The Barbara Smith Fund
 
   
 
 
2007 Grants

HEALTH, HEALING AND THE HEALING ARTS

Regenerative Design Institute

(2007)            $5,000

P.O. Box 923
Bolinas, CA 94924

www.regenerativedesign.org

In support of the Commonweal Healing Garden.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Climate Change Radio Documentary

(2007)            $10,000

25 Hawthorne Street
Watertown, MA 02472

www.fieldnotes.tv/FNPTitlePage.html

To support Hotspots, a public radio documentary and website designed to increase public attention to the impacts of climate change on human health.  Field Notes Production served as fiscal sponsor.

Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health

(2007)            $5,000

6 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036

www.rockpa.org/special_programs/gulf-coast-fund/

In support of the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health.   Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors served as fiscal sponsor.

Health and Environmental Funders Network 

(2007)            $3,000

4805 St. Elmo Avenue
Second Floor
Bethesda, MD 20817

www.hefn.org
www.cgbd.org

For general support of the Health and Environmental Funders Network.  Consultative Group on Biological Diversity served as fiscal sponsor.

 

GREEN CHEMISTRY

Advancing Green Chemistry

(2007)            $5,000

1701-D Allied Street
Suite 6
Charlottesville, VA 22903

www.advancinggreenchemistry.com

To support a scoping project regarding the evaluation of Green Chemistry as an aid in the transition to sustainable agriculture.  Virginia Organizing Project served as fiscal sponsor.

Advancing Green Chemistry

(2007)            $40,000

1701-D Allied Street
Suite 6
Charlottesville, VA 22903

www.advancinggreenchemistry.com

To support Advancing Green Chemistry's evaluation of the current and future capacity of green chemistry to support a transition to sustainable agriculture.  Virginia Organizing Project served as fiscal sponsor.

 

NANOTECHNOLOGY

Friends of ETC Group

(2007)            $10,000

108 E. Main Street
Suite 7
Carrbor, NC 27510-2300

www.friendsofetc.org

To support development of outreach and educational materials on nanotechnology.

International Center for Technology Assessment

(2007)            $10,000

660 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Suite 302
Washington, DC 20003

www.icta.org

To support the formatting, printing, and dissemination of the Principles for the Oversight of Nanotechnologies and Nanomaterials. 

Natural Resources Defense Council/Friends of the Earth/ScienceCorps

(2007)            $25,000

Natural Resources Defense Council
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20005

www.nrdc.org

To support the development of a strategic plan to identify key allies and target intervention points to promote precautionary regulation of nanomaterials.  Natural Resources Defense Council served as fiscal sponsor.

Science Communications Network

(2007)            $5,000

1320 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

www.ems.org

To provide seed funding for Science Communication Network’s media work on nantoechnology. Virginia Organizing Project served as fiscal sponsor.

 

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS

Sage Associates

(2007)            $10,000

1396 Danielson Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93108

www.sageassociates.net

To support work related to the BioInitiative Core Organizers’ Report, including travel to the Royal Society of London Conference in November, 2007.  EMR Policy Institute served as fiscal sponsor.

 

SMITH FARM CENTER FOR HEALING AND THE ARTS

Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts

(/2007)            $470,000

1632 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

www.smithfarm.com

For general support of Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts.

Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts

(2007)            $100,000

1632 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

www.smithfarm.com

To support the Smith Farm Center U Street Building project, with an emphasis on green building decisions.

Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts

(2007)            $150,000

1632 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

www.smithfarm.com

To support the Smith Farm Center U Street Building project, with an emphasis on green building decisions.

 

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Upstream Fund

(2007)            $5,000

The Philanthropic Collaborative
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers
101 Second St, 24th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

For general support.

 

The Barbara Smith Fund • Thoreau Center for Sustainability • Presidio Building 1016, First Floor
P.O. Box 29209, San Francisco, CA 94129 (415) 561-2182 info@jaf.org