AWARDED IN 2023

Grants Totalling

$90

Our Methods

We partner with individual and institutional donors to align financial resources with strategic outcomes, provide flexible funding for innovation, build capacity in the environmental movement, and create partnerships with a broad spectrum of allied organizations around shared values and goals. As the fiscal sponsor of the charitable programs of the Sierra Club, we provide resources to it and other nonprofit organizations to support scientific, educational, literary, organizing, advocacy, and legal programs that further our goals.

BEYOND COAL CAMPAIGN
Preventing construction of new coal-­fired power plants; retiring existing plants; blocking expansion of the U.S. gas fleet; promoting clean energy alternatives.

$26,933,833

CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Scaling clean, renewable energy solutions in the power and transportation sectors and building widespread public support for a clean energy economy.

$13,392,837

OUR WILD AMERICA

Bringing together national and local conservation efforts to end mining and drilling of fossil fuels on public lands; secure lands, water, wildlife protection; connect communities with nearby nature.

$17,906,983

OUTDOORS FOR ALL
Reaching across economic lines, cultures, and communities to engage all people — including military and youth — to expand equitable and public access to outdoors for all.

$2,616,728

CHAPTER AND GROUP EDUCATION PROGRAM

Supporting Sierra Club Chapters and Groups working at the local, state, and regional levels to educate the public about issues relating to protection of the natural and human environment.

$10,075,166

NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

Educating the public about issues relating to protection of the natural and human environment.

$11,495,156


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HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Conducting deep coalition work in order to build collaboration with labor and environmental justice communities in support of strong and equitable carbon targets; ensuring communities of color and low-income communities have a voice in decisions that affect their community and bridging the gap between these communities and environmentalists.

$1,864,151

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROGRAM
Providing legal strategy for Sierra Club’s priority campaigns as well as state­-level chapters.
$1,473,839

SIERRA MAGAZINE 

Supporting the charitable content of Sierra magazine.

$1,072,428

OTHER PROGRAMS 

Supporting a variety of environmental programs not otherwise included in categories listed here.

$9,138,856

MOVEMENT FORWARD FUND

Providing general support grants to partners of the Sierra Club or Sierra Club Foundation to advance shared program goals that center racial justice and build movement infrastructure towards a just, equitable, and sustainable future for all.

$1,370,000

SPONSORED PROJECT PARTNERSHIP AND DONOR ADVISED FUND GRANTS TO NON-­SIERRA CLUB

ORGANIZATIONS

Supporting organizations working to confront pollution and climate change, advance clean energy solutions, promote sustainable community development, foster mission-aligned investing practices, protect wild places, and get people outdoors.

$303,514

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