CLIMATE CHANGE

Architecture 2030
www.architecture2030.org
Santa Fe, NM
$150,000
To advance the goal that all new buildings will be carbon neutral by 2030.

Clean Air-Cool Planet
www.cleanair-coolplanet.org
Portsmouth, NH
$100,000
To support the improvement and dissemination of an inventory tool that measures and provides the basis for greenhouse gas reductions on college and university campuses.

Connecticut Fund for the Environment
www.cfenv.org
New Haven, CT
$60,000
To support a campaign that will promote an economy-wide greenhouse cap and trade regulatory program in Connecticut and the region.

Conservation Law Foundation
www.clf.org
Boston, MA
$100,000
To support New England policies that adopt energy efficiency as a means of meeting energy demands.

Environment Northeast
www.env-ne.org
Rockport, ME
$90,000
To support a campaign that will promote an economy-wide greenhouse cap and trade regulatory program in Connecticut and the region.

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
www.neep.org
Lexington, MA
$150,000
To help market and implement energy efficient practices and codes.

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, Inc.
www.nesea.org
Greenfield, MA
$4,000
To support the 2007 Building Energy Conference and Climate Change workshop.

Energy Efficiencies
A total of $28,555 was awarded to 29 MFF grantees to help increase the energy conservation within each organization.

EASTERN ECOSYSTEMS

Appalachian Mountain Club
www.outdoors.org
Boston, MA
$50,000
First year of a two-year $100,000 grant to support the 100-Mile Wilderness Conservation Campaign.

Audubon South Carolina
www.pride-net.com/swamp
Harleyville, SC
$40,000
Second year of a two-year $80,000 grant to protect tracts of forested wetlands and floodplains around Beidler Forest.

Blue Ridge Forever
www.blueridgeforever.info
Asheville, NC
$35,000
To support the campaign to protect 50,000 acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Fiscal Agent: Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.

Center for Climate Strategies
www.climatestrategies.us
Harrisburg, PA
$40,000
To develop a climate change action plan for South Carolina. Fiscal Agent: Enterprising Environmental Solutions.

Center for Whole Communities
www.wholecommunities.org
Fayston, VT
$20,000
To support Whole Thinking Leadership Retreats.

Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina
www.CCFgives.org
Charleston, SC
$25,000
To publish a series of articles concerning the growth and development of the greater Charleston region.

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

Eastern Forest Partnership
www.easternforest.org
Stowe, VT
$25,000
To coordinate efforts of eastern forest groups to help address climate change through use of bio-fuel and carbon sequestration. Fiscal Agent: Appalachian Mountain Club.

Environmental Support Center
www.envsc.org
Washington, DC
$20,000
Second year of a two-year $40,000 grant to provide trainings and workshops for organizations working on environmental issues in the Southeast.

Forest Guild
www.foreststewardsguild.org
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
To promote sustainable New England forests.

Institute for Conservation Leadership
www.icl.org
Takoma Park, MD
$20,000
Second year of a two-year $40,000 grant to provide trainings and workshops for organizations working on environmental issues in the Southeast.

Land Trust Alliance
www.lta.org
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support the Southeast Program.

Land Trust for the Little Tennessee
www.ltlt.org
Franklin, NC
$20,000
For general support.

Lowcountry Open Land Trust
www.lolt.org
Charleston, SC
$30,000
To preserve and restore Lowcountry ecosystems through conservation easements.

Maine Audubon Society
www.mainaudubon.org
Falmouth, ME
$12,000
To develop policy for siting wind power in Maine.

Manomet Center for Conservation Science
www.manomet.org
Manomet, MA
$50,000
To fight global warming with forest carbon offsets in New England.

Natural Resources Council of Maine
www.maineenvironment.org
Augusta, ME
$30,000
To work with Northern Forest Alliance and Maine Audubon to protect the Moosehead Lake region from negative impacts of the Plum Creek development.

Natural Resources Defense Council
www.nrdc.org
New York, NY
$40,000
To protect the Cumberland plateau from unsustainable forestry and over development.

New England Grassroots Environment Fund
www.grassrootsfund.org
Montpelier, VT
$40,000
To increase the number of community energy and climate action grassroots initiatives in New England.

Northeast Wilderness Trust
www.newildernesstrust.org
Boston, MA
$15,000
To support wildland protection and expansion of membership.

Northern Forest Alliance
www.northernforestalliance.org
Stowe, VT
$60,000
First year of a two-year $100,000 grant for coordination of land conservation, community forests, and wood to energy projects. Fiscal Agent: Appalachian Mountain Club.

Northern Forest Center
www.northernforest.org
Concord, NH
$40,000
First year of a two-year $80,000 grant to promote economic, cultural, and environmental health in the northern forest.

Open Space Institute
www.osiny.org
New York, NY
$25,000
Second year of a three-year $75,000 grant to support the coordination of loans for land conservation in the Southern Appalachians.

Pacific Forest Trust
www.pacificforest.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To catalyze and coordinate a coherent forest climate policy within New England and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Pinchot Institute for Conservation
www.pinchot.org
Washington, DC
$10,000
To convene the conservation community to discuss potential risks and opportunities from wood-based bioenergy development.

South Carolina Coastal Conservation League
www.coastalconservationleague.org
Charleston, SC
$40,000
First year of a two-year, $80,000 grant to support three initiatives around transportation reform, regional planning and land conservation.

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
www.appalachian.org
Asheville, NC
$25,000
First year of a two-year $50,000 grant to secure the southern Blue Ridge landscape through conservation planning.

Southern Environmental Law Center
www.selcva.org
Charlottesville, VA
$50,000
To support environmental advocacy in Coastal South Carolina.

Southern Forests Network
www.southernsustainableforests.org
Asheville, NC
$20,000
To facilitate sustainable and community forestry in the Southern Appalachians. Fiscal Agent: WildLaw

SouthWings
www.southwings.org
Asheville, NC
$25,000
Second year of a two-year $50,000 general support grant.

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMICS

As You Sow
www.asyousow.org
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support corporate responsibility through shareholder activism.

Basel Action Network
www.ban.org
Seattle, WA
$35,000
To complete a website that provides consumers information about green electronics. Fiscal Agent: Earth Economics.

Catalog Choice
www.catalogchoice.org
Berkely, CA
$30,000
To support Project Coordinator position. Fiscal Agent: Ecology Center

Center for a New American Dream
www.newdream.org
Takoma Park, MD
$50,000
To support the Responsible Paper Purchasing project.

Clean New York
www.clean-ny.org
Schnectady, NY
$30,000
To support efforts to put in place a statewide electronics takeback program. Fiscal Agent: Women's Voices for the Earth.

Clean Water Fund - Massachusetts
www.cleanwaterfund.org
Boston, MA
$35,000
To support an e-waste campaign that will require manufacturers to be responsible for their products in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Co-op America
www.ecopaperaction.org
Washington, DC
$30,000
First year of a two-year $60,000 grant to convert magazine publishers to environmentally-friendly paper practices.

Environmental Defense
www.environmentaldefense.org
Boston, MA
$25,000
To promote and improve the web-based Paper Calculator.

Environmental Grantmakers Association
www.ega.org
New York, NY
$25,000
First year of a two-year $50,000 grant to support the coordination of funders interested in sustainable production and consumption.

Environmental Law and Policy Center
www.elpc.org
Chicago, IL
$35,000
To support a public advocacy and education campaign for Illinois e-waste policy.

Environmental Paper Network
www.environmentalpaper.org
Asheville, NC
$30,000
To support the coordination of the Network. Fiscal Agent: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs.

ForestEthics
www.forestethics.org
San Francisco, CA
$60,000
To shift the Catalog Campaign to improve paper practices.

Forest Stewardship Council - US
www.fscus.org
Washington, DC
$30,000
To support increased demand for environmentally preferable paper.

Freecycle Network
www.freecycle.org
Tucson, AZ
$15,000
To support the design of a new website.

Friends of the Earth
www.foe.org
Washington, DC
$25,000
To support analysis on tax subsidies that increase carbon emissions and incentives that would decrease them.

Green Corps
www.greencorps.og
Boston, MA
$35,000
To train young leaders for environmental advocacy and work on a paper packaging campaign.

Green Press Initiative
www.greenpressinitiative.org
Asheville, NC
$20,000
To support environmental changes in the book publishing industry. Fiscal Agent: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs.

Health Care Without Harm
www.noharm.org
Jamaica Plain, MA
$75,000
Second year of a two-year $150,000 grant to implement the Green Guide for Health Care.

Industrial Economics, Incorporated
www.indecon.com
Cambridge, MA
$75,000
To support the research and writing of a report that will outline the national affects on the catalog industry and the environment if a do-not-mail registry is implemented.

Sightline Institute
www.sightline.org
Seattle, WA
$30,000
To support a communications framework around climate pricing.

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
www.svtc.org
San Jose, CA
$100,000
First year of a two-year $200,000 grant to support the Computer TakeBack Campaign.

GREEN AND OPEN SPACE

Boston Natural Areas Network
www.bostonnatural.org
Boston, MA
$45,000
Second year of a two-year, $90,000 grant to support local stewardship efforts.

Bronx River Alliance
www.bronxriver.org
Bronx, NY
$25,000
Second year of a two-year, $50,000 grant to involve the community in stewardship, planning, and implemention of the Bronx River Greenway.

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative
www.brooklyngreenway.org
Brooklyn, NY
$35,000
To involve the community in the advocacy, planning, and implementation of a 14-mile greenway in Brooklyn. Fiscal Agent: Regional Plan Association.

Chelsea Creek Action Group
www.chelseacollab.org
Chelsea, MA
$50,000
First year of a two-year, $100,000 grant to advocate for, preserve, and restore the open space along Chelsea Creek and its tributary Mill Creek. Fiscal Agent: Chelsea Human Services Collaborative.

New Yorkers for Parks
www.ny4p.org
New York, NY
$25,000
First year of a two-year, $50,000 grant to support the Parkland Alienation Reform Coalition (PARC) project.

The Bronx Land Trust
Bronx, NY
$10,000
First year of a two-year, $22,000 grant to support the stewardship of land trust gardens in New York City by expanding their base of volunteer leadership.

The Brooklyn Queens Land Trust
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
First year of a two-year, $22,000 grant to support the stewardship of land trust gardens in New York City by expanding their base of volunteer leadership.

The Manhattan Land Trust
New York, NY
$10,000
First year of a two-year, $22,000 grant to support the stewardship of land trust gardens in New York City by expanding their base of volunteer leadership.

The Trustees of Reservations
www.thetrustees.org
Beverly, MA
$50,000
Second year of a two-year, $100,000 grant to merge with Boston Natural Areas Network.

Urban Ecology Institute
www.urbaneco.org
Chestnut Hill, MA
$40,000
Second year of a two-year, $80,000 grant to support the Natural Cities and Urban Ecology Collaborative projects.

Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council
www.woonasquatucket.org
Providence, RI
$500
To support travel and food expenses for the Executive Director and Program Coordinator to attend NYC Greenway Summit.

YOUTH ORGANIZING

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
www.caaav.org
Bronx, NY
$35,000
To support Asian youth in leading campaigns that address issues of concern to residents in the Bronx and Chinatown.

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
www.cypresshills.org
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support Future of Tomorrow’s campaign to improve Franklin K. Lane High School.

Design Studio for Social Intervention
www.ds4si.org
Boston, MA
$15,000
To support a year-long institute to rejuvenate youth organizers and their campaigns in the greater Boston area. Fiscal Agent: Third Sector New England.

FIERCE
www.fiercenyc.org
New York, NY
$25,000
To support organizing training and leadership development for LGBT youth of color leading campaigns.

Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing
www.fcyo.org
New York, NY
$25,000
To support a funder-practitioner collaborative that redistributes grants for youth organizing nationally. Fiscal Agent: Jewish Funds for Justice.

Hyde Square Task Force
www.hydesquare.org
Jamaica Plain, MA
$30,000
Second year of a two-year, $60,000 grant to support youth-led campaigns.

Make the Road by Walking
www.maketheroad.org
Brooklyn, NY
$500
To support travel and food for 12 Youth Power Project members to attend the 2007 U.S. Social Forum.

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
www.miracoalition.org
Boston, MA
$20,000
To support two New American Democracy Fellows at MIRA.

Reflect and Strengthen
www.reflectandstrengthen.org
Dorchester, MA
$1,500
To support accommodations, travel, and food for 25 BYOP and 25 R&S youth members to attend the 2007 U.S. Social Forum.

Sistas on the Rise
www.sistasontherise.org
Bronx, NY
$20,000
To support young mothers of color in organizing for better public school programs for teen mothers.

Young Voices
Providence, RI
$15,000
To train youth to join policy makers in creating change that positively impact youth.

Youth in Action
www.youthinactionri.org
Providence, RI
$25,000
To support leadership development and peer education programs.

Youth On Board
www.youthonboard.org
Somerville, MA
$25,000
First year of a two-year, $50,000 grant to support work with the Boston Student Advisory Council in identifying and addressing issues of concern to students in the school district. Fiscal Agent: Youth Build.

MEMBERSHIPS

Associated Grant Makers of Massachusetts
www.agmconnect.org
Boston, MA
$4,350
2007 membership dues.

Environmental Grantmakers Association
www.ega.org
New York, NY
$1,560
2007 membership dues.