This memo discusses the findings of federal and non-profit organizations that support public policy research in transportation, forestry, and agriculture. While many organizations provided funds for transportation, forest, and agricultural needs; many did not offer funding opportunities for organizations to conduct public policy related research. Despite the difficulties, thirty-four non-profit foundations and two federal websites were identified as providing funding opportunities for public policy research in transportation, forestry, and/or agriculture. Of the thirty-foundations, fifteen are discussed below; including background information about the foundation, organizational goals, and examples of programs each foundation funds.
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Federal programs from the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency are available through the CFDA.
Nonprofit Foundations
The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation was created in 1913 by John D. Rockefeller Sr. to “promote the well-being of mankind through the world.” The foundation invests its resources on four areas related to each other -- revalue ecosystems, advance health, secure livelihoods, and transform cities. In addition, the foundations funds initiatives related to their core areas such as Sustainable Transportation and Improving Food Security.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation was established by John and Catherine MacArthur in the late 1970’s and is one of the largest private foundations in the United States. The MacArthur Foundation helps to promote “the development of knowledge, strengthens institutions, and improves public policy.” The foundation has several programs it provides funding for such as Conservation and Sustainable Development and Policy Research and
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The foundation’s mission is to aid organizations in “restoring and protecting the planet and improve the lives of children, families, and communities.” Today, the foundation provides grants for programs such as Conservation and Science and Children, Families, and Communities.
The Brainerd Foundation
The Brainerd Foundation was founded in 1995 by Paul Brainerd to “safeguard the environment” and build public support for protecting the environment in the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and Alaska. Currently, the organization provides grants in several conservation-related areas such as Conservation Policy. In addition to providing grants, the organization also supports partners with expertise in developing new methods of “advocacy, policy implementation, and capacity building.”
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
The Nathan Cummings Foundation was established by Sara Lee Corporation founder Nathan Cummings in 1949. The organization works to “respect diversity, promote understanding across cultures, concern for the poor, disadvantaged, and undeserved, and empowers communities in need.” The organization has several programs for which it provides grants for programs such as Ecological Innovation and Contemplative
One example of such groups is the Lower Mississippi Conservation Committee. This group is made up of environmental regulators and wildlife officials from Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. Their goals are to address many of the environmental problems that plague the Lower Mississippi. By addressing the environmental problems in the area they also hope to create additional revenue for the impoverished communities in the region. Their plan’s approach starts with the Mississippi River Conservation Initiative to identify 250 modest projects designed to help restore some of the Mississippi’s natural functions without harming commerce (Charlier, T. 2006).
The Fund supports nonprofits run by leaders intimately familiar with issues and problems facing their community, by providing the training and infrastructure support to help them overcome organizational challenges, build partnerships and lead others to positive solutions. Since its inception, Access has helped to develop leaders and organizations, and improve public policies to benefit low- income communities, African Americans, Latinos, Immigrants and
To understand the critical needs across the national park system, the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation worked together to identify priority programs and initiatives in need of funding that will strengthen and shape the national parks for the next 100 years. Projects include regional opportunities and large, national-level investments like wildlife conservation, trail rehabilitation, and the 21stCentury Conservation Service
In 1913 Rockefeller set up the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) to "advance the prosperity of humanity all through the world." In keeping with this expansive responsibility, the Foundation during that time has given critical help to general wellbeing, medicinal instruction, expanding sustenance generation, investigative progression, social research, expressions of the human experience, and different fields everywhere throughout the world.
The environmental movement in the United States has typically focused its resources on public education, legislative lobbying and litigation. However, the movement’s success in the latter two is highly dependent on the quality and character of elected officials. Successful public education on behalf of the environment translates into greater environmentalist electoral success.
For example,The The United States needs to save the honey bee population by adding them to the endangered list under the Endangered Species Act implementing a ban on pesticides, creating programs to protect their habitat and establishing funding projects to protect bees on a national level. “Beekeeping Project Grants: Beekeepers are struggling to save the honey bees from a variety of threats. In 2006, a quarter of U.S. bee colonies were vanished by a strange disease called Colony Collapse Disorder. Moreover, the attack of Africanized bees and disease-spreading mites, the entire situation becomes a matter of shocking. This means, that To tackle this situation, different types of grants money provided for beekeepers. Such as, Federal Grants, State Grants, or Corporate Grants, Beekeeping project grants and so on. This is important because A large portion of American agriculture depends on honeybees. According PBS, honey bees pollinate one third of agricultural produce in the U.S. To tackle the above all situation, Federal & state governments, independent organization and some other corporations offers grant money. And this is why They try to raise honeybees and develop scientific research on honeybees to find ways to save them. The main purpose of such research is to keep our honey bees healthy, prevent colony collapse disorder and treatment of
“Since the passage of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), federal agencies have been required to consider the potential environmental consequences of their actions, and to bring the public and other stakeholders into their decision making process. NEPA has been critical to meeting the environmental goals this Nation has set for itself” (Larson, Hess, D 'Avanzo, Stanley, & Sumpter, 2015).
Although I was resident student and volunteer, I still played large role in helping develop programs and maintaining relationships with other outside organizations, such as Friends of the Chicago River and the Chicago Park District. I also gained experience writing grants and proposals through this position for funding research projects and community-based projects, such as the one I led at Loyola. The project was an 800 sq. ft. rain garden on the lakeshore that was funded through the Green Initiative Fund at Loyola. It was community-based, so the project could be worked by students and faculty, to promote engagement between smaller organizations within the Institute of Environmental
Setting up the ‘Heal the World’ Foundation which aims at providing medicine for children and fighting world hunger, drug and alcohol abuse, and child abuse
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was established in 2000 by its namesake, Bill Gates, and his wife Melinda. The couple created the foundation “to help reduce inequities in the United States and around the world.”1 It is headquartered in Seattle, Washing and is co-chaired by Bill, Melinda and William Gates Sr. Since its founding the foundation has accrued an incredible $31.9 billion and has a net worth of almost $50 billion. With such spending power, the foundation has been able to make great progress, particularly in the areas of global health. It has also made a sincere effort to improve many public school systems in the US.
Throughout the past 25 years of its existence, the agency has not gone through major structural changes, but important changes are nevertheless observed at various agency levels. For instance, the funds allocated to the research operations have increased significantly, as the institution became more involved in the pursuit of more environmentally friendly initiatives and alternatives. In such a setting, the number of grants allocated by
Public lands in the United States provide natural amenities and recreational opportunities for tourists and migrants, and they also provide environmental benefits through the protection of wildlife and their habitats (Lewis et al., 2003; Cline et al., 2011). Most public lands have traditionally been managed for commodity outputs, such as timber, minerals, or livestock forage. However, with rising concern over environmental issues, policies to protect public lands have increased in the United States over the past three decades. For example, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) adopted the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) in 1994 to restrict commodity production on public lands, and the USFS attempted to ban new
The foundation hosts several programs and activities which includes presentations at school and universities, credit workshops for teachers, cultural connection programs, educational seminars etc.
However, that “amount is inadequate to maintain and invest in an asset valued at over $90 billion” (Bilmes, Loomis 2016). Moreover, by Bilmes and Loomis’ calculations, “Congress has cut its fundings for the NPS by 15% over the past 15 years when inflammation is factored” (Bilmes, Loomis 2016). The NPS also “has backlog of overdue maintenance projects that stands at $12 billion and rising” (Bilmes, Loomis 2016). This includes “park infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, campgrounds, trails, and utilities, along with preventing forest fires and repairing historical monuments and visitor facilities” (Bilmes, Loomis
Our nine-member board of trustees (representing the U.S., Netherlands, Japan and Kenya) is primarily responsible for fund-raising, but our on-site project coordinator and local board of governors make crucial recommendations on project funding and oversee project implementation and evaluation. In the first two years of operation. MACODEF raised nearly $25,000 to fund projects in education, health care and micro-enterprise. For example, the following projects were funded over the past two years: