Vision of the Foundation
Application Guidelines
If Funded
1998 Foundation Awards
ARTS $36,000
ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY – $ 5,000
to support inner city teens art design in
Boston.
BROWN BAG OPERA – $ 5,000
to bring educational opera schools to in
Revere, MA .
MUSIC AT EDEN’S EDGE – $
5,000
to support the Youth Chamber Concert
Series in MA.
NEW ENGLAND STRING ENSEMBLE – $
5,000
for performances the 1998 season.
WINDHOVER – $ 3,000
for support of a dance company in
Rockport, MA
YOUNG AUDIENCES – $ 6,000
to increase storytelling programs in
schools on the north shore of Massachusetts.
ZUMIX – $ 7,000
for a Boston Community Arts Program,
working with children and adults.
ENVIRONMENT $260,500
ACEER – $ 5,000
to create a medicinal plants garden in
Peru.
ARK FOUNDATION OF AFRICA – $ 7,500
for sanitation projects in west Africa.
BERMUDA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY –
$15,000
to establish a marine habitat monitoring
program.
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION – $
25,000
for support of the National Forest
Protection Campaign.
COMMUNITY CONSERVATION NETWORK – $
10,000
to develop a resource management plan for
Palau, Micronesia.
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL – $
10,000
for a marine conservation program in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
MC GUIRE, MICHAEL (individual) – $
1,500
to work on eradicating whiteflies in
Dominica
NGOLO CULTURAL ASSOCIATION – $
10,000
for an agro-forestry project in the Meme
Division, Cameroon.
OUTWARD BOUND, ME – $1,000
for scholarships
PLENTY – $ 6,500
to work on land use issues in Dominica.
QUEBEC LABRADOR FOUNDATION – $
8,000
for land conservation & stewardship
in Latin America.
RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK – $ 7,000
for land conservation programs in the
Amazon rainforest.
SALEM SOUND 2000 – $ 8,000
to protect the environment of Salem
Sound, MA.
SOUTH END/LOWER ROXBURY OPEN SPACE LAND
TRUST – $ 5,000
for open space planning and urban gardens
in Boston.
SHARE FOUNDATION – $ 8,000
for a sustainable agriculture project in
Tecoluca, El Salvador.
WOODLAND PARK ZOO SOCIETY – $ 5,000
for tree kangaroo research in Papua New
Guinea.
YONOSE – $ 10,000
to conserve mesquite forests in Peru.
EDUCATION $10,100
CHILDREN’S CHANCE – $ 3,000
to ship used textbooks to schools in
Jamaica.
PARA TODOS LOS NINOS – $ 2,100
for shipments of supplies to schools in
Honduras.
SAVOIR – $ 5,000
to ship used textbooks to schools in
Zimbabwe and Tanzania.
ECOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT FUND – $ 8,000
for forest conservation in the Bio-Itza
Reserve, Peten, Guatemala.
ENERSOL – $ 9,500
to train technicians about solar systems
for Honduras.
EPIC – $ 10,000
to develop organic agriculture in
Chimaltenango, Guatemala.
(THE) FOOD PROJECT – $ 7,000
for an urban youth agricultural program
in Boston.
GLOBAL HABITAT – $ 10,000
for a student environmental newsletter in
Boston.
GUATEMALA TOMORROW FUND – $ 10,000
to support sustainable agriculture in
Guatemala.
IDEA WILD – $ 10,000
for scientific equipment to support
biodiversity research in Latin America.
IDEX – $ 6,000
to work on a reforestation project in
Ghana.
IPSWICH RIVER WATERSHED ASS. – $
10,000
for a water monitoring program in the
Ipswich River, MA.
ISIS – $ 10,000
for an aquaculture project in Ecuador.
JENKINS, AARON (individual) – $
14,500
for coral reef conservation in Papua New
Guinea.
LOPEZ FOUNDATION – $ 4,000
for a solid waste management program in
the Philippines.
MASSACHUSETTS AUDOBON SOCIETY – $
10,000
for a watershed program with the Lynn, MA
public schools.
SCIENCE $57,200
HARVELL, DR. DREW (individual) – $
30,000
for coral reef disease research in the
Caribbean.
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND
EDUCATION – $ 10,000
to help establish a science institute in
Nicaragua.
XET, ANA MARIA – $ 17,200
for tuberculosis research in Guatemala.
SOCIAL $77,000
COFFEE KIDS – $ 10,000
to continue a revolving credit loan fund
in Guatemala.
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT INT’L
– $ 7,000
to work in Nicaragua on a
micro-enterprise initiative.
INDUSTRY FOR THE POOR – $ 5,000
to improve the affectivity of a water
purifier for Latin Åmerica.
METTA WOMEN ASSOCIATION – $ 15,000
to build a palm oil processing plant in
Cameroon.
MURRAY, DR. JEFF (individual) – $
5,000
to ship surplus medical supplies to the
Philippines.
PEDALS FOR PROGRESS – $ 15,000
providing recycled bicycles for people in
developing countries.
SIMAG COMMUNITY BASED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
– $ 10,000
for training in waste management and
micro-enterprise projects in the Philippines.
WORLD CONNECTION – $ 10,000
for a rural medical clinic in Mali.
Relevant Financial Information (Fiscal year ending Nov.1998)
Assets: $6,705,298
Revenue: $598,519
Operating Expenses: $114,000
Grants Awarded: $442,350
Areas of grants awarded in % of total
grants (1998 figures)
Environment: 60%
Education: 2%
Social: 17%
Art: 8%
Science: 13%
Geographical distribution:
International: 75%
Community: 24%
National: 1%
Inquiries received: 346
Grants funded: 50
