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

Greenwich House

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Greenwich House Pottery Artists-in-Residence Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Handweavers Guild of America

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Convergence internship program for undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in fiber arts programs
  • $30,000
  • 2 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Hawaiʻi Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support the Mahukona Project and ʻĀina Protection Projects with a focus on Coastlines and Lands that grow healthy food
  • $150,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support six BIPOC fellowships for two-week intensive studio workshops during the 2024 summer season
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Hoʻokuaʻāina

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support seasonal interns in spending 10-weeks on the farm to gain hands-on experience learning ancient Hawaiian traditional methods of farming, important cultural lessons and life skills
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Houston Center For Contemporary Craft

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Artist Residency Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Idea Wild

Field Biology Small Grants for Field Biologists
To support IdeaWild’s small equipment fund for biological field research projects
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Inaturalist

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
General operating
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Indigo Arts Alliance

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Artists-in-Residence working in craft-based mediums
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Inquiring Systems

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support CoFED’s Just Leader Fellowship program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Institute of American Indian Arts

Diversity and Inclusion in Art, Design and Computing
To support the development of an Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Baccalaureate (BFA) degree in Gaming and Interactive Arts, which brings together interdisciplinary faculty and students and increases diversity in contemporary, cinematic and computer arts studies and industries
  • $500,000
  • 4 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Island Institute

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support the Lift All Boats Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Kawerak Inc.

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support Caleb Scholars Program, focused on field-based research
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Kupu

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the Conservation Leadership Development Program and/or the Hawaiʻi Youth Conservation Corps Program
  • $20,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

La Cocina

Food Food Systems Fellowships and Internships
To support the Incubator Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Land Trust of Santa Cruz County

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support projects that protect natural and working lands and create access to nature
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Lewis and Clark Community College Foundation

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support the field research internship program at the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center with a focus on community college students
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Maine Crafts Association

Craft Awards and Prizes
To support the Maine Craft Artist Award
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Marin Agricultural Land Trust

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support Farmland Protection and/or Small Grants Programs
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Metal Museum

Craft Craft Fellowships and Scholarships
To support the Apprenticeship Program
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Resilient Ecosystems Protecting Important Places
To support projects at the intersection of natural resource management and public access on the San Mateo County coast, including Cloverdale Ranch Open Space Preserve
  • $30,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Minorities in Shark Sciences

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support recent college graduates and graduate students in a field-based internship studying sharks and rays
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Minorities in Shark Sciences

Field Biology Science Illustration Internships
To support a scientific illustration internship for an undergraduate or graduate student
  • $15,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023

Missouri Botanical Garden

Field Biology Field Research Fellowships and Internships
To support field research of graduate students in the Graduate Studies Program
  • $45,000
  • 3 Years
  • Granted in 2023 Active

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Resilient Ecosystems Connecting People and Nature
To support the education program and conservation research on California wildlife and ecosystems, including the Career Development Pathway Program in those two areas
  • $50,000
  • 1 Year
  • Granted in 2023