Awarded Grants

Environment

• Alaska Conservation Foundation

  Anchorage, Alaska

  Operating support.

  $50,000 over 2 years

• American Lung Association of Ohio

  Columbus, Ohio

  Cleveland Clean Air Century Campaign.

  $58,119 over 2 years

• Beyond Pesticides

  Washington, DC

  Pesticide reduction in Northeast Ohio schools.

  $45,000

• Buckeye Environmental Network

  Grove City, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $43,399

• Buckeye Forest Council, Inc.

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $20,000

• Chagrin River Land Conservancy

  Novelty, Ohio

  Merger expenses.

  $50,000

• City of Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Dike 14 initiative.

  $7,164

• The Cleveland Green Building Coalition, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Documentaion of the Northeast Ohio green building community.

  $10,000

• The Cleveland Green Building Coalition, Inc.

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $50,000

• Cleveland Metroparks System

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Park and Recreation National Symposium.

  $2,500

• Cleveland State University Foundation

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Development of curriculum related to green campus buildings.

  $45,730 over 18 months

• Cuyahoga County Planning Commission

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Cuyahoga Valley Initiative organizational planning and start-up.

  $500,000 over 2 years

• Cuyahoga River Community Planning Organization

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Environmental Collaboration Project.

  $2,500

• Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association

  Peninsula, Ohio

  Visitor study.

  $5,000

• EcoCity Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Burning River Fest planning and education activities.

  $15,000

• EcoCity Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Greater Ohio operating support.

  $210,000 over 2 years

• EcoCity Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $70,000

• EcoCity Cleveland

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Travel scholarships for the Advancing Regional Equity Summit.

  $9,625

• Environmental and Energy Study Institute

  Washington, DC

  Energy policy and smart growth/energy efficiency programs.

  $40,000

• Environmental Defense, Incorporated

  New York, New York

  Keep Antibiotics Working campaign.

  $25,000

• Field Notes Productions, Inc.

  Saratoga Springs, New York

  Radio series on the impact of climate change on the Great Lakes region.

  $10,000

• Geauga Park District Foundation

  Chardon, Ohio

  Interpretive signage and information brochure on The West Woods Green Roof project.

  $4,000

• Great Lakes United

  Amherst, New York

  Habitat and Biodiversity Task Force Great Lakes water quality agreement and lakebed alterations.

  $45,000

• Green Energy Ohio

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $35,000

• Lake Erie Region Conservancy, Inc.

  Erie, Pennsylvania

  Great Lakes Aid project.

  $10,000

• Land Trust Alliance, Inc.

  Washington, DC

  Technical assistance and training for land trusts in Ohio and creation of statewide land trusts.

  $30,000

• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

  Washington, DC

  Northeast Ohio Conservation Fund.

  $20,000

• National Wildlife Federation

  Reston, Virginia

  Clean the Rain/Mercury Phaseout Project in Ohio.

  $70,000 over 2 years

• Nature Conservancy

  Arlington, Virginia

  Gregory Gund memorial.

  $10,000

• Nature Conservancy

  Arlington, Virginia

  Biodiversity conservation programs in Northeast Ohio.

  $30,000

• Nature Conservancy

  Arlington, Virginia

  Western Appalachian Ecoregion program.

  $35,000

• Oberlin College

  Oberlin, Ohio

  Book on the evolution of the Environmental Studies Center.

  $7,500

• Ohio Association of Railroad Passengers

  Columbus, Ohio

  Policy advocacy on rail transportation.

  $70,000 over 2 years

• Ohio Citizen Action Education Fund

  Cincinnati, Ohio

  Open Secrets Project on political campaign contributions.

  $30,000

• Ohio Environmental Council

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $200,000 over 2 years

• Ohio League of Conservation Voters Education Fund

  Columbus, Ohio

  Environmental Message Development.

  $90,000

• Ohio PIRG Education Fund Inc.

  Columbus, Ohio

  Restore Lake Erie Project.

  $30,000

• Ohio PIRG Education Fund Inc.

  Columbus, Ohio

  Environmental Fellowship Program.

  $40,000 over 18 months

• Ohio to Erie Trail Fund

  Columbus, Ohio

  Operating support.

  $5,000

• Portage County Park District

  Ravenna, Ohio

  Park District Strategic Plan.

  $5,000

• Rails to Trails Conservancy

  Washington, DC

  Operating support for Ohio office and conference Scholarships for Ohio trail advocates.

  $45,000 over 2 years

• Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc.

  New York, New York

  Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders initiatives.

  $1,000

• Rockefeller Family Fund, Inc.

  New York, New York

  Environmental Grantmakers Association.

  $2,130

• Rural Action, Inc.

  Trimble, Ohio

  Building Sustainable Forest Economics project in Southeast Ohio, and organizational planning.

  $25,000

• Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center

  Cleveland, Ohio

  Community Ecology Awareness and Action program.

  $30,000

• Smart Growth America

  Washington, DC

  Advocacy and communications plan.

  $120,000 over 2 years

• Smart Growth America

  Washington, DC

  Growth Management Leadership Alliance.

  $4,000

• Smart Growth America

  Washington, DC

  Annual meeting scholarships for Ohio participants.

  $5,635

• The Society of Environmental Journalists Inc.

  Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

  Conference fellowships for Ohio journalists.

  $7,000

• Surface Transportation Policy Project

  Washington, DC

  ‘Moving from the Margins to the Mainstream’ workshop in Ohio.

  $10,000

• Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council

  Petoskey, Michigan

  Scholarships for Lake Erie Basin participants in Great Lakes Grassroots Symposium Training.

  $2,000

• Trust for Public Land

  San Francisco, California

  Ohio field office operating support.

  $50,000

• Union of Concerned Scientists

  Cambridge, Massachusetts

  Stemming the Tide of Invasive Species project.

  $30,000

• Water Watch of Oregon

  Portland, Oregon

  Operating support.

  $50,000 over 2 years

• Western Reserve RC&D, Inc.

  Painesville, Ohio

  The Farmland Center.

  $45,000