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Asthma Free School Zone | $10,000
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New York, NY (www.afsz.org)
To support a pilot project to reduce absenteeism and asthma-related illnesses in school children by building a team of parents, school staff and concerned area residents to push for the enforcement of laws and institutional changes that will improve indoor and outdoor air quality in and around PS 61 in the Lower East Side.
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Consumer Policy Institute | $5,000
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Yonkers, NY (www.consumersunion.org)
To analyze three key waste policy documents recently released by New York City and to work with other groups to build support for recommendations based on this analysis.
Fiscal Sponsor: Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
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Green Guerillas | $15,000
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New York, NY (www.greenguerillas.org)
To develop a constituency of activist garden groups to plan, advocate and build community support for garden preservation.
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Greenmarket New Farmer Development Project | $15,000
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New York, NY (www.cenyc.org)
To build a sustainable regional agriculture and community food security by helping New York City immigrants with farming backgrounds re-enter farming, and by direct-marketing their crops.
Fiscal Sponsor: Council on the Environment, Inc.
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Just Food | $15,000
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New York, NY (www.justfood.org)
For the Community Supported Agriculture in New York City program, and education and outreach efforts that will help foster the development of a just and sustainable food system.
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Make the Road by Walking | $21,000
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Brooklyn, NY (www.maketheroad.org)
To support an environmental justice leadership development and organizing initiative through which residents of Bushwick address environmental problems, make public officials accountable for enforcement of environmental regulations and improve citywide policies ($20,000); and for participation in the pension plan of the National Organizers Alliance ($1,000).
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Mothers on the Move | $20,000
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Bronx, NY (www.mothersonthemove.org)
To organize residents in the Hunts Point, Longwood, Morrisania and Port Morris neighborhoods of the South Bronx against structural and institutional environmental racism and for the creation of more environmental amenities.
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New Jersey Work Environment Council | $20,000
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Trenton, NJ (www.njwec.org)
To build common ground between labor unions and environmental/community organizations in northern New Jersey in order to address issues of jobs and the environment and to promote community and worker safety and health.
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New York City Environmental Justice Alliance | $20,000
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New York, NY (www.nyceja.org)
To provide technical assistance, organizing support, networking opportunities, coalition building and training to member groups as they organize and advocate for environmental justice, locally and citywide.
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New York City Organizing Support Center | $10,000
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180 Varick Street, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10014
To provide training and technical assistance to grassroots organizations working in low-income communities throughout the city in order to strengthen their constituency building, organizing and collaborative work.
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Outstanding Renewal Enterprises | $15,000
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P.O. Box 20488
New York, NY 10009
To foster environmentally sound management of New York City's solid waste by: demonstrating the potential of in-vessel composting as a way to reduce the export of waste and attendant truck pollution; building public support for recycling and composting; and advocating for city policies that promote more local recycling.
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Research and Education Project of Long Island | $20,000
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Massapequa, NY (www.lipc.org)
To promote an effective and efficient transportation system that reduces car dependency and encourages smart growth.
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Sixth Street Community Center | $5,000
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New York, NY (www.sixthstreetcenter.org)
To support the participation of 15 teenagers in the Seeds to Supper program and in the New York City environmental justice movement.
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Sustainable South Bronx | $20,000
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Bronx, NY (www.ssbx.org)
To support the implementation of sustainable development projects within the South Bronx that are informed by the needs of the community and adhere to the principles of environmental justice.
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UPROSE | $20,000
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166A 22nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
To support a youth-led, environmental justice, community organizing initiative to heighten awareness of, and promote grassroots involvement in, planning, policy and development decisions affecting the sunset Park community.
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West Harlem Environment Action | $20,000
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New York, NY (www.weact.org)
To support community organizing and advocacy efforts which address environmental concerns of Harlem residents, as well as residents of environmental justice communities throughout the metropolitan region.
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