Resources Legacy Fund
For The San Francisco Bay Restoration Program And Strategic Plan Implementation
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Amount$500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/2/2018
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
This grant will support the Resources Legacy Fund’s ongoing work to conserve and restore the San Francisco Bay, and implementation of the organization’s strategic plan. Beginning in 2001, RLF helped catalyze and lead a public-private partnership to acquire and restore 16,500 acres of salt ponds. Ongoing Bay work includes wildlife and wetlands restoration, new trails and recreational facilities along the Bay shoreline, and flood protection for shoreline communities.
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 Bear Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition communications
This Organizational Effectiveness grant supports the communications needs 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. (Western Conservation Sub-strategy: Building the Conditions for Enduring Conservation)
for wildfire strategies
Resources Legacy Fund works for the conservation of land, ocean, and water resources; climate change resilience; and conservation funding and policies that benefit all communities. This grant, which is funded by the Western Conservation grantmaking program and the Climate Change Initiative, supports RLF’s work to accelerate wildfire resilience in Western states and nationwide. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Solutions and the Climate Change Initiative)
