SEJ Funding Sources — Support Hard-Hitting Environmental Journalism
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Current and Recent Funding Sources:
- SEJ 2025 Gifts From Individuals
- SEJ 2025 Conference Host and Sponsors
- SEJ 2025 Program and Operating Grants
- SEJ 2025 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
- SEJ 2024 Gifts From Individuals
- SEJ 2024 Conference Host and Sponsors
- SEJ 2024 Program and Operating Grants
- SEJ 2024 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
- Past Supporters
2025
SEJ 2025 Gifts From Individuals*
$2,501-5,000
Emilia Askari | Mari Jensen (in honor of Tony Davis of the Arizona Daily Star) | Jennifer Mizrahi (in honor of Rocky Kistner) | Mark and Diane Schleifstein | Tim Wheeler | Anonymous
$1,001-2,500
Eleanor Drey and Warren Saunders
$501-1,000
Thomas Minka | Carolyn Whetzel
$101-500
Todd Bates | Jane Braxton Little | Dorothy Broadman | Adriana Dakin (in honor of Meagan Jeanette) | Anthony Davis | Jane DeMarines | Jordan Gass-Pooré | Nancy Grossman (in memory of Lizzie Grossman) | Cindy MacDonald | Oscar Mace | Morris "Bud" Ward | Michael Warren | Edward Wolf & Karen McKay (in memory of Lizzie Grossman)
$5-100
John Addison | Nancy Grossman (in memory of Lizzie Grossman) | MJ Davis (Meagan Jeanette Davis) | Michael Keating | William Kistner | Marybeth Krajcik | Leonore Lakshmanan | Christopher Law | Aparna Mukherjee | Anneliese Palmer | Cristine Russell | David Spratt | Susan Williams and Michael Zwirm | Anonymous
Host and Sponsors of #SEJ2025, 34th Annual Conference, April 23-26
Conference Host
Sustaining Funder
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
Sponsor
- Audubon
- Bracewell
- Chemical Insights Research Institute
- Ecolab
- GFI / Good Food Institute
- Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
- National Alliance of Forest Owners
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Project Tendr
- Schneider Electric
- Trellis Group
- Western Resource Advocates
Media Partner
SEJ 2025 Unrestricted Gifts From Any Source
$101-500
The UK Online Giving Foundation | University of Florida Environment, Climate and Science Journalism Program
2024
SEJ 2024 Gifts From Individuals*
$2,501-5,000
Kelly Walker
$1,001-2,500
Jay Letto | Thomas Minka | Sara Shipley Hiles
$501-1,000
Tony Barboza | Michael Warren
$101-500
Len Ackland | David Boraks | Gloria Gonzalez | Nancy Grossman (in memory of Lizzie Grossman) | Christopher Iovenko | Meagan Jeanette | William Kistner | Kathiann Kowalski (in memory of Bethany Meissner) | Rebecca Leber | Cindy MacDonald | Oscar Mace | Meg McGuire | Rico Moore | Maitreyee Mukherjee (in honor of Aparna Mukherjee) | Annie Ropeik | Luke Runyon | David Sassoon | Mark Schleifstein | Meera Subramanian | Roger Witherspoon | Edward Wolf & Karen McKay (in memory of Lizzie Grossman)
$5-100
Jay Austin | Frances Backhouse | Bill Birchard | Valerie Brown | Russell Clemings | Eli Flournoy (in memory of Peter Dykstra) | Carrie Freeman (in memory of Peter Dykstra) | Sharon Friedman | Christy George | Michael Hans | David Helvarg (in memory of Kevin Carmody) | Erik Hoffner | Emma Johnson | Cheryl Katz | Jo Knight (in memory of Peter Dykstra) | Chuck Kutscher | Leonore Lakshmanan | Robert McClure | Lisa Morse | Beth Parke | Spoorthy Raman | 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
Past Supporters
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* 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).