Alaska Conservation Foundation awarded 92 grants totaling over $2.5 million in fiscal year 2015* to support efforts across Alaska.
Alaska Engagement Partnership
Cook Inletkeeper $20,000
Homer, AK
Support for the Alaska Engagement Partnership
Sitka Conservation Society $20,000
Sitka, AK
Support for the Alaska Engagement Partnership
Alaska Center for the Environment $115,000
Anchorage, AK
Support for Alaska Engagement Partnership including core needs and the Canvass Project
New Ventures $10,000
Washington, DC
Support for the Alaska Engagement Partnership
4 Alaska Engagement Partnership grants were awarded totaling $165,000
Alaska Native Fund
Alaska Community Action on Toxics $20,000
Anchorage, AK
To send a delegation of Indigenous women to Geneva to persuade world leaders to ban Pentachlorophenol
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium $5,000
Anchorage, AK
Alaskan Plants as Food and Medicine Youth Leadership Track
Asa’carsarmuit Tribal Council $20,000
Mountain Village, AK
Asa’carsarmuit Tribal Conservation District Development Project
Arctic Village Tribal Council $20,000
Arctic Village, AK
Gwich’in Caribou Fence
Bering Sea Elders Group $15,000
Anchorage, AK
Northern Bering Sea Initiative: Collaborative effort to develop marine policy that will benefit future generations
Chickaloon Native Village $20,000
Chickaloon, AK
Sovereignty through Traditional Living Activities
Chugach Regional Resources Commission $19,965
Anchorage, AK
Chugach Region Climate Change Adaption Workshop
Hydaburg Cooperative Association $20,000
Hydaburg, AK
Sea Otter Impacts Study on Customary and Traditional Foods
Igiugig Village Council $20,000
Igiugig, AK
Igyararmiut: Salmon and Survival in the Bristol Bay Region
Kawerak Inc. $20,000
Nome, AK
Knowledge of the Supernatural Environment in the Bering Strait Region
Native Village of Chuathbuluk $20,000
Chuathbuluk, AK
Technical support for Donlin Gold Mine EIS process
Northway Traditional Council $20,000
Northway, AK
Reduction of energy costs in homes and community buildings
Tanana Chiefs Conference $20,000
Fairbanks, AK
Naiy Tsuu aaLgh: So We Can Eat. Project aimed to increase Alaska Native influence in government regulation and policy around traditional ways of life
Della Cheney $10,000
Juneau, AK
Creation of a film showcasing traditional weaving and the natural environment
14 Alaska Native Fund grants were awarded totaling $249,965
Alaskans for Energy Freedom Campaign
Alaska Center for the Environment $565,000 (2 grants)
Anchorage, AK
Campaign fiscal sponsorship
Center for Science in Public Participation $6,000
Bozeman, MT
Technical support for Chuitna and the Matanuska Valley Coal Mine campaigns
Cook Inletkeeper $215,000 (2 grants)
Homer, AK
Chuitna Campaign support
Trustees for Alaska $287,000 (2 grants)
Anchorage, AK
Legal Support for Alaskans for Energy Freedom Campaign
Native American Rights Fund $60,000
Anchorage, AK
Technical support for the Native Village of Tyonek
Sierra Club Foundation $20,000
San Francisco, CA
Our Wild Alaska Campaign
Earthjustice $25,000
San Francisco, CA
Administrative Advocacy and Legal Representation
Chickaloon Village Traditional Council $30,000
Chickaloon, AK
Tribal Environmental Advocates Keeping Coal in the Ground
Castle Mountain Coalition $10,000
Chickaloon, AK
MineWatch Program
Chuitna Citizens Coalition $5,000
Beluga, AK
To reach Alaskans about the proposed Chuitna Coal Strip Mine
13 Alaskans for Energy Freedom grants were awarded totaling $1,223,000
Bristol Bay Conservation Campaign
Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust $10,000
Dillingham, AK
Bristol Bay Fly Fishing and Guide Academy
1 Bristol Bay Conservation Campaign grants were awarded totaling $10,000
Community Capacity
Alaska Marine Conservation Council $7,000
Anchorage, AK
Data engagement capacity building for fisheries conservation
Alaska Center for the Environment $4,700
Anchorage, AK
Support for Alaska Conservation Summit
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $15,000
Juneau, AK
Support for SEACC visioning
3 Community Capacity grants were awarded totaling $26,700
Ted Smith Conservation Internship Program
Alaska Center for the Environment $5,040
Anchorage, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $5,040
Juneau, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
Alaska Community Action on Toxics $5,040
Anchorage, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
Northern Alaska Environmental Center $5,040
Fairbanks, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
Discovery Southeast $5,040
Juneau, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
Alaska Marine Conservation Council $5,040
Anchorage, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
Castle Mountain Coalition $5,040
Chickaloon, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies $5,040
Homer, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
Cook Inletkeeper $5,040
Homer, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
Kenai Watershed Forum $5,040
Soldotna, AK
Stipend for 2015 summer intern
10 Conservation Internship Program grants were awarded totaling $50,400
Organizational Capacity Fund
Alaska Community Action on Toxics $18,000
Anchorage, AK
General Support
Alaska Center for the Environment $18,000
Anchorage, AK
General Support
Alaska Conservation Voters $18,000
Anchorage, AK
General Support
Cook Inletkeeper $18,000
Homer, AK
General Support
Renewable Energy Alaska Project $18,000
Anchorage, AK
General Support
Sitka Conservation Society $18,000
Sitka, AK
General Support
Alaska Community Action on Toxics $2,000
Anchorage, AK
Technical Assistance
Alaska Center for the Environment $2,000
Anchorage, AK
Technical Assistance
Alaska Conservation Voters $2,000
Anchorage, AK
Technical Assistance
Cook Inletkeeper $2,000
Homer, AK
Technical Assistance
Renewable Energy Alaska Project $2,000
Anchorage, AK
Technical Assistance
Sitka Conservation Society $2,000
Sitka, AK
Technical Assistance
12 Organizational Capacity grants were awarded totaling $120,000
Rapid Response Fund
United Tribes of Bristol Bay $10,000
Dillingham, AK
Organizing and travel for EPA hearings on Pebble 404c determination
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $10,000
Juneau, AK
Directing grassroots voices toward positively influencing the Tongass Land Management Plan amendment process
2 Rapid Response Fund grants were awarded totaling $20,000
Restricted Grantmaking
Alaska Marine Conservation Council $31,500
Anchorage, AK
Support for AMCC’s work with the Bering Sea Elders Advisory Group
Alaska Nanuuq Commission $32,718
Anchorage, AK
Strategies for long term conflict resolution between polar bears and people
Alaska Trails $3,725
Anchorage, AK
General operating support in memory of Walt Parker
3 Restricted grants were awarded totaling $67,943
Tongass Fish People & Place Campaign
Southeast Conference $10,000
Juneau, AK
Support for resilient food systems in Southeast Alaska
Renewable Energy Alaska Project $14,612
Anchorage, AK
Support for Sustainable Southeast Partnership regional catalysts
Southeast Conference $56,306
Juneau, AK
Support for the regional catalyst for the Sustainable Southeast Partnership
Organized Village of Kasaan $39,655
Kasaan, AK
Support for a full time Sustainable Southeast Partnership community catalyst
Southeast Alaska Wilderness Exploration, Analysis & Discovery $57,910
Gustavus, AK
Support for the SEAWEAD Executive Director to serve as the Sustainable Southeast Partnership Regional Catalyst for Natural Resources
Southeast Conference $15,000
Juneau, AK
Regional Catalyst for the Sustainable Southeast Partnership to promote community and regional food security
Renewable Energy Alaska Project $71,255
Anchorage, AK
Sustainable Southeast Partnership Regional Energy Catalyst
Southeast Alaska Wilderness Exploration, Analysis & Discovery $15,000
Gustavus, AK
Support for Sustainable Southeast Partnership priority projects
Haa Aani’ $144,978
Juneau, AK
Sustainable Southeast Partnership priority projects and catalyst program expenses
Sitka Conservation Society $89,485
Sitka, AK
Support for an Assistant Director position, a Regional Catalyst for Communications, and a Sitka Community Catalyst
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $65,000
Juneau, AK
To encourage and facilitate the Tongass transition from old growth based management to a more sustainable forest management system
Alaska Wilderness League $10,000
Washington, DC
To encourage and facilitate the Tongass transition from old growth based management to a more sustainable forest management system
12 Tongass Fish People & Place grants were awarded totaling $589,201
Leghorn Family Fund
Audubon Alaska $1,500
Anchorage, AK
General Support
Southeast Alaska Conservation Council $1,000
Juneau, AK
General Support
Discovery Southeast $1,000
Juneau, AK
General Support
Alaska Conservation Foundation $1,000
Anchorage, AK
General Support
4 Leghorn Family Fund grants were awarded totaling $4,400
Studebaker Family Environmental Education Fund
Alaska Center for the Environment $2,941
Anchorage, AK
Support for Trailside Discovery Camp and Alaska Youth for Environmental Action
Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies $2,941
Homer, AK
Support for environmental education initiatives
Discovery Southeast $2,941
Juneau, AK
Support for environmental education initiatives
Friends of Creamer’s Field $2,940
Fairbanks, AK
Support for Camp Habitat and environmental education
Wrangell Institute for Science and Environment $2,940
Copper Center, AK
Support for environmental education initiatives
Alaska Songbird Institute $500
Fairbanks, AK
Support for environmental education initiatives
6 Studebaker Family Environmental Education Fund grants were awarded totaling $15,203
Jeanne S. Williams Anadromous Fish Protection Fund
Martha Levensaler Leadership Fund $1,000
Anchorage, AK
Martha Levensaler Leadership Fund
The Ocean Foundation $2,000
Washington, DC
Ocean Acidification Fund
Trustees for Alaska $400
Anchorage, AK
General Support in honor of 40th Anniversary
Alaska Marine Conservation Council $500
Anchorage, AK
General support in honor of 20th Anniversary
Alaska Wilderness League $500
Washington, DC
General Support
Alaska Center for the Environment $500
Anchorage, AK
General Support
Renewable Energy Alaska Project $500
Anchorage, AK
Student Education Programs
Eyak Preservation Council $2,000
Cordova, AK
To support efforts to protect the Gulf of Alaska from proposed Navy operations
8 Jeanne S. Williams Anadromous Fish Protection Fund grants were awarded totaling $7,400
*7/1/14 thru 6/30/15