The health of California’s population is largely determined by the social, physical, economic, and environments in which people live, work, learn, and play. These environments shape the choices that people make every day, as well as their opportunities and resources...
Grants
CAL FIRE Urban Forestry Grants Available
by California ReLeaf | Aug 8, 2012 | Grants, Updates
Deadline: September 19 CAL FIRE offers these grants to eligible applicants on an annual basis as funding permits. Funding for the grant programs varies from year to year and is based on the availability of Proposition-based bonds, Federal Grants from the USDA...
PLT Greenworks! Grants
by California ReLeaf | Jul 19, 2012 | Grants
PLT GreenWorks! Grants Deadline to apply: September 30 National Project Learning Tree is pleased to announce that PLT GreenWorks! grants are available again. Since 1992, PLT has distributed nearly $1 million to fund 1,000 environmental service-learning projects...
Funding Grassroots Efforts in Northern California
by California ReLeaf | Jul 18, 2012 | Grants
The Rose Foundation has a grant-making program known as the Northern California Environmental Grassroots Fund, which is a pooled fund supported by about 20 funding partners. This program seeks to build the capacity and “people power” of small grassroots groups to...
Patagonia – Growing the Grassroots
by California ReLeaf | Jul 12, 2012 | Grants
Patagonia funds only environmental work. They are most interested in making grants to organizations that identify and work on the root causes of problems and that approach issues with a commitment to long-term change. Because they believe that true change will occur...
Grant Encourages Tree Planting Projects
by California ReLeaf | Jul 10, 2012 | Grants
Hardwood Forestry Fund Deadline: August 31, 2012 The Hardwood Forestry Fund promotes hardwood timber growth, management, and education, as well as environmentally sound uses of renewable forest resources. The Fund supports projects on public land, including...
California ReLeaf and Canopy Win a Grant from Odwalla
by California ReLeaf | Jun 6, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
In April, California ReLeaf and Canopy teamed up to enter the Odwalla Plant a Tree competition. Over the course of two months, supporters were asked to choose their favorite tree planting project by voting for one of twenty entries. The top ten vote recipients will...
Benicia Branches Out to Improve Air Quality
by California ReLeaf | Jun 4, 2012 | Grants, Network, Resources, Updates
Understanding And Valuing Benicia’s Urban Forest Jeanne Steinmann Before the gold rush in 1850, Benicia’s hills and flats made for a rather barren landscape. In 1855, humorist George H. Derby, an army Lieutenant, is reported to have liked the people of Benicia, but...
We Need Your Vote NOW
by California ReLeaf | May 30, 2012 | Grants, Network, Updates
Tomorrow, May 31st, is the last day to vote in the Odwalla Plant a Tree Contest. The top ten vote recipients will each win $10,000 to plant trees. Right now, California ReLeaf and Canopy's planting project at Brentwood Academy in East Palo Alto is in 10th place and in...
Donation Solicitation Reporting
by California ReLeaf | May 21, 2012 | Grants, Network, Research
Thousands of nonprofit organizations in the United States misreport how they solicit billions of dollars in donations, making it impossible for Americans to know how their gifts are used, according to a Scripps Howard News Service study of federal tax records. ...