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Reciprocity and Regranting

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About

The Climate Science Alliance understands the barriers many groups and individuals face to obtaining funding (e.g., limited staff capacity and time, complex reporting requirements, to name a few), and has seen firsthand how these barriers limit our community partners in pursuing, implementing, or continuing projects of value to our region.

The Climate Science Alliance re-grants funds to organizations and individuals to build capacity and support collaboration. The goal of the regranting program is to support our partners’ professional, research, and educational efforts in a transparent and equitable manner.

Throughout 2023 and 2024, 
we responded to community priorities and needs by investing deeply in our model of capacity building and reciprocity:

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$575,000

invested in Indigenous-led organizations

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$230,000

invested in technical advisors and fellows

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$71,000

invested in small-grants projects

Investing in Organizations

Organizations

Strengthening the capacity of organizations to advance collaboration, planning, and actions across southern California and beyond. These grants often support efforts to explore and integrate Indigenous knowledges, participation, and leadership in climate adaptation.

Investing in Projects

Projects

Our Small Grants program supports community-led efforts that fill in gaps in existing projects and helps seed fund new efforts to safeguard natural and human communities in the face of a changing climate.

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BINATIONAL WORKING GROUP SMALL GRANTS

The goal of this program is to support Binational Working Group member's professional, research, and educational efforts in a transparent and equitable
manner. Projects have a climate change emphasis, and are located in or near the Baja Peninsula, its 
surrounding waters, or the Mexico-California border region.

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TRIBAL WORKING GROUP SMALL GRANTS

The goal of this program is to support Tribal Working Group member’s professional, cultural, community based, and educational efforts in a respectful and equitable manner. Projects should focus on advancing Indigenous climate resilience, adaptation, and/ or environmental health for the collective community.

Investing in People

People

Compensated opportunities for technical advisors, fellows, and interns to develop training, projects, activities, and/or to mentor, guide, and advise community members.

TECHNICAL ADVISORS

Technical advisors provide guidance to advance initiatives, strengthen community connections, and expand collaborations for the Alliance team and projects.

FELLOWS

Fellowships provide opportunities for community members and early career professionals to apply their skills to Alliance programming, projects, and events.

INTERNS

Internships are seasonal opportunities for community members, especially youth, to support climate activities and projects through mentorship from Alliance team members.

Meet our current technical advisors, fellows, and interns below.

Meet our past cohorts on the team page.

Ana Gloria (Martha) Rodriguez
Ana Gloria (Martha) Rodriguez

Cross Border Partnerships Advisor

Nizhoni Tallas
Nizhoni Tallas

Community Resilience Specialist

Wesley Ruise, Jr.
Wesley Ruise, Jr.

Stewardship Pathways: Fire Advisor

Evan Foskett
Evan Foskett

Climate Education Student Intern

Ron W. Goode
Ron W. Goode

Cultural Burning Advisor

Levi Hill
Levi Hill

Climate Media Fellow

Stan Rodriguez
Stan Rodriguez

Coastal Advisor

Meliza Le Alvarado
Meliza Le Alvarado

California Sea Grant Fellow

Teresa Romero
Teresa Romero

Coastal Advisor

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