Grants List 2011
CS Fund & Warsh/Mott Legacy
National Lawyers Guild Foundation
$30,000 for the Mass Defense Project, which provides legal observers and legal representation to citizens engaging in their constitutional right to protest, and litigates repressive policies and practices that chill dissent. Also, $20,000 plus $20,00 in matching funds for the Mass Defense Project Coordinator.
Native Seeds/SEARCH
$25,000 in general support of preservation programs on seeds native to the American Southwest and Northwest Mexico and on Native American agricultural traditions.
OMB Watch
$40,000 for the Government Transparency and Accountability Program, which uses advocacy and coalition building to promote openness in government. (Fiscal sponsor: Focus Project)
Online Journalism Project
$35,000 plus $12,500 in matching funds for the Nanotech New Media Reporting Initiative, which covers environmental, worker safety, and societal implications of nanotechnology through online distribution channels.
On the Commons
$50,000 in general support of efforts to revive the concept of the public commons and fight commercial exploitation of our shared heritage, including natural resources, public space, creativity, knowledge, history and culture. (Fiscal sponsor: Common Assets Defense Fund)
OpenTheGovernment.org
$40,000 in general support of this coalition's efforts to reduce secrecy in government and advance the public's right to know. (Fiscal sponsor: Fund for Constitutional Government)
Organización de Agricultores Biológicos
$27,523 for soil restoration and preservation of traditional maize varieties in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. (Fiscal sponsor: Friends of Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration)
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
$50,000 in general support of efforts to defend the constitutional rights of free speech and assembly, train attorneys in mass defense litigation, and expose government surveillance of activists.
Pesticide Action Network North America
$80,000 for their International Program, which works to outlaw toxic pesticides and replace them with ecologically sound, socially just alternatives.
