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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
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