Resources Legacy Fund
For The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition
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Amount$800,000
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Program
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Date Awarded6/10/2024
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
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.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.resourceslegacyfund.org
Grants to this Grantee
for the U.S. Nature Initiative
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. This grant is for the U.S. Nature Initiative, a fiscally sponsored project of Resources Legacy Fund, which aims to support short-term defense of public lands and water policies and strengthen public support for durable outcomes.
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.
for wildfire strategies
Resources Legacy Fund advances bold, collaborative solutions to secure a just and resilient world for people and nature. This grant supports its work to accelerate wildfire resilience in select states in the U.S. West and nationwide, including through community wildfire risk reduction and increasing the use of prescribed and cultural fire implementation as a critical management tool.
