2013 Grants Awarded

Alaska Conservation Foundation awarded 99 grants totaling $3.7 million in fiscal year 2013* to support efforts across Alaska.

Alaskans for Energy Freedom Campaign

• Alaska Center for the Environment $230,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Canvass Project
  
• Alaska Center for the Environment $15,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Technical Support for AEF
  
• Alaska Center for the Environment $20,000
  Anchorage, AK
  SWAT Team Kenai Extension
  
• Alaska Community Action on Toxics $40,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Organizing Medical Professionals on Coal
• Alaska Conservation Voters $10,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Fish and Democracy Scorecard Online Mobilization
  
• Alaska Wilderness League $15,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Western Arctic Tribal Outreach on Coal
  
• Alaska Wilderness League $57,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Organizing on Arctic Coal
  
• Castle Mountain Coalition $5,000
  Chickaloon, AK
  Organizing around coal in the Matanuska Valley
  
• Castle Mountain Coalition $36,000
  Chickaloon, AK
  Organizing the Matanuska Valley on Coal
  
• Center for Science in Public Participation $20,000
  Bozeman, MT
  Technical Support for AEF Campaign
• Chickaloon Village Traditional Council $58,000
  Chickaloon, AK
  Opposition to Matanuska Valley Coal Development
• Chuitna Citizens Coalition $10,000
  Beluga, AK
  Organizing to Oppose the Chuitna Mine
  
• Cook Inletkeeper $90,000
  Homer, AK
  Technical Experts for AEF
  
• Cook Inletkeeper $225,000
  Homer, AK
  Organizing to Oppose the Chuitna Mine
  
• Friends of Mat-Su $82,000
  Palmer, AK
  Organizing the Mat-Su Borough on Coal
• Ground Truth Trekking $15,000
  Seldovia, AK
  Technical Support for AEF Campaign
  
• Native American Rights Fund $50,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Legal Support to the Native Village of Tyonek
• Native American Rights Fund $5,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Legal Support for coal
  
• Northern Alaska Environmental Center $15,000
  Fairbanks, AK
  Organizing Fairbanks and Northern Communities on Coal
  
• Resource Media $30,000
  San Francisco, CA
  Communications Support for AEF
  
• Sierra Club Foundation $80,000
  San Francisco, CA
  Organizing on Arctic Coal
  
• Trustees for Alaska $335,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Legal and Technical Support for Coal
  

Total Alaskans for Energy Freedom Grants $1,443,000 (22 items)

Alaska Native Fund

• Alaska Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Commission $10,000
  Old Harbor, AK
  Support to the Alaska Sea Otter and Steller Sea Lion Commission
• Association of Village Council Presidents $12,000
  Bethel, AK
  State of the Salmon Special Convention Final Report
  
• Bering Sea Fishermen’s Association $18,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Bering Sea Elders Group Traditional Elders and Northern Bering Sea Fisheries Policy Project
• Gwich’in Steering Committee $20,000
  Fairbanks, AK
  Support to Gwich’in Steering Committee
  
• Inuit Circumpolar Council of Alaska $12,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Developing an Inuit Framework for Food Security in the Arctic
  
• Organized Village of Kasaan $20,000
  Kasaan, Ketchikan, AK
  Prince of Wales Tribal Sea Otter Commission
• Tribe of Nulato $10,000
  Nulato, AK
  International Tribal Diplomacy for Food Security through the Arctic Council
  
• Wrangell Cooperative Association $20,000
  Wrangell, AK
  Tribal Food Security and Economic Development Capacity Building Project
  
• Yukon River Drainage Fisheries Association $20,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Engaging Indigenous Knowledge to Reduce Chum Salmon Bycatch in the Pollock fishery

Total Alaska Native Fund Grants $142,000 (9 items)

Bristol Bay Conservation Campaign

• Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust $15,000
  Dillingham, AK
  Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy
  
• Center for Science in Public Participation $501,501
  Bozeman, MT
  Bristol Bay Campaign Science Work
• Ekwok Village Council $1,500
  Ekwok, AK
  Tribal Outreach and Organization
  
• Ground Truth Trekking $17,500
  Seldovia, AK
  Pebble Outreach Materials
  
• Recycled Fish $5,000
  Bellevue, Nebraska
  Bristol Bay Outreach in the Midwest
  
• Trustees for Alaska $140,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Legal Defense for Bristol Bay
  

Total Bristol Bay Conservation Campaign Grants $680,501 (6 items)

Community Capacity Fund

• Alaska Center for the Environment $53,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Merger Integration and Capacity Support Grant
  
• Alaska Center for the Environment $40,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Support to the Hub
  
• Alaska Center for the Environment $30,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Operating Support
  
• Alaska Center for the Environment $60,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Collective Conservation Strategy
  
• Alaska Community Action on Toxics $5,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Collective Conservation Strategy Organizing
• Alaska Conservation Alliance $5,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Transformers: Merger Agreement and Legal Due Diligence
• Alaska Marine Conservation Council $13,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Collective Conservation Strategy
• Cook Inletkeeper $6,000
  Homer, AK
  Support for Collective Conservation Strategy
• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $17,000
  Juneau, AK
  Collective Conservation Strategy
• Trustees for Alaska $10,147
  Anchorage, AK
  Legislative Work in Support of Citizen Participation
  

Total Community Capacity Fund Grants $239,147 (10 items)

Conservation Achievement Awards Fund

• Alaska Marine Conservation Council $500
  Anchorage, AK
  Recommended by Tim Bristol, recipient of the Murie Award
• Cook Inletkeeper $500
  Homer, AK
  Recommended by Tim Bristol, recipient of the Murie Award
• Denali Citizens’ Council $1,000
  Denali Park, AK
  Recommended by Wally and Jerri Cole, recipients of the Hunter Award

Total Conservation Achievement Awards Fund Grants $2,000 (3 items)

Leghorn Endowment Fund

• Audubon Alaska $3,500
  Anchorage, AK
  General Support

Total Leghorn Endowment Fund Grant $3,500 (1 item)

Rapid Response Fund

• Alaska Conservation Voters $10,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Rapid Response Action Scorecard
• Alaska Sea Party $10,000
  Juneau, AK
  Alaska Coastal Zone Management Ballot Initiative
• Alaska Sea Party $15,000
  Juneau, AK
  Alaska Coastal Zone Management Ballot Initiative
• Gwich’in Steering Committee $5,000
  Fairbanks, AK
  Rapid Response Grant for Travel to DC
• Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program $10,000
  Juneau, AK
  Defending Alaskans Right to Clean Water

Total Rapid Response Fund Grants $50,000 (5 items)

Restricted Grantmaking

• Anchorage Waterways Council $3,200
  Anchorage, AK
  Operating Support

Total Restricted Grantmaking Fund Grants $3,200 (1 item)

Studebaker Family Environmental Education Donor Advised Fund

• Alaska Center for the Environment $3,800
  Anchorage, AK
  Support for Environmental Education Initiatives – Trailside and AYEA
• Bird Treatment and Learning Center $1,900
  Anchorage, AK
  Support for Environmental Education Initiatives
• Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies $1,900
  Homer, AK
  Support for Environmental Education Initiatives
• Discovery Southeast $1,900
  Juneau, AK
  Support for Environmental Education Initiatives
• Northern Alaska Environmental Center $1,900
  Fairbanks, AK
  Support for Environmental Education Initiatives
• Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment $1,900
  Copper Center, AK
  Support for Environmental Education Initiatives

Total Studebaker Family Environmental Education Donor Advised Fund Grants $13,300 (6 items)

Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program

• Alaska Center for the Environment $26,850
  Anchorage, AK
  AYEA CIP Program Manager
  
• Alaska Center for the Environment $6,040
  Anchorage, AK
  Conservation Internship for Kristen Collins
  
• Alaska Community Action on Toxics $5,040
  Anchorage, AK
  Conservation Internship for Madelyn Peterson
  
• Alaska Conservation Alliance $11,080
  Anchorage, AK
  6 Month Conservation Internship
• Alaska Marine Conservation Council $10,080
  Anchorage, AK
  6 Month Conservation Internship
  
• Alaska Marine Conservation Council $9,286.10
  Anchorage, AK
  Conservation Internships for Samantha Baker and Annie Osborn
  
• Audubon Alaska $6,040
  Anchorage, AK
  Conservation Internship for Lauren Tierney
  
• Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies $5,040
  Homer, AK
  Conservation Internship for Gabriella DiGiovanni
  
• Discovery Southeast $5,040
  Juneau, AK
  Conservation Internship for Hannah Claytor
  
• Friends of Mat-Su $10,080
  Palmer, AK
  6 Month Conservation Internship
  
• Sitka Conservation Society $5,473
  Sitka, AK
  Conservation Internship for Alexander Crook
• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $6,040
  Juneau, AK
  Conservation Internship for Padraig New
• World Wildlife Fund $6,440
  Anchorage, AK
  Conservation Internship for Ben Goldfarb
• Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council $5,040
  Anchorage, AK
  Conservation Internship for Maggie Massey
  

Total Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program Grants $117,569 (14 items)

Tongass Fish People & Place Campaign

• Alaska Wilderness League $30,000
  Washington, DC
  Tongass Support
  
• Alaska Wilderness League $30,000
  Washington, DC
  Tongass Support
  
• Hoonah Indian Association $25,000
  Hoonah, AK
  Community-Based Planning in Hoonah
  
• Hydaburg Cooperative Association $60,000
  Hydaburg, AK
  Tongass Support
  
• City of Kake $63,000
  Kake, AK
  Tongass Support
• The Nature Conservancy of Alaska $15,000
  Anchorage, AK
  Tongass Support
• Sitka Conservation Society $68,000
  Sitka, AK
  Tongass Support
  
• Sitka Conservation Society $50,000
  Sitka, AK
  Tongass Support
  
• Sitka Conservation Society $77,970
  Sitka, AK
  Tongass Support
• Sitka Conservation Society $20,000
  Sitka, AK
  Tongass Support
• Sitka Sound Science Center $17,000
  Sitka, AK
  Tongass Support
• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $140,000
  Juneau, AK
  Community Based Tongass Support
  
• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $8,140
  Juneau, AK
  Tongass Support
  
• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $15,000
  Juneau, AK
  Tongass Transition Support
• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $50,050
  Juneau, AK
  Support to work with communities in the Tongass on sustainable energy and economic growth
  
• Southeast Alaska Wilderness Exploration Analysis & Discovery $106,000
  Juneau, AK
  Support for Tongass People & Place
• Takshanuk Watershed Council $56,160
  Haines, AK
  Support for the Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition
  
• Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program $90,000
  Juneau, AK
  Tongass Support
  
• Trout Unlimited, Alaska Program $65,000
  Juneau, AK
  Tongass Support

Total Tongass Fish People & Place Campaign Grants $986,320 (19 items)

Watchable Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund

• Prince William Sound Science Center $1,500
  Cordova, AK
  Bioregion Natural History Map
• Sitka Sound Science Center $3,000
  Sitka, AK
  Marine Debris in Alaska: A Drop in the Bucket: Every One Counts!
  

Total Watchable Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund Grants $4,500 (2 items)

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*7/1/12 – 6/30/13