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Recent Grants: Environment Program

2007 Grants | 2006 Grants | 2005 Grants

The WestWind Foundation awarded more than $1.2 million in grants during its Fall 2007 Environment Program (EP) grant cycle. Roughly 43 percent of EP 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. The list does not include grants that are less than $5,000.

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
Website: www.akcenter.org
$15,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

Alaska Conservation Alliance
810 N Street, #203 Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Website: 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
Website: www.akcf.org
$25,000 in general support

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

Appalachian Sustainable Development
336 West Main St, Suite 400, Abingdon, VA 24210
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: www.cbf.org
$10,000 in general support

Chesapeake Climate Action Network
P.O. Box 11138, Takoma Park, MD 20912
Website: 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
Website: www.inletkeeper.org
$25,000 in program support for Alaska Clean Energy Campaign

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

Earth Action Network/E Magazine
28 Knight St., Norwalk, CT 06851-4719
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org
$20,000 in program support for The Daily Climate (www.thedailyclimate.org)

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

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

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

Greenpeace
702 H St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001
Website: 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
Website: www.grist.org
$10,000 in general support

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

Land Trust Alliance
1331 H Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC, 20005
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: www.mfpp.org
$10,000 in program support for internship program

Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street, NY, NY 10011
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: www.cleanenergy.org
$50,000 in program support for SE Climate Action Campaign

Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
P.O. Box 453 Appalachia, VA 24216
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: 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
Website: www.kilowattours.org
$30,000 in program support for Kilowatt Ours

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

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2006 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, AK 99501
Website: www.akaction.org
$25,000 in general support

Alaska Conservation Foundation
Alaska Rainforest Campaign
441 West 5th Ave., Suite 402
Anchorage, AK 99501
Website: www.akrain.org
$25,000 in general support for the Alaska Rainforest Campaign

Appalachian Sustainable Development
336 West Main St, Suite 400
Abingdon, VA 24210
Website: www.appsusdev.org
$40,000 in general support

Appalachian Voices
703 West King Street, Suite 105
Boone, NC 28607
Website: www.appvoices.org
$25,000 in general support

Center for Climate Strategies
130 Locust St., Suite 200
Harrisburg, PA 17017
Website: www.climatestrategies.us
$30,000 in program support for regional SE and VA climate work

Center for International Environmental Law
1367 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 300
Washington, DC, 20036
Website: www.ciel.org
$60,000 in general support for CIEL's work in the climate change arena

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

Chesapeake Climate Action Network
P.O. Box 11138
Takoma Park, MD
20912
Website: www.chesapeakeclimate.org
$25,000 in program support for a Virginia Renewable Energy Campaign

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

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

Environmental Health Sciences
609 E. High St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Website: www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org
$10,000

Forest Ethics
One Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94707
Website: www.forestethics.org
$75,000 in general support

Forest Stewardship Council
1155 30th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC, 20007
Website: www.fscus.org
$60,000 in general support

Global Greengrants
2840 Wilderness Place
Boulder, CO 80301
Website: www.greengrants.org
$60,000 in support for forest protection efforts in South America

Gulf of Maine Research Institute
350 Commercial Street
Portland, ME 04101
Website: www.gma.org
$10,000 in general support

Land Trust Alliance
1331 H Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20005
Website: www.lta.org
$60,000 in general support

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

Model Forest Policy Program
C/o Foundation for Regional Excellence
Roanoke, VA 24038
Website: www.mfpp.org
$17,500

National Environmental Trust
1200 18th Street, Fifth Floor
Washington, DC, 20036
Website: www.net.org
$25,000 in general support for the Heritage Forests Campaign

National Forest Protection Alliance
1420 Early Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Website: www.forestadvocate.org
$7,500 in general support

Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street
NY, NY 10011
Website: www.nrdc.org
$75,000 in general support for NRDC's work on climate change in Florida

Pacific Environment
311 California Street, Suite 650
San Francisco, CA 94104-2608
Website: www.pacificenvironment.org
$60,000 in general support

Potomac Conservancy
8601 Georgia Avenue, Suite 612
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Website: www.potomac.org
$7,500 in general support

Rainforest Action Network
221 Pine Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Website: www.ran.org
$10,000 in program support for RAN's Jump Start Ford Campaign

Rainforest Alliance
665 Broadway, Suite 500
New York, NY 10012
Website: www.rainforest-alliance.org
$40,000 in general support

SkyTruth
205 North Edgewood Street
Arlington, VA 22201
Website: www.skytruth.org
$25,000 in general support and work on mountaintop removal mining

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
419 Sixth Street, #200
Juneau, AK 99801
Website: www.seacc.org
$25,000 in general support

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

Southern Environmental Law Center
201 West Main Street, Suite 14
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Website: www.SouthernEnvironment.org
$140,000
($40,000 in general support
$60,000 in project funds to support SELC's public and private forestry work
and $40,000 for climate work)

The Alaska Wildlife Alliance
P.O. Box 202022
Anchorage, AK 99520
Website: www.akwildlife.org
$5,000 in general support

Trustees for Alaska
1026 Fourth Avenue, Suite 201
Anchorage, AK 99501
Website: www.trustees.org
$40,000 in general support

Trust for the Future
Southern Energy Conservation Initiative (SECI)
P.O. Box 60322
Nashville, TN 37206
Website: www.kilowattours.org
$30,000 in project support for SECI

Virginia Forest Watch
P.O. Box 3102
Roanoke, VA 24015
Website: www.virginiaforestwatch.org
$10,000 in general support

World Resources Institute
10 G St. NE
Washington, DC
20002
Website: www.wri.org
$45,000 in project support for climate studies

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2005 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 199
Anchorage, AK 99501
Website: www.akaction.org
$25,000 in general support

Alaska Community Action on Toxics
505 W. Northern Lights, Suite 205
Anchorage, AK 99503
Website: www.akaction.net
$10,000 in general support

Alaska Conservation Alliance
P.O. Box 100660
Anchorage, AK 99510
Website: www.akvoice.org
$10,000 in general support

Alaska Conservation Foundation
Alaska Rainforest Campaign
441 West 5th, Suite 402
Anchorage, AK 99501
Website: www.akrain.org
$25,000 in general support for the Alaska Rainforest Campaign.

Appalachian Sustainable Development
P.O. Box 791
Abingdon, VA 24212
Website: www.appsusdev.org
$20,000 in general support

Appalachian Voices
703 West King Street, Suite 105
Boone, NC 28607
Website: www.appvoices.org
$25,000 in general support

Center for International Environmental Law
1367 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 300
Washington, DC, 20036
Website: www.ciel.org
$60,000 in general support for CIEL's work in the climate change arena.

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Virginia State Office, Capitol Place
1108 E. Main Street, #1600
Richmond, VA 23219
Website: www.cbf.org
$20,000 in general support

Cook Inlet Keeper
P.O. Box 3269
Homer, Alaska 99603
Website: www.inletkeeper.org
$10,000 in general support

Dogwood Alliance
P.O. Box 7645
Asheville, NC 28802
Website: www.dogwoodalliance.org
$40,000 in general support

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

Forest Ethics
One Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94707
Website: www.forestethics.org
$75,000 ($70,000 in general support
$5,000 for website project.)

Forest Stewardship Council
1155 30th Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC, 20007
Website: www.fscus.org
$60,000 in general support

Global Greengrants
2840 Wilderness Place
Boulder, CO 80301
Website: www.greengrants.org
$50,000 in support for forest protection efforts in South America.

Greenpeace
702 H Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC, 20001
Website: www.greenpeace.org/international
$20,000 in project support for Southeast Alaska markets work.

Land Trust Alliance
1331 H Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC, 20005
Website: www.lta.org
$55,000 ($30,000 in general support, $25,000 for land trust public policy campaign.)

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

Model Forest Policy Program
C/o Foundation for Regional Excellence
Roanoke, VA 24038
Website: www.mfpp.org
$5,000 in project support for internship program.

National Environmental Trust
1200 18th Street, Fifth Floor
Washington, DC, 20036
Website: www.net.org
$25,000 in general support for the Heritage Forests Campaign.

National Forest Protection Alliance
1420 Early Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Website: www.forestadvocate.org
$20,000 ($15,000 in general support
$5,000 for endangered forests report.)

Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street
NY, NY 10011
Website: www.nrdc.org
$40,000 in general support for NRDC's work in the climate change arena.

Northern Alaska Environmental Center
830 College Road
Fairbanks, AK 99701
Website: www.northern.org
$10,000 in general support

Pacific Environment
311 California Street, Suite 650
San Francisco, CA 94104-2608
Website: www.pacificenvironment.org
$60,000 in general support

Potomac Conservancy
8601 Georgia Avenue, Suite 612
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Website: www.potomac.org
$15,000 in general support

Rainforest Action Network
221 Pine Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Website: www.ran.org
$25,000 in program support for RAN's Zero Emissions Campaign.

Rainforest Alliance
665 Broadway, Suite 500
New York, NY 10012
Website: www.rainforest-alliance.org
$65,000 in general support

SkyTruth
205 North Edgewood Street
Arlington, VA 22201
Website: www.skytruth.org
$15,000 in general support

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
419 Sixth Street, #200
Juneau, AK 99801
Website: www.seacc.org
$25,000 in general support

Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
46 Haywood Street, Suite 323
Asheville, NC 28801
Website: www.safc.org
$20,000 in general support

Southern Environmental Law Center
201 West Main Street, Suite 14
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Website: www.SouthernEnvironment.org
$135,000
($50,000 in general support
$60,000 in project funds to support SELC's public and private forestry work
$25,000 for Land & Community program.)

Trustees for Alaska
1026 Fourth Avenue, Suite 201
Anchorage, AK 99501
Website: www.trustees.org
$40,000 in general support

Trust for the Future
Southern Energy Conservation Initiative (SECI)
P.O. Box 60322
Nashville, TN 37206
Website: www.kilowattours.org
$20,000 in project support for SECI

Wild Virginia
703 Concord Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Website: www.wildvirginia.org
$7,500 for Shenandoah Mountain Campaign

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