New Priorities Foundation is committed to supporting citizen-initiated efforts to create a more vibrant, diverse and beautiful environment through hands-on experience, democracy-building and preservation of natural areas. Our core values are:
- Experiential learning
- Celebrating community and mulitgenerational collaboration
- Upholding social justice and equity
- Respecting beaty in all its forms: love, balance, diversity, caring, order, simplicity and wildness
We classify our grant making into five giving arenas:
- "Folks in the Dirt" Environmental education and engagement with nature
- "Dirt Democracy" Environmental justice and advocacy
- "Stewarding Dirt" Land conservation and preservation
- "From Dirt to the Dinner Table" Sustainable farming practices and healthy eating
- "Spirit of New Priorities" Innovative initiatives sharing our spirit that may not find funding elsewhere
SPECIAL NOTE FOR 2007-2008
As we move into our tenth year of grant making, the board of New
Priorities Foundation has decided to shift the foundation's area of
focus for the next two years. We believe the rapidity of global climate
change makes addressing it an urgent matter. That urgency compels us to
dedicate the bulk of the foundation's resources to support projects
which work toward reducing negative human impact on the earth's climate
or ones that help to elevate this issue to greater national prominence.
This decision requires a period of study and reflection for the board,
followed by development of a plan of action. Once that is accomplished
funds will be disbursed in accord with the plan. We will not be
accepting unsolicited grant applications during this period of time. We
will post the results of our study and research on our website at www.newpriorities.org.
