Justin Brooks Fisher Foundation Grant

The Justin Brooks Fisher Foundation Grant supports conservation and sustainability initiatives, primarily in Boulder, Colorado. The Foundation funds projects focused on environmental education, innovative strategies to combat climate change, and wildfire resiliency. Eligible organizations must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) and primarily operate in Boulder or Pittsburgh. The Foundation does not support individual requests or conference sponsorships, emphasizing its commitment to impactful community projects.

The Justin Brooks Fisher Foundation has a multidimensional grant program; however, its core interest is in promoting conservation and sustainability. The Foundation’s main geographic focus is in Boulder, Colorado.
From 2007 through 2009, the Foundation was a principal supporter of the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), an influential effort to raise awareness of the environmental risks of glacial melt conducted by National Geographic photographer James Balog. Working with the International Wilderness Leadership Foundation and the WILD Foundation, the EIS positioned 27 cameras in remote locations around the world that took photos every hour to document the rapid effects of global climate change on the earth’s glaciers.
Funding Priorities
The Foundation’s grant program primarily focuses on projects within the following areas:

• Conservation
• Environmental education
• Innovative strategies to slow climate change
• Wildfire resiliency

Eligibility

Applicant organizations must be classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and as public charities under Section 509(a) of that code.The geographic focus of the Foundation’s grantmaking program is Boulder, Colorado, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The Board reserves the right to approve grants in other locations at its discretion.While the Foundation entertains requests from a wide variety of organizations, most grants are initiated at the direction of the program staff and Board of Trustees of the Foundation.

Ineligibility

The Foundations do not encourage requests for:Support for conferences or trainingsEndowment contributionsDebt reductionOrganizations based outside the United StatesSupport for organizations that are not a 501(c)(3) or government agency, and therefore require a fiscal sponsorship, unless the sponsorship is a temporary situation and/or the sponsorship arrangement meets rigorous criteria for oversight and supportSupport for individualsEvent sponsorshipsThe Foundation is not permitted to fund individuals, but will consider a limited number of scholarships and fundraising events.