Recent Grants
Free Speech for People
To combat corporate power and restore democracy
Move to Amend
To amend the US Constitution to assert that money is not speech and corporations are not people
No More Deaths
To end death and suffering on the U.S./Mexico border
Los Alamos Study Group
To oppose weapons production
The Borneo Project
Community led efforts to defend forests and human rights
WildEarth Guardians
Coal: Keep it in the Ground
Powder River Basin Campaign
Oil Change International
Overcoming barriers to a clean energy economy
Alberta tarsands: "game over" for climate change
Tierra NativaTerritorial defense in the Sierra Tarahumara
Earthroots
Collaborating Indigenous First Nations protecting watersheds and rivers
Temagami blockade, northeastern Ontario
Appalachian Community Health Emergency
Protecting the public from the health crisis in
mountain top removal communities
Southwest Environmental Center
Protecting Otero Mesa Chihuahuan grassland
from drilling and rare earth mineral mining
Witness to Guantanamo
Documentation of violations of the rule of law and
human rights since 9/11
Historical prime source data about Guantanamo
Shaharit
Strategic partnerships for a new politics for civil society in Israel
Tel Aviv, August 2011, 300,000 protest social & economic conditions
Heschel Center for Environmental Learning
Building a sustainable future for Israeli society
Eilon Schwartz, Tel Aviv
Shorefront Jewish Community Council
Food services and vocational training for refugees and survivors in Brooklyn, NY
Rosh Hashana food distribution in Brooklyn, NY
Stop Exploitation Now
To stop the exploitation, abuse, and neglect of women and children and the disabled in Cambodia
Stop Exploitation Now supports women and children throughout SE Asia
Orangutan Foundation International
Conserving orangutans and their habitat in Borneo, Indonesia from palm oil plantations, illegal logging, strip mining, burning and poaching
Rescued infant orangutan "Suntara"
Black Mesa Trust
Traditional Hopi farmers and elders protecting their water from coal mining
Hopi tribal members run 2,000 miles to convey the message Water is Life
Hagar: Jewish Arab Education for Equality
Bilingual classrooms to promote pluralism in Beer Sheva, Israel
Jewish and Arab second graders learn in Hebrew and Arabic
Coal River Mountain Watch
To oppose mountain top removal coal mining
Mountain top removal devastates Appalachia
Post Carbon Institute
Public education about alternatives to fossil fuels
The possibilities for conversion to a post fossil fuel economy
Center for Biological Diversity
To protect the Polar Bear as an endangered species
Climate change threatens the survival of the Polar Bear
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Weinrich Program in Yiddish language, literature and culture
The revival of Yiddish theater in America
The Forward
Website development for Yiddish daily in circulation since 1897
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
To empower community groups to respond to the BP oil disaster
Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation CEO Flozell Daniels
Georgia Justice Project
Legal, social and employment services for the indigent criminally accused
"People don't care how much you know
until they know how much you care."
Taos County Economic Development Corporation
To develop the local food products sector
Making cheese for local markets in New Mexico
Physicians for Human Rights
To treat victims of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict
Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian parents plant olive trees for peace
Arlene Francis Center for Spirit, Art & Politics
Educational, cultural, and business activities to foster interconnectedness
The Santa Rosa home of the Center for Spirit, Art & Politics
Imaginists Theatre Collective
Community-based bilingual live performances and dialogue
Free bicycle powered touring show
Beehive Design Collective
To create collaborative, anti-copyright images for education and organizing.
Detail from Beehive Collective poster
ProNica
Providing supplies, equipment and assistance to community organizations in Nicaragua
The Acahualinca Women's Center, Nicaragua
The Ruckus Society
Direct action training
Speaking out at U.S. Social Forum in Detroit
YES!
Youth leadership development
International Youth Jam participants
Arizona Rivers
To protect the San Pedro River
Southwest of Flagstaff, AZ is Sycamore Creek, a tributary to the Verde River. Photo: Robin Silver
Georgia Street Community Collective
Revitalizing a Detroit neighborhood
Community Garden in Detroit, MI
Rainforest Action Network
Corporate accountability campaigns for ecosystem protection
Sending a message
Actors Theatre of San Francisco
General support for nonprofit theatre ensemble
Theatre to illuminate the human condition
Foundation for the People of BurmaHumanitarian outreach and support
Dedicated to freedom from suffering