The Shared Earth Foundation Grants |
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FY
2021 |
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Organization |
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Grant Amount |
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Abraham
Foundation |
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$75,000.00 |
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New
New York, NY |
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Continued support for the
Centre for Conservation and Research in Sri |
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Lanka, promoting
human/elephant harmony by the use of electric |
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fencing around fields and
gardens. |
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Alliance
for International Reforestation |
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$30,000.00 |
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Atlanta,GA |
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To construct a second
training facility for local nursery owners and tree |
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planters at Sololá. |
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American
Bird Conservancy |
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$25,000.00 |
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The
Plains,VA |
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Cartography for the book
Photographic Atlas of Birds of North |
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America. |
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Animal
Legal Defense Fund |
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$50,000.00 |
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Cotati,CA |
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To help assure the
sustainability of ALDF through contribution to their |
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Quasi-Endowment fund
which will be available for emergencies or |
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unexpected opportunities |
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Animal
Legal Defense Fund |
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$75,000.00 |
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Cotati,CA |
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To end the Federal
Wildlife Service's Kill Wildlife program; Protecting |
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Big Cats; and Farmed
Animal Prosecution Guidelines, protecting |
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wildlife, captive and
farmed animals |
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Bat
Conservation International |
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$40,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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Support for two bat
conservation projects in Rwanda and Fiji. |
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Bay
Journal Media |
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$135,000.00 |
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Seven
Valleys,PA |
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Sustainability grant and
annual operations |
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Bay
Journal Media |
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$20,000.00 |
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Seven
Valleys,PA |
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Fiscal sponsorship for
film THINKING LIKE A WATERSHED |
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Bay
Journal Media |
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$25,000.00 |
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Seven
Valleys,PA |
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Support for the film
"Thinking Like a Watershed" about the Chesapeake |
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Bay before any humans
interfered with its operations as a watershed. |
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Bhutan
Foundation |
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$80,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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Bhutan
Foundation |
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$10,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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For the Foundation's
Small Grants Program, covering various projects |
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in Bhutan |
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Chesapeake
Conservancy |
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$50,000.00 |
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Annapolis,MD |
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Support for Program Open
Space, to advocate for legislation to support |
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climate resiliency,
equity and land management in Maryland's |
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Chesapeake Bay watershed. |
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Chesapeake
Film Festival |
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$10,000.00 |
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Easton,MD |
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Support for the 2021
Chesapeake Bay Film Festival |
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Chesapeake
Legal Alliance |
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$50,000.00 |
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Annapolis,MD |
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Support for CLA's
long-term sustainability. |
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Defenders
of Wildlife |
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$75,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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Red Wolf Conservation |
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Defenders
of Wildlife |
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$350,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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Defenders' Wildlife
Restoration Campaign, to help rebuild the federal |
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government's conservation
capabilities, permanently strengthen bedrock |
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environmental laws and
directly meet the threats of the biodiversity and |
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climate crises head-on. |
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Eastern
Shore Land Conservancy |
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$50,000.00 |
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Easton,MD |
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Continuing support for
Delmarva Oasis, to conserve 30,000 acres of |
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land on the
Delaware//Maryland/Virginia peninsula by 2030. |
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Elephant
Care International |
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$20,000.00 |
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Hohenwald,TN |
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Continuing support for
veterinarians, helping more than 730 elephants |
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in Laos, Thailand and
Nepal during the COVID pandemic. |
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Elephant
Care International |
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$30,000.00 |
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Hohenwald,TN |
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Continued support for the
veterinarians who care for domestic |
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elephants and their
mahouts unemployed during this time of COVID in |
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Laos and Thailand. |
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Environmental
Integrity Project |
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$50,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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To redress the neglect of
the Clean Water Act of 1972, in preparation for |
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that historic Act's 50th
Anniversary |
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Environmental
Integrity Project |
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$50,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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To strengthen the Clean
Water Act,update its out-of-date regulations, |
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reverse the Waters of the
United States rule, to extend CWA protection to |
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all bodies of water, and
other measures |
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Environmental
Investigation Agency |
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$30,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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Prevention of sale of
ivory in Japan, especially during the Olympics |
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Environmental
Investigation Agency |
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$30,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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Preventing sale of ivory
in Japan, especially during the Olympics |
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Insight
Meditation Society |
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$18,600.00 |
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Barre,MA |
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New trails around this
Buddhist meditation center, for yogis during their |
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walking periods. |
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International
Rhino Foundation |
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$10,000.00 |
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Fort
Worth, TX |
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Support for construction
of a needed new rhino shelter. |
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Kent
Cultural Alliance |
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$5,000.00 |
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Chestertown,MD |
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Gift in memory of Tom
McHugh, long-time advocate, sponsor and |
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leader in promoting the
arts in Kent County, MD, from founding The |
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Mainstay jazz venue to
advocating for and bringing arts to the County's |
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pubic schools. |
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Kent
Cultural Alliance |
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$5,000.00 |
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Chestertown,MD |
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In memory of Tom McHugh,
and his contributions to art education in |
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the Kent County, MD
schools. |
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LEAP |
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$217,000.00 |
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San
Leandro,CA |
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Support for elephants,
wetlands, community capacitation and general |
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operations. |
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Lewis
& Clark Law School |
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$60,000.00 |
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Portland,OR |
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Support for Animal Law
studies, preparing students to use the law to |
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defend domestic and farm
animals. |
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The
Maryland/DC Chapter of The Nature Conservancy |
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$50,000.00 |
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Bethesda,MD |
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The grant includes
support for expansion of the Urban Baltimore |
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Program, to lessen
stormwater runoff impacts on water quality, and |
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reduce flooding; and to
help the Chapter scale up their stormwater |
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runoff prevention across
the Chesapeake Bay area. |
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Maryland
League of Conservation Voters |
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$50,000.00 |
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Annapolis,MD |
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Support for Climate
Policy and Justice; and a Climate Fellow to help |
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ensure Marylanders' right
to a heathy environment and resilient climate |
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well into the future. |
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Mongabay
Org. Corp |
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$25,000.00 |
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Menlo
Park,CA |
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Continued support for
this on-line conservation and environment news |
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reporters covering Sri
Lanka, news that would otherwise never be |
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published |
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National
Aquarium in Baltimore |
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$50,000.00 |
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Baltimore,MD |
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General Support and
direct assistance for sea turtle Kai whose shell |
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was damaged by an
accident at sea. |
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National
Gallery of Art |
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$50,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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American Silence: The
Photographs of Robert Adams, focusing on our |
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responsibility to the
land, and the moral dilemmas it presents. |
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National
Geographic Society |
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$150,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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the first of a 2-year
pledge to assure that National Geographic |
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photographer Joel Sartore
is able to complete his work to photograph |
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every species in
captivity, in order to educate people on what can be lost |
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in the wild; and inspire
them to take action. |
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National
Wildlife Federation |
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$50,000.00 |
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Annapolis,MD |
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Operating funds for the
Choose Clean Water Coalition, which works |
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collectively on key
federal policy issues that impact the Chesapeake Bay |
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watershed restoration and
supports work to reduce e pollution in local |
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waters and the Bay. |
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Northern
Jaguar Project |
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$50,000.00 |
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Tucson,AZ |
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Land acquisition to
expand the Jaguar Reserve in Sonora, Mexico, |
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assuring these endangered
cats and other predators more area to roam |
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safely. |
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Northern
Jaguar Project |
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$80,000.00 |
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Tucson,AZ |
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Support for jaguar
conservation in Sonora, Mexico, and the US, |
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including general
purposes and future expansion of the Reserve. |
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Old-Growth
Forest Network |
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$25,000.00 |
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Easton,MD |
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The Network identifies,
designates and protects Old-Growth Forests in |
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the East and elsewhere in
the US. |
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The
OPS Foundation |
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$100,000.00 |
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Greenbrae,CA |
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For film Last Place on
Earth, dedicated to protecting the Leuser |
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Ecosystem, Sumatra,
Indonesia, the last place where elephants, rhinos, |
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tigers and orangutans
live in their native wild habitat |
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Orang
Utan Republik Foundation |
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$50,000.00 |
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Santa
Monica,CA |
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To assure sustainability
for this organization which works for orang |
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utan conservation in
Sumatra. |
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Orang
Utan Republik Foundation |
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$15,000.00 |
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Santa
Monica,CA |
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Staff support for this
orang utan conservation organization that works |
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with local citizens and
groups to protect orang utans in Sumatra, |
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Indonesia. |
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Physicians
Committee for Responsible Medicine |
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$50,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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Educating on-line
students in the need to adopt a plant-based diet as a |
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way to greatly improved
health |
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Smithsonian
Conservation Biology Institute |
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$50,000.00 |
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Front
Royal,VA |
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Research to instill
natural anti-predator toxicity to captive-born dart |
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frogs, to protect them
when released into the wild. |
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Smithsonian
Conservation Biology Institute |
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$25,000.00 |
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Front
Royal,VA |
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Admin for long-term
elephant veterinarian care program. |
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Spiritual
Paths Foundation |
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$30,000.00 |
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Santa
Barbara,CA |
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Film, The Dalai Lama's
Gift to the World telling the story of Buddhist |
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Kalachakras and mandalas |
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Sultana
Education Foundation |
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$50,000.00 |
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Chestertown,MD |
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Support for the easement
for the Lawrence Wedlands Preservation |
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project, to introduce
visitors to the benefits of wetlands in the heart of |
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historic Chestertown MD |
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Tricycle:
The Buddhist Review |
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$30,000.00 |
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New
New York, NY |
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Celebrating the 30th
anniversary of this Buddhist publication, |
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including magazine,
podcasts, live virtual events and links to other |
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Buddhist organizations
and courses |
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Upstream
Alliance |
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$185,000.00 |
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Annapolis,MD |
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Environmental and young
leadership on-the-water training on the |
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Chesapeake Bay and
Delaware River and Camden, NJ, as well as Board |
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Reserve. |
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WildAid |
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$30,000.00 |
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San
Francisco,CA |
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Continued support for the
Smelly Elephant Project, which uses local |
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African plants to create
odors which keep elephants from destroying |
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crops; and helping
villagers make the product on their own, to avoid |
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outside involvement. |
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Wildlands
Network |
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$25,000.00 |
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Seattle,WA |
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Support for Borderlands
Wildlife Restoration, along the US/Mexican |
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border so destroyed by
Wall construction by the previous administration; |
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and Securing Safe
Passage, building overpasses and underpasses for |
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wildlife in the Great
Smokies. |
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Wildlife
Conservation Society |
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$40,000.00 |
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Bronx,
NY |
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Response to the mange
crisis afflicting South America's wild and |
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domestic camelids. |
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Lion
Guardians |
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$50,000.00 |
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Washington,DC |
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Senior Management team
skill building, expansion of conflict |
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management between
herders and lions, and support for head of donor |
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engagement. |
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Women
Make Movies |
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$25,000.00 |
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New
York,NY |
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Support for impact
enhancement for film Tigre Gente exposing the |
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extent of jaguar poaching
in Bolivia and black market sale of their parts |
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in China. |
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Women
Make Movies |
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$25,000.00 |
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New
York,NY |
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Assistance in advocacy
for end to jaguar poaching and sale of their |
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parts, following film
Tigre Genet screening at Tribeca earlier this year. |
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Women
Make Movies |
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$75,000.00 |
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New
York,NY |
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Further support for Tigre
Gente about jaguar poaching in Bolivia and |
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sale of their parts in
China, filmed by undercover agents.,
The film will |
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be screened at the prestigious Tribeca film festival in New York City in |
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June, 2021. |
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Women
Make Movies |
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$75,000.00 |
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New
York,NY |
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Further support for the
film Tigre Gente about jaguar poaching in |
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Bolivia and sale of their
parts in China by undercover agents in both |
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countries. |
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Grand
Totals (60 items) |
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$3,155,600.00 |
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