2008 Acorn Foundation Grants
In 2008, the Acorn Foundation awarded 13 grants totaling $126,000.Cascadia Wildlands Project • Eugene, OR • $10,000
To support organizing efforts that aim to protect pristine forests, endangered wildlife, healthy rivers and sustainable economies in the Pacific Northwest.
Common Counsel Foundation Grassroots Exchange Fund • Oakland, CA • $10,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Common Counsel Foundation
To support capacity building, networking and collaboration between grassroots social change and environmental justice organizations accross the nation.
Diné CARE (Citizens Against Ruining our Environment) • Winslow, AZ • $12,000
A renewal grant to empower people of the Navajo Nation to gain a voice in the decisions that affect their land, environment, and cultural heritage.
El Paso ACORN • El Paso, TX • $10,000
Fiscal Sponsor: ACORN Institute, Inc.
To support this grassroots community group's efforts to stop the reopening of a polluting smelter plant that threatens the health of citizens on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border.
Gert Town Revival Initiative, Inc. • New Orleans, LA • $12,000
To support community environmental health and the just recovery of New Orleans following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Gwich'in Steering Committee • Fairbanks, AK • $10,000
A renewal grant to organize tribal activists and community members in the fight for permanent protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the traditional way of life for Gwich'in people threatened by encroaching oil development.
Klamath Forest Alliance (KFA) • Orleans, CA • $8,000
A renewal grant to promote sustainable ecosystems and communities in the Klamath-Siskiyou bioregion of northern California.
Lynn Canal Conservation Inc. • Haines, AK • $7,000
To support organizing for a healthy, sustainable environment in the Northern Lynn Canal area of Alaska, by promoting ecosystem integrity, protecting quality of life, and fostering environmental awareness.
New Mexico Environmental Justice Working Group • Albuquerque, NM • $8,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Community Networking Resources
To support collaboration among grassroots environmental justice organizations in New Mexico and to strengthen the voice of community members on environmental justice issues throughout the state.
Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands (REDOIL) • Fairbanks, AK • $12,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Indigenous Environmental Network
To support the organizing of indigenous communities in Alaska to gain a voice in the natural resource decisions that affect their land, environment, and cultural heritage.
Save Our Cumberland Mountains Resource Project (SOCM) • Lake City, TN • $8,000
A renewal grant to support the efforts of rural communities in Tennessee to work for environmental, economic and social justice in the state, in the Appalachian region and beyond.
Western Shoshone Defense Project • Crescent Valley, NV • $10,000
Fiscal Sponsor: Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development Inc.
A renewal grant to support the ongoing struggle of the Newe (Shoshone) people to protect Newe traditional lands, sovereignty, and self-determination in the face of government and corporate-led mining and pollution.
Western Slope Environmental Resource Council • Paonia, CO • $9,000
A renewal grant to protect and restore the environment and quality of life in Delta County and Colorado's Western Slope, and to address the environmental and social impacts of coal and coal bed methane development.
