Environmental Grantmakers Association

EGA IS A MEMBER NETWORK THAT SUPPORTS THE BIG TENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PHILANTHROPY THAT RESOURCE PEOPLE, PLACE AND PLANET. EGA WORKS WITH ITS MEMBERS AND PARTNERS TO PROMOTE IMPACTFUL ENVIRONMENTAL PHILANTHROPY BY SHARING KNOWLEDGE, FOSTERING DEBATE, CULTIVATING LEADERSHIP, FACILITATING COLLABORATION, AND CATALYZING ACTION. WHAT UNITES EGA MEMBERS IS A COMMITMENT TO A WORLD WITH HEALTHY, EQUITABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS, COMMUNITIES, AND ECONOMIES.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED IN 1987 FOLLOWING A MEETING OF ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS IN WASHINGTON, DC TO DISCUSS COMMON INTERESTS AND TO LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHERS PROGRAMS. AS A RESULT OF THE ENTHUSIASM GENERATED AT THE MEETING, 12 MEMBER FOUNDATIONS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES MADE PLANS FOR FUTURE GATHERINGS, EXCHANGED GRANTS LISTS, AND PUBLISHED A DIRECTORY OF FOUNDATION PROGRAM INTERESTS. SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS REAFFIRMED THE GROUPS INTEREST IN FACILITATING INCREASED COMMUNICATION AMONG GRANTMAKERS THROUGH EGA. OVER 30 YEARS LATER, OUR MEMBERSHIP SPANS MORE THAN 230 FOUNDATIONS, DONOR AND GIVING PROGRAMS, SPANNING LARGE AND SMALL IN TERMS OF GIVING LEVEL AND STAFF SIZE, AND INCLUDES MULTIPLE TYPES OF FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. IN 2021 EGA PUBLISHED ITS RACIAL EQUITY POINT OF VIEW AND STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. NEXT IN 2021, AS A RESULT OF THAT CLARIY IN VISON AND FOCUS ON RACIAL EQUITY EGA HIRED A NEW CEO AND PRESIDENT, A CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, AS WELL AS A DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND BECAME MAJRITY DVERSE STAFF TEAM FOR THS FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY. IN 2021, EGA SUCCESFULLY HELD ALL VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING TO INCLUDE ITS FALL RETREAT AND WINTER POLICY BRIEFING CONINUING THE TRADITION OF SIGNATURE EVENTS DESPITE THE COMPOUND CRISIS OF THE COVID 19 EPIDEMIC.