Grants List 2011
CS Fund & Warsh/Mott Legacy
Donor Advised Fund
2011 TOP Grants
Colectivo por la Autonomía
$35,000 for work continuing to strengthen resistance against GM maize plantings in Mexico and support the defense of maize as core to food sovereignty and self-determination. (Fiscal sponsor: Friends of Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration)
Council of Canadians
$95,000 for the Blue Planet Project, which opposes the privatization of water resources around the world, advocates for the recognition of water as a human right, and encourages commons-based management practices. Also, $30,000 for communications costs and hiring regional associates in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
$40,000 for a series of workshops on native stingless bees and expanding colony reproduction capacity in the Yucatán region of Mexico.
Fahamu Trust
$40,000 for the Women and Biodiversity Campaign – part of We Are the Solution! Celebrating Family Farming in Africa – to support agroecological training, advocacy and mobilization in West Africa.
Genetic Resources Action International
$40,000 to support seed saving and soil building efforts in Latin America and Africa in collaboration with social movements and farmer organizations.
Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism
$30,000 in general support of efforts to empower Indigenous communities to determine their participation in genetic research.
Indonesian Peasant Union
$46,000 for a program in twelve Indonesian provinces that trains farmers to save local seeds, set up seed banks, establish demonstration sites for organic farming, and maintain biodiversity as the basis of food sovereignty. (Fiscal sponsor: Center for the Study of the Americas)
Movimiento de Campesinos Populares
$40,000 to expand a native seed restoration project in Goias, Brazil. (Fiscal sponsor: Center for the Study of the Americas)
National Museums of Kenya
$39,865 to determine the role of pollinators in indigenous crops in Kenya and to develop a model management plan for wild pollinator conservation. (Fiscal sponsor: Sustainable Agriculture Community Development Program)
Our World Is Not For Sale
$50,000 plus $25,000 for communications costs for this worldwide network of organizations working to make international trade agreements more equitable, sustainable, and democratic. (Fiscal sponsor: Polaris Institute)
Sociedad Científica LatinoAmericana de Agroecología
$35,000 in support of an effort to identify the agroecological features of smallholder farming systems across Latin America that have proven resistant to climate change and provide farmers with a manual and other tools for assessing and enhancing the resiliency of their farms. (Fiscal sponsor: Center for the Study of the Americas)
Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca
$19,224 to help Indigenous people and small-scale farmers in Mexico develop strategies to protect maize from transgenic contamination, revive traditional farming and soil restoration techniques, and preserve cultural identity. (Fiscal sponsor: Friends of Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration)
