Energy Foundation
To supplement a broader philanthropic effort to retire targeted coal plants in the Midwest by making quick turnaround funds available for rapidly developing campaign needs.
Archives Grants
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
To coordinate a multi-constituency coalition that seeks to protect Minnesotans from toxic chemicals in everyday products through a health-based campaign that achieves near-term policy victories while building toward comprehensive state and national reforms.
Kentucky Coalition
To stop the proposed Smith coal plant and begin a shift in eastern Kentucky toward a comprehensive strategy to phase in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Local Area Community Exchange
To provide at-risk youth, adults with disabilities, individuals recently released from incarceration, and low-income adults with employment training and skill-building that lead to their participation in the local food economy.
Mercury Policy Project
To substantially reduce the mercury content of compact fluorescent lightbulbs, encourage purchase of the least toxic and most long-lasting energy efficient lighting, and promote shared business responsibility for recycling discarded mercury-containing light bulbs.
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
To promote adoption and implementation of energy efficiency codes for new buildings in eight Midwest states.
National Council of Churches
To mobilize the base of support in the faith community among clergy, laity and religious leaders to educate state and federal policymakers about the dangers of toxic chemicals from a moral perspective; and to motivate aging “Baby Boomers” and seniors…
Plains Justice
To launch a statewide campaign aimed at closing coal plants in Iowa.
SmartPower
To develop and replicate pilot clean energy and energy efficiency marketing programs.
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
To derail plans for the construction of the Plant Washington coal-fired power plant and abandon early planning for an additional Plant Ben Hill in Georgia, and encourage Georgia’s electric membership corporation leaders to choose energy efficiency and clean energy over…