2015 Grantees
Grantee: American Academy for the Advancement of Science
Grant Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To convene a meeting to assess public attitudes about climate change
Grantee: Aspen Institute, Inc.
Grant Amount: $230,000
Purpose: To support the Texas Natural Gas Regulatory Modernization Initiative and the Aspen-Nicholas Water Forum
Grantee: Caddo Lake Institute, Inc.
Grant Amount: $35,000
Purpose: To assure appropriate environmental flows in the Caddo Lake watershed
Grantee: Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Inc.
Grant Amount: $2,500
Purpose: To support The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems 40th Anniversary Symposium
Grantee: Center for Public Interest Research, Inc.
Grant Amount: $7,800
Purpose: To support the Frontier Group's efforts to review the impacts of oil and gas drilling done on University of Texas lands
Grantee: CNA Corporation
Grant Amount: $35,000
Purpose: To conduct an analysis on financing conservation
Grantee: Consultative Group on Biological Diversity
Grant Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To provide program support to the Climate and Energy Funders Group (CEFG)
Grantee: Duke University
Grant Amount: $100,000
Purpose: To address the interplay of state and local governance on shale issues in Texas
Grantee: Energy Foundation
Grant Amount: $200,000
Purpose: To support a Texas solution to implementing the Clean Power Plan
Grantee: Environment Texas Research and Policy Center, Inc.
Grant Amount: $62,200
Purpose: To build support for clean energy in the state of Texas
Grantee: Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated
Grant Amount: $300,000
Purpose: To minimize water and air impacts of energy production and use in Texas
Grantee: Environmental Integrity Project
Grant Amount: $93,000
Purpose: To reduce air and water pollution from coal-fired power plants in Texas
Grantee: Environmental Integrity Project
Grant Amount: $18,000
Purpose: To reduce air and water pollution from coal-fired power plants in Texas
Grantee: Evangelical Environmental Network
Grant Amount: $50,000
Purpose: To expand the coalition of supporters of clean energy in the state of Texas
Grantee: Gas Technology Institute
Grant Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To enhance awareness of methane emissions mitigation for applications across the natural gas industry
Grantee: Hill Country Alliance
Grant Amount: $40,000
Purpose: To protect water resources in the Hill Country through regional collaboration and targeted, strategic education and outreach programming
Grantee: Hill Country Alliance
Grant Amount: $3,000
Purpose: To sponsor a rainwater capture conference
Grantee: Houston Advanced Research Center
Grant Amount: $65,000
Purpose: To develop a Virtual Well Pad Site to encourage best management practices and engage stakeholders
Grantee: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Grant Amount: $50,000
Purpose: To increase freshwater flows into Texas bays and estuaries through strategic development of collaborative water transactions in three Gulf coast watersheds
Grantee: National Wildlife Federation
Grant Amount: $75,000
Purpose: To transform the way Texas manages and allocates its water to better protect our natural heritage for future generations
Grantee: Nelson H. Nease, P.C.
Grant Amount: $125,000
Purpose: To advise CGMF on energy and shale policy and industry practices
Grantee: The Partnership Project
Grant Amount: $10,000
Purpose: To organize communications support for EPA’s Dallas, Texas public hearing on the proposed Methane Pollution Standards for the oil and gas industry
Grantee: Pecan Street Inc.
Grant Amount: $100,000
Purpose: To use big data to achieve residential water conservation
Grantee: Power Across Texas
Grant Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To support the Texas Energy Innovation Challenge
Grantee: Public Citizen Foundation
Grant Amount: $50,000
Purpose: To promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in Texas
Grantee: The R Street Institute
Grant Amount: $82,500
Purpose: To expand the coalition of supporters of clean energy in the state of Texas
Grantee: Regents of the University of California, Davis
Grant Amount: $100,000
Purpose: To accelerate water conservation in Texas
Grantee: Save Our Springs Alliance Inc.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To support the Barton Springs University event
Grantee: Sierra Club Foundation
Grant Amount: $75,000
Purpose: To create and execute a blueprint for a clean energy future in Texas
Grantee: South-Central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource (SPEER)
Grant Amount: $100,000
Purpose: To advance energy efficiency in Texas by building support for energy efficiency policies
Grantee: Texas A&M Foundation–College Station
Grant Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To support the Clean Air Through Energy Efficiency (CATEE) Conference
Grantee: Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi (HRI)
Grant Amount: $50,000
Purpose: To support Harte Research Institute’s Freshwater Inflows Tools (FIT) Project–a decision-making tool for water resource use and development
Grantee: Texas Clean Energy Coalition
Grant Amount: $250,000
Purpose: To expand the coalition of supporters of clean energy in the state of Texas
Grantee: Texas Fund for Energy and Environmental Education
Grant Amount: $10,000
Purpose: To promote the SEED Coalition’s work around energy efficiency and renewable energy in Texas
Grantee: Texas State University Development Foundation
Grant Amount: $100,000
Purpose: To continue research in the Pedernales River watershed through a groundwater gain-loss study to pinpoint strategic conservation and management alternatives
Grantee: Texas Tribune
Grant Amount: $120,000
Purpose: To provide coverage of water and energy issues in Texas, and to expand coverage across critical demographic communities on these and other vital issues of politics and public policy
Grantee: Texas Water Foundation
Grant Amount: $50,000
Purpose: To support the Goldwater Project in assisting the Region H Planning Group to meet its long-term municipal conservation goal
Grantee: Texas Water Foundation
Grant Amount: $2,000
Purpose: To sponsor the Texas Water Foundation's Sustainability Film Contest
Grantee: The University of Texas at Austin
Grant Amount: $100,000
Purpose: To support projects related to the nexus of water and energy
Grantee: The University of Texas at Austin
Grant Amount: $245,000
Purpose: To support ongoing efforts at integrating sustainability into higher education
Grantee: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
Grant Amount: $200,000
Purpose: To study the interdependence of water and unconventional energy and related land impacts
Grantee: Westcave Preserve Corporation
Grant Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To support a summit on technology and sustainability
Grantee: Wimberley Valley Watershed Association
Grant Amount: $38,000
Purpose: To develop a network for improving impact of organizations addressing land and water issues in the Hill Country
Editor’s Note: The aforementioned grants were made as a part of the foundation’s Sustainability Program. Additional grants were made in 2015, including a $2.5 million grant to the Texas A&M Foundation and a $2.5 million grant to the Carnegie Institution of Washington, both in support of the Giant Magellan Telescope Consortium. The foundation also made a grant of $4.25 million to the Texas A&M Foundation in support of the George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy. Information included in this annual report is not intended to replace information included in the foundation’s IRS 990 form.