The Shalan Foundation, based in San Francisco, California, was founded in 1973 and closed in 1993. It provided grants to promote environmental balance and economic justice, sustainable development and democracy, participatory planning and healthy communities. Grants were made in the areas of economic planning, resource management, and citizen participation, with particular interest given to sustainable agriculture and forestry, and toxics reduction.
The Shalan Foundation Records, 1973-1992, include mission statements, policy documents, speeches, pamphlets, statistics, economic material, campaign material, revenue and expense statements, reports, clippings, and grant, administration, and financial files. The collection pertains to both the day-to-day functioning and administration of the Foundation, and to individual projects and grants undertaken by the Foundation. Items of note include materials pertaining to the California Project, 1982-1991, grants for the Pacific News Service, the Women’s Economic Agenda Project, the Seattle Workers Center, and the Environmental Health Coalition.
This collection is open for research use.
These records are stored remotely. Advance notice required for retrieval. Contact repository for retrieval.
Shalan Foundation Records, 1973-1992, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s