Quixote Foundation, Inc.

Environmental Equity is a new name unifying two areas Quixote Foundation used to consider separately: Environmental Protection and Economic Justice. All Environmental Equity grants for 2008 and 2009 are listed here, followed by grants made in 2006 and 2007 under the name Environmental Protection.  Grants made in 2006 and 2007 under the name Economic Justice are listed separately below.

2009 grants totaling $215,000

National Performance Network, New Orleans, LA
$5,000, Transforma Projects
National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA
$15,000, Network weaving to create a diverse conservation movement
New World Foundation, New York, NY, $5,000
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy-“Philanthropology” workshop
PCC Farmland Trust, Seattle, WA
$10,000, capacity building
Resource Innovation Group, Eugene, OR
$25,000, Climate Leadership Initiative-Social Capital Project
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New York, NY
$20,000, Gulf Coast Fund
Sightline Institute, Seattle, WA
$30,000, general operating support
Tides Foundation, New York, NY
$105,000, Center For Social Inclusion-“Black, Brown and Green” planning & convening

2008 grants totaling $130,000
(total excludes $175,000 in Legacy Grants)

Aldo Leopold Nature Center, Monona, WI
$25,000, capital campaign
Earthjustice, Oakland, CA
$25,000, Building Social Capital in the Pacific Northwest
Environmental Grantmakers Association, New York, NY
$10,000, capacity building of affinity groups
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy, Minneapolis, MN
$25,000, general operating support
Maui Cultural Lands, Mokawai, HI
$5,000, general operating support
PCC Farmland Trust, Seattle, WA
$10,000, capacity building project
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New York, NY
$30,000, The Gulf Coast Fund

2007 Environmental Protection grants totaling $109,000
(total excludes $125,000 in Legacy Grants)

Climate Solutions, Olympia, WA
$2,000, general operating support
Earthjustice, Oakland, CA
$25,000, general operating support
Environmental Grantmakers Association, New York, NY
$10,000, general operating support
Maui Cultural Lands, Makawao, HI
$5,000, general operating support
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, New York, NY
$25,000, Gulf Coast Fund
Sightline Institute, Seattle, WA
$30,000, general operating support
Social Venture Partners, Seattle, WA
$12,000, general operating support

2006 Environmental Protection grants totaling $54,788
(total excludes $125,000 in Legacy Grants)

Center for Ethical Leadership, Seattle, WA
$5,500, sustainability confluence
Maui Tomorrow, Makawao, HI
$3,000, general operating support
Russell Family Foundation, Gig Harbor, WA
$5,000, The Seed Fund
Sierra Club Hawai’i Chapter, Paia, HI
$3,000, general operating support
Sightline Institute, Seattle, WA
$30,000, general operating support
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA
$5,000, general operating support
University of Wisconsin Foundation, Madison, WI
$3,288, Papua New Guinea

2009 grants totaling $240,000

Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health & Rights, Rockville, MD
$15,000, capacity building project
Legal Voice, Seattle, WA
$200,000, NW Reproductive Justice Collaborative
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
$12,500, Capital Campaign
YWCA of Madison, Madison, WI
$12,500, Capital Campaign

2008 grants totaling $220,000
(total excludes a $25,000 Legacy Grant)

Ms. Foundation for Women, Brooklyn, NY
$10,000, general operating support
Northwest Women’s Law Center (now Legal Voice), Seattle, WA
$200,000, Northwest Reproductive Justice Collaborative
Pro Choice Public Education Project, San Francisco, CA
$10,000, general operating support

2007 grants totaling $220,000
(total excludes a $25,000 Legacy Grant)

Ms. Foundation for Women, New York, NY
$10,000, general operating support
Northwest Women’s Law Center, Seattle, WA
$200,000, Northwest Reproductive Justice Collaborative (with Feminist Women’s Health Center)
The Tides Center, San Francisco, CA
$10,000, Pro-Choice Public Education Project

2006 grants totaling $65,850
(total excludes a $25,000 Legacy Grant)

Feminist Women’s Health Center, Seattle, WA
$15,100, planning & general operating support
Ms. Foundation for Women, New York, NY
$10,000, general operating support
Northwest Women’s Law Center, Seattle, WA
$23,750, planning & general operating support
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
$7,000, general operating support
The Tides Center, San Francisco, CA
$10,000, Pro-Choice Public Education Project

2009 grants totaling $197,167

Art Resources International, Washington, D.C.
$67,167, strategic research & program development
Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA
$110,000, Election Verification Network
State Voices, Detroit, MI
$20,000, 2010 State Voices strategy convenings

2008 grants totaling $205,075

Oregon Progress Forum, Portland, OR
$5,075, Washington Bus Project

Election Verification Network (EVN) participants: The following grantees participate in EVN, a nonpartisan alliance of organizations and individuals working to make sure U.S. votes are recorded properly, counted correctly and the results verified publicly. 2008 grants for general operating support were awarded to select EVN participants, who in turn supplied EVN with staffing, operational, leadership or other resources.

California Voter Foundation, Sacramento, CA, $10,000
Common Cause Education Fund, Washington, D.C., $30,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $135,000
Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, D.C., $10,000
Verified Voting Foundation, Carlsbad, CA, $15,000

2007 grants totaling $215,000

Public Interest Projects, New York, NY
$10,000, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation

Election Verification Network (EVN) participants (general operating support):

Common Cause Education Fund, Washington, D.C., $20,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $120,000
Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, D.C., $10,000
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Washington, D.C., $20,000
Verified Voting Foundation, Carlsbad, CA, $35,000

2006 grants totaling $317,000

Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund, Milwaukee, WI
$10,000, general operating support
Public Interest Projects, New York, NY
$5,000, Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation
Women’s Leadership Fund, New York, NY
$2,000, The White House Project

Election Verification Network participants (general operating support):

California Voter Foundation, Sacramento, CA, $40,000
Common Cause Education Fund, Washington, D.C., $30,000
Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, $82,500
Electronic Privacy Information Center, Washington, D.C., $30,000
International Humanities Center, Malibu, CA, $25,000 for Vote Trust USA
International Humanities Center, Malibu, CA, $25,000 for Voter Action
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, $12,500
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Washington, D.C., $25,000
Verified Voting Foundation, Carlsbad, CA, $30,000

2009 grants totaling $332,667

Art Resources International, Washington, DC
$66,667, strategic research & program development
Center For Media Justice, Oakland, CA
$31,000, general operating support & Allied Media Conference
Foundation for National Progress, San Francisco, CA
$50,000, Mother Jones, Venture Fund & general operating support
Free Press, Washington, D.C.
$50,000, capacity building and development
Institute for Media Analysis, New York, NY
$25,000, GRITtv with Laura Flanders
Proteus Fund, Washington, D.C.
$50,000, Media Democracy Fund
Third Sector New England, New York, NY
$40,000, Resource Generation-general operating support & family philanthropy retreat
Women Donors Network, San Francisco, CA
$20,000, Technology Project

2008 grants totaling $300,000

Center for Independent Media, Washington, DC
$15,000, fellowship for blogger of color
Foundation for National Progress, San Francisco, CA
$50,000, general operating support
Free Press, Northampton, MA
$100,000, general operating support
Movement Strategy Center, Oakland, CA
$30,000, general operating support
Positive Futures Network, Bainbridge Island, WA
$5,000, Yes! Magazine
Proteus Fund, Amherst, MA
$100,000, Media Democracy Fund

2007 grants totaling $318,000

Center for Digital Democracy, Washington, DC
$25,000, general operating support
Center for Independent Media, Washington, DC
$15,000, general operating support
Center for Media Justice Oakland, CA
$20,000, general operating support
Foundation for National Progress, San Francisco, CA
$55,000, general operating support
Free Press, Florence, MA
$75,000, general operating support
Renew Media, New York, NY
$20,000, Grantmakers in Film & Electronic Media
Prometheus Radio Project, Philadelphia, PA
$5,000, general operating support
Proteus Fund, Amherst, MA
$80,000, Media Democracy Fund
Reclaim the Media, Seattle, WA
$3,000, general operating support
White Center Community Development Association, Seattle, WA
$20,000, Youth Media Institute

2006 grants totaling $254,500

Agape Foundation, Oakland, CA
$5,000, Third World Majority
Center for Media Justice Oakland, CA
$5,000, general operating support
Foundation for National Progress, San Francisco, CA
$35,000, general operating support
Free Press, Florence, MA
$131,500, general operating support
Public Communicators, Boulder, CO
$10,000, Free Speech TV
Funding Exchange, New York, NY
$5,000, Media Justice Fund
Real News, Toronto, ON, Canada
$10,000, general operating support
Link Media, San Francisco, CA
$10,000, Link TV
National Network of Grantmakers, Minneapolis, MN
$6,500, working group on funding media
Prometheus Radio Project, Philadelphia, PA
$5,000, general operating support
Proteus Fund, Amherst, MA
$30,000, Media Democracy Fund

The name Environmental Equity now unifies two areas Quixote Foundation used to consider separately: Economic Justice and Environmental Protection. All Environmental Equity grants for 2008 are listed above, under the new heading.  Grants made in 2006 and 2007 under the name Economic Justice are listed here.

2007 grants totaling $170,00
(total excludes $50,000 in Legacy Grants)

Arts Wisconsin, Madison, WI
$25,000, Project Girl
Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, New York, NY
$100,000, progressive leadership infrastructure
Northern California Grantmakers, San Francisco, CA
$25,000, general operating support
Third Sector New England, New York, NY
$20,000, Resource Generation

2006 grants totaling $255,000
(total excludes $50,000 in Legacy Grants)

Arts Wisconsin, Madison, WI
$5,000, Project Girl
Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, New York, NY
$150,000, progressive leadership infrastructure
Demos, New York, NY
$50,000, general operating support
Diabetes & Wellness Foundation, Madison, WI
$25,000, general operating support
Proteus Fund, Milwaukee, WI
$10,000, One Wisconsin Now
United for a Fair Economy, Boston, MA
$10,000, general operating support
University of Wisconsin Foundation, Madison, WI
$5,000, Midwest Social Forum

In 2006, 2007 and 2008, Quixote Foundation made Legacy Grants of $25,000 per year to each of the following eight organizations. These grants have been made in memory of Quixote Foundation founder Arthur Stuart Hanisch, in honor of the organizations’ work, and in anticipation of the future.

The three-year, $600,000 program of Legacy Grants was created to provide practical support and express gratitude for a few of the many organizations that were especially important to Stuart. While the grants concluded in 2008, our appreciation continues.

CARE International
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, MN
Midwest Environmental Advocates, Madison, WI
National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY
PCI-Media Impact (Population Communications International), New York, NY
US Fund for UNICEF, New York, NY
The Wilderness Society, Washington, D.C.