Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy (San Francisco) was awarded $25,000 for its Stewarding Diverse Environmental Leadership Program. Through this program, high school youth will help organize a summit to help explore how more youth of color and underserved youth can participate in outdoor activities and programs. In addition, the youth will help with restoration efforts and become interns with other local programs.

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy was awarded $75,000 for the Finding Urban Nature (FUN) Guide: Train the Trainers curriculum guide to help counteract the physical, economic and cultural barriers many urban youth experience. Through partnerships with local organizations, the guide aims to encourage middle and high school students to engage in outdoor recreation while learning about San Francisco’s seven unique urban watersheds and neighborhood nature areas.

$15,000 - To support LINC (Linking Individuals with the Natural Community), an in-depth six-week natural resource-based summer job program for high school students.

$30,000 towards Expanding Opportunities for Environmental Youth Leadership, a project that aims to deepen and amplify existing environmental stewardship programming by expanding hands-on service learning opportunities, environmental education workshops, and leadership/skill building activities for public school students.