Grants included support to: Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) for initiatives in Kentucky and Central Appalachia that will reduce emissions, create jobs, and bring the benefits of energy efficiency and the green economy to low-income and underserved communities; Minority and Women Educational Labor Agency to strengthen the capacity of the Sheltered Bond program which increases women and minority entrepreneurs' ability to access capital needed to grow their construction trades businesses; and Americans for the Arts for a Web-based resource being developed by Animating Democracy to create an online registry of high-quality projects, artists, and organizations engaged in arts for social change, enabling users to connect to other practitioners doing this work.