Community Initiatives
For The Northern Sierra Partnership Campaign For The American River Headwaters
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/14/2015
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
With support from the Hewlett Foundation and several other donors, the 10,115-acre American River Headwaters property along the Sierra Nevada Crest, west of Lake Tahoe, will be protected by the Northern Sierra Partnership, a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives. This grant will support the acquisition-related and transaction-related costs of the land acquisition, permanently protecting this area from timber harvesting and other commercial development. In addition, under the Wilderness Act, approximately 3,000 acres of this property, which are adjacent to the Granite Chief Wilderness, will be designated as wilderness through administrative action, if donated to the Forest Service.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.communityIn.org
Address
1000 Broadway, Suite 480, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for sponsorship of CSLX funder convening
This grant will support a convening hosted by Community Schools Learning Exchange (CSLX): Staying the Course: Student Success in a Post-ESSER Landscape. (Strategy: K-12 Teaching and Learning)
for CSLX organization assessment, planning, and wellness
The Community Schools Learning Exchange (CSLX) supports stakeholders in implementing and refining whole-child community schools that leverage complementary whole-system efforts across the education and other child- and family-serving ecosystems. CSLX envisions community schools that are organized to create and sustain the optimal conditions for teaching and learning, are inclusive, equitable, student and family-centered, and are interconnected with the organizations and people within the communities they serve. This organizational effectiveness grant will support CSLX while they undergo organizational assessment and planning to highlight strengths and identify areas of opportunity and develop recommendations and tools to strengthen those areas. This will allow CSLX to refine their operating model and organizational structure, codify their practices, and ultimately develop a strategic plan that reflects their values and priorities in collaboration with the communities and stakeholders they work with. There is also an allocation in this grant for wellness in furtherance of the organization’s charitable purpose.
for Just Solutions Collective’s leadership recruitment and staff development
The Just Solutions Collective works to broaden and deepen the understanding and implementation of equitable and effective climate policies and programs at a scale and pace that match the urgency of the climate crisis. This organizational effectiveness grant will support a search for the organization's first Directors of Research and Policy, develop a more robust evaluation system, protocols, and templates that facilitate optimal leadership and professional development.
