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Environment/Animals Grants Made in 2023

Adirondack Council, Inc., The Elizabethtown, NY

$90,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

General Operating Support

Adirondack Explorer Saranac Lake, NY

$10,000Payment Date: 11/30/2023

Support of Adirondack Water Reporting Project and related environmental reporting projects

Adirondack Land Trust, Inc. Keene, NY

$75,000Payment Date: 3/31/2023

For: General Operating Support-$35,000; toward support of the Fred M. & Walker D. Kirby Stewardship Endowment-$40,000

American Rivers, Inc. Washington, DC

$12,000Payment Date: 3/31/2023

Toward support of Clean Water Supply programs in the Research Triangle region in North Carolina

Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC) Mendham, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 11/30/2023

General Operating Support

Bald Head Island Conservancy, Inc., The Bald Head Island, NC

$55,000Payment Date: 7/31/2023

General Operating Support – $50,000; Support of the Internship Program – $5,000

Central Park Conservancy New York, NY

$20,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

General Operating Support

Coastal Land Trust (formerly known as North Carolina Coastal Land Trust) Wilmington, NC

$50,000Payment Date: 10/31/2023

General Operating Support

Conservation Trust for North Carolina Raleigh, NC

$50,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

General Operating Support

Eastern Environmental Law Center, Inc. Newark, NJ

$37,500Payment Date: 11/30/2023

General Operating Support

Eno River Association Durham, NC

$25,000Payment Date: 10/31/2023

General Operating Support in 2023 and 2024 – $25,000

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. New York, NY

$90,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

Toward support of science-based policy solutions to protect the Adirondacks from acid deposition

Foodshed Alliance Blairstown, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 11/30/2023

General Operating Support

Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) Pennington, NJ

$12,500Payment Date: 2/28/2023

Toward support of the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team-$10,000; toward support of the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team initiative to eliminate kudzu in New Jersey-$2,500

Great Swamp Watershed Association ,

$40,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

For: Program Services-$35,000; toward capital expenses for the Conservation Management Area-$5,000

Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc. Newark, NJ

$55,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

For: Urban Agriculture / Community Greening Program

Grow It Green Morristown, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$30,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

General Operating Support

Harding Land Trust, Inc. New Vernon, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 10/31/2023

General Operating Support in 2023 – $20,000; General Operating Support in 2024 – $25,000

Lake Hopatcong Foundation Landing, NJ

$15,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

General Operating Support

Land Conservancy of New Jersey, The Boonton, NJ

$45,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

General Operating Support

Land Trust Alliance Inc. Washington, DC

$25,000Payment Date: 2/28/2023

For: Support of the New Jersey Conservation Summit

Nature Conservancy in New Jersey, The Chester, NJ

$140,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: General Operating Support-$100,000; toward support of the New Jersey Chapter operations endowment-$40,000

Nature Conservancy, The/Adirondack Chapter Keene Valley, NY

$70,000Payment Date: 3/31/2023

For: General Operating Support-$45,000; toward support of the Partnership with the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at Follensby Pond-$25,000

New Jersey Audubon Society Bernardsville, NJ

$50,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

General Operating Support

New Jersey Conservation Foundation Far Hills, NJ

$120,000Payment Date: 9/15/2023

General Operating Support

New Jersey Highlands Coalition Boonton, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 10/31/2023

General Operating Support – $18,750; Strategic Planning – $6,250

New Jersey League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Trenton, NJ

$15,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

Support of the Flood Defense New Jersey Coalition

Protect the Adirondacks, Inc. North Creek, NY

$25,000Payment Date: 7/31/2023

Support of the Adirondack Lakes Assessment Program (ALAP)

Raptor Trust, The Millington, NJ

$15,000Payment Date: 9/29/2023

General Operating Support – $10,000; Support for new website development – $5,000

Regional Plan Association, Inc. Princeton, NJ

$35,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

Support of New Jersey Programs

Rowan University Foundation Glassboro, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

Support of the NJ Municipal Asset Profiler project

Sarah P. Duke Gardens, The Durham, NC

$40,000Payment Date: 3/31/2023

General Operating Support

Save The Redwoods League San Francisco, CA

$25,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

General Operating Support

Southern Environmental Law Center Chapel Hill, VA

$40,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

Support of continued efforts in North Carolina

Triangle Land Conservancy, Inc. Durham, NC

$175,000Payment Date: 12/22/2023

Toward support of “A Force for Nature: Conserving the Triangle’s Land and Water for All” campaign-$75,000 in 2023 and 2024 and $100,000 in 2025; toward general operating support-$50,000 in 2023 and 2024 and $55,000 in 2025

Triangle Land Conservancy, Inc. Durham, NC

$125,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

Toward support of “A Force for Nature: Conserving the Triangle’s Land and Water for All” campaign-$75,000 in 2023 and 2024 and $100,000 in 2025; toward general operating support-$50,000 in 2023 and 2024 and $55,000 in 2025

Trust for Public Land, The Newark, NJ

$140,000Payment Date: 5/1/2023

For: New Jersey programs only

Program Area Total: $1,867,000