SELECT GRANT RECIPIENTS
National Military Family Association
$10,398,099
This grant supports the Operation Purple Camp program which brings children of deployed service members together for an exciting and memorable camp experience.
Homes For Our Troops
$350,000
This grant is to support the building of green housing for disabled veterans and their families.
Cool Cities
$1,583,123
This grant supports work to implement smart energy solutions that will result in significant, quantifiable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from cities across the nation and to spur state and national administrative action to address global warming.
NEW PROJECTS
Climate Recovery Partnership Project
Budget: $155,903,100
The Climate Recovery Campaign's six strategic initiatives have two main goals: 1) reduce carbon emissions; and 2) strengthen vulnerable communities and ecosystems.
Great Lakes Program
Budget: $865,125
The goal of this project is to influence a Great Lakes restoration plan that will protect, restore, and preserve the Great Lakes.
Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled Project
Budget: $789,100
The goal of this project is to secure state and federal administrative transportation policies that will promote low-carbon transportation choices and investments.
2009 FUNDRAISING TOTALS FOR SELECT CAMPAIGNS
Coal Campaigns
$6,002,450
The Sierra Club's National Coal Campaign aims to prevent the construction of new coal-fired power plants in the US and divert investments currently slated for new coal plants into clean energy alternatives.
Water Sentinels
$2,503,000
The goal of this project is to protect water, and open spaces by connecting people with places and encouraging citizen activism
Environmental Law
$804,127
The law program utilizes existing laws to help the Sierra Club and the broader environmental movement succeed in meeting the challenge of climate change.
Michael R. Bloomberg, businessman, environmentalist and Mayor of New York City, has joined the chorus of voices calling to replace coal with clean energy, and Bloomberg Philanthropies has pledged $50 million to the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign.
On July 21, 2011, the Sierra Club announced a partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies that will effectively retire one-third of the nation's aging coal fleet by 2020, replacing it with clean energy. The partnership includes a $50 million commitment over four years to the Beyond Coal Campaign that will fuel the Sierra Club's effort to clean the air, end the coal era, and accelerate the transition to cleaner, cost-effective energy sources.
Bloomberg added: "The Beyond Coal Campaign has had great success in stopping more than 150 new coal-fired power plants over the past few years and is empowering local communities to lead from the front while Congress continues to watch from the back. That is why I'm pleased to support the Sierra Club and its allies, and I encourage others to do the same."