For example, approximately 100 chapters offer scholarships for educators to attend a one or two week session at an Audubon Ecology Workshop or Camp. CET's participation in this program includes evaluation of applications from the western states. In addition, a block of funding is set aside for low- income communities, or communities of color. EDF is also in the process of setting up a fellowship program for environmental graduate students and continuing professionals to work at EDF offices. Conservation groups working on effort to protect the Bay Area Greenbelt.
Grants provide support for consultants and occasionally for lawsuits.
Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund Sutherland Fellowships Funded through contributions made by the staff, these fellowships are given to a recent law school graduate to help her or him repay student loan debts. The recipient goes to work for the Fund upon graduation from law school.