Turner Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation") has four program areas. The Foundation makes grants for work in the areas of Water & Toxics, Energy & Transportation, Habitat and Population. The program guidelines are as follows:

• Water & Toxics
• Energy & Transportation
• Habitat
• Population

Water & Toxics
Objective:		To protect rivers, lakes, wetlands, aquifers, oceans and other water systems from contamination, degradation, and other abuses.
Priorities:		To strengthen the advocacy, outreach and technical capabilities of organizations addressing the protection of water systems. To stop the further degradation of water-dependent habitats from new dams, diversions and other large infrastructure projects. To reduce wasteful water use via conservation. To promote allocation of water specifically for environmental purposes, including habitat restoration and fish and wildlife protection. To support efforts to improve public policies affecting water protection, including initiatives to secure pollution prevention and habitat protection. To reduce pesticide use. To strengthen the advocacy, outreach and technical capabilities of organizations addressing the disproportionate use and locating of toxic materials in poor and rural areas.
Geographic Focus:		The Foundation will consider Water and Toxics programs that are national in scope. The Foundation will consider state and local programs, giving priority consideration to programs in New Mexico, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Additionally, consideration will be given to some international programs as well.
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Air Quality, Energy & Transportation
Objective:		To protect the atmosphere and other natural resources by promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy and improved transportation policies and practices.
Priorities:		To promote alternatives to increased single-occupancy vehicle use, vehicle miles traveled, and new highway construction. To support efforts that limit sprawling development while promoting sustainable community design. To support efforts that improve air quality through decreasing pollutants from the production and use of fossil fuels. To reduce the overall consumption of fossil fuel-based and nuclear-generated energy by promoting energy efficiency and greater use of solar energy and other renewable sources of energy.
Geographic Focus:		The Foundation will consider Energy and Transportation programs that are national in scope. The Foundation will consider state and local programs, giving priority consideration to programs in New Mexico, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Additionally, consideration will be given to some international programs.
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Habitat
Objective:		To defend biodiversity by protecting habitat.
Priorities:		To support ecosystem-wide habitat protection with particular emphasis on locally developed strategies for private and public lands. To support efforts that defend wild places from destructive practices such as mining, unsustainable logging, and over-grazing. To support efforts that create understanding of the relationship between wildlife, habitat protection and long-term economic stability. To protect the world's last remaining vast tracts of relatively undisturbed forestlands. (Please note the special geographic focus of Russia, Brazil and British Columbia, Canada for this funding priority.) To protect forest ecosystems through reducing wood consumption, eliminating waste, and promoting safe, sustainable non-wood alternatives.
Geographic Focus:		The Foundation will consider Habitat programs that are national in scope. The Foundation will consider state and local programs, giving priority consideration to programs in Alaska, New Mexico, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Additionally, consideration will be given to international programs, with priority consideration given to programs in Mexico, Argentina, Russia, Brazil and British Columbia, Canada.
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Population
Objective:		Worldwide development of policies and practices which will reduce population growth by addressing the relationships between population growth, global resources, the status of women and girls, and access to family planning and reproductive health services.
Priorities:		To promote worldwide access to safe, affordable family planning and reproductive health services. To support efforts that advocate increased government support for voluntary, affordable family planning and reproductive health services. To support activities which address the relationships between population growth, the low status and lack of options for women and girls, consumption of natural resources, and the resulting environmental degradation. To support activities which focus on women and girls and provide for their improved status in society through increased access to educational, political and economic opportunities. To support initiatives that address the growing number of teenage pregnancies in the United States, with a particular emphasis on under-served populations. (Priority consideration given to statewide coalitions in New Mexico, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.)
Geographic Focus:		The Foundation will consider Population programs that are national and/or international in scope. The Foundation will consider state and local programs, giving priority consideration to programs in New Mexico, Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
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