The Shared Earth Foundation Grants
Fiscal Year 2015
The Shared Earth Foundation provided 50 grants, totalling $908,700, to 39 partners in countries from Papua New Guinea to Central America, as well as the United States.
Adkins Arboretum |
$18,000.00 |
Ridgely,MD |
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Habitat enhancement and ecological restoration of this |
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arboretum on Maryland's Eastern Shore, managing invasive plants |
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through several means including goat grazing. |
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Alliance for International Reforestation |
$20,000.00 |
Atlanta, G and Guatemala |
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To hire an additional field technician, responsible for six new |
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community groups in the Guatemalan highlands. |
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Animal Legal Defense Fund |
$20,000.00 |
Cotati, CA |
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For the Criminal Justice Program, preventing and combatting animal |
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cruelty by ensuring successful prosecution of animal cruelty cases in all |
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50 states and 3 US territories. |
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Bat Conservation International |
$30,000.00 |
Austin, TX |
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in 7 countries, protecting habitat and other measures to prevent |
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extinction of these species. |
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Bhutan Foundation |
$1,000.00 |
Washington,DC |
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To the Small Grants Program in this Himalayan nation. |
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Center for Environmental Filmmaking |
$15,000.00 |
Washington,DC |
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Inspiring a new generation of filmmakers and media experts whose |
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commitment to environmental stewardship drives them to produce |
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creative work that is informative, ethically sound, entertaining, and |
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makes a positive difference. |
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Chesapeake Conservancy |
$10,000.00 |
Annapolis,MD |
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Engaging the public in the need to protect wildlife habitat in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Chesapeake Media Services |
$25,000.00 |
Seven Valleys,PA |
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To help create a Development Director position for the organization, |
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which publishes the Bay Journal, Bay Journeys, supports films and |
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other progra advancing the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay. |
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Chesapeake Media Services |
$5,000.00 |
Seven Valleys,PA |
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Operating costs for the above organization. |
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Chesapeake Media Services |
$25,000.00 |
Seven Valleys,PA |
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for the film Beautiful Swimmers Revisited, exploring the changes in the |
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Bay, the crab fishery, and the industry in general, and the reasons why, |
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in the 40 years since William Warner wrote his iconic book of that title. |
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Chester River Association |
$20,000.00 |
Chestertown,MD |
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For the Association's Riverkeeper Program, protecting the Chester |
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River, tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. |
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Clean Water Fund |
$12,500.00 |
Washington,DC |
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Assisting communities in protecting Maryland's waters and the |
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Chesapeake Bay, strengthening clean water laws, reducing toxic |
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chemicals, promoting clean energy and other measures |
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Defenders of Wildlife |
$35,000.00 |
Washington,DC |
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Big Data Project, using data and technology to transform endangered |
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species conservation. |
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Earth Sangha |
$20,000.00 |
Fairfax,VA |
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Continued support for the Wild Plant Nursery, restoring native |
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vegetation in the Washington, DC area; and for Tree Bank Hispaniola, |
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growing coffee, cacao and other trees to provide income for residents of |
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the Dominican Republic. |
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Eastern Shore Land Conservancy |
$15,000.00 |
Queenstown,MD |
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16th Eastern Shore Planning Conference, "Powering Our Renewable |
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Energy Future" |
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Environmental Film Festival |
$15,000.00 |
Washington,DC |
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Support for the 2016 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Environmental Film Festival |
$15,000.00 |
Washington,DC |
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For award recognizing fa film that inspires advocacy in response to a compelling |
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environmental challenge. |
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Environmental Investigation Agency |
$30,000.00 |
Washington,DC
Pursuing further restrictions on ivory trade in Japan while demanding Japan impose significant new restrictions on ivory trade that will lead to a domestic ivory trade ban. Supporting US efforts to restrict ivory trade in this country.
Global Wildlife Conservation |
$20,000.00 |
Austin, TX
Protecting amphibians and their habitats through dynamic partnerships worldwide.
International Sea Turtle Society |
$10,000.00 |
Surf City, NC |
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Support for the36th International Sea Turtle Symposium |
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King Baudouin Foundation US |
$30,000.00 |
New York, NY |
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To assist with translation of the film Ice and Sky and its related |
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materials into English. Ice and Sky follows a noted glaciologist who |
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early called attention to climate change using evidence from Antarctic |
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glaciers. |
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LEAP |
$70,000.00 |
Oakland,C and Sabah, Malaysian Borneo |
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General operations for Forever Sabah, which works to make Sabah the |
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world's first totally green economy. |
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Lewis & Clark College |
$15,000.00 |
Portland,OR |
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Support for the 13th Animal Law Competition, helping animal law |
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students hone their legal skills. |
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National Aquarium in Baltimore |
$15,000.00 |
Baltimore,MD |
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Support for Marine Animal Rescue program, which rescues injured and |
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them to health and returns them to the ocean.
The Nature Conservancy |
$15,000.00 |
Bethesda |
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District Of Columbia Urban Conservation Program, including |
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reducing stormwater runoff, expanding and maintaining tree canopy, |
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and cultivating future environmental leaders. |
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Orang Utan Republik Foundation |
$5,000.00 |
Santa Mon aCA and Sumatra, Indonesia |
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Support for awareness and conservation of orang utans in the US and |
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Sumatra, Indonesia through awareness campaigns in both countries, |
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partnerships, |
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Rachel's Network |
$20,000.00 |
Washington,DC |
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Bringing women together to share ideas, environmental projects and inspiration.
Red Wolf Coalition |
$10,000.00 |
Columbia, NC |
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Advocacy for |
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outreach, working with stakeholders to find solutions for red wolf |
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survival in 5 counties of North Carolina |
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San Antonio Zoo |
$10,000.00 |
San Antonio TX and Chile |
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Saving amphibians in the pristine forest of the Huinay Preserve in Chile. |
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Savannah Science Museum |
$12,200.00 |
Savannah, GA |
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Conserving loggerhead and other sea turtles by protecting nesting beaches, and |
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assuring safety of eggs and hatchlings while on the beaches. |
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute |
$25,000.00 |
Front Royal, VA and Myanmar |
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Support for film targeted to Burmese villagers on how to live with wild |
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elephants rather than engage in conflict with them. |
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute |
$10,000.00 |
Front Royal, VA |
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Experimental vaccination program of endangered Hellbender |
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Salamanders against the Chytrid Fungus, which is fatal to many species |
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of amphibians. |
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute |
$25,000.00 |
Front Royal, Va, Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) |
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Teaching and training national veterinarians and mahouts in elephant care
in Thailand and Myanmar.
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |
$28,000.00 |
Washington,DC
Felidae DNA Barcode, enabling enforcement agents to verify the presence of endangered cats in confiscated in illegal wildlife trade, and
prepare strong cases for court action.
Snow Leopard Conservancy |
$25,000.00 |
Sonoma, CA
Ensuring Snow Leopard survival and conserving mountain landscapes by expanding enviornmental awareness and sharing innovative practices through community stewardship and partnerships throughout the cats' Himalayan range.
Street Sense |
$18,000.00 |
Washington,DC
To create a
Director in his responsibilities at this newspaper about and substantially written by the newspaper vendors; and the organization's
Street Sense |
$2,000.00 |
Washington,DC |
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General operating assistance for this |
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and for the homeless of Washington, DC. |
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Street Sense |
$9,500.00 |
Washington,DC |
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To increase support from major donors such as foundations, individuals |
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and corporations. |
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Upstream Alliance |
$25,000.00 |
Annapolis,MD |
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Key Environmental Education Leadership Program, offering |
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professional development in communication and networking skills |
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building networks of leaders across generations and geographies to |
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strengthen programs addressing daunting environmental challenges. |
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Western Environmental Law Center |
$15,000.00 |
Eugene, OR |
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Continued support for the Predator Protection Project, focusing on |
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protection of Wolverines and Lynx. |
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WildAid |
$30,000.00 |
San Francisco, CA |
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dramatic and powerful PSAs that advise potential buyers, "When the |
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buying stops, the killing can too." |
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Wildlands Network |
$15,000.00 |
Seattle, WA |
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Continuing work to restore cougars and other predators along the Eastern Wildway, a potential wildlife corridor along the entire East Coast of the US
Wildlife Conservation Society |
$15,000.00 |
Bronx, NY
Green Ranching in the Pantenal, Brazil, a
Wildlife Guardians
Alexandria, VA and Kenya
To expand the Lion Guardians Training program, thus amplifying both the reach and impact of LG's Lion Conservation work across the lion rangeland states in Africa.
Woodland Park Zoo |
$10,000.00 |
Seattle, WA |
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Continuation of program conserving endangered Tree Kangaroos on the |
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Huon Peninsula in Papua New Guinea. |
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World Parrot Trust |
$10,000.00 |
Lake Alfred, FL |
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For the liberation and monitoring of six endangered Great Green |
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Macaws in the Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, Guayaquil, Ecuador. |
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Grand Totals (50 items) |
$908,700.00 |
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