Agriculture
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | TOTAL AWARDS | 1993 PAYMENTS |
| Center for Rural Affairs Whitesburg, KY |
To educate and organize rural constituents and rural policymakers on the need for legislative and administrative reforms to promote Resourcecon serving agriculture; and to support the collaborative policy work of the National Sustainable Agriculture Coordinating Council. (2 years) | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| 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. (1992 award, $60,00012 years) | 30,000 | |
| Institute for Alternative Agriculture Greenbelt, MD |
To involve agriculture professionals at land grant colleges, government agencies, and agricultural associations in the work of analyzing public policies for sustainable agriculture. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council New York, NY |
To support the work of the Environmental Foundation of Sri Lanka in its efforts to monitor forest cutting. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Public Voice for Food and Health Policy Washington, DC |
To support a campaign to educate consumers on agricultural issues. (1992 award, $100,000/2 years) | 50,000 | |
| Tides Foundation/Environmental Working Group Farm Program Oversight Project Washington, DC |
To support efforts to marshal and disclose information about the way environmental standards for agriculture have actually been enforced at ground level; and, to conduct a detailed investigation/critique of major U. S. farm income transfer programs. | 100,00 | 100,000 |
Minority Communities
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | TOTAL AWARDS | 1993 PAYMENTS |
| Environmental Careers Organization Boston, MA |
To organize "Focus on Nonprofits," a program through which African American, Latino, and Asian American students are secured placements in nonprofit environmental organizations; and to conduct "diversity training" sessions and organize a series of roundtable discussions between environmentalists and community groups. | $120,000 | $120,000 |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Washington, DC |
To support a multiracial, interdisciplinary effort to redress environmental degradation faced by minority and low income communities, and to identify, develop and deliver legal and technical resources to campaigns for environmental justice. | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| National Association of Neighborhoods Washington, DC |
To support a three-organization consortium to work on a varied, cooperative program to redress environmental injustice in minority neighborhoods. (1993 award of $50,000 canceled because grantee did not meet match requirement.) | ||
| Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development White Earth, MN |
To contribute to a new project focusing on the environmental concerns of Native Americans. | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Southwest Community Resources Albuquerque, NM |
To improve the administrative capacity of the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic justice, a federation of more than fifty organizations cooperating on campaigns for environmental justice. | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Sustainable Societies
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | TOTAL AWARDS | 1993 PAYMENTS |
| Cathedral of St. John the Divine New York, NY |
To support the "National Religious Partnership for the Environment," an effort to educate and involve communities of faith in the work of environmental protection. (1992 award, $150,000 from environment program and $150,000 from Interprogram/3 years) | $100,000 | |
| Council on Economic Priorities New York, NY |
For the Corporate Environmental Data Clearinghouse, to complete reports on the environmental performances of major U. S. corporations. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Friends of the Earth Washington, DC |
To investigate federal tax policy as it applies to transportation, agriculture and water pollution, and to advocate for "green" tax reform. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| National Center for Economic Alternatives Washington, DC |
To support investigation and analysis into the ways in which the goals of economic sustainability and social equity can be pursued simultaneously through institutional change. | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Tides Foundation/Positive Futures Project San Francisco, CA |
To support a new program aimed to lead the environmental movement to a deeper level of analysis about the relationship of humans and the earth. (2 years) | 167,500 | 87,500 |
| World Resources Institute Washington, DC |
For the Sustainability Project, to create a vision of a sustainable U.S. future, and to identify practical steps that can be taken by policymakers, researchers, business leaders, and private citizens in five key sectors of the American economy. (2 years) | 125,000 | 75,000 |
| World Resources Institute Washington, DC |
To promote the development and adoption of pollution taxes and other "green fees" as a means to tackle the deficit and ensure environmental protection. | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Human Rights Initiative
(To strengthen the connection between environmental protection and the protection of human rights.)
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | TOTAL AWARDS | 1993 PAYMENTS |
| Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY |
To support a joint effort with NRDC to work with nongovernmental organizations from developing countries to increase their participation in the UN's Commission on Sustainable Development. | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| Lawyers Committee for Human Rights New York, NY |
To support efforts to help international financial institutions incorporate human rights considerations into their review and decision making process. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Washington, DC |
To update and expand a case study on civil and political rights related to protection of the environment in Mexico. | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| Society for Applied Anthropology Oklahoma City, OK |
To produce and distribute a report and a summary overview on Human Rights and the Environment. | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Transportation
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | TOTAL AWARDS | 1993 PAYMENTS |
| Bicycle Federation of America Washington, DC |
To advocate for bicycle and pedestrian concerns under ISTEA legislation, and to support model state and local projects through small grants. | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL |
For the Citizens Transportation & Air Quality Program, to support the involvement of Chicago residents in transportation policy. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY |
For the Transportation Policy Legal Defense Fund, to establish a coalition of four organizations to devise and coordinate legal strategies that will require state transportation plans to conform to the provisions of the Clean Air Act. (1992 award, $200,000/2 years) | 100,000 | |
| Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY |
To work on computer models that attempt to predict the environmental consequences of transportation investments. | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest Chicago, IL |
To promote a high-speed rail network in the Midwest. | 55,000 | 55,000 |
| Rails to Trails Conservancy Washington, DC |
To support the Surface Transportation Policy Project's continuing efforts to help implement ISTEA reforms. | 76,000 | 76,000 |
| Rocky Mountain lnstitute Snowmass, CO |
To research and disseminate information on energy-efficient transportation, and to highlight the economic and social barriers to manufacturing and marketing new "supercar" technologies. (2 years) | 150,000 | 150,000 |
| Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund San Francisco, CA |
To undertake litigation in western states to enforce conformity with the 1990 Clean Air Act. (2 years) | 80,000 | 80,000 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Cambridge, MA |
To develop market-based strategies that will reduce energy consumption in transportation; to educate the public about transportation issues; to create successful policies in California that can be replicated nationally; and to provide technical assistance to state and federal transportation planners and policymakers. (2 years) | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| TOTALS FOR 1993 | $1,738,500 | $1,888,500 |