New World Foundation
To select and award grants to community-based organizations that are active and effective members of the Green Justice Coalition.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $400,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Climate
RARE
To create a portfolio of climate-compatible development projects and use it to significantly expand funding for climate adaptation and mitigation work that also advances conservation.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $500,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Global
RAR-MA Inc.
To support Raising A Reader expansion in high-need Boston neighborhoods, focusing on low-income families and English language learners.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $200,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Education
Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy
To support the continuation and expansion of the Condition of Education in the Commonwealth research project through printed materials, digital media, and convenings.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $130,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Education
Root Capital, Inc.
To strengthen and expand Root Capital's capacity to plan, implement, and measure its efforts to increase smallholder farmer resilience to climate change and related environmental shocks.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $400,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Global
Smart Growth America
To support LOCUS’s efforts to increase low-emission, affordable, transit-oriented development projects by conducting research that identifies potential walkable urban neighborhoods (WalkUPS) and ideas to make them more appealing to developers.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $500,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Climate
University of Massachusetts Foundation, Inc.
To develop a robust and innovative model for managing Indian East Himalayan forest ecosystem services and societal interactions in the face of global climate and economic change.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $450,000
- Term: 36 months
- Program: Global
University of Wisconsin Foundation, Inc.
To support the State Smart Transportation Initiative’s (SSTI) community of practice among change-oriented state departments of transportation (DOTs), produce research and educational materials to inform DOTs across the country, and provide technical assistance to the Massachusetts DOT.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $600,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Climate
Urban Age Institute
To support the Emerging Opportunities Project, which introduces global transportation innovation ideas that have the potential to be transformative in Boston and other cities as we aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $100,000
- Term: 12 months
- Program: Climate
World Music, Inc.
To provide capacity-building support in the form of multi-year operating support, training, and technical assistance through the Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative.
- Award Date: 3/2/2015
- Amount: $250,000
- Term: 24 months
- Program: Arts & Creativity