Grants awarded Fall 2023
Wild Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia $40,000 to support the Campaign for Virginias’ Water Future Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Monterey, Virginia $35,000 to support Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance Conservation Hub People’s Climate Solutions, Morgantown, West Virginia $29,000 to support the establishment of a resource center for climate work, best practices and solutions Science Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia $5,000 to support the educational display the living RiverGrants awarded Spring 2023
Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia $50,000 to support the Energy Accountability Project Downstream Strategies, Morgantown, West Virginia $50,000 to support Microgrids in Small Towns in West Virginia Three Rivers Waterkeeper, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania $35,000 to support work in pollution accountability and advocating for Healthier Headwaters of the Ohio RiverGrants awarded Fall 2022
The Nature Conservancy, Elkins, West Virginia $50,000 to support Gandy Creek Headwater Reforestation for Climate Resilience Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Monterey, Virginia $35,000 to support the Conservation Hub Wild Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia $30,000 to support Aquatic Organism Passage Program and Stream Monitoring Solar United Neighbors, Washington, District of Columbia $25,000 support Building a Constituency for Community Solar in West VirginiaGrants awarded Spring 2022
West Virginia Rivers, Charleston, West Virginia $35,000 to support Stream Protection through the West Virginia Wild Trout Collaborative West Virginia Water Research Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia $35,000 to support Carbon Sequestration research Friends of Cheat, Kingwood, West Virginia $30,000 to support Aquatic Organism Passage Program and Stream Monitoring Appalachian Headwaters, Charlottesville, Virginia $25,000 support Environmental Educational ProgrammingGrants awarded Fall 2021
Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia $50,000 to support Energy Accountability Project Protect Our Water Heritage Rights, Charlottesville, Virginia $30,000 to support Water Monitoring and Visual Assessment Volunteers Wild Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia $20,000 to support the Campaign for Virginia’s Water Future West Virginia Center on Climate Change, Morgantown, West Virginia $10,000 support
Grants awarded Spring 2021
The Nature Conservancy, Elkins, West Virginia $50,000 to support Headwater Restoration for Climate Resilience Eberly College, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia $29,964 to support the ForestGeo project West Virginia Rivers Coalition and Trout Unlimited, Charleston, West Virginia $25,000 to support the Citizen Oversight and Regulatory Advisory Program Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Monterey, Virginia $25,000 to support the Conservation Hub Project Eberly College, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia $6100 to support Climate Public Service CompetitionGrants awarded Fall 2020
Friends of Cheat, Kingwood, West Virginia $50,000 to support Cheat River Restoration Programmatic Support Appalachain Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia $35,000 to support the Energy Accountability Project West Virginia Land Trust, Charleston, West Virginia $35,000 to support the Making Yellow Creek Less Yellow Project Wild Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia $20,000 to support the Campaign for Virginia’s Water Future Davis College, West Virgina University, Morgantown, West Virginia $18,626 to support the Creek Stewards ProjectGrants awarded Spring 2020
Green Forests Work, Lexington, Kentucky $50,000 to support the Monongahela National Forest Ecological Restoration Project Fairmont State Creative Sustainability Council, Fairmont, West Virginia $27,120 to support Glass and organics recycling West Virginia Rivers Coalition and Trout Unlimited, Charleston, West Virginia $25,000 to support the Citizen Oversight and Regulatory Advisory ProgramGrants awarded Fall 2019
Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Monterey, Virginia $25,000 to support the Compliance Surveillance Initiative WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, Morgantown, West Virginia $24,620 to support WV Climate Link Wild Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia $20,000 to support Water Quality Monitoring in Virginia Friends of Blackwater, Davis, West Virginia $20,000 to support the National Energy Conference 2020 Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Huntington, West Virginia $20,000 to support Fend off Fracking Initiative University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia $18,000 to support Fourth Decadal Survey of Western Virginia Native Brook Trout Streams Friends of Deckers Creek, Morgantown, West Virginia $10,000 to support the Drone Stream Health Surveillance Program Potomac Valley Audubon Society, Charles Town, West Virginia $5,000 to support the Streamside Outdoor ClassroomGrants awarded Spring 2019
Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, West Virginia $38,347 to support Beaver Creek Restoration Green Forests Work, Lexington, Kentucky $60,000 to support restoration of the Mower Tract, Cheat Mountain WV Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia $40,000 to support the Energy Accountability Project West Virginia Rivers Coalition and Trout Unlimited, Charleston, West Virginia $25,000 to support the Citizen Oversight and Regulatory Advisory ProgramGrants awarded Fall 2018
West Virginia University, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resource and Design, Morgantown, West Virginia $41,074 to support Innovative Climate Change Science Education Marshall University Sustainability Department, Huntington, West Virginia $30,000 to support an Organics Recycling Program Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Huntington, West Virginia $10,000 to support the Fend of Fracking projectGrants awarded Spring 2018
West Virginia Water Research Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia $34,437 to support Research into Macroinvertebrate Rebound in Treated AMD Tributaries in WV Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia $25,000 to support the Energy Accountability Project Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, West Virginia $25,000 to support Mower Tract Mineland Restoration, Cheat Summit Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Monterey, Virginia $25,000 to support thePipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Charleston, West Virginia in conjunction with Trout Unlimited $20,000 to support volunteer monitoring of threatened streams and to develop a WV Trout Atlas Wild Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia $9,500 to support the Stream Surveillance ProgramGrants awarded Fall 2017
The Nature Conservancy, Elkins, West Virginia $50,000 to support Allegheny Front Red Spruce Forest Restoration Potomac Valley Audubon Society, Shepherdstown, West Virginia $24,700 to support Bringing Solar to the Cold Spring Preserve Coal River Mountain Watch, Naoma, West Virginia $18,500 to support Show and Tell Energy Education Project Solar Installation Friends of Blackwater, Davis, West Virginia $15,000 to support the Allegheny Highlands Climate Change Impacts Initiative Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Huntington, West Virginia $10,000 to support the Fend off Fracking projectGrants awarded Spring 2017
Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, West Virginia $35,044 to support Lambert Northeast Abandoned Mine Land Restoration West Virginia Water Research Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia $32,500 to support Swamp Run #2 Acid Mine Drainage Passive Treatment Installation West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Charleston, WV in conjunction with Trout Unlimited $27,500 to support volunteer monitoring of threatened streams and to develop a WV Trout Atlas Allegheny Blue Ridge Alliance, Monterey, Virginia $20,000 to support a coalition working to defeat the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia $20,000 to support the Energy Accountability Project West Virginia SUN, Charleston, West Virginia 10,000 to support renewable energy and a Solar Agricultural Co-op in West Virginia Energy Efficient West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia $5,000 to support energy efficiency programming trainingGrants awarded Fall 2016
Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition, Monterey, Virginia $50,000 to support monitoring the water impacts of pipeline development Friends of Blackwater, Elkins, West Virginia $20,000 to support West Virginia Climate Change Science Education & Outreach Project Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Huntington, West Virginia $12,500 to support water quality elements of OVEC’s anti-fracking initiative Wild Virginia , Charlottesville, Virginia $11,000 to support water quality monitoring through the Stream Surveillance Program West Virginia University, Davis College & WV Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit , Morgantown, West Virginia $10,000 to fund research relating demographic characteristics of an avian predator to its aquatic prey and to contaminants in watersheds impacted by shoe gas development.Grants awarded Spring 2016
Community Power Network – West Virginia SUN, Washington, DC $32,500 to fund solar co-op expansion and renewable energy deployment across West Virginia Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, West Virginia $25,000 to fund ecological restoration of former mining lands on Cheat Mountain Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia $25,000 to fund Energy Accountability Project West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Charleston, WV – in conjunction with Trout Unlimited $25,000 to fund Monitoring WV and VA Streams for Impacts from Shale Gas and Pipeline Development The Nature Conservancy, Elkins, West Virginia $15,000 to fund the Central Appalachian Red Spruce Forest Restoration Initiative Downstream Strategies, Morgantown, West Virginia $15,000 to fund A Strategic White Paper to Promote Utility Scale Solar in West Virginia Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, Monterey, Virginia $12,000 to fund a coalition working to defeat the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Stream Restoration Incorporated, Mars, Pennsylvania $10,000 to fund Maiden Mine Passive Treatment Rehabilitation Project in the Dunkard Creek WatershedGrants awarded Fall 2015
Solar Holler, Shepherdstown, West Virginia $30,000 to fund solar innovative community funding projects for community solar installations Highlanders for Responsible Development, Monterey, Virginia $30,000 to fund the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition Energy Efficient West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia $18,000 to fund Energy Efficiency and City Wide Energy Use Reduction Competition Friends of Deckers Creek, Morgantown, West Virginia $10,000 to fund Going Green, Saving Green Initiative Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Huntington, West Virginia $10,000 to fund Anti-Fracking DEvelopment Initiative and Educational Work Wild Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia $10,000 to fund Stream Surveillance Program Potomac Valley Audobon Society, Shepherdstown, West Virginia $10,000 to fund Power Up Power Down fifth grade energy education programGrants awarded Spring 2015
Downstream Strategies, Morgantown, West Virginia
$40,000 Assessing and Implementing Energy Saving Measures in Morgantown and to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Phase 3
Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia
$30,000 to fund the Energy Accountability Project
WVU, Center for Energy and Sustainable Development, Morgantown, West Virginia
$25,000 to fund Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction Opportunities for the West Virginia Power Sector – Phase 2
West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Charleston, West Virginia – in conjunction with Trout Unlimited
$25,000 to fund Monitoring WV and VA Streams for Impacts from Shale Gas and Pipeline Development
West Virginia SUN – Community Power Network, Washington, D.C.
$15,000 to fund the development of solar co-operatives in West Virginia
Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, West Virginia
$10,000 to fund E3: The Eighth Grade Energy Experience
Grants awarded Fall 2014
People Concerned About Chemical Safety, Charleston, West Virginia $20,000 fo fund Spill Prevention and Mitigation Project University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia $17,863 to fund Vertical Profiling of Methane Concentration with Multi Router Copter The Mountain Institute, Appalachian Program, Spruce Knob and State-wide, West Virginia $12,000 to fund Energy Educational Programming University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia $10,000 to fund research into Tree Rings as Chroniclers of Mercury Exposure Energy Efficient West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia $10,000 to fund Energy Efficient Statewide Programming Friends of Blackwater, Charleston, West Virginia $10,000 Commitment in matching funds to support Allegheny Highlands Climate Change Impacts 2015 Conference $5,000 to fund Allegheny Highlands Climate Change Impact Inititative Highlanders for Responsible Development, Monterey, Virginia $5,000 to fund the Dominion Pipeline Monitoring Coalition Coal River Mountain Watch, Naoma, West Virginia $5,000 to fund Citizens’ Enforcement Program – Water Monitoring Shenandoah Valley Network, Luray, Virginia $5,000 to fund the Shenandoah Valley Network Energy ProjectGrants awarded Spring 2014
Downstream Strategies, Morgantown, West Virginia $50,000 to fund Assessing and Implementing Energy Saving Measures in Morgantown and to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Phase 2 Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Lewisburg, West Virginia $50,000 to fund Energy Accountability Project WVU Center for Energy and Sustainable Development, Morgantown, West Virginia $37,500 to fund Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction Opportunities for the West Virginia Power Sector West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Elkins, West Virginia Collaborative Partnership with Trout Unlimited $30,000 to fund Monitoring Water Quality Impacts of Marcellus Shale Development in WV’s and VA’s Coldwater Streams People Concerned About Chemical Safety, Charleston, West Virginia $20,000 fo fund Spill Prevention and Mitigation Project Energy Efficient West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia $15,000 to fund Energy Efficient Statewide Programming Wild Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia $5,000 to fund Stream Surveillance TrainingsGrants awarded Fall 2013
Canaan Valley Institute, Davis, West Virginia $50,000 to fund Mower Tract Ecological Restoration Project, Phase II – Lambert Strip University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia $42,700 to fund Determination of Methane Concentration near Marcellus Hydrofracturing Sites in Appalachia Canaan Valley Institute, Sustainable Schools Program, Davis, West Virginia $13,000 to fund Energy Efficiency Programming and Education Shenandoah Valley Network, Luray, Virginia $15,000 to fund Energy Campaign Friends of Deckers Creek, Morgantown, West Virginia $10,600 to fund Mobile Pollution Reporting Application Development CreekDog 2.0Grants awarded Spring 2013
Downstream Strategies, Morgantown, West Virginia $50,000 to fund Assessing and Implementing Energy Saving Measures in Morgantown and to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Mountain Institute, Appalachian Program, Spruce Knob, West Virginia $25,000 to fund Spruce Knob Solar Energy Installation The Mountain Institute, Appalachian Program, Spruce Knob and State-wide, West Virginia $21,000 to fund Appalachian Watershed and Stream Monitors and Energy educational programming New Vision Renewable Energy, Phillippi, West Virginia $15,000 to fund Harnessing the Power of the Sun for Good on Bertha Hill, community solar Morgantown Coal River Mountain Watch, Naoma, West Virginia $12,500 to support the Tadpole Project, stream health and water quality monitoring Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Huntington, West Virginia $8,000 to fund the Southern Mountain Communities’ Clean Water Project Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, Appalachia, Virginia $5,000 to fund Powell Clinch and Big Sandy Headwater ProjectGrants awarded Fall 2012
Energy Efficient West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia $50,000 to fund Energy Efficient Statewide Programming West Virginia Rivers Coalition, Elkins, West Virginia Collaborative Partnership with Trout Unlimited $27,500 to fund Monitoring Water Quality Impacts of Marcellus Shale Development in WV’s and VA’s Coldwater Streams Evening Star Productions, Akron, Ohio $20,000 to fund production of Coal Country 2 Southern Environmental Law Center, Charlottesville, Virginia $20,000 to fund Leading Virginia and the Southeast to a Clean Energy Future Keeper of the Mountains, Charleston, West Virginia $9,500 to fund Kayford Mountain Sustainability Project WV Energy Savers, Terra Alta, West Virginia $4,000 to fund CFL bulb replacement