| Recipient | Project Title | Grant Amount | State | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActiveSGV | Empowering Community-Based Organizations to Build Multi-Benefit Projects | $10,000 | CA | 2020 |
| ActiveSGV | Water Leaders Working Group | $8,571 | CA | 2020 |
| ActiveSGV | Empowering Community-Based Organizations to Build Multi-Benefit Projects | $10,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians | NW Tribal Water Resource Prioritization Project | $25,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2020 |
| Ag Innovations | Groundwater Leadership Forum | $75,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Ag Innovations | Groundwater Leadership Forum 2022 GSP Review | $13,500 | CA | 2021 |
| Alianza Coachella Valley | Protecting public health and giving voice to community at the Salton Sea | $65,000 | CA | 2020 |
| American Rivers, Inc. | California Strategy for Healthy Rivers and Clean Water for People and Nature | $150,000 | CA | 2020 |
| American Rivers, Inc. | Snake River Restoration Campaign | $24,000 | OR | 2021 |
| American Rivers, Inc. | Reconnecting California’s Central Valley Rivers | $65,000 | CA | 2021 |
| American Rivers, Inc. | Strategies for Sustainable Western River Management | $55,000 | Western US | 2021 |
| Amigos Bravos | Outstanding Waters in New Mexico | $20,000 | NM | 2020 |
| Amigos Bravos | Tribal Outreach on Clean Water Initiatives | $30,000 | NM | 2020 |
| Amigos Bravos | New Mexico Water Policy and Advocacy - 2021 | $50,000 | NM | 2021 |
| Anthropocene Alliance | Vision /Action 2025: Channeling $60M to Low Income Communities to Implement Nature-Based Solutions | $25,000 | MS, MO, OK, SC, TX | 2021 |
| Audubon New Mexico | Conservation of the Rio Grande and New Mexico Water Policy Initiative | $40,000 | CO, NM, TX | 2021 |
| California Donor Table Fund | LA Landscape Analysis | $20,000 | CA | 2020 |
| California Environmental Voters | Building Power for California’s Future | $100,000 | CA | 2020 |
| California Environmental Voters | Building Power for California’s Future 2022 | $100,000 | CA | 2021 |
| California Trout, Inc. | Visioning an Ecologically Functioning Sacramento River Valley | $65,000 | CA | 2021 |
| California Water Data Consortium | California Water Data Consortium | $550,000 | CA | 2020 |
| California Water Data Consortium | California Water Data Consortium | $130,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, UC Berkeley School of Law | Guidance for Overcoming Conflict in California Water | $26,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Children of The Setting Sun Productions | Salmon People Project Gatherings | $20,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2021 |
| Children of The Setting Sun Productions | Salmon People Project Gatherings | $20,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2021 |
| CivicWell | NGO Groundwater Collaborative and Groundwater Exchange Alignment | $24,000 | CA | 2020 |
| CivicWell | LGC Support for the Groundwater Collaborative, GW Leadership Forum, & Equitable SGMA Implementation | $75,000 | CA | 2021 |
| CivicWell | Groundwater Resilience - Groundwater Exchange Revamp and Fairmead Engagement | $31,600 | CA | 2021 |
| Clean Water Fund | Safe and Sustainable Drinking Water and Groundwater | $200,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Clean Water Fund | Safe and Sustainable Drinking Water and Groundwater | $225,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission | Update of the Tribal Energy Vision for the Columbia River Basin | $65,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2020 |
| Columbia Riverkeeper | Protecting Salmon From Hot Water | $25,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2020 |
| Columbia Riverkeeper | Snake River Restoration Project | $25,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2021 |
| Comite Cívico del Valle | Elevating Community Participation & Productive Stakeholder Engagement for the Salton Sea Watershed | $75,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Comite Civico del Valle, Inc. | Salton Strategic Engagement Advocacy (SEA) Project | $55,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Community Hiking Club | Water Leaders Working Group | $8,571 | CA | 2020 |
| Community RePower Movement | Empowering Community-Based Organizations To Build Multi-Benefit Projects | $25,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Community Water Center | Safe Water Access for All, Groundwater Protection and Leadership Development | $200,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Community Water Center | Safe Water Access for All, Groundwater Protection and Leadership Development | $240,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Community Water Center Action Fund | Safe Water Access for All, Groundwater Protection and Leadership Development | $100,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Community Water Center Action Fund | Safe Water Access for All, Groundwater Protection and Leadership Development | $75,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Conservation Voters for Idaho | Coalition Building and Grasstops Coordination Toward Salmon Recovery | $25,000 | ID | 2020 |
| Conservation Voters for Idaho | Salmon & Steelhead Recovery and River Restoration Campaign | $35,000 | ID, WA | 2021 |
| Conservation Voters New Mexico | New Mexico Water Policy Initiative | $25,000 | NM | 2021 |
| Coro Northern California | Watershed Framework | $25,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Council for Watershed Health | Empowering Community-Based Organizations to Build Multi-Benefit Projects (2020-2021) | $25,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Council for Watershed Health | ReDesignLA Phase II (2021-2022) | $25,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Deep South Center for Environmental Justice | Advancing Racial Equity in National Water Policy | $60,000 | AL, FL, LA, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NY, SC, TX, VA | 2020 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Restoring Wildlife Habitat in the Lower Snake River and Sacramento Valley | $30,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Restoring Wildlife Habitat in the Snake River | $15,000 | WA | 2021 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Advancing the Bay-Delta Plan Update | $30,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Ducks Unlimited, Inc. | Floodplains Reimagined Feasibility Study (Steering and Advisory Committees Participation) | $39,336 | CA | 2021 |
| East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice | Water Capacity Building | $55,000 | CA | 2020 |
| East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice | Empowering Community-Based Organizations to Build Multi-Benefit Projects | $25,000 | CA | 2020 |
| East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice | Water Capacity Building | $55,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Environmental Advocates NY | Securing Environmental Rights | $50,000 | NY | 2021 |
| Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. | Advancing Effective and Equitable Implementation of California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act | $75,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Farmworkers Institute of Education & Leadership Development (FIELD) | Si Se Puede - FIELD in Action! | $25,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Greater Hells Canyon Council | Northeast Oregon Grassroots Organizing for the Snake River | $15,000 | OR | 2020 |
| Groundwater Resources Association of California | Fourth Annual GSA Summit | $10,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Guardian.org Foundation | America's Water Crisis | $30,000 | National | 2020 |
| Heal the Bay | Heal the Bay’s Clean Water Initiatives | $50,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Heal the Bay | Heal the Bay’s Clean Water Initiatives | $50,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Idaho Wildlife Federation | Salmon and Steelhead Recovery Campaign | $25,000 | ID | 2021 |
| Kounkuey Design Initiative | Vision Creation and Synthesis for the Salton Sea Partnership | $15,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Securing Safe Drinking Water, Improving Groundwater Resources, and Expanding Civic Engagement | $150,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability | Securing Safe Drinking Water, Improving Groundwater Resources, and Expanding Civic Engagement | $219,775 | CA | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy | Water Leaders Working Group | $8,571 | CA | 2020 |
| Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy | A New Deal for Water | $25,000 | National | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy | Clean and Safe Water 2021-2022 | $65,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Inc | Water Leaders Working Group | $17,143 | CA | 2020 |
| Los Angeles Waterkeeper | Los Angeles Stormwater Outreach | $50,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Madera/Chowchilla Resource Conservation District | Hub for a Multiple-Benefit Approach to SGMA | $25,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Madera/Chowchilla Resource Conservation District | Hub for a Multiple-Benefit Approach to SGMA | $25,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Michigan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund | Our Water, Our Future | $25,000 | MI | 2021 |
| Multiplier | Implementing The Groundwater Exchange Revamp | $26,000 | CA | 2021 |
| National Audubon Society/Audubon California | Protecting & Enhancing Central Valley’s Wetland Refuges Through SGMA Implementation | $125,000 | CA | 2020 |
| National Audubon Society/Audubon California | Protecting Wetland Refuges in California's Central Valley & Ensuring a Sustainable Salton Sea | $115,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. | California Water Projects: Drinking Water Affordability, Water Efficiency and Supply, and Los Angeles Stormwater | $150,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Nature for All | Nature for All Water Education, Outreach & Coordination | $100,000 | CA | 2021 |
| New Mexico Wilderness Alliance | Pursuit of Outstanding Waters and Progressive Water Policy | $40,000 | NM | 2020 |
| New Mexico Wilderness Alliance | Pursuit of Outstanding Waters and Progressive Water Policy | $40,000 | NM | 2021 |
| Nez Perce Tribe | Snake River Campaign and Communications Project | $120,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2021 |
| Northern California Water Association | A Coordinated Approach for Surface and Groundwater Interaction in the Sacramento Valley | $50,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association | Sportfishing Community Campaign to Recover Columbia/Snake River Salmon and Steelhead | $25,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2021 |
| Not An Alternative | Red Road to DC: A Totem Pole Journey for Sacred Places | $30,000 | ID, OR, NM, WA | 2021 |
| NW Energy Coalition | Clean Energy Replacement for Lower Snake River Dams | $25,000 | ID, OR, MT, WA | 2021 |
| Pacific Institute | California Water Efficiency and COVID-19 Impacts on Very Small Water Systems | $143,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Pacific Institute | Salton Sea Revitalization | $30,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Pacific Institute | Advancing Urban Water Efficiency in California | $50,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Pacific Rivers | Lostine Impact Campaign | $10,000 | OR | 2021 |
| Pacoima Beautiful | Empowering Community-Based Organizations to Build Multi-Benefit Projects | $10,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Pacoima Beautiful | Water Leaders Working Group | $8,571 | CA | 2020 |
| Pacoima Beautiful | ReDesignLA - Phase 2 | $10,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | U.S. Public Lands and Rivers Conservation | $50,000 | National | 2021 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles | Achieving the Human Right to Water in Southeast Los Angeles | $55,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles | Achieving the Human Right to Water in Southeast Los Angeles | $55,000 | CA | 2021 |
| PolicyLink | National Water Equity and Climate Resilience Caucus | $65,000 | CA, DC | 2020 |
| PolicyLink | Water Equity and Climate Resilience Caucus: Realizing Transformative Action for Policy Change | $100,000 | CA, MS, MI, AL, LA, TX | 2020 |
| PolicyLink | Water Equity and Climate Resilience Caucus | $175,000 | National | 2021 |
| ProgressNow New Mexico | Water Message Testing in Marginalized Communities Across New Mexico | $30,000 | NM | 2020 |
| Proyecto Pastoral | Mentoring Community-Based Organizations on Best Practices for Capacity Building | $10,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Proyecto Pastoral | ReDesignLA Phase II (2021-2022) | $10,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Public Policy Institute of California | Water Policy Center Research on Sustainable Groundwater Management | $35,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Public Policy Institute of California | Water Policy Center Research on Sustainable Groundwater Management | $25,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Institute for Nonprofit News (Regents of the University of Minnesota) | Troubled Waters: Solutions-Focused Reporting on US Drinking Water | $40,000 | MN | 2020 |
| Regents of the University of California, Irvine | California Water Administrator Pilot Evaluation | $80,000 | CA | 2021 |
| River in Action | Water Leaders Working Group | $8,571 | CA | 2020 |
| River Network | Network-Building During and Post-Pandemic: A State Water Policy Hub for Drinking Water and Beyond | $50,000 | CA | 2020 |
| River Network | Supporting our Nationwide Network in Advancing Critical Clean Water Protection and Access | $70,000 | National | 2021 |
| River Partners | Expediting the Pace and Scale of Floodplain Restoration in the Central Valley of California | $150,000 | CA | 2020 |
| River Partners | Expediting the Pace and Scale of River Ecosystem Restoration in the Central Valley of California | $125,664 | CA | 2021 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | Water Hub at Climate Nexus | $50,000 | Western US | 2021 |
| Rural Community Assistance Partnership | An Initial Roadmap for a National Drinking Water Quality Needs Assessment | $100,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples (Sierra Health Foundation) | Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples | $25,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Save California Salmon (Trees Foundation) | Bay Delta Water Protection Project | $25,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition | Snake River Vision Project | $50,000 | ID, WA | 2020 |
| Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition | Campaign to Restore the Snake River and its Salmon | $25,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2021 |
| Self-Help Enterprises | Rural Community Leadership Development and Support | $100,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Self-Help Enterprises | Rural Community Leadership Development and Support | $100,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Sierra Club’s Our Wild California Campaign | $40,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Sierra Club’s Our Wild California Campaign | $35,000 | CA | 2021 |
| SouthWest Organizing Project | Pueblo Action Alliance - Water Back | $20,000 | NM | 2021 |
| Special Service for Groups, Inc. | Empowering Community-Based Organizations to Build Multi-Benefit Projects | $25,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Special Service for Groups, Inc. | Empowering Community-Based Organizations to Build Multi-Benefit Projects | $25,000 | CA | 2021 |
| SPUR | Bay Area Drinking Water Equity: A Coalition-Building and Advocacy Campaign | $50,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education | Building Capacity for Long-term Water Resilience in South Los Angeles | $50,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Strategic Concepts in Organizing & Policy Education | Building Capacity for Long-term Water Resilience in South Los Angeles | $50,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Sustainable Conservation | Central Valley Water for the Future: Accelerating Groundwater Recharge | $75,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Sustainable Conservation | Fairmead Seed Funding for Sustainable Conservation | $5,625 | CA | 2021 |
| Sustainable Northwest | Klamath Dam Removal Coalition Campaign | $15,000 | 2020 | |
| Texas Southern University Foundation | Robert D. Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice | $50,000 | TX | 2021 |
| Nuestra Tierra Conservation Project | The Outdoor F.U.T.U.R.E | $30,000 | National | 2020 |
| The Freshwater Trust | Supporting Successful SGMA Implementation – Outreach and Tool Refinement | $150,000 | CA | 2020 |
| The Freshwater Trust | Incorporating Strategic Repurposing of Agricultural Land into Groundwater Sustainability Efforts | $75,000 | CA | 2021 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Advancing Sustainable Groundwater Management in California | $200,000 | CA | 2020 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Groundwater Leadership Forum Groundwater Sustainability Plan Review | $58,000 | CA | 2021 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Advancing Sustainable Groundwater Management in California | $75,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership | Building Support for Nature-Based Infrastructure Solutions | $35,000 | CA, ID, NM, OR, WA | 2020 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership | Advancing Nature-Based Infrastructure Solutions within Western Watersheds | $65,000 | CA, ID, NM, OR, WA | 2021 |
| Tides Advocacy | Securing Safe Drinking Water, Improving Groundwater Resources, and Expanding Civic Engagement | $100,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Tides Advocacy | Securing Safe Drinking Water, Improving Groundwater Resources, and Expanding Civic Engagement | $100,000 | CA | 2021 |
| TreePeople, Inc | Building a Water-Secure and Resilient Los Angeles County | $50,000 | CA | 2020 |
| TreePeople, Inc | Building a Water-Secure and Resilient Los Angeles County 2021 | $50,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Trout Unlimited | Central Valley Water: Implementing Multi-benefit Policy, Management, and Infrastructure | $150,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Trout Unlimited | Protecting New Mexico's Iconic Outstanding Waters | $20,000 | NM | 2020 |
| Trout Unlimited | Snake River Campaign Business Outreach | $40,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2021 |
| Trout Unlimited | Central Valley Water and Habitat and Protecting New Mexico's Outstanding Waters | $85,000 | CA | 2021 |
| Tuolumne River Trust | Tuolumne River Regional Park Carpenter Road Multi-Benefit Project 2021 | $50,000 | CA | 2021 |
| UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation | Urban Water Governance in LA County: The Role of Boards of Directors | $59,600 | CA | 2020 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Promoting Climate Science to Foster Resilience and Equity in California’s Water System | $50,000 | CA | 2020 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Advancing Equitable Climate Resilient Water Management in California | $50,000 | CA | 2021 |
| United Community Foundation | Grayson River Engagement Project | $25,000 | CA | 2021 |
| US Water Alliance | America’s One Water Future: Equity, Climate Resilience, and Federal Policy | $50,000 | National | 2021 |
| Washington Conservation Voters | Solutions For All in the Snake River | $25,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2020 |
| Washington Conservation Voters | Solutions For All in the Snake River: Salmon & Steelhead Recovery and River Restoration | $75,000 | ID, OR, WA | 2021 |
| We the People of Detroit | Water Policy Capacity Building | $50,000 | MI | 2021 |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Legal Advocacy for Outstanding Waters in New Mexico | $20,000 | NM | 2020 |
| Western Environmental Law Center | Legal Advocacy for Outstanding Waters in New Mexico | $20,000 | NM | 2021 |
| Western Resource Advocates | Outstanding Waters in Nevada and New Mexico | $30,000 | NM, NV | 2020 |
| Western Resource Advocates | Improving Water Governance and River Protection in New Mexico | $30,000 | NM | 2021 |
Grant Recipients
Since 2011, we have delivered more than $70 million in funding to the US water field, including over 200 organizations.