Vision of the Foundation
Application Guidelines
If Funded
2000 Foundation Awards
ART $27,000
CANTATA SINGERS – $ 5,000
for the Classroom Cantatas program in
public schools on the north shore of MA.
CASTILLO, IGOR – $ 2,000
to support the Percibiendo la Tierra
cultural project in Guatemala.
MUSIC AT EDEN’S EDGE – $
5,000
to support the Youth Chamber Concert
Series on the north shore of MA.
NEW ENGLAND STRING ENSEMBLE – $
5,000
to support the New England Musical
Heritage Initiative in public schools.
WINDHOVER – $ 5,000
for support of a dance company in
Rockport, MA
ZUMIX – $ 5,000
to support the Hands-On and Community
Arts program in E. Boston.
EDUCATION $40,000
ACEER – $ 5,000
to ship used textbooks to schools in
Jamaica.
Diagnostic Women’s Movement for
Science Education – $15,000
to support science education for girls in
Ghana.
Hands Across the Water – $5,000
tto ship used textbooks to schools and
libraries in Ghana.
Montserrat College of Art – $15,000
to support a Design Ethics and Method
course in Beverly, MA.
ENVIRONMENT $260,500
Aid to Artisans – $ 10,000
to work with the GreenWood project on
forest management training and craft instruction in Honduras.
Amigas del Sol – $ 5,500
to support PROCESO to build, use and
promote solar ovens in Guatemala.
Canari – $7,500
to help build Anguilla’s capacity
to monitor its coral reefs.
Central American Solar Energy Project
(CASEP) – $ 2,000
for support of the National Forest
Protection Campaign.
Counterpart International – $ 8,000
to support the Foundation for People and
Community Development in Boroko, PNG..
Dabek, Lisa – $ 6,000
for tree kangaroo research in Papua New
Guinea.
EcoLogic Development Fund – $
20,000
to support environmental work in Latin
America.
El Porvenir – $ 15,000
to fund watershed protection efforts in
Nicaragua.
EPIC – $10,000 to work with the La
Semilla del Progreso Agricultural Training Center in Honduras.
Fiscalia del Medio Ambiente (FIMA)
– $10,000 to provide environmental education to members
of the Chilean Judiciary.
Fundacion Indigena Amauta – $12,000
to work with the people of Pampahuasi,
Bolivia on sustainable agriculture projects.
Garden Futures – $ 5,000
for the Neighborhood Open Spaces Training
Institute (NOSTI) initiative of Boston.
Greenlife Foundation – $ 10,000
to conserve the Awing Community Mountain
Forest Reserve through improved natural resource management.
Ipswich River Watershed Association
– $ 10,000
to support outreach efforts and training
sessions.
ISIS – $15,000 to continue fresh
water aquaculture projects in Ecuador
Knowles, Cynthia – $ 3,000
to establish a recycling workshop in
Coyhaique, Chile
McGill University – $10,000
to preserve seahorses and their habitat
in Africa.
MPA News – $10,000
to fund one year of the MPA News
education service
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing
– $10,000
to support the Chelsea Creek project in
Chelsea, MA.
Parker River Clean Water Association
– $ 8,000
to support a summer environmental
education training program for teachers.
Red Tomato – $12,000
for organizational support to increase
product and systems.
ROCA, Inc. – $ 5,000
to support the Youth STAR Wetland
Restoration Project in Lynn, MA
SALEM SOUND 2000 – $ 10,000
for the Clean Beaches and Streams program
in Salem, MA.
SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS INSTITUTE –
$ 5,300
for monitoring of a Marine Reserve in St.
Barth.
The Food Project – $ 7,000
for a sustainable agriculture project in
Tecoluca, El Salvador.
Trees for the Future – $ 3,000
for a bee farming project in the North
West Province of Cameroon.
Trees, Water & People – $
14,500
to conserve mesquite forests in Peru.
UNAHI – $9,000
for reforestation efforts near a
protected area in the Philippines.
Wetlands International Oceania –
$30,000
to establish marine protected areas in
Papua New Guinea.
Wildlife Conservation Society –
$17,000
to support a conservation project in
Papua New Guinea
ZIDO – $ 4,600
for a reforestation and training project
in Tanzania
SCIENCE $15,000
Sustainable Sciences Institute –
$15,000
to strengthen scientific capacity in
Latin America.
SOCIAL $68,000
Concern America – $10,000
to fund the Community Popular Education
Program in the Urraco Pueblo area of Honduras.
Global Links – $10,000
to ship donated medical supplies to
hospitals in Honduras.
Kongadzem Women’s Initiative
– $15,000
to support a micro-enterprise project in
the Northwest Province of Cameroon.
Moonrise – $10,000
to support a summer camp program for
inner city children in Boston.
North Shore Mediation Project – $
2,000
to support family and individual
mediation efforts.
Outward Bound – $ 1,000
for scholarships.
Simag Foundation – $10,000
for youth environmental training in the
Philippines.
Upper West Side/Tipitapa Sister City
Project – $10,000
for a food self-sufficiency project in
Nicaragua.
Relevant Financial Information (Fiscal year ending Nov. 2000)
Assets: $8,320,932
Revenue: $561,213
Operating Expenses: $160,894
Grants Awarded: $504,400
Areas of grants awarded in % of total
grants (2000 figures)
Environment: 64%
Education: 8%
Social: 13%
Art: 5%
Science: 3%
Geographical distribution
International: 75%
Community: 24%
National: 1%
