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
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
Pie Ranch
Food
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Regenerator Program at Cascade Ranch and Youth Corps
- $90,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Pilchuck Glass School
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
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
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
Regents of The University of Colorado – Boulder
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support undergraduate and graduate students to pursue summer field research at the CU Mountain Research Station with a focus on alpine tundra
- $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
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
San Francisco State University
Field Biology
Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for undergraduate or graduate student(s) at the Estuary &
Ocean Science Center
- $75,000
- 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
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support the summer conservation internship program focused on field research on California native plants and ecosystems
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- 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
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
School For Advanced Research
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
Sea Education Association
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support a researcher in pursuing oceanographic field work in Hawai'i, followed by data analysis and professional development in Woods Hole, MA
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- 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
Shunpike
Craft
Small Grants for Craftspeople
To support the Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths' Tool, Institutional and Mini Grant Programs and the SPARC retreat
- $60,000
- 2 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active
Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Honor Society
Earth Science
Fellowships and Internships
To support the Grants in Aid of Research scholarship for students doing field biology or experiential Earth science research
- $25,000
- 1 Year
- Granted in 2025 Active
Sloss Furnaces 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
Smithsonian Institution
Field Biology
Fellowships and Internships
To support hands-on environmental science research projects at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center by undergraduates and recent graduates
- $75,000
- 3 Years
- Granted in 2025 Active