Restitution Funds
Environmental Restitution Funds The Rose Foundation has developed a specialized program to act as trustee over restitution payments from litigation settlements, and administer grants to community organizations in conformance with the nexus of the settlement.

Agape Foundation $20,000
Supports environmental advocacy to reduce the pollution impacts of destructive logging practices on the sensitive watersheds of California¹s north coast.

ARC Ecology $21,000
Supports community technical assistance and environmental advocacy related to cleaning up toxics on closed military facilities in the SF Bay area.

Chabot Elementary School $5,800
Support of school garden education program serving 400 youth.

California CoastKeeper $18,000
Assist community-based efforts to protect Monterey Bay.

CalPIRG Charitable Trust $12,000
For a report and outreach on the effectiveness of current monitoring and enforcement of wastewater & stormwater pollution discharges into the Bay/Delta.

Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice $9,794.80
Reduce industrial pollution and inappropriate commercial development in the Riverside County area.

Center for Environmental Health $10,000
Protect the public from health hazards by reducing the use of toxic chemicals.

Coalition for Clean Air $100
Supports pre-development activities of opening a Sacramento-area office.

Communities for a Better Environment $11,336.30
Reduce environmental threats to SF Bay water quality and protect the health of low-income people of color.

Desert Protection Society / Eagle Mountain Project $20,000
Opposition to the construction of landfill next to Joshua Tree that would take 40 million pounds/day of trash from LA County for the next 100 years.

Ecological Rights Foundation/ Lawyers for Clean Water $50,000
Citizen enforcement of industrial stormwater permits in Oakland.

Ecological Rights Foundation ­$5,145
Returned funds, project completed.

Environment Now $25,000
To launch a collaborative effort to address industrial pollution at the Port of Los Angeles.

Environmental Working Group $10,000
Publicize the findings of fish tissue sampling research for SF Bay PDBE contamination in the news media and non-English language information outlets.

Estuary Action Challenge/ Kids for the Bay $10,000
Educate East Bay students about local creeks, foster restoration and stewardship, and plan pollution reduction efforts with several school districts.

Friends of the River $15,000
Implement a 3-year strategic plan promoting a mix of education, grassroots organizing, coalition building, public policy advocacy, and litigation to protect and restore rivers and watersheds.

National Association for Public Interest Law $20,000
To defray the expense of training a legal intern in water quality citizen enforcement.

Natural Resources Defense Council / Green Ports Campaign $25,000
Identify potential best environmental practices and pollution prevention methods that will help clean up the Port of Oakland and be a blueprint for ports throughout the country.

Pesticide Action Network $15,000
Expand the online Pesticide Information Database to include water related data currently unavailable on the web.

Save our Danville Creeks / California Red-Legged Frog Project $9,355
Hydrology and biology support to evaluate the impacts of the Wendt Ranch Project on endangered species in the Contra Costa County area.

Save the Bay $12,400
Promote wetlands restoration, toxic cleanup, and community involvement in the decision-making process for the redevelopment of Moffet Field.

Sierra Nevada Alliance $2,000
Provides scholarships to enable community members to attend a major conference exploring upstream impacts to San Francisco Bay ecosystem water quality.

Transportation for a Livable City $10,000
Create a balanced and sustainable transportation network throughout San Francisco and promote complementary land use for a safer, healthier and more environmentally sustainable city.

Turtle Island Restoration Network / Salmon Protection & Watershed Network (SPAWN) $4,700
To develop a citizen-based water quality monitoring program on Lagunitas Creek, conduct public education activities, participate in the regional water board¹s process for setting water quality goals for the creek, and develop and implement a model restoration project.

Urban Ecology $5,000
Community-based, sustainable urban planning of the redevelopment of a former manufacturing facility in SF.

Waterkeepers $1,965
Funds court-ordered oversight of a Clean Water Act consent decree.

West, Inc $6,431.73
Supports technical studies related to the remediation of acid mine drainage in the Clear Lake area.

Women¹s Voices for the Earth $10,000
Reduce the public health threat of a catastrophic toxic release from either an accident or terrorist incident by encouraging the reduction of toxic materials.

Privacy Rights Fund
To support California-based projects that relate to preservation and/or advocacy of consumer privacy rights.

CalPIRG Charitable Trust / Consumer Protection Project $50,000
Educate California consumers about financial privacy, identity theft and other abuses of personal information.

Consumer Action $100,000
Increase the capacity of community-based groups in California serving senior, disabled, low-income, disadvantaged, and immigrant populations to help their constituents protect their privacy, including distribution of multilingual privacy education materials.

Consumer Federation of California Education Fund $162,350
Organize a broad-based network of California consumers around privacy protection. Includes the publication of report cards describing financial institution policies and legislative activity.

Electronic Frontier Foundation/ First Amendment Project $65,000
Educate Internet service providers about subscribers¹ privacy rights & help Internet users assert their privacy rights.

First Amendment Project/ Electronic Privacy Information Center $55,000
Statewide symposium to advance the public understanding of the relationship between privacy, civil liberties, and freedom of speech.

Identity Theft Resource Center $75,000
General support.

Privacy Foundation $17,000
Analyze the data handling practices of online job-search websites and produce a report with a scorecard and consumer friendly rating system.

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse $145,000
General support.

Donor Advised
The Rose Foundation works closely with individual donors to help them design and implement philanthropic goals.

Community Technical Assistance Contracts

SF Bay TMDL Project $20,568.30
Supports community groups working collaboratively with regulatory agencies to develop pollution discharge standards under the Clean Water Act.

Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition $28,656.14
Supports community participation in the Santa Clara Basin Watershed Management Initiative process.

Misc Donor Advised

Arc Ecology $9,000
Supports community technical assistance and environmental advocacy related to cleaning up toxics on closed military facilities in the SF Bay area.

Watershed Watch Campaign $1,500
Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program ­ funds watershed-based environmental education at the San Jose Discovery Museum.

Wheeler Fund

Makes discretionary grants to youth, education, arts & environmental programs:

Berkeley High ­ BHS Organizer $500
Berkeley High ­ Common Ground $500
Berkeley High School Development Group $1,000
Berkeley High Men¹s Lacrosse $500
Nutrition Network Program (BUSD for school gardens) $5,000
Berkeley Public Ed. Foundation $1,000
B.O.S.S ­ Berkeley Urban Gardening Institute $5,000
Food Systems Project ­ ³School to Farm² Program $5,000
Friends of 5 Creeks $3,000
KPFA $100
Lines Contemporary Ballet $500
New Dimensions Foundation $100
No. California Cancer Center $250
Regional Parks Foundation $1,000
Slow Food USA $60

Fiscal Sponsorship Funds
The Rose Foundation provides sponsorship and management assistance to selected projects whose goals directly further the Foundation¹s own mission.

Alliance for Clean Waterfront $65,800
Funded environmental community input into the proposed runway expansion at the SF airport and redevelopment of San Francisco¹s waterfront.

Bhutan to the Bay $5,152.80
An archery-based cultural exchange program with the Kingdom of Bhutan.

Foundation Partnership on Corporate Responsibility $1,000
Defrayed costs of updating the website.

Redwood Economic Development Institute $32,473.43
Development of model eco-tourism projects on California¹s North Coast.

Richmond Environmental Defense Fund $2,961
Supported advocacy of environmentally-sustainable growth in Richmond.

Sacred Spaces Project $11,400
Funded innovative outreach to cancer patients, teaching strategies for focusing their spiritual energy on recovery.

Prize Awards & President¹s Fund
Anthony Grassroots Activism Prize $1,000
Awarded to Mary Pjerrou for her efforts in building broad-based support for the preservation of the ancient redwood ecosystem in Mendocino County.

Meade Clean Air Prize $1,000
Awarded to Gary Polakovic for a series of articles about air pollution published in the Los Angeles Times.

President¹s Fund $400
The President¹s Fund provides small discretionary grants to a variety of community and environmental projects.