Resources Legacy Fund
For Advancing Resilient Rural Communities
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/1/2020
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
This grant supports Resources Legacy Fund’s rural community economic diversification project, which works with partners to support communities across the American West in advancing sustainable economic development alongside conservation values. (Substrategy: Build the Conditions for Enduring Conservation)
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.resourceslegacyfund.org
Address
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1095, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Resources Legacy Fund is a nonprofit organization that partners with leaders in philanthropy, communities, government, science, and business to promote smart policies and secure equitable public funding for the environment, climate change resilience, and healthy communities. Across the American West and internationally, it manages large, multiyear grantmaking programs and fiscally sponsors projects that accelerate change toward environmental and equity goals. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
for the Ridges to Riffles Conservation Fund
Ridges to Riffles Conservation Fund, a project of Resources Legacy Fund, supports the engagement of Native American tribes and Indigenous communities in water-related legal and policy issues. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
for the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
This grant supports the ongoing collaboration, communications, 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 Protections)
