“A healthy planet begins with a strong foundation,” says the San Francisco-based Sierra Club Foundation. Founded in 1960, the foundation is most known for its connection to the Sierra Club, the organization founded in 1892 by esteemed conservationist John Muir. The previously mentioned “strong foundation” is made up of three components: educating, inspiring, and empowering. Specifically, these are executed in three ways. The first is supporting the Sierra Club and other environmental organizations through financial and material means; the second is fundraising; and the third is using those funds for the foundation’s own conservation activities. These funds go to its Climate Recovery Partnership, its environmental law program, its partnerships in environmental justice and community, and its Mission Outdoors program to cultivate the next generation of environmentalists. Grants are also made to other environmental organizations, including the Blue Green Alliance and Veterans Green Jobs.
