Foundation News

>The New England Biolabs Foundation ( NEBF ) is a private independent foundation whose mission is to foster community-based conservation of landscapes and seascapes and the bio-cultural diversity found in these places. Established in 1982 by the founder of New England Biolabs, Inc., the Foundation supports grassroots organizations and NGOs in selected countries of Central America, South America and West Africa, as well as locally (the North Shore of Massachusetts).

The Foundation mourns the loss of our Assistant Director, Susan Foster, who passed away unexpectedly on 11 December 2012. Susan was deeply committed to her work with NEBF in supporting community-based conservation and the arts here on the North Shore and internationally. A true believer in connecting to the earth, Susan was a passionate gardener, beekeeper, equestrian, animal lover and outdoorswoman. As well, she was an active supporter of local non-profit organizations, serving as volunteer and/or board-member of numerous groups. She touched many lives within the Foundation's network of partners and beyond, and will be sorely missed by all who knew her.

The next deadline for letters of inquiry is 15 July 2013.
Please see Letter of Inquiry Guidelines for further instructions.

Please bear in mind that NEBF is a small foundation and each year we receive many more applications for support than we can fund. The state of the global economy has raised many challenges for grassroots conservation organizations seeking support for their work. At the same time it has had an impact on the resources that foundations such as ours have available for grant-making.

While our priority is to support projects that have received prior funding, we will continue to consider new applicants from our priority regions whose projects meet our funding guidlines.

We encourage you to review carefully our Funding Priorities and Mission Statement in approaching the Foundation for support. The first step in the process is to send a letter of inquiry according to the format posted at NEBF Letter of Inquiry Guidelines (note that NEBF will no longer be able to consider an application that has not been preceded by an inquiry). If your inquiry is accepted you will be invited to prepare a full proposal for consideration by the NEBF board during one of its semi-annual grant meetings. Please monitor this web-site for further updates throughout the year.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Jessica Brown, Executive Director

For now please send all inquiries to info@nebf.org