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Environment: Higher Education, Research, Policy
University programs
Associated Colleges of the South
2,858,000
Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), Columbia University
12,000,000
Columbia University—Rabi Scholars Program
1,275,000
EARTH University
300,000
Harvard University
5,301,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6,495,000
South Carolina Sustainable Universities Initiative
4,292,000
Washington University in St. Louis
100,000

$32,621,000

Advisory services for higher education
Center for Respect of Life and the Environment (including University Leaders for a Sustainable Future)
845,000
Second Nature
1,600,000
World Resources Institute (including Management Institute for Environment and Business)
856,000

$3,301,000

Conservation and human health
Center for Health and Global Environment
1,420,000
Consortium for Conservation Medicine and Wildlife Trust
5,287,000

$6,707,000

Research and policy development
Center for Clean Air Policy
50,000
Climate Policy Center
275,000
Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes
850,000
Energy Future Coalition
300,000
Environmental Effects of Changes in Utilization on Montane Forests in Peru (National Museum of Denmark)
532,000
Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University
90,000
International SeaKeepers Society
175,000
Lowell Center for Sustainable Production (University of Massachusetts)
525,000
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
1,300,000
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (Coevolution Institute)
299,000
Program on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (University of Miami)
400,000
United States Department of Agriculture (Forest Products Laboratory, University of Wisconsin)
90,000
Worldwatch Institute
700,000
Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
80,000

$5,666,000

Total Environment: Higher Education, Research, Policy
$48,295,000

Environmental Citizenship
Religious and ecological values
Forum on Religion and Ecology (including Center for the Study of World Religions, and Center for the Environment and Society)

1,520,000

National Council of Churches
50,000
National Religious Partnership for the Environment
400,000

$1,970,000

Enhancing public information
American Association for the Advancement of Science
25,000
Earth Day Network
550,000
 
Earth Journalism Network
50,000
Environmental Health Sciences
300,000
Environmental Literacy Council
35,000
Environmental Media Services
810,000
E/The Environmental Magazine
144,000
Funders’ Forum on Environment and Education
121,000
 
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility
40,000
Greenpeace (including Ozone Action)
750,000
Grist Magazine
1,900,000
National Biodiversity Forum (National Research Council)
40,000
National Environmental Trust
700,000
Natural Resources News Service
410,000
Rainforest Action Network
50,000
Teen Ink (Young Authors Foundation)
110,000
The Biodiversity Project
90,000
The Environment Show with Peter Berle (WAMC Radio)
200,000
The Environmental Minute, by Peter Berle (Public Television)
100,000
The Green Guide Institute
35,000
The Orion Society
25,000
The Wilderness Society
20,000
Union of Concerned Scientists
550,000
Zero Population Growth
50,000

$7,105,000

Engaging corporate and civic institutions
Center for Energy & Climate Solutions
50,000
Center for International Environmental Law
325,000
Clean Air-Cool Planet
310,000
Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies
1,240,000
 
Commonweal
50,000
Forest Ethics 50,000
Health Care Without Harm
1,200,000
 
International Center for Conservation Analysis and Planning (CERC)
200,000
 
Israel/Palestinian Center for Research and Information
420,000
Joint Environmental Mediation Services (Consensus Building Institute)
358,000
Redefining Progress
600,000
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
150,000
The Center for Public Integrity
200,000
The Natural Step
300,000
The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
150,000

$5,603,000

Supporting community and grassroots efforts
CDM Watch (World Wildlife Fund)
30,000
Center for Environmental Citizenship
200,000
Earth Restoration Corps
25,000
EcoLogic Finance
325,000
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
50,000
Environmental Leadership Program
375,000
Environmental Support Center
350,000
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
250,000
Global Greengrants Fund
125,000
Machakos Technical Training Institute
35,000
Solar Electric Light Fund
50,000
Sonoran Institute
950,000
The Green House Network
100,000
Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative 50,000

$2,915,000

Total Environmental Citizenship
$17,593,000
Total of All Environmental Grants
$65,888,000

 
Greenwood and South Carolina
Greenwood
Abbeville-Greenwood Library
35,000
Alconon 50,000
Benjamin Mays Birthplace
25,000
Drummond Environmental Education Center (South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism)
100,000
Fine Arts Center 75,000
Greenwood American Legion Building Restoration Project
75,000
Greenwood Community Children’s Center
300,000
Greenwood Community Improvement Foundation—Building
100,000
Greenwood Family YMCA
325,000
Greenwood Genetic Center
50,000
Greenwood High School Homework Center
30,000
Greenwood Parks Commission
95,000
Greenwood School District 50
25,000
Hospice Care of the Piedmont
25,000
Lander University
650,000
Life Long Learning Project
50,000
Meg’s House
25,000
 
Nehemiah Community Revitalization Program
25,000
Partnership for a Greater Greenwood County
300,000
 
Peace Center for the Performing Arts
30,000
Piedmont Agency on Aging of Greenwood
100,000
Piedmont Technical College
475,000
Self Regional Healthcare
503,000
The Museum
26,000
United Way of Greenwood
785,000
Ware Schoals School District 51
32,000
Wesley Commons
270,000

$4,581,000

South Carolina
Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology & Forest Science (Clemson University)
125,000
Linking Intergenerational Networks in Communities
1,964,000
South Carolina Department of Education
380,000
South Carolina First Steps
200,000
Teaching Kids About the Environment
238,000
Upstate Forever, Saluda-Reedy Water Project
1,335,000
 

$4,242,000

Total Greenwood and South Carolina
$8,823,000

Medicine and Public Health
Eye research
Eye Research Collaborative-Retinopathy
4,380,000
Eye Research Collaborative-Macular Degeneration

2,553,715


$6,933,715

Other medical and public health research
Children’s Digestive Health Center (Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons)
880,000
Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (Columbia University)
1,275,000
Sustainable Sciences Institute
300,000

$2,455,000

Total Medicine and Public Health
$9,388,715


Total of All Grants*
$84,099,715

*The above figures include all grants to the named recipients through December 31, 2005. However, neither the chart nor the total includes grants under $25,000 or those grants outside our major funding categories. The above does not reflect future grant commitments.

 

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