Grants
The Foundation makes grants that support its broad interest areas of field-based science, art and craft, teaching, and protection of the natural world.
Active
Gardens of Golden Gate Park
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support the Gardens of Golden Gate Park Interns Program
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Hawai’i Land Trust
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support the 'Aina Protection and 'Aina Stewardship & Restoration programs, with an emphasis on coastal and/or agricultural lands
- $500,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025
Inquiring Systems Inc.
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support Poco Farm's programs
- $30,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support The Resilient Pajaro Estuary Program
- $150,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support Farmland Protection, Stewardship Assistance and Small Grants Programs
- $100,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support stewardship projects
- $50,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
National Audubon Society
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support Audubon California's Working Lands and Conservation Leadership Programs, with a focus on Debs Park and the Coastal Leadership Program
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
National Park Foundation
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support ecosystem resilience projects in California and/or Hawai'i
- $90,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Naturebridge
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support environmental science program scholarships for underserved youth at Yosemite National Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area
- $100,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Northcoast Regional Land Trust
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support the Education and Conserving Land Programs
- $150,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Peninsula Open Space Trust
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support the Coyote Valley program and/or the Southern Santa Cruz Mountains Linkage
- $600,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Planet Women
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support the 100 Women Pathway project, with an emphasis on California and Hawaii participants
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Regents of The University of California – Uc Davis
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support the Elkus Ranch Fund, including program delivery by providing subsidies to enable area schools and students to participate in hands-on programs
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Resources Legacy Fund
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support sustainable forestry and/or wastewater coordination efforts; and community-based conservation projects in Hawai'i
- $150,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support the Protecting Rare Plants program, with a focus on the Channel Islands
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025
Save The Redwoods League
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support the Restoration and Stewardship Program
- $100,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Save The Waves Coalition
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support biodiversity data collection, community science and stewardship in California's surf ecosystems
- $50,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Sempervirens Fund
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support restoration, which may include an internship program
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Social Good Fund
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support Salted Roots
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Sonoma Botanical Garden
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support the California native plant program and the development of an environmental education program and exhibition support related to native plants and ecosystems
- $40,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Sonoma Land Trust
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support Community Engagement and Education Programs; Investing in Nature-Based Solutions; and Land Restoration & Access and/or Freshwater Flows at Osprey Hill Ranch
- $750,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
State Coastal Conservancy
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support the Explore the Coast (ETC) grant program
- $120,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support the Learning Among the Oaks Program and the Land Conservation Program
- $150,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
The Nature Conservancy
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support California ocean resilience and recovery projects, with a focus on seagrass and oysters
- $150,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
The Trust For Hidden Villa
Resilient Ecosystems
Connecting People and Nature
To support Summer Camp scholarships
- $30,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active