Alaska Conservation Foundation awarded 93 grants totaling over $2.1 million in fiscal year 2016* to support efforts across Alaska.
Alaska Engagement Partnership Grants
Alaska Conservation Foundation supports the Alaska Engagement Partnership, a collaborative effort to build political power for conservation in Alaska with a special focus on changing systems to benefit salmon habitat. Grants were awarded totaling $80,000 to:
- Alaska Center for the Environment $20,000
Anchorage, AK
Support for participation in the Alaska Engagement Partnership - Alaska Center for the Environment $10,000
Anchorage, AK
Support for rebranding - Alaska Conservation Voters $50,000
Anchorage, AK
Support for participation in the Alaska Engagement Partnership
Alaska Native Fund Grants
ACF supports Alaska Native organizations seeking to address the environmental issues facing their communities including food security in a changing climate and the need for alternative energy solutions. Grants were awarded totaling $236,000 to:
- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $5,000
Anchorage, AK
Support for Alaska Plants as Food and Medicine Symposium to promote traditional plant knowledge and harvesting - Alaska Native Village Corporation Association $20,000
Anchorage, AK
Support for legal analysis and inventory of contaminated tribal lands - Aleut International Association $20,000
Anchorage, AK
Support for community-based data collection to monitor climate change - Bering Sea Elders Group $18,000
Anchorage, AK
Support for efforts to develop marine policy that will benefit future generations in the Northern Bering Sea - Chickaloon Native Village $14,000
Chickaloon, AK
Support for cultural activities that foster environmental education and stewardship - Gwich’in Steering Committee $15,000
Fairbanks, AK
Support for Gwich’in Gathering in Arctic Village to address how climate change is affecting food security - Haa Aani’ Community Development Fund, Inc. $17,000
Juneau, AK
Support for business training workshop focused on sustainable economic opportunities in Southeast Alaska - Native Village of Chuathbuluk $20,000
Chuathbuluk, AK
Support for participation in Environmental Impact Statement process related to gold and natural gas development on the Kuskokwim River - Native Village of Port Heiden $20,000
Port Heiden, AK
Support for efforts to increase food security and access to traditional foods - Nondalton Tribal Council $20,000
Nondalton, AK
Support for culture camp for local students to learn Indigenous Knowledge and environmental stewardship - Nulato Tribe $20,000
Nulato, AK
Support for addressing food security and the integration of Indigenous Knowledge into the science and management of Arctic salmon - Organized Village of Kasaan $7,000
Kasaan, AK
Support for a traditional community garden project - Tanana Chiefs Conference $20,000
Fairbanks, AK
Support to ensure active participation in natural resource management meetings impacting tribal lands - United Tribal Transboundary Mining Work Group $20,000
Kasaan, AK
Support to ensure participation at the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress to highlight transboundary conservation issues between Alaska and British Columbia
Alaskans for Energy Freedom Campaign Grants
ACF supports the efforts of a diverse coalition working to prevent the impacts that developing Alaska’s massive coal resources will have on the Earth’s climate and on Alaska’s lands, waters and people. Grants were awarded totaling $752,000 to:
- Alaska Center for the Environment $25,000
Anchorage, AK
Communications support for the campaign - Chuitna Citizens Coalition $15,000
Beluga, AK
Support for outreach on the Chuitna Mine - Cook Inletkeeper $300,000
Homer, AK
Support for the Chuitna Mine campaign - Earthjustice $30,000
San Francisco, CA
Legal support for the campaign - Native American Rights Fund $100,000
Anchorage, AK
Legal support for the campaign - Native American Rights Fund $40,000
Anchorage, AK
Legal support for the Native Village of Tyonek on the Chuitna Mine - Renewable Energy Alaska Project $97,000
Anchorage, AK
Support for promoting renewable energy solutions and policy - Trustees for Alaska $145,000
Anchorage, AK
Legal support for the campaign
Organizational Capacity Grants
ACF provides general and technical support to organizations working to strengthen and expand Alaska’s conservation movement. Grants were awarded totaling $120,000 to:
- Alaska Conservation Voters $20,000
Anchorage, AK
General support for the mission - Alaska Marine Conservation Council $20,000
Anchorage, AK
General support for the mission - Island Institute $20,000
Sitka, AK
General support for the mission - Northern Alaska Environmental Center $20,000
Fairbanks, AK
General support for the mission - Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $20,000
Juneau, AK
General support for the mission - Trustees for Alaska $20,000
Anchorage, AK
General support for the mission
Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program Grants
ACF’s popular Conservation Internship Program offers students from Alaska and around the country interested in conservation valuable work experience at host organizations throughout the state. Grants were awarded totaling $64,480 to:
- Alaska Center for the Environment
Anchorage, AK
Conservation internship for Alexandra Guilford - Alaska Center for the Environment – Alaska Youth for Environmental Action
Anchorage, AK
Conservation internship for Maka Monture - Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Anchorage, AK
Conservation internship for Giovanna Cabrera - Alaska Marine Conservation Council
Anchorage, AK
Conservation internship for Connie Melovidov - Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies
Homer, AK
Conservation internship for Nina Finley - Cook Inletkeeper
Homer, AK
Conservation internship for Maya Goodoni - Discovery Southeast
Juneau, AK
Conservation internship for Savannah D’Orazio - Island Institute
Sitka, AK
Conservation internship for Sarah Brey - Kenai Watershed Forum
Soldotna, AK
Conservation internship for Madison Perlick - Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
Juneau, AK
Conservation internship for Joshua McNally - Sitka Conservation Society
Sitka, AK
Conservation internship for Lee House - Yukon River Intertribal Watershed Council
Anchorage, AK
Conservation internship for Danielle McAvenia
Rapid Response Grants
ACF’s Rapid Response grants enable organizations to respond quickly to fast-breaking, unforeseen Alaska environmental threats of statewide or national significance. Grants were awarded totaling $38,985 to:
- Cook Inletkeeper $10,000
Homer, AK
Support for expert assessment of the Chuitna watershed in advance of DNR hearing - Alaska Longline Fisherman’s Association $7,500
Sitka, AK
Support to change the paradigm on halibut bycatch management in Alaska - Trout Unlimited $10,000
Anchorage, AK
Support to organize Southeast Alaskans to engage in the draft Forest Service Tongass Management Plan comment period - National Parks Conservation Association $1,485
Anchorage, AK
Support for the costs associated with filing an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court regarding the Sturgeon v. Masica case - Alaska Wilderness League $10,000
Anchorage, AK
Support to send the Point Lay Tribal Council to Washington, D.C. to voice their opposition to Arctic offshore drilling
Sustainable Southeast Partnership Grants
ACF supports the Sustainable Southeast Partnership, an innovative network in Southeast Alaska working to achieve ecological, cultural and economic vitality for the region, an approach critical to the long-term health of the Tongass National Forest and to building resilience to the impacts of climate change. Grants were awarded totaling $775,441 to:
- City and Borough of Yakutat $7,483
Yakutat, AK
Support for sustainable energy, food systems, natural resource stewardship and/or sustainable economic development projects in Yakutat - City and Borough of Yakutat $40,810
Yakutat, AK
Support for sustainable energy, food systems, natural resource stewardship and/or sustainable economic development projects in Yakutat - Haa Aani’ Community Development Fund $154,193
Juneau, AK
Support for the Sustainable Southeast Partnership - Haa Aani’ Community Development Fund $21,340
Juneau, AK
Support for efforts to build sustainable food systems in Southeast Alaska - Haa Aani’ Community Development Fund $28,320
Juneau, AK
Support for efforts to build sustainable food systems in Southeast Alaska - Haa Aani’ Community Development Fund $50,000
Juneau, AK
Support for a forestry workforce training academy on Prince of Wales Island - Hoonah Indian Association $24,768
Hoonah, AK
Support for sustainable energy, food systems, natural resource stewardship and/or sustainable economic development projects in Hoonah - Hydaburg Cooperative Association $40,810
Hydaburg, AK
Support for sustainable energy, food systems, natural resource stewardship and/or sustainable economic development projects in Hydaburg - Klawock Cooperative Association $31,185
Klawock, AK
Support for sustainable energy, food systems, natural resource stewardship and/or sustainable economic development projects in Klawock - Organized Village of Kasaan $40,810
Kasaan, AK
Support for sustainable energy, food systems, natural resource stewardship and/or sustainable economic development projects in Kasaan - Organized Village of Kake $40,810
Kake, AK
Support for sustainable energy, food systems, natural resource stewardship and/or sustainable economic development projects in Kake - Renewable Energy Alaska Project $83,802
Anchorage, AK
Support for efforts to build sustainable energy systems in Southeast Alaska - Sitka Conservation Society $83,764
Sitka, AK
Support for sustainable energy, food systems, natural resource stewardship and/or sustainable economic development projects in Sitka and communications support for the Sustainable Southeast Partnership - Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition $24,893
Wrangell, AK
Support for efforts to build sustainable food systems in Southeast Alaska - The Nature Conservancy $68,338
Anchorage, AK
Support for efforts to develop natural resource stewardship projects in Southeast Alaska - Yakutat Tlingit Tribe $34,115
Yakutat, AK
Support for sustainable energy, food systems, natural resource stewardship and/or sustainable economic development projects in Yakutat
Watchable Wildlife Conservation Trust Grants
ACF supports projects that enhance sustainable wildlife viewing, promote wildlife education and conserve the biological diversity of Alaska. Grants were awarded totaling $10,486 to:
- Alaska Trails $3,886
Anchorage, AK
Support to improve access to sustainable wildlife viewing opportunities in Chugach State Park - Great Land Trust $4,500
Anchorage, AK
Support for interpretative wildlife viewing signs in the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge - Kachemak Heritage Land Trust $2,100
Homer, AK
Support for upgrades to the Calvin and Coyle Woodland Park Nature Trail
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ACF is in the process of updating the remainder of the FY16 grants. Please check back for the final list.
*7/1/15 thru 6/30/16
