2011 Grantees
Wallace Genetic Foundation Distributions
Year Ended 12/31/11
| Recipient | Purpose of Grant or Contribution |
| Accokeek Foundation 3400 Bryan Point Road Accokeek, MD 20607 |
General support |
| Accokeek Foundation 3400 Bryan Point Road Accokeek, MD 20607 |
Unsolicited grant In honor Dr. Wilton C. Corkern |
| ActionAid International 1420 K Street, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 |
To support The Impact of Biofuels in the Americas |
| Amazon Conservation Team 4211 N. Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203 |
To support Biodiversity Conservation and Ethnoeducation in Colombia |
| American Bird Conservancy PO Box 249 The Plains, VA |
To support Protecting Birds, Wildlife and People from Dangerous Pesticides and Toxics |
| American Film Festival 8633 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
To support AFI Silverdocs documentary festival |
| American Rivers 1101 14th Street, Suite 1400 Washington, DC 20005-5637 |
To support Advancing Blue Trails Across America |
| American University School of Communications 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016-8017 |
Support for the Center for Environmental Filmmaking |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association 27001 Agoura Road, Suite 150 Calabasas Hills, CA 91301-5104 |
To support "New Drug Discovery for ALS Using Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells |
| Anacostia Watershed 4302 Baltimore Avenue Bladensburg, MD 20710-1031 |
General support |
| Anacostia Watershed 4302 Baltimore Avenue Bladensburg, MD 20710-1031 |
General support for 2012 programs |
| Appalachian Voices 191 Howard Street Boone, NC 28607 |
General support |
| Appalachian Voices 191 Howard Street Boone, NC 28607 |
Unsolicited grant to support work to end mountaintop removal |
| Audubon Naturalist Society 8940 Jones Mill Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815 |
To support ANS Conservation Advocacy Program and ANS GreenKids Program |
| Beyond Pesticides 701 E Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 |
To support Greening the Management of Land and Buildings |
| Beyond Pesticides 701 E Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 |
To support Maryland Pesticide Network |
| Botanic Gardens Conservation International Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 |
To support their collaborative program to enable strategic and sustainable plant conservation action |
| Bread for the City 1525 Seventh Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 |
General support |
| Bread for the World Institute 425 3rd Street, SE, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20024 |
General support |
| Capital Area Food Bank 645 Taylor Street, NE Washington, DC 20017 |
General support |
| Capital Area Food Bank 645 Taylor Street, NE Washington, DC 20017 |
General support |
| CARE USA 151 Ellis Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30303 |
To support WASH Advocates |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 1779 Massachusetts Avenue Washington, DC 20036 |
To support Lessons Learned: Toward More Effective Environmental Advocacy |
| Catskill Mountainkeeper PO Box 381 Youngsville, NY 12791 |
General support |
| Catskill Mountainkeeper PO Box 381 Youngsville, NY 12791 |
Unsolicited grant to support work to end fracking |
| Center for Biological Diversity PO Box 710 Tucson, AZ 85702-0710 |
To support their National Pesticides and Endangered Species Campaign |
| Center for Food Safety 660 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Suite 302 Washington, DC 20003 |
To support "Winning the Battle Against Pesticide Promoting Plants" |
| Center for Global Development 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Third Floor Washington, DC 20036 |
General support for the start-up of CGD's new Europe Program which aims to make evidenced based, practical policy solution a greater part of European and global development policy debates |
| Center for Health, Environment & Justice PO Box 6206 Falls Church, VA 22040-6806 |
To support their Child Proofing Our Communities Campaign |
| Center for Health, Environment & Justice PO Box 6206 Falls Church, VA 22040-6806 |
Unsolicited grant to support work to protect children from environmental health threats |
| Center for Science in the Public Interest 1875 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20009-5728 |
To support Food Day |
| Center for Strategic & International Studies 1800 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 |
To support WASH University Initiative |
| Center for Watershed Protection 8390 Main Street, 2nd Floor Ellicott City, MD 21043 |
General support |
| Chefs Collaborative 89 South Street, LL Boston, MA 02111 |
To support New England Grow Out |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation 6 Herndon Avenue Annapolis, MD 21403 |
General support |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation 6 Herndon Avenue Annapolis, MD 21403 |
Bridge grant to support Maryland Grazers Network |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation 6 Herndon Avenue Annapolis, MD 21403 |
Grant to support Karen Noonan Center |
| Chesapeake Bay Foundation 6 Herndon Avenue Annapolis, MD 21403 |
Unsolicited grant to support Claggett Farm |
| Chesapeake Conservancy 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 405 Annapolis, MD 21403 |
General support |
| Chesapeake Conservancy 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 405 Annapolis, MD 21403 |
To support Protecting and Promoting the Chesapeake: The John Smith Chesapeake Trail |
| The Chronicles Group, Inc. 800 South Pacific Coast Hwy., #8, MS #328 Redondo Beach, CA 90277 |
To support WATER EDUCATION SUMMIT AT THE UN |
| City Harvest 575 8th Avenue, 4th Floor New York, NY 10018 |
To support City Harvest's Efforts to End Hunger in New York City |
| Commonweal PO Box 316 Bolinas, CA 94924 |
General support for Collaborative on Health and the Environment |
| Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund PO Box 360 Mercersburg, PA 17236 |
To support their Local Food Sovereignty Project |
| Community Partners 1000 North Alameda Street, Suite 240 Los Angeles, CA 90012 |
To support event planning and other costs associated with the Washington Conference on the Future of Food |
| Conservacion Patagonica Building 1062 Fort Cronkhite Sausalito, CA 94965 |
General support |
| Conservation Fund 1655 N. Ft. Myer Drive, Suite 1300 Arlington, VA 22209 |
To support Protecting and Promoting the Chesapeake: The John Smith Chesapeake Trail |
| Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 |
To support Celebrate Urban Birds |
| The Cornucopia Institute PO Box 126 Cornucopia, WI 54827 |
General support |
| DC Central Kitchen 425 Second Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 |
General support |
| Doctors Without Borders 333 Seventh Avenue, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10001-5004 |
General support |
| Documentary Educational Resources 101 Morse Street Watertown, MA 02472 |
To support Amua (We Have Decided) |
| Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment PO Box 90329 Durham, North Carolina 27708-0329 |
To support a water policy advocate to be based in the Institute's Washington, DC office |
| Earth Policy Institute 1350 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 403 Washington, DC |
General support |
| Earthjustice 4261 17th Street, 6th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 |
Unsolicited general support |
| EarthShare 7735 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 900 Bethesda, MD 20814 |
To provide support for two weeks of NPR on-air sponsorship and increasing awareness-building |
| Energy Justice Network 1434 Elbridge Street Philadelphia, PA 19149 |
To support Incineration is NOT Green Energy Campaign |
| Environmental & Energy Study Institute 122 C Street, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20001-2109 |
General support for Sustainable Biomass and Energy Program |
| Environmental Film Festival 12281/2 31st Street Washington, DC 20007 |
General support |
| Environmental Law & Policy Center 35 East Wacker Driver, Suite 1300 Chicago, IL 60601-2110 |
General support |
| Environmental Working Group 1436 U Street, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20009 |
General support |
| Environmental Working Group 1436 U Street, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20009 |
General support |
| Food Corps 514 E. 12th Street, #11 New York, NY 10009 |
To support the recruitment of service members, hiring of key staff and development of curriculum for the launch of Food Corps |
| FreshFarm Markets PO Box 15691 Washington, DC 20003 |
General support |
| Georgia Organics PO Box 8924 Atlanta, Georgia 31106 |
General support |
| Georgia Organics PO Box 8924 Atlanta, Georgia 31106 |
Unsolicited year-end report |
| Global Community Monitors 739 Cortland Avenue San Francisco, CA 94110 |
General support |
| Global Greengrants Fund 2840 Wilderness Place, Suite A Boulder, Colorado 80301 |
General support |
| Global Greengrants Fund 2840 Wilderness Place, Suite A Boulder, Colorado 80301 |
Unsolicited general support grant |
| Global Water Challenge 1001 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 925 Washington, DC 20036 |
General support |
| Green Guerillas 214 West 29th Street, 5th Floor New York, New York 10001 |
To support Harvest for the Neighborhood Campaign |
| Green Science Policy Institute 1492 Olympus Avenue Berkeley, CA 94708 |
General support |
| Groundwork Hudson Valley 6 Wells Avenue Yonkers, NY |
General support for capacity building |
| Healing Waters International 534 Commons Drive Golden, CO 80401 |
To support The WASH for Lent Initiative |
| Healthy Schools Network 773 Madison Avenue Albany, NY |
General support |
| H2O for Life 5527 Hugo Road White Bear Lake, MN 55110 |
General support |
| H2O for Life 5527 Hugo Road White Bear Lake, MN 55110 |
General support |
| Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy 1901 N. Ft. Myer Dr., Suite 405 Arlington, VA 22209 |
General support |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare 765 Attucks Lane Hyannis, MA 02601-1867 |
To support their Animal Action Education program |
| International Housing Coalition 10 G street , NE, Room 480 Washington, DC 20002 |
To support Education and Outreach and Applied Research |
| Iowa Environmental Council 521 East Locust Street, Suite 220 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 |
General Support |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation 505 Fifth Avenue, Suite 444 Des Moines, IA 50309 |
General support |
| Jackson Hole Land Trust 555 East Broadway Jackson, WY 83001 |
General Support |
| Just Food 208 E. 51st St. New York, NY 10022 |
To support Reconnecting Farm, Food and Community in the NYC Region |
| Land Institute 2440 E. Water Well Road Salina, Kansas 67401 |
General support |
| Land Trust Alliance 1331 H Street, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005-4734 |
General support |
| Link Media, Inc. 705 Mission Avenue San Rafael, CA 94901 |
To support Earth Focus |
| Link Media, Inc. 705 Mission Avenue San Rafael, CA 94901 |
To support Earth Focus |
| Louisiana Bucket Brigade 4226 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119 |
General support |
| Millennium Water Alliance 954 Cedar Crest Court Lilburn, GA 33047 |
To support MWA Advocacy & Central American Water Banks Program |
| Montgomery Countryside Alliance PO Box 24 Poolesville, MD 20837 |
General support |
| Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Inc. 118 Cliff Road, Post Office Box 13 Nantucket, MA 02554-0013 |
To support the Conservation Science Field Assistantship Program 2011 |
| National Audubon Society Seaboard Restoration Program 12 Audubon Road Bremen, Maine 04551 |
To support Habitat Restoration for Maine Coast Endangered Roseate Terns for 2011 |
| National Fund for the US Botanical Garden 245 First Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 |
General support for Sustainability Initiative |
| National Public Radio 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001-3753 |
To support environmental programming |
| Natural Resource Defense Council 40 West 20 Street New York, NY 10011 |
To support Global Safe Water Project |
| Natural Resource Defense Council 40 West 20 Street New York, NY 10011 |
To support their Climate Program |
| Natural Resource Defense Council 40 West 20 Street New York, NY 10011 |
Unsolicited grant towards work in promoting energies, curbing global warming, and most important, in continuing the fight to prevent construction of Keystone XL pipeline |
| Nature Conservancy of Iowa 303 Locust Street, Suite 402 Des Moines, IA 50309 |
To support the Cedar River Project |
| New Venture Fund 734 15th Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006 |
To support their Advocates for Development Assistance Program |
| New Venture Fund 734 15th Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006 |
Supplemental grant to support their Advocates for Development Assistance Program |
| New Venture Fund 734 15th Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006 |
Supplemental grant to support their Advocates for Development Assistance Program |
| New York Botanical Garden 200 Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458-5126 |
To support the Plant Genomics Program |
| Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides PO Box 1393 Eugene, OR 97440 |
General support |
| Ohio Environmental Council 1207 Grandview Avenue, Suite 201 Columbus, Ohio 43016 |
General support |
| Organic Farming Research Fnd. P.O. Box 440 Santa Cruz, California 95061 |
To support Multiple Benefits of Organics - Communications Campaign |
| Organic Farming Research Fnd. P.O. Box 440 Santa Cruz, California 95061 |
Unsolicited year-end grant |
| Peace Corps Office of Private Sector Initiatives Paul D. Coverdale Peace Corps Headquarters 111 20th Street, NW Washington, DC 20526 |
To support drinking water and sanitation projects through the Peace Corps Partnership Programs Drinking Water and Sanitation Fund |
| Persephone Productions, Inc. 6516 Lakeview Drive Falls Church, VA 22041 |
To support a public education campaign about BPA and its effects on human health and the environment |
| Pesticide Action Network 49 Powell Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94102 |
General support |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility 1875 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 1012 Washington, DC 20009 |
To support Environment and Health: Confronting Toxics |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility 1875 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 1012 Washington, DC 20009 |
Unsolicited year-end grant |
| Potomac Conservancy 8601 Georgia Avenue, Suite 612 Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
General support |
| Practical Farmers of Iowa PO Box 349 Ames, IA 50010 |
To protect legacy Farms: protecting Your Life's Work |
| Rotarian Safe Water & Sanitation Foundation (WASH RAG) c/o A. T. Kearney, Ltd. 20 Queen Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H 3R3 Canada |
General support & Artist of the World Program |
| Science Communication Network F/A Virginia Organizing, Inc. 2000 P Street, Suite 740 Washington, DC 20036 |
To support the Science Communication Network |
| Sibley Hospital 5255 Loughboro Road, NW Washington, DC 20016-2695 |
Oncology Nutrition |
| Sibley Hospital 5255 Loughboro Road, NW Washington, DC 20016-2695 |
Oncology Nutrition program for 2012 |
| Slow Food 20 Jay Street, Suite M04 Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
To support their program Defending Food Diversity |
| Solar Electric Light Fund 1612 K Street, Suite 402 Washington, DC |
General support |
| SOME |
General support |
| South Carolina ETV 401 East Kennedy Street Spartanburg, SC 29302 |
To support Screenscope's On The Edge |
| Southern Environmental Law Center 201 W. Main Street, Suite 14 Charlottesville, VA 22902-5065 |
General support |
| Stone Barns Center 630 Bedford Road Pocantico Hills, NY 10591 |
To support the Growing Farmers Initiative |
| Sustainable Harvest International 779 North Bend Road Surry, ME 04684 |
To support promotion of Sustainable Agriculture and Biodiversity Protection in Nicaragua |
| TEDX, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange PO Box 1407 Paonia, CO 81428 |
General support for Endocrine Disruption |
| The Tropics Foundation 42 Northside Parkway Building 7 Atlanta, Georgia 30327 |
To support CATIE's research, education and conservation in Latin America |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Two Brattle Square Cambridge, Massachusetts 02238-9105 |
To support their National Climate and Clean Energy Solutions project |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Two Brattle Square Cambridge, Massachusetts 02238-9105 |
Unsolicited to support their work in promoting a healthy environment and a safer world |
| University of North Carolina Institute for the Environment Campus Box 1105 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 |
To support the Environment Development Program |
| University of North Carolina Campus Box 1350 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 |
To support their study titled Climate Change Impacts on Drinking Water and Sanitation Coverage: Determining Vulnerability and Preparedness |
| Wallace Centers of Iowa 756 Sixteenth Street Des Moines, Iowa 50314-1601 |
General support |
| WAMU, American University Brandywine Building Washington, DC 20016-8082 |
To support environmental reporting |
| WAMU, American University Brandywine Building Washington, DC 20016-8082 |
To support environmental reporting |
| Washington National Cathedral 3101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016-5098 |
For repairs of the damage suffered by the Cathedral in the earthquake |
| WaterAid America c/o InterAction 1400 16th Street, Suite 210 Washington, DC 20036 |
To support advancement of US leadership on water sanitation and hygiene |
| Water Engineers for the Americas 1201 Parkway Drive Santa Fe, NM 87507 |
General support |
| Waterlines 302 East Coronado Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 |
General support |
| Westchester Land Trust 310 Main Street Bedford Hills, New York 10501 |
Unsolicited year-end grant |
| Westchester Land Trust 310 Main Street Bedford Hills, New York 10501 |
Unsolicited year-end grant |
| WETA TV & FM 2775 South Quincy Street Arlington, VA 22206 |
Ken Burns' project |
| WETA 3939 Campbell Avenue Arlington, VA 22206 |
General support for Environmental and Nature Programming on WETA TV |
| WETA TV & FM 2775 South Quincy Street Arlington, VA 22206 |
Ken Burns' project |
| Wholesome Wave 728 Post Road East, Suite e202 Westport, CT 06880 |
To support Nourishing Neighborhoods Across America: Success and Sustainability |
| WhyHunger 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2100 New York, NY 10018 |
To support Building Community Capacity to Eliminate Food Deserts |
| Wild Earth Guardians 312 Montezuma Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501 |
To support their Rio Grand Project |
| Wilderness Society 1615 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 |
To support work in Alaska and their comprehensive program to protect the nation's public lands |
| Winrock International 1624 N. Kent Street, Suite 1200 Arlington, VA 22209-2134 |
To support and Spur Innovation for Emerging Food System Trends |
| Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts 1551 Trap Road Vienna, VA 22182 |
To support Wolf Trap Native Meadow Project |
| World Savvy 999 Sutter Street, 4th Floor San Francisco, CA 94109 |
To support Sustainable Communities |