Mission: We support grassroots initiatives that help build a world in which individuals, organizations, and communities are empowered to promote stewardship of nature, inspire people to take action, and hold government and corporations accountable.
To accomplish our mission, we:
*Foster Stewardship
*Build Community
*Demand Justice

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 200 youth environmental leaders annually in our New Voices Are Rising program.

The Rose Foundation has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for 10 years in-a-row!

Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment is a 501(c)(3) organization, with an IRS ruling year of 1993, and donations are tax-deductible.