GRANTS AWARDED PROGRAM INTERESTS 1st Quarter 2020 SUSTAINABLE ITHACA DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY The vision of the Sustainable Ithaca program is that Ithaca and Tompkins The Foundation supports efforts that promote a just, inclusive, sustainable society. County become a fully sustainable community – environmentally, socially It supports full participation of all races, genders, and underserved populations in and economically. Accordingly, grantmaking addresses a spectrum of our voting process. It supports removing dark money from politics. topics with emphasis on integration of systems and cross-sectoral collaboration. A special interest is on projects that enable low-income and MEDIA the community of color access to and participation in sustainability The Foundation supports public interest media that raises awareness of critical measures. environmental, political and social issues to promote a better informed citizenry in the U.S. It supports quality, non-commercial media that is substantive, fair, and COMMUNITY NEEDS accurate. Program priorities include investigative journalism, media policy and The Community Needs program concentrates on opportunities for low- public broadcasting. income residents of Tompkins County, NY. An important value of the Foundation is equity and the Foundation places a strong emphasis on ENVIRONMENT equity in human service grants and efforts which lead to good outcomes The Foundation’s Environment Program has two major interests: To ensure drinking for all. water is clean, affordable, and accessible, protected and managed as a public necessity; and SCHOOL FOOD AND NUTRITION To challenge continued shale gas extraction and infrastructure expansion. The vision for the School Food and Nutrition Special Project area is that all Tompkins County residents will have adequate nutritional security to ANIMAL WELFARE support their health, growth, and well-being. In particular, the Park The Foundation supports nationally-significant efforts to ensure the humane Foundation has set a goal of ensuring that every student in Tompkins treatment, care and well-being of domestic animals and the protection and County has access to and is choosing to eat nutritious and appealing food conservation of endangered wildlife and wildlife in captivity in the U.S. The program in school. The Foundation is viewing this work through a social justice lens. supports innovative, comprehensive, solution-oriented models that lead to systemic This includes the understanding that access to adequate, healthful food is change, reduce suffering, and foster a more compassionate society. a human right and closely linked with an individual’s or family’s ability to focus on higher-order priorities such as employment, education, participation in public life and caring for family and community. Grants Awarded First Quarter 2020 (To search the list, simply use Acrobat’s built-in search function or click control+F) Grant Program Organization City State Amount Term Project Website (Months) Animal Welfare Center for Orangutan and Wauchula FL $135,000 24 Operations Support for www.CenterForGreatApes.org Chimpanzee Conservation, Inc. Orangutan Care and Veterinary Services Animal Welfare Humane Society of the United Gaithersburg MD $50,000 12 Eliminating Cruel www.humanesociety.org States Industries: Factory Farms & Animal Fighting Animal Welfare Project Chimps Blue Ridge GA $50,000 12 General operating www.projectchimps.org support Animal Welfare Wildearth Guardians Santa Fe NM $70,000 12 Ending the War on www.wildearthguardians.org Wildlife Campaign Community Catholic Charities Food Bank of Elmira NY $30,000 12 Emergency Response www.foodbankst.org Needs the Southern Tier Grant Community Catholic Charities of Ithaca NY $75,000 12 Samaritan Center Core www.catholiccharitiestt.org/ Needs Tompkins/Tioga Funding: 2020 Community Catholic Charities of Ithaca NY $40,000 24 Immigration Legal www.catholiccharitiestt.org/ Needs Tompkins/Tioga Services Program Community Center for Transformative Action Ithaca NY $25,000 12 Youth Farm Project www.centerfortransformativeaction.org Needs Food Access, Food Literacy, and Social Justice Community Human Services Coalition Ithaca NY $60,000 24 Homeless Solutions www.hsctc.org Needs Community Second Wind Cottages Inc Newfield NY $4,500 12 Emergency Assistance for www.secondwindcottages.org Needs the Homeless Democracy & Accelerate Change Boston MA $50,000 12 General operating Civil Society support Democracy & Alliance for a Just Society Seattle WA $50,000 12 Building rural leadership www.allianceforajustsociety.org Civil Society with We Are Down Home Democracy & American Civil Liberties Union Detroit MI $50,000 12 General operating www.aclumich.org Civil Society Fund of Michigan support Democracy & Blueprint North Carolina Raleigh NC $100,000 12 General operating www.blueprintnc.org Civil Society support Democracy & Citizen Action of Wisconsin Milwaukee WI $50,000 12 General operating www.citizenactionwifund.org/ Civil Society Education Fund support Democracy & Color of Change Education Fund, California US $75,000 12 General operations and www.colorofchange.org Civil Society Inc. Media Justice Democracy & Every Voice Center Washington DC $50,000 12 State Democracy Project www.everyvoice.org Civil Society Democracy & Faith in Action Washington DC $50,000 12 General operating www.faithinaction.org Civil Society support Democracy & Mi Familia Vota Education Fund Phoenix AZ $50,000 12 General operating www.mifamiliavota.org Civil Society support Democracy & Michigan Civic Education Fund Madison MI $100,000 12 General operating Civil Society Heights support Democracy & Mothering Justice Detroit MI $50,000 12 Michigan Liberation www.motheringjustice.org Civil Society Education Fund 2020 Plan Democracy & Neo Philanthropy, Inc. New York NY $100,000 12 State Infrastructure Fund www.neophilanthropy.org Civil Society Democracy & Neo Philanthropy, Inc. New York NY $50,000 12 New American Majority www.neophilanthropy.org Civil Society Fund Democracy & Neo Philanthropy, Inc. New York NY $50,000 12 Youth Engagement Fund: www.neophilanthropy.org Civil Society General Support Democracy & New Venture Fund Washington DC $75,000 12 Climate and Clean www.newventurefund.org Civil Society Energy Equity Fund - US Public Will Building Democracy & PA Alliance Foundation Philadelphia PA $100,000 12 General operating Civil Society support Democracy & Pastors United Community Milwaukee WI $50,000 12 General operating www.pastorsunitedwi.org Civil Society Advocacy, Inc. support Democracy & People's Action Institute Chicago IL $75,000 12 General operating www.peoplesaction.org Civil Society support Democracy & PowerPAC Foundation San Francisco CA $50,000 12 She the People www.powerpacfoundation.org Civil Society Democracy & Pushblack Washington DC $50,000 12 General operating www.pushblack.org Civil Society support Democracy & State Innovation Exchange Madison WI $50,000 12 General operating www.stateinnovation.org Civil Society support Democracy & State Voices Washington DC $75,000 12 General operating www.statevoices.org Civil Society support Democracy & Tides, Inc. San Francisco CA $150,000 12 Voter Action Fund www.tides.org/ Civil Society Democracy & Tides, Inc. San Francisco CA $50,000 12 Detroit Action Civic www.tides.org/ Civil Society Engagement with Underserved Populations Democracy & Voces de la Frontera Milwaukee WI $50,000 12 General operating www.vdlf.org Civil Society support Democracy & William J. Brennan, Jr. Center for New York NY $75,000 12 General operating www.brennancenter.org Civil Society Justice, Inc. support Democracy & Wisconsin Voices Milwaukee WI $100,000 12 Wisconsin Civic www.wisconsinvoices.org Civil Society Engagement Democracy & Working America Education Washington DC $75,000 12 General operating www.workingamerica.org/educationfund Civil Society Fund support Environment American Rivers, Inc. Washington DC $65,000 12 Advocating for www.americanrivers.org integrated, equitable and natural water infrastructure through federal funding, policy and regulations Environment Catskill Mountainkeeper, Inc. Livingston NY $35,000 12 General support for www.catskillmountainkeeper.org Manor New Yorker’s for Clean Power Environment Ceres, Inc. Boston MA $65,000 12 Cultivating investor and www.ceres.org corporate action on sustainable water management Environment Corporate Accountability Boston MA $230,000 24 Public Water Works! www.corporateaccountability.org campaign Environment Earthworks Washington DC $20,000 12 Beyond Extreme Energy www.earthworksaction.org general support Environment Ecology Center Ann Arbor MI $35,000 12 Disclosing hazards in www.ecocenter.org products, plastics, and the environment to drive public policy and redesign material systems Environment Food & Water Watch Washington DC $220,000 24 National and local www.foodandwaterwatch.org campaigns to protect water resources Environment Greenpeace Fund, Inc. Washington DC $25,000 12 Continuation and www.greenpeacefund.org expansion of Fire Drill Fridays Environment Institute for Energy Economics Cleveland OH $15,000 12 Energy finance training www.ieefa.org and Financial Analysis, Inc. for advocates working on unconventional gas and oil campaigns Environment Multiplier Oakland CA $50,000 12 Sane Energy Project www.Multiplier.org general support Environment Natural Resources Defense New York NY $130,000 24 Energy and water policy www.nrdc.org Council, Inc. and advocacy work in New York Environment New Jersey Conservation Far Hills NJ $20,000 12 Americans Concerned