Grants Awarded in 2008

Civil Rights

 

Arkansas Public Policy Panel - $20,000.00

Little Rock, AR

Renewed support for organizing work in the Delta and for statewide work around education equity and reform

 

Citizens for a Better Greenville - $20,000.00

Greenville, MS

Renewed support for organizing efforts to improve the quality of public education in Greenville

 

Coalition for Educational Justice - $20,000.00

Los Angeles, CA

Renewed support of Educational Equity and Democracy campaign

 

Community Asset Development Re-defining Education (CADRE) - $20,000.00

Los Angeles, CA

Renewed support for parent organizing for school reform in South Los Angeles

 

Concerned Citizen’s for a Better Tunica County - $20,000.00

Tunica, MS

Renewed support of inter-generational organizing for education reform in NW Mississippi

 

Nollie’s Citizen’s for Quality Education - $20,000.00

Lexington, MS

Renewed support of community organizing for public school reform in Mississippi

 

Ohio Fair Schools Campaign - $20,000.00

Athens, OH

Renewed support for work to ensure equitable school funding in Ohio

 

Omaha Together One Community - $20,000.00

Omaha, NE

Renewed support of community and school-based organizing to address the achievement gap in Omaha schools

 

Philadelphia Student Union - $20,000.00

Philadelphia, PA

Renewed support for student organizing to reform Philadelphia high schools

 

Power U Center for Social Change - $20,000.00

Support of youth organizing for school reform in Miami

 

WeCount! - $20,000.00

Florida City, FL

Renewed support of youth organizing for school reform in southern Dade County

 

Youth Education Alliance - $20,000.00

Washington, DC

Renewed support for youth organizing around school reform

 

Youth United for Change - $20,000.00

Philadelphia, PA

Renewed support of student organizing for school reform in Philadelphia

 

Economic Justice

 

Colorado Progressive Coalition - $20,000.00

 

Denver, CO

 

Renewed support for the Campaign for Economic Justice and work on

tax reform issues

 

Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund - $20,000.00

 

Chambersburg, PA

 

Renewed support for the Corporations and Democracy program

 

 

Enlace - $20,000.00

 

Portland, Oregon

 

Renewed support for cross-border network of immigrant and low-wage

worker organizations

 

Grassroots Global Justice - $20,000.00 

 

San Pedro, CA

 

Renewed support for efforts to link U.S. grassroots groups with the global

justice movement

 

Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida - $20,000.00

 

Immokalee, FL

 

Support of joint effort with Coalition of Immokalee Workers in support

of farmworkers in Florida

 

Latinos en Acción de CCI - $20,000.00

 

Marshalltown, IA

 

Renewed support for project to support low wage immigrant workers

 

 

Merrimack Valley Project - $20,000.00

 

Lawrence, MA

 

Renewed support for leadership training and organizing among immigrant

workers and their families

 

Mid-South Interfaith Network for Economic Justice - $20,000.00

 

Memphis, TN

 

Support for the Memphis Workers' Center

 

 

National Family Farm Coalition - $20,000.00

 

Washington, DC

 

Renewed support of efforts to link family farmers in the U.S. with global

movement for food sovereignty

 

New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice - $20,000.00

 

New Orleans, LA

 

Renewed support of efforts to foster economic and racial justice for

all workers in post-Katrina New Orleans

 

Northwest Arkansas Workers' Center - $15,000.00

 

Springdale, AR

 

Renewed support for efforts to improve working conditions for

low wage workers

 

STITCH - $15,000.00

 

Washington, DC

 

Support of US-based programs serving immigrant women workers

 

 

Tennesseans for Fair Taxation - $20,000.00

 

Knoxville, TN

 

Renewed support for work on tax policy reform

 

 

Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action - $20,000.00

 

Oakland, CA

 

Renewed support of efforts to reform the practices of the money transfer

industry and ensure community reinvestment

 

Young Workers United - $20,000.00

 

San Francisco, CA

 

Renewed support for work with young, low-wage workers in the Bay Area

 

 

Environmental Justice

 

Alaska Community Action on Toxics - $20,000.00

Anchorage, AK

Support for work with tribal villages and other communities to eliminate environmental contaminants

 

Citizens’ Environmental Coalition - $20,000.00

Albany, NY

Renewed support for the West Valley Radioactive Waste Cleanup campaign

 

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger - $15,000.00
Merrimac, WI
Renewed support for efforts to ensure the clean up of the Badger Army
Ammunition Plant

 

Coal River Mountain Watch - $15,000.00

Whitesville, WV

Renewed support for efforts to stop mountaintop removal mining and build sustainable communities in the Coal River Valley                                                                                                               

 

Columbia Riverkeeper - $20,000.00

Hood River, OR

Support of efforts to reduce toxic threats to the diverse communities along the Columbia River

 

Community In-Power and Development Association - $20,000.00

Port Arthur, TX

Renewed support for community organizing efforts in Port Arthur and collaboration with other communities impacted by refinery pollution

 

Edison Wetlands Association - $20,000.00

Edison, NJ

Support for the Community Assistance Remediation Program

 

Glynn Environmental Coalition - $20,000.00
Brunswick, GA
Renewed support for community efforts to clean up toxic pollution in the Brunswick area

 

Great Basin Resource Watch - $20,000.00

Reno, NV

Support for protection of the people, cultures and natural environment of the Great Basin from destructive impacts of mineral development

 

Louisiana Bucket Brigade - $20,000.00
New Orleans, LA

Renewed support for community organizing on health and environmental justice issues in New Orleans

 

Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment/Southwest Research & Information Center - $20,000.00

Albuquerque, NM

Support of a new, regional coalition to address the impacts of uranium mining on public health, water resources and sacred places

 

Native Movement Collective - $20,000.00

Flagstaff, AZ

Renewed support for youth leadership development in projects related to environmental justice and economic sustainability

 

Newtown Florist Club, Inc. - $20,000.00

Gainesville, GA

Renewed support for the Youth Bucket Brigade

 

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition - $20,000.00

Huntington, VW

Support of regional organizing to stop mountaintop removal mining and protect drinking water from toxic coal sludge

 

Oil and Gas Accountability Project - $20,000.00

Durango, CO

Renewed support for efforts to protect rural communities and public lands impacted by oil and gas development

 

South Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance - $20,000.00

Camden, NJ

Renewed support for environmental justice work in South Jersey and the City of Camden

 

Southwest Workers’ Union - $20,000.00

San Antonio, TX

Renewed support for environmental justice work in South Texas