Community Environmental Advocates Foundation (CEAF) is an all‑volunteer, community‑based environmental nonprofit in Nevada County, California. The group organizes grassroots education, local advocacy, and public participation around land use, natural resource protection, and public health concerns—notably campaigning against proposed reopenings of contaminated mine sites and advocating for responsible development that protects air, water, open space and rural character.
Local land use and zoning oversight, pollution abatement and mine remediation, water and air quality protection, environmental health and public safety, conservation of open space and habitat, community engagement in planning processes, support for equitable/affordable housing within sustainable development contexts
Small grants and regranting funds from private foundations and environmental funders, occasional individual donations and community fundraising; documented grant support from regional environmental grantmakers and pooled grassroots funds
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment, Patagonia.org (grantmaker), The Sierra Fund
501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation (all‑volunteer grassroots organization)
