Ongoing work to better incentivize the adoptions of conservation practices that have the potential to reduce nutrient runoff while improving soil health and saving farmers money.
2017
Environment
$169,470
Meridian Institute
To support project of grantee's Economist Group initiative - a series of Economist-hosted events held in Mexico in early 2018 and aimed at accelerating sustainable seafood market reforms in Mexico.
2017
Environment
$125,000
Meridian Institute
To support grantee's initiative to develop a strategy to engage traditional agricultural constituencies on the connections between crop insurance and conservation.
2017
Environment
$30,000
Meridian Institute
2011
Environment
$500,000
Meridian Institute
2012
Environment
$836,655
Meridian Institute
2013
Environment
$750,000
Meridian Institute
2014
Environment
$700,000
Meridian Institute
2015
Environment
$705,000
Meridian Institute
To support grantee's initiative to implement steps to encourage private investment in river restoration identified at the Colorado River Basin (CRB) Stream Mitigation Summit (March 2017), including investment in several of the foundation's priority Colorado River tributaries.
2018
Environment
$102,416
Meridian Institute
Support for grantee to lead efforts to develop a new type of crop insurance product to provide lower premium rates to farmers using conservation practices
2018
Environment
$225,000
Meridian Institute
To continue work through the AGree partnership to better take advantage of federal agricultural subsidies, including crop insurance, to accelerate the adoption of conservation practices; particularly those related to cover crops, nutrient management and other practices that can improve water quality.
2018
Environment
$748,000
Meridian Institute
Support for grantee to develop a new crop insurance product that would provide lower premium rates to farmers who are using conservation practices that have been proven to reduce risk of crop failure
2018
Environment
$50,000
Meridian Institute
Support for grantee's initiatives in the Indonesia country strategy by providing funder coordination to the Indonesia Marine Funders Collaborative, supporting two in-country advisors, and providing convening and facilitation services for the Indonesia Sustainable Fisheries Initiatives; transferring leadership to Institute Deliverologi Indonesia (IDeA) by the end of the grant.
2018
Environment
$400,000
Meridian Institute
Support for the Mexico Sustainable Fisheries Collective Impact Initiative
2018
Environment
$213,120
Meridian Institute
2010
Environment
$500,000
Meridian Institute
2009
Environment
$74,548
Meridian Institute
2016
Environment
$1,371,979
Meridian Institute
2018
Special Projects
$10,000
Meridian Institute
2018
Special Projects
$25,000
Meridian Institute
Sponsorship of the 2019 JOCI Ocean-Climate Nexus Meeting