Recent Grants

ACF Grantee Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council sponsors a back haul program to remove junked vehicles from along the Yukon River

Grants awarded from May 2007 through May 2008

Achievement Awards
(Made on behalf of the recipients of the Conservation Achievement Awards)

Alaska Conservation Voters (Anchorage), $500
Partial proceeds from 2007 Lowell Thomas, Jr. Award for Outstanding Civil Service, designated by Vic Fischer

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (Anchorage), $1,000
Proceeds from 2007 Olaus Murie Award for Outstanding Professional Contributions, designated by Buck Lindekugel

Anchorage Parks Foundation (Anchorage), $500
Partial proceeds from 2007 Lowell Thomas, Jr. Award for Outstanding Civil Service, designated by Vic Fischer

Carl Battreall, $1,000
Proceeds from 2007 Daniel Housberg Wilderness Image Award for Excellence in Still Photography

Denali Education Center (Denali Park), $1,000
Proceeds from 2007 Celia Hunter Award, designated by Nancy Bale

Duane Gill, $500
Proceeds from 2007 Jerry Dixon Award for Excellence in Environmental Education

Cheryl Lockwood, $1,000
Proceeds from 2007 Denny Wilcher Award for Young Environmental Activists

Rapid Response Fund
(Unforeseen, urgent threats and opportunities of statewide/national significance)

Alaska Conservation Alliance (Anchorage), $15,000
Public Opinion Research on behalf of the Alaska Coal Working Group

Alaska Public Interest Research Group (Anchorage), $8,000
Alaska Clean Elections Campaign

Anchorage Marine Conservation Council (Anchorage), $5,053
Bering Sea Elders Subsistence Working Group

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Washington, DC), $15,000
Whistleblowers for polar bears/Chukchi lease sale

Restricted Grants
(Donor-directed or donor-advised grants)

Alaska Center for the Environment (Anchorage), $5,000
Alaska Coal Working Group organizing in Mat-Su Valley

Alaska Center for the Environment (Anchorage), $3,000
Utility board organizing

Alaska Community Action on Toxics (Anchorage), $10,000
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Legacy Project

Alaska Conservation Alliance (Anchorage), $25,000
Operating support

Alaska Conservation Alliance (Anchorage), $3,500
Utility board outreach

Alaska Conservation Solutions (Anchorage), $5,000
Climate work in Alaska

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (Anchorage), $12,500
Alaska Citizens for the Chugach meeting

Cook Inletkeeper (Homer), $7,500
Alaska Coal Working Group

Cook Inletkeeper (Homer), $5,000
Coal workshops

Discovery Southeast (Juneau), $2,600
Support from the Leghorn Endowment

Kachemak Resource Institute (Homer), $5,000
Jay Hammond Refuge

National Wildlife Federation (Anchorage), $12,500
Railbelt energy planning

Sitka Conservation Society (Sitka), $2,000
Ground-Truthing Project

Sitka Conservation Society (Sitka), $2,700
Rockfish workshop

Trustees for Alaska (Anchorage), $5,710
Alaska Coal Working Group

Strategies for Alaska’s Future
(Grants in support of a program focused on progressive conservation legislation)

Alaska Center for the Environment (Anchorage), $22,500
Strategies for Alaska’s Future organizer

Alaska Conservation Alliance (Anchorage), $25,000
Strategies for Alaska’s Future organizer

Nothern Alaska Environmental Center (Fairbanks), $22,500
Strategies for Alaska’s Future coordinator

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (Juneau), $7,500
Strategies for Alaska’s Future organizer

Small Grants
(Grants for under $2,500 awarded by staff)

Alaska Bird Observatory (Fairbanks), $2,500
Continuing education course for Fairbanks K-8 teachers

Alaska Center for the Environment (Anchorage), $2,500
Mat-Su Takings Initiative

Alaska Center for the Environment (Anchorage), $2,500
Mat-Su Timber Defense Campaign

Alaska Center for the Environment (Anchorage), $500
Alaska Citizens for the Chugach meeting

Alaska Center for the Environment (Anchorage), $1,000
Trailside Discovery Invest in Youth

Alaska Community Action on Toxics (Anchorage), $500
Women’s Health and the Environment Conference

Alaska Conservation Alliance (Anchorage), $450
Outreach to Alaska Native conservation efforts

Alaska Conservation Alliance (Anchorage), $500
Participation in the Resource Development Council annual meeting

Alaska Interfaith Power and Light (Wasilla), $1,500
Steering Committee meeting

Alaska Public Interest Research Group (Anchorage), $2,500
Support of Alaskans for Clean Elections

Alaska Public Interest Research Group (Anchorage), $1,700
Public Transportation Outreach and Research

Alaska Marine Conservation Council (Anchorage), $2,500
Bering Sea Elders Subsistence Working Group, second meeting

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (Anchorage), $1,500
Power Shift Gathering in Washington, DC

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (Anchorage), $2,500
Youth legislative organizer

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (Anchorage), $1,000
Alaska Urban League Youth Civic Engagement Collaboration

Alaskans for Responsible Mining (Anchorage), $2,500
Alaska Native Village Mining Forum

Anchorage Waterways Council (Anchorage), $900
EPA Water Quality Standards Academy

Cascadia Wildlands Project (Eugene, OR), $500
Copper River Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Contingency Plan hearings

Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges (Homer), $2,500
Outreach to Protect Izembek National Wildlife Refuge

Friends of Mat-Su (Palmer), $1,000
Board retreat facilitation to address expanding organizational capacity

Gwich’in Steering Committee (Fairbanks), $700
Participation at Alaska Inter-Tribal Council Annual Conference

ICLEI (Oakland, CA), $1,500
Participation in ICLEI Summit

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust (Homer), $800
Upgrade membership database

Northern Alaska Environmental Center (Fairbanks), $750
Support to attend Western Organization of Resource Councils Community Organizing Training

Northern Alaska Environmental Center (Fairbanks), $300
Travel to Alaskans for Responsible Mining annual meeting

Pacific Environment (San Francisco, CA), $1,400
North Aleutian Basin Energy -- Fisheries Meeting

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (Juneau), $1,500
Bpard retreat

Valley Community for Recycling Solutions (Wasilla), $1,000
Recycling feasibility study

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Chugiak), $1,000
The Consequences of Mining forum

Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment (Copper Center), $1,400
Environmental education in the Copper Valley

Watchable Wildlife Conservation Trust
(Grants that promote the non-consumptive use of wildlife)

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Inc. (Homer), $1,300
Guide to Marine Mammal Viewing from Land

Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program (Juneau), $7,000
Angling in Bear Country outreach

Willard L. Bowman Elementary School (Anchorage), $4,000
Tanglewood Park boardwalk

Operating Support
(Operating support for in-state, Alaska-based conservation organizations focused on effective conservation advocacy)

Alaska Center for the Environment (Anchorage), $11,000

Alaska Community Action on Toxics (Anchorage), $10,000

Alaska Conservation Alliance (Anchorage), $12,000

Alaska Conservation Voters (Anchorage), $15,000

Alaska Marine Conservation Council (Anchorage), $15,000

Alaskans for Responsible Mining (Anchorage), $10,000

Anchorage Citizens’ Coalition (Anchorage), $5,000

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies (Homer), $5,000

Cook Inletkeeper (Homer), $15,000

Copper River Watershed Project (Cordova), $7,500

Denali Citizens’ Council (Denali Park), $9,000

Friends of Mat-Su (Palmer), $14,000

Gwich’in Steering Committee (Fairbanks), $11,000

Lynn Canal Conservation (Haines), $7,000

Northern Alaska Environmental Center (Fairbanks), $10,500

Renewable Energy Alaska Project (Anchorage), $6,000

Sitka Conservation Society (Sitka), $7,000

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (Juneau), $10,000

Trustees for Alaska (Anchorage), $15,000

Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (Fairbanks), $5,000

Alaska Rainforest Campaign Fund

Natural Resources Defense Council
$10,000 – San Francisco, CA
Southeast Alaska Markets Working Group

Resource Media
$40,000 – San Francisco, CA
Tongass Media Work

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
$30,000 – Juneau, AK
Tongass visitor outreach coordinator

Dick Erman Endowment Fund

Alaska Conservation Voters
$1,035 – Anchorage, AK
Proceeds of the Erman Endowment

Conservation Internships

Alaska Community Action on Toxics
$4,542 – Anchorage, AK
Jessica Nu

Alaska Conservation Alliance
$4,665 – Anchorage, AK
Allison Harvey

Alaska Marine Conservation Council
$4,632 – Anchorage, AK
Sara Friberg

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action
$4,000 – Anchorage, AK
Anna Barnwell

Anchorage Waterways Council
$4,863 – Anchorage, AK
Brita Mjos

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, Inc.
$4,762 – Homer, AK
Molly Woodring

Cook Inletkeeper (Alaska Coal Working Group)
$4,766 – Homer, AK
Erik Strong

Cook Inletkeeper
$4,775 – Homer, AK
Natalia Woodward

Discovery Southeast
$5,009 – Juneau, AK
Kelly Nichols

Friends of Mat-Su
$4,000 – Palmer, AK
Margaret Adsit

Glacier Bay National Park
$4,000 – Gustavus, AK
Sarah Kindschuh

Green Star (Renewable Energy Alaska Project)
$4,793 – Anchorage, AK
David Eisenhauer

Juneau Watershed Partnership
$1,000 – Juneau, AK
Ashley McCormack

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust
$4,000 – Homer, AK
Patrick Dryer

Northern Alaska Environmental Center
$4,000 – Fairbanks, AK
Megan Rawson

Sitka Conservation Society
$4,000 – Sitka, AK
Rebecca Hartwell

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council (Alaska Transportation Priorities Project)
$4,734 – Juneau, AK
Winnie Chang

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
$5,205 – Juneau, AK
Jessica Schott

Takshanuk Watershed Council
$1,000 – Haines, AK
Nicole McClure

Jeanne S. Williams Anadromous Fish Protection Endowment Fund

Alaska Interfaith Power and Light
$1,000 – Wasilla, AK
Global warming work

Alaska Municipal League
$1,000 – Anchorage, AK
Local Government Climate Change Conference

Alaska Youth for Environmental Action
$500 – Anchorage, AK
AYEA 10th anniversary celebration

For our past grants, please review our Annual Reports.