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Current and Recent Funding Sources:
- SEJ 2024 Gifts From Individuals
- SEJ 2024 Conference Host and Sponsors
- SEJ 2024 Program and Operating Grants
- SEJ 2024 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
- SEJ 2023 Gifts From Individuals
- SEJ 2023 Conference Host and Sponsors
- SEJ 2023 Program and Operating Grants
- SEJ 2023 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
- Past Supporters
2024
SEJ 2024 Gifts From Individuals*
$1,001-2,500
Jay Letto | Thomas Minka
$501-1,000
Michael Warren
$101-500
Nancy Grossman (in memory of Lizzie Grossman) | Christopher Iovenko | William Kistner | Kathiann Kowalski (in memory of Bethany Meissner) | Oscar Mace | Meg McGuire | Rico Moore | Annie Ropeik | Luke Runyon | Sara Shipley Hiles | Roger Witherspoon
$5-100
Eli Flournoy (in memory of Peter Dykstra) | Carrie Freeman (in memory of Peter Dykstra) | Meagan Jeanette | Leonore Lakshmanan | Bruce Ritchie (in memory of Peter Dykstra) | James Werner (in memory of Peter Dykstra)
Host and Sponsors of #SEJ2024, 33rd Annual Conference, April 3-7
Conference Host
Visionary Sponsor
Fellowships Sponsor
- Environmental Defense Fund
- MacArthur Foundation
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Walton Family Foundation
- William Penn Foundation
Good Morning Sponsor
Hospitality Sponsor
- Beyond Plastics
- Deloitte
- National Alliance of Forest Owners
- Schneider Electric
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
Exhibit Sponsor
- Arcus Foundation
- Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
- E2
- Ecolab
- Ocean Conservancy
- Good Food Institute
- The Ocean Foundation
Workshop Sponsor
SEJ 2024 Program and Operating Grants
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- Catena Foundation
- Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
- craigslist Charitable Fund
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Klungness Family Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
- Orange County Community Foundation
- Religion and Environment Story Project
- Roundhouse Foundation
- University of Missouri
- Walton Family Foundation
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- William Penn Foundation
- Windward Fund
SEJ 2024 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
$101-500
The UK Online Giving Foundation
2023
SEJ 2023 Gifts From Individuals*
$5,000+
Laura Turner Seydel | anonymous via American Endowment Foundation
$1,001-2,500
Jennifer Bogo | Sara Hiles | Damon Horn and Meaghan Parker | Jay Letto | Thomas Minka | Rennie Saunders
$501-1,000
Tony Barboza | Kathiann Kowalski | Gregory Pasztor | William Walkey | Nadia White
$101-500
Sadie Babits | Margie Bauman | Glenda Booth | Sara Bowen | Sara Edelson | Dan Fagin | Kathie Florsheim | Jacob Frank (in honor of Ian Morse) | Meagan Jeanette | Stuart Leavenworth | Rebecca Leber | Rico Moore | Bruce Ritchie | Luke Runyon | David Sassoon | Mark Schapiro | Humphry Smith | Meera Subramanian | The Todd Family | Beth Ward (in honor of Tony Barboza) | Michael Warren | Timothy Wheeler | anonymous via Fidelity Charitable
$5-100
Debra Atlas | Jay Austin | Dillon Bergin | Jericho Burg | Russell Clemings | Arnold Eiser | Peter Fairley | Sharon Friedman | Adam Glenn | Gloria Gonzalez | Nancy Grossman (in memory of Lizzie Grossman) | Michael Halpern | Erin Jordan | Cheryl Katz | Michael Keating | Melody Kemp | Michael Kodas | Sarah Koenigsberg | Leonore Lakshmanan | Cindy MacDonald | Robert Magill | Meg McGuire | Karla Mendes | Mary Miller | Lisa Morse (in memory of Lizzie Grossman) | Beth Parke | Susan Peirce | Sharon Roth | Ronald Savage | Mark Schapiro | Muriel Strand | Amanda Vail | Roger Witherspoon | anonymous | anonymous via Zwilliams Fund
Host and Sponsors of #SEJ2023, 32nd Annual Conference, April 19-23
Conference Host and Visionary Sponsor
Champion
Principal
Ambassador
- BAND Foundation
- Gorongosa National Park / Carr Foundation
- Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
- MacArthur Foundation
Supporter
- Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
- Conservation Voters for Idaho
- Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas / The 2030 Fund
- Gas Leaks Action
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- HHMI
- INDIGENOUS LED / Maine Community Foundation
- National Alliance of Forest Owners
- Ocean Conservancy
- Schneider Electric
Friend
- Deloitte
- Earthjustice
- Good Food Institute
- Knight Foundation
- Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund
- Princeton University
- Solutions Journalism Network
- Woodwell Climate Research Center
In-Kind
SEJ 2023 Program and Operating Grants
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- BAND Foundation
- Catena Foundation
- craigslist Charitable Fund
- FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Klungness Family Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
- Maine Community Foundation
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
- Orange County Community Foundation
- Religion & Environment Story Project
- Roundhouse Foundation
- Scripps Howard Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
- The Wilderness Society
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Anonymous
SEJ 2023 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
$5-100
Ronin International Limited
Past Supporters
* The gifts from individuals do not include names of those who requested anonymity.
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Programs and operations of the Society of Environmental Journalists are funded by foundation grants in response to SEJ proposals, media company contributions, earned income, university, media company and foundation sponsorship of the annual conference, occasional regional events, individual donations, and unrestricted contributions of general support up to $15,000 from diverse sources.
SEJ does not seek or accept corporate, advocacy group or government sponsorship of the annual conference. Diverse sources participate in SEJ's annual conference as advertisers, exhibitors and hosts of independent hospitality events. These activities do not designate or constitute program sponsorship. All program agenda choices, editorial choices for publications, winner decisions for fellowships, awards and mini-grant winners are made at the sole discretion of SEJ staff and volunteer program leaders, independent of any organizational revenue source, including foundation underwriters, individual donors, advertisers, exhibitors, and university and media company hosts of annual conferences. For more information on policies of the Society of Environmental Journalists, see www.sej.org/about-sej/financial-policies.
Many foundation grants to SEJ are awarded as general support. Grants received by SEJ for specific projects are based on proposals that originate from SEJ's executive director, with guidance from the Board of Directors. Sources of earned income for the organization include conference registration fees, conference exhibitors, IHEs, and advertisement fees, membership dues, mail list rental, and subscription fees.
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, SEJ files an annual Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service. The public may also view a copy of the most recent independent audits of SEJ's finances here. In addition, SEJ maintains a current profile on Candid/GuideStar and the Charity Directory (formerly, Foundation Source Access).
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