About the Fund
Grants Awarded
Please explore the lists below to learn more about our funding, including grant amounts and descriptions. Grants may be reviewed by funding interest and year awarded.
2024 Grants
For the year 2024, Gaia Fund awarded grants totaling $1,502,500 to 70 organizations.
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
$50,000
Agriculture And Land Based Training Association (ALBA), Salinas, CA, for general support. (Two-year grant).
$2,500
Ecological Farming Association, Santa Cruz, CA, for scholarships or highest need.
$2,500
Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Pt. Reyes Station, CA, for general support.
$120,000
National Organic Coalition Inc, Arlington, MA, for general support. (Three-year grant).
$100,000
UCSC Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems (a project of Regents of the University of California), Santa Cruz, CA, for Sustainable Farming Workforce Development through the UCSC Farm’s Leadership Development Program (LDP). (Two-year grant).
$2,500
Wild Farm Alliance, Watsonville, CA, for general support.
Effective Democracy
Accelerate Change, Boston, MA, for general support.
$25,000
Heartland Fund (a project of Windward Fund), Washington, DC for the charitable purposes of the Heartland Fund.
$50,000
Movement Labs (a project of Southern Vision Alliance (SVA), Durham, NC, for the charitable purposes of Movement Labs.
$50,000
Movement Voter Fund (a project of Tides Foundation), Los Angeles, CA, for the charitable purposes of Movement Voter Fund.
$50,000
Nonprofit Vote, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
$50,000
Students Learn Students Vote Coalition (a project of NEO Philanthropy Inc.), New York, NY for the charitable purposes of Students Learn Students Vote Coalition.
$100,000
Voto Latino Foundation, Washington, DC, for general support.
$100,000
Working America Education Fund, Washington, DC, for general support.
Jewish Life
$120,000
J. The Jewish News of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support. (Three-year grant).
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$50,000
Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
Jewish Film Institute, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$25,000
New Israel Fund, San Francisco, CA, for general support
$75,000
Reboot, Inc, Longmeadow, MA, (Three-year grant). General support funds will expand San Francisco programming.
$100,000
The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA, for general support. (Two-year grant). Crucial San Francisco institution that enriches the Jewish experience through the arts.
$40,000
Wilderness Torah, Berkeley, CA, for general support.
Other
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY for general support.
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation, Columbia, SC, for general support.
$3,000
Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY, for general support
Classical KDFC (a project of USC Radio), San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$4,500
ClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC, for GrowFood Carolina & Charleston Region Projects.
$3,500
Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, CA for general support.
Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
Edisto Island Open Land Trust, Edisto Island, SC for general support.
ExtraFood Org, Kentfield, CA, for support of the Food Runners program.
Farm to Pantry, Healdsburg, CA, for general support
Fields to Families, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$2,000
Fresh Future Farm, Charleston, SC, for general support.
Friends & Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
Friends in Sonoma Helping, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
Green Heart Project, Charleston, SC, for general support.
GreenBelt Alliance, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,500
Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Washington, DC, for general support.
KQED, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
KSVY (a project of Sonoma Valley Community Communications Inc.), Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$6,000
Lowcountry Land Trust, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$500
Mission Local SF, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,500
National Network of Abortion Funds, Beaverton, OR, for general support.
Natural Resource Defense Council, New York, NY, for clean energy work.
$5,500
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, NY, for general support.
Rocky Mountain Institute, Boulder, CO, for general support.
$2,500
San Francisco Marin Food Bank, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$4,000
Save the Bay, Oakland, CA, for general support.
Sierra Club Foundation, Oakland, CA, $2,000 for the Bay Area Chapter, $3,000 for general support.
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
Sonoma Ecology Center, Eldridge, CA, for the Sonoma Garden Park.
Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
Sonoma Overnight Support, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
SPUR, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
The Brigid Alliance, New York, NY, for general support.
$4,000
The Nature Conservancy, Sacramento, CA, for work in California.
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
Valley of the Moon Natural History Association, Glen Ellen, CA, for general support.
$1,000
Vintage House, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network, Columbia, SC, for general support
2023 Grants
For the year 2023, Gaia Fund awarded grants totaling $1,269,000 to 69 organizations.
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
Effective Democracy
Jewish Life
Other
Valley of the Moon Natural History Association, Glen Ellen, CA, for general support.
2022 Grants
For the year 2022, Gaia Fund awarded grants totaling $1,599,000 to 74 organizations.
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
$2,500
$2,500
$100,000
$5,000
$25,000
$80,000
$2,500
Effective Democracy
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
$200,000
$100,000
$100,000
Jewish Life
$40,000
$5,000
$10,000
$50,000
$5,000
$25,000
$50,000
Other
$6,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY for general support.
$2,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$6,000
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation, Charleston, SC for general support.
$2,000
$1,500
$3,000
$1,000
$3,000
$7,000
$5,000
Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, CA for general support.
$5,000
Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Edisto Island Open Land Trust, Edisto Island, SC for general support.
$2,500
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$2,500
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$6,000
$3,000
$3,000
$2,000
$6,000
$1,000
$5,000
$1,000
$2,500
$2,500
$2,500
Sonoma Ecology Center, Eldridge, CA, for the Sonoma Garden Park.
$2,500
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
$5,000
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
$4,000
South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
SPUR, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
$3,000
$2,500
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
2021 Grants
For the year 2021, Gaia Fund awarded grants totaling $1,804,500 to 76 organizations.
ALL
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
EFFECTIVE DEMOCRACY
JEWISH LIFE
OTHER
Sustainable Agriculture
$100,000
$80,000
$2,500
$50,000
$5,000
$100,000
$2,500
$100,000
Effective Democracy
$1,000,000
$150,000
$100,000
$100,000
$50,000
$100,000
Jewish Life
$30,000
$100,000
$10,000
$10,000
$50,000
$10,000
$60,000
$25,000
Other
$6,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY for general support.
$2,500
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation, Charleston, SC for general support.
$1,500
$4,000
$50,000
City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA for the Give2SF Covid‐19 Fund.
$1,000
Classical KDFC, San Francisco, CA, for the Classical KDFC radio station.
$7,000
Coastal Conservation League, Charleston, SC, for the GrowFood Carolina and Charleston Region Projects.
$50,000
Community Foundation of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA for the Sonoma County Resilience Fund.
$5,000
Earth Island Institute, Berkeley, CA for general support.
$5,000
Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
East Cooper Land Trust, Mount Pleasant, SC, for general support.
$4,000
East Cooper Meals on Wheels, Mount Pleasant, SC, for general support.
$5,000
Edisto Island Open Land Trust, Edisto Island, SC for general support.
$2,500
$5,000
Fields to Families, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$2,500
Food Runners, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Fresh Future Farm, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$2,500
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Green Heart Project, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
GreenBelt Alliance, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$5,000
Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Washington, DC, general support.
$2,500
Jack London Park Partners, Glen Ellen, CA, for general support.
$6,000
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, for Clean Energy Work.
$6,000
$6,000
Planned Parenthood, New York, NY, for general support.
$5,000
Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, CA, for general support.
$2,000
San Francisco Marin Food Bank, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$6,000
Save the Bay, Oakland, CA, for general support.
$2,500
$5,000
$2,500
Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Ecology Center, Eldridge, CA, for the Sonoma Garden Park.
$2,500
Sonoma Land Trust, Santa Rosa, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma League for Historic Preservation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA, for general support.
$2,500
$4,000
South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, SC, for general support.
$5,000
SPUR, San Francisco, CA, for general support.
$2,500
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA, for general support.
$1,000
We the Protesters, New York, NY, for Campaign Zero.
$2,500
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, for general support.