Roots & Shoots International Youth Connections (Disney Conservation Fund)
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Roots & Shoots International Youth Connections
Program Overview:
The Jane Goodall Institute-USA works with the Disney Conservation Fund to provide additional funding to international offices within the JGI family to expand the Roots & Shoots network globally.
Funding Partner: Disney Conservation Fund
Geographic Scope: 14 international JGI offices globally
Focus Areas:
- Increasing the amount of time youth and their families spend in nature
- Youth engagement in nature-based activities
- Regional campaigns designed to meet specific country interests and needs
- Environmental education and conservation
Program Activities:
- Classrooms and workshops in partner countries
- Web-based activities and resources
- Youth connecting with nature
- Youth-led Roots & Shoots projects
- Design of region-specific campaigns
Impact:
- Youth around the world have been connecting with nature and inspired to begin their own Roots & Shoots projects
- Hard work of Roots & Shoots enables each country to design campaigns specific to their regions' interests and needs
What Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 3
- Total given
- $1.03M
- Median grant
- $157K
- Range
- $11K–$867K
- By dollars: Massachusetts 84%, Connecticut 15%, West Virginia 1%. Top recipient cities: Watertown, MA; Fairfield, CT; Point Pleasant, WV.
Example grants
Pathfinder · Watertown, MA
Improve access to quality sexual reproductive health (srh). increase youth access to…
$867K
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT
Support 58 villages in western tanzania to address forest degradation and biodiversity…
$157K
Mason County Board of Education · Point Pleasant, WV
Roots and shoot program and the rapair of greenhouse
$11K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Youth programs
- Environmental education
- Youth leadership
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