EASTERN ECOSYSTEMS

Appalachian Mountain Club
www.outdoors.org
Boston, MA
$50,000
Third year of a three-year $150,000 grant to support the Campaign for the Preservation of the Northern Forest.

Audubon South Carolina
www.pride-net.com/swamp
Harleyville, SC
$25,000
To support the land protection program in the Four Holes Swamp area of Edisto River Basin.

Center for Land and People
Center for Land and People
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support two Leadership Retreats for land conservation activists.

Consultative Group on Biodiversity
www.cgbd.org
San Francisco, CA
$3,500
Second year of a two-year $7,000 grant for operational support.

Cumberland Trail Conference
www.cumberlandtrail.org
Crossville, TN
$25,000
To support the Cumberland Trail State Park.

Dogwood Alliance
www.dogwoodalliance.org
Asheville, NC
$30,000
General support for their paper campaign work and focus on Southern Appalachian Forest protection.

Downeast Lakes Land Trust
www.downeastlakes.org
Grand Lake Stream, ME
$25,000
To support their capacity to acquire a key parcel in Downeast Maine.

Environmental Support Center
www.envsc.org
Washington, DC
$25,000
Second of a three-year, $75,000 grant to support efforts to build the capacity of environmental and conservation groups in the Southeastern United States.

Forest Society of Maine
www.fsmaine.org
Bangor, ME
$65,000
First of a three-year, $165,000 grant that will protect 329,000 acres in Maine.

Forest Stewards Guild
www.foreststewardsguild.org
Santa Fe, NM
$30,000
To support and expand the practice of sustainable forestry in New England.

Georgia Forestwatch
www.gafw.org
Ellijay, GA
$25,000
Second of a two-year, $50,000 grant to support forest protection advocacy in Southern Appalachians.

Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
www.hubbardbrook.org
Hanover, NH
$35,000
Second of a two-year, $70,000 grant to support Science Links -- a science-based information resource focused on nitrogen and carbon.

Institute for Conservation Leadership
www.icl.org
Takoma Park, MD
$25,000
Second of a three-year, $75,000 grant to support efforts to build capacity of environmental and conservation non-profit groups in the Southeastern United States.

Land Trust Alliance
www.lta.org
Durham, NC
$25,000
To support the Southeast Land Trust Capacity-Building Program.

Land Trust for Little Tennessee
www.ltlt.org
Franklin, NC
$15,000
First of a two-year, $30,000 grant to support operations and expansion of their donor base.

Lowcountry Open Land Trust
www.lolt.org
Charleston, SC
$25,000
General support for land protection in coastal South Carolina.

Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
www.manomet.org
Manomet, MA
$20,000
To support work that identifies and conserves late successional forests in Northern New England.

Model Forest Policy Program
Boone, NC
$35,000
To support the development and dissemination of sustainable private lands forest policy in the Southern Appalachians.

Natural Resources Council of Maine
www.nrcm.org
Augusta, ME
$30,000
To support advocacy, public education and public policy as they relate to protection of Maine's north woods.

New England Grassroots Environment Fund
www.grassrootsfund.org
Montpelier, VT
$40,000
Third year of a three-year $120,000 commitment of general support for the administration and distribution of small grants to grassroots environmental activists in New England.

Northeast Wilderness Trust
www.newildernesstrust.org
Montpelier, VT
$20,000
To support the region's only land trust dedicated to the protection of wilderness.

Nothern Forest Alliance
www.northernforestalliance.org
Burlington, VT
$50,000
First of a two-year, $100,000 grant in support of advocacy and coalition work on behalf of the Northern Forest.

Northern Forest Center
www.northernforest.org
Concord, NH
$40,000
Second of a two-year, $80,000 grant to support sustainable communities in the Northern Forest.

Open Space Institute, Inc.
www.osiny.org
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Southern Appalachian Protection Program.

Quebec Labrador Foundation
www.qlf.org
Ipswich, MA
$30,000
Fifth year of five-year $150,000 grant to support community-based programs in the Northern Forest Region.

Rainforest Alliance
www.rainforest-alliance.org
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the Landscape Initiative for Nature Conservation (LINC).

Save Our Cumberland Mountains
www.socm.org
Lake City, TN
$20,000
To support the Forest Organizing Project.

Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
www.safc.org
Asheville, NC
$25,000
To support the Great Forest Campaign.

Southern Environmental Law Center
www.selcva.org
Charlottesville, VA
$35,000
To support the Southern Forests and Wetlands Protection Project.

The Conservation Fund
www.conservationfund.org
Columbia, SC
$25,000
First of a two-year, $50,000 grant to support land conservation in the South Carolina Low Country.

Trust for Public Land
www.tpl.org
Charleston, SC
$20,000
General support for projects in Charleston County.

Virginia Forest Watch
Charlottesville, VA
$15,000
To support education and advocacy of sustainable forestry practice on private lands in Virginia.

Yale School of Forestry
New Haven, CT
$50,000
Third year of a three-year $150,000 grant to support a tenure-track position in Sustainable Forestry.

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS

Alliance for Environmental Innovation
www.environmentaldefense.org/alliance
Boston, MA
$35,000
To support the Environmentally Preferable Paper Practice program.

Center for a New American Dream
www.newdream.org
Takoma Park, MD
$15,000
To support a conference of sustainability practitioners.

Center for a New American Dream
www.newdream.org
Takoma Park, MD
$50,000
Second year of a two-year $100,000 for general support.

Clean Water Fund
www.cleanwaterfund.org
Boston, MA
$35,000
Second year of a two-year, $70,000 grant to support the Producer Take Back program.

Container Recycling Institute
www.Container-Recycling.org
Arlington, VA
$15,000
General support for research and advocacy on bottle bills.

E/The Environmental Magazine
www.emagazine.com
Westport, CT
$20,000
To support special coverage on paper.

Environmental Grantmakers Association
www.ega.org
New York, NY
$15,500
To support the Working Group on Sustainable Consumption and Production and the 2003 retreat.

Environmental League of Massachusetts
www.environmentalleague.org
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support the Environmental Tax Shifting program.

Environmental Paper Network
San Francisco, CA
$12,920
General support for convening groups working on paper-related issues.

ForestEthics
www.forestethics.org
San Francisco, CA
$25,000
To support responsible paper procurement in the catalog industry.

GrassRoots Recycling Network
www.grrn.org
Athens, GA
$25,000
To support campaigns and policies that promote the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility.

Green Corps
www.greencorps.org
Boston, MA
$35,000
To support the Environmental Leadership Training Program.

Mainstream Media Project
www.mainstream-media.net
Arcata, CA
$35,000
To underwrite radio programs on paper and green building.

Natural Resources Defence Council
www.nrdc.org
New York, NY
$50,000
First of a two-year, $100,000 grant to support the Paper Industry Reform Project.

Product Stewardship Institute
www.productstewardshipinstitute.org
Lowell, MA
$2,500
To support travel expenses for conference on managing leftover paint.
Fiscal agent: UMASS Lowell.

Redefining Progress
www.rprogress.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the promotion of environmental taxes and the Ecological Footprint program.

Rocky Mountain Institute
www.rmi.org
www.noharm.org
Snowmass, CO
$50,000
To support the Greening of Greater Boston's Health Care Systems and Facilities, in partnership with Health Care Without Harm.

Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility- Research and Education Fund
www.vbsr.org
South Burlington, VT
$20,000
Second of a two-year, $60,000 grant to support the Vermont Tax Shifting Project.

Vermont Natural Resources Council
www.vnrc.org
Montpelier, VT
$20,000
Second of a two-year, $60,000 grant to support the Vermont Tax Shifting Project.

Vermont Public Interest Research & Education Fund
www.vpirg.org
Montpelier, VT
$20,000
Second of a two-year, $60,000 grant to support the Vermont Tax Shifting Project.

Worldwatch Institute
www.worldwatch.org
Washington, DC
$50,000
To support the State of the World Consumption Report.

MEMBERSHIPS

Associated Grant Makers of Massachusetts
www.agmconnect.org
Boston, MA
$5,100
Annual membership dues.

Environmental Grantmakers Association
www.ega.org
New York, NY
$1,100
Annual membership dues.

Neighborhood Funders Group
www.nfg.org
Washington, D.C.
$500
Annual membership dues.

Boston GreenSpace Alliance
www.greenspacealliance.org
Boston, MA
$30,000
To support a year-long project to improve the vitality and infrastructure of Boston's parks and public spaces.

Bronx Coalition for Parks & Green Spaces
Bronx , NY
$20,000
General Support.

Central Park Conservancy
www.centralparknyc.org
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Central Park 150 Years: Great Parks, Great Cities conference in June, 2003.

Chelsea Creek Action Group
www.noahcdc.org
East Boston, MA
$50,000
First of a two-year $100,000 grant to support the Chelsea Creek Restoration Project.

City Parks Alliance
www.parksand people.org
New York, NY
$25,000
General support

Community Food Security Coalition
www.foodsecurity.org
Venice, CA
$5,000
"Growing the Movement" Conference scholarships for Merck Family Fund grantees.

Cosgrove Group
Cambridge, MA
$25,000
To support services to the Boston Greenspace Alliance.

Franklin Park Coalition
Franklin Park, MA
$30,000
General support.

Friends of the Highline
www.thehighline.org
New York, NY
$25,000
General support.

Friends of Hudson River Park
www.fohrp.org
New York, NY
General Support.

Green Guerillas
www.greenguerillas.org
New York, NY
$30,000
Second of two-year $60,000 grant to support organizing and advocacy for community garden preservation.

Mothers on the Move
www.mothersonthemove.org
Bronx, NY
$20,000
To support the Open Space Initiative.

New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
www.nyceja.org
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Open Space Equity Campaign.

New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
www.nyceja.org
New York, NY
$5,000
To support youth from New York to attend a conference in Boston, MA.

New Yorkers for Parks
www.ny4p.org
New York, NY
$25,000
General Support.

Pratt Institute Center for Community and Economic Development
www.picced.org
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support the Strengthening the Urban Community project.

Southside Community Land Trust
users.ids.net/~sclt/
Providence, RI
$30,000
Second year of two-year $60,000 grant to support community gardening and youth empowerment programs in Providence.

Sustainable South Bronx
Bronx, NY
$25,000
To support the Urban Eden Project.

Trust for Public Land
www.tpl.org
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the Garden Stewardship Project.

Urban Ecology Institute
www.urbaneco.org
Chestnut Hill, MA
$30,000
Second of a two-year $60,000 grant to support the Natural Cities Program.

Urban Ecology Institute
www.urbaneco.org
Chestnut Hill, MA
$10,000
To support the Urban Forestry Partnership.

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
www.woonasquatucket.org
Providence, RI
$30,000
Second of two-year $60,000 grant to support the creation of a Providence Green Space Committee and continued restoration and programming along the Woonasquatucket Greenway.

YOUTH ORGANIZING

Action for Community Empowerment
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the Harlem Youth in Action program.

Alternatives for Community and Environment
www.ace-ej.org
Roxbury, MA
$25,000
To support Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project.

Audre Lorde Project
www.alp.org
Brooklyn, NY
$15,000
To establish a new youth organizing program.

Boston Foundation
www.tbf.org
Boston, MA
$12,500
To support the study of youth environmental programs in Boston as part of the Afterschool for All Partnership's Teen Study on out of school time.

Central Brooklyn Partnership
www.centralbrooklyn.org
Brooklyn, NY
$20,000
To support Project FREE.

Chinese Progressive Association
www.cpaboston.org
Boston, MA
$15,000
To develop the organizing skills, leadership capacity and community awareness of Chinese American youth through the Chinese Youth Initiative Project.

City Mission Society
Boston, MA
$35,000
First of a two-year $70,000 grant to support the Boston Area Youth Organizing Project.

Codman Square Health Center
www.codman.org
Dorchester, MA
$25,000
To support the Breath of Life Dorchester Project.

Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence
www.caaav.org
Bronx, NY
$40,000
Second of two-year, $80,000 grant to support the Youth Leadership Program, a youth organizing project aimed at facilitating empowerment of Southeast Asian youth to be active agents in effecting social and economic justice.

Community Resource Exchange
www.crenyc.org
New York, NY
$6,500
To support CRE's work with Project Reach and Neighborhood Open Space Coalition.

Funders' Collaborative on Youth Organizing
www.fcyo.org
New York, NY
$25,000
General Support.

Hyde Square Task Force
www.hydesquare.org
Jamaica Plain, MA
$25,000
To support the Youth Community Organizing Project.

LISTEN, Inc.
www.lisn.org
Washington, DC
$23,000
To support the Boston Urban Incubator Project.

NIA Project
Dorchester, MA
$20,000
To establish the Roxbury Chapter of NIA.

Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
Bronx, NY
$35,000
To support Sistas and Brothas United.

Project HIP-HOP
www.projecthiphop.org
Boston, MA
$20,000
General Support.

Providence Youth Student Movement
Providence, RI
$15,000
General support.

Reflect and Strengthan
Dorchester, MA
$15,000
General support.

The POINT
Bronx, NY
$25,000
To support the Hunts Point Rangers and Open Space Initiative.

UPROSE
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
First of a two-year $50,000 grant to provide general support.

Youth in Action
Providence, RI
$25,000
Second year of a two-year, $50,000 grant to build and refine a youth leadership training program and support the purchase and renovation of a permanent building.

Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice
Bronx, NY
$40,000
Second year of a two-year, $80,000 grant to support local youth organizing campaigns on the Bronx River, including ecological restoration, greenway development, and park rehabilitation.

Youth Organizers United
New York, NY
$25,000
General support.