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Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment

The Rose Foundation is a grantmaking public charity that specializes in administering mitigation payments and class-action settlement awards, and using these funds to support grassroots-based conservation, social justice, and consumer protection projects in close conformance with the nexus of the specific settlement. The Rose Foundation has pursued its goals since our founding in 1992, awarding more than $50 million in community grants and training and empowering over 160 youth environmental leaders annually in our New Voices Are Rising program. The Rose Foundation was founded by Jill Ratner and Tim Little in 1992. The Foundation is dedicated to the memory of Rose Ratner, whose wit, wisdom and commitment were forged in the neighborhoods of Chicago over the course of 50 years of community activism. Inspired by Rose, we believe that environmental stewardship, community regeneration, consumer protection, robust civic participation and a healthy economy are all inextricably linked. As a society, we cannot expect to achieve lasting economic progress at the expense of the environment, worker, or community rights. Similarly, lasting environmental, consumer, and community prote.

Oakland, CA Founded 1993 Revenue $12,603,651 1% for the Planet

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