Launched in 2011, our Environmental Justice Initiative focuses on inspiring donors to give more and take more risks in their giving by:

1. Gathering and promoting stories of Bold Givers to the environmental justice movement
2. Engaging donors through workshops and seminars to explore questions of “how much is enough” and “how much can you give”
3. Developing customized versions of Bolder Giving tools focused on the complex issues of and giving opportunities connected to the environmental justice movement
4. Offering training for fundraisers and philanthropic advisors working in the environmental justice community about how to best encourage donors they work with to “give big”
5. Building partnerships with leading environmental justice donor communities and regranting organizations to expand and deepen their donor engagement efforts

• Bold Giver Farhad Ebrahimi, Chorus Foundation
• Bold Giver Alexander Gaguine, Appleton Foundation
• Lois Gibbs, Center for Health, Environment, and Justice
• Sarah Hansen, Elias Foundation
• Randall Hayes, World Future Council
• Bold Giver John Hunting, Dyer-Ives Foundation
• Terry Odendahl, Global Greengrants Fund
• Bold Giver Jon Zidell, Blue Planet Network

Since launching this initiative we have:

• Entered into a partnership with a public foundation funding global environmental activism, Global Greengrants Fund
• Created and promoted two new Environmental Justice Bold Giver Profiles
• Hosted one teleconference with an Environmental Justice Bold Giver
• Planned two donor education events in New York and San Francisco
• Participated in the Tarrytown Conference on Genetics and Society 

Please join us in this effort! If you’d like to partner with us, share your story as a bold giver, help fund this work, volunteer, or share ideas and feedback on this initiative – please email Sarah Stranahan, Program Director, at .