The Mary A. Crocker Trust is dedicated to empowering education as a key to opening opportunities. It supports a range of programs aimed at fostering academic excellence and instilling a lifelong passion for learning, with a particular focus on pre-collegiate initiatives. The Trust also emphasizes environmental conservation and education, funding projects that aim to make a positive impact on the Bay Area’s natural landscape and promote sustainable practices.
The grant program by the Mary A. Crocker Trust focuses on two main areas: Education and Environment. In education, it seeks to fund innovative pre-collegiate programs that address educational challenges and promote academic excellence and a love for learning in the Bay Area. For the environment, the Trust supports locally-based projects that offer creative and effective solutions to issues like waste management, recycling, water quality, land use, sustainable agriculture, and forestry. Additionally, it funds environmental education efforts that aim to increase awareness and stewardship of the Bay Area’s natural resources among both children and adults.
Due to the Trust's deep connections to San Francisco and its history of backing pioneering, enterprising initiatives, organizations that were established and are located in the Bay Area will be prioritized.