Surdna Foundation 2014 Annual Report
2014 Approved Grants > Sustainable Environments
Sustainable Environments

Sustainable Environments Grants Descriptions

Alliance for a Greater New York

New York, NY | $75,000

To support 'Jobs to Move New York,' a state level transportation procurement initiative connected to the national Jobs to Move America campaign.

Category: Sustainable Transportation Networks & Equitable Development Patterns

Blue Green Alliance Foundation

Minneapolis, MN | $100,000

To support the expansion of rail-transit supply chain strategies that will grow domestic transportation manufacturing and contribute to the creation of quality manufacturing jobs.

Category: Sustainable Transportation Networks & Equitable Development Patterns

Center for Neighborhood Technology

Chicago, IL | $45,000 (6 months)

To identify pathways for aligning environmental and economic benefits to passenger rail and freight transportation investments in the Baton Rouge and New Orleans corridor.

Category: Sustainable Transportation Networks & Equitable Development Patterns

Ceres, Inc.

Boston, MA | $175,000

To support efforts to move public and private capital towards investment in more sustainable, climate resilient, urban infrastructure.

Category: Integrated Infrastructure

Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy

San Francisco, CA | $75,000

To support the Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy, a new national network of local chambers of commerce that support clean energy projects and policies.

Category: Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment

Charles River Watershed Association

Weston, MA | $40,000

To support the development of the Blue Cities Exchange a stormwater financing and trading platform to finance for green infrastructure.

Category: Urban Water Management

Chicago Jobs with Justice

Chicago, IL | $75,000

To support the adoption of the Jobs to Move America transportation procurement and quality jobs initiative in Chicago and Illinois.

Category: Sustainable Transportation Networks & Equitable Development Patterns

Clean Energy Group

Montpelier, VT | $45,000

To support the coordination of state and community learning around issues of power resiliency, and create collaborative efforts to implement resilient power policies through the 'Resilient Power' project.

Category: Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment

Climate Interactive

Washington, DC | $45,580

To support improvement of the Green Infrastructure Decision Support Tool.

Category: Urban Water Management

Community Labor United

Boston, MA | $175,000 (24 months)

To support a pathway toward state-level, public-private infrastructure investment that incorporates strong community benefits

Category: Sustainable Transportation Networks & Equitable Development Patterns