Ancient Courses represents 25% of the funds generated by the 'Ancient Courses of Fictional Rivers' project on ArtBlocks. They will be directed towards local and national charities for environmental causes, tech literacy, and the arts. A portion of the funds will go towards humanitarian aid for those effected by the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine.

Ancient Courses Fund

Cure Alzheimer's Fund

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Hawaii Community Foundation

Ether

Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat

Black and Missing Foundation

Black Girls Code Inc

Gay Mens Health Crisis Inc.

Nova Ukraine

Environmental Defense Fund Inc.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.

Friends of the Yampa Inc

American Rivers, Inc.

Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action

Billion Oyster Project

Indigenous Environmental Network

Our mission is to fund research with the highest probability of preventing, slowing or reversing Alzheimer’s Disease through venture based philanthropy.   All organizational expenses are paid for by the Founders and Board, allowing all other contributions to be applied directly to Alzheimer’s Disease research.

HCF helps people make a difference by inspiring the spirit of giving and by investing in people and solutions to benefit every island community.

Coalition for Rainforest Nations (CfRN) envisions a world where rainforests are fairly valued for their ecosystem services. Simply put, we strive to make trees worth more alive than dead. Founded in 2005, CfRN initially consisted of two countries - Papua New Guinea and Costa Rica - which introduced the REDD+ framework (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) to the UN at the annual COP climate summit. It took 10 years for CfRN to get REDD+ adopted by the UN as part of the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and during that time, CfRN grew from 2 countries to over 50. The UN REDD+ framework that CfRN championed has achieved over 11 gigatons of verified carbon emissions over time; this is greater than the combined annual emissions of the United States and European Union! But we have much more work ahead to truly end and reverse global deforestation. Today, CfRN has 3 programs: Policy (supporting and coordinating rainforest countries at COP and other climate negotiations), Capacity Building (training rainforest countries to implement the technical requirements of REDD+) and Direct Finance (tools to raise more funding for rainforest countries to adopt conservation practices). CfRN is a small nonprofit that has achieved big results. With a staff of just 15 and consistent leadership from founders Kevin Conrad and Federica Bietta, CfRN managed to develop and implement a forest conservation mechanism that has achieved major emission reductions with more to come.

The Black and Missing Foundation, Inc (BAMFI) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to bring awareness to missing persons of color; provide vital resources and tools to missing person's families and friends and to educate the minority community on personal safety.
BAMFI was founded in 2008 by experts in the fields of law enforcement and public relations; two vital expertise needed to help bring awareness to and find those missing from our communities.

Civil Rights, Advocacy for Specific Groups

Our mission is to empower young women of color between the ages of 7-17 to embrace the current tech marketplace as builders and creators by introducing them to skills in computer programming and technology.

GMHC fights to end the AIDS epidemic and uplift the lives of all affected.

Nova Ukraine's mission:
1. Provide humanitarian aid to vulnerable groups and individuals in Ukraine.
2. Raise awareness about Ukraine in the United States and throughout the world.
3. Support Ukraine in its effort to build a strong civil society, to reform its educational system, and to eliminate corruption.

Environmental Defense Fund's mission is to build a vital Earth. For everyone.
By leveraging our deep expertise in science and economics, EDF delivers bold, game-changing solutions to address the biggest challenge of our time — climate change.
We work to stabilize the climate, strengthen the ability of people and nature to thrive and support people's health. Working in more than 30 countries, we focus on the areas where we can make the biggest impact. From slashing pollution from transportation around the world, to slowing the warming we're experiencing now by cutting methane pollution, to bolstering nature's own capacity to stabilize the climate.

Natural Resource Conservation and Protection

Planned Parenthood believes in the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of the individual's income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence. We believe that respect and value for diversity in all aspects of our organization are essential to our well-being. We believe that reproductive self-determination must be voluntary and preserve the individual's right to privacy. We further believe that such self-determination will contribute to an enhancement of the quality of life, strong family relationships, and population stability.
Based on these beliefs, and reflecting the diverse communities within which we operate, the mission of Planned Parenthood is:
to provide comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services in settings which preserve and protect the essential privacy and rights of each individual; to advocate public policies which guarantee these rights and ensure access to such services; to provide educational programs which enhance understanding of individual and societal implications of human sexuality; to promote research and the advancement of technology in reproductive health care and encourage understanding of their inherent bioethical, behavioral, and social implications.

OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND RECREATIONAL INTEGRITY OF THE YAMPA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, THOUGH STEWARDSHIP, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND PARTNERSHIPS.

Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management

American Rivers protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature.

To catalyze community empowerment and systemic change towards valuing Aina (Environment) and people ahead of corporate profit.

Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.

Billion Oyster Project is restoring oyster reefs to New York Harbor through public education initiatives.

Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

IEN is an alliance of grassroots Indigenous peoples whose mission it is to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination and exploitation by strengthening, maintaining and respecting Indigenous teachings and natural laws.

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Advised by Robert Hodgin

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Grant Recipients

Indigenous Environmental Network
Bemidji, MN, USA • 38-3653476

Environmental Defense Fund Inc.
New York, NY, USA • 11-6107128

Friends of the Yampa Inc
Steamboat Springs, CO, USA • 27-3657002

American Rivers, Inc.
Washington, DC, USA • 23-7305963

Billion Oyster Project
New York, NY, USA • 27-2918478

Ancient Courses FundAdvised by Robert Hodgin