Grants

Resources Legacy Fund

For A Rural Community Research Project

Amount

$50,000
Program

Environment
Date Awarded

9/23/2019
Term

12 Months
Type of Support

Project

Strategies

Western Conservation

About the Grantee

Grantee Website

www.resourceslegacyfund.org

Address

555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1095
Sacramento, CA 95814

Grants to this Grantee

Mar 15, 2021

$3,600,000

for the Western Energy Project

The Resources Legacy Fund’s Western Energy Project (WEP) works to protect treasured landscapes in the American West by ensuring that any development of oil and gas from our federal public lands is done in a responsible manner. WEP empowers diverse organizations to preserve ecologically and culturally important areas; support the adoption of common-sense protections for our water, air, land, and wildlife; and work to safeguard opportunities for Americans to enjoy our public lands across the Intermountain West. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)

All Grants to this Grantee

Nov 13, 2020

$100,000

for the Ridges to Riffles Conservation Fund strategic planning and tribal wildfire assessment

All Grants to this Grantee

Oct 6, 2020

$975,000

for the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition

This grant supports the ongoing collaboration and climate and land-use planning efforts of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, for which the Resources Legacy Fund serves as fiscal sponsor. Leaders from five tribes founded the coalition in 2015, representing a historic consortium of sovereign tribal nations united in the effort to conserve the Bears Ears cultural landscape. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Solutions)

All Grants to this Grantee