Funding Sources

Private Corporations

American Express offers philanthropic support in three areas: Community Service, Cultural Heritage, and Economic Independence.

The AT&T Foundation invests in projects that are at the intersection of community needs and AT&T's business interests. Emphasis is placed on programs that serve the needs of people in communities where AT&T has a significant business presence, initiatives that use technology in innovative ways, and programs in which AT&T employees are actively involved as contributors or volunteers.

Private Foundations

The Conservation Fund site includes information about four awards, including the Eastman Kodak American Greenways Awards, (a partnership project of Kodak, The Conservation Fund, and the National Geographic Society), which provides small grants to stimulate the planning and design of greenways in communities throughout America.

The Ford Foundation's goals are to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. The Foundation makes grants or loans that build knowledge and strengthen organizations and networks.

Grants are available from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, which conserves healthy populations of fish, wildlife and plants, on land and in the sea, through creative and respectful partnerships, sustainable solutions, and better education.

The National Forest Foundation's Grant Programs promotes the creation of locally-based forest partnerships. Grants may be used for a wide range of needs including: basic start-up and operating costs, materials and equipment, technical assistance, training, consultants, community outreach, obtaining 501(c)(3) status, program development, group facilitation, nonprofit management skill-building, and communications.

The National Parks Foundation grants over $15 million annually in cash, services or in-kind donations to the National Park Service and its partners. Grants are awarded in the areas of volunteerism, visitor experience, education, outreach and priority programs.

The Smith Richardson Foundation contributes to important public debates and helps address serious public policy challenges facing the United States. The Foundation awards grants to help ensure the vitality of our social, economic, and governmental institutions; it also assists with the development of effective policies to compete internationally and to advance U.S. interests and values abroad.

The mission of the Mule Deer Foundation is to ensure the conservation of mule and blacktail deer and their habitats. The Mule Deer Foundation funds a variety of conservation projects and programs including habitat enhancement, management, conservation education, and hunting heritage.

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations in the following program areas: conservation; population; science; children, families, and communities; arts; and organizational effectiveness and philanthropy. The Foundation provides national and international grants, and also has a special focus on the Northern California counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey.

The Tides Foundation awards grants to nonprofits working for social change in the United States and abroad. The grants (most of which are recommended by the Foundation's individual, family or institutional donors) are awarded to projects that promote human rights, justice, and a healthy, sustainable environment.

The Captain Planet Foundation funds and supports hands-on environmental projects for children and youths. The Foundation encourages innovative programs that empower children and youth around the world to work individually and collectively to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods and communities.

Wildlife Forever conserves America's wildlife heritage through preservation of habitat, conservation education, and management of fish and wildlife. Grants from Wildlife Forever are targeted for research management, acquisition, and educational purposes; special emphasis is placed on grassroots programs.

The Kenney Foundation helps develop and support campaigns to protect and restore critical wild rivers in the Western United States and British Columbia, focusing primarily on the upper, wild stretches of the watershed.

Wilburforce Foundation is a private, philanthropic foundation that funds environmental issues in the Western U.S. and Western Canada. Begun in 1991, the Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations that have programs operating in Alaska, the Yellowstone to Yukon region, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona or New Mexico.

Land Conservation is central to TPL's mission. Founded in 1972, the The Trust for Public Land is the only national nonprofit working exclusively to protect land for human enjoyment and well-being. TPL helps conserve land for recreation and spiritual nourishment and to improve the health and quality of life of American communities.