Vermont Public Interest Research and Education Fund
To ban the application of contaminated sewage sludge or sludge products on Vermont soil.
Archives Grants
Vermont Works for Women
To support (1) programmatic expansion into automotive technology as well as geographic expansion into one additional community; (2) underwrite job developer/industry liaison position; (3) fund consulting assistance to help with fundraising and program development.
Washington Office on Latin America
To convene a meeting of prominent Latin American human rights advocates in Lima, Peru, to discuss challenges and strategies for the community.
Human Rights First
To enable representatives from two Mexican human rights organizations to travel to Geneva to attend the upcoming session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Human Rights First
To conduct a trial observer mission in Cambodia.
Reproductive Health Technologies Project
To promote emergency contraceptives for pregnancy prevention by initiating a three-part program: (1) public education campaigns in two states; (2) addressing pharmacy chains’ policies on emergency contraceptive prescriptions; and (3) increasing effective responses to recent negative media coverage.
Trickle Up Program
To fund a grant program for microenterprises in selected rural areas of New England. Trickle Up’s conditional grant program helps small enterprises to start and expand.
Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment
To promote nuclear nonproliferation through citizen involvement at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, one of the country’s leading research and developing sites for nuclear weapons production and testing.
Vermont Land Trust
To protect 133,000 acres of Champion lands in northern Vermont.
Vermont Nature Conservancy
To protect Champion land in Vermont.