Grantees

Environmental
  • Cultural
  • Environmental
  • $3,567,700

    Total Grants
    in 2005

    $938,400

    Environmental Grants
    in 2005

    35

    Environmental Grants
    in 2005

    2005 Environmental Grants

    Alliance for Nuclear Accountability

    Seattle, Washington


    $40,000

    to support  international travel expenses in 2006 of Russian and American environmental specialists taking part in a bilateral exchange entitled Project for Effective Public Participation.

    Altai Assistance Project

    Wadhams, New York


    $25,000

    to enable American specialists in zoning, resource assessment and management, and Geographic Information Systems to travel to the Altai Republic in 2005 as part of an exchange program focused on land use and environmental planning.

    America's River Communities

    San Carlos, California


    $9,500

    to enable American zoning and planning specialists to participate in a series of land use workshops in the Slovak Republic in fall 2005.

    Bank Information Center

    Washington, D.C.


    $20,000

    to support international travel in 2006 of American and Central European participants in BIC's Europe and Central Asia Program.

    Big Sky Conservation Institute

    Missoula, Montana


    $40,000

    to support international travel and related expenses of Russian and American environmental specialists involved in the Institute's Geographic Information Systems training programs in Russia and the United States in 2005-2006.

    California Cultures in Comparative Perspective

    San Diego, California


    $25,000

    to enable American activists, scholars, and lawyers to participate in a workshop on environmental justice in Budapest in fall 2005.

    Circumpolar Conservation Union

    Washington, D.C.


    $28,000

    to enable representatives from American environmental organizations to participate in the Arctic Council Meetings in Russia in 2005 and 2006.

    Crude Accountability

    Washington, D.C.


    $25,000

    to enable environmental health specialists from the United States to travel to Kazakhstan and Russia in 2006 as part of the project entitled A Community's Struggle Against Big Oil.

    Denver Zoological Foundation

    Denver, Colorado


    $25,000

    to support international travel expenses in 2006 and 2007 of environmental specialists from the United States participating in the Mongolian Wildlife Conservation Project: Small Carnivores and Local Management of Protected Areas.

    Earth Day Network

    Washington, D.C.


    $7,500

    to enable American environmentalists to travel to Kiev in connection with EDN's project Earth Day 2005-Ukraine: The Green Revolution Meets the Orange Revolution.

    Earth Day Network

    Washington, D.C.


    $25,000

    to support international travel and related expenses associated with bringing two Eastern European environmental leaders to Washington, D.C., for six-month fellowships at EDN in 2005-2006

    Earth Island Institute

    San Francisco, California


    $14,000

    to enable American specialists in environmentally sound building practices and renewable energy to travel to the Altai Republic in summer 2005 as part of the Exchange for Energy Efficiency and Green Building in Southern Siberia.

    Earth Island Institute

    San Francisco, California


    $30,000

    to enable representatives from environmental organizations working in the Lake Baikal region to participate in training residencies in the United States in 2006.

    EarthCorps

    Seattle, Washington.


    $20,000

    to enable Russian environmental activists involved with the Great Baikal Trail Network to participate in a training program in the United States in 2005 on trail construction and volunteer management techniques.

    Environmental Defense

    New York, New York


    $25,000

    to support international travel expenses in 2006 of Russian and American environmental specialists participating in a bilateral exchange focused on the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol in Russia.

    Environmental Law Alliance

    Eugene, Oregon


    $20,000

    to enable environmental attorneys from Central and Eastern Europe to travel to the United States in 2006 as part of E-LAW's project U.S. Study Tour: Advancing Government Accountability in Eastern and Central Europe.

    The German Marshall Fund of the United States

    Washington, D.C.


    $25,000

    to support international travel and related expenses of American and Central European scientists, activists, and others participating in exchanges conducted by the Environmental Partnership for Sustainable Development.

    Global Green

    Santa Monica, California


    $40,000

    to support international travel expenses of government officials and representatives of nonprofit organizations from the United States participating in the Global Green seminar on the G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction in Moscow in spring 2006.

    Government Accountability Project

    Washington, D.C.


    $34,000

    to support international travel in 2006 of Russian and American environmentalists participating in GAP's program Confronting the Legacies of Nuclear Weapons Production in Russia and the United States: A Project of Mutual Support and Exchange.

    International Crane Foundation

    Baraboo, Wisconsin


    $25,000

    to support American and Russian participation in four international exchange projects in 2005 in connection with environmental education and crane conservation activities in Russia and China.

    Livingston Ripley Waterfowl Sanctuary

    Litchfield, Connecticut


    $4,000

    to enable the director of the Sanctuary's conservation, education, and research programs to travel to Russia in fall 2005 to participate in the Third International Symposium on Waterfowl of Northern Eurasia in St. Petersburg and to visit the Moscow Zoo and Muraviovka Park in the Russian Far East.

    The Mapleton Community Foundation

    Deadwood, Oregon


    $30,000

    to support international travel and related expenses of Russian and American salmon conservation specialists participating in the Sakhalin Restoration Project in 2005.

    New Mexico State University

    Las Cruces, New Mexico


    $5,400

    to enable native Siberian government officials and cultural specialists to travel to the United States in spring 2005 in connection with Native Choices: A Cultural Exchange of American Indian and Native Siberian Leaders.

    Nuclear Information and Resource Service

    Washington, D.C.


    $19,000

    to support international travel and related expenses associated with enabling up to thirty-five energy and environmental professionals from Russia, Eastern Europe, and the United States to travel to Ukraine for a series of meetings on sustainable energy and non-nuclear alternatives in fall 2005.

    Pacific Environment

    San Francisco, California


    $75,000

    to support international travel and related expenses associated with Russian-American exchanges in 2005 and 2006 as part of PE's environmental protection activities in Siberia and the Russian Far East.

    Quebec-Labrador Foundation

    Ipswich, Massachusetts


    $40,000

    to support international travel of environmental professionals in 2006 taking part in QLF's bilateral exchange project Stewardship in Central and Southeastern Europe.

    Sacred Earth Network

    Petersham, Massachusetts


    $35,000

    to enable Native American and Native Siberian elders to participate in the reciprocal Indigenous Peoples Exchange Project in 2006.

    Species Survival Network

    Washington, D.C.


    $7,000

    to support international travel expenses of American participants in a workshop in Hungary focused on biodiversity protection and wildlife conservation for governmental and representatives of nonprofit organizations in Central and Eastern Europe.

    Tahoe-Baikal Institute

    South Lake Tahoe, California


    $30,000

    to enable Russian environmentalists to participate in the Institute's Summer Environmental Exchange and to support American participation in the California/Russia Environmental Partnership Exchange in Russia in 2005.

    The University of Vermont, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics

    Burlington, Vermont


    $45,000

    to support international travel and related expenses in 2005 and 2006 associated with a bilateral exchange of Ukrainian and American natural resource specialists on ecological economics and sustainable forestry methods.

    The Wild Foundation

    McLean, Virginia


    $25,000

    to support international travel and related expenses associated with bringing six environmentalists from Russia to the 8th World Wilderness Congress in Anchorage, Alaska, in fall 2005.

    The Wild Salmon Center

    Portland, Oregon


    $25,000

    to enable Russian and American salmon conservation experts to attend the first meeting of the principal participants in the Sakhalin Salmon Initiative in Russia in fall 2005.

    Wildlife Conservation Society

    Bronx, New York


    $18,000

    to support international travel and related expenses in 2005 and 2006 of a WCS initiative entitled The Bear Necessities: Promoting Bear Conservation By Raising Environmental Awareness and Education in Kamchatka.

    Wildlife Conservation Society

    Bronx, New York


    $27,000

    to support American participation in workshops in Tsaagan Nuur, Mongolia, in summer 2006 as part of WCS's project Mongolia's Reindeer People: Cultural Survival Through Conservation.

    Woods Hole Research Center

    Woods Hole, Massachusetts


    $50,000

    to support international travel and related expenses of bilateral Russian-American exchanges associated with the planning execution, and follow-up of an NGO Social Forum on Energy Security held in connection with the 2006 G8 Summit in Russia.