Resources Legacy Fund
For The Western Energy Project
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Amount$3,600,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/20/2023
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Term24 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
The Resources Legacy Fund’s Western Energy Project (WEP) works to protect treasured landscapes in the American West by ensuring that development of oil and gas on federal public lands is done in a responsible manner. WEP empowers diverse organizations to preserve ecologically and culturally important areas; support the adoption of commonsense protections for water, air, land, and wildlife; and safeguard opportunities for Americans to enjoy public lands across the Intermountain West.
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. (Substrategies: Climate-Responsive Solutions and the Climate Change Initiative)
