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

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Public School Teachers Teacher Experiences
To support teachers to attend the in-person summer Teacher Symposium
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Public School Teachers Awards in Teaching
To support the History Teacher of the Year Award
  • $57,500
  • 1 Year
  • 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 Active

Inquiring Systems Inc.

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support Poco Farm's programs
  • $30,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support scholarship(s) for undergraduate students majoring in Studio Arts
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Kawerak

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support the Caleb Scholars Program, focused on field-based research
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Krenov Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support scholarships for underrepresented populations to attend the nine-month program and summer workshops in fine cabinet and furniture making
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Maine Crafts Association

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Craft Apprenticeship Program
  • $25,000
  • 2 Years
  • 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

Marine Biological Laboratory

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate to post-baccalaureate level students to pursue field research internships
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Metal Arts Guild

Craft Small Grants for Craftspeople
To support Small Business Grants and Skill Development Grants and the 75th Anniversary Symposium
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 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 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 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

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