ACF is pleased to welcome four new Trustees: Don May (Anchorage, Alaska), Alan Ritchie (Bonita Springs, Florida), Rachael K. Posey (Anchorage, Alaska) and Michelle Ravenmoon (Kokhanok, Alaska). We give heartfelt thanks to outgoing board members Andrea J. Grant and Anne Wilkas for their many years of service to ACF and their unwavering commitment to Alaska. […]
Join Alaska Conservation Foundation for the 2014 Conservation Achievement Awards! This year’s extraordinary recipients will be honored at a festive celebration on Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at the Bill Sheffield Alaska Railroad Depot in Anchorage. The event begins at 6:30 pm and includes a reception featuring hors d’oeuvres by Delicious Dave, live music, dessert and […]
Click here to check out ACF’s Summer 2014 Dispatch Newsletter. The theme for this Dispatch is the Tongass National Forest and building sustainable communities in Southeast Alaska. This issue also includes: tributes to two of Alaska’s conservation heroes, the latest updates from ACF and our partners, and a chance to meet two of our greatest supporters.
The Gathering in 2014–Honoring Katie John, Philanthropy & Subsistence In addition to grantmaking, the ANF program hosts The Gathering every other year to bring the program’s grantees, funder representatives, and partners together and increase their collective capacity and advance the movement. The theme in 2014, selected by the Alaska Native Fund Steering Committee, was Honoring Katie John, […]
Alaska Native Fund– Letters of Inquiry Accepted from September 1st – December 1st, 2014! The innovative Alaska Native Fund is entering its fourth grant making cycle. This Fund supports Alaska Native solutions and strategies for addressing environmental issues. A total of about $250,000 will be granted in May 2015. Letters of Inquiry (LOI) are due on or before […]
Anchorage, Alaska, January 22, 2014 – Entering its third year, the Alaska Native Fund distributed $173,484 to Alaska Native organizations and individuals supporting indigenous projects protecting lands, waters and ways of life. In 2014, the Alaska Native Fund is providing grants to 13 Alaska Native organizations and 3 Alaska Native individuals. The Alaska Native Fund […]
ACF is pleased to welcome five new members to our Board of Trustees: Amy Gulick (Puget Sound), Lisa Lang (Hydaburg), Dorothy Larson (Dillingham & Anchorage), Anna Plager (Fairbanks), and John Schoen (Fairbanks). We give heartfelt thanks to outgoing board members Verner Stor Wilson III and Drew Cason, who held Emerging Leader seats, and to Carol Kasza and David Hardenburgh for […]
Program Officer Polly Carr is leaving ACF to become the Executive Director of Alaska Center for the Environment and Alaska Conservation Voters on June 17, 2013. ACF’s Executive Director Ann Rothe writes, “While we are sad to see Polly leave ACF, we are excited to see her step into this critical role and work with […]
We are pleased to report that in its second year, the Alaska Native Fund has awarded nine grants totaling $142,000 to support projects addressing indigenous environmental priorities and critical food security issues in Alaska Native communities. Join us in congratulating the grantees on their worthwhile projects.
Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) and Western Mining Action Network (WMAN) The goal of the Mining Mini-grants Program is to support and enhance the capacity building efforts of mining-impacted communities in the U.S. and Canada to assure that mining projects do not adversely affect human, cultural, and the ecological health of communities. Applications are accepted three […]
