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Save the Date for the 2025 Federal Policy Briefing & 2025 Fall Retreat!

EGA is excited to convene our membership at the 2025 Federal Briefing Policy and the 2025 Fall Retreat.

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Executive Grantmaker Fellowship

The Executive Grantmaker Fellowship (EGF), is an 18-month offline and online fellowship to prepare today's leader in environmental philanthropy, for tomorrow. 

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Tracking the Field

The Tracking the Field program highlights connections between environmental and global philanthropy and the relationship between inclusiveness and effective environmental philanthropy.

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“I wanted to do something different. Something that would alleviate stressors in the nonprofit community, while living our real, core social justice values. We’ve always been very interested in supporting organizations led by People of Color, and unapologetically focusing on those groups. We firmly believe that the people experiencing the greatest harm, or closest to the problem, often have the solutions.”

Shawn Escoffery

Executive Director of the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation (RPDFF), in partnership with EGA

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Tracking Racial Equity

The Racial Equity in Environmental Philanthropy Report examines funding to Black, Indigenous, and all People of Color (BIPOC)−led organizations across the United States. It fills a knowledge gap on racial justice funding, and is especially of interest to foundation trustees, supporting BIPOC-led organizations. Moreover, this report sets a baseline for the availability of demographic data to foster greater transparency within environmental philanthropy. It also includes analysis by issue area, geography and strategic focus on funding to BIPOC-led groups. EGA members are encouraged to download the report today to learn more.

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    2022 TTF Data Findings

    At the 2024 Fall Retreat, EGA released the newest findings on the What, Where, How and Who are Environmental Grantmakers Funding based on 2022 grantmaking data tracked by EGA’s TTF program. 

    In 2022, we recorded over 15,000 environmental grants given by EGA members, totalling more than $2.7 billion, an 18% increase from 2021. The grants were given to over 7,000 grantees across the globe. This report highlights updated demographic data analysis, reflecting over-time shifts in EGA members’ grantmaking to BIPOC-led groups and a new state-level domestic funding breakdown by grantee location. The report documents progress in more equitable distribution of environmental philanthropic resources over time, while revealing the existing disparities in terms of race, geography, issue and strategy focuses.

    Read the full data slides and watch the data release presentation video here.
     

    • Full Report available to members only
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    New EGA Report: Summary of Funding to Aquaculture & Fisheries, 2016-2021

    EGA's new Summary of Funding to Aquaculture & Fisheries, 2016-2021 report dives deep into over $500 million in Aquaculture & Fisheries grants made between 2016 and 2021, revealing gaps in the geographic and issue focus areas. 

    Aquaculture and fisheries deeply intersect the issues of ocean health, biodiversity, food systems, climate adaptation, sustainable communities and the livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.

    The report examines funding that supports different aquaculture methods such as open-ocean aquaculture and on-land recirculating aquaculture; seafood market strategies including local seafood supply chains, seafood certification, and transparency & traceability; and tribal fisheries and Indigenous aquaculture projects. The report also compares the funding given to various aspects of sustainable fisheries management, including fishing community engagement and fisheries management policy & research. 

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