Headquartered in Brattleboro, VT, SEA was founded for the purpose of furthering the understanding and utilization of solar energy in New England. Funding was provided for operating expenses and publication of a brochure intended to meet the needs for general information on solar energy applications.

The foundation made a pledge of a grant toward a project intended to protect the flora of the Northeast by encouraging the commercial production of rare native plants, which are endangered by collection in the wild.

Grant towards the printing of a report on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement of the Clean Water Act in EPA region II, which includes New Jersey and New York

Contribution toward a fund drive to acquire a 1,500 acre addition to Finca La Selva a biological research station in the Atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica.