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

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

Alaska Native Fund

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

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

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

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

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*7/1/12 – 6/30/13