Agriculture
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | 1994 AWARDS | 1994 PAYMENTS |
| American Farmland Trust Washington, DC |
To support research and consensus building for redirecting federal money from commodity subsidies towards resource conservation incentives. | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| Community Farm Alliance Berea, KY |
To help a coalition of southeastern farmers and grassroots rural organizations work with networks in other regions to promote sustainable agriculture. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture Greenbelt, MD |
To enable professionals from land grant universities, agronomic societies, and government agencies to participate in research teams promoting sustainable agriculture. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council New York, NY |
To continue supporting the Environmental Foundation of Sri Lanka in its efforts to monitor forest-cutting practices and help the Sri Lankan national government craft a new forestry plan. | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Public Voice for Food and Health Policy Washington, DC |
To support a campaign to educate about pesticides, food safety, and other agricultural issues. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
Minority Communities
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | TOTAL AWARDS | 1994 PAYMENTS |
| Earth Island Institute San Francisco, CA |
For the Urban Habitat Program, which works to link decision-making about transportation and land use to the needs of inner city, low-income communities. | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development White Earth, MN |
To support a program focusing on the environmental concerns of Native Americans. | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| Southwest Community Resources Albuquerque, NM |
For the work of the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, to increase the accountability of government and industry and to educate policymakers and the public about environmental and economic justice issues. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| United Church of Christ New York, NY |
For the Washington Office for Environmental Justice, which will expand the influence of the environmental justice movement by strengthening regional networks, enhancing communications between groups, monitoring legislation, and disseminating information. | 70,000 | 70,000 |
Sustainable Societies
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | TOTAL AWARDS | 1994 PAYMENTS |
| Chinook Learning Community Clinton, WA |
For the Whidbey Institute, whose faculty, curriculum, and conferences will engender new spiritual perceptions about the sacredness of nature among a wide range of academics and develop strategies for achieving new cultural patterns of justice and environmental wholeness. (2 years) | $165,000 | $85,000 |
| Friends of the Earth Washington, DC |
To support a program to reform fiscal policies (appropriations, taxes, procurements) to protect the environment. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Learning Alliance New York, NY |
For Sustaining Compassion, Sustaining the Earth, a series of four-day retreats of renewal and sharing for environmental activists from diverse communities. | 24,000 | 24,000 |
| National Center for Economic Alternatives Washington, DC |
To support a community of academics and writers in an examination of the ways in which changes in institutions and social systems can induce or inhibit the development of sustainable societies. | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Northwest Environment Watch Seattle, WA |
To research the transportation and agriculture sections of What Can the Earth Afford? a book on transforming the consumer society into a sustainable society; and for the publication and dissemination of a report on The Car and the City. (2 years) | 80,000 | 50,000 |
| Tides Foundation / Vallecitos San Francisco, CA |
To support Vallecitos Mountain Refuge, a program of retreats for environmental and social activists to restore their energy, vision, and commitment. | 35,000 | 35,000 |
| Tides Foundation / Environmental Strategies San Francisco, CA |
For the establishment of Environmental Strategies, a collaborative organization working to strengthen the environmental movement's ability to effectively communicate with the public about threats to environmental and public health policies. (2 years) | 100,000 | 50,000 |
| Tides Foundation / Positive Futures Project San Francisco, CA |
To support a new program seeking to lead the environmental movement to a deeper level of analysis about the relationship of humans and the earth. (1993 award: $167,500/2 years) | 80,000 | |
| World Resources Institute Washington, DC |
To promote the development and adoption of pollution taxes and other "green fees" as a means of tackling the deficit and ensuring environmental protection. (2 years) | 100,000 | 50,000 |
| 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. (1993 award: $125,000/2 years) | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Worldwatch Institute Washington, DC |
To support reporting on transportation, agriculture, and U.S. fiscal policies in the Institute's State of the World and other publications. | 35,000 | 35,000 |
Transportation
| RECIPIENT | PURPOSE | TOTAL AWARDS | 1994 PAYMENTS |
| Bicycle Federation of America Washington, DC |
To support the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Advocacy Campaign's efforts to help bicycle advocates work cooperatively with other groups on balanced overall approaches to transportation. | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| Center for Neighborhood Technology Chicago, IL |
To mobilize Chicago's inner city residents on behalf of mass transit and alternative transportation strategies. (2 years) | 100,000 | 50,000 |
| Conservation Law Foundation Boston, MA |
To employ legal and administrative procedures to enforce clean air regulations and work to shift state transportation priorities away from road construction; to cooperate with state agencies on post-highway planning; and to involve other groups in envisaging a new sustainable transportation system. | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY |
For the Transportation Task Force, a consortium of four environmental law organizations, to devise and coordinate legal strategies to ensure that federal and state transportation plans conform to the provisions of the Clean Air Act. (2 years) | 200,000 | 100,000 |
| Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest Chicago, IL |
To support research and technical analysis, coalition building, and advocacy for a high-speed rail network in the Midwest. | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine Augusta, ME |
To support the Council's participation in implementing Maine's Sensible Transportation Policy Act and developing clean, cost-effective transportation alternatives as a model for the nation. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council New York, NY |
To advocate for cleaner vehicles and fuels; to utilize Clean Air Act Amendments and ISTEA in influencing state and local transportation decisions, particularly in California; and to work toward making transportation alternatives more safe, comfortable, convenient, and affordable. | 75,000 | 75,000 |
| Rails To Trails Conservancy Washington, DC |
For the Surface Transportation Policy Project, to ensure that transportation policies and investments help conserve energy, protect environmental and aesthetic quality, strengthen the economy, promote social equity, and make communities more livable. (2 years) | 170,000 | 85,000 |
| Rails to Trails Conservancy Washington, DC |
For the Transportation Research Reform program's work with transportation authorities to help ensure that sustainable transportation becomes a federal priority. | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Sierra Club Foundation San Francisco, CA |
For a grassroots media and public education campaign to raise public awareness and influence decisionmakers to adopt higher national fuel-efficiency standards. (2 years) | 130,000 | 65,000 |
| TOTAL FOR 1994 | $1,924,000 | $1,544,000 |