Alumbra Innovations Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $5.5M

  International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2024

  to support the La Paz Special Projects Fund

• $4.0M

  San Diego Natural History Museum · San Diego, CA · 2024

  to support The Nat Campaign

• $1.2M

  University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to support the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy

• $1.1M

  Andale La Paz Ac · 2024

  To support general operations

• $1.1M

  International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2024

  to support grantmaking in Baja California Sur

• $961,275

  International Generosity Foundation Trust · Clearwater, FL · 2024

  to support grantmaking for international nonprofits

• $729,500

  Ecology Project International · Missoula, MT · 2024

  To support youth and teacher programs in Mexico

• $700,000

  Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  to support Civic Education

• $625,000

  The San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024

  to catalyze a network model that scales place-based learning approaches to result in ocean and land and water careers, and active citizenship

• $528,152

  US Water Partnership · Arlington, VA · 2024

  To support the Hydrogeological and Ecological Study for Los Planes Watershed

• $500,000

  Justice Outside · Oakland, CA · 2024

  Leadership capacity building to increase place-base teaching and learning and youth access to the outdoors

• $500,000

  Blue Forest Finance · Sacramento, CA · 2024

  to support the Blue Forest Upper Colorado egon

• $402,920

  Sociedad De Historia Natural Niparaja · 2024

  To support the Integrated management of Baja California Sur biocultural landscape from the sierra to the sea

• $399,838

  Sustainable Northwest · Portland, OR · 2024

  to support a sustainable financial and economic paradigm for forest health

• $375,395

  International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2024

  for the La Paz Special Projects Fund at International Community Foundation.

• $350,000

  Legacyworks Group · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  to provide program support for Mexico-based activities

• $300,000

  Pronatura Noroeste Ac · 2024

  To support the consolidation of PNOs ongoing coastal and marine interventions in Baja California Sur

• $300,000

  American Near East Refugee Aid · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support general operations

• $265,011

  Efecto Arena Ac · 2024

  To educate youth in coral conservation, restore coral populations, and increase Efecto Arena's financial sustainability

• $250,000

  Smartfish Rescate De Valor Ac · 2024

  to expand the seafood rescue value model in Baja California Sur

• $250,000

  Hole Food Rescue Corp · Jackson, WY · 2024

  to support the Forever Home Capital Campaign

• $250,000

  Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest · San Diego, CA · 2024

  to support access to reproductive care

• $237,450

  Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center · National City, CA · 2024

  to support staff retention at Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center and the campaign for Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center and the International Community Foundation

• $229,600

  Gray Family Foundation · Portland Or, OR · 2024

  to support the Youth Leadership Initiative

• $215,000

  Oregon State University · Corvallis, OR · 2024

  To expand and strengthen partnerships on Oregon's south coast to build engagement and career-connected learning opportunities for students through marine and coastal environmental education

• $210,000

  Ocean Discovery Institute · San Diego, CA · 2024

  to expand the Ocean Discovery Institute model to Hoover High School, integrate curriculum that supports the development of a math identity throughout programs, create workforce development support systems, and engage wi…

• $200,020

  Abrapalabra Ac · 2024

  to implement a comprehensive afterschool training program targeted to preschool and elementary students form public schools that considers students' daily contexts and concerns, encourages positive change, and fosters a…

• $200,000

  Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2024

  To build local and regional capacity and resources to address the outcomes of climate shifts

• $200,000

  Chicago Learning Exchange · Chicago, IL · 2024

  to support collective impact for Place Based Teaching & Learning in Chicago

• $200,000

  Resilient Cities Catalyst · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  to support Oceanside Renewal & Scaling

• $200,000

  San Diego Natural History Museum · San Diego, CA · 2024

  to support general operations

• $196,150

  Urbanera · 2024

  To improve ecosystem Services to Urban La Paz

• $175,000

  Forest Trends Association · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support Green Financing: first steps toward establishing a priority-setting system for natural infrastructure projects in BCS

• $150,000

  Nos Noroeste Sustentable Ac · 2024

  To Support flourishing and resilient communities

• $150,000

  Centro De Negocios Sustentables Ac · 2024

  to enhance and reinforce the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the turquoise economy sector of Baja California Sur, with a focus on increasing women's participation

• $150,000

  The San Diego Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024

  to support the Binational Resilience Initiative

• $150,000

  The Telos Group · Washington, DC · 2024

  to support Peacemaking in US and Abroad

• $150,000

  Red De Observadores Ciudadanos Ac · 2024

  to strengthen marine surveillance in the area between Boca del Alamo and Agua Verde, Baja California Sur

• $150,000

  San Diego History Center · San Diego, CA · 2024

  to support Geography of Hope

• $140,000

  Holy Land Christians Society · Falls Church, VA · 2024

  to support Tent of Nations

• $136,483

  Los Cabos Children'S Foundation · Eagan, MN · 2024

  To Support the Pediatric Cancer Unit in La Paz

• $133,200

  Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2024

  to hire a backbone position for Systems of Education to support collective impact for place-based education

• $128,400

  Consejo Mexicano De Promocin De Los Productos Pesqueros Y Acucolas Ac · 2024

  to support the "Pesca con Futuro" campaign.

• $114,257

  Pronatura Noroeste Ac · 2024

  Biodiversity and Abundance Study for Los Planes Watershed

• $108,517

  San Diego Natural History Museum · San Diego, CA · 2024

  Biodiversity and Abundance Study for Los Planes Watershed

• $104,690

  Abrapalabra Ac · 2024

  To support general operations

• $100,000

  Red Turismo Sustentable Y Desarrollo Social Ac · 2024

  to support general operations

• $100,000

  Voices Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2024

  to support capacity building for Voices Jackson Hole

• $100,000

  University of Wyoming Foundation · Laramie, WY · 2024

  to support the Data to Decisions 2024 project

• $100,000

  Conservation International · Arlington, VA · 2024

  to hold the second Latin American cohort of the Women in Ocean Food Innovation

• $100,000

  Chicago Park District · Chicago, IL · 2024

  to support Place Based Teaching & Learning Career Exposure

• $100,000

  Cetacean Action Treasury · Cape Neddick, ME · 2024

  to build community support for sustainable fishing in the Upper Gulf of California

• $100,000

  Captain Planet Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  to provide support to youth and educators in La Paz with trainings on changemaking, sustainability, and place-based teaching and learning

• $100,000

  Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest · San Diego, CA · 2024

  to support general operations

• $100,000

  Asylum Access · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To support Asylum Access' work in Mexico

• $100,000

  Academy for Global Citizenship Charter School · Chicago, IL · 2024

  to support the initiative to empower underserved youth in Chicago's west and southside neighborhoods to address critical environmental and economic challenges through STEM education

• $100,000

  Chicago Adventure Therapy Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024

  to support Making outdoor adventure REAL

• $100,000

  Justice Outside · Oakland, CA · 2024

  To leverage public funding for Place Based Teaching & Learning

• $97,775

  Institute of the Americas · La Jolla, CA · 2024

  To support Sustainable Shipping in las Baja Californias, Mexico

• $97,277

  Asociacin Mexicana De Ostricultores Ac · 2024

  For advancing collaboration in oyster farming ecosystem in Baja California Sur

• $95,055

  Centro Latinoamericano De Gestin Ambiental Ac · 2024

  to test a series of trials of the Balandra MPA tourism management and reservation system

• $91,267

  Urban Ecology Center · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

  To provide high school students with the resources and guidance they need to make connections within themselves, their communities, and nature

• $87,250

  World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support Sustainable Shipping in las Baja Californias, Mexico

• $78,524

  Comunidad Y Biodiversidad · 2024

  to document community solutions to sustainability in Baja California Sur, through the Pesca Data app

• $77,050

  Environmental Defense Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  to pilot technology solutions in small-scale fisheries.

• $75,000

  El Paso Community Foundation · El Paso, TX · 2024

  to provide emergency support for border communities

• $75,000

  Stronger America Through Seafood · Wilmington, DE · 2024

  to support an Aquaculture Media Strategy Years 4-5

• $75,000

  World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support Green Financing: first steps toward establishing a priority-setting system for natural infrastructure projects in Baja California Sur

• $69,787

  Raiz De Fondo · 2024

  to support general operations

• $67,221

  Teton Science Schools · Jackson, WY · 2024

  to support the Summer Camp Collaboration with EPI and EIS

• $66,373

  Sociedad De Historia Natural Niparaja · 2024

  To provide legal, operational, and management support for Rancho San Carlos

• $60,000

  Wildcoast · Del Mar, CA · 2024

  To improve mangrove conservation in El Cajoncito in La Paz Bay

• $56,480

  Sociedad De Historia Natural Niparaja · 2024

  To support Community Surveillance Fund

• $55,000

  Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed Estuary Beach and Sea · Netarts, OR · 2024

  to support Making Outdoors REAL

• $51,542

  Terra Peninsular · 2024

  to support San Quintin Bay clean-up

• $50,000

  Eagle Point High School · Eagle Point, OR · 2024

  To create and establish an applied learning and work based learning Internship program

• $50,000

  International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2024

  To provide emergency support for border communities

• $50,000

  Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide · Eugene, OR · 2024

  To provide technical support to local nonprofit organizations

• $50,000

  Valley School of Southern Oregon · Medford, OR · 2024

  to support the Valley School and Rusted Gate Farm PBT&L Collaboration

• $50,000

  Teambrownsville · Brownsville, TX · 2024

  to establish an Emergency Fund for border communities

• $50,000

  Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

  collaborate with Efecto Arena at the intersection of coral gardening and place-based education

• $50,000

  Southern Oregon Education Service District Education Association · Medford, OR · 2024

  to support a collaborative project connecting educators with leaders in blue and green industries to co-create impactful, student-centered projects

• $50,000

  Butte Falls Charter School · Butte Falls, OR · 2024

  to involve K12 and university students and staff to work together on the same landscape and in the same laboratories to improve the world

• $50,000

  Hurricane Island Foundation · Rockland, ME · 2024

  to support ocean education

• $50,000

  Project Exploration · Chicago, IL · 2024

  to support the initiative to empower underserved youth in Chicago's west and southside neighborhoods to address critical environmental and economic challenges through STEM education

• $50,000

  Voices Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2024

  to support general operations

• $40,569

  Comit De Sanidad Acucola De Baja California Sur Ac · 2024

  to build capacity in rural oyster farms to adopt more sustainable practices

• $40,000

  Coquillewatershedassociation · Coquille, OR · 2024

  to enhance youth education in the low-income and underserved school districts through place-based learning

• $40,000

  Anai · Franklin, NC · 2024

  to support biomonitoring and community-based conservation in the indigenous territories of the La Amistad Caribe region of Bocas del Toro, Panama

• $40,000

  Sos Oceanside · Oceanside, CA · 2024

  to support the 2024 Organizational Growth Support

• $37,500

  All Kids Bike · Rapid City, SD · 2024

  To support expansion of Bici-Escuela Program

• $35,085

  Centro Para La Biodiversidad Marina Y La Conservacin · 2024

  to support the Baseline Data and Community Engagement for Dune Protection project

• $35,000

  Special Forces Charitable Trust · Southern Pines, NC · 2024

  to support general operations

• $35,000

  Plant With Purpose · San Diego, CA · 2024

  to support general operations

• $32,720

  Centro Para La Biodiversidad Marina Y La Conservacin · 2024

  to support a process to engage the community of La Ventana in learning about artificial reefs, discussing about them and identifying opportunities to test them in the bay

• $31,246

  Efecto Arena Ac · 2024

  To support nature-based tourism in La Ventana

• $30,000

  Justice Outside · Oakland, CA · 2024

  to support the Blue Sky Advocacy Project

• $30,000

  Amigos Para La Conservacin De Cabo Pulmo · 2024

  To facilitate a high level of community participation and scientific input for the design of the management plan for the Parque Nacional Cabo Pulmo

• $26,722

  Umbela Transformaciones Sostenibles · 2024

  To provide Air Quality Alliance Project Manager

• $25,000

  Shelburne Farms · Shelburne, VT · 2024

  to support efforts to engage communities in meaningful place-based teaching and learning