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Environment

Program Overview

We make grants to address climate change globally and to conserve the U.S. West to ensure people, communities, and the planet flourish. In 2024, the program awarded $240.9M through 289 grants.

    Priorities

  • Advance climate change actions that help reduce emissions, create jobs, and ensure all benefit from the clean energy economy.

  • Bolster efforts that bring nations together, despite their differences, to identify shared climate solutions that help everyone thrive.

  • Preserve landscapes and waterways in Western United States for the health and well-being of people and wildlife.

Strategies

Our Team

Jonathan Pershing [Headshot]
Jonathan Pershing 
Program Director
Anup Bandivadekar
Anup Bandivadekar 
Program Officer
Isa Bender Zevallos
Isa Bender Zevallos 
Program Operations Manager
Nicole Cordan 
Program Officer, Environment
Kiyomi Doty
Kiyomi Doty 
Program Associate
Carrie Doyle
Carrie Doyle 
Program Officer
Caitlan Frederick
Caitlan Frederick 
Program Associate
Zhuli Hess
Zhuli Hess 
Program Officer
Beverly E. Mislang
Beverly E. Mislang 
Grants Officer
Sydney Rosengarten
Sydney Rosengarten 
Program Associate
Edit Ruano
Edit Ruano 
Communications Officer
Irene Hong 
Counsel
Kristy Bernard Tsadick 
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary