Water Foundation
For General Operating Support
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Amount$1,850,000
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Program
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Date Awarded3/21/2017
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Term12 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Strategies
Overview
This grant to the Water Foundation will support its work to ensure water policy in California balances the needs of farmers, urban dwellers, and the environment. The Water Foundation seeks 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 Water Foundation will analyze water policy options and educate policymakers, the public, and the press.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
waterfdn.org
Address
555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1155, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Water Solutions Fund
The Water Foundation is a public foundation that focuses on safe water for people, freshwater ecosystem restoration, and climate resilience. The Water Solutions Fund informs federal and state policy to ensure transparent, equitable, and effective implementation of public funding for water projects across the country; builds local and regional nonprofit capacity to track how public funds are expended; and communicates success stories. (Western Conservation Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections and the Climate Change Initiative)
for the Water Solutions Fund
The Water Foundation is a public foundation that focuses on safe water for people, freshwater ecosystem restoration, and climate resilience. Its new Water Solutions Fund will inform federal and state policy to ensure transparent, equitable, and effective implementation of public funding for water projects across the country; build local and regional nonprofit capacity to track how public funds are expended; and communicate success stories. (Substrategy: Advance Conservation Protections)
