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- On file
- Phone
- On file
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- On file
- Form and materials
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- Deadlines
- Applications are reviewed twice a year.
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Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$1,060,635
- Grants listed
- 117
- Assets, end of year
- $0
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Tax year 2023
$1,464,221
- Grants listed
- 147
- Assets, end of year
- $6,674,504
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Tax year 2022
$1,154,657
- Grants listed
- 168
- Assets, end of year
- $7,476,120
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Tax year 2021
$846,925
- Grants listed
- 137
- Assets, end of year
- $9,778,502
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Tax year 2020
$754,050
- Grants listed
- 166
- Assets, end of year
- $9,507,084
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Tax year 2019
$588,720
- Grants listed
- 143
- Assets, end of year
- $8,420,992
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Tax year 2018
$625,055
- Grants listed
- 147
- Assets, end of year
- $7,635,827
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Tax year 2017
$586,928
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $8,619,779
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return.
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Creative Action InstituteIpswich, MA
Core operating support and capacity building
$234,500 -
Cultural SurvivalCambridge, MA
Supporting indigenous-led grantmaking
$100,000 -
American Bird ConservancyMarshall, VA
Conserving la moskitia's wildlife and improving livelihoods through agroforestry cacao systems and capacity-building in honduras
$25,000 -
Global Greengrants FundBoulder, CO
The agroecology fund
$25,000 -
Grassroots InternationalBoston, MA
Territorial defense, food sovereignty, and peasant feminisms in honduras
$25,000 -
Amazon WatchOakland, CA
Women defenders of the amazon
$20,000 -
Ecologic Development FundWatertown, MA
Community organizations in northern honduras lead forest conservation and improve their livelihoods
$20,000 -
Essex County Greenbelt AssociationEssex, MA
Land conservation technology and planning project
$20,000 -
Fauna & Flora InternationalUnited Kingdom
Strengthening the sustainability and resilience of livelihoods in agricultural landscapes and the biodiversity of the ometepe island biosphere reserve, nicaragua
$20,000 -
Groundswell InternationalWashington, DC
Youth storytellers in guatemala: enabling participation through local media in favor of agroecology
$20,000 -
Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation FundHinesburg, VT
Supporting community-based marine conservation in golfo de santa
$20,000 -
Ipswich River Watershed AssociationIpswich, MA
Expanding irwa environmental education programs
$20,000 -
MadreNew York, NY
Harvesting hope in nicaragua
$20,000 -
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc (mass Audubon)Lincoln, MA
North shore coastal islands monitoring and outreach
$20,000 -
Pachamama's PATHWest Palm BCH, FL
Living the andean legacy: the kusi kawsay school, kusi nan organic farm, and nawpa nan andean cultural sustainability (two-year grant)
$20,000 -
Salem Sound Coastwatch (SSCW)Salem, MA
Staffing to build stewardship capacity
$20,000 -
MarallianceSan Francisco, CA
Monitoring management effectiveness of belizes turneffe atoll marine reserve through the long-term study of marine megafauna (two-year grant)
$15,000 -
El PorvenirBroomfield, CO
Watershed restoration in waslala, nicaragua and staff training
$13,000 -
Andes Amazon Conservancy (aac)Montague, MA
Indigenous-led conservation land-use planning
$12,000 -
Mesoamerican Development Institute (mdi)Lowell, MA
Community participation in a carbon removal and validation program to restore forest habitat on coffee farms in the headwaters of the yoro biological corridor
$12,000 -
Organization for Gender Civic Engagement and Youth Development (ogceyod)Cameroon
Green city theatre road-show - douala edition
$12,000 -
Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (pasa)Portland, OR
Protecting cameroons new wall-mbargue wildlife refuge through sustainable agroforestry and community conservation patrols
$12,000 -
Rainforest TrustWarrenton, VA
Save the amazon: protect half a million acres in southern peru
$12,000 -
Semillas Del Oceano OngGuatemala
Conservando los pastos marinos y sus especies asociadas, en bahia la graciosa, refugio de vida silvestre punta de manabique, a traves de la investigacion y concientizacion local/conserving seagrasses and their associated species, in bahia la graciosa, punta de manabique wildlife refuge, through research and local awareness-raising
$12,000 -
SekakohBamenda, Cameroon
Advancing community-driven conservation of the ebo forest reserve, an important site for the conservation of africa's most endangered wildlife species
$10,800 -
New England Aquariumanderson Cabot Center for Ocean LifeBoston, MA
Support through indigenous-led & pooled funds
$10,000 -
GeoyachaqCallao, Peru
Ancestral and productive knowledge in the rural community of pichirhua
$8,800 -
Asociacion Red de Mujeres Rurales Chabelita Castro (remuric)Nicaragua
Cuidando el agua, cuido mi vida y mi futuro en la reserva de biosfera isla de ometepe, nicaragua/by taking care of the water, i take care of my life and my future in the ometepe island biosphere reserve, nicaragua
$8,000 -
Boston UniversityBoston, MA
Restoring eelgrass in the great marsh, massachusetts
$8,000 -
Centre for Women and Food Security (cewafs-Ghana)Sunyani, Ghana
Nature's guardians: indigenous women pioneering conservation leadership, climate resilience, and livelihood empowerment
$8,000 -
Crusaders for Environmental Protection & Ozone WatchBamenda, Cameroon
Catalyzing community-driven conservation of the cross river gorilla (gorilla gorilla diehli) along the cross river headwater area in cameroon
$8,000 -
Leap for EducationSalem, MA
Introducing the workforce of tomorrow to renewable energy
$8,000 -
Raw Art WorksLynn, MA
Womxn artist muralists (wamx)
$8,000 -
Tusk Trust LTDGillingham, United Kingdom
Herp conservation ghana
$8,000 -
Clearwater Marine AquariumClearwater, FL
Implementing conservation activities, habitat restoration, and youth outreach to benefit the endangered antillean manatee and communities in belize
$7,600 -
Agro-Introductions Ghana (AIG)Cantonments, Ghana
Eco-link project: empowering communities for landscape integrity, nature-based solutions, and keeping ecosystems nurtured
$7,200 -
Kestrel Educational AdventuresBeverly, MA
Conservation club spring and fall 2024
$7,000 -
The Environment and Community Development AssocMelong, Cameroon
Community-based restoration and alternative livelihoods development in the mount muanenguba forest area in cameroon
$6,800 -
Aboyerd - Agriculture & Bioconservation OrgCameroon
Advancing community-led biodiversity conservation of great apes and elephants in one of cameroons most conflict-affected areas: the case of the campo ma'an national park
$6,400 -
Community Agriculture and Environmental Protection Association Cameroon (caCameroon
Mbororo women landscape restoration project
$6,400 -
Community-Based Biosynergy Management (CBBM)Cameroon
Trees for people and chimpanzees in the somie landscape, adamawa region, cameroon
$6,400 -
EcachayunainChiriaco, Peru
"promoviendo el conocimiento y la crianza de peces amazonicos en la cuenca del chiriaco (buchigkis) al noreste del peru en una comunidad nativa awajun aliada a la reserva comunal chayu nain / promoting knowledge of and care for amazon fish in the chiriaco (buchigkis) watershed (northwestern peru) in a native awajun community allied with the chayu nain communal reserve"
$6,400 -
Ecological BalanceCameroon
Valorizing non-timber forest products in communities of the MT. Cameroon forest landscape (phase II)
$6,400 -
Fundacion Defensores de la NaturalezaGuatemala
Fostering gender-inclusive sustainable livelihoods in bocas del polochic wildlife refuge
$6,400 -
IliliMiami, FL
Guardians of the blue: building support for shark and rays in the moskitia of honduras
$6,400 -
Peruvian Association for Conservation of Nature (apeco)Buea, Cameroon
Gobernanza y merese (mecanismo de retribucion por servicios ecosistemicos) para la sostenibilidad de la cordillera de colan: sitios piloto copallin y cerro el adobe (amazonas, peru) / governance and merese (a payment for ecosystem services mechanism) for the sustainability of the cordillera de colan: pilot sites of copallin and cerro el adobe in amazonas, peru
$6,400 -
Sustainable Environment Ecotourism and Agricultural Development OrganizatioCameroon
Promoting community-based actions for ecosystem restoration and alternative livelihoods in the santchou wildlife reserve, cameroon
$6,400 -
The Andean Alliance for Sustainable DevelopmentMarshall, MI
Lacco valley initiative (lvi): economic development and conservation
$5,000 -
Backyard GrowersGloucester, MA
Strengthen and deepen essential programs, fresh food access and food systems education for students and low-income residents (a two-year project)
$5,000 -
Land Is LifeNew York, NY
Advancing indigenous-led grantmaking to promote agroecology in sub-saharan africa and support peoples living in voluntary isolation and initial contact (piaci) in the amazon
$5,000 -
OceanaWashington, DC
Securing current and future protections for belizes marine environment
$5,000 -
Communaute Et Developpement Durable (coded)Cameroon
Community integration in the conservation of the ebo forest in the cameroon littoral region
$4,800 -
Essex National Heritage CommSalem, MA
Teacher professional development in place-based civic learning
$4,800 -
Green BeverlyBeverly, MA
Bridging food insecurity with food rescue
$4,000 -
Cace - Center for Amazon Comm EcologyLemoyne, PA
Sustainable harvest and marketing of value-added non-timber forest products (NTFPS) with native communities in the northern peruvian amazon (two-year grant)
$3,000 -
Fundacion Mundo AzulGuatemala
Strengthening communities' beekeeping capacity for the conservation of mangrove ecosystems
$3,000 -
Fundacion PropetenGuatemala
Gobernanza para la conservacion del lugar sagrado y parque arqueologico naj tunich/recovery of native potato varieties and adaptation to the effects of climate change in four communities of the altiplano
$3,000 -
Instituto de Derecho Ambiental (idamho)Honduras
Centinelas del agua por la restauracion del rio chamelecon/the sentinels of water for the restoration of the chamelecon river
$3,000 -
OneplanetBurke, VA
Empowering maijuna communities to protect their ancestral territory and biocultural resources - year 2 of two-year grant
$3,000 -
Pachamama AllianceSan Francisco, CA
Amazon sacred headwaters initiative
$3,000 -
Plant Your FutureUnited Kingdom
Native seed sourcing with indigenous and local communities in the peruvian amazon
$3,000 -
Terralingue USCanada
General operating support
$3,000 -
Wildlife Conservation SocietyBronx, NY
Safeguarding belizes small-scale fisheries through adaptive management and enhanced stakeholder engagement (two-year grant)
$3,000 -
Fundacion Selva SagradaTutinentza, Ecuador
Manejo sustentable de la biodiversidad de las cuencas sagradas del rio morona: reforestacion y restauracion de bosques con especies forestales promisorias para seguridad alimentaria de especies de fauna y bio-emprendimientos/ sustainable management of the biodiversity of the morona rivers sacred basins: reforestation and restoration of forests with forest species that are promising for supporting wildlife and for bio-enterprises
$2,960 -
Bay Island Conservation Assoc (bica)Roatan, Honduras
Conciencia comunitaria del consumo para la conservacion de tortugas marinas (etapa 2)/ raising community awareness of consumption for the conservation of sea turtles
$2,700 -
Cameroon Gender & Environment Watch (camgew)Cameroon
Transferring indigenous knowledge and practices that conserve kilum-ijim forest for children
$2,600 -
Casa CongoNicaragua
Programa de tierra 2023: agroecologia - soberania alimentaria - agua y saneamiento - educacion / program of the earth 2023: agroecology - food sovereignty - water and sanitation - education
$2,600 -
Camino VerdeConcord, MA
Oil polyculture agroforestry systems taken to full potential in amazonian indigenous communities (two-year grant)
$2,500 -
Roatan Marine ParkHonduras
Empowering communities for sea turtle conservation on roatan island
$2,500 -
Accelerated Rural Development Organization (ardo)Hohoe, Ghana
Re-engineering ecosystem services and livelihood support along the togo plateau portion of akwapim togo range in the guan district of ghana
$2,400 -
Asociacion Multicultural de Mujeres Para El Desarrollo Integral Y SosteniblGuatemala
Ecotourism as a tool for conservation of mangroves and tropical forest in rio dulce national park with the participation of women and indigenous communities
$2,400 -
Fundacion EkoruralLa Primavera I Cumbaya, Ecuador
Communication by the people, for the people: mobilizing the power of ecuador's youth through multimedia storytelling
$2,400 -
Forest Resources & PeopleLimbe, Cameroon
Engaging farmers, schools and road users for sustainable landscape restoration in surrounding communities of the bimbia bonadikombo community forest
$2,100 -
Association Eli-SAquitaine, France
Ocean calling: research and outreach on the importance of the thermal dome for endangered humpback whales in nicaragua
$2,000 -
Beyond Walls IncLynn, MA
Beyond walls street art tour 2024
$2,000 -
Burn Design LabVashon, WA
Protecting shea parklands and improving economic opportunity & health in west africa
$2,000 -
Cape Ann Art HavenGloucester, MA
Art haven expands and collaborates--getting more art education to more kids!
$2,000 -
Cape Ann Trail StewardsEssex, MA
10-year anniversary fundraising campaign
$2,000 -
Colectivo Ecologico Amazonia Regenerativa--CeareMiraflores, Peru
Identificacion de recursos del bosque diferentes de la madera con potencial para el desarrollo de bionegocios sostenibles en el sector santo domingo de la comunidad nativa santa rosa de pichanaz, provincia de oxapampa, region pasco, peru/identification of non-timber forest resources with potential for the development of sustainable biobusinesses in the santo domingo sector of the santa rosa de pichanaz, oxapampa province, pasco region, peru
$2,000 -
Conservation Law Foundation (as Fiscal Sponsor for Slingshot)Boston, MA
Building community power in the north shore
$2,000 -
Exploring Solutions PastSanta Barbara, CA
Celebrating and affirming connections to the maya forest
$2,000 -
FaenaSucre, Bolivia
Tecnologias alternativas para gestion educativa del agua y la produccion agroecologica como medida de adaptabilidad al cambio climatico en el municipio de yamparaez, bolivia/ using alternative technologies for the educational management of water and agroecological production as a measure of adaptability to climate change in the municipality of yamparaez, bolivia
$2,000 -
Fundacion Great LeafEcuador
Supporting small-scale farmers in climate change adaptation with agroecology and ecological restoration to build a biological corridor in the choco rainforest of ecuador
$2,000 -
Ong RealidadesBolivia
El maiz nativo, cosmovision de los pueblos indigenas y derechos de la madre tierra/native corn, the cosmovision of indigenous peoples and the rights of mother earth
$2,000 -
The Inga FoundationEvington, VA
Land for life: organic, regenerative agroforestry with the inga tree model (two-year grant)
$2,000 -
Three Sisters Garden ProjectIpswich, MA
Soup share project: collaborating to extend the season
$2,000 -
Uma RumiLamay, Peru
Self managed sustainable development in four districts of campesina de pampachiri
$2,000 -
YunkawasiPeru
Jovenes exploradores del bosque: un proyecto de educacion ambiental para conocer los bosques de la cordillera de colan y prevenir problemas ambientales/ youth forest explorers: an environmental education project to get to know the forests of the cordillera de colan and prevent environmental problems
$2,000 -
Northeast Organic Farming AssociationmassBarre, MA
Building pollinator pathways on the north shore of massachusetts
$1,910 -
Asociacion Para La Conservacion Chorrera BlancaPeru
Educacion ambiental y aviturismo para la conservacion en la cordillera de colan en los andes tropicales del peru/environmental education and bird-watching tourism for conservation in the cordillera de colan in the tropical andes of peru
$1,900 -
Nature Care CameroonCameroon
Increasing local communities resilience to climate change through climate-smart agriculture and integrated natural resources management along the kumbo-mbiame biological corridor
$1,900 -
Ong Grupo RanaPeru
Las ranas y yo: ciencia y empatia ciudadana para conservar a las ranas de la cuenca del lago junin/the frogs and me: citizen science and empathy to conserve the frogs of the junin lake basin
$1,900 -
Community Action for DevelopmentBangem, Cameroon
Promoting community wildlife management in the bakossi landscape area
$1,800 -
Fundacion RikcharinaEcuador
Estudio floristico y monitoreo fenologico de especies vegetales nativas para el establecimiento de un plan de restauracion ecosistemica en el area protegida comunitaria tambillo/floristic inventory and phenological monitoring of native plant species for the establishment of an ecosystem restoration plan in the tambillo community protected area
$1,800 -
LandesPeru
Facilitating restoration activities to create protected habitat for the endangered marvelous spatuletail hummingbird in cocachimba, peru
$1,800 -
SaphichayPeru
Talpunanchicam
$1,800 -
Society Initiatives Rural Devenv Protection (sirdep)Cameroon
Water catchment protection and forest conservation for sustainable climate change adaptation in the alatening community, cameroon
$1,765 -
Greenglobe GhanaHo, Ghana
Water conservation, biodiversity protection and livelihood support in the weto landscape
$1,700 -
Ajemalebu Self HelpKumba, Cameroon
Promoting cultural practices, ecological restoration, and mapping for biodiversity conservation around the kupe/muanenguba mountain forest area
$1,600 -
Anahuac RLBuenaos Aires, Nicaragua
Comunidades gestionando el ecosistema marino costero y la biodiversidad de la zona marina de vida y desarrollo pie de gigante/ communities managing the coastal marine ecosystem and biodiversity of the pie de gigante marine life and development zone
$1,600 -
Cooperativa de Agroturismo Rural BiometepeNicaragua
Reduccion de la contaminacion por plasticos de un solo USO en la reserva de biosfera, isla de ometepe, en el lago de nicaragua/ reducing pollution from single-use plastics in the ometepe island biosphere reserve in lake nicaragua
$1,600 -
Environment and Agroforestry Foundation (eaf)Ghana
Promoting biodiversity conservation in community protected forests (CPF) in the upstream portion of the black volta basin of ghana
$1,600 -
Keep Ghana BeautifulAchimota, Ghana
Protecting two endemic iucn critically endangered freshwater snails (potadoma togoensis and pseudocleopatra togoensis) from extinction
$1,600 -
Voice of Nature (vonat)Buea, Cameroon
Putting community kids at the frontline of conserving endangered species in mount cameroon
$1,600 -
Women Ecovillage Change Makers (wecma)Cameroon
Building capacity of young green entrepreneurs to convert waste to wealth in bamenda
$1,600 -
Asociacion Red de Mujeres Rurales Chabelita Castro (remuric)Nicaragua
Cuidando el agua, cuido mi vida y mi futuro en la reserva de biosfera isla de ometepe, nicaragua/by taking care of the water, i take care of my life and my future in the ometepe island biosphere reserve, nicaragua
$1,600 -
CencuderCameroon
Promoting community wildlife conservation and regenerative agriculture around the bakossi national park
$1,500 -
Centre for Nursery Development and Eru Propagation - CendepLimbe, Cameroon
Participatory guarantee systems as a tool for the economic and agricultural development of mbven subdivision, NW cameroon
$1,500 -
Seed Guardian NetworkTumbaco, Ecuador
Regenerating degraded eco- and water systems in ecuador's amazon
$1,300 -
Gloucester Celebration CorporationGloucester, MA
Indigenous heritage film festival
$1,200 -
Essex County Community FoundationBeverly, MA
Creative county initiative
$1,000 -
Ipswich River Watershed AssociationIpswich, MA
Riverfest 2024
$1,000 -
Lynn Historical SocietyLynn, MA
Discertionary grant: general support
$1,000 -
Neid GlobalBoston, MA
2024 gala
$1,000 -
Rural Development and Environmental Restoration Guard (ruderg)Cameroon
Participatory conservation of the threatened kilum forest and its endangered biodiversity
$1,000 -
The Food ProjectLincoln, MA
Event sponsorship 2024
$1,000 -
TowngreenGloucester, MA
Planning for reality climate education series
$1,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Arts and culture3 grants $256,50039% of the total
- Environment13 grants $129,00020% of the total
- International aid6 grants $105,00016% of the total
- Civil rights1 grant $100,00015% of the total
- Animals3 grants $35,6005% of the total
- Education1 grant $8,0001% of the total
- 6 other causes9 grants $21,2003% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Massachusetts32 grants $559,910
- Virginia4 grants $42,000
- California4 grants $40,000
- Colorado2 grants $38,000
- Florida3 grants $34,000
- New York3 grants $28,000
- District of Columbia2 grants $25,000
- Vermont1 grant $20,000
- Oregon1 grant $12,000
- Michigan1 grant $5,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Jessica L BrownEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 35Pay $140,167
- Henry P PaulusTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Heidi EllardCHAIR/TRUSTEE Hours 5Pay $0
- Dylan CombTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Jovial KingTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Barbara VallarinoTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
- Brian TingerTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
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