| 10 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Capital & Main |
Toward investigative reporting on climate issues in Texas |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 20 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Clean Energy Fund of Texas |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 30 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Climate Advocacy Lab, fiscally sponsored by the Partnership Project |
Toward the Security Resources Hub |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 40 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Climate Science Legal Defense Fund |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 50 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Coalition for Environment Equity and Resilience (CEER) |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
150,000 |
| 60 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Coastal Watch Association |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 70 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club charitable programs, fiscally sponsored by the Sierra Club Foundation |
Toward advancing clean energy and energy democracy in electricity decision making |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 80 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas Energy Justice, Equity and Democracy coalition, fiscally sponsored by Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund |
Toward facilitation of the Texas Energy Justice, Equity and Democracy Table |
2-yr |
80,000 |
| 90 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid |
Toward environmental justice legal services along the lower Texas coast |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 100 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
WA Parish Coalition, a project of Public Citizen |
Toward the Close Parish Coal coalition |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 110 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Workers Defense Project |
Toward the Power Up Harris County campaign |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 120 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Comal Conservation |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
60,000 |
| 130 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Hill Country Alliance |
Toward launching the Hill Country Conservation Accelerator Project |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 140 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Texas Rice Industry Coalition for the Environment |
Toward land protection efforts in the Texas coastal plain |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 150 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Environmental Stewardship |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
65,000 |
| 160 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Texas Wellspring Fund, a project of the Water Foundation |
Toward the Texas Wellspring Fund's efforts to address systemic water issues |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 170 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association |
Toward legal action to protect groundwater and surface springs in Central Texas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 180 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program |
Toward avian research and monitoring across the Lower Laguna Madre region |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 190 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Houston Audubon Society |
Toward support of an organizational rebranding process |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 200 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Texas Conservation Alliance |
Toward protecting forest and grassland habitat from reservoir development |
2-yr |
60,000 |
| 210 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Environmental Protection Network |
Toward the Federal Fund Protection Initiative |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 220 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Houston Public Media |
Toward reporting on environmental issues and reproductive rights |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 230 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Lawyers for Good Government |
Toward the Federal Fund Protection Initiative |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 240 |
2025 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Urban Harvest |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 250 |
2025 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
BLOOM Rio Grande Valley |
Toward reproductive rights narrative shift and culture change efforts in the RGV |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 260 |
2025 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
If/When/How |
Toward supporting reproductive freedom in Texas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 270 |
2025 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Lawyering Project Inc |
Toward supporting reproductive health organizations in Texas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 280 |
2025 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Public News Service, fiscally sponsored by Lexington Observer |
Toward reproductive justice reporting among Spanish-language and rural media outlets in Texas |
2-yr |
80,000 |
| 290 |
2025 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Texas Defense Resource Project |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 300 |
2025 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
University of Texas Law School Foundation |
Toward the Sissy Farenthold Reproductive Justice Defense Resource Project at the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice |
2-yr |
150,000 |
| 310 |
2025 |
Animal Welfare |
Austin Wildlife Rescue |
Toward expansion of deer rehabilitation facilities |
1-yr |
10,000 |
| 320 |
2025 |
Animal Welfare |
Emancipet |
Toward increasing access to veterinary services |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 330 |
2025 |
Animal Welfare |
Wildlife Rescue of Central Texas |
Toward the purchase of veterinary medical equipment |
1-yr |
4,000 |
| 340 |
2025 |
Environmental Education |
Artist Boat |
Toward acquiring equipment for the Eco-Art Kayak Adventure program |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 350 |
2025 |
Environmental Education |
Foster Angels of Central Texas |
Toward providing outdoor education experiences for teens in foster care |
2-yr |
30,000 |
| 360 |
2025 |
Environmental Education |
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center |
Toward expanding environmental education programming to students from Channelview ISD |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 370 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
Amarillo Reproductive Freedom Alliance, fiscally sponsored by Ground Game Fund |
Toward engaging a strategic planning consultant |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 380 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
Art & Environmental Architecture |
Toward an equity-focused strategic planning retreat |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 390 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
Better Brazoria |
Toward securing insurance and building capacity to support community engagement |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 400 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
Border Workers United |
Toward solidifying financial structures |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 410 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park |
Toward developing a strategic plan |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 420 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
Houston Climate Justice Museum |
Toward establishing a community advisory group and accountability practices |
1-yr |
6,000 |
| 430 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
Houston Department of Transformation |
Toward executive coaching |
1-yr |
7,000 |
| 440 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
S.A.F.E. Diversity Communities |
Toward travel expense to the HBCU Climate Change Conference |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 450 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
Southern Sector Rising |
Toward a strategic planning and governance retreat |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 460 |
2025 |
Latitude Fund |
The Raices Collab Project |
Toward a team-building and professional development retreat |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 470 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Air Alliance Houston |
Toward general operating support |
3-yr |
180,000 |
| 480 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
BRIDGE Infrastructure Fund, fiscally sponsored by NEO Philanthropy |
Toward building the capacity of early stage climate justice groups in Texas |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 490 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Coalition for Environment, Equity and Resilience, fiscally sponsored by Healthy Gulf |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
75,000 |
| 500 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Coalition of Community Organizations (COCO) |
Toward operating support to equip Fifth Ward residents to address environmental concerns |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 510 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Commission Shift |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
150,000 |
| 520 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Counterstream Media, fiscally sponsored by Occidental Arts & Ecology Center |
Toward coordinating "Solidarity Rides for Environmental Justice" within east Harris County communities |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 530 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Environmental Defense Fund |
Toward partnering with frontline leaders to advance clean air policies in Houston |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 540 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Environmental Integrity Project |
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas |
2-yr |
155,000 |
| 550 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Fair Shot Texas/Texas Climate Jobs Project |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
80,000 |
| 560 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas, a project of Rockefeller Family Fund |
Toward efforts to stop the buildout of oil export terminals along the Texas coast |
1-yr |
250,000 |
| 570 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Healthy Port Communities Coalition, a project of Public Citizen |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
130,000 |
| 580 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Jolt Initiative |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
140,000 |
| 590 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
LINK Houston |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
150,000 |
| 600 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Lone Star Legal Aid |
Toward environmental justice legal services along the upper Texas coast |
3-yr |
250,000 |
| 610 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Move Texas Civic Fund |
Toward mobilizing young people for climate justice |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 620 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Our Children's Trust |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 630 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Power Up Harris County by Organizing Resilience, fiscally sponsored by Amalgamated Charitable Foundation |
Toward building resident awareness and participation in a county-owned and operated solar grid |
1-yr |
100,000 |
| 640 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
PowerHouse Texas |
Toward increasing engagement and knowledge of climate and environmental policy in the Texas Legislature |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 650 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Property Rights and Pipeline Center, fiscally sponsored by Sustainable Markets Foundation |
Toward organizing landowners and communities against oil and gas infrastructure expansion in Texas |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 660 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Public Health Watch |
Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights in Texas |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 670 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Rethink35 |
Toward legal action against the proposed I-35 expansion |
1-yr |
30,000 |
| 680 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Rio Grande International Study Center |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 690 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Rothko Chapel |
Toward an Earth Day convening of youth climate activists |
1-yr |
20,450 |
| 700 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
TCEQ Watchdog Workgroup, a project of Public Citizen |
Toward accountability for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
2-yr |
355,000 |
| 710 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas Appleseed |
Toward environmental justice legal services in greater Houston |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 720 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas Campaign for the Environment |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 730 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas Freedom Network Education Fund |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 740 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas Streets Coalition, fiscally sponsored by Air Alliance Houston |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 750 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Turtle Island Restoration Network |
Toward resisting oil and gas infrastructure expansion along the Texas gulf coast |
2-yr |
60,000 |
| 760 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
WA Parish Coalition, a project of Public Citizen |
Toward the Close Parish Coal coalition |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 770 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges |
Toward acquiring Columbia Bottomlands habitat for inclusion in the National Wildlife Refuge system |
1-yr |
100,000 |
| 780 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Great Springs Project |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 790 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Hill Country Conservancy |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 800 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Hill Country Conservation Initiative |
Toward developing a 10-year land conservation plan for central Texas |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 810 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
John Knox Ranch |
Toward conservation easement transaction costs |
1-yr |
10,000 |
| 820 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Land Trust Alliance |
Toward building capacity among Texas’ land trusts |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 830 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund |
Toward legal action regarding the disposition of state park land |
2-yr |
30,000 |
| 840 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Texas Land Conservancy |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 850 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Texas Land Trust Council |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
150,000 |
| 860 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
The New Philanthropists |
Toward advancing diversity and inclusion among Texas land trusts |
2-yr |
75,000 |
| 870 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Bayou City Waterkeeper |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
160,000 |
| 880 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Environmental Defense Fund |
Toward advancing sustainable groundwater management in Texas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 890 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Environmental Stewardship |
Toward legal expenses for contested case hearings related to wastewater discharge permits |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 900 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Go Austin Vamos Austin (GAVA) |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 910 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Inside Climate News |
Toward reporting on the issue of produced water in Texas |
3-yr |
225,000 |
| 920 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University |
Toward communicating correlative rights strategies to encourage sustainable groundwater management |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 930 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
National Wildlife Federation |
Toward ensuring responsible storm surge protection along the upper Texas coast |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 940 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Pueblo Organizado en defensa de la tierra y sus Recursos (PODER) |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 950 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
80,000 |
| 960 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Save Our Springs Alliance |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 970 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Southern Sector Rising |
Toward ensuring sustainable water supplies for the Sandbranch community |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 980 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Texas Health and Environment Alliance |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 990 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Texas Living Waters, a project of the National Wildlife Federation |
Toward advancing a sustainable water future for the people and wildlife of Texas |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 1,000 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Texas Water Foundation |
Toward supporting the Texas Water Caucus |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 1,010 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
West Street Recovery |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 1,020 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
American Forests |
Toward a film documenting the case for restoring native Thornforest habitat |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,030 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Center for Biological Diversity |
Toward legal action addressing environmental degradation along the lower Texas coast |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,040 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Defenders of Wildlife |
Toward highlighting environmental degradation along the lower Texas coast |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,050 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,060 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Houston Wilderness |
Toward promoting the use of native grass seed mix for southeast Texas |
2-yr |
20,000 |
| 1,070 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Ratcliff CBO, fiscally sponsored by Texas Agricultural Land Trust |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 1,080 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Texas Tribal Buffalo Project |
Toward reconnecting indigenous communities with traditional ecological knowledge and stewardship |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 1,090 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
The Peregrine Fund |
Toward recovering the northern Aplomado falcon in Texas |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,100 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Travis Audubon |
Toward general operating support and expenses toward a potential organizational name change |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,110 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
ARISE Adelante |
Toward equipping residents of South Texas colonias to address environmental concerns |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 1,120 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Deceleration |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,130 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
National Center for Appropriate Technology |
Toward collaborating with historically underserved landowners to cultivate healthy landscapes |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,140 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Nuclear Information and Resource Service |
Toward resisting new nuclear energy facilities and waste storage sites in Texas |
2-yr |
180,000 |
| 1,150 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Public Citizen Foundation |
Toward resisting new nuclear energy facilities and waste storage sites in Texas |
2-yr |
80,000 |
| 1,160 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Texas Observer |
Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,170 |
2024 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
TreeFolks |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
40,000 |
| 1,180 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
ACLU of Texas |
Toward legal services and advocacy to restore reproductive rights in Texas |
2-yr |
130,000 |
| 1,190 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Amanda Changed My Mind, fiscally sponsored by The Film Collaborative |
Toward a film documenting the implications of Texas’ abortion restrictions |
1-yr |
75,000 |
| 1,200 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Avow |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
130,000 |
| 1,210 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Houston in Action Network |
Toward building communications capacity for reproductive rights in Texas |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,220 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 1,230 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Planned Parenthood Texas Votes |
Toward mobilizing support for reproductive rights in Texas |
1-yr |
65,000 |
| 1,240 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Resound Research for Reproductive Health, fiscally sponsored by The Tides Center |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 1,250 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Social Justice Solutions |
Toward mobilizing support amongst men for reproductive rights in Texas |
1-yr |
15,000 |
| 1,260 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Texas Freedom Network |
Toward message testing |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 1,270 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Texas Impact |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 1,280 |
2024 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
The Afiya Center |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
130,000 |
| 1,290 |
2024 |
Parks & Open Space |
Austin Film Society |
Toward a film documenting the history of the Barton Creek Greenbelt |
1-yr |
5,000 |
| 1,300 |
2024 |
Parks & Open Space |
Coalition for Environment, Equity and Resilience |
Toward building parks advocacy capacity in Houston |
3-yr |
320,000 |
| 1,310 |
2024 |
Animal Welfare |
Austin Humane Society |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
15,000 |
| 1,320 |
2024 |
Animal Welfare |
Austin Pets Alive! |
Toward efforts to reduce shelter surrenders in underserved areas |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,330 |
2024 |
Animal Welfare |
Austin Wildlife Rescue |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
10,000 |
| 1,340 |
2024 |
Animal Welfare |
Barrio Dogs |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
30,000 |
| 1,350 |
2024 |
Animal Welfare |
Gulf Coast Animal Welfare Alliance, a project of Houston Pets Alive! |
Toward operating support for the Gulf Coast Animal Welfare Alliance |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 1,360 |
2024 |
Animal Welfare |
Houston Humane Society |
Toward general operating support and wildlife center facility improvements |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 1,370 |
2024 |
Animal Welfare |
Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 1,380 |
2024 |
Animal Welfare |
Texas Litter Control |
Toward expansion of veterinary capacity |
1-yr |
30,000 |
| 1,390 |
2024 |
Environmental Education |
Camp For All |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
20,000 |
| 1,400 |
2024 |
Environmental Education |
Candlelight Ranch |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 1,410 |
2024 |
Environmental Education |
Channelview ISD |
Toward Phase 1 implementation and evaluation of environmental education efforts |
1-yr |
150,000 |
| 1,420 |
2024 |
Environmental Education |
Channelview ISD |
Toward development of an outdoor learning center |
1-yr |
250,000 |
| 1,430 |
2024 |
Environmental Education |
Collective Action for Youth |
Toward environmental education and advocacy training for systems involved youth |
2-yr |
40,000 |
| 1,440 |
2024 |
Environmental Education |
Families in Nature |
Toward inclusive environmental education for all abilities |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,450 |
2024 |
Environmental Education |
Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability |
Toward inclusive environmental education for all abilities |
2-yr |
40,000 |
| 1,460 |
2024 |
Environmental Education |
Pease Park Conservancy |
Toward inclusive environmental education for all abilities |
2-yr |
15,000 |
| 1,470 |
2024 |
Environmental Education |
St. Edward’s University |
Toward inclusive environmental education for highly vulnerable students |
1-yr |
15,000 |
| 1,480 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
AliefVotes |
Toward participating in a nonprofit management training program |
1-yr |
6,000 |
| 1,490 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
Barrio Dogs |
Toward enabling a partnership with the Houston Area Women’s Center to enable survivors of intimate partner violence to bring their pets to the shelter |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 1,500 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
Eagle Pass Border Coalition, fiscally sponsored by Mission Border Hope |
Toward transitioning from fiscal sponsorship to 501(c)3 status and engaging research capacity |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 1,510 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park |
Toward training block captains to mobilize residents to engage in advocacy and to assess community needs following disasters |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 1,520 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
Friends of Columbia Tap, fiscally sponsored by Third Ward Community Fund Management Corporation |
Toward a capacity-building retreat for the organization’s steering committee |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 1,530 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
Journey HTX |
Toward travel expenses to learn from a peer that utilizes urban agriculture to engage at-risk youth |
1-yr |
6,650 |
| 1,540 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
Madres del Parque |
Toward the services of a bilingual strategic planning consultant |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 1,550 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
River Pierce Foundation |
Toward capacity to spotlight the role of the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe in stewarding the San Ygnacio community |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 1,560 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
Solar Austin |
Toward board and staff training to support the organization’s shift to centering racial equity |
1-yr |
7,500 |
| 1,570 |
2024 |
Latitude Fund |
The Raices Collab Project |
Toward participating in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute conference |
1-yr |
6,000 |
| 1,580 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Amanecer People's Project, fiscally sponsored by Ground Game Fund |
Toward mobilizing El Pasoans for environmental justice |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 1,590 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Capital & Main |
Toward investigative reporting on climate issues in Texas |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,600 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Clean Energy Fund of Texas |
Toward building capacity to serve as Texas' green bank |
1-yr |
250,000 |
| 1,610 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Common Defense |
Toward organizing veterans for climate justice in southeast Texas |
2-yr |
80,000 |
| 1,620 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Environmental Integrity Project |
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas |
1-yr |
65,000 |
| 1,630 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Environmental Protection Network |
Toward technical assistance for Texas' frontline environmental justice advocates |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,640 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Fair Shot Texas |
Toward operating support for the Texas Climate Jobs Project |
1-yr |
40,000 |
| 1,650 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Healthy Port Communities Coalition, a project of Public Citizen |
Toward operating support for the Healthy Port Communities Coalition |
1-yr |
60,000 |
| 1,660 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Inside Climate News |
Toward operating support for Inside Climate News' Texas bureau |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 1,670 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
MOVE Texas, fiscally sponsored by Alliance for Youth Organizing |
Toward mobilizing young people for climate justice |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,680 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Network of Texas IAF Organizations |
Toward conducting research to inform advocacy against corporate oil and gas subsidies |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 1,690 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Property Rights and Pipeline Center, fiscally sponsored by Sustainable Markets Foundation |
Toward organizing landowners and communities against oil and gas infrastructure expansion |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,700 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas Appleseed |
Toward providing environmental justice legal services in greater Houston |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 1,710 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas CCS Coalition |
Toward operating support for the Texas Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Coalition |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 1,720 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas Energy Justice, Equity and Democracy Table, a project of Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund |
Toward facilitation of the Texas Energy Justice, Equity and Democracy Table |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 1,730 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas Solar Energy Society |
Toward educating Pedernales Electric Cooperative members about board candidates |
1-yr |
15,000 |
| 1,740 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
The Texas Tribune |
Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights |
2-yr |
120,000 |
| 1,750 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Turtle Island Restoration Network |
Toward resisting oil and gas infrastructure expansion along the Texas Gulf Coast |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,760 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
WA Parish Coalition, a project of Public Citizen Foundation |
Toward community organizing against the WA Parish coal-fired power plant |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,770 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Bayou Land Conservancy |
Toward operating support for conserving land in the Lake Houston watershed |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 1,780 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Blanco County Conservation Initiative |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,790 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Cibolo Center for Conservation |
Toward building capacity to serve as a local land trust |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,800 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Coastal Prairie Conservancy |
Toward operating support for conserving coastal prairies |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 1,810 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Comal Conservation |
Toward building capacity for conservation in Comal County |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,820 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Galveston Bay Foundation |
Toward accelerating land conservation along Galveston Bay |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 1,830 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Hill Country Alliance |
Toward operating support to advance conservation in the Texas Hill Country |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 1,840 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Sustainable Food Center |
Toward assessing a model to preserve central Texas farmland for regenerative agriculture |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,850 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Texas Rice Industry Coalition for the Environment |
Toward protecting and restoring wetland and prairie habitat |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 1,860 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Save Barton Creek Association |
Toward operating support for watershed protection in the Texas Hill Country |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 1,870 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Save Buffalo Bayou |
Toward assessing the Harris County Flood Control District's practice of clearing woodlands to create stormwater detention basins |
1-yr |
5,000 |
| 1,880 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter |
Toward organizing and advocacy to address water quality in Texas |
2-yr |
150,000 |
| 1,890 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Texas Wellspring, a project of the Water Foundation |
Toward the Texas Wellspring Fund's efforts to address systemic water issues |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,900 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Center for Biological Diversity Inc |
Toward legal action addressing environmental degradation along the lower Texas coast |
1-yr |
40,000 |
| 1,910 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program |
Toward avian research and monitoring along the lower Texas coast |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,920 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Defenders Of Wildlife |
Toward highlighting environmental degradation along the lower Texas coast |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,930 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge |
Toward facilitating land acquisition within the expansion boundary of the wildlife refuge |
1-yr |
5,000 |
| 1,940 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Houston Audubon Society |
Toward general operating support and expenses to review a potential organizational name change |
1-yr |
60,000 |
| 1,950 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
International Crane Foundation |
Toward operating support for the Texas Program |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 1,960 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Project Coyote, fiscally sponsored by Earth Island Institute |
Toward shifting perceptions and policy to protect carnivores across Texas |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 1,970 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Save RGV |
Toward defending the Texas Open Beaches Act |
1-yr |
15,000 |
| 1,980 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Texas Conservation Alliance |
Toward protecting forest and grassland habitat from reservoir development |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 1,990 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
University of Houston |
Toward developing a strategic plan for the University of Houston Coastal Center |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,000 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Wildlife Habitat Federation |
Toward collaborating with historically underserved landowners to restore grassland and prairie habitat |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,010 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
ARISE Adelante |
Toward equipping residents of South Texas colonias to address environmental concerns |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 2,020 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Harris County Nature-Based Solutions Coalition, a project of The Nature Conservancy |
Toward a coalition advancing nature-based solutions in Harris County |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,030 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Sunnyside Community Redevelopment Organization |
Toward operating support to equip Sunnyside residents to address environmental concerns |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,040 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
The Texas Observer |
Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,050 |
2023 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Urban Harvest |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,060 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Center for Reproductive Rights |
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas |
2-yr |
300,000 |
| 2,070 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Deeds Not Words |
Toward mobilizing youth for reproductive and environmental justice |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 2,080 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Ipas |
Toward power building for reproductive rights in Texas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,090 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum |
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 2,100 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice |
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas |
1-yr |
40,000 |
| 2,110 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Project Row, fiscally sponsored by Hopewell Fund |
Toward providing accurate and up-to-date reproductive health information |
1-yr |
250,000 |
| 2,120 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Reproductive Rights and Justice Fund at the Greater Houston Community Foundation |
Toward examining trends in obstetric medical education in Texas following the Dobbs decision |
1-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,130 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Texas Defense Resource Project, fiscally sponsored by Avow |
Reproductive Justice Defense Resource Project |
1-yr |
75,000 |
| 2,140 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
The Lawyering Project, fiscally sponsored by The Tides Center |
Toward legal support for Texas organizations |
2-yr |
80,000 |
| 2,150 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity |
Toward operating support for the organization's work in Texas |
2-yr |
70,000 |
| 2,160 |
2023 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Young Invincibles |
Toward equipping youth to advocate for reproductive rights and justice |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,170 |
2023 |
Parks & Open Space |
Art & Environmental Architecture |
Toward facilitating efforts to preserve Frost Town as a public park |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 2,180 |
2023 |
Parks & Open Space |
Austin Parks Foundation |
Toward advocating for local parks |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,190 |
2023 |
Parks & Open Space |
Rewilding Zilker Coalition, a project of Save Our Springs Alliance |
Toward legal expenses to support the Rewilding Zilker Park campaign |
1-yr |
15,000 |
| 2,200 |
2023 |
Parks & Open Space |
SPARK School Park Program |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
150,000 |
| 2,210 |
2023 |
Parks & Open Space |
Travis Audubon |
Toward preparing the next phase of development for the Blair Woods preserve |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 2,220 |
2023 |
Parks & Open Space |
Travis County Parks Foundation |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
20,000 |
| 2,230 |
2023 |
Animal Welfare |
Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter |
Toward facility improvements |
1-yr |
5,000 |
| 2,240 |
2023 |
Animal Welfare |
Gulf Coast Animal Welfare Alliance, a project of Houston Pets Alive! |
Toward operating support for the Gulf Coast Animal Welfare Alliance |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 2,250 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
Armand Bayou Nature Center |
Toward environmental education programs for underserved communities |
1-yr |
10,000 |
| 2,260 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
Audubon Rockies |
Toward environmental education programs in southwestern Colorado |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,270 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
Bat Conservation International |
Toward environmental education programs for underserved communities at the Bracken Cave Preserve |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,280 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
Candlelight Ranch |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 2,290 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
Families in Nature |
Toward inclusive environmental education and camping for all abilities |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,300 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center |
Toward environmental education programs for underserved students |
1-yr |
12,000 |
| 2,310 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
Latino Outdoors, fiscally sponsored by Community Initiatives |
Towards accessible outdoor activities for Texas' Latinx families |
1-yr |
15,000 |
| 2,320 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
PEAS (Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability) |
Toward inclusive environmental education curriculum for all abilities |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 2,330 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
St. Edward’s University |
Toward inclusive environmental education for highly vulnerable students |
1-yr |
15,000 |
| 2,340 |
2023 |
Environmental Education |
Texas Network of Youth Services |
Toward environmental education for youth in foster care |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,350 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Amanecer People's Project, fiscally sponsored by Ground Game Fund |
Toward youth-led climate justice organizing in El Paso |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,360 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Coalition for Environment, Equity and Resilience, fiscally sponsored by Healthy Gulf |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
75,000 |
| 2,370 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Environmental Community Advocates of Galena Park |
Toward operating support to equip Galena Park residents to address environmental concerns |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,380 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Environmental Defense Fund |
Toward the One Breath Partnership and advancing clean air policies in Texas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,390 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Environmental Integrity Project |
Toward environmental legal and technical services in Texas |
1-yr |
65,000 |
| 2,400 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Harris County Office of Sustainability |
Toward the Development of a Climate Justice Action Plan for Harris County |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,410 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Inside Climate News |
Toward investigative reporting on climate issues in Texas |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,420 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Jolt Initiative |
Toward Latinx youth organizing against climate change |
2-yr |
140,000 |
| 2,430 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
PowerHouse Texas |
Toward supporting sustainable climate, environmental and energy policies for Texas |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,440 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Public Citizen Foundation |
Toward climate justice organizing in East Harris County |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,450 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Rio Grande International Study Center |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,460 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Robert D. Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University |
Toward adding key Bullard Center staff positions |
1-yr |
500,000 |
| 2,470 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Mitigating climate change and reducing emissions |
Texas Campaign for the Environment |
Toward promoting clean energy and a just transition from oil and gas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,480 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Friends of Brazoria Wildlife Refuges |
Toward advancing land conservation along Texas' mid-coast |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,490 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Great Plains Restoration Council |
Toward planning a public preserve in the Texas High Plains |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,500 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Great Springs Project |
Toward landowner engagement across the Great Springs Trail |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,510 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Hill Country Conservancy |
Toward advancing land protection in the Texas Hill Country |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,520 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
National Parks Conservation Association |
Toward assessing opportunities for expanding Big Thicket National Preserve |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,530 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
Texas Land Conservancy |
Toward advancing land conservation and stewarding orphan easements |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,540 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting ecologically valuable lands |
The Conservation Fund |
Toward land conservation staff capacity |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 2,550 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Bayou City Waterkeeper |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
150,000 |
| 2,560 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Environmental Defense Fund |
Toward advancing sustainable groundwater management in Texas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,570 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University |
Toward assessing strategies for sustainable groundwater management in Texas |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,580 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Quantifed Ventures, fiscally sponsored by U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities |
Toward supporting underserved communities in accessing federal resources for nature-based water infrastructure improvements |
2-yr |
62,500 |
| 2,590 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Shoal Creek Conservancy |
Toward implementing the Shoal Creek Watershed Action Plan |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 2,600 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Preserving and stewarding water resources |
Texas Water Foundation |
Toward supporting the Texas Water Caucus |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,610 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Center for Biological Diversity |
Toward legal action addressing environmental degradation along the lower Texas coast |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,620 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory |
Toward avian research and monitoring along the upper Texas coast |
1-yr |
35,000 |
| 2,630 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Houston Audubon Society |
Toward general operating support |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,640 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Houston Zoo |
Toward improvements at the Attwater's Prairie Chicken breeding facility |
1-yr |
20,000 |
| 2,650 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Protecting wildlife and recovering species of concern |
Wildlife Habitat Federation |
Toward collaborating with landowners to restore prairie habitat |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,660 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Citizens' Environmental Coalition |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
20,000 |
| 2,670 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Communities for Better Health |
Toward connecting Acres Homes residents with urban farming |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,680 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Deceleration |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,690 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Houston Public Media |
Toward reporting on environmental issues in Houston |
2-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,700 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Public Health Watch |
Toward reporting on the environment and reproductive rights in Texas |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,710 |
2022 |
Environmental Justice & Conservation - Other |
Texas Health and Environment Alliance |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,720 |
2022 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Houston in Action |
Toward arts-based strategies to mobilize support for reproductive rights |
1-yr |
70,500 |
| 2,730 |
2022 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice - Texas |
Toward advocating to restore reproductive rights in Texas |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,740 |
2022 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at UT Austin |
Toward building a legal resource hub for reproductive rights in Texas |
1-yr |
75,000 |
| 2,750 |
2022 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Rothko Chapel |
Toward reproductive rights programming within the 2023 Symposium |
1-yr |
25,000 |
| 2,760 |
2022 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
Texas Impact |
Toward advocating to restore reproductive rights in Texas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,770 |
2022 |
Reproductive Rights & Justice |
The Afiya Center |
Toward advocating to restore reproductive rights in Texas |
2-yr |
100,000 |
| 2,780 |
2022 |
Parks & Open Space |
Achieving Community Tasks Successfully (ACTS) |
Toward improvements at Pleasantville Park |
1-yr |
50,000 |
| 2,790 |
2022 |
Parks & Open Space |
Ecology Action of Texas |
Toward improvements at Circle Acres Nature Preserve |
1-yr |
40,000 |
| 2,800 |
2022 |
Animal Welfare |
Barrio Dogs |
Toward general operating support |
2-yr |
20,000 |
| 2,810 |
2022 |
Animal Welfare |
Emancipet |
Toward increasing access to veterinary services |
2-yr |
40,000 |
| 2,820 |
2022 |
Environmental Education |
Latino Outdoors, fiscally sponsored by Community Initiatives |
Towards engaging Texas' Latino families in the outdoors |
1-yr |
50,000 |
Elizabeth Love has served as CEO of the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation since 2020. Prior to that, she served as Senior Program Officer at Houston Endowment, where she led environmental and health-related initiatives for 11 years. Before entering philanthropy, Elizabeth served as the Director of Harris County Public Health’s Office of Policy and Planning, overseeing the department’s legislative affairs, strategic planning and evaluation efforts, and started her career as a fellow for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Elizabeth received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University and a master’s degree from the University of Texas School of Public Health. Elizabeth currently serves on the boards of Commission Shift, LINK Houston and The Funders Network, as well as on the Steering Committee of the Climate and Energy Funders Group and the Advisory Board of the School of Social Sciences at Rice University. Elizabeth is a past president of the Junior League of Houston.
Amie Rodnick has served on the Board of the Foundation since 1995. She is a cousin of Terry Hershey and a practicing attorney in Austin. Amie has served as a past president of Meals on Wheels, the Eanes Education Foundation, Verde Valley School, and as chair of the City of Rollingwood Planning and Zoning Commission. In addition, she has served on the Rollingwood City Council, the board of directors of Jane’s Due Process, Travis County Lawyer Referral Service, and the State Bar Grievance Committee (including as panel chair). She is current president of the Travis County Women Lawyers Association Scholarship Fund, Collaborative Divorce Austin, and the Verde Valley School Foundation. Prior to opening her private practice in Austin, Amie served under Mark White in the Charitable Trusts Section of the Attorney General’s Office. She is a graduate of UT Austin and UT Law and is board certified in family law, a credentialed distinguished mediator, and a Texas Super Lawyer.
Angelica Razo is the Deputy Director of Campaigns and Programs for Mi Familia Vota, where she oversees efforts to increase political representation and power for the Latinx community through electoral, advocacy and community organizing strategies. Angelica serves on the steering committees for Houston in Action and the Race Equity Leadership and Research Collective; co-chairs the Government Affairs committee for the Coalition for Environment, Equity and Resilience; and serves on the Houston 2036 Environment Task Force. Angelica obtained her B.A. from Rice University, where she remains connected as a Board member for the Society of Latino Alumni, and is a graduate of the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s Emerging Leaders Institute. In 2021, Angelica was featured in the inaugural edition of the Houston Chronicle’s “¡Extraordinarios! 10 Houston Latinos who are making a difference.”
Dr. Kimberly Baker is the Director of the Office of Public Health Practice and Engagement at UTHealth School of Public Health (UTSPH) and serves as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests include reproductive and sexual health, health disparity elimination and the impact of racism on health. She manages We Can Do More, a multi-partner, system-level intervention to increase access to contraception for women in Harris County. She has also developed sexual health interventions informed by community needs targeting males, faith institutions and health providers. She is the co-founder of Full Circle Strategies Consulting Group, a firm that works with agencies across the nation to lessen the impact of racism through strategic planning, training and coaching. She received a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Hampton University, a Master of Public Health from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and her Doctorate of Public Health from UTHealth School of Public Health.
Alan Chang joined the Foundation as Director of Finance in 2023. He previously served for 14 years as Controller at the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation in Houston, Texas, where he led all aspects of the accounting, finance and investments processes. Prior to that, Alan served as a staff auditor at a local accounting firm, serving nonprofit and private foundation clients. He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accountancy and taxation from the University of Houston and is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas.
Carolina Salmeron joined the Foundation as Program Officer in 2022. She previously served as Senior Director of Programs for Healthy Futures of Texas, where she led local and statewide initiatives that developed and implemented inclusive, culturally sensitive, and medically accurate sexual education and resources for adolescents and their families. Prior to that, as Program Officer for the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Carolina led youth programs and partnered with reproductive justice champions around the globe to elevate youth voice and leadership. She received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. Carolina currently serves on the board of MECA, a Houston nonprofit committed to the healthy development of underserved and underrepresented families.
Dr. Bakeyah Nelson is the Principal for Community Health Collaborative Consulting, where she partners with community, nonprofit and philanthropic partners to move environmental justice, climate justice and health equity forward. Bakeyah previously served as an Initiative Director supporting Bloomberg Philanthropies, as Global Initiatives Director for Climate Imperative, as Executive Director of Air Alliance Houston, and in Harris County Public Health’s Office of Policy and Planning, where she led health equity initiatives. Bakeyah serves on the Participatory Working Group for the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice and the Advisory Committee for the Environmental Integrity Project’s Center for Applied Environmental Science. She was a founding member of the New Giving Collective, a giving circle that supports and responds to the needs of the Black community. Bakeyah earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Bakeyah was named 2020 Clean Air Champion of the Year by the Texas Energy Summit
As owner of an inland marine transportation business and former competitive sailor, Jake Hershey was vitally interested in the health of Galveston Bay and area waterways
Terry Hershey began her activist conservation work in the early 1960s when Buffalo Bayou was threatened with channelization as a means to prevent flooding.
Jeffrey Hershey has been a director on the Foundation’s board since 2001 and has served as its President since 2017. He is the grandson of Jacob Hershey and is the owner and manager of a 2000-acre rice and grain farm in Wharton County Texas. He has worked for the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department, Stormwater Research Group, Lower Colorado River Authority, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and Adjutant Generals Department in various capacities, including as Manager, Natural Resource Specialist, Wildlife Biologist, and Park Specialist. He is a graduate of Fort Lewis College with a degree in Environmental Studies.
Dr. Andrew Sansom has served on the Foundation Board since 2007. He is one of Texas’ leading conservationists, having served as Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Executive Director of the Texas Nature Conservancy. Under his leadership at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Dr. Sansom spearheaded a number of significant programs, including founding the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, which has raised over $150 million for conservation in Texas to date, and adding over 500,000 acres to the State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas. He is a recipient of the Chevron Conservation Award, The Chuck Yeager Award from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Pugsley Medal from the National Park Foundation, the Seton Award from the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nature Conservancy. Dr. Sansom is a Distinguished Alumnus of Austin College and is a graduate of Texas Tech University. His published works have appeared in such publications as Texas Monthly and The Texas Observer and he is the author of eight books, including recent publications Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art and Seasons of Selah. He now serves as Professor of Practice in Geography and is founder of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University.
Dr. Olive Hershey, the Foundation’s longest-serving Director, has been a member of The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation’s board since 1993. She is the daughter of Jacob Hershey and aunt of Jeffrey Hershey. Before she joined the Foundation Board, Olive was an early member of the Board of Directors of the Sierra Blanca Legal Defense Fund, and currently serves on the Board of Save Buffalo Bayou. She is the author of the novel Truck Dance and is a graduate of the University of Houston creative writing program, where she studied under Donald Barthelme, among others. Her most recent book project Ay, Que Vida!, a biography of Houston artist and activist Gertrude Levy Barnstone, is nearing completion. She has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Texas at Austin. She is very active in Houston environmental issues and works continually to learn of new efforts to improve the air quality in Houston.
Deborah Mueller, the Foundation’s Director of Operations and Grants Management, has worked on behalf of the Foundation in a variety of capacities for nearly 25 years. She first met Terry and Jake Hershey in 1996 while volunteering for Urban Harvest, an organization that Terry helped to establish. When Terry learned that Deborah was using her computer and organizational skills to help transfer Urban Harvest’s books from a paper-based system to a computer-based one, Terry immediately recruited her to do the same for the Foundation. Deborah has a BA in Art from Rice University, and has spent her career working for both for-profit and non-profit organizations in various management capacities, primarily focused on systems development, project management, and corporate governance.
Julia Gutierrez, Executive Assistant, joined the Foundation in 2021 after almost five years at the Houston Zoo. Having worked in both the for-profit and non-profit worlds, Julia brings years of experience in management and administrative roles. A native Houstonian, Julia received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Houston. She maintains a passion for Houston’s native flora and fauna and is an avid fan of the trails along Buffalo Bayou.