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HEFN helps funders invest in places where environmental, health, and community concerns intersect. This brings diverse funders together to learn, collaborate, and make a bigger difference. While each funder finds a unique focus, many are focused on:

Communities

Grantmaking is helping communities assess and improve local environmental conditions for health.

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HEFN Catalysts

Funders are supporting a shift from toxic to safer chemicals and materials.

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Climate & Energy

Grantmakers are addressing environmental, health, and community concerns related to energy.

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Environmental Health Basics

Philanthropy is improving understanding about how the environment affects health.

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Explore these issue areas to learn about issues, find good "first-reads” to dive deeper, and see what other funders are doing. The Resource Library and Funder Stories offer more ways to learn and explore.

HEFN helps funders find their place and connect with others who care about environmental health and justice. Get in touch with us to share your questions and interests.

Funder Story

Protecting Water
How the Park Foundation's focus on protecting water led to building relationship and capacity building for a collaborative effort to shield New York's watersheds from fracking.
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From Our Blog

Tribute to Kathryn Gilje
Blog posted on April 13, 2023
I first met Kat at a meeting in Houston, TX. We sat next to each other in a session that...
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Featured Resource

Chemical "Soup" Clouds Connection between Toxins and Poor Health
November, 2012
The Director of the Nat'l Institute of Environmental Health Services and the Nat'l Toxicology Program discusses environmental health, toxic chemistry, and the politics of chemical regulation.

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