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
Mid-america Arts Alliance
Craft
Awards and Prizes
To support craft guilds through capacity building grants and learning cohorts to be better positioned to support more craftspeople with financial support
- $260,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Mote Marine Laboratory
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support scientific illustration internships
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Movement Alliance Project
Food
Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support Fishadelphia to host college students interns to engage with real world food systems work
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Museum of Craft and Design
Craft
Awards and Prizes
To support planning for a California-based craft award program
- $15,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Museum of Craft and Design
Craft
Awards and Prizes
To support a Northern California Craft Award Program
- $450,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Napa Valley Education Foundation
Public School Teachers
Classroom Grants
To support the Teacher Innovation Grants program
- $90,000
- 3 Years
- 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
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for one undergraduate or graduate student
- $15,000
- 1 Year
- 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
North Bennet Street School
Craft
Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Workforce Development Initiative, which provides full scholarships for students with the highest economic needs
- $75,000
- 3 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
Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building
Craft
Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Prothero Internship program
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Organization For Tropical Studies
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
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)
- $48,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Penland School of Craft
Craft
Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support scholarships for HBCU faculty and fellowships to the Visiting Collective Residency program
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Public School Teachers
Classroom Grants
To support teacher resource grants in the Bay Area through Environmental Science; Excursion; Technology, Engineering and Design Thinking; and Visiting Artist; and Special Education grant programs
- $695,200
- 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
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Pu’uhonua Society
Craft
Awards and Prizes
To support the perpetuation and innovation of material practices rooted in Hawaiian culture through an unrestricted award program
- $108,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Quilting For Community
Craft
Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Community Apprenticeship Program
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Red Cloud Renewable
Craft
Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support apprenticeships that provide critical training in sustainable building methods and necessary tools
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Regents of The University of California
Field Biology
Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support a research fellowship for undergraduate or graduate students, focused on biological sciences with a field research component at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- 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
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support a botanical or mycological illustration internship for undergraduate science or art students to produce diagnostic line drawings at the National Herbarium of Victoria, in Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria's Melbourne Gardens
- $60,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
San Francisco Education Fund
Public School Teachers
Classroom Grants
To support Educator Grants
- $150,000
- 3 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 Active
Save The Redwoods League
Resilient Ecosystems
Protecting Important Places
To support the Restoration and Stewardship Program
- $100,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active