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IN 2020 WE AWARDED GRANTS TOTALLING

$80,223,680

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We partner with individual and institutional donors to align financial resources with strategic, measurable outcomes; provide flexible funding for innovation; build capacity in the environmental movement; and create partnerships with a broad spectrum of allied organizations around shared values and goals. As the fiscal sponsor of the charitable programs of the Sierra Club, we provide resources to it and other nonprofit organizations to support scientific, educational, literary, organizing, advocacy, and legal programs that further our goals.

BEYOND COAL CAMPAIGN

Preventing construction of new coal-fired power plants; retiring existing plants; promoting clean energy alternativess.

$29,683,832


CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Scaling clean, renewable
energy solutions in the power and transportation sectors
and building widespread
public support for a clean
energy economy.

$11,710,482


OUR WILD AMERICA

Bringing together national and local conservation efforts to end mining and drilling of fossil fuels on public lands, secure land protections, connect communities with nearby nature, and protect and restore wild forests.

$10,104,376


OUTDOORS FOR ALL

Reaching across economic lines, cultures, and communities to engage all Americans — including military and youth — to explore, enjoy, and

protect the natural world.

$1,888,410


CHAPTER AND GROUP EDUCATION PROGRAM

Supporting Sierra Club Chapters and Groups working at the local, state, and regional levels to educate the public about issues relating to

protection of the natural and human environment.

$6,347,118


NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

Educating the public about issues relating to protection of the natural and human environment.

$1,928,842


SIERRA STUDENT COALITION

Training and empowering students to achieve tangible social and

environmental progress by organizing grassroots campaigns that develop the next generation of environmental leaders.

$545,515


HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Conducting deep coalition work in order to build collaboration with labor and environmental justice communities in support of strong and equitable carbon targets; ensuring communities of color and low-income communities have a voice in decisions that affect their community and bridging the gap between these communities and environmentalists.

$2,207,484


ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROGRAM

Providing legal strategy for Sierra Club’s priority campaigns as well as state-level chapters.

$2,033,705

DEMOCRACY PROGRAM

Advocating for an equitable and participatory democracy system in the United States to ensure that public policy addresses the linkages between climate change and public health, and social, economic, and environmental justice.

$258,321


GENDER, EQUITY, AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM

Protecting the environment
and preserving natural resources for future generations by advancing reproductive health and sustainable development initiatives.

$771,377


INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENERGY CAMPAIGN

Empowering grassroots activists and organizations in other nations by transferring knowledge and expertise related to coal; reforming international financial institution funding to support clean energy development.

$463,221


LIVING ECONOMY PROGRAM

Building a stronger movement for a just transition to a clean energy economy; paving the way toward enactment of a Green New Deal and transformation of trade policy.

$98,888


SIERRA MAGAZINE 

Supporting the charitable content of Sierra magazine.

$320,964


OTHER PROGRAMS 

Supporting a variety of environmental programs not otherwise included in categories listed here.

$10,015,826


GRANTS TO NON—SIERRA CLUB ORGANIZATIONS: DOMESTIC

Supporting partner organizations working to advance clean energy solutions, supporting grassroots wildlife protection efforts.

$1,082,795


GRANTS TO NON—SIERRA CLUB ORGANIZATIONS: INTERNATIONAL

Supporting partner organizations in other countries that confront coal pollution and climate change, supporting efforts to protect wild tiger habitat, including against fossil fuel infrastructure development.

$399,323

 

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