Resources Legacy Fund
For The California Drought Action Initiative
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Amount$1,500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/15/2015
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
California's exceptional drought has resulted in urban water restrictions, cutbacks to agriculture, and such low water levels in rivers, streams, and wildlife refuges that fish and wildlife populations have been significantly declining. This grant to the Resources Legacy Fund would support its Drought Initiative; an effort to modernize state water policy to better respond to a less predictable water future caused by climate change and the growing demands put on the state's water supplies. To achieve its goals, the Fund would employ sound analysis, policy maker and public education, and outreach to the media. This grant would be part of the new California drought special initiative.
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)
