The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation are investing $16 million across 10 projects that will conduct basic science with direct conservation applications to benefit species and ecosystems.

On August 9, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published “Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice,” supported by the Bezos Earth Fund and developed by the Committee on Utilizing Advanced Environmental Health and Geospatial Data and Technologies to Inform Community Investment. 

Savanna Ferguson, Executive Director of Climate Breakthrough and Nancy Lindborg, President and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation discuss philanthropy and overcoming structural issues to create greater impacts.

Last summer, the Lenfest Ocean Program held an open call inviting projects to include Indigenous Knowledge in ocean and coastal decision-making. From this, they are supporting new Indigenous-led initiatives across the US and Canada. Learn more about the projects on their website and stay tuned as for highlights from their journeys and insights.

The 2023 edition of the Arcus annual report is now available for download. The annual report showcases their grantee partners working on improving the lives of the most marginalized within the LGBTQ social justice and ape conservation movements.

The Arcus Foundation announces new grants under their Social Justice and Great Apes & Gibbons programs. This funding underscores the importance of collaboration to bring about social justice for LGBTQ people and protect the world’s great and small apes.

This past April, The Christensen Fund’s entire board and staff came together with their partners to participate in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

The National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy calls for a stronger, more unified and inclusive approach to ocean conservation. Written by a team led by the Smithsonian and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the strategy was announced by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy June 3.

The Kresge Foundation announced yesterday that Lois R. DeBacker, managing director of the Environment Program, will retire effective September 27, 2024, after serving more than 16 years with the foundation and 33 years total in philanthropy.

Amber D. Miller, an astrophysicist and pathbreaking university leader who has served as a dean at both the University of Southern California and Columbia University, has been named the next president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.