2022 Grants


Alliance for California Traditional Arts

To support apprenticeships in traditional material arts

$45,000 | 3 years | www.actaonline.org


Amah Mutsun Land Trust

To support The Native Stewardship Corps, native plant propagation and restoration, and general operations

$20,000 | 2 years | www.amahmutsun.org


American Craft Council

To support the Emerging Artists Cohort program

$15,000 | www.craftcouncil.org


American Museum of Natural History

To support undergraduate, graduate or post-doc student biology research in the field through the Richard Gilder Graduate School

$45,000 | 3 years | www.amnh.org/research/richard-gilder-graduate-school


American Museum of Natural History

To support a scientific illustration internship for undergraduate or graduate student at the AMNH Richard Gilder Graduate School (RGGS)

$10,000 | www.amnh.org/research/richard-gilder-graduate-school


Anderson Ranch Arts Center

To support the Artist-in-Residence Program

$45,000 | 3 years | www.andersonranch.org


Archbold Biological Station

To support the Post-Baccalaureate Internship Program

$45,000 | 3 years | www.archbold-station.org


Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

To support the Artists-in-Residence Program

$45,000 | 3 years | www.arrowmont.org


Association for Tropical Biology

To support the Seed Research Grant Program for graduate and PhD students with a focus on field biology

$15,000 | www.tropicalbiology.org


Brown Girl Surf, a project of Social Good Fund

To support Brown Girl Surf’s community surf programs and organizational development

$40,000 | 2 years | www.browngirlsurf.com


California Academy of Sciences

To support the Lakeside Graduate Fellows Program

$40,000 | 3 years | www.calacademy.org


California Academy of Sciences

To support the Thriving California Initiative

$100,000 | 2 years | www.calacademy.org


California Academy of Sciences

To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, or graduate student in the California Academy of Sciences Herpetology department

$10,000 | www.calacademy.org


California Botanic Garden

To support undergraduate summer internships in Applied Plant Conservation at the California Botanic Garden

$45,000 | 3 years | www.calbg.org


California Botanic Garden

To support a scientific illustration internship for undergraduate or graduate students

$10,000 | www.calbg.org


California College of the Arts

To support scholarship(s) for students focusing in ceramics, furniture, glass, jewelry & metal arts, or textiles, with a preference for students underrepresented in their craft

$45,000 | 3 years | www.cca.edu


California Institute of the Arts

To support the expansion of current infrastructure for the Institute’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) strategy as it relates to faculty development, to support the recruitment and retention of diverse students, faculty, and staff for programs at the intersection of the arts, design, and computer-based technology

$500,000 | 5 years | www.calarts.edu


California Native Plant Society

To support native plant conservation and biodiversity programs, including 30x30, wildfire resilience and recovery, and community-led science

$20,000 | www.cnps.org


Center for Furniture Craftsmanship

To support the Teaching the Teachers program

$45,000 | 3 years | www.woodschool.org


Center for Craft

To support a Craft Teaching Award

$15,000 | www.centerforcraft.org


Coastal Quest

To support the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Outreach and Education Small Grants Program

$20,000 | www.coastal-quest.org


Coral Reef Alliance

To support reducing land-based sources of pollution in Hawaii

$40,000 | 2 years | www.coral.org


Craft Emergency Relief Fund

To support the “Get Ready” Grant Program that provides grants for the material and studio needs of professional craftspeople

$20,000 | www.cerfplus.org


Crafting the Future, a project of Penland School of Craft

To support Crafting the Future's scholarship program for 2-3 BIPOC students to attend craft workshops

$15,000 | www.craftingthefuture.org


Cranbrook Educational Community

To support Materials Grants to graduate students in Craft

$15,000 | www.cranbrook.edu


Elkus Ranch Environmental Education Center (University of California)

To support the Elkus Ranch Fund

$15,000 | www.elkusranch.ucanr.edu


Environmental Grantmakers Association

To support the 2022 Environmental Fellows Program

$22,000 | www.ega.org/environmental-fellows-program


Field Projects International

To support an undergraduate or graduate student intern in developing illustrations for the In Situ Laboratory initiative that offers a new global framework for monitoring animal health and safety at the human-wildlife interface

$10,000 | www.fieldprojects.org


Field Museum of Natural History

To support graduate students in a field-based internship for urban monarch and pollinator conservation

$45,000 | 3 years | www.fieldmuseum.org


Filoli Center

To support nature trail building and maintenance

$10,000 | www.filoli.org


Greenwich House

To support the Greenwich House Pottery Artists-in-Residence Program

$15,000 | www.greenwichhouse.org/pottery


Handweavers Guild of America

To support the HGA Scholarship Fund

$15,000 | www.weavespindye.org


Hawaiʻi Land Trust

To support the Māhukona project

$30,000 | www.hilt.org


Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

To support four BIPOC fellowships for recipients to participate in two-week intensive studio workshops during the 2023 summer season

$15,000 | www.haystack-mtn.org


Hidden Villa

To support the Hidden Villa Summer Camp and/or Internship Programs

$45,000 | 3 years | www.hiddenvilla.org


Humboldt State University

To support a scientific illustration residency program for a recent graduate, graduate student, or undergraduate who will work in collaboration with faculty from the departments of Art + Film and Biological Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt

$10,000 | www.humboldt.edu


Institute of American Indian Arts

To support scholarship(s) for undergraduate students majoring in Studio Arts

$45,000 | 3 years | www.iaia.edu


Krenov Foundation

To support scholarship(s) for women in the nine-month program in fine cabinet and furniture making

$45,000 | 3 years | www.thekrenovschool.org


Latino Outdoors, a project of Community Initiatives

To support Latino Outdoors' programs in California

$40,000 | 2 years | www.latinooutdoors.org


Marine Biological Laboratory

To support an undergraduate student(s) to pursue summer field research at the MBL

$45,000 | 3 years | www.mbl.edu


Minorities in Shark Sciences

To support recent college graduates and graduate students in a field-based internship studying sharks and rays

$15,000 | www.misselasmo.org


Minorities in Shark Sciences

To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate or graduate student

$10,000 | www.misselasmo.org


Missouri Botanical Garden

To support field research of graduate students in the Graduate Studies Program

$15,000 | www.missouribotanicalgarden.org


Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation

To support conservation research and education, focused in California

$50,000 | www.montereybayaquarium.org


Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

To support the MBARI Summer Internship Program

$45,000 | 3 years | www.mbari.org


Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

To support the MBARI Science Illustration Internship Program

$10,000 | www.mbari.org


Morton Arboretum

To support the Integrated Mentorship Program at The Center for Tree Science

$15,000 | www.mortonarb.org


Mote Marine Laboratory

To support one or more students from underrepresented backgrounds to participate in the Mote Research Experience for Undergraduate Program

$45,000 | 3 years | www.mote.org


National Geographic Society

To support STEM Field Assistant Program, and Level I and II National Geographic Grants for Explorers engaging in field-based natural science research

$300,000 | www.nationalgeographic.org


National Tropical Botanical Garden

To support a field-based research internship with National Tropical Botanical Garden for an undergraduate or graduate student(s) within conservation science of native Hawaiian plants

$45,000 | 3 years | www.ntbg.org


Native Arts & Cultures Foundation

To support LIFT program awardees

$15,000 | www.nativeartsandcultures.org


NatureBridge

To support NatureBridge's California programs

$15,000 | www.naturebridge.org


New York Botanical Garden

To support undergraduate interns or graduate students to engage in field research along with NYBG botanists

$45,000 | 3 years | www.nybg.org


North Bennet Street School

To support Impact Scholarships for students in the full-time program

$45,000 | 3 years | www.nbss.edu


North House Folk School

To support the Internship Program

$15,000 | www.northhouse.org


Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

To support the Prothero Internship

$45,000 | 3 years | www.nwswb.edu


Organization for Tropical Studies

To support the professional development of undergraduate or graduate students in the field of scientific illustration and provide real world experience that advances the mission of the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)

$10,000 | www.tropicalstudies.org


Outdoor Afro

To support California outdoor leadership and Making Waves programs, and general operations

$30,000 | 2 years | www.outdoorafro.com


Pa'i Foundation

To support the Nānā I Ke Kumu cultural workshop series with a focus on hands-on traditional arts

$45,000 | 3 years | www.paifoundation.org


Pacific Horticulture Society

To support general operations and science communicators

$15,000 | www.pacifichorticulture.org


Peninsula Open Space Trust

To support the Coyote Valley and Farmland programs

$200,000 | 2 years | www.openspacetrust.org


Penland School of Craft

To support scholarships for HBCU faculty at Penland School of Craft

$45,000 | 3 years | www.penland.org


Peters Valley School of Craft

To support the Artist Residency Program

$15,000 | www.petersvalley.org


Philanthropic Ventures Foundation

To support 1) Visiting Artist, 2) Excursion and 3) Technology, Engineering and Design Thinking small grants programs for teachers in the Bay Area

$130,000 | 2 years | www.venturesfoundation.org


Pilchuck Glass School

To support Pilchuck's Artist in Residence (AiR) program

$15,000 | www.pilchuck.org


Planet Women

To support the West Coast cohort of the 100 Women Pathway project

$10,000 | www.planetwomen.org


Point Blue Conservation Science

To support the Education Program, including STRAW (Students and Teachers Restoring A Watershed), the Community College Conservation Internship Program, and/or intern training

$100,000 | 2 years | www.pointblue.org


Polynesian Voyaging Society

To support Moananuiākea – A Voyage for the Pacific, and organizational strengthening and leadership development

$50,000 | 2 years | www.hokulea.com


Rhode Island School of Design

To endow a Maxwell/Hanrahan Society of Presidential Fellowship

$1,000,000 | 4 years | www.risd.edu


Rhode Island School of Design

To support an expanded understanding of the cultural, social, and visual significance of movement by developing a paid, post-graduate research fellowship program for artists and scholars whose work engages with the study of and experimentation with movement at the intersection of race and culture

$500,000 | 4 years | www.risd.edu


San Francisco Botanical Garden

To support the High School Internship Program

$60,000 | 3 years | www.sfbg.org


San Francisco Botanical Garden

To support San Francisco Botanical Garden’s new nursery

$250,000 | www.sfbg.org


San Francisco Estuary Institute

To support the Shoreline Resilience focus area and urban green infrastructure projects

$15,000 | www.sfei.org


San Francisco State University

To support a scientific illustration internship for undergraduate or graduate student(s)

$10,000 | www.eoscenter.sfsu.edu


San Francisco State University

To support up to two rising scholars at the Estuary & Ocean Science Center through the Interdisciplinary Marine and Estuarine Sciences graduate program or the Diving into Ecology and Evolution undergraduate marine science immersion semester

$45,000 | 3 years | www.eoscenter.sfsu.edu


Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

To support the Summer Conservation Internship

$45,000 | 3 years | www.sbbotanicgarden.org


Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

To further the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's mission of conserving native plants through an illustration internship

$10,000 | www.sbbotanicgarden.org


Save the Redwoods League

To support at least two students' participation in the BIPOC Science Starter Grant Program

$15,000 | www.savetheredwoods.org


School for Advanced Research

To support SAR's Native American artist fellowship program, with a focus on material mastery

$15,000 | www.sarweb.org


Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

To support a research fellowship for undergraduate or graduate students, focused on marine biological sciences with a field research component at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego

$45,000 | 3 years | www.scripps.ucsd.edu


Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

To support a scientific illustration internship in the Choy Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography for undergraduate or graduate student(s), and/or those in early-career transitional phases that would enable them to progress to their next career stage

$10,000 | www.scripps.ucsd.edu


Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

To support hands-on environmental science research projects by undergraduate students

$40,000 | 3 years | www.serc.si.edu


Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate student focused on visualization of human-environment interactions

$10,000 | www.serc.si.edu


Society of Arts and Crafts

To support the Craft Innovation Jumpstarter Program

$45,000 | 3 years | www.societyofcrafts.org


Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths, a project of Shunpike

To support the Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths’ Mini-Grant and Tool Grant programs

$10,000 | www.inclusiveblacksmiths.com


Sonoma Land Trust

To support Community Engagement and Education Programs, the Santa Rosa South East Greenway, and Investing in Nature-Based Solutions

$150,000 | 2 years | www.sonomalandtrust.org


Stanford University

To support undergraduate, graduate or post-doc intern(s) to pursue research that contributes to fulfilling the mission of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve

$15,000 | www.jrbp.stanford.edu


SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF College Foundation Inc.)

To support scholarships for field experiences at Cranberry Lake Biological Station

$15,000 | www.esf.edu/clbs


SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF College Foundation Inc.)

To support scientific illustration internships at SUNY ESF Cranberry Lake Biological Station

$10,000 | www.esf.edu/clbs


Ten Strands

To support general operations

$15,000 | www.tenstrands.org


The Center for Cultural Innovation

To support CCI’s Quick Grant program that provides funds for California artists to participate in professional development activities

$20,000 | www.cciarts.org


The Furniture Society

To support the Local Resident Fellows as part of the Craft For a Greater Good communities program

$15,000 | www.furnsoc.org


The Nature Conservancy

To support Las Piletas acquisition

$100,000 | www.nature.org


The Nature Conservancy

To support California ocean resilience and recovery projects, with a focus on kelp, eelgrass and oysters

$15,000 | www.nature.org


Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants

General support

$15,000 | www.theodorepayne.org


Trust for Public Land

To support Trust for Public Land's Bay Area programs and initiatives, and support for the Deer Creek Beach project

$150,000 | 2 years | www.tpl.org


UC Natural Reserve System (University of California)

To support undergraduate students taking California Ecology and Conservation, a seven-week intensive field research course taught at UC Natural Reserves

$15,000 | www.ucnrs.org


UC Santa Barbara Foundation

To support the UC Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute's Research SCUBA Certification Program (DIVErsity in Diving)

$15,000 | www.msi.ucsb.edu


United States Artists

To support design and administration of the 2023 Maxwell/Hanrahan Awards in Craft

$696,900 | www.unitedstatesartists.org


University of Alaska

To support the Tamamta Fellows Program

$10,000 | www.tamamta.org


University of California at Santa Cruz

To support students to attend the CAMINO (The Center to Advance Mentored, Inquiry-based Opportunities) summer internship program, and to present their field-based research at scientific conferences

$45,000 | 3 years | www.camino.ucsc.edu


University of California at Santa Cruz

To support two scientific illustration internships for undergraduate students at UC-Santa Cruz's Norris Center for Natural History

$10,000 | www.norriscenter.ucsc.edu


University of Florida Foundation

To support the field research grant program for graduate/doctoral students with a focus on field biology through the Tropical Conservation and Development Program

$10,000 | www.uftcd.org


University of Hawaii Foundation

To support undergraduate and recent graduate Research Assistantships at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology for one or more students from underrepresented backgrounds

$30,000 | 3 years | www.uhfoundation.org


University of Hawaii Foundation

To support an internship program for a community college art student in collaboration with a marine biology graduate student (scientific partner) and a local professional artist (mentor) by creating a mural inspired by cultural research and conservation

$10,000 | www.uhfoundation.org


University of Maryland, College Park

To support the University of Maryland Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity

$17,250 | www.crge.umd.edu


University of Washington Foundation

To support student(s) to attend the REU Blinks Program for Undergraduates and Post-Baccalaureates at Friday Harbor Laboratories

$30,000 | 3 years | www.fhl.uw.edu


WAI

To support community outreach & education and pilot projects

$15,000 | www.waicleanwater.org


Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts

To support the summer residency program for ceramic artists

$10,000 | www.watershedceramics.org


YMCA of San Francisco

To support the Nature Engagement Education Program and Outdoor Education Programs

$15,000 | www.ymcasf.org