Funding Opportunities : Private Funding
| Contact Information | Acorn Foundation, website |
| Deadlines | Letters of inquiry due January 15 and June 15, annually |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Eligible applicants must have 501 (c) 3 tax exempt status or a fiscal sponsor who does. The Acorn Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to advancing community-based organizations working for environmental conservation, sustainability and environmental justice. To be eligible for support from the Acorn Foundation, organizations must meet all or most of the following criteria: * Is your organization based in and working in a low and moderate-income community? * Is your organization engaged in community, neighborhood, and/or workplace organizing? * Does your organization have limited access to corporate, government, or mainstream sources of funding? * Does your organization have an annual budget under $400,000? Colorado Projects: San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, $7,000 A renewal grant to protect and restore the biological diversity and natural resources in the Upper Rio Grande bio-region while balancing ecological values and human needs. Western Slope Environmental Resource Council, $10,000 A renewal grant to protect and restore the environment and quality of life in Delta County and Colorado's Western Slope, and to address the environmental and social impacts of coal development. |
| Contact Information | Andrus Family Fund, Website
330 Madison Avenue, Suite 30
Contact: Jill Williams |
| Deadlines | No deadline. Requests are reviewed quarterly. |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Nonprofit organizations
The Andrus Family Fund (AFF) seeks to respect traditional philanthropic values while exploring new perspectives and innovative models for giving.
The AFF explores the power of the transition model as it applies broadly to the area of social change. Transition is fundamentally different from change. Where change is external and situational, transition is the internal process of how one responds to the change. AFF believes that change efforts will have a better chance for success if framed with transition processes in mind. |
| Contact Information | Arthur B. Schultz Foundation, Website
620 Table Rock West Road |
| Deadlines | Submit Letter of Interest by email. Letters of Interest accepted at any time. Successful applicants will be invited to submit full proposal. See website for Letter of Interest and proposal guidelines. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations
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| Contact Information | BoatU.S. Foundation Clean Water Grants Program, Website
Annapolis, Maryland Office
Primary Contact: Susan Shingledecker |
| Deadlines | Applications for 2009 will be available in late fall 2008. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirement: organization must be volunteer and non-profit.
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| Contact Information | Boeing Charitable Contributions, Website
100 North Riverside
Primary Contact: DeForest Hamilton |
| Deadlines | Deadline: June 30
Application Process: All applications must be submitted electronically. To begin the application process, visit the Boeing website:
1. Take the eligibility quiz.
Inquiries and correspondence should occur with the applicant's regional or state Boeing office. For individual office addresses and phone numbers check the website. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Organizations must be an IRS 501 (c)(3) qualified charitable or educational organization, or an accredited K-12 educational institution.
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| Contact Information | Bohemian Foundation, Website
103 W. Mountain Ave.
Primary Contact: Rebecca (Kosch) Fulkerson, Grants Administrator |
| Deadlines | Deadlines: Applications were due by 5 p.m. on February 7, 2008. Grants are considered two times per year.
Application Process: In order to be considered, all applicants must complete and remit the cover sheet, signature page, application, and required attachments to the Bohemian Foundation. See website for application form. Applications should NOT be emailed. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations
Recent Grantee: Community Resource Center, Denver, CO |
| Contact Information | Bridgestone Firestone Trust Fund, Website |
| Deadlines | Visit the local company headquarters any time throughout the year.
Interested applicants should submit a letter directly to the nearest Bridgestone Firestone facility with a trust fund allocation. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and schools, and government agencies
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| Contact Information | Center for Invasive Plant Management, Website
Montana State University
Primary Contact: Janet Clark, CIPM Director
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| Deadlines | The Center for Invasive Plant Management will not offer CWMA grants in 2007. We hope that the CWMA Grants program will resume in future years. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: * Applicants must be actively involved in establishing or enhancing a cooperative weed management area in the western U.S. * Overhead is limited to 10 percent of the total grant. * Grantees may request up to 80 percent of the grant immediately (the final 20 percent will be awarded upon receipt of a final report within 12 months of the grant award). The Center for Invasive Plant Management (CIPM) promotes the ecological management of invasive plants in the West through education. It accomplishes this by facilitating collaboration among researchers, educators, and land managers, and by funding research projects and weed management areas. |
| Contact Information | Christensen Fund, Website
394 University Avenue
Primary Contact: Ms. Beth Woolbright, Grants Specialist |
| Deadlines | Application Deadlines: March 31 and August 31, annually Interested applicants should submit an online inquiry prior to a formal proposal. Visit the website for details. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations and government agencies
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| Contact Information | Colorado Tree Coalition Grant Program, Website
Colorado Tree Coalition
Contact: Keith Wood, Colorado State Forest Service- Denver
Contact: Vince Urbina, Colorado State Forest Service- Grand Junction
Contact: David Flaig, CTC Grants Committee- Littleton |
| Deadlines | Application Distribution: November 2007
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| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Non-profits
Mission: The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County exists to improve the quality of life in Boulder County, now and forever, and to build a culture of giving. From our assets, the foundation makes grants to nonprofit groups working in the arts, civic engagement, education, the environment, and health and human services. |
| Contact Information | Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, Website
1123 Spruce Street
Primary Contact: Ms. Leah Sullivan, Grants Administrator
Additional Contact Information: |
| Deadlines | September 30, 2008 - Concept Letters Due
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| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Non-profits
Mission: The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County exists to improve the quality of life in Boulder County, now and forever, and to build a culture of giving. From our assets, the foundation makes grants to nonprofit groups working in the arts, civic engagement, education, the environment, and health and human services. |
| Contact Information | Compton Foundation Environment and Sustainability, Website
Contact: Edith T. Eddy, Executive Director |
| Deadlines | March 7 and September 7: review of grant applications.
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| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Nonprofit organizations
The Foundation prioritizes projects in the following order:
Priority is given to projects that: |
| Contact Information | Conservation Alliance, Website
P.O. Box 1275
Contact: John Sterling, Executive Director |
| Deadlines | Summer Cycle: Nominations due May 1 Proposals due June 10 Grants announced early October Winter Cycle: |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: The Alliance makes grants to registered 501(c)(3) organizations
The Conservation Alliance seeks to protect threatened wild places throughout North America for their habitat and recreational values. As a group of outdoor industry companies, the Alliance recognizes their responsibility to help protect the wild lands and waterways on which their customers recreate and wildlife thrives. No general operations or payroll.
** To be considered for a grant, a non-profit must first contact a business partner, listed on their website. The nomination has a due date, as well as the proposals. |
| Contact Information | David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Conservation and Science Program, Website
300 Second Street
Primary Contact: Ms. Carol S. Larson, President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Deadlines | Submit Letter of Inquiry. Applicants are encouraged to use online Letter of Interest form. Successful applicants will be invited to submit full proposal.
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| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: charitable, educational, or scientific purposes, primarily from tax-exempt, charitable organizations. Does not provide funding for projects that benefit specific individuals or that serve religious purposes.
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| Contact Information | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Website
650 Fifth Avenue
Primary Contact: Ms. Joan Spero, President |
| Deadlines | Although unsolicited proposals are not being considered at this time, inquiries about future support for projects that fall within the Environment Program’s initiatives can be submitted through a two-page letter of inquiry. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations
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| Contact Information | Earth Friends Wildlife Foundation, Website
P.O. Box 11217 |
| Deadlines | All proposals are accepted by invitation only. If you would like to present your organization to us, you may contact us by email lee@earthfriends.com to meet over lunch or dinner in Arizona (Nov. through April) or Wyoming (May through October). |
| Comments | Eligibility: Conservation & Wildlife groups
To learn how to work with Earth Friends visit: http://www.earthfriends.com/ef_work_with_us.htm |
| Contact Information | Firedoll Foundation Environmental Conservation, Website
1460 Maria Lane Suite 420
Contact: Neil Sims, Program Officer |
| Deadlines | October 1, 2008- December 31, 2008: Submit Letters of Interest (LOI) for next fiscal year (Jan-Dec, 2009). Any LOIs received before these dates will be returned. No grant applications will be accepted. |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Nonprofit organizations
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| Contact Information | FishAmerica Foundation Conservation Grants, Website
225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 420
Primary Contact: Ms. Johanna Laderman, Executive Director |
| Deadlines | There is no deadline. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations and government agencies
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| Contact Information | Freeport-McMoRan Charitable Giving Program, Website
One North Central Avenue
Send proposals via mail to: |
| Deadlines | August 1: Deadline to submit proposals for consideration * December 15: Notification * January 1-December 31 (following year): Grant awards made |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations
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| Contact Information | Gates Family Foundation, Website
3575 Cherry Creek North Drive
Phone: 303-722-1881
Primary Contact: Mr. C. Thomas Kaesemeyer, Executive Director |
| Deadlines | January 15, April 1, July 1, and October 1, annually; application found online. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations
Funding examples include: |
| Contact Information | Greenlee Family Foundation, Website
2060 Broadway
Primary Contact: Rob Greenlee, Executive Director |
| Deadlines | No deadline The Greenlee Family Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals. To be considered for a grant, you must first submit a one-page letter of inquiry.
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| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations
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| Contact Information | Harder Foundation, Website
401 Broadway, Suite 303
Contact: Mary G. Martin, Office Manager |
| Deadlines | Sept. 19th, 2008: Invited proposals.
(The 2009 deadlines will be available in the spring.)
Note: No proposals are accepted before March 15 of each year.
Contact with staff required to receive an invitation for a proposal. |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Nonprofit organizations
Priorities include state or regional projects and campaigns aimed at winning long-term protections for undeveloped ecosystems that are facing immediate and concrete threats or that have the potential to sustain species in the face of climate change.
Grant types: Project grants ($1,000-$35,000) General Support grants ($5,000-$35,000) Emergency/ opportunity grants (less than $5,000, given after March 15ht each year on a need-basis) |
| Contact Information | Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation, Website
650 Fifth Avenue
Contact: Jim Murtaugh, Program Director |
| Deadlines | None |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Nonprofit organizations
The Foundation is actively involved with conservation in areas of the Western US largely dependent upon extractive industries and agriculture. The Foundation encourages local initiatives addressing the problems of diminishing natural resources, technological change, and job loss. It emphasizes conservation through cooperation, persuasion, and the development of sustainable economic alternatives to resource depletion. |
| Contact Information |
Maki Foundation, Website
421D A.A.B.C.
Contact: Patricia A. Humphry |
| Deadlines | May 1, annually. |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Nonprofit organizations
Types of support include:
The Foundation does not consider requests for the acquisition or construction of community recreation facilities, buildings, municipal parks, reservoirs, or similar projects. |
| Contact Information |
Max and Anna Levinson Foundation, Website
P.O. Box 6309
Contact: Charlotte Talberth, Executive Director |
| Deadlines | Applications are due April 1, annually. Grants are given out in July. |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Nonprofit organizations
The Foundation encourages projects that pursue their goals either by developing concrete alternatives to the status quo or by responsibly modifying existing systems, institutions, conditions, and attitudes which block promising innovation. Colorado Projects: |
| Contact Information |
Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation, Website 655 Third Ave. |
| Deadlines | Requests for funding are accepted all year long. However, all grants are subject to approval at the annual board meeting, which is held every autumn. To be considered for approval, it is advisable to submit a request for funding no later than March of each year. |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Mitsubishi International Corporation Foundation only makes direct grants and donations to 501(c) (3) non-profit organizations.
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| Contact Information | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, Website
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Branch of Habitat Restoration,
Phone: 703-358-2201 |
| Deadlines | No application deadline. Funds are available year-round . |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Any privately-owned land is potentially eligible for restoration. Most applicants are individual private landowners. For purposes of this program, "privately-owned" means land not owned by a State or the Federal Government.
National priority ranking factors for the Partners Program are used to assign funding priority status to proposed projects that meet these conditions:
* Improve habitat for Federal Trust Species, including migratory birds; threatened and endangered species; inter-jurisdictional fish; marine mammals; and, other declining species. |
| Contact Information | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ConocoPhilips SPIRIT of Conservation Migratory Bird Program, Website
1120 Connecticut Ave, N.W. Suite 900
Contact: Peter Stangel
Contact: Suzanne Sessine |
| Deadlines | Preproposal Date: 09/01/2008
Notification Date: 04/30/2009 |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Non-profits, government agencies, and others may apply for these funds using the Foundation's electronic application process.
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| Contact Information | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Keystone Initiative Grants: Bird Conservation, Website
806 SW Broadway, Suite 750
Western Partnership Office
For additional information on the Bird Conservation Initiative or to discuss potential projects, please contact Dan Petit at daniel.petit@nfwf.org. |
| Deadlines | Two decision cycles per year. Project pre-proposals are accepted throughout the year and slated for review and action within the following cycles:
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| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Awards are made on a competitive basis to eligible grant recipients, including federal, tribal, state, and local governments, educational institutions, and non-profit conservation organizations. Project proposals are received on a year-round, revolving basis with two decision cycles per year.
A subset of 10-15 declining or imperiled species or suites of species will be targeted for focused investments. The preliminary list of priority species includes the sage grouse (greater and Gunnison). A full list of priority species can be found on the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation website. |
| Contact Information | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Keystone Initiative Grants: Fish Conservation, Website
806 SW Broadway, Suite 750
Western Partnership Office
For additional information on the Freshwater Fish Conservation Initiative or to discuss potential projects, please contact Krystyna Wolniakowski at krystyna.wolniakowski@nfwf.org. |
| Deadlines | Two decision cycles per year. Project pre-proposals are accepted throughout the year and slated for review and action within the following cycles:
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| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Awards are made on a competitive basis to eligible grant recipients, including federal, tribal, state, and local governments, educational institutions, and non-profit conservation organizations. Project proposals are received on a year-round, revolving basis with two decision cycles per year.
* Developing regional "Fish Habitat Partnerships"; around flagship fish species or habitats consistent with the objectives identified through the National Fish Habitat Action Plan. Visit www.fishhabitat.org for a list of current Fish Habitat Partnerships. |
| Contact Information | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Keystone Initiative Grants: Wildlife and Habitat Conservation, Website
Western Partnership Office
For additional information on the Wildlife & Habitat Conservation Initiative or to discuss potential projects, please contact Tim Male at timothy.male@nfwf.org. |
| Deadlines | Two decision cycles per year. Project pre-proposals are accepted throughout the year and slated for review and action within the following cycles:
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| Comments | Eligibility requirements: Awards are made on a competitive basis to eligible grant recipients, including federal, tribal, state, and local governments, educational institutions, and non-profit conservation organizations. Project proposals are received on a year-round, revolving basis with two decision cycles per year.
* Development and implementation of conservation plans or strategies that contribute to targeted landscape-scale habitat objectives, in particular on or around federal lands or other conserved lands; investments will support land conservation and stewardship activities within these landscapes to achieve targeted habitat objectives |
| Contact Information | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation National Wildlife Refuge Friends Group Grant Program, Website
Contact: Ellen Gabel |
| Deadlines | Full Proposal Date: 06/02/2008 Notification Date: 09/01/2008 |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: non-profit organizations or organizations that have applied for non-profit status, including refuge Friends organizations, Cooperative and Interpretive Associations, Audubon Chapters and other citizen support organizations interested in assisting a National Wildlife Refuge or group of refuges and the Refuge System as a whole.
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| Contact Information | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Native Plant Conservation Initiative, Website
Contact: Ellen Gabel |
| Deadlines | Native Plant Conservation Initiative is in the process of refining the goals and focus of the program. Due to this strategic planning, new proposals will not be solicited for funding in 2008. An announcement will be made once the planning process and new RFP are completed. |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: community/watershed groups, nonprofit groups, educational institutions, conservation districts, local governments, state/territorial agencies, tribal agencies and federal agencies |
| Contact Information | National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Pulling Together Initiative, Website
Contact: Ellen Gabel |
| Deadlines | Preproposal Date: 10/26/2007 Full Proposal Date: 01/11/2008 Notification Date: 05/16/2008 |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: community/watershed groups, nonprofit groups , educational institutions, private landowners, conservation districts, local governments, state/territorial agencies, tribal agencies , and federal agencies
The most successful PTI projects typically: |
| Contact Information | National Forest Foundation Community Assistance Program, Website
Building 27, Suite 3
Primary Contact: Mr. Adam Liljeblad, Director, Conservation Awards
Secondary Contact: Mary Mitsos, Vice President -- Community Conservation |
| Deadlines | Proposals are reviewed every 2 months. Applications are available on the website. Only hardcopy applications are accepted. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Newly forming or significantly reorganizing collaborative community-based nonprofits or unincorporated groups, Engaged in a collaborative process; Seeking to build local ecological, social and economic sustainability, Based in the community in which the collaboration is taking place and be legitimate stakeholders in the collaborative process; Working to develop solutions for sustainable management or restoration on and around National Forests and Grasslands that lead to on-the-ground work; specific issues should be related to community-based forest stewardship, recreation, watershed restoration, and/or wildlife habitat; Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) or utilize a fiscal sponsor organization with that designation.
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| Contact Information | National Forest Foundation Matching Awards Program, Website
Building 27, Suite 3
Primary Contact: Mr. Adam Liljeblad, Director - Conservation Awards |
| Deadlines | Deadlines for the 2008 Matching Awards Program are as follows: Round 1: Friday, December 14, 2007 Round 2: Friday, June 6, 2008
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| Comments | The NFF Matching Awards Program provides challenge cost-share awards, on a competitive basis, to community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, to engage in on-the-ground conservation initiatives benefiting National Forests and Grasslands. The Matching Awards Program is unique in that it effectively doubles the money available to forest conservation projects by adding federal funds to private, non-federal matching dollars. Project funding is for one year, with two award decision cycles per year. If awarded, project activities must be complete and all NFF and matching funding requested and fully expended by the end of the one-year award cycle.
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| Contact Information | National Forest Foundation Wilderness Stewardship Challenge, Website
Building 27, Suite 3
Primary Contact: Mr. Adam Liljeblad, Director, Conservation Awards |
| Deadlines | Deadline: Friday, February 8, 2008
RFP and application forms available on the website. |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and Native American tribes
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| Contact Information | Nature of Learning Grants Program, Website |
| Deadlines | Applications are due June 16, 2008 |
| Comments | Eligibility requirements: community/watershed groups, nonprofit groups , and educational institutions
* Programs must promote an understanding of local conservation issues, improve scientific literacy, and conform to appropriate academic standards of learning. |
| Contact Information | Patagonia Environmental Grant Program, Website
P.O. Box 150 |
| Deadlines | Deadline: If applying to Patagonia directly, online Application are due in April and August, annually
Submit a proposal directly to a store any time throughout the year |
| Comments | Eligibility Requirements: Nonprofit environmental organizations
Patagonia primarily small grassroots organizations working to protect local habitat. The company's philosophy is that the individual battles to protect a specific stand of forest, stretch of river, or indigenous wild species are the most effective in raising more complicated issues – particularly those of biodiversity and ecosystem protection – in the public mind.
Types of funding provided include: general support; project support; seed money; project planning; capacity building; and technical assistance. |
| Contact Information | RBC Blue Water Project Grant Program, Website
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