Resources Legacy Fund
For The Dams And Rivers Fund
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Amount$50,000,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/22/2016
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Term120 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
This grant to the Resources Legacy Fund will support a 10-year fund aimed at preserving significant ecological places by restoring the integrity of rivers through dam removal. The fund will be created to honor the Hewlett Foundation’s 50th anniversary, and to recognize its longstanding commitment to western conservation. The work supported by the fund will focus on dam removal projects that are critical to landscape integrity and climate resilience. Over the 10-year period of the fund, the Resources Legacy Fund will identify projects that help ensure the health of western waterways and the species that depend on them.
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.
