Environmental Champions Awards
The Sempra Energy Foundation recently concluded its second Environmental Champions Awards, an initiative to make grants to organizations making a difference in the environmental arena in the Southwest and Gulf Regions. The Sempra Energy Foundation awarded $1,000,000 in grants to 501(c)(3) public charities for their environmental education programs for grades K-12. Congratulations to the grant recipients (listed below):
Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation |
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Kids Korps |
Academy for |
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Green Korps Youth Council |
California- San Diego Region |
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Alabama Coastal Foundation, Inc. |
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Ocean Foundation |
Gulf Coast Bay Buddy |
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Bridge the Border K-12 Sea Turtle |
Alabama |
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California- San Diego |
Anza Borrego Desert |
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Ocean Institute
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Desert Life & Exploration |
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California- San Diego |
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Anza Borrego Foundation
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Orange County Outdoor |
California- San Diego |
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Building the Environmental |
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California- Orange County, Los Angeles |
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Aquatic Adventures |
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Palos Verdes Peninsula |
Watershed Avengers |
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Third Grade Naturalist |
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California- Los Angeles |
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Audubon, CA |
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Project Wildlife |
Nature's Classrooms |
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Project Wildlife Education Program |
California- Los Angeles |
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California- San Diego |
Bolsa Chica Conservancy |
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Quail Botanical Gardens (AKA San |
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Green Corps |
California- Los Angeles |
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California- San Diego |
Boys and Girls Club of the West |
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San Bernardino National |
Youth Environmental Awareness and |
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National Treasures |
California- Los Angeles |
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California Center for Sustainable |
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San Diego Audubon Society |
Green Learning Adventure |
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Children's Collaborative |
Cameron Parish School Board |
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San Diego Coastkeeper |
Cameron Parish Schools Environmental |
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Project Swell |
Louisiana |
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Children's Nature Institute |
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San Diego County Outdoor |
Parents Nature Education |
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What the Outdoors Teaches Us |
California- Los Angeles |
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California- San Diego |
Chula Vista Nature Center |
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San Diego River Park Foundation |
Our Wild San Diego: Local-to-Local |
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River Bugs Are Cool! |
California- San Diego |
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Collaborative for High Performance |
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San Dieguito River Valley Land |
Environmental Classroom |
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sense of place in nature |
California- Los Angeles |
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Community Foundation
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Santa Monica-Malibu |
Conferences & Reunions |
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The Education & the Environment |
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Cool the Earth |
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Sequoia Riverlands Trust |
Cool the Earth |
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Kaweah Watershed Youth |
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California- Tulare County |
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Earth Discovery Institute |
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Sister Schools of San Diego |
Habitat Heroes |
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World Water Monitoring Day |
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California- San Diego |
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Friends of Rose Canyon (FORC) |
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Sky Hunters |
Sense of Wonder Project: Building |
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Sky Hunters Birds of Prey Program |
California- San Diego |
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Friends of the Los Angeles River |
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Slow Food Urban San Diego |
River School |
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Farm-to-Classroom Taste Education |
California- Los Angeles |
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California- San Diego |
Grid Alternatives |
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The Children’s Museum of |
California- San Diego |
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Interactive Wetlands Discovery Exhibit |
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Louisiana |
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Groundwork San Diego- |
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The Ecology Center |
Chollas Creek Climate Change |
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California- Orange County |
California- San Diego |
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Heal the Bay |
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Ventura Hills Conservancy |
Environmental Education Program at |
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Environmental Education and |
California- Los Angeles |
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California- Los Angeles |
Hubbs- SeaWorld |
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Water Conservation |
Science and Engineering Be WiSE) |
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Ms. Smarty-Plants Conservation |
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California- San Diego |
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ICF Center for Cross-Border |
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Wildlife Research Institute |
Olivewood Gardens and |
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California- San Diego |
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Inland Empire |
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William C. Velasquez Institute |
River KATS: Kid Activism |
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California- Los Angeles |
California- San Bernardino & |
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Keep Mobile Beautiful, Inc. |
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Zoological Society of San Diego |
Fantastic Plastic! |
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Stream Team Stewards Program |
Alabama |
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California- San Diego |