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Current and Recent Funding Sources:
- SEJ 2023 Gifts From Individuals
- SEJ 2023 Conference Host and Sponsors
- SEJ 2023 Program and Operating Grants
- SEJ 2023 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
- SEJ 2022 Gifts From Individuals
- SEJ 2022 Conference Host and Sponsors
- SEJ 2022 Program and Operating Grants
- SEJ 2022 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
- Past Supporters
2023
SEJ 2023 Gifts From Individuals*
$5,000+
Anonymous via American Endowment Foundation
$1,001-2,500
Damon Horn and Meaghan Parker | Jay Letto | Thomas Minka
$501-1,001
Kathiann Kowalski | William Walkey
$101-500
Margie Bauman | Glenda Booth | Jacob Frank (in honor of Ian Morse) | Bruce Ritchie | Sara Edelson | Kathie Florsheim | Humphry Smith | The Todd Family | anonymous via Fidelity Charitable
$5-100
Dillon Bergin | Peter Fairley | Adam Glenn | Meagan Jeanette | Erin Jordan | Michael Keating | Melody Kemp | Sarah Koenigsberg | Leonore Lakshmanan | Meg McGuire | Mary Miller | Rico Moore | Susan Peirce | Muriel Strand | Michael Warren | anonymous | anonymous via Zwilliams Fund
Host and Sponsors of #SEJ2023, 32nd Annual Conference, April 19-23
Conference Host and Visionary Sponsor
Champion
Principal
Ambassador
- BAND Foundation
- Gorongosa National Park / Carr Foundation
- Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
- MacArthur Foundation
Supporter
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Conservation Voters for Idaho
- Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas / The 2030 Fund
- Gas Leaks Action
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- HHMI
- INDIGENOUS LED / Maine Community Foundation
- National Alliance of Forest Owners
- Ocean Conservancy
- Schneider Electric
Friend
- Deloitte
- Earthjustice
- Good Food Institute
- Knight Foundation
- Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund
- Princeton University
- Solutions Journalism Network
- Woodwell Climate Research Center
In-Kind
SEJ 2023 Program and Operating Grants
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- BAND Foundation
- craigslist Charitable Fund
- FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
- MacArthur Foundation
- Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
- Maine Community Foundation
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
- Orange County Community Foundation
- Religion & Environment Story Project
- Scripps Howard Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
- The Wilderness Society
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
SEJ 2023 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
$5-100
Ronin International Limited
2022
SEJ 2022 Gifts From Individuals*
$5,001-10,000
Amy Gulick | Dianne & Mark Schleifstein | anonymous
$1,001-2,500
Eleanor Drey and Warren Saunders | Thomas Minka | Meaghan Parker and Damon Horn | Carolyn Whetzel | anonymous
$501-1,000
Tony Barboza | Jennifer Bogo | Karan Goel | Sara Hiles | Kathiann Kowalski (in memory of Bethany Meissner) | Stuart Leavenworth | David B. Morse | Michael Smith (in honor of Britny Cordera) | anonymous (in honor of Nadia Lopez)
$101-500
Luan Akin | Emilia Askari (in memory of Noel Grove) | Cynthia Barnett | Glenda Booth | James Bruggers | James Detjen (in memory of Kevin Carmody and Noel Grove) | Dennis Dimick | Sam Eaton | Dan Fagin | Nancy Grossman (in memory of Lizzie Grossman) | Mick Hans | Bonita Hay | Susan Hess | Rocky Kistner | Rebecca Leber | Jennifer Laszio Mizrahi and Victor Mizrahi | Cindy MacDonald | Rico Moore | Gregory Pasztor | Luke Runyon | David Sassoon | Karen Schaefer | Mark Schapiro | Meera Subramanian | Beth Ward (in honor of Tony Barboza) | Michael Warren | Timothy Wheeler | anonymous
$5-100
John Addison | William Allen | Jay Austin | Frances Backhouse | Richard Blaustein | Osha Davidson | Greg Flakus | Sharon Friedman | Christy George | Michael Halpern | Richard Hartung | David Helvarg | Meagan Jeanette | Cheryl Katz | Michael Kodas | Leonore Lakshmanan | Nadia Lopez | Mark MacIntyre (in memory of Kevin Carmody) | Sheri McWhirter | John Mecklin | Kristin Ohlson | Madeline Ostrander | Laura Paskus | Annie Ropeik | Ricardo Rosa | Daniel Rothberg | Phil Smith (in honor of Anton Delgado) | David Spratt | Douglas Struck | Rebecca Theim | Morris "Bud" Ward | Edward Wolf | anonymous
Host and Sponsors of #SEJ2022, 31st Annual Conference, March 30-April 3
Conference Host
Sponsors
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- The BAND Foundation
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Earthjustice
- First Solar
- Ocean Conservancy
- Anaergia
- Center for Western Priorities
- Gulf of Mexico Alliance
- The Nature Conservancy
- Woodwell Climate Research Center
See all #SEJ2022 sponsors, exhibitors and advertisers.
SEJ 2022 Program and Operating Grants
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- The BAND Foundation
- craigslist Charitable Fund
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
- MacArthur Foundation
- Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
- Orange County Community Foundation
- Scripps Howard Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
- The Wilderness Society
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Anonymous
SEJ 2022 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
$2,501-5,000
Anthropocene Institute
Past Supporters
* The gifts from individuals do not include names of those who requested anonymity.
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Programs and operations of the Society of Environmental Journalists are funded by foundation grants in response to SEJ proposals, media company contributions, earned income, university, media company and foundation sponsorship of the annual conference, occasional regional events, individual donations, and unrestricted contributions of general support up to $15,000 from diverse sources.
SEJ does not seek or accept corporate, advocacy group or government sponsorship of the annual conference. Diverse sources participate in SEJ's annual conference as advertisers, exhibitors and hosts of independent hospitality events. These activities do not designate or constitute program sponsorship. All program agenda choices, editorial choices for publications, winner decisions for fellowships, awards and mini-grant winners are made at the sole discretion of SEJ staff and volunteer program leaders, independent of any organizational revenue source, including foundation underwriters, individual donors, advertisers, exhibitors, and university and media company hosts of annual conferences. For more information on policies of the Society of Environmental Journalists, see www.sej.org/about-sej/financial-policies.
Many foundation grants to SEJ are awarded as general support. Grants received by SEJ for specific projects are based on proposals that originate from SEJ's executive director, with guidance from the Board of Directors. Sources of earned income for the organization include conference registration fees, conference exhibitors, IHEs, and advertisement fees, membership dues, mail list rental, and subscription fees.
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, SEJ files an annual Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service. The public may also view a copy of the most recent independent audits of SEJ's finances here. In addition, SEJ maintains a current profile on Candid/GuideStar and the Charity Directory (formerly, Foundation Source Access).
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