Environmental
Solutions

The well-being of all Americans depends on a natural environment that is robust and vibrant.

Work aimed at sustaining the environment and reversing sources of environmental degradation is thus a critical investment in our common future.

In 2017 the Foundations launched a three-year, invitation-only program that provides grant support to organizations that play a key role in public engagement and education as well as in designing and implementing projects that improve environmental health.

The following organizations have been supported during this period:

• Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Gulf of Maine Research Institute
• Marine Conservation Institute
• Mission Blue
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
• Mote Marine Laboratory
• The Nature Conservancy
• Ocean Conservancy
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Woodwell Climate Research Center
• World Wildlife Fund

We are currently evaluating the results of this initiative. More information about AVDF funding in this area will be available in the spring of 2021.