New Voices Are Rising conducts environmental justice advocacy and leadership development programs with Bay Area high school students. Primary partners include several Oakland high schools and non-profit agencies. New Voices is funded through a combination of individual donations, government grants, and support from other foundations. Check out our BLOG: Listening to New Voices! http://newvoicesarerising.blogspot.com/

Rose administers several grantmaking funds. These funds support grassroots environmental activism, watershed protection, air quality, environmental health and justice, and consumer privacy protection. Many of the grants funds are enabled by legal settlements. Other grants funds are supported by colleague foundations and/or individual donors, or maintained on behalf of fiscally sponsored projects.

The Environmental Fiduciary Project conducts research and advocacy to change society’s outmoded "business vs the environment" dynamic. Working in collaboration with institutional investors, legal experts, non-profit organizations and shareholder advocates, the project helps businesses and investors recognize that environmental stewardship is at the core of long-term profitability and shareholder value.

The Rose Foundation has helped save magnificent stands of old-growth redwoods in Humboldt County's Headwaters Forest, and helped write the blueprint for sustainable military base conversion and redevelopment in the Bay Area.