Impact and Return on Investment

For 15 years we’ve been meeting together, learning together, and granting together to preserve, protect, and restore the Long Island Sound. Our creative and thoughtful philanthropy has impacted not only our collaborative work but also improved our individual grantmaking.
Together, we’ve invested more than $3.3 million in pooled and aligned grantmaking. Over 70 grants to dozens of organizations have resulted in some of the most innovative projects in the region.

The Long Island Sound Stewardship Fund

The Stewardship Fund brings funders together to support high-impact projects collaboratively. For more than a decade, we’ve worked to support non-profits in numerous ways:

  • $1.9 million for Planning & Piloting innovative conservation tools and strategies
  • $1 million for New Collaborations
  • $400,000 for organizational Capacity Building

For a list of our most recent grants, see our Grants here.

Large, Bold Projects

We have a proven track record of developing innovative projects. We have delivered value to our non-profit and government partners. Most of our projects result in further investment by other funders, resulting in significant returns on investment.  Examples of our significant successes include the following (click on the links to download a detailed description):

Learn about all three of these connected projects.

  • Long Island Sound Report Card and Beach Report
  • The Unified Water Study
  • QuickDrops™

And also see: