About the Fund
Grants Awarded
Please explore the lists below to learn more about our funding, including grant amounts and descriptions. Grants may be reviewed by funding interest and year awarded.
2022 Grants
For the year 2022, Gaia Fund awarded grants totaling $1,599,000 to 74 organizations.
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, for general support of educational programs about organic growing practices.
$2,500
Ecological Farming Association, Soquel, CA, for scholarships or highest need.
$2,500
Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, for general support of farmland conservation.
$180,000
Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems. (Three-year grant).
$35,000
Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, CA, to support small-scale Northern CA food crop producers to plan and implement sustainable agricultural practices.
$100,000
Real Food Generation, Tucson, AZ, to support and promote sustainable agriculture in CA through building community power. (Two-year grant).
$5,000
Real Organic Project, East Thetford, VT, for 2023 Real Organic Symposium sponsorship.
$25,000
Sustainable Agriculture Program (a project of Santa Rosa Junior College), Santa Rosa, CA, for general support for the Sustainable Agriculture program.
$80,000
University of California, Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, Santa Cruz, CA, to support the Education & Training in Sustainable, Organic Farming: Leadership Development Program at the UCSC Farm.
$2,500
Wild Farm Alliance, Watsonville, CA, for general support.
Effective Democracy
$100,000
Common Cause Education Fund, Washington, DC, for the Money in Politics project in California to encourage campaign finance systems that lift the voices of regular people and counter the influence of special interests in elections across the state. (Two-year grant).
$100,000
Issue One, Washington, DC, for the Count Every Vote media campaign focused on achieving cross-partisan support for one person/one vote democracy at the state and federal level. (Two-year grant).
$100,000
MapLight, Berkeley, CA, for campaign finance work in California that supports local efforts to reduce the influence of special interests through data and other means and informs the voter in the state about candidates and other public interest causes. (Two-year grant).
$100,000
Movement Voter Fund, Los Angeles, CA, to support grassroots voting rights organizations. (Two-year grant).
$200,000
NEO Philanthropy, New York, NY, to support the State Infrastructure Fund to increase voter awareness and protect voting rights in historically underrepresented communities by building a permanent civic engagement and robust voting rights infrastructure in states. (Two-year grant).
$100,000
OpenSecrets, Washington, DC, for general support to investigate, contextualize, and publish state and federal campaign contributions and lobbying information used by media, academia, the general public, and others. (Two-year grant).
$100,000
Trusted Elections Fund (a project of New Venture Fund), Washington, DC, for general support of the Trusted Elections Fund, a pooled fund that regrants to states where election integrity is most threatened by building resilience to political violence, supporting election infrastructure, and countering election sabotage.
Jewish Life
$40,000
Camp Tawonga, San Francisco, CA, for general support of Tawonga’s four‐part mission fostering high self‐esteem, enduring community, tikkun olam (repairing the world), and positive Jewish identity among Bay Area program participants. (Two-year grant).
$5,000
J. The Jewish News of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$10,000
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$50,000
Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Jewish Film Institute, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$25,000
New Israel Fund, San Francisco, CA, for general support
$50,000
Reboot, Inc, Longmeadow, MA, for programs that impact or prioritize the Bay Area. Reboot is an arts and culture non-profit that reimagines and reinforces Jewish thought and traditions. (Two-year grant).
Other
$6,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY for general support.
$2,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$6,000
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation, Charleston, SC for general support.
$2,000
The Brigid Alliance, New York, NY, for general support
$1,500
Candid, New York, NY, for general support.
$3,000
Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY, for general support.
$1,000
Classical KDFC, Los Angeles, CA, for general support.
$3,000
ClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$7,000
Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC, for GrowFood Carolina & Charleston Region Projects.
$5,000
Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, CA for general support.
$5,000
Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Edisto Island Open Land Trust, Edisto Island, SC for general support.
$2,500
Farm to Pantry, Healdsburg, CA, for general support
$5,000
Fields to Families, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$2,500
Food Runners, San Francisco, CA, for general support
$5,000
Fresh Future Farm, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$2,500
Friends & Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Friends in Sonoma Helping, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Green Heart Project, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
GreenBelt Alliance, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Washington, DC, for general support.
$2,500
Jack London Park Partners, Glen Ellen, CA, for general support.
$5,000
KQED, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
KSVY, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Lowcounty Land Trust, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
National Network of Abortion Funds, Beaverton, OR, for general support.
$5,000
Natural Resource Defense Council, New York, NY, for clean energy work.
$6,000
The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, for work in California.
$3,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, NY, for general support.
$3,000
Rocky Mountain Institute, Boulder, CO, for general support.
$2,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$6,000
Save the Bay, Oakland, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sebastiani Theatre Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Sierra Club Foundation, Oakland, CA, $2,000 for the Bay Area Chapter, $3,000 for general support.
$1,000
Sonoma Arts Live, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Ecology Center, Eldridge, CA, for the Sonoma Garden Park.
$2,500
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Overnight Support, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$4,000
South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
SPUR, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
$3,000
Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network, Columbia, SC, for general support
$2,500
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
2021 Grants
For the year 2021, Gaia Fund awarded grants totaling $1,804,500 to 76 organizations.
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
$100,000
$80,000
$2,500
$50,000
$5,000
$100,000
$2,500
$100,000
Effective Democracy
$1,000,000
$150,000
$100,000
$100,000
$50,000
$100,000
Jewish Life
$30,000
$100,000
$10,000
$10,000
$50,000
$10,000
$60,000
$25,000
Other
$6,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY for general support.
$2,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation, Charleston, SC for general support.
$1,500
$4,000
$50,000
City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA for the Give2SF Covid‐19 Fund.
$1,000
Classical KDFC, San Francisco, CA, for the Classical KDFC radio station.
$7,000
Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC, for the GrowFood Carolina and Charleston Region Projects.
$50,000
Community Foundation of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA for the Sonoma County Resilience Fund.
$5,000
Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, CA for general support.
$5,000
Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
East Cooper Land Trust, Mount Pleasant, SC, for general support.
$4,000
East Cooper Meals on Wheels, Mount Pleasant, SC, for general support.
$5,000
Edisto Island Open Land Trust, Edisto Island, SC for general support.
$2,500
$5,000
Fields to Families, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$2,500
Food Runners, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Fresh Future Farm, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$2,500
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Green Heart Project, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
GreenBelt Alliance, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Washington, DC, general support.
$2,500
Jack London Park Partners, Glen Ellen, CA, for general support.
$6,000
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, for Clean Energy Work.
$6,000
$6,000
Planned Parenthood, New York, NY, for general support.
$5,000
Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, CA, for general support.
$2,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$6,000
Save the Bay, Oakland, CA, for general support.
$2,500
$5,000
$2,500
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Ecology Center, Eldridge, CA, for the Sonoma Garden Park.
$2,500
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
$4,000
South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
SPUR, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
$1,000
We the Protesters, New York, NY, for Campaign Zero.
$2,500
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
2020 Grants
For the year 2020, Gaia Fund awarded grants totaling $1,729,200 to 80 organizations.
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
$5,000
CCOF Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, for general support.
$50,000
Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Davis, CA, for the Climate Smart Agriculture program.
$2,500
Ecological Farming Association, Soquel, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Pt Reyes Station, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Organic Consumers Association, Finland, MN, for general support.
$5,000
Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, for general support.
$80,000
Regents of University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, for the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CAFSF) for the UC Organic Extension Agent.
$50,000
Santa Rosa Jr. College Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for the Sustainable Agriculture Program for the Compost Program.
$5,500
Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders, Santa Barbara, CA, for general support.
$100,000
The University Foundation, California State University, Chico, CA for general support of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture and Resilient Systems.
$2,500
Wild Farm Alliance, Watsonville, CA, for general support.
Effective Democracy
$100,000
California Common Cause, Oakland, CA for the Bay Area Political Equality Coalition (BAPEC) and general support.
$50,000
Free Speech for People, Amherst, MA, for general support.
$50,000
Issue One, Washington, DC for The Fulcrum.
$50,000
MapLight, Berkeley, CA, for general support.
$3,000
NEO Philanthropy, New York, NY, for the Funders Committee for Civic Participation.
$80,000
NEO Philanthropy, New York, NY, for the State Infrastructure Fund.
$160,000
New Venture Fund, Washington, DC, for the Safe Voting Fund.
$80,000
New Venture Fund, Washington, DC, for the Trusted Elections Fund.
$50,000
Proteus Fund, Amherst, MA, for the Piper Fund.
$180,000
Tides Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for the Voter Action Fund.
$50,000
Voto Latino Foundation, Washington, DC, for non-partisan voter registration and get-out-the vote.
Jewish Life
$10,000
Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$10,000
J., the Jewish Weekly of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$25,000
Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$50,000
Jewish Community Federation, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$10,000
Jewish Film Institute, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$25,000
New Israel Fund, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
Other
$6,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY for general support.
$2,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation, Charleston, SC for general support.
$1,500
Candid, New York, NY, for general support for Candid West.
$75,000
City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA for the Give2SF Covid‐19 Fund.
$1,000
Classical KDFC, San Francisco, CA, for the Classical KDFC radio station.
$75,000
Community Foundation of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA for the Sonoma County Resilience Fund.
$7,000
Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC, for the GrowFood Carolina and Charleston Region Projects.
$5,000
Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, CA for general support.
$5,000
Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
East Cooper Land Trust, Mount Pleasant, SC, for general support.
$4,000
East Cooper Meals on Wheels, Mount Pleasant, SC, for general support.
$5,000
Edisto Island Open Land Trust, Edisto Island, SC for general support.
$6,500
Environmental Grantmakers Association, New York, NY, for general support.
$5,000
Fields to Families, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$2,500
Food Runners, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Fresh Future Farm, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$2,500
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Green Heart Project, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
GreenBelt Alliance, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Washington, DC, general support.
$2,500
Jack London Park Partners, Glen Ellen, CA, for general support.
$5,000
KQED, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
KSVY, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$50,000
Latino Community Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for the Norcal Wildfire Relief Fund’s efforts in the North Bay.
$6,000
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, for Clean Energy Work.
$6,000
Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA for work in California.
$50,000
North Bay Organizing Project, Graton, CA, for UndocuFund’s Sonoma County work.
$2,500
Northern California Grantmakers, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$6,000
Planned Parenthood, New York, NY, for general support.
$5,000
Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, CA, for general support.
$1,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$6,000
Save the Bay, Oakland, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Ecology Center, Eldridge, CA, for the Sonoma Garden Park.
$2,500
Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association, Sonoma, CA for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$4,000
South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
SPUR, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
$5,000
We the Protesters, New York, NY, for Campaign Zero.
2019 Grants
For the year 2019, Gaia Fund paid grants totaling $1,755,700 to 74 organizations. A list of grantees within each category, along with the amount and purpose of each grant, can be viewed by clicking on the highlighted link.
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
$80,000
Kitchen Table Advisors, Oakland, CA, for general support of work to provide one-to-one bilingual business advice to farmers and to leverage knowledge and relationships for collaborative long-term systems change work in support of small-scale, sustainable, organic, and regenerative farms. (Two-year grant).
$150,000
Bionutrient Food Association, Barre, MA, for general support of Bionutrient Food Association in 2019-2020 and for the Real Food Campaign to improve food quality through regenerative/biological agricultural methods that prioritize building soil vitality and management of biological systems for better crop nutritional quality, vigor, flavor, and yields. (Two-year grant).
$60,000
National Young Farmers Coalition, Hudson, NY, for continuing development of the California chapter to grow a movement for farmer-led policy in California. (Two-year grant).
$200,000
California Climate and Agriculture Network, Occidental, CA, to advance the powerful climate solutions of sustainable and organic agriculture through state and federal policy. (Four-year grant).
$2,000
Organic Consumers Association, Finland, MN, for general support of programs to protect consumers’ right to safe, healthful food and other consumer products, a just food and farming system and an environment rich in biodiversity and free of pollutants.
$12,000
California Foodshed Funders, Oakland, CA, for general support of this fellowship of funders dedicated to accelerating the transformation toward regenerative organic farming practices; protection and renewal of natural systems; and healthful, locally-sourced, and just food systems.
$5,000
Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, for general support to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems. OFRF cultivates organic research, education, and federal policies that bring more farmers and acreage into organic production.
$5,000
CCOF Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, for general support of educational programs about organic growing practices.
$50,000
Rodale Institute/Organic Farmers Association, Kutztown, PA, for the development of the Organic Farmers Association as a strong national voice for organic farmers, and recruitment of California organic farmers as members. (Two-year grant)
$80,000
Center for Food Safety, San Francisco, CA, For legal actions, policy initiatives, scientific reports, market pressure, and public education to reduce the health and environmental impacts of the industrialized food system. (Two-year grant).
$6,000
Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders, Santa Barbara, CA, for general support of their work to amplify the impact of philanthropic and investment communities in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems.
$30,000
Cornucopia Institute, Cornucopia, WI, to promote economic justice for the family-scale farming community and to protect the integrity of organic food, farming, and organic products. (Two-year grant).
$20,000
The Regents of the University of California, Davis, CA, to provide technical assistance to a cohort of Hmong,
African-American, and Latino farmers in Fresno and Tulare counties, to implement healty soils practices with grant support from the state of California SWEEP and Healthy Soils programs.
$2,500
Ecological Farming Association, Soquel, CA, for scholarships for farmers to attend 2020 EcoFarm.
$2,500
Wild Farm Alliance, Watsonville, CA, for general support to empower farmers, connect consumers, and protect wild nature.
$2,500
Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Pt Reyes Station, CA, orgeneral support of farmland conservation.
Effective Democracy
$75,000
ACLU Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for the Bay Area Political Equality Project to educate community organizations throughout Northern California about the negative impact of money in politics, and to explore the feasibility of small-donor/public finance of campaigns.
$75,000
Issue One, Washington, DC, for a new national digital news service established to provide ongoing coverage of the threats to democracy, and the solutions at the local, state, and national level to the erosion of political equality and democratic institutions.
$75,000
Bay Rising (fiscally sponsored by Movement Strategy Center), Oakland, CA, to integrate solutions to the dominance of big money in local and state elections as a core part of its community organizing work with its 17+ community organizations in the Bay Area.
$2,000
Northern California Grantmakers, San Francisco, CA, for the Bay Area Democracy Funders (BAD Funders), a program sponsored by NCG.
$3,000
Funders Committee for Civic Participation, New York, NY, for general support of a network of grantmakers who are passionate about realizing a collective vision to engage voters, eliminate structural barriers to voting, advance reforms to improve government and electoral systems, and inspire public involvement in civic life.
$20,000
reclaimtheamericandream.org, Washington, DC, for promotion of the documentary DEMOCRACY REBELLION – A Reporter’s Notebook with Hedrick Smith to PBS stations for broadcast in early 2020.
Jewish Life
$1,000,000
Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA, for the capital campaign, Emanu-El Next: Investing for Our Jewish Future, to transform the congregation – both its physical infrastructure, and its capacity to create and serve the community. (Five-year grant).
$10,000
Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA, for general operating support.
$10,000
Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA, for general support of a vibrant, sacred Jewish community dedicated to connecting members with their Judaism and history at the highest level and bringing Jewish values to life in meaningful and inspiring ways.
$50,000
Jewish Community Federation, San Francisco, CA, for general support of a vibrant, caring, and enduring Jewish community that is a force for good locally, in Israel, and around the world.
$100,000
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, for general support of the Museum’s programs that make the diversity of the Jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first century audience.
$25,000
Wilderness Torah, Berkeley, CA, to continue its programming to awaken and celebrate the earth-based traditions of Judaism to nourish the connections between self, community, earth, and spirit. (Two-year grant).
$50,000
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, for support of the exhibit, Levi Straus: A History of American Style opening February 13, 2020.
$25,000
New Israel Fund, San Francisco, CA, for general support of programs to help Israelis live up to its founders’ vision of a society that ensures complete equality to all its inhabitants.
$75,000
Institute for Jewish Spirituality, New York, NY, for the development and offering of “Cultivating Character: An Online Course in the Jewish Practice of Tikkun Middot.” This grant is awarded in memory of Rabbi Rachel Cowan, who supported the development of the Institute to help Jews find greater access to the deep wisdom of the Jewish spiritual inheritance and to help them build lives of vital and engaged practice.
Other
$2,500
ACLU Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sebastiani Theatre Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$1,500
Candid, New York, NY, for general support for Candid West.
$5,000
Sierra Club Foundation, Oakland, CA, for general support for the Sierra Club Foundation and the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter.
$1,000
Classical KDFC, San Francisco, CA, for the Classical KDFC radio station.
$2,500
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for Camp Fire relief.
$4,200
Environmental Grantmakers Association, New York, NY, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Ecology Center, Eldridge, CA, for the Sonoma Garden Park.
$2,500
Food Runners, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$20,000
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, to Sonoma Hospital, Sonoma, CA, for its capital campaign, Vision 2020 and Beyond, a strategic plan of action for the hospital to become an outstanding regional center for healthcare.
$1,000
Jack London Park Partners, Glen Ellen, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$5,000
KQED, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$25,000
Latino Community Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for the Wildfire Relief Fund for support of immediate needs those most impacted by the recent wildfires in Sonoma County.
$2,500
The Kitchen, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Northern California Grantmakers, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
$1,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank, San Francisco, CA, for food collection and distribution to low-income families and individuals.
$2,500
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
2018 Grants
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
$12,000
California Foodshed Funders, Oakland, CA, for general support of this fellowship of funders dedicated to accelerating the transformation toward regenerative organic farming practices; protection and renewal of natural systems; and healthful, locally-sourced, and just food systems.
$5,000
CCOF Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, for general support of educational programs about organic growing practices.
$50,000
Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment, Delano, CA, to the Community Alliance for Agroecology (CAFA)/Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment, Delano, CA, for general support of this coalition of six organizations in the San Joaquin Valley working together to address the injustices perpetuated by the industrial food and farming system and to create agricultural solutions that foster ecological balance, public health, and economic vitality for all.
$100,000
Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Davis, CA, for the Climate Smart Agriculture program, which works with California farmers to pioneer climate-smart crop production practices. (Two-year grant).
$2,500
Ecological Farming Association, Soquel, CA, for the Scholarship Program for farmers to attend the annual EcoFarm Conference.
$12,500
Felix Gillet Institute, North San Juan, CA, for general support for their work to discover, appreciate, preserve, and propagate edible and ornamental heirloom perennial plants from the Sierra Nevada Gold Rush era when Felix Gillet introduced a vast variety of edible and ornamental plants from all over the world and helped establish many of the agricultural industries of the West Coast.
$2,500
Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Pt Reyes Station, CA, for general support of farmland conservation.
$25,000
National Young Farmers Coalition, Hudson, NY, for the California program and farmer organizer, Mai Nguyen, to build the California Young Farmer movement to advocate for policies and regulations that support the transition of farms to new young farmers.
$2,000
Organic Consumers Association, Finland, MN, for general support of programs to protect consumers’ right to safe, healthful food and other consumer products, a just food and farming system and an environment rich in biodiversity and free of pollutants.
$10,000
Organic Farming Research Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, for general support to foster the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming systems. OFRF cultivates organic research, education, and federal policies that bring more farmers and acreage into organic production.
$5,000
The Perenial Farming Initiative, San Francisco, CA, for a public event regarding climate and agriculture.
$5,500
Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders, Santa Barbara, CA, for general support of their work to amplify the impact of philanthropic and investment communities in support of just and sustainable food and agriculture systems.
$100,000
UCSC Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, Santa Cruz, CA, to hire and house a UC Cooperative Extension Organic Farm Advisor on the UCSC campus to provide a direct resource to organic farmers and other farmers seeking information on ecological growing practices. (Two-year grant).
$2,500
Wild Farm Alliance, Watsonville, CA, for general support to empower farmers, connect consumers, and protect wild nature.
Effective Democracy
$75,000
ACLU Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for the Political Equality Project to advance local campaign finance reform in Bay Area communities in a process informed by research that focuses on grassroots organizations and their constituents, who are most egregiously harmed by the influence of big money in politics.
$35,000
Common Cause Education Fund, Los Angeles, CA, for the Every Voice Matters project to get money out of politics, reduce barriers to voting, hold lawmakers accountable, simplify and modernize the state’s voting systems and improve the integrity of our media and democracy.
$35,000
Every Voice Center, Washington, DC, for general support of programs to hold politicians accountable about the need to listen to every voice on the most important issues affecting our nation.
$150,000
Free Speech for People, Amherst, MA, for general support for legal advocacy, policy development, and citizen organizing and education to overturn Citizens United, with the goal to strengthen democracy to assure all people an equal voice and an equal vote. (Two-year grant).
$3,000
Funders Committee for Civic Participation, New York, NY, for general support of a network of grantmakers who are passionate about realizing a collective vision to engage voters, eliminate structural barriers to voting, advance reforms to improve government and electoral systems, and inspire public involvement in civic life.
$100,000
MapLight, Berkeley, CA, for work to assist community organizations, and state and local campaigns to promote policies that reduce the influence of money in politics, improve disclosure of campaign contributions, reasonable limits on campaign contributions, public funding of elections, and other reforms that make government more representative and responsive. (Two-year grant).
$100,000
Piper Fund, Amherst, MA, for educational programs and regranting to state and local community groups working for democratic reforms to increase participation of historically disenfranchised communities and build community power to diminish the influence of corporate and special interest money on the political and judicial systems. (Two-year grant).
Jewish Life
$30,000
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, New York, NY, to sustain and grow the Bay Area regional organizing and advocacy for equity and justice for all Californians and training of young Jewish leaders in the connections between Jewish values and social justice. (Two-year grant).
$20,000
Camp Tawonga, San Francisco, CA, for the Young Adult Year-Round Engagement Initiative. (Two-year grant).
$10,000
Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA, for general support of a vibrant, sacred Jewish community dedicated to connecting members with their Judaism and history at the highest level and bringing Jewish values to life in meaningful and inspiring ways.
$48,000
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, to sponsor the CJM’s Illuminate Gala, celebrating 10 years in its building on Jessie Square.
$50,000
J., the Jewish Weekly of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for General Operating Support for J. The Jewish News of Northern California. (Two-year grant).
$10,000
Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$50,000
Jewish Community Federation, San Francisco, CA, for general support of a vibrant, caring, and enduring Jewish community that is a force for good locally, in Israel, and around the world.
$20,000
Jewish Film Institute, San Francisco, CA, to the Jewish Film Institute, San Francisco, for continued support of the Jewish Film Festival. (Two-year grant).
$50,000
Urban Adamah, Berkeley, CA, for general support of the educational farm in Berkeley that integrates the practices of Jewish tradition, mindfulness, sustainable agriculture, and social justice.
$25,000
New Israel Fund, San Francisco, CA, for general support of programs to help Israelis live up to its founders’ vision of a society that ensures complete equality to all its inhabitants.
$10,000
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Berkeley, CA, for general support of collections about the Jews in the Global Diaspora and the American West.
Other
$5,000
ACLU Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Classical KDFC, Los Angeles, CA, for Classical KDFC radio station.
$5,000
Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$6,000
Environmental Grantmakers Association, New York, NY, for general support.
$2,500
Food Runners, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,500
Foundation Center – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for general support for Foundation Center West.
$2,500
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Jack London Park Partners, Glen Ellen, CA, for general support.
$5,000
KQED, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
KSVY, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$50,000
North Valley Community Foundation, Chico, CA, for Camp Fire relief.
$5,000
Northern California Grantmakers, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$250,000
San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, CA, for San Francisco Ballet’s New Works Festival Orchestral Music.
$2,000
Schell Vista Fire Protection District, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sebastiani Theatre Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Sierra Club Foundation, Oakland, CA, for general support for the Sierra Club Foundation and the Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter.
$2,500
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Ecology Center, Eldridge, CA, for Sonoma Garden Park.
$2,000
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,000
Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$5,000
SPUR, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
$50,000
$2,500
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
2017 Grants
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
$3,000
Bionutrient Food Association, Barre, MA, for scholarships for three or more California farm leaders to attend the 2017 Soil and Nutrition Conference.
$25,000
California FarmLink, Aptos, CA, for technical assistance and loans for farmers with a focus on low-income, immigrant, and beginning organic farmers.
$12,000
California Foodshed Funders, San Francisco, CA, for general support of this fellowship of funders dedicated to accelarating the transformation toward regenerative organic farming practices; protection and renewal of natural systems; and healthful, locally-sourced, and just food systems.
$300,000
California State University, Chico, Chico, CA, to establish a Center for Regenerative Agriculture focused on soil health, carbon drawdown, and farm productivity and economic viability. (Three-year grant).
$5,000
CCOF Foundation, Santa Cruz, CA, for general support of educational programs about organic growing practices.
$75,000
Civil Eats, New York, NY, for general support of this daily news source for critical thought about the American food system.
$3,000
Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Davis, CA, for scholarships for three or more California farm leaders to attend the 2017 No Till on the Plains meeting.
$1,000
Ecological Farming Association, Soquel, CA, for the Scholarship Program for farmers to attend the annual EcoFarm Conference.
$100,000
Fresno Food Commons Trust, Fresno, CA, for the Food Commons to build a new model for sustainable food and farming serving the Fresno region, one of the poorest areas of California. (Two-year grant).
$1,000
Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Pt Reyes Station, CA, for general support of farmland conservation.
$20,000
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Washington, DC, for general support of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition to advocate for federal policy reform for the sustainability of food systems, natural resources, and rural communities. (Two-year grant).
$10,000
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Washington, DC, for the work of the California Caucus on the Farm Bill. (Two-year grant).
$25,000
National Young Farmers Coalition, Hudson, NY, to develop a statewide organization to represent young farmers in California State Policy.
$1,000
Organic Consumers Association, Finland, MN, for general support of programs to protect consumers’ right to safe, healthful food and other consumer products, a just food and farming system and an environment rich in biodiversity and free of pollutants.
$80,000
Real Food Challenge, Boston, MA, for Real Food California. (Two-year grant).
$1,000
Rodale Institute, Kutztown, PA, for the development of the Organic Farmers Association.
$5,500
Sustainable Agriculture and Food System Funders, Santa Barbara, CA, for programs focused on increasing and making more effective philanthropy for sustainable agriculture and food systems.
$40,000
The Perennial Farming Initiative, San Francisco, CA, for the Healthy Soil Guide to enlist restaurants in a program to prioitize purchasing of crops from farms demonstrating healthy soil practices.
Effective Democracy
$500,000
American Promise, Inc., Concord, MA, to support a national education and organizing effort to overturn court rulings that have unleashed unlimited sources of concentrated wealth on political campaigns and policy making. (Five-year grant).
$100,000
Democracy Initiative Education Fund, Washington, DC, to increase the engagement of conservation and food and farm groups in the coalition to expand the base of support for democracy reforms, such as for small donor match educational campaigns, toward a democracy that works for all. (Two-year grant).
$2,500
Funders Committee for Civic Participation, New York, NY, to improve philanthropy focused on civic engagement, money-in-politics, and the effectiveness of democracy.
$25,000
Issue One, Washington, DC, to build the bipartisan community necessary to drastically reduce the influence of money in our politics and on our policy making.
$50,000
Media Matters for America, Washington, DC, for fighting Fake News and Corporate Takeover of the Press. (Two-year grant).
$50,000
reclaimtheamericandream.org, Washington, DC, for production costs of the documentary film “Can the States Save our Democracy.”
$32,000
reclaimtheamericandream.org, Washington, DC, for distribution of the documentary video renamed “The Politicians versus the People.”
Jewish Life
$10,000
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice, New York, NY, for general support for Bay Area programs to train and activate the Jewish community as leaders in the forefront of struggles for freedom and justice.
$10,000
Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA, for general support of a vibrant, sacred Jewish community dedicated to connecting members with their Judaism and history at the highest level and bringing Jewish values to life in meaningful and inspiring ways.
$100,000
Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, for general support of the CJM to make the diversity of the Jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first century audience through innovative exhibitions and programs that educate, challenge, and inspire.
$10,000
Jewish Community Center, San Francisco, CA, for general support of programs to enrich Jewish life, build Jewish identity, promote the development of meaningful bonds within our community and facilitate connections with Israel and Jews worldwide.
$50,000
Jewish Community Federation, San Francisco, CA, for general support of a vibrant, caring, and enduring Jewish community that is a force for good locally, in Israel, and around the world.
$25,000
New Israel Fund, San Francisco, CA, for general support of programs to help Israelis live up to its founders’ vision of a society that ensures complete equality to all of its inhabitants.
$1,500
Jewish Healing Center, San Francisco, CA, for general support of Jewish spiritual care to those living with illness, to those caring for the ill, and to the bereaved through direct service, education and training, capacity building, and information and referral.
$150,000
Urban Adamah, Berkeley, CA, for Phase II of a capital campaign in support of the educational farm in Berkeley that integrates the practices of Jewish tradition, mindfulness, sustainable agriculture, and social justice.
$50,000
Reboot, New York, NY, for Bay Area programs to rekindle connections and re-imagine Jewish lives full of meaning, creativity, and joy. (Two-year grant).
Other
$2,000
ACLU Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Alliance Francais, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,000
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Classical KDFC, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$20,000
Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Davis, CA, for the CAFF/Farmer’s Guild fire fund to benefit farmworkers and farmers affected by fires in Northern California.
$2,000
Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,692
Environmental Grantmakers Association, New York, NY, for annual membership.
$2,000
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Food Runners, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Foundation Center – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,000
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$20,000
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Sebastopol, CA, for Undocufund to provide direct support to undocumented children, families, and communities displaced by the fires.
$1,000
Jack London Park Partners, Glen Ellen, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Jewish Community Federation, San Francisco, CA, for the Northbay Wildfire Emergency Fund.
$2,500
KQED, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
KSVY, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$20,000
Latino Community Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for the NorCal Wildfire Relief Fund.
$25,000
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA, for the 2016-2017 season of two world premieres and two legacy revivals.
$25,000
Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Milo Foundation, Albany, CA, for the Fire Evacuation Fund.
$25,000
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, for general support.
$2,500
NorCal Livestock Evacuation Fund, Rohnert Park, CA, for the all-volunteer effort to evacuate and provide safe homes for livestock displaced by the wildfires.
$5,000
Northern California Grantmakers, San Francisco, CA, for general support of programs to connect grantmakers and improve philanthropic practices for increased effectiveness.
$92,400
San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,000
Schell Vista Fire Protection District, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sebastiani Theatre Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,000
Sierra Club Foundation, Oakland, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$20,000
Sonoma Community Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for the Sonoma County Resilience Fund.
$2,500
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Ecology Center, Eldridge, CA, for the Sonoma Garden Park.
$2,500
Sonoma Humane Society, Santa Rosa, CA, for the Disaster Relief Fund.
$10,000
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,000
Sonoma League for Historical Preservation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$7,500
SPUR, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
The Jewish Federations of North America, New York, NY, for the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund.
$1,000
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
$10,000
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, for general support.
$1,000
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Young Performers Theater, San Francisco, CA, for general support.