Program Priorities

California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (CLCV Ed Fund) is a nonpartisan 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to improving the quality of the environment for all Californians. Our programs elevate the importance of environmental issues by educating Californians and involving them in the democratic process. In addition, we build the capacity of environmental organizations by developing and providing tools and resources to help them more effectively protect the environment.

Our ongoing priorities are as follows:

Opinion Polling and Research

opinion polling and research

CLCV Ed Fund conducts opinion polling and research to produce data to strengthen and sharpen the advocacy and outreach efforts of the environmental community. The data enables organizations to develop audience-specific messages, provide targeted services and strengthen mobilization efforts. CLCV Ed Fund research findings are also disseminated to policymakers, corporate leaders, and philanthropic leaders for use in creating programs and policies that address environmental concerns.

CLCV Ed Fund is initiating two polls:

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Green California

Green California

Green California successfully brings together a broad range of California’s environmental advocacy community to work together to achieve our vision of a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable California.

Green California supports the environmental movement by developing and providing tools and resources that focus the collective strength of our community in support of policies that will bring us closer to our vision. Green California participants actively work to educate and inform our members, the public, and decision makers to help facilitate the enactment of large-scale policy change that addresses significant issues, such as global warming, environmental budget priorities, and other issues of community concern.

CLCV Ed Fund works with Green California participants, consisting of over 50 organizations from around the state, to advance a strong environmental policy agenda, by:

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Civic Engagement

civic engagement

Residents in local communities play a critical role in advancing environmental changes through the democratic process. Unfortunately, many residents ignore civic affairs. To engage these residents and inform our efforts, CLCV Ed Fund will utilize the findings from the opinion polling and research – which will provide a powerful message development tool – to develop civic engagement programs in these communities. We will identify and communicate with potential supporters, partner with local organizations, implement outreach and education strategies, register citizens to vote, and involve them in the democratic process. For example, in 2000, using the results of our groundbreaking Latino environmental polls, we registered Latinos to vote, mobilized the Latino community to participate in civic affairs and advocate for seminal environmental health bills that were signed into law, and involved their communities in policy discussions and decisions, which led to their needs being incorporated in policies.

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List Enhancement Program

A list enhancement project takes the membership of participating organizations, matches them with the public state voter file and returns the lists to the groups “enhanced” with new data, including member age, gender, phone number, congressional and state legislative districts, county, voting precinct, how many other participating organizations they belong to, and frequency of voting.

Using this data, participating organizations will be able to increase the effectiveness of their organizing strategy, activist and volunteer recruitment, voter education, and fundraising programs, among others.

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For More Information:

, Assistant Executive Director
6310 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 425, Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 939-6790 x 404

© 2009 California League of Conservation Voters Education Fund.

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