Jason Morris brings decades of experience in the environmental movement to his role leading grantmaking for the foundation’s environmental portfolio. Jason joined the Pisces Foundation in 2015, and served as Senior Program Officer, Environmental Education for nine years before taking on the expanded role of Environment Lead. In this position, Jason focuses on the collaborations and capacity necessary to strengthen the environmental movement.

Jason has a deep background in movement building and collaborative action for change. He is the co-founder of ChangeScale, a collaborative of leading academics, funders, practitioners, and thought leaders working together to build and strengthen the field of environmental education. Jason served for 6 years as board chair of Blue Sky Funders Forum, a national collaborative to learn, connect, and grow philanthropy that supports the many benefits of environmental learning and equitable access to the outdoors.

Jason’s career in the environmental movement has taken him from the Navajo Reservation in Utah to the San Francisco Bay to national parks across the country, where he led the design and delivery of high-quality, research-based programs serving hundreds of thousands of young people. Before joining the foundation, Jason served as executive vice president at NatureBridge, which provides hands-on environmental education programs in National Parks across the country.

Jason holds an M.A. in nonprofit administration from the University of San Francisco and a B.A. in anthropology from Fort Lewis College. He has served on the boards of UC Berkeley’s Institute for Parks, Biodiversity, and People; the Freight and Salvage Music Hall; and the North American Association of Environmental Education. Jason enjoys outdoor adventures with family and friends, fly-fishing, and live music.