Added Value and Herban Solutions www.added-value.org Red Hook, Brooklyn	2006, 2007, 2008:	$150,000
Ian A. Marvy, Executive Director
New Energy Initiative To support youth-powered activties at Added Value's urban farm in Red Hook. Young people are growing vegetables and herbs, practicing composting and vermicomposting, and exploring the use of wind energy, solar power, and bio-fuels recycled from local restaurant cooking oils.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden www.bbg.org Prospect Heights & Crown Heights, Brooklyn	2007, 2008:	$80,000
Scot Medbury, President
Garden Apprentice Program To support the Garden Apprentice Program, an after-school program that engages neighborhood children and youth in planting their own garden plots as well as learning about plants, urban trees and organic composting.
The Brotherhood-Sister Sol www.brotherhood-sistersol.org Harlem, Manhattan	2006, 2007, 2008:	$140,000
Khary Lazarre-White, Co-Executive Director Susan Wilcox, Co-Executive Director
Community Garden Project To support restoration of the Frank White Garden by neighborhood youth who are researching, designing, and rebuilding this garden to make it a safe and pleasant outdoor place for the community.
Central Park Conservancy www.centralparknyc.org New York, NY	2006:	$50,000
Douglas Blonsky, President and Central Park Administrator
Youth Leadership Program To support urban teens who are learning about the history and natural environment of Central Park, creating public tours and media materials, undertaking horticultural projects, and serving as Park advocates within their own communities.
Cornell Cooperative Extension Association of Suffolk County www.cce.cornell.edu/suffolk Yaphank, NY	2006:	$25,000
Tom Williams, Executive Director
Youth Venture Program To support ten "venture" teams of young people who are identifying environment-focused community issues of concern, designing a business plan, and leading their community in taking action.
Council on the Environment of New York City www.cenyc.org New York, NY	2007, 2008:	$104,900
Marcel Van Ooyen, Executive Director
Learn It Grow It Eat It To add an internship component to a teen program in the Morrisania section of the South Bronx for young people who are learning about the health effects of a bad diet, how to recognize healthy foods, the benefits of locally grown food and where to buy it in New York.
Fresh Youth Initiatives www.freshyouth.org Washington Heights/Inwood, Manhattan	2006:	$35,000
Andrew Rubinson, Director
Community Youth in Action Project To support young people who are participating in a variety of environment-focused community service projects in the Washington Heights and Inwood neighborhoods.
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park www.vancortlandt.org Bronx, NY	2006:	$30,000
Christina Taylor, Executive Director
Environmental Internship Program To create a new internship program for teens in the southeast corner of Van Cortlandt Park. Youth are learning about the history of the Park, and working with the Park's Southeast Forest Initiative to do composting and tree pruning.
Fund for the City of New York www.fcny.org New York, NY	2006, 2007:	$150,000
Barbara J. Cohn Berman, Municipal Government Performance Peter Kleinbard, Youth Development Institute
ComNET To support ComNET (Computerized Neighborhood Environment Tracking) within three community-based after school programs. Young people are walking their neighborhoods, documenting street-level problems like broken street lights, sidewalks, and potholes, reporting them to appropriate government departments, and monitoring their repair.
Green Guerillas www.greenguerillas.org New York, NY	2008:	$45,000
Steve Frillman, Executive Director
Youth Tillers Program To support summer internships in urban agriculture for teens, who will be working with the Brooklyn Rescue Mission in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the Phoenix Garden and Farm in Ocean Hill/Brownsville, and ten community gardens in central Brooklyn.
Make the Road by Walking www.maketheroad.org Bushwick, Brooklyn	2006, 2007, 2008:	$150,000
Oona Chatterjee, Co-Director
Bushwick Research and Action on Gentrification To support teens who are learning about gentrification, researching its effect on their neighborhood, developing strategies for community action, encouraging dialogue with residents and policymakers, and presenting an exhibition about Bushwick gentrification.
Northern Shore Child & Family Guidance Center www.northshorechildguidance.org Roslyn Heights, NY	2008:	$12,500
Andrew Malekoff, Executive Director Bruce Kaufstein, Clinic and Wilderness Program Coordinator
Wilderness Program To support young people to learn about their Long Island environment, participate in beach clean-up and trail debris removal projects, and make presentations for family and the public describing their community service.
Open Road of New York www.openroadNY.org Lower East Side, Manhattan	2006, 2007:	$70,000
Paula Hewitt, Executive Director
Prove It With Improvement To build new teams of youth leaders, develop a senior youth crew to serve as mentors to the new leaders, and carry out further research, mapping, and environmental action projects in Lower East Side parks and gardens.
The Point Community Development Corporation www.thepoint.org Hunts Point, Bronx	2008:	$50,000
Kellie Terry-Sepulveda, Executive Managing Director
ACTION (Activists Coming to Inform Our Neighborhood) To support ACTION, a program in which Hunts Point neighborhood teens plan and launch environmental justice campaigns including habitat preservation and rehabilitation, air quality and asthma, and brownfields remediation.
Prospect Park Alliance www.prospectpark.org Prospect Park, Brooklyn	2006, 2007:	$60,000
Tupper Thomas, President/Park Administrator
Prospect Park Youth Council To support the Youth Council, a group of young people who learn about the Park's history and ecology, plan and implement their own Park-focused activities, and facilitate volunteer activities for teens from other Brooklyn youth organizations.
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance www.rwalliance.org Far Rockaway, NY	2008:	$20,000
Jeanne DuPont, Executive Director
After-School Environmental Justice Stewardship Program To support a new environmental justice curriculum for young people who are learning about Rockaway land and water assets and threats through hands-on experiences and field trips led by scientists, horticulturalists, urban planners, and environmental advocates.
Starflower Experiences www.starflowerexperiences.org Jericho, NY	2006, 2007, 2008:	$44,000
Laurie Farber, Executive Director
Rangers of the Earth To enhance the Starflower after-school and summer program for elementary school children at the Martin Luther King, Jr. School in Wyandanch on Long Island, by increasing numbers of children participating, and adding new activities including excursions to nearby natural settings and visits with environmental leaders.
Sustainable Long Island www.sustainableLI.org Garden City, NY	2006, 2007:	$55,000
Sarah Lansdale, Executive Director
Brownfields Busters Program To develop a new "Brownfields Busters" badge with the Girl Scouts in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Girls are learning about brownfields, identifying brownfields in their own neighborhoods, building their understanding of community participation, and making presentations to elected officials and the general public.
Trees New York www.treesny.org New York, NY	2008:	$60,000
Susan Gooberman, Executive Director
Young Citizens Pruner Program To provide opportunities for children and youth to participate in hands-on care of City trees, including pruning dead and damaged tree limbs, watering and fertilizing trees, cultivating soil, and planting trees, which leads to their certification by the New York City Parks Department as Young Citizen Tree Pruners.
United Community Centers www.eastnewyorkfarms.org East New York, Brooklyn	2008:	$36,500
Ana Aguirre, Executive Director
East New York Farms! To expand and enhance the East New York Farms program by creating opportunities for more "returning" young people to function as peer leaders in gardening and farmers market activities, and to help East New York Farms move into a new meeting and working space in a nearby storefront
United Neighborhood Houses of New York www.unhny.org New York, NY	2007, 2008:	$60,000
Nancy Wackstein, Executive Director
After School Conservation Club To expand the After School Conservation Club for children ages 6 to 13 to additional sites across the City, in collaboration with The After School Corporation (TASC) and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Hands-on activities include recycling, creating butterfly gardens, and maintaining street trees.
Wave Hill www.wavehill.org South West Bronx, NY	2008:	$30,000
Kate French, President & Executive Director
Forest Project Summer Collaborative To help fund 40 summer internships for Bronx teens who will learn urban forestry skills, help rehabilitate urban forests in their neighborhood, and earn college credits at nearby Lehman College.
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice www.geocities.com/ympj_ny/ Bronx, NY	2007, 2008:	$150,000
Alexie Torres Fleming, Executive Director
Bronx River Water Quality Project To support teens' efforts to restore health and viability to the Bronx River as it runs through their neighborhoods. Youth will learn about Combined Sewage Outfalls (CSOs) within the community, and encourage green practices on land that decrease pollution entering the River from their neighborhoods.
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice www.geocities.com/ympj_ny/ Bronx, NY	2006:	$75,000
Alexie Torres Fleming, Executive Director
Bronx River Fish Testing and Education Project To support young people who are studying fish in the Bronx River, monitoring water quality, and creating and disseminating educational materials about contamination and fish consumption.