Vision of the Foundation
Application Guidelines
If Funded
1999 Foundation Awards
SPECIAL PROJECT
ARTCORPS – $20,000
Pilot project initiated by the Foundation
to place volunteer artists in developing countries to assist
local NGOs with community outreach efforts. See http:
//www.nebf.org/artcorps_brochure_web.html
ARTS $25,700
BROWN BAG OPERA, MA – $ 5,000
to bring educational opera to elementary
schools.
MUSIC AT EDEN’S EDGE, MA – $
5,000
to support the Youth Chamber Concert
Series in MA.
WINDHOVER, MA – $ 2,000
for support of a dance company in
Rockport, MA
CANTATA SINGERS, MA – $ 5,000
for the Classroom Cantatas Program in
Boston public schools.
ZUMIX, MA – $ 5,000
for the E. Boston Community Arts Program.
ENVIRONMENT $262,700
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL –
$25,000
to support marine conservation strategy
in Papua New Guinea.
CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION, MA –
$15,000
to support the New England National
Forest Protection Campaign.
ECOLOGIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, MA –
$10,000
for support of the Mayan Forestry Action
Plan of Guatemala.
ECOLOGICAL ENTERPRISES, PNG – 8,000
to improve a PNG forest conservation news
service.
E LAW, PNG – $ 9,000
to launch a new Environmental Law Center
in PNG.
EPIC, CO – $ 10,000
to increase food self-sufficiency while
protectin the Rio Motagua Watershed of Guatemala.
FUNDACION INDIGENA AMAUTA, BOLIVIA
– $ 5,000
sustainable agriculture in Sucre,
Bolivia.
GLOUCESTER FISHERMAN’S WIVES, MA
– $ 5,000
to assist with a review of the
possibility of oil & gas exploration in the Gulf of Maine.
GUYRA PARAGUAY, PARAGUAY – $ 10,000
to identify priority sites for land
conservation in the Paraguayan Atlantic Forest.
IDEA WILD, CO – $ 10,000
to fund small biodiversity projects in
Latin America.
IDEX, CA – $ 6,000
to work on reforestation and sustainable
agriculture in Ghana.
ISIS, MA – $ 10,000
for the Indigenous Aquaculture Initiative
in Ecuador.
KNOWLES, CYNTHIA (individual) – $
1,400
for a recycling project in Coyhaique,
Chile.
OZ GREEN, AUSTRALIA – $ 15,000
for a pilot project to establish water
protection programs in the Fly and Sepik Rivers of Papua New
Guinea.
OUTWARD BOUND, ME – $1,000
for scholarships
PARKER RIVER CLEAN WATER ASSOCIATION, MA
– $ 8,000
for an environmental education course for
elementary school teachers.
PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES CENTER,
CA – $ 5,000
to create environmental education
programs in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
PROLANSATE, HONDURAS – $7,000
for an environmental education project in
the Jeannette Kawas national Park, Honduras.
RED TOMATO, MA – $10,000
to advocate for small organic farmers in
new England through the Produce Brokerage Operation.
REEFKEEPER INTERNATIONAL, FL –
$10,000
to protect coral reefs in the Caribbean.
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NJ – $12,000
to support a tree nursery project in the
village of Macas, Ecuador.
SALEM SOUND, MA – $10,000
for the Clean Beaches & Streams
program.
SHARE FOUNDATION, CA – $5,000
to re-plant corn in El Salvador after
Hurricane Mitch.
SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
PHILIPPINES – $5,000
for environmental education in the
Philippines.
SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS INSTITUTE, OR
– $5,300
to continue monitoring the marine
sanctuary of St. Barthelemny, FWI.
SUSTAINABLE HARVEST INTERNATIONAL, NH
– $5,000
to help ten communities in Nicaragua
adopt sustainable land-use practices.
THE FOOD PROJECT, MA – $5,000
to provide young adults the opportunity
to grow and distribute organic food to low income
neighborhoods.
THE MUSTARD SEED, NY – $9,000
for an agro-forestry project in Bamboi,
Ghana
THE SUSTAINER, CAMEROON – $5,000
to establish two group farms for
sustainable agriculture and forestry projects in Cameroon.
TREES FOR THE FUTURE, MD – $5,000
for reforestation efforts and
conservation education in the northwest province of Cameroon.
YONOSE, AZ – $10,000
to re-use plastic bags to form
“plastic lumber” for the production or repair of
shipping pallets in Ecuador.
SOCIAL $79,000
A WOMAN’S VOICE – $ 5,000
to prevent female circumcision in young
girls in Kenya.
ART FOR HEALTH, MD – $ 12,000
for health education efforts in Cameroon.
BUILDING MATERIALS RESOURCE CENTER, MA
– $ 5,000
to increase customers and suppliers for
this recycled building supplies center for low to moderate
income families.
CIRCULA DE AMIGAS, NICARAGUA – $
10,000
to train a Nicaraguan woman as the
administrator of a local health clinic.
COFFEE KIDS, NICARAGUA – $ 5,000
for a microcredit and rebuilding program
in Nicaragua.
GUATEMALA TOMORROW, GUATEMALA – $
8,000
to continue a reforestation project.
ICSEE, MA – $ 6,000
for support of environmental and
community development projects in Zanzibar.
MADRE, NY – $ 5,000
to support women’s reproductive
health proejcts in Guatemala and Nicaragua.
PEDALS FOR PROGRESS, NJ – $5,000
to ship used bicycles to developing
countries for individual transportation.
SIMAG FOUNDATION, PHILIPPINES –
$10,000
for waste management training programs
and micro-enterprise projects.
Relevant Financial Information (Fiscal year ending Nov.1999)
Assets: $8,987,551
Revenue: $1,227,540
Operating Expenses: $115,731
Grants Awarded: $400,400
Areas of grants awarded in % of total
grants (1998 figures)
Environment: 65%
Education: 3%
Social: 20%
Art: 12%
Geographical distribution
International: 77%
Community: 23%
Inquiries received: 346
Grants funded: 50
