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The WestWind Foundation awarded more than $1.6 million in Environment Program grants in 2009. Roughly 34 percent of Environment Program funds were distributed to NGOs working to create a groundswell of support for immediate action on climate change in the Southeast United States. For a complete list of WestWind's grants in this program, please see below.

2009 Environment Program Grants
Please note that the list does not include small grants that are less than $5,000.

Alaska Conservation Alliance
810 N Street, #203 Anchorage, Alaska 99501
www.akvoice.org
$10,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Alaska Conservation Foundation
441 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 402, Anchorage, AK 99501-2340
www.akcf.org
$15,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Alaska Wildlife Alliance
P.O. Box 202022, Anchorage, AK 99520
www.akwildlife.org
$7,500 for general support

American Chestnut Foundation
160 Zillicoa Street, Suite D, Asheville, NC 28801
www.acf.org
$5,000 for the Westchester Wilderness Walk chestnut project

Appalachian Sustainable Development
336 West Main St, Suite 400, Abingdon, VA 24210
www.asdevelop.org
$20,000 in support for Sustainable Forestry and Wood Products program

Appalachian Voices
703 West King Street, Suite 105, Boone, NC 28607
www.appvoices.org
$55,000 in general support and program support to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

Center for Climate Strategies
130 Locust St., Suite 200, Harrisburg, PA 17017
www.climatestrategies.us
$30,000 in program support for Southern States Initiative

Center for International Environmental Law
1367 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20036
www.ciel.org
$50,000 in general support for CIEL’s climate change work

Ceres
99 Chauncy Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
www.ceres.org
$50,000 in program support for climate policy work in FL and power plant work in VA

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Capitol Place, 1108 E. Main Street, #1600, Richmond, VA 23219
www.cbf.org
$15,000 in support for the Volunteers as Chesapeake Stewards program

Chesapeake Climate Action Network
P.O. Box 11138, Takoma Park, MD 20912
www.chesapeakeclimate.org
$90,000 in program support for the Virginia Renewable Energy Campaign, to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants, and to promote federal climate policy

Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future
610 N. Third St., Harrisburg, PA 17101
www.pennfuture.org
$25,000 in program support to promote federal climate policy

Coastal Mountains Land Trust
101 Mt. Battie Street Camden, Maine 04843
www.coastalmountains.org
$6,000 in general support

Dogwood Alliance
P.O. Box 7845 , Asheville, NC 28802
www.dogwoodalliance.org
$10,000 in general support

Earthjustice
426 17th Street, 6th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612-2820
www.earthjustice.org
$10,000 in general support

Environmental Grantmakers Association
437 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY 10022
www.ega.org
$5,000 in general support

ForestEthics
One Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94707
www.forestethics.org
$75,000 in general support

Fresh Energy
408 St. Peter St. Ste 220, St. Paul, MN 55102
www.fresh-energy.org
$50,000 in program support to promote federal climate policy

Global Greengrants Fund
2840 Wilderness Place, Boulder, CO 80301
www.greengrants.org
$60,000 in general support

Greenpeace
702 H St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001
www.greenpeace.org
$25,000 in program support for work on climate change in China

Grist
811 First Ave Ste 466, Seattle, WA 98104-1418
www.grist.org
$25,000 in general support

Gulf of Maine Research Institute
350 Commercial St., Portland, ME 04101-4618
www.gma.org
$5,000 in general support

Kilowatt Ours
P.O. Box 60322, Nashville, TN 37206
www.kilowattours.org
$35,000 in general support

Land Trust Alliance
1660 L Street, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC, 20036
www.lta.org
$65,000 in general support and program support for land trusts in the Southeast US

Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Bowdoin Mill, 1 Main Street, Suite 201, Topsham, Maine 04086
www.mcht.org
$22,500 in general support

Montana Environmental Information Center
P.O. Box 1184 Helena, MT 59624
www.meic.org
$25,000 in program support to promote federal climate policy

Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street, NY, NY 10011
www.nrdc.org
$50,000 in program support for climate change work in China

Northern Alaska Environmental Center
830 College Rd Fairbanks, Alaska 99701-1535
www.northern.org
$10,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Pacific Environment
311 California Street, Suite 650 , San Francisco, CA 94104-2608
www.pacificenvironment.org
$60,000 in program support for Bering Sea Protection

Pew Charitable Trusts
One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 1700, Philadelphia, PA 19103-7077
www.pewtrusts.org
$130,000 to support Maine Coast Heritage Trust's preservation of Little Black Island

Renewable Energy Alaska Project
800 H Street, Suite 106, Anchorage, AK 99501
www.alaskarenewableenergy.org
$25,000 in support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Scarborough Land Conservation Trust
P.O. Box 1237, Scarborough, ME 04070-1237
www.scarboroughcrossroads.org
$5,000 in general support

Sierra Club Foundation
85 2nd St., suite 750, San Francisco, CA 94105-3465
www.tscf.org
$20,000 in program support to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

SkyTruth
P.O. Box 3283, Shepherdstown, WV 25443-3283
www.skytruth.org
$30,000 in general support

South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
328 East Bay Street, Post Office Box 1765, Charleston, SC 29402
www.coastalconservationleague.org
$25,000 in program support to promote federal climate policy

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
419 Sixth St. #200, Juneau, Alaska 99801
www.seacc.org
$15,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
117 South Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902
www.cleanenergy.org
$65,000 in general support and program support for the Southeast Coastal Climate Network

Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
P.O. Box 453 Appalachia, VA 24216
www.samsva.org
$15,000 in program support to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

Southern Energy Network (a project of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy)
PO Box 1842, Knoxville, TN 37901
www.climateaction.net
$15,000 in general support

Southern Environmental Law Center
201 West Main Street, Suite 14 , Charlottesville, VA 22902
www.SouthernEnvironment.org
$305,000 in general support, capital campaign support and program support for public and private forestry work, climate work, and to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

Virginia Organizing Project
703 Concord Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903
www.virginia-organizing.org
$5,000 in program support for Civic Engagement

Wetlands Watch
PO Box 9335, Norfolk, VA 23505
www.wetlandswatch.org
$28,000 in general support

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2008 Environment Program Grants
Please note that the list does not include small grants that are less than $5,000.

Alaska Center for the Environment
807 G Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501
www.akcenter.org
$25,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Alaska Conservation Alliance
810 N Street, #203 Anchorage, Alaska 99501
www.akvoice.org
$15,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Alaska Conservation Foundation
441 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 402, Anchorage, AK 99501-2340
www.akcf.org
$10,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Alaska Wildlife Alliance
P.O. Box 202022, Anchorage, AK 99520
www.akwildlife.org
$7,500 for general support

American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
529 14th St., NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20045-1000
www.aceee.org
$20,000 for an assessment of energy efficiency potential in VA

Appalachian Sustainable Development
336 West Main St, Suite 400, Abingdon, VA 24210
www.appsusdev.org
$20,000 in support for Sustainable Forestry and Wood Products program

Appalachian Voices
703 West King Street, Suite 105, Boone, NC 28607
www.appvoices.org
$75,000 in general support and program support to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

Center for Civic Policy
PO Box 27616, Albuquerque, NM 87125
www.civicpolicy.com
$25,000 to promote federal climate policy

Center for Climate Strategies
130 Locust St., Suite 200, Harrisburg, PA 17017
www.climatestrategies.us
$30,000 in program support for Southern States Initiative

Center for International Environmental Law
1367 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20036
www.ciel.org
$50,000 in general support for CIEL’s climate change work

Ceres
99 Chauncy Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
www.ceres.org
$50,000 in program support for climate policy work in FL, and power plant work in VA

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Capitol Place, 1108 E. Main Street, #1600, Richmond, VA 23219
www.cbf.org
$15,000 in support for the Volunteers as Chesapeake Stewards program

Chesapeake Climate Action Network
P.O. Box 11138, Takoma Park, MD 20912
www.chesapeakeclimate.org
$75,000 in program support for the Virginia Renewable Energy Campaign; to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants; and to promote federal climate policy

Consultative Group on Biological Diversity
Presidio Building 1016, PO Box 29361, San Francisco, CA 94129
www.cgbd.org
$8,500 in general support

Dogwood Alliance
P.O. Box 7845 , Asheville, NC 28802
www.dogwoodalliance.org
$30,000 in general support

Environmental Grantmakers Association
437 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY 10022
www.ega.org
$10,000 in general support

Environmental Health Sciences
609 E. High St., Charlottesville, VA 22902
www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org
$20,000 in program support for The Daily Climate (www.thedailyclimate.org)

Environmental Leadership Program
1609 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20009
www.elpnet.org
$15,000 in program support for the mid-Atlantic Regional Network

ForestEthics
One Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94707
www.forestethics.org
$75,000 in general support

Global Greengrants Fund
2840 Wilderness Place, Boulder, CO 80301
www.greengrants.org
$60,000 in general support

Greenpeace
702 H St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001
www.greenpeace.org
$25,000 in program support for work on climate change in China

Green Star, Inc.
800 H Street, Suite 106, Anchorage, AK 99501
www.greenstarinc.org
$25,000 in support of the Renewable Energy Alaska Program (REAP)

Grist
811 First Ave Ste 466, Seattle, WA 98104-1418
www.grist.org
$10,000 in general support

Gulf of Maine Research Institute
350 Commercial St., Portland, ME 04101-4618
www.gma.org
$10,000 in general support

Kentucky Coalition
P.O. Box 1450, London, KY 40743
www.kftc.org
$5,000 for the Alliance for Appalachia

Kilowatt Ours
P.O. Box 60322, Nashville, TN 37206
www.kilowattours.org
$35,000 in general support

Land Trust Alliance
1660 L Street, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC, 20036
www.lta.org
$65,000 in general support and program support for land trusts in the Southeast US

Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Bowdoin Mill, 1 Main Street, Suite 201, Topsham, Maine 04086
www.mcht.org
$20,000 in general support

Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street, NY, NY 10011
www.nrdc.org
$125,000 in program support for climate change in Florida and climate change in China

Pacific Environment
311 California Street, Suite 650 , San Francisco, CA 94104-2608
www.pacificenvironment.org
$60,000 in program support for Bering Sea Protection

Sierra Club Foundation
85 2nd St., suite 750, San Francisco, CA 94105-3465
www.tscf.org
$15,000 in program support to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

SkyTruth
P.O. Box 3283, Shepherdstown, WV 25443-3283
www.skytruth.org
$30,000 in general support and program support for work on mountaintop removal mining

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
117 South Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902
www.cleanenergy.org
$70,000 in general support

Southern Energy Network (a project of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy)
PO Box 1842, Knoxville, TN 37901
www.climateaction.net
$15,000 in general support

Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
P.O. Box 453 Appalachia, VA 24216
www.samsva.org
$15,000 in program support to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

Southern Environmental Law Center
201 West Main Street, Suite 14 , Charlottesville, VA 22902
www.SouthernEnvironment.org
$345,000 in general support, capital campaign support, and program support for public and private forestry work, climate work, and to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs
PO Box 400406, Charlottesville, VA 22904
www.millercenter.org
$26,040 for a Virginia Climate Change Policy survey

Virginia Conservation Network
422 East Franklin Street, Suite 303, Richmond, VA 23219
www.vcnva.org
$10,000 in support of strategic planning

Virginia Forest Watch
14031 Independence Road, Ashland, VA 23005
www.virginiaforestwatch.org
$10,000 in general support

Virginia Organizing Project
703 Concord Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903
www.virginia-organizing.org
$5,000 in program support for Energy Efficiency Canvassing

Wetlands Watch
PO Box 9335, Norfolk, VA 23505
www.wetlandswatch.org
$25,000 in general support

World Resources Institute
10 G St. NE, Washington, DC 20002
www.wri.org
$70,000 in program support for Climate Southeast

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2007 Environment Program Grants
Please note that the list does not include small grants that are less than $5,000.

Alaska Center for the Environment
807 G Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99501
www.akcenter.org
$15,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Alaska Conservation Alliance
810 N Street, #203 Anchorage, Alaska 99501
www.akvoice.org
$5,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Alaska Conservation Foundation
441 West Fifth Avenue, Suite 402, Anchorage, AK 99501-2340
www.akcf.org
$25,000 in general support

Alaska Wildlife Alliance
P.O. Box 202022, Anchorage, AK 99520
www.akwildlife.org
$7,500 for general support

Appalachian Sustainable Development
336 West Main St, Suite 400, Abingdon, VA 24210
www.appsusdev.org
$20,000 in program support for Sustainable Forestry and Wood Products program

Appalachian Voices
703 West King Street, Suite 105, Boone, NC 28607
www.appvoices.org
$55,000 in general support and program support to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

Center for Climate Strategies
130 Locust St., Suite 200, Harrisburg, PA 17017
www.climatestrategies.us
$25,000 in program support for regional SE and VA climate work

Center for International Environmental Law
1367 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20036
www.ciel.org
$50,000 in general support for CIEL's work in the climate change arena

Ceres
99 Chauncy Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
www.ceres.org
$40,000 in program support for climate policy work in FL, and power plant work in VA

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Capitol Place, 1108 E. Main Street, #1600, Richmond, VA 23219
www.cbf.org
$10,000 in general support

Chesapeake Climate Action Network
P.O. Box 11138, Takoma Park, MD 20912
www.chesapeakeclimate.org
$47,500 in program support for a Virginia Renewable Energy Campaign, Virginia Climate Action Conference, and to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

Cook Inlet Keeper
PO Box 3269/3734 Ben Walters Lane, Homer, Alaska  99603
www.inletkeeper.org
$25,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Dogwood Alliance
P.O. Box 7845 , Asheville, NC 28802
www.dogwoodalliance.org
$40,000 in general support

Earth Action Network/E Magazine
28 Knight St., Norwalk, CT 06851-4719
www.earthactionnetwork.org
$15,000 in program support for special “Southeast Climate” issue

Environmental Grantmakers Association
437 Madison Avenue, 37th Floor, New York, NY 10022
www.ega.org
$14,000 in general support and program support for the Southeast Climate Funders Briefing

Environmental Health Sciences
609 E. High St., Charlottesville, VA 22902
www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org
$20,000 in program support for The Daily Climate (www.thedailyclimate.org)

ForestEthics
One Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94707
www.forestethics.org
$75,000 in general support

Forest Stewardship Council
1155 30th Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20007
www.fscus.org
$20,000 in general support

Global Greengrants Fund
2840 Wilderness Place, Boulder, CO 80301
www.greengrants.org
$60,000 in general support

Greenpeace
702 H St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001
www.greenpeace.org
$25,000 in program support for work on climate change in China

Grist
811 First Ave Ste 466, Seattle, WA 98104-1418
www.grist.org
$10,000 in general support

Gulf of Maine Research Institute
350 Commercial St., Portland, ME 04101-4618
www.gma.org
$10,000 in general support

Land Trust Alliance
1331 H Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC, 20005
www.lta.org
$60,000 in general support and program support for work with land trusts in Southern Appalachia

Maine Coast Heritage Trust
Bowdoin Mill, 1 Main Street, Suite 201, Topsham, Maine 04086
www.mcht.org
$20,000 in general support

Model Forest Policy Program
C/o Foundation for Regional Excellence, P.O. Box 14173, Roanoke, VA 24038
www.mfpp.org
$10,000 in program support for internship program

Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street, NY, NY 10011
www.nrdc.org
$125,000 in program support for work on climate change in Florida and for work on climate change in China

Northern Alaska Environmental Center
830 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99701-1535
www.northern.org
$5,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Pacific Environment
311 California Street, Suite 650 , San Francisco, CA 94104-2608
www.pacificenvironment.org
$60,000 in program support for Bering Sea Ocean Protection

Sierra Club Foundation
85 2nd St., suite 750, San Francisco, CA 94105-3465
www.tscf.org
$15,000 in program support to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

SkyTruth
P.O. Box 3283, Shepherdstown, WV 25443-3283
www.skytruth.org
$25,000 in general support and program support for work on mountaintop removal mining

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
117 South Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902
www.cleanenergy.org
$50,000 in program support for SE Climate Action Campaign

Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
P.O. Box 453 Appalachia, VA 24216
www.samsva.org
$15,000 in program support to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

Southern Environmental Law Center
201 West Main Street, Suite 14 , Charlottesville, VA 22902
www.SouthernEnvironment.org
$155,000 in general support, and program support for public and private forestry work, climate work, and campaign to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants

Trustees for Alaska
1026 W. 4th Ave., Suite 201, Anchorage, AK 99501
www.trustees.org
$25,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Trust for the Future / Kilowatt Ours
P.O. Box 60322, Nashville, TN 37206
www.kilowattours.org
$30,000 in program support for Kilowatt Ours

World Resources Institute
10 G St. NE, Washington, DC 20002
www.wri.org
$75,000 in program support for Climate Southeast

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Last updated December 29, 2009