Resources Legacy Fund
For General Operating Support
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Amount$1,300,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/22/2016
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
The Resources Legacy Fund works across the West to protect land and river resources through purchase and the adoption of environmentally sound policy at the federal and state levels. This general support grant will be used by the fund to achieve its acquisition and policy goals. The fund will work with a broad array of nonprofits and other philanthropic entities to leverage public and private investment and policies, as it seeks to protect land and rivers.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.resourceslegacyfund.org
Address
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2150, 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 Western U.S. 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 Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
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. This grant supports the ongoing collaboration, communications, and 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: Indigenous-Led Conservation)
