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1992 Environment Program Grants Agriculture
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
Association of Forest Service
Employees for Environmental Ethics
Eugene, OR |
To support employees working to
develop a more ecologically sensitive U.S. Forest Service. |
$20,000 |
$20,000 |
|
Center for Resource Economics
Washington, DC |
To pursue sustainable agriculture
through public policy reform. |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Center for Rural Affairs
Walthill, NE |
To support two programs: one for
beginning farmers learning techniques of sustainable agriculture, the other
for national work to reform public farm policy |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Community Farm Alliance
Berea, KY |
To help establish a regional coalition
of farmers and grassroots rural organizations working to promote sustainable
agriculture throughout the South. |
60,000 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
Institute for Alternative Agriculture
Greenbelt, MD |
To support the "Alternative
Agriculture Resources Report" and other programs to involve agriculture
professionals in questions of sustainable farming. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
Land Institute
Salina, KS |
For continued research into varieties
of nontill agriculture. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
The Land Stewardship Project
Marine-on-St. Croix, MN |
To support two programs: one for
a Minnesota farmers education network, the other for support of the National
Sustainable Agriculture Coordinating Council. |
51,000 |
51,000 |
|
Natural Resources Defense Council
New York, NY |
To support the Environmental Foundation
of Sri Lanka in its work to monitor forestcutting. |
20,000 |
20,000 |
|
Public Voice for Food and Health
Policy
Washington, DC |
To support a campaign to educate
consumers on agricultural issues. |
100,000 |
50,000 |
50,000 |
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund*
San Francisco, CA |
To safeguard the oldgrowth woodlands of the
Pacific Northwest through a variety of legal and educational strategies.
To work with colleagues in British Columbia to help them realize their own
goals of protecting the ancient forests of Canada. |
80,000 |
40,000 |
|
Minority Communitites
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
Ashoka^
Arlington, VA |
To recruit and support four Mexican
citizens in their work in Mexico on behalf of the environment. |
$103,000 |
$34,000 |
|
| C.E.I.P. Fund Boston,
MA |
To place minority college and graduate
students in nonprofit and environmental organizations. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
Earth Island Institute
San Francisco, CA
|
For further development of the Urban
Habitat project to involve innercity residents in environmental issues and
energy policy. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
Epes, AL |
To support cooperative and credit
union development to aid black and lowincome farmers to retain landholdings
in the Southeast. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Indian Law Resource Center
Helena, MT |
For legal assistance to Native American
tribes and communities working on environmental issues. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Labor/Community Strategy Center
Los Angeles, CA |
For the watchdog Project to educate
and involve lowincome neighborhoods on air pollution and remedial strategies. |
35,000 |
35,000 |
|
South Bronx 2000 Local Development
Corporation*
Bronx, NY |
To secure guaranteed markets for
recycled materials produced in lowincome communities. |
80,000 |
40,000 |
|
Southwest Community Resources
Albuquerque, NM |
For continued development of a network
of environmental activists concerned about environmental and economic justice. |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Sustainable Societies
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
Cathedral of St. John the Divine**
New York, NY |
A three-year grant for the continued
organization and administration of the 'National Religious Partnership for
the Environment', an effort to educate and involve communities of faith
in the work of environmental protection. |
$150,000 |
|
$150,000 |
| Commonweal Bolinas, CA |
To research, write, and distribute
a book entitled "In Search of Sustainable America: The Good News About
Sustainable Development." |
20,000 |
20,000 |
|
Consultative Group on Biological
Diversity
New York, NY |
For the maintenance of an educational
network among grantmakers interested in issues related to ecology and biological
diversity. |
10,000 |
10,000 |
|
Council on Economic Priorities
New York, NY |
To compile and distribute reports
on the environment records of large U.S. corporations. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
| Green Seal Washington,
DC
|
To support a program to identify,
test, and certify consumer products that meet rigorous environmental standards. |
20,000 |
20,000 |
|
Human Rights/Environmental Clearinghouse
Washington, DC |
To establish an office to promote
communication and cooperation between human rights advocates and environmental
activists. (authorized up to $100,000) |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Texas Center for Policy Studies
Austin, TX |
Renewed support for the Bi-National
Project on the Environment to convene environmentalists from both sides
of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo and to provide technical and organizational
assistance to emerging conservation groups in northern Mexico. |
45,000 |
45,000 |
|
Tides Foundation
San Francisco, CA |
To provide seed money for a new
coalition called The Movement for Environmental Justice and a Sustainable
Economy (aka "The Green Wave"). |
35,000 |
35,000 |
|
Transportation
| RECIPIENT |
PURPOSE |
TOTAL AWARDS |
1992 PAYMENTS |
GRANTS PAYABLE
12/31/92 |
1000 Friends of Oregon**
Portland, OR |
For development and dissemination
of a computer model to help planners and local governments predict the environmental
and social consequences of a variety of transportation and landuse decisions. |
$50,000 |
$25,000 |
|
Business and Professional People
for the Public Interest
Chicago, IL |
To help establish a fiveorganization
partnership to advocate air quality and mass transit in Northeastern Illinois. |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Chicago, IL
|
To support leadership development,
research, citizen action, and a demonstration program for achieving a sustainable
transportation future for Chicago and the Midwest. |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
Conservation Law Foundation
Boston, MA |
To promote energy-efficient transportation
throughout New England. |
150,000 |
150,000 |
|
Environmental Defense Fund
New York, NY |
To support legal strategies to require
state and local transportation plans to conform to the provisions of the
Clean Air Act. |
200,000 |
100,000 |
100,000 |
Natural Resources Defense Council
New York, NY |
A two-year grant to support transportation
policy reform on a national level and particular implementation strategies
in Southern California. |
200,000 |
200,000 |
|
Rails To Trails Conservancy
Washington, DC |
To support participation in the
work of the Transportation Research Board. |
20,000 |
20,000 |
|
Rails To Trails Conservancy
Washington, DC |
Renewed support for the Surface
Transportation Policy Project, a coalition of environmentalists, planners,
and transportation specialists working to reform transportation policies
and practices. |
70,000 |
70,000 |
|
Rocky Mountain Institute
Snowmass, CO |
To develop a new conceptual framework
for thinking about least cost transportation for passengers and freight;
assess new light vehicles and potential for biofuels; analyze market incentives;
and educate policymakers. |
150,000 |
75,000 |
|
Union of Concerned Scientists
Cambridge, MA |
To write and publish materials on
transportation, energyefficiency, and the environment; to develop a program
to evaluate alternative fuels; to conduct a broad public education campaign
in California; and to enlist and train new scientisteducators. |
90,000 |
45,000 |
|
World Resources Institute
Washington, DC |
To support a variety of research
and information programs on the economic and ecological suitability of various
alternatives to current modes of American transport. |
80,000 |
40,000 |
|
| TOTAL |
|
$2,409,000 |
$1,745,000 |
$330,000 |
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