The Nell Newman Foundation, Inc. grants have been used to leverage hundreds of thousands of dollars through other funding sources. Since 2016, the Foundation has leveraged approximately $411,000 from matching grants and has granted a total of over $3.9 million since 2011.

For more information on each recipient, click on the name of the organization, and you will be redirected to their website.

To access previous recipients, click which year you would like to view: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 or 2023

· MIT Press $15,000

                      · Journal of Climate Resilience and Climate Justice

· Civil Eats $15,000

· Western Organization of Resource Councils $1,000

· Environment in the Public Interest $10,000

                      · Habitat And Watershed Caretakers

· Food 4 Farmers $5,000

· Midcoast Conservancy $10,000

· Planet Walk $10,000

                      · Encompass Films documentary: John Francis and The American Princess

· Alaska Marine Conservation Council $5,000

· Garden 31 Community Initiative Inc. $20,000

· States Newsroom $4,000

                      · Kansas Reflector

· Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network (SCWREN) $5,000

· North American Marine Alliance $1,000

· Ecological Farming Association $2,500

                      · Conference Scholarship Program

· Corner Post Fund $2,500

· Organic Association of Kentucky $1,000

· Community Agroecology Network $1,000

· Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders $2,500

                      · Policy Program

· Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) $1,000

                      · Lisa Hamilton’s book restricted for Hmong translation services

· First Nations Development Institute $2,500

                      · Native Agriculture and Food Systems Program

· Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) $2,500

· First Alaskans Institute $5,000

· Cook Inletkeeper $2,500

· Community Foundation of Monterey County $1,000

                      · MC Gives Campaign for Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust

· Farm Aid, Inc. $5,000

· State Innovation Exchange $4,000

· Pesticide Action Network $5,000

· Earth Island Institute $3,500

                      · California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN)

· Farm Commons $5,000

                      · Fisheries and Marine Business Law Project

· Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network (SCWREN) $5,000

· Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance $5,000

· Farm Commons $5,000

· Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) $5,000

· Alaska Marine Conservation Council $5,000

· Organic Association of Kentucky $5,000

· Earth Island Institute $1,000

                      · CalCAN California Climate & Agriculture Network

·  Alaska Conservation Foundation $2,500

· Corporate Accountability $1,000

                      · Real Food Media Project

·  Loud Light $1,000

·  Women for Kansas Education Foundation $1,000

·  Farm Aid $1,000

·  Pie Ranch $1,000

· Civil Eats $15,000

· Save the Sound $10,000

· Mariposa DR $20,000

· Heritage Radio Network, Inc. $15,000

· MIT Press $15,000

                      · Journal of Climate Resilience and Climate Justice

· First Nations Development Institute $28,000

· Environment in the Public Interest $13,000

· Northwest Abortion Access Fund $5,000

· Planet Walk $10,000

· North American Marine Alliance $2,500

· Kansas Sampler Foundation $5,000

· State Innovation Exchange $5,000

· States Newsroom $1,000

                      ·  Kansas Reflector

·  Western Organization of Resource Councils $1,000

· Center for Rural Affairs $5,000

                      · National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition for the Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship Fund

· Friends of Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration, Inc. (ETC GROUP) $2,500

· Food and Environment Reporting Network $15,000

· Garden 31 Community Initiative Inc. $10,000

· Ecological Farming Association $2,500

                      · Scholarship Program for young farmers

· Organic Association of Kentucky $1,000

· Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders $2,500

                      · Policy Program

· Environmental Traveling Companions $10,000

· Ventana Wilderness Alliance $10,000

                      · Youth in Wilderness

· Save the Waves Coalition $15,000

· OFEIG náttúruvernd $20,000

                      · Mapping Efforts Project

· Healing and Reconciliation Institute $5,000

·  Farm Commons $5,000

                      · Fisheries Law Project

· Center for Rural Affairs $5,000

                      · National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

· Earth Island Institute $1,000

                      · CalCAN California Climate & Agriculture Network

· SeriousFun Children's Network, Inc. $5,000

                      · NYC Annual Gala

· Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) $5,000

·  First Nations Development Institute $5,000

                      · First Book Project - Invisible No More: Voices from Native Americans

· Tim Brauch Memorial Skate Park Fund $20,000

                      · Taylor Reinhold Murals Project

· Kansas Rural Center $5,000

· TSNE MissionWorks $5,000

                      ·  Real Food Challenge

·  Film Independent Inc. $20,000

                      ·  Nook House Productions, LLC for the Untitled Joanne Woodward/Paul Newman Documentary

·  State Innovation Exchange $5,000

·  TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation $15,000

                      ·  Growing the Table Initiative funding for Tri-Counties Pilot Project

· Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders $2,500

                      · NASDA Project and Communications Program Hire

·  The Sierra Fund $5,000

·  Alaska Marine Conservation Council $5,000

·  Western Organization of Resource Councils $1,000

· Farm Discovery at Live Earth $1,000

                      · Farm Discovery Farm Care Scholarship Program

· The Utopian Seed Project Inc. $2,000

                      · Research Assistant Internship for Jordan Collins

· Greater Kansas City Community Foundation $5,000

                      · Food and Farm Communications Fund

· National Young Farmer Coalition $5,000

· Coachella Valley Wellness Foundation $20,000

                      · Newman Covid Relief Fund in Memory of Arthur Newman

· Center for Rural Affairs $3,000

                      · National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition for the Cynthia Hayes Memorial Scholarship Fund

· Tides Center $1,000

                      · NESAWG Scholarship Program

· OFEIG náttúruvernd $20,000

                      · Mapping Efforts Project

· FoodWhat Incorporated $10,000

· Pacific Repertory Theatre $4,000

· Mother Jones $10,000

                      · Honor of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman

·  Monterey County Rape Crisis Center $1,000

·  Oakland Elizabeth House $4,000

·  Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc. $1,000

·  National Indigenous Women's Resource Center $8,000

·  Civil Eats $15,000

·  Food and Environment Reporting Network $15,000

· Ben Lomond Fire Firefighters Auxiliary $10,000

                      · Ben Lomond Fire Department

· Kansas Sampler Foundation $5,000

· Soul Fire Farm Institute, Inc. $1,000

· Ecological Farming Association $3,000

                      · EcoFarm Conference for Scholarship Program

· Drop In Coalition $5,000

· Center for Rural Affairs $5,000

                      · National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

· First Nations Development Institute $5,000

                      · First Nation’s Nourishing Native Foods and Health Matching Gift Challenge Program

· Earthworks $20,000

                      · ARO Working Group

· Corporate Accountability $2,500

                      · Real Food Media Project

· Azteca Youth Soccer Academy $2,500

                      · Azteca Youth Soccer Program

·  Pesticide Action Network $5,000

·  Friends of the Earth $5,000

                      ·  Emerging Technologies/Synthetic Biology Project

• Check out Dana Perls report: From Lab To Fork

·  Center for Rural Affairs $5,000

                      ·  National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

·  Heritage Radio Network, Inc. $10,000

·  Community Agroecology Network $2,500

                      ·  Cooperative Farmers: Nicaragua & Mexico at EcoFarm

·  Santa Cruz Community Ventures $5,000

·  Friends of Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration, Inc. (ETC GROUP) $5,000

                      ·  Synthetic Bio Project

·  Redford Center, Inc. $50,000

                      ·  Kiss the Ground Film project

·  Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County $15,000

                      ·  Community Action Board for food distribution and supplies for farm worker families and emergency rental assistance

·  National Young Farmers Coalition $5,000

·  TSNE MissionWorks $5,000

                      ·  Real Food Challenge

·  Kansas Sampler Foundation $5,000

·  State Innovation Exchange $10,000

·  Corner Post Fund $10,000

·  Earthworks $20,000

                      ·  ARO Working Group Project

·  The Yes Lab, Inc. $18,000

                      ·  The Kyle Thiermann Show Podcast

·  First Nations Development Institute $15,000

                      ·  Food Security for Tribes (New Mexico and maybe Arizona)

·  Colorado Plateau Foundation $5,000

·  Sustainable Markets Foundation $15,000

                      ·  Civil Eats

·  Cook Inletkeeper $15,000

·  OFEIG náttúruvernd $25,000

·  Better Angels Project Inc. $5,000

                      ·  Women for Kansas

·  Alaska Marine Conservation Council $5,000

· South Carolina Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network $5,000

· Ecotrust $20,000

· Food 4 Farmers $20,000

· Soul Fire Farm Institute, Inc. $5,000

· Farm Commons $5,000

·  Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County $3,000

                      ·  Fire Response Fund

·  Earthworks $14,000

                      ·  ARO Working Group Project

·  Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) $5,000

·  Food Bank for Monterey County $3,500

·  Hospice Giving Foundation $3,500

·  Pacific Repertory Theatre $3,000

·  National Indigenous Women's Resource Center $3,500

·  Tewa Women United $3,500

                      ·  Tree-Generation Feste Project

·  Red Willow Center $3,500

·  Esselen Tribe of Monterey County $3,500

·  Monterey County Rape Crisis Center $3,500

·  Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust $10,000

· Organic Farming Research Foundation $5,000

·  Tides Center $1,000

                      · Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG)

· Ecological Farming Association $1,000

· Civil Eats $4,400

· Upstate Forever $4,300

· The Painted Turtle $4,300

·  Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) $5,000

                      ·  Lisa Hamilton’s Book project

·  Occidental Arts and Ecology Center $10,000

                      ·  California Climate & Agriculture Network (CalCAN)

·  OFEIG náttúruvernd $20,000

                      ·  Westfjords project in Iceland

·  The Regents of the University of California at Santa Cruz, Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems $6,000

                      ·  Organic Growers Guide Series Translated to Spanish project

·  Sobermiut Reviving Our Spirit Inc. $5,000

                      ·  David Michael Karabelnikoff Digital Dialogues project

·  Environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI) $5,000

·  Real Food Media $5,000

·  Kansas Rural Center $15,000

·  The Sierra Fund $10,000

·  Community Partners $5,000

                      · Los Angeles Food Policy Council

· Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders $1,000

                      · 2019 NASDA project

· Kansas Sampler Foundation, Inc. $15,000

· Mother Jones $25,000

· Food and Environment Reporting Network $10,000

· Cook Inletkeeper $20,000

· Alaska Marine Conservation Council $5,000

· South Carolina Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network $5,000

· Peacock Acres Inc. $5,000

·  Food 4 Farmers $20,000

                      · TransFARMation project

·  Sustainable Markets Foundation $25,000

                      · Civil Eats

·  The Association for the Integration of the Whole Person $10,000

                      · InsightNewMexico

·  Task 4 U&Me Foundation, Inc. $2,500

                      · Nicaragua project

·  Ecotrust $20,000

                      · Salmon Nation project

·  Allied Media Projects $15,000

                      · Digital Dialogues Project: Phase II: SOCAPindigenous 2019, a project of Decolonizing Wealth

·  The Entrada Institute $7,500

                      · The Corner Post Fund

·  Farm Commons $10,000

·  Better Angels Project Inc. $5,000

                      · Women for Kansas

·  Earthworks $25,000

                      · ARO Working Group Project

·  The Tim Brauch Foundation, Inc. $10,000

                      · Fresh Walls Project

·  Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri $20,000

·  Mariposa DR Foundation $10,000

·  Planet Walk $10,000

                      · John Francis and Planet Walk

·  Qqs Projects Society $10,000

·  OFEIG náttúruvernd $20,000

·  Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders $10,000

                      · Policy program support

·  The Ron Finley Project $15,000

                      · DaFUNction Event

·  The Ron Finley Project $15,000

·  Organic Farming Research Foundation $5,000

·  Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance, Inc. $2,500

                      · Azteca Youth Soccer Academy

·  Soul Fire Farm Institute, Inc. $2,500

·  Action Council of Monterey County $2,500

                      · Immigration Task Force

·  Northeast Organic Farming Association $2,500

                      · The Natural Farmer

·  Documentary Educational Resources, Inc. $1,000

                      · Tribes on the Edge Film Screening in Monterey

·  Farm Aid, Inc. $10,000

·  Tides Center $5,000

                      · NESAWG Fall Conference Scholarship

·  Organic Seed Alliance $5,000

·  Esselen Tribe of Monterey County $2,500

·  Pacific Repertory Theatre $2,500

                      · Education and Outreach

·  Family Service Agency of the Central Coast $2,500

                      · Suicide Prevention Services

·  Rising World, Inc. $2,500

                      · Rising Heart Program

·  Rising World, Inc. $2,500

                      · Safe and Sound Program

·  Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation $2,500

·  Wonder Wood Ranch $2,500

                      · Horses & Heroes

·  Equal Justice Initiative $2,500

                      · The Legacy Museum of EJI

·  OFEIG náttúruvernd $20,000

·  Earthworks $30,000

                      ·  ARO Working Group Project

·  Mending the Sacred Hoop $2,500

·  Worldwide Indigenous Science Network 2,500

                      ·  Community Empowerment Project

·  FoodWhat Incorporated $15,000

·  NEO Philanthrophy, Inc. $2,500

                      ·  Abortion Access Front

·  Ecological Farming Association $2,000

                      ·  EcoFarm Scholarship Fund

·  The Miami Foundation $2,500

                      ·  Miami Herald Investigative Journalism Fund

·  Kristi House, Inc. $2,500

·  Maidu Summit Consortium $2,500

                      ·  Tásmam Kojóm (Humbug Valley) Stewardship Project

·  Preservation Pennsylvania $2,500

                      ·  Carlisle Indian School Farmhouse Coalition

·  South Carolina Women’s Rights & Empowerment Network $13,000

·  New Venture Fund $1,000

                      ·  NASDA project

·  CauseCentric Productions, Inc. $30,000

                      ·  Tribes on the Edge Film project

·  City of Watsonville $15,000

                      ·  Environmental Science Workshop project

·  Environment in the Public Interest $15,000

                      ·  Habitat & Watershed Caretakers project

·  FoodWhat Incorporated $15,000

·  United Way of Santa Cruz County $1,000

                      ·  Azteca Youth Soccer Academy project

·  Friends of Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration, Inc. (ETC Group) $10,000

                      ·  Synthetic Bio project

·  Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) $5,000

                      ·  Lisa Hamilton’s Book project

·  Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) $10,000

·  Sustainable Markets Foundation $15,000

                      ·  Civil Eats project

·  Organic Seed Alliance $5,000

·  Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) $5,000

·  Appalachian Mountain Advocates $10,000

·  The Ron Finley Project $10,000

                      ·  Gangsta Garden project

·  Center for Rural Affairs $10,000

                      ·  National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition project

·  Action Council of Monterey County $2,000

                      ·  Immigration Task Force project

·  Real Food Media $5,000

·  Kansas Rural Center $5,000

                      ·  SW Kansas Research and Outreach: Immigrant and Refugee Population Food and Farming Assessment project

·  Cook Inletkeeper $10,000

·  Tides Center $8,000

                      ·  Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (NESAWG) Annual Conference project

·  Farm Aid, Inc. $5,000

·  New Mexico Immigrant Law Center $10,000

                      ·  Reunification project

·  Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education, Inc. $10,000

·  Kansas Sampler Foundation, Inc. $5,000

·  Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) $10,000

·  Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) $10,000

                      ·  Rocky Mountains Montana Office project

·  Save the Waves Coalition $20,000

·  Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance $10,000

·  Pesticide Action Network $5,000

·  Soul Fire Farm Institute, Inc. $2,500

·  The Sierra Fund $5,000

·  Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) $5,000

·  Windward Fund $10,000

                      ·  Castanea Fellowship project

·  Ecotrust $50,000

                      ·  Food & Farms, Fisheries, Indigenous Communities and Learning & Initiative projects

·  Santa Cruz Community Ventures $5,000

·  Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. $30,000

·  National Young Farmers Coalition $5,000

                      ·  National Young Farmers Coalition 2018 Annual Leadership Convergence

·  South Carolina Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network $5,000

·  Ecological Farming Association $5,000

                      ·  EcoFarm Scholarship Fund

·  Earthworks $25,000

                      ·  ARO Working Group Project

·  Alaska Marine Conservation Council $5,000

·  First Nations Development Institute $10,000

·  Organic Center for Education and Promoting Inc. $20,000

·  Children's Cancer Center $500

                      ·  Art and music therapy project

·  Our Children's Trust $500

                       ·  Juliana v U.S. Climate Lawsuit project

·  Clean Oceans International $5,000

                       ·   Fresh Walls Project in Santa Cruz

·   Kansas Rural Center $5,000

                        ·   Grassroots educational activities project

·   Soul Fire Farm $1,000

                        ·    The Black Farmer Training Program Project

·     Action Council  $1,000

                        ·    Immigration Task Force Monterey County in support of the Know Your Rights Literature for South County Printing Project.

·    Maine Family Planning of Lewiston, Maine $5,000

·       The Wolverine Foundation Incorporated  $10,000

·       The Ron Finley Project  $10,000

·       The Nation Institute $3,000

·       University of Florida $2,500

                   ·       Ralph Loglisci Fund

·       Seedlings Project $3,000

·       Community Initiatives $2,500

                        ·       Memory Care Cafe

·       Standing Rock Sioux Tribe   $2,500

·       National Family Farm Coalition   $1,000

·       National Young Farmer's Coalition  $2,500

·       Cook Inletkeeper  $1,000

·       YWCA Watsonville Teens Program $500

·       Pesticide Action Network   $1,000

·       Alaska Marine Conservation Council   $5,000

·       Farm Commons   $5,000

·       Center for Rural Affairs   $5,000

                 ·       Kansas Organizer Education Project

·       Planned Parenthood  $2,500 [Project Report]

·       NARAL $2,500 [Project Report]

·       Organic Seed Alliance $5,000

·       Community Initiative $2,000 [Project Report]

·       Western Environmental Law Center $5,000 [Project Report]

·       Monterey County Rape Crisis Center $5,000 [Project Report]

    ·         Human Trafficking Project

·       Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (SAEA) $1,500 [Project Report]

  ·   participation of under-resourced educators for the 7th SAEA conference

·       Ecotrust  $5,000 [Project Report]

·   Fisheries

·       Ecotrust  $5,000 [Project Report]

· Food and Farms

·       FERN $5,000 [Project Report]

·       Civil Eats $5,000

·       Friends of the Earth $5,000 [Project Report]

·    Synthetic Biology

·       Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) $5,000

·       Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) $2,000

·       Mother Jones $2,000

· Tom Philpott

·       18 Reasons $2,500

·       NASDA (Center for Rural Affairs) $1,000

·   Diamond Level Sponsorship at NASDA

·      California Foodshed Funders $5,000

·      Ecotrust – $10,000

·      The Kohala Center $1,000

     ·       Sponsorship for 2015 NASDA 

·       California Foodshed Funders $5,000  [Project Report]

·       Ecotrust – Food Hub $25,000

·       Ecotrust – AG of the Middle $25,000

·       Organizing to Rebuild the Ag in the Middle

·       First Nations Development Institute $10,000 [Project Report]

·       Increasing Native Control of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

·       Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) $10,000    [Project Report]

·       Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project (MBSTP) $10,000  [Project Report]

·       2015 Salmon Trout Enhancement Program (STEP)

·       Organic Seed Alliance $10,000  [Project Report]

·       Real Food Challenge $15,000  [Project Report]

·       The Sierra Fund $5,000 [Project Report]

·       Mining mercury cleanup project

·       Sustainable Surf $25,000   [Project Report]

·       The Action Group on Erosion Technology & Concentration (ETC Group) $20,000

      ·         Synthetic Biology Programme of Work

·       Trout Unlimited $10,000   [Project Report]

·       $5,000 for Central Coast Wild Steelhead Campaign

·       $5,000 for photo and video project

·       Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) $25,000  [Project Report]

·       Protecting Western Landscapes & Communities from Fossil Fuel Exploitation and Industrialization

·       88 Bikes $15,000  [Project Report]

·       Seamless Possibilities project in Cambodia

·       88 Bikes $10,000        [Project Report]

·       As You Sow $8,185          [Project Report]

·       Product testing for nano-materials in food

·       Californians for Pesticide Reform  $20,000    [Project Report]

·       Civil Eats $10,000          [Project Report]

·       EcoTrust $50,000

·       $25,000 to The Ecotrust Fisheries Program

·       $25,000 to The Natural Capital Fund: Scaling Impact

·       Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) $20,000

·       The Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (fiscal sponsor) $5,000  [Project Report]

·       Jane Sooby Organic Science and Consulting 

·       JHSPH, Center for a Livable Future (IATP) $5,000

·       Connecting Food Systems and Public Health

·       The Mariposa DR Foundation $25,000

·       Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project (MBSTP) $10,000     [Project Report]

·       Full-Body Sediment Trap - Design, Acquisition, Installation & Commissioning

·       Mother Jones - Foundation for National Progress $20,000

·       NARAL $25,000

·       Choice Out Loud: Every Decision Has a Story

·       Organic Seed Alliance –Organic Plant Breeding $18,127

·       Farmer Led Wheat Breeding and Selection Program for New England

·       Painted Turtle $10,000

·       Planned Parenthood Federation of America $50,000

·       Real Food Media Project $20,000

·       Food Mythbusters

·       Red Feather Development Group $14,000

·       Sustainable Operations

·       Safe Water Network $20,000

·       Establishing Small-Scale Water Delivery Businesses through Local Entrepreneurs in Rural India

·       Surfing for Change $5,000

·       Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) $16,000          [Project Report]

·       Sustainable Surf $20,000

·       Waste to Waves

·       Western Environmental Law Center (WELC) $20,000

·       Protecting Organic Farm and Ranch Communities from Oil and Gas Development

·       Wholesome Wave $25,000

·       St. Helena Catholic Church & Family Center $10,000

·       Work Connection

·       As You Sow $7,500      [Project Report]

·       Brower Youth Awards $25,000

·       California Climate & Action Network $15,000

·       CalCan      [Project Report]

·       Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive $20,000

·       EcoTrust $50,000           [Project Report]

·       $25,000 to Magic Canoe project

·       $25,000 to Community Based Fisheries Management

·       Farm Aid: Farmer Resource Network $15,000        [Project Report]

·       National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) $30,000

·       The Mariposa DR Foundation $20,000

·       The Maritime Aquarium of Norwalk $10,000

·       Service of 100% organic fare at event

·       Planned Parenthood Federation of America $50,000         [Project Report]

·       $25,000 Hidalgo County

·       $25,000 Kansas City Legal Defense Fund

·       Sustainable Harvest International $15,000

·       Waste to Waves $10,000

·       Wholesome Wave $25,000

·       88 Bikes $5,000

·       Center For Food Safety $50,000          [Project Report]

·       Chez Panisse Foundation $20,000

·       Give Something Back $10,000

·       Environment in the Public Interest (Fiscal sponsor) $20,000

·       Legal support for water rights at UCSC

·       Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN) $20,000

·       Lightfoot Industries $20,000

·       Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) $2,500

·       Kevin Brussels Scholarship Fund

·       NARAL $25,000

·       Organic Seed Alliance $20,000

·       The Sierra Fund $20,000

·       Mining and mercury clean up

·       Trout Unlimited $25,000           [Project Report]

·       Bristol Bay Pebble Mine Project

·       Wholesome Wave $25,000

·       Young Heroes $20,000

Real Food Media Project/Food Myth Busters – is a collaborative project that uses online videos,  web-based action and resource center and grassroots events to inspire, educate and expand the movement for sustainable food and farming. They aim to debunk myths about sustainability, spread stories of solutions and motivate millions to get involved in food system change. www.foodmyths.org

Mother Jones – Foundation for National Progress is a nonprofit news organization that specializes in investigative, political and social justice reporting. Their mission is to produce revelatory journalism to inform and inspire a more just and democratic world. www.motherjones.com

Vermont Seed Breeding Project – The mission of the University of Vermont Extension is to improve the quality of life of Vermonters by providing research-based educational programs and practical information concerning Vermont communities, families and homes, farms, businesses, and the natural environment. The objective of this particular project is to develop spring and winter wheat varieties that are suited for organic management in northern New England soils and climatic conditions.

Organizing Grassroots To Build the Food Movement

A research paper for The Nell Newman Foundation by Ted Quaday.

We hope Ted's work will generate local, regional and even a national debate on our collective intentionality to "organize" and "train" food systems activists. Freely available to the public at large, the paper can be read and downloaded by following this link to a PDF. Please share with others. If information from the report is used in any way, please cite The Nell Newman Foundation as having the copyright and Ted Quaday as the author.

Young Heroes

Young Heroes has been charged with providing food and clothing to children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic in Swaziland.  Swaziland has a life expectancy of 32 years; the lowest in the world. The orphans of Swaziland number in the tens of thousands as an entire generation of parents have been taken by AIDS. Rather than group all the orphans into orphanages, Young Heroes maintains a roster of kids and pays a stipend to the foster parents, allowing the kids to grow up on homesteads.  This helps the kids maintain a direct connection to land and culture. This model is working extremely well and is giving the young generation of Swaziland the needed boost and staying power to survive through a generational tragedy. It is hoped that with the help of Young Heroes, evolving policies in Swaziland, and hard work, that an entire generation of Swaziland kids will survive to carry on their families' cultural traditions and remain connected to the land where they were raised.

For more information please visit the Young Heroes website and consider sponsoring an orphan. A $240 sponsorship will provide food and clothing for one child for an entire year.

Visit the Young Hero's website http://youngheroes.org.sz.

Visit the Young Hero's YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/YoungHeroesSZ

Join the Young Heroes Facebook Cause Page
http://bit.ly/bgATWz

Trout Unlimited: Alaska Bristol Bay Pebble Mine Project - TU's vision is to ensure that robust populations of native and wild cold water fish once again thrive within their North American range. The Bristol Bay Pebble Mine Project is poised to stop the proposed Pebble Mine from moving forward, and to keep the rich trout and salmon waters of Bristol Bay intact. www.savebristolbay.org

Lightfoot Industries - is a hybrid social enterprise that provides entrepreneurial training for teenagers.  They use a for-profit restaurant, retail line, and innovative curriculum to model social, environmental and fiscal responsibility.  High school accredited course work, project based learning and seminars incorporating service learning & sustainability. Lightfoot Industries methodology is intended to bring sustainable vocational training and excellent, affordable food - to strategic communities throughout the United States. www.lightfootind.com

EcoTrust- Committed to inspiring fresh thinking that creates economic opportunity, social equity and environmental well-being. Ecotrust co-founded the world's first environmental ban and, started the world's first ecosystem investment fund. Ecotrust creates a range of programs in fisheries, forestry, food, farms and children's health as well as developing new scientific and  information tools to improve social, economic and  environmental decision making. Over nearly 20 years, Ecotrust has converted $80 million in grants into more than $500 million in capital for local people, businesses, and organizations from Alaska to California. www.ecotrust.org

Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive: CoFed - A national cooperative network and training program committed to empowering students to create ethically-sourced, cooperatively-run food enterprises on college campuses. Their mission is to cultivate a more sustainable, community-oriented culture through college campuses.www.cofed.org

Farm Aid: Farmer Resource Network - A part of Farm Aid, this organization was started 26 years ago by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp to raise awareness about the loss of family farms.  The program raises funds to help keep families on their land. Farmer Resource Network connects farmers to more than 500 organizations developing innovative approaches to producing, processing and marketing food from family farms.www.farmaid.org

As You Sow - Founded in 1992, this program has grown into two divisions that strive to increase corporate accountability. The Environmental Enforcement Program seeks to reduce and remove carcinogenic exposures by pursuing compliance with California's Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act.  The Corporate Social Responsibility Program (CSRP) uses shareholder advocacy and the financial markets to catalyze positive change within publicly held companies. www.asyousow.org

FERN -Food and Environment Reporting Network - FERN is an independent, non-profit news organization that produces investigative reporting on food, agriculture, and environmental health. Their stories fall under the classic mandate of investigative reporting–to reveal corruption, abuse of power, and exploitation wherever it happens; to expose activities and subjects that the powerful work to keep hidden or which are simply overlooked by major media; and to give a voice to the voiceless. www.thefern.org

Organic Seed Alliance - This group advances the ethical development and stewardship of the genetic resources of agricultural seed; accomplishing their goals through collaborative education, advisory services, and research programs with organic farmers and other seed professionals. www.seedalliance.org

Center for Food Safety - The Center for Food Safety uses multifaceted strategies, including legal actions, submission of policy comments and public education to accomplish its goals of curtailing industrial agricultural production methods that harm human health and the environment, and to promote sustainable alternatives. www.centerforfoodsafety.org

The Sierra Fund/Mining Mercury Clean-up Project - The Sierra Fund was established in 2001 as the only community foundation dedicated exclusively to saving the Sierra Nevada. They protect and preserve the Sierra through partnering with private donors and public agencies to increase conservation investments in the land, air, water and human resources in the area. The continued presence of mining toxins left behind from the Gold Rush in mid-1800s continues to be a significant issue, especially affecting the water, which provides 60% of California's drinking water. www.sierrafund.org

88 Bikes - This organization provides a sustainable, joyful and empowering form of transportation to young people in developing countries, and in situations where they have been challenged to be their own heroes due to war, conflict, poverty, disease or other regional hardships. www.88bikes.org

Brower Youth Awards - Earth Island Institute established the Brower Youth Awards to honor founder and legendary activist David R. Brower.  The Brower Youth Awards annually recognizes six young people in North America for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental advocacy.  The winners receive a $3000 award, ongoing access to resources and opportunities to further their work at EII and a trip to California for the award ceremony.www.broweryouthawards.org

California Climate & Action Network: CalCan - a coalition that advances policy solutions at the nexus of climate change and sustainable agriculture. They bring a sustainable agricultural perspective with their efforts aimed at increasing funding for research, technical assistance and financial incentives for farmers to reduce GHG emissions, sequester carbon and other environmental benefits. www.calclimateag.org

Californians for Pesticide Reform – CPR is a dynamic statewide coalition founded in 1996 to protect public health, improve environmental quality and advance a sustainable and just agricultural system by building a diverse statewide movement to change local and statewide pesticide policies and practices. www.pesticidereform.org