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

Krenov Foundation

Craft Small Grants for Craftspeople
To support tools, equipment, safety and access for craftspeople in people-focused programs
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • 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

Lift All Boats

Food Fellowships and Internships
To support the Lift All Boats Program
  • $30,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Macalester College

Earth Science Fellowships and Internships
To support the Keck Geology Consortium's Gateway Program
  • $60,000
  • 1 Year
  • 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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Food Fellowships and Internships
To support the Aquaculture Internships for Massachusetts (AIM) Program, offering wraparound support, training, and hands-on experiences for early and prospective career aquaculturists
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • 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

Metal Museum

Craft Small Grants for Craftspeople
To support tools, equipment, safety and access for craftspeople in people-focused programs
  • $10,000
  • 1 Year
  • 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

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support stewardship projects
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • 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

Mote Marine Laboratory

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support Undergraduate Research Experiences and prioritize students with limited access to field research opportunities and/or those who would not otherwise be able to participate in such a program
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Mountain Roots Food Project

Food Fellowships and Internships
To support the NextGen|ReGen Beginning Farmer Training Program
  • $25,000
  • 1 Year
  • 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

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

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Field Biology Fellowships and Internships
To support field-based internships for undergraduate students
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support scientific illustrator(s) in Hawaiian botanical artwork
  • $75,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the LIFT program, Native Hawaiian Mentor Artist Award and the Suite of Services program
  • $300,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2025 Active