
  

• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
  38 Keyes Road
  San Francisco, CA 94129
  Salmon  or  415-561-7743
            Provides grants to help preserve the diversity and function of wild salmon ecosystems
            throughout the North Pacific
  

• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  300 2nd Street, Suite 200
  Los Altos, CA 94022
  Packard  or  650-948-7658
            Provides grants to nonprofit organizations in conservation; population; science;
            children, families, and communities; arts -- with a special focus on selected
            Northern California Counties

• Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
  2201 E. Camelback Rd. Suite 600B
  Phoenix, AZ 85016
  Pulliam  or  602-955-3000
            Grants for protecting animals and nature are awarded in Arizona and Indiana.
  

• Arthur B. Schultz Foundation
  620 Table Rock West Road
  Alta, WY 83414
  Schultz  or  307-413-2273
            The Wildlands Conservation program  goal  is the long-term security of major
            wildlife populations and natural processes through connectivity of intact ecosystems
            within the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) ecoregion.

• The Sierra Club Foundation
  85 Second Street, Suite 750
  San Francisco, CA 94105
  Sierra  or  415-995-1780
            The foundation funds  a range of environmental projects which fall into the
            three general categories of public education, litigation, and training.

Private Foundations Based in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, & Maine

• Beldon Fund
  99 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
  New York, NY 10016
  Beldon  or  212-616-5600  or  1-800-591-9595
            Provides grants to nonprofit organizations to protect and sustain the environment. 

• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
  650 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor
  New York, NY 10019
  Duke
            Provides grants to preserve wildlife in the United States, both flora and fauna,
            by supporting efforts to complete the nation’s wildlife conservation system.
  

• The Ittleson Foundation
  15 East 67th Street
  New York, NY 10021
  Ittleson  or  212-794-2008
            The foundation supports innovative pilot, model and demonstration projects
            that will help move individuals, communities, and organizations from environmental
            awareness to environmental activism by changing attitudes and behaviors.

• Henry P. Kendall Foundation
  176 Federal Street
  Boston, MA 02110
  Kendall  or  617-951-2525
            Funds climate change, landscape conservation, marine ecosystem
            stewardship, and environmental advocacy programs.
  

• Henry Phillip Kraft Memorial Fund
  c/o Long Island Community Foundation
  1740 Old Jericho Turnpike
  Jericho, NY 11753
  Long Island  or  516-681-5085
            Funds projects to preserve biological diversity, reduce hazardous toxins,
            restore the rich habitats of the Long Island region, etc.

• New England Grassroots Environment Fund
  P.O. Box 1057
  Montpelier, VT 05601
  New England  or  802-223-4622
            Small grants program that funds projects that address a wide range of environmental issues
  

• Norcross Wildlife Foundation
  Caller Box 611, Planetarium Station
  Mw York, NY 10024
  Norcross  or  212-362-4831
            Provides grants to protect, enhance and expand habitat for wildlife, primarily
            at the Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary (known as Tupper Hill); to protect wild land;
            to restore populations of New England native endangered plants; to provide
            educational programs in natural and environmental science.

• Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
  6 East 39th Street, 12th Floor
  New York, NY 10016
  Noyes  or  212-684-6577
            The foundation promotes a sustainable and just social and natural system
            by supporting grassroots organizations and movements committed to this goal.

• Pegasus Foundation
  27 Merrimack Street
  Concord, NH 03301
  Pegasus  or  603-225-3918
            Foundation has three funding priorities: wildlife and habitat protection,
            companion animal programs, and education and outreach.
  

• The Prospect Hill Foundation
  99 Park Avenue, Suite 2220
  New York, NY 10016-1601
  Prospect  or  212-370-1165
            Grants to organizations active in environmental conservation, nuclear weapons control,
            and family planning in Latin America
  

• Rockefeller Brothers Fund

437 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor
New York, NY 10022-7001

RB Fund  or  212-812-4200
          Sustainable Resource Use Fund provides funds to foster environmental stewardship
          that is ecologically based, economically sound, culturally appropriate,
          and sensitive to questions of intergenerational equity.

• Rockefeller Family Fund
  437 Madison Ave.
  New York, NY 10022
  RF Fund  or  212-812-4252
            Environment program emphasizes conservation of natural resources, protection of health
            as affected by the environment, the cessation and cleanup of pollution, etc.

• Scherman Foundation
  16 E. 52nd St, Suite 601
  New York, NY 10022
  Scherman  or  212-832-3086
            Funds projects for  the environment, peace and security, reproductive rights and services,
            human rights and liberties, the arts, and social welfare.

• The Sudbury Foundation
  278 Old Sudbury Road
  Sudbury, MA 01776
  Sudbury  or 978-443-0849
            The Environmental Program focuses on two geographic regions in the Northeast:
            the Northern Forest and the fisheries and coastal communities of the Gulf of Maine. 

• Surdna Foundation, Inc.
  330 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor
  New York, NY 10017-5001
  Surdna
            Environmental Fund awards grants in four areas:   Biological, Human Systems, 
            Transportation and  Urban/Suburban Land Use, Energy.

• Weeden Foundation

747 Third Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10017

Weeden  or  212-888-1672

Provides grants for protection and conservation of unique western terrestrial
and aquatic habitat, with priority for the Northwest.

Private Foundations Based in the Rest of the East and the Midwest

• Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
  3223 Howell Mill Road, NW
  Atlanta, GA, 30327
  Blank  or  404-367-2100
            Inspiring Spaces program provides grants to help develop a system of "Great Parks"
            in Atlanta.

• Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
  35 E. Wacker Dr., Suite 2600
  Chicago, IL 60601-2102
  Donnelley  or  312-977-2700
            Supports efforts that create healthy human communities and natural environments
            in the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina.
  

• Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation
  PO Box 016309
  Miami, FL 33101-6309
  Dunn  or  305-445-5521
            Grants will focus on, but not be limited to, Florida environmental issues.
  

• Great Lakes Fishery Trust
  600 West Joseph, Suite 10
  Lansing MI 48933
  Great Lakes  or  517-371-7468
            Provides funding to enhance, protect and rehabilitate Great Lakes fishery resources.
  

• The George Gund Foundation
  1845 Guildhall Building
  45 Prospect Avenue, West
  Cleveland, OH 44115
  Gund  or  216-241-3114
            Environmental fund makes grants to organizations that work to address environmental
            issues in Northeast Ohio and the Lake Erie and Ohio River ecosystems.
  

• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
  1120 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 900
  Washington, DC 20036
  Wildlife  or  202-857-0166
            The foundation conserves healthy populations of fish, wildlife and plants, on land
            and in the sea, through creative and respectful partnerships, sustainable solutions,
            and better education.
  

• The Pew Charitable Trusts
  2005 Market Street, Suite 1700
  Philadelphia, PA 19103-7077
  PEW  or  215-575-9050
            Advancing Policy Solutions for the environment focus on education and advocacy for
            global warming, protecting ocean life, and wilderness protection.  

• Sapelo Foundation
  1712 Ellis Street, 2nd Floor
  Brunswick, GA 31520
  Sapelo  or  9112-265-0520
            Promotes progressive social change affecting, in particular, rural communities
            and the natural environment in the state of Georgia.
  

• The Shared Earth Foundation
  113 Hoffman Lane
  Chestertown, MD 21620
  Shared  or  410-778-6868
            Funds organizations that promote protection of habitat, which foster respect for
            other species, which work to limit detrimental human impact on the planet,
            and which further the inherent right of all creatures to share the Earth.
  

• Town Creek Foundation
  121 N. West Street
  Easton, MD 21601
  Town Creek  or  410-763-8171
            Foundation supports programs that engage citizens in challenging the
            unsustainable use of natural resources and in protecting biological diversity.

• Turner Foundation, Inc.
  133 Luckie Street NW., 2nd Floor
  Atlanta, GA 30303
  Turner  or  404-681-9900
            A private, independent family foundation committed to preventing damage to the
            natural systems - water, air, and land - on which all life depends.

• Victoria Foundation
  946 Bloomfield Avenue
  Glen Ridge, NJ 07028
  Victoria  or 973-748-5300
            The foundation's environmental grantmaking stresses open space protection,
            which includes nonprofit land acquisition.
  

U.S. Government Funding Resources

• National Parks Service
  
  • Grant Programs
    National Maritime Heritage Grants, Recreation Grants, and Historic Preservation Fund
    Tribal Grants
    

• National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• Grant Opportunities
  Grants from National Marine Fisheries Service, Coastal Ocean Program,
  National Undersea Research Program, and National Sea Grant College Program.
  

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Grants and Fellowship Information
(Northwest office)  1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
EPA  or  206-553-1200  or  1-800-424-4EPA

Awards Environmental Program Grants - state, interstate, and local government.

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  Grants At a Glance
  USFWS  or  1-800-344-WILD
  
Provides Natural Resource Assistance Grants to governmental, public and private organizations, groups and individuals.

• National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program
• Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Grants Program
• Wildlife Without Borders     New URLs 8/11!
• Mexico
• Endangered Species Grants     New URLs 8/11!
• Private Stewardship Grants Program
  Division of Consultation, Habitat Conservation, Recovery and State Grants
  4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420,  Arlington, VA 22203
  703-358-2061
       Provides grants and other assistance on a competitive basis to individuals and
       groups engaged in local, private, and voluntary conservation efforts that
       benefit federally listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk species.
• Landowner Incentive Program

• U.S. Government Grants Opportunities
  (grouped under each department by Funding Activity Category:
  Education, Environment, Natural Resources, Science and Technology)
• Department of Interior  (USFWS, Bur of Recl, Bur of Mining, USGS)
• Department of Commerce  (NOAA)
• Environmental Protection Agency
• US Department of Agriculture
  

• Listing of Government Grants by Category
• Land Conservation
  
• Recreation
• Water Conservation and Research
• Wildlife Research

Directories of Grantmaking Organizations

British Columbia Environmental Network

207 West Hastings Street, Suite 610
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H7
Funding Sources Directory

Directory of funding sources available for environmental projects 
across the Pacific Northwest.  ($)

• Resources for Global Sustainability, Inc.
P.O. Box 3665
Cary, North Carolina  27519-3665
Directory  or  800-724-1857
Environmental Grantmaking Foundations Directory is a valuable resource for nonprofit organizations looking for grants to support environmental activities and programs.  ($)