Campbell Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Campbell Foundation focuses its marine and freshwater grants on the Pacific Coast, the Atlantic Coast and the Chesapeake Bay.
IP TAKE: The Cambell Foundation supports marine and freshwater conservation with a strong focus on the Pacific coasts of the U.S. and the Chesapeake Bay area, but it has also supported organizations working in other areas in recent years. The foundation’s president, Samantha Campbell, has also shared on its website that the Campbell Foundation has recently been focusing more on diversity, equity, inclusion and justice for its staff and in its grantmaking practices. Applications are accepted only for its Pacific grantmaking program, with application due dates falling at the end of March and August each year. This is an accessible and transparent that accepts unsolicited applications.
PROFILE: D. Keith Campbell, founder of the derivative investment management firm Campbell & Company, established the Campbell Foundation in 1998 to “[i]mprove the conditions of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays.” In 2003, the foundation expanded its grantmaking to include Northern California through its Pacific Initiative.
Grants for Marine & Freshwater Conservation
The Campbell Foundation’s Chesapeake Initiative aims to “improve water quality and ecological balance in the Bay and its rivers” with the ultimate goal of promoting “a vibrant regional economy” and “exceptional recreational opportunities.” accelerate the pace of nutrient reduction in the bay.”
Past grantees include the Harry R. Hughes Center for AgroEcology, which received a grant for general operating costs and to investigate the reduction of nutrients from poultry litter, and the Alice Ferguson Foundation, which received funding for its initiative addressing storm water in the Anacostia and Potomac rivers.
The Chesapeake program also runs a two-year paid fellowship in environmental grantmaking for recent college graduates.
On the Pacific coast, the foundation strives to “safeguard the ocean environment of the Pacific Coast and elevate environmental issues in our culture.” Specific areas of interest include innovative communication and public education programs and support for the development of sustainable local economies.”
Recent Pacific grantees include the Pacific Institute’s Salton Sea Project and the Coral Reef Alliance, which used funding to protect reefs from water pollution around the islands of Hawai’i and Maui.
Grantees working in other geographic areas include the National Aquarium in Baltimore, the Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust and Earth Echo International.
Important Grant Details:
The average size of this grantmaker’s funding is about $30,000. Campbell Foundation grants are modest and the budget for each grant cycle is $50,000. Individual grant amounts per cycle do not exceed $2500.
The Campbell Foundation supports a broad range of large national organizations and local conservation initiatives.
For additional information about past grants, see the foundations searchable grants database.
The Campbell Foundation accepts grant applications and requests for funding for its Pacific Initiative.
The foundation runs two grantmaking cycles each year, with application due dates at the end of March and August.
The foundation has two separate offices that may be contacted individually.
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