2015 Grants Awarded

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