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• Remarks: Ana Isabel Baptista's Testimony to the House Select Committee 2020

  Testimony of Ana Isabel Baptista to the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis in 2020, regarding the Committee's Climate Crisis Action Plan and ways to invest and prioritize spending in environmental justice communities.
• Remarks: Michelle DePass' Testimony on the Clean Power Plan

  Michelle DePass' testimony on the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan in 2017.
• Publication: Grassroots Environmental Justice Work and Philanthropy: Challenges and Opportunities

  Article published in The Foundation Review, Volume 14:1, titled "Grassroots Environmental Justice Work and Philanthropy: Challenges and Opportunities" and authored by Jennifer S. Ramirez, Ph.D., Ana I. Baptista, Ph.D., Molly Greenberg, M.S.W., Adrienne Perovich, M.P.A., Anna Yulsman, M.A., Antonio Lopez, Ph.D., (Chicago Frontlines Funding Initiative), and Andrew Rosenberg, Ph.D., (Union of Concerned Scientists). The article describes a landscape assessment study of environmental funders and grassroots environmental justice organizations in the Gulf South and the Midwest, conducted by Building Equity and Alignment for Environmental Justice and the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School. The study found that the philanthropic foundations examined in this research awarded the majority of their funding to mainstream environmental organizations rather than grassroots environmental justice groups, and highlighted drivers of misalignment and funding disparities between the two sectors.
• Publication: Landscape Assessment of the US Environmental Justice Movement: Transformative Strategies for Climate Justice

  Article published in the Environmental Justice journal, Volume 00, Number 00, 2022, titled "Landscape Assessment of the US Environmental Justice Movement: Transformative Strategies for Climate Justice," and authored by Ana Isabel Baptista, Sujatha Jesudason, Molly Greenberg, and Adrienne Perovich. The article outlines the methodology and results of the landscape assessment, during which more than 200 environmental justice movement (EJM) activists across the U.S. were surveyed and interviewed on their priorities, strategies, and challenges. The assessment found that climate justice is ranked among the highest priority issues of EJM activists, and that climate justice as a shared framework can help shift narratives and action on climate change, promoting an intersectional conceptualization of the climate crisis that encourages transformative action and disrupts the status quo.
• Publication: Environmental Justice and Philanthropy - Challenges and Opportunities for Alignment One-Pager (Opportunities)

  In 2020, Building Equity and Alignment for Impact (BEA-I) collaborated with the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School to conduct an assessment of the misalignment between the environmental justice and philanthropic sectors in the Gulf South and Midwest regions. Through interviews with foundation and environmental justice organization staff, the study identified specific opportunities for better aligning funding and relationships over time, representing both long-term and short-term actions that can be implemented across the sectors. This document highlights specific recommendations for funders and environmental justice organizations, organized into categories including capacity building, leveraging the role of intermediaries, relationship building and access, and racism & structural power.
• Publication: Environmental Justice and Philanthropy - Challenges and Opportunities for Alignment One-Pager (Funding Disparity)

  In 2020, Building Equity and Alignment for Impact (BEA-I) collaborated with the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School to conduct an assessment of the misalignment between the environmental justice and philanthropic sectors in the Gulf South and Midwest regions. This one-pager focuses on the funding disparities identified within environmental grantmaking efforts in these regions. Specifically, the study highlights how from 2016 and 2017, only one percent of total environmental grantmaking dollars was awarded to environmental justice organizations in the Gulf South and Midwest regions, and only nine percent of funding allocated to "environmental justice activities" was awarded to environmental justice organizations.
• Publication: Environmental Justice and Philanthropy - Challenges and Opportunities for Alignment One-Pager (Alignment of Priority Issue Areas)

  In 2020, Building Equity and Alignment for Impact (BEA-I) collaborated with the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School to conduct an assessment of the misalignment between the environmental justice and philanthropic sectors in the Gulf South and Midwest regions. The one-pager focuses on identified areas of opportunity to build greater alignment over time, highlighting the overlap between priority issue areas of environmental grant makers and environmental justice organizations in the Gulf South and Midwest, while acknowledging that each sector's understanding of and approaches to these issues can diverge significantly.
• Document: Gulf Coast Fund Emergency Response Grant Recipients

  List of Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health grants distributed for the June 15, 2010 grant cycle. A total of $41,600 was distributed in this grant cycle.
• Document: Gulf Coast Fund Priority Areas of Funding

  List of Gulf Coast Fund priority areas of funding and associated descriptions.
• Document: Request for Proposals for Gulf Coast Fund Grants (Fall 2006)

  Request for proposals guidelines for 2006 fall grant cycles for the Gulf Coast Ecological Health and Community Renewal Fund.
• Document: Gulf Coast Fund Code Of Conduct & Conflict of Interest Policy

  Code of conduct & conflict of interest policy for the Gulf Coast Ecological Health and Community Renewal Fund.
• Document: Gulf Coast Fund Emergency Response Grant Application Form

  Application form for Gulf Coast Fund emergency response grants, designed to support ongoing projects in communities impacted by the BP oil drilling disaster.
• Document: Gulf Coast Fund Advisory Members

  A list of the advisory group members for the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal & Ecological Health.
• Document: Steps for Setting up a Collaborative Grantmaking Fund

  A guide outlining the steps taken to set up a Collaborative Grantmaking Fund that ensures the delivery of resources is rapid and effective by following a bottom-up approach.
• Document: Selection Criteria for Gulf Coast Fund Advisory Group Membership

  Criteria for Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health Advisory Group Membership, which was re-approved by Advisory Group members on September 23rd, 2006.
• Document: Timeline of Activities of Gulf Coast Fund

  Timeline of activities of The Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (GCF) from 2005-2006.
• Document: Timeline of Hurricane Katrina & Founding of Gulf Coast Fund

  Timeline of events regarding Hurricane Katrina and the founding of The Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health (GCF) from 2005-2006.
• Document: Request for Proposals for Gulf Coast Fund Grants (Spring & Summer 2006)

  Request for proposals guidelines for the first and second grant cycles in 2006 for the Gulf Coast Ecological Health and Community Renewal Fund.
• Document: Gulf Coast Fund Grant Report 2012

  A report on a grant received to support the re-granting and program activities of the Gulf Coast Fund, especially those in response to the BP Oil Drilling Disaster. The report details the purpose of the grant, steps taken to achieve that purpose, unforeseen challenges or surprises, and achieved outcomes and impacts between Fall 2010 and December 2011. The purpose of the grant received is to support the re-granting and program activities of the Gulf Coast Fund, especially those in response to the BP Oil Drilling Disaster. The Fund is providing emergency grants to groups most impacted by the disaster, and establishing a fund to meet the long-term needs of the region. In addition, this grant will allow the Fund to provide crucial programs and opportunities for grassroots leaders; media and communications support; and a link between Gulf Coast communities and key decision-makers from government and philanthropy. All work will be approached through the lens of environmental and social justice.
• Photo: Tishman Center at the New York City People's Hearing on the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan

  A collection of photos from the New York City People's Hearing on the repeal of the Clean Power Plan, held at the New School University in 2018.