John S. Kiewit Memorial Foundation Grant

The John S. Kiewit Memorial Foundation Grant aims to protect California's Central Coast and surrounding natural resources through conservation efforts. It supports projects like the Arroyo Hondo Preserve and collaborates with various land trusts, including the California Rangeland Trust and The Nature Conservancy. Grants are focused on preserving open space and agricultural character, emphasizing the importance of environmental stewardship in grant-making. However, proposals outside their mission or geographic area are not considered.

Our Purpose and Mission
The Foundation’s primary purpose is to make grants “to protect the land and other natural resources of the California Central Coast and or neighboring regions of California from the effect of development, by means such as purchase, conservation easements, education or other methods, in order to preserve the open and agriculture character of the priceless assets.”
The Foundation has continued solid financial support for the Arroyo Hondo Preserve, a project of The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County.
In keeping with the primary purpose, the Foundation also supports other land trusts and conservation organization such as:

• The California Rangeland Trust
• The Trust for Public Land
• The Nature Conservancy
• Hollister Ranch Tidepool School education program
• Carrizo Plain Conservancy
• and many others.

Ineligibility

We don’t consider grants outside of our Mission Statement.We don’t consider grants outside of our geographic area.