BlueGreen Alliance Foundation
For General Operating Support
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Amount$600,000
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Program
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Date Awarded10/6/2015
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
This general support grant will allow the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation to continue helping labor and environmental organizations speak with a united voice on climate and energy policy issues. In 2016, the Alliance will work with its members and allies in select states to promote clean energy policies that can be used to comply with the Clean Power Plan while simultaneously creating good, green jobs.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.bgafoundation.org
Address
2701 University Avenue, SE, #209, Minneapolis, MN, 55414, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation works to solve today’s climate problems in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and build a clean, thriving, and equitable economy. This grant will support a variety of the foundation’s activities, including research and communications, to unite labor unions and environmental organizations around the implementation of job-creating climate and environmental solutions. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
for general operating support
The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation works to solve today’s climate problems in ways that create and maintain quality jobs and build a clean, thriving, and equitable economy. The foundation achieves its mission through research, education, communications, coalition building, and policy development, working within a national partnership that unites labor unions and environmental organizations around job-creating climate and environmental solutions. It prioritizes the successful implementation of federal climate investment, with a focus on supporting the creation of good jobs and supporting workers and communities facing historic racism and underinvestment. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
for organizational assessment
The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation (BGAF) educates the public about the job-creating potential of environmental solutions. BGAF's staff has grown by 30% over the past year and a half. This organizational effectiveness grant will support a consultant to conduct an internal assessment and provide recommendations on how to best structure internal systems and teams. (Substrategy: Philanthropic Capacity)
