Awarded Grants

Environment

• Association of Nature Center Administrators

  Dayton, Ohio

  Scholarship funding for the Summit.

  $3,000

• Bat Conservation International, Inc.

  Austin, Texas

  Great Lakes Bat Conservation Initiative.

  $25,000

• Buckeye Forest Council, Inc.

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $30,000

• Buckeye Forest Council, Inc.

  Columbus, Ohio

  State Forest Heritage Campaign booklet.

  $4,500

• Center for Environmental Citizenship

  Washington, DC

  Ohio Environmental Citizenship Project.

  $20,000

• Center for Health Environment and Justice

  Falls Church, Virginia

  Stop Dioxin Campaign.

  $50,000

• Center for Public Interest Research, Inc.

  Boston, Massachusetts

  Campaign to Ban Oil and Gas Drilling in Lake Erie.

  $29,700

• Citizens Environmental Coalition, Inc.

  Buffalo, New York

  Citizen workshops on Ohio groundwater contamination.

  $28,000

• Citizens Policy Center

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Access Initiative.

  $2,000

• Citizens Policy Center

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Ohio Open Secrets Project on campaign contributions.

  $55,000

• The Clean Air Conservancy

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Neighborhood-based ozone monitoring.

  $62,244

• Cleveland State University Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Assessment of biological diversity in forested habitats of Cleveland Metroparks.

  $100,000 over 2 years

• Cleveland Zoological Society

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Center for Zoological Medicine.

  $25,000

• Coast Alliance

  Washington, DC

  Contaminated sediment and polluted runoff programs in the Great Lakes region.

  $25,000

• Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc.

  Miami, Florida

  Research on smart growth investments.

  $6,000

• Common Ground

  Oberlin, Ohio

  Planning for green conference center and residential facility.

  $30,000

• The Delta Institute

  Chicago, Illinois

  Public education on fish contamination advisories to disadvantaged communities along the Lake Erie shoreline.

  $45,000

• EcoCity Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Green Building Coalition.

  $110,000 over 2 years

• EcoCity Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Leadership workshop.

  $5,000

• EcoCity Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $65,000

• Ecological Design Innovation Center

  Oberlin, Ohio

  Outreach programs.

  $25,000

• Environmental and Energy Study Institute

  Washington, DC

  Policy education on energy and smart growth.

  $50,000

• Environmental Fund for Ohio

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $45,000

• Environmental Law & Policy Center of the Midwest

  Chicago, lllinois

  Technical and legal assistance on electric utility air emissions in Ohio.

  $60,000 over 2 years

• Environmental Law Institute

  Washington, DC

  Research on state and federal policy on invasive species.

  $35,000

• Environmental Support Center, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  State Environmental Leadership Program.

  $25,000

• Environmental Support Center, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  Capacity-building programs for the Great Lakes region.

  $30,000

• Geauga Park District Foundation

  Chardon, Ohio

  Green roof pilot project.

  $25,000

• Great Lakes United

  Amherst, New York

  Habitat and Biodiversity Task Force.

  $40,000

• Green Energy Ohio

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $30,000

• The Greene Environmental Coalition, Inc.

  Yellow Springs, Ohio

  Research and public education on Great Lakes brownfields clean-up.

  $30,000

• Heartwood, Incorporated

  Bloomington, Indiana

  Operating support.

  $20,000

• League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  List enhancement project and Ohio leadership development.

  $50,000

• League of Women Voters of Ohio Education Fund

  Columbus, Ohio

  Citizen workshops on land use and transportation in Cuyahoga County.

  $21,300 over 2 years

• Malabar Farm Foundation

  Lucas, Ohio

  New library and archives project.

  $25,000

• Medina Summit Land Conservancy

  Medina, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $25,000 over 2 years

• Michigan State University

  East Lansing, Michigan

  Great Lakes Environmental Journalism Training Institute.

  $20,000

• National Audubon Society

  New York, New York

  Bird conservation programs.

  $55,000

• National Wildlife Federation

  Reston, Virginia

  Technical assistance on Ohio wetlands conservation policy.

  $25,000

• National Wildlife Federation

  Reston, Virginia

  Advocacy on elimination of mercury in the Great Lakes.

  $45,000

• Nature Conservancy

  Arlington, Virginia

  Program planning for Great Lakes biodiversity conservation.

  $73,800 over 2 years

• New York Rivers United

  Rome, New York

  National Hydropower Reform Coalition Great Lakes regional activities.

  $30,000

• Northeast Ohio Regional Alliance

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $30,000

• Northeast Ohio Regional Alliance

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $7,000

• Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor Coalition, Inc.

  Akron, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $25,000

• Ohio City Near West Development Corporation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Renovation of green office building to house environmental nonprofit organizations.

  $250,000

• Ohio City Near West Development Corporation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Cleveland Environmental Center green building rehabilitation and shared office space for nonprofit environmental organizations.

  $50,000

• Ohio Environmental Council

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $150,000 over 2 years

• Ohio Environmental Council

  Columbus, Ohio

  Feasibility study for an environmental public interest law firm.

  $2,500

• Ohio League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $50,000

• Ohio Parklands Foundation

  Westerville, Ohio

  Forum on Greenways and Healthy Communities.

  $2,500

• Ohio Parklands Foundation

  Westerville, Ohio

  Ohio Greenways program.

  $65,000

• Ohio River Advocacy

  Cincinnati, Ohio

  Technical assistance, coordination and assistance to grassroots groups in the Ohio River basin.

  $15,000

• Ohio River Advocacy

  Cincinnati, Ohio

  Ohio River strategic planning meeting.

  $4,000

• Ohio to Erie Trail Fund

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $6,000

• Rails to Trails Conservancy

  Washington, DC

  Operating support and Ohio trail advocates participation in annual RTC conference.

  $45,000 over 2 years

• The Regents of the University of Michigan

  Ann Arbor, Michigan

  Radio reporting on Great Lakes environmental issues and training of journalists.

  $25,000

• River Network

  Portland, Oregon

  National River Rally curriculum development and scholarships for Great Lakes river conservation leaders.

  $50,000

• Rivers Unlimited

  Cincinnati, Ohio

  Environmental Enforcement Project.

  $65,000

• Rural Action, Inc.

  Trimble, Ohio

  Sustainable Forest Economies Project.

  $38,000

• Safe Energy Communication Council

  Washington, DC

  Journalist education and grassroots media assistance on Ohio energy issues.

  $40,000

• Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center

  Cleveland, Ohio

  ‘Breathing wall’ element of the Nature Center building expansion.

  $35,000

• Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Green architecture.

  $6,000

• The Sierra Club Foundation

  San Francisco, California

  Technical assistance to Northeast Ohio citizens’ groups on industrial air emissions permit issues.

  $35,000

• The Sierra Club Foundation

  San Francisco, California

  Transportation reform in Ohio.

  $50,000

• The Society of Environmental Journalists Inc.

  Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

  Ohio chapter program activities.

  $22,000

• St. Clair-Superior Coalition

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Environmental programs.

  $35,000

• Surface Transportation Policy Project

  Washington, DC

  New Directions Initiative.

  $5,000

• Surface Transportation Policy Project

  Washington, DC

  Smart Growth America.

  $50,000

• Tides Foundation

  San Fancisco, California

  National Conference on Multi-Tenant Nonprofit Centers.

  $2,000

• Trust for Public Land

  San Francisco, California

  Ohio field office operating support.

  $50,000

• Western Reserve RC&D, Inc.

  Painesville, Ohio

  Center for Farmland Preservation.

  $49,691

• Western Reserve RC&D, Inc.

  Painesville, Ohio

  Northeast Ohio Countryside Program to promote and provide technical assistance on conservation development in Northeast Ohio.

  $70,245