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    Courage for People and Planet

    As you may recall, the 2024 Fall Retreat at Skamania, WA, EGA launched the Executive Grantmaker Fellowship (EGF) to support foundation leaders in bridging the gap between helm and heart in operatio

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    EGA President and CEO

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    2026 State of the States Briefing Reflections

    2026 State of the States Briefing ReflectionsSolidarity For People and PlanetThank you to those who joined us at the 2026 State of the States Briefing in San Francisco, California.

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    EGA President and CEO

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    Honoring Black History

    This February, the Environmental Grantmakers Association joins the nation in celebrating Black History Month.EGA respects and celebrates Black life, livelihoods, and legacy.

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    EGA President and CEO

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    Standing Up for People and Planet

    This month, the administration continued to blatantly escalate attacks on people and planet in a direct confrontation with the principles, values, and practices of democracy.

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    2023 TTF Data Findings

    At the 2025 Fall Retreat, EGA offered a Tracking the Field Resource Library to showcase the newest findings based on 2023 grantmaking data tracked by EGA’s TTF program. In 2023, we recorded over 15,900 environmental grants given by EGA members, totaling more than $3.2 billion, a 19% increase from $2.7 billion in 2022. Energy & Climate continues to be the most-funded issue area by EGA members, receiving 42% of EGA members’ total funding in 2023. Biodiversity & Land issues received 16% of funding, Water issues received 10%, Systems received 17%, and, notably, Health & Justice issues received 13% (down from 16% of total funding in 2022 one year prior). Our 2023 environmental grantmaking data analysis explored EGA members’ grantmaking by international region, domestic region, issue area, grantmaking strategy, and communities impacted. Review the data posters to learn more.

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    Reflections from the 2025 Fall Retreat

    Reflections from the 2025 Fall RetreatThe People, Groups, and Ideas Making Change Thank you to those who joined us at the 2025 Fall Retreat in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico!

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    EGA President and CEO

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    Reflecting Our Values in Our Practice

    As a community focused on our earth home, we are challenged, in these times, to actively connect and reconnect our goals for people and planet to the habits of democracy.

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