Total Assets: $2,888,302
Total Giving: $61,243,441
National
None
The following grants were reported in 2008:
$60,000 to National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, New York, NY. For general support to ensure and protect reproductive health and rights of Latinas nationwide through public education, policy and advocacy, and community mobilization, payable over 2 years.
$60,000 to Northwest Womens Law Center, Seattle, WA. For project support for Northwest Reproductive Freedom Network, which works in five Northwest states to advance and protect reproductive rights, and to ensure that reproductive health services are part of mainstream health care, payable over 2 years.
$50,000 to Alaska Community Action on Toxics, Anchorage, AK. For general support for assistance to communities and Native tribes in Alaska, payable over 2 years.
$50,000 to Alaska Pro-Choice Alliance, Anchorage, AK. For general support to protect reproductive health services in Alaska through education, advocacy and community organizing, payable over 2 years.
$50,000 to DataCenter, Oakland, CA. For project support providing research and information to community-based organizations working for social, environmental and economic justice, payable over 2 years.
$50,000 to Environmental Health Coalition, National City, CA. For general support for environmental justice work in San Diego/Tijuana region through organizing, advocacy, research, education and technical assistance to community groups, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to Farmers Legal Action Group, Saint Paul, MN. To provide timely legal analysis to sustainable agriculture and food system groups on provisions of 2008 Farm Bill and associated regulations, payable over 1 year.
$50,000 to National Family Farm Coalition, Washington, DC. For general support to coalesce grassroots organizations representing family farmers and rural communities to advocate for policies and practices that support family-farm-based and environmentally sound food and agriculture system, payable over 2 years.
$25,000 to Coal River Mountain Watch, Whitesville, WV. For general support to organize communities in West Virginia to stop environmental destruction caused by mountaintop removal, and to rebuild sustainable communities, payable over 1 year.
$20,000 to Just Food, New York, NY. For program support for community supported agriculture initiatives, and advocacy work to develop just and sustainable food system in New York City region, payable over 1 year.
Giving limited to the U.S.
No grants to individuals, or for scholarships, fellowships, endowment funds, deficit financing, capital construction funds, or general fundraising drives; generally no support for conferences, research, college and university based programs, or media; no loans.
The foundation seeks to protect and restore the planet’s capacity for renewal by supporting grassroots organizations and movements whose work promotes healthy, just and sustainable social and natural systems. The foundation views the Earth as one community, an indivisible web of life with human society an integral part. The foundation’s grantmaking addresses two general themes: 1) healthy, just and sustainable environments and communities; and 2) reproductive rights. Grants are designed to help organizations increase and sustain their effectiveness. With first time grants, the foundation tries to bring diverse voices and approaches into the movements it supports.
Type of Grantmaker: Independent foundation
Incorporated in 1947 in NY.
National
Phone: (212) 684-6577
Email: [email protected]
Address:
6 E. 39th St., 12th Fl.
New York, NY 10016-0112
Procedure:
Applications not accepted for discretionary or founder-designated funds. Accepts National Network of Grantmakers Common Application Form as well as the Philanthropy New York Common Grant Form which can be downloaded from the foundation website. Full proposal will be requested after review of letter of intent, background of organization, summary of activities for funding and expected outcome. The foundation encourages requests that address multiple priorities, as well as those that bring together organizations and activists from diverse movements. The foundation prefers to make general support grants and does not limit the number of renewal grants. Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following:
Timetable for implementation and evaluation of project
Copy of IRS Determination Letter
Brief history of organization and description of its mission
Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
Copy of current year’s organizational budget and/or project budget
Listing of additional sources and amount of support
Initial approach: 1- or 2-page letter of inquiry, including budget estimate
Copies of proposal: 1
Board meeting date(s): Spring, summer, and fall
Deadline(s): None
Final notification: Within 6 weeks of receipt of letters; within 2 weeks of board meetings for final proposals
Donors:
Charles F. Noyes
Officers and Directors:
Chitra Staley, Chairperson
Carol Kuhre, Vice-Chairperson
Victor De Luca, President
Jenifer Getz, Secretary
Nicholas Jacangelo, Treasurer
Dorothy Anderson
George Beardsley
Jerry Beardsley
Betty Emarita
Betty Hung
Bruce Kahn
Pamela Kingfisher
Ben Lovell
LaDonna Redmond
Belvie Rooks
Ann Wiener
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