Mitigating and adapting to the consequences of climate change is essential to creating a healthy and productive environment for current and future generations.

The Laird Norton Family Foundation focuses our Climate Change grants on organizations and programs that educate people about factors that contribute to climate change and how they can be addressed. 

We also support initiatives such as:

• Energy policy
• Energy efficiency projects
• Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
  

We award grants primarily in Washington and Oregon.

2012 Climate Change Grants

• Climate Solutions (WA)
  $40,000 General operating support. Climate Solutions' mission is to accelerate practical and profitable solutions to global warming by galvanizing leadership, growing investment and bridging divides.
• Geos Institute (OR)
  $25,000 In support of work to develop the economic and hydrologic case for using watershed restoration efforts to address the impacts of climate change and meet water management goals in communities and watersheds. Geos' mission is to use science to help people predict, reduce, and prepare for climate change.
• LivableStreets Alliance (MA)
  $15,000 General operating support. LivableStreets is committed to making Metro Boston more connected and more livable through urban transportation. They encourage greater use of transit, walking and biking.
• Low Input Viticulture and Enology (OR)
  $20,000 In support of the Carbon Reduction Challenge which aims to increase adoption of energy management practices at Northwest vineyards and wineries. LIVE's mission is to preserve human and natural resources in the wine industry of the Pacific Northwest.
• Northwest SEED (WA)
  $5,000 In support of Solarize Seattle and $40,000 In support of a Willamette Valley pilot of the Energize Oregon program which stimulates development of on-farm energy projects. NW SEED will be working with The Resource Innovation Group, a Eugene, OR, based organization whose mission is to foster the development and application of innovative thinking and approaches to complex social-ecological problems. NW SEED’s mission is to establish a clean, diverse, and affordable Northwest energy system based on the efficient use of renewable resources, with maximum local control and community ownership of energy assets.
  
• Oregon Environmental Council (OR)
  $30,000 General operating support. OEC's mission is to advance innovative, collaborative solutions to Oregon’s environmental challenges for today and future generations.
• Pacific Forest Trust (CA)
  $20,000 to support work to demonstrate a model of sustainable forest conservation that strengthens rural economies in the Klamath-Cascade region in Northern California.  PFT’s mission is to conserve and sustain America’s forest landscapes using incentive-based strategies to safeguard privately owned forests.   
• Sightline Institute (WA)
  $50,000 General operating support. Sightline's mission is to make the Northwest a global model of sustainability—strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment.
• Washington Environmental Council  (WA)
  $30,000 General operating support.  WEC's mission is to protect, restore, and sustain Washington's environment.

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