funding priorities

FUNDING PRIORITIES:

Our funding priorities are shaped by a view of the Earth as one community, an interconnected web of life in which human society is an integral part.

• PROTECT THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT OF COMMUNITIES THREATENED BY TOXICS
Supporting organizations, primarily at the state and regional levels, that:

• Bring together activists to work on toxics exposure and contamination; and
• Promote initiatives and public policies that reduce the use of toxins and hold corporations accountable for their impact on the environment.

• ADVANCE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Supporting organizations, led by people most heavily affected, that:

• Work to counter environmental degradation in low-income communities and communities of color.

• PROMOTE A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SYSTEM
Supporting rural and urban organizations that:

• Work with farmers and consumers on issues involving sustainable agriculture and community food security;
• Advocate for governmental policies and funding allocations that advance sustainable agriculture and community food security; and
• Counter the actions of public and private sector institutions and corporations that further the concentration of food production and the industrialization of agriculture.

• ENSURE QUALITY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT
Supporting organizations that:

• Broaden the base and agenda of the reproductive rights movement through the involvement of new constituencies, primarily at the state level and in communities of color; and
• Advocate for legal and policy initiatives to safeguard reproductive freedom.

• FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE NEW YORK CITY
Supporting community-based organizations that:

• Organize to protect the city's environment and the health of its residents;
• Develop effective coalitions and networks; and
• Promote public policies and improved responsiveness by public agencies to environmental concerns.