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Honor the Earth Scope: Honor the Earth is a national foundation that supports Native environmental work. The foundation has three areas of interest: environmental justice, including defense and protection of homelands and traditional ways of life; building sustainable communities, especially innovative efforts that promote indigenous thinking and use of traditional language to address sustainable community development, use of tools for conflict resolution and learning principles of de-colonization; and nuclear waste/safe clean energy, including fossil fuel, mega-hydro, nuclear power and nuclear waste issues and efforts to promote alternative, clean renewable energy. Deadline: None for letters of inquiry and proposals. Cover sheet form is available online. Funds: Grants range from $1,000 to $5,000 each. Eligibility: Grants are made to Native groups that are directed and controlled by Native peoples. Priority is given to grassroots, community-based organizations, particularly those that lack access to federal and/or tribal funding resources. Areas: Funding goes to Native communities and groups working to protect the earth. Grants also support organizations working with Native youths and young adults to develop leadership skills and projects designed to encourage youths to protect and restore Native communities. The foundation works to "foster the re-traditionalization and re-indigenization" of Native communities. Contact:
Honor the Earth Community Technology Foundation of California The Community Technology Foundation of California is an independent grant making institution dedicated to collaborative efforts that strive to bridge the "digital divide" in California's low-income, minority, limited-English speaking, senior, immigrant, and disability communities. The foundation aims to build the capacity of underserved communities to understand, design, and use both basic and advanced telecommunications and information technologies. The goal of the foundation's General Grants program is to be responsive to the efforts of community-based organizations in designing and integrating telecommunications and technology into their programs. CTFC offers financial support through the program in the areas of community building, community economic development, education, and health, and awards grants for planning, program implemen- tation, collaborative efforts, and technology use. Requests must describe how technology is integrated into the program and take into consideration the appropriate level of staffing and technical support. Grants range from $10,000 to $100,000 and can be for up to two years. (The maximum award is $50,000 a year). CTFC will consider grants of up to $150,000 over two years ($75,000 a year) for collaborate efforts involving three or more agencies. Planning grants range from $10,000 to $25,000. Only programs that focus on California are eligible. Applicants must have 501(c)(3) status. Organizations that do not have or are awaiting tax-exempt status may apply through a fiscal sponsor. Wal-Mart Environmental Grants Each Wal-Mart store has an allocation of money for environmental grants to non-profit organizations and schools to support environmental efforts and education in communities where stores are located. Grants are in the $2,500 range. More than $1.5 million was granted nationwide last year. Grant applications, accepted on an on-going basis, are available and are submitted through a local store, but decisions are made in Arkansas. Wal-Mart also gives grants under the categories of community, children and education. See their website for more information. Earthwatch Institute Watershed Grants Grants ranging from $7,000 to $130,000 are available on an ongoing basis through the Institute's Center for Field Research for projects relating to watershed management. Funding is for field-based projects in any country that address a variety of questions and issues, including water quality monitoring, market approaches to watershed problems, restoration, endangered species, and basic and applied research. Projects must be scientifically based and involve volunteers. A preliminary proposal is due 12-14 months before commencement of fieldwork. For more information, visit the Institute or contact Lotus Vermeer. River Network Training Grants The River Network, based in Portland, Oregon, is a national leader in supporting grassroots river and watershed conservation groups with annual funding opportunities, a searchable directory of over 300 funding sources, hundreds on resources, a national directory of river groups, event and job listings, surveys, and award programs. Currently it is accepting small grant applications from non-profit conservation groups who have joined the River Network as partners ($100/year to join as a partner). $300-$500 is being made available for partners in specific basins in the Great Lakes region to help staff members, board members, and volunteers of grassroots river and watershed organizations develop skills important to their duties. Grants may be used to defray travel expenses and/or workshop fees. For more information contact Debbie Morse at (800) 423-6747 ext. 11. |