NEBF 2004 Foundation Awards

2004 Foundation Awards

ART

Dancers Courageous, North Shore

$2,000 – To support a school program that incorporates a series of artist-in-residences

Fishtown Artspace, Gloucester

$3,000 – After school art program.

Music at Eden’s Edge, Essex, MA

$3,000 – For the Youth Chamber Concert Series.

Vietnam Plus, Vietnam

$4,000 – a theatre program that promotes a savings-credit program.

Windhover Center for the Performing Arts

$3,000 – To support 2004 performing arts season.

EDUCATION

Diagnostic Women’s Movement for Science Development, Ghana

$9,000 – Math and science Education for girls.

People Allied for Nature, Ecuador

$3,000 – Youth environmental education program in Ecuador.

ENVIRONMENT

Aqua Para La Vida, Nicaragua

$7,000 – To support conservation program for 10 watersheds in the Rio Blanco region.

Alliance for International Restoration – Guatemala

$5,700 – To support high school scholarships and environmental clubs for students.

African Rainforest Conservancy, Tanzania

$8,800 – To create a series of local area networks (LAN) in order to facilitate communication between local villages & the national government.

Carmen Pampa Fund, Bolivia

$5,000 – To support environmental sustainable agricultural practices in rural Bolivia

CEADA, Chile

$9,350 – To stop the trade in alerce, which is an endangered tree.

Dodowa Youth Environmental Protection Association, Ghana

$5,000 – Tree planting and environmental education.

Dos Pueblos, Upper West Side Tipitapa, Nicaragua

$7,000 – To support a self-sustaining community agriculture project

Brian De Angelis, St Croix

$3,000 – Fish habitat research in the Virgin Islands

EarthWorks Projects, Boston, MA

$ 5,000 – For environmental education programs.

E-Law, Nicaragua

$5,000 – To empower the Jamaica Environmental Trust to draft and enforce an effective Fisheries Act.

El Porvenir, Nicaragua

$3,000 – Reforestation of micro watersheds in Nicaragua.

Essex County Community Foundation, North Shore

$5,000 – To support their Environmental Stewardship Initiative

Friends of the Environment, Ghana

$5,000 – Environmental education and mango tree planting project

Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center, North Shore

$3,000 – To support the After School Ocean Exploration ROV (remote operated vehicle) Enrichment Program

Green Empowerment, Nicaragua

$10,000 – To support the Nicaragua Watershed Education Project.

HOBBES Science on the Sound, North Shore

$2,500 – To provide boat-based marine science and environmental education programs.

Ipswich River Watershed Association, North Shore

$7,000 – T to produce a “Guide to Restoring the Ipswich River”.

Jifunze, Tanzania

$5,000 – To support the agency’s capacity building.

Kalesea Human and Community Development, Ghana

$7,000 – Reforestation project in the Volta region of Ghana

Las Lianas, Ecuador

$8,000 – To monitor oil development and its effects on the Secoya people.

Mana Foundation, Ecuador

$10,400 – Environmental education in the Western Andes

Mundo Azul, Peru

$10,000 – Waste dump clean-up.

Music at Eden’s Edge, North Shore

$3,000 – To support the 2004–2005 Youth Chamber Concert Series

Northeastern University Marine Science Center

$10,000 – To support environmental education through program for ninth grade students in Lynn, Salem and Gloucester.

People Funding People, Cameroon

$1,050 – To renovate and stock an existing fish pond in the Kembong Village.

Rainforest Conservation Fund, Peru

$10,000 – Sustainable agriculture and sustainable forestry.

The Reformation Theatre Group, Cameroon

$8,000 – Protect endangered primates through theatre production.

Rural Education and Development Programme, Ghana

$5,000 – For support of an environmental and sanitation project.

Save the Grass to Save the Grasscutters, Ghana

$5,000 – Domesticate grasscutters (rodent) and prevent bush burning.

Un Mundo, Honduras

$3,000 – to support their community mural and environmental education project.

UniversiArea Protegida, Nicaragua

$10,000 – To support an environmental education scholarship program.

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

$8,250 – Grassroots solar lantern program in Peru.

Shoals Rodriguez, Rodriquez

$10,000 – To support a coral reef conservation initiative.

Trees for the Future, Honduras

$5,000 to support a reforestation project in the mountains of the north lake area.

Trees, Water & People, Honduras

$5,000 – Training of the benefits of fuel-efficient stoves

Twantoh Mixed Farming Group, Cameroon

$5,000 – To introduce intensive horticulture organic crop production to farmers and schools in the Boyo Division

U.S. El Salvador Sister Cities, El Salvador

$8,000 – Environmental education program in the Cinquera Forest Region.

SOCIAL

Does Pueblos Sister City, Nicaragua

$7,000 – Women’s empowerment project.

MADRE, Peru

$8,000 – To improve socio-economic conditions through Human Rights Radio programming.

SIMAG, Philippines

$5,000 – For a women’s reproductive project

Relevant Financial Information (Fiscal year ending Nov. 2002 – IRS form 990PF)

Assets: $7,839,000

Grant Expenses: $525,760

Administrative expenses: $59,000

Revenue: $231,445

Areas of grants awarded in % of total grants (2004 figures)

Environment: 79%

Education: 4%

Social: 7%

Art: 5%

ArtCorps: 5%

Geographical distribution

International: 88%

Community: 12%



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	Vision of the Foundation > Grant Amounts > Guiding Principles > Funding Priorities > Special Interests > Geographic Locations > Grant Restrictions Application Guidelines > Who Can Apply > Preliminary Inquiry > Application Deadlines > Where to Apply > Application Contents > Tips from the Director > Other Funding Information If Funded > Award Distribution > End of Project Report Previous Awards	2004 Foundation Awards ART Dancers Courageous, North Shore $2,000 – To support a school program that incorporates a series of artist-in-residences Fishtown Artspace, Gloucester $3,000 – After school art program. Music at Eden’s Edge, Essex, MA $3,000 – For the Youth Chamber Concert Series. Vietnam Plus, Vietnam $4,000 – a theatre program that promotes a savings-credit program. Windhover Center for the Performing Arts $3,000 – To support 2004 performing arts season. EDUCATION Diagnostic Women’s Movement for Science Development, Ghana $9,000 – Math and science Education for girls. People Allied for Nature, Ecuador $3,000 – Youth environmental education program in Ecuador. ENVIRONMENT Aqua Para La Vida, Nicaragua $7,000 – To support conservation program for 10 watersheds in the Rio Blanco region. Alliance for International Restoration – Guatemala $5,700 – To support high school scholarships and environmental clubs for students. African Rainforest Conservancy, Tanzania $8,800 – To create a series of local area networks (LAN) in order to facilitate communication between local villages & the national government. Carmen Pampa Fund, Bolivia $5,000 – To support environmental sustainable agricultural practices in rural Bolivia CEADA, Chile $9,350 – To stop the trade in alerce, which is an endangered tree. Dodowa Youth Environmental Protection Association, Ghana $5,000 – Tree planting and environmental education. Dos Pueblos, Upper West Side Tipitapa, Nicaragua $7,000 – To support a self-sustaining community agriculture project Brian De Angelis, St Croix $3,000 – Fish habitat research in the Virgin Islands EarthWorks Projects, Boston, MA $ 5,000 – For environmental education programs. E-Law, Nicaragua $5,000 – To empower the Jamaica Environmental Trust to draft and enforce an effective Fisheries Act. El Porvenir, Nicaragua $3,000 – Reforestation of micro watersheds in Nicaragua. Essex County Community Foundation, North Shore $5,000 – To support their Environmental Stewardship Initiative Friends of the Environment, Ghana $5,000 – Environmental education and mango tree planting project Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center, North Shore $3,000 – To support the After School Ocean Exploration ROV (remote operated vehicle) Enrichment Program Green Empowerment, Nicaragua $10,000 – To support the Nicaragua Watershed Education Project. HOBBES Science on the Sound, North Shore $2,500 – To provide boat-based marine science and environmental education programs. Ipswich River Watershed Association, North Shore $7,000 – T to produce a “Guide to Restoring the Ipswich River”. Jifunze, Tanzania $5,000 – To support the agency’s capacity building. Kalesea Human and Community Development, Ghana $7,000 – Reforestation project in the Volta region of Ghana Las Lianas, Ecuador $8,000 – To monitor oil development and its effects on the Secoya people. Mana Foundation, Ecuador $10,400 – Environmental education in the Western Andes Mundo Azul, Peru $10,000 – Waste dump clean-up. Music at Eden’s Edge, North Shore $3,000 – To support the 2004–2005 Youth Chamber Concert Series Northeastern University Marine Science Center $10,000 – To support environmental education through program for ninth grade students in Lynn, Salem and Gloucester. People Funding People, Cameroon $1,050 – To renovate and stock an existing fish pond in the Kembong Village. Rainforest Conservation Fund, Peru $10,000 – Sustainable agriculture and sustainable forestry. The Reformation Theatre Group, Cameroon $8,000 – Protect endangered primates through theatre production. Rural Education and Development Programme, Ghana $5,000 – For support of an environmental and sanitation project. Save the Grass to Save the Grasscutters, Ghana $5,000 – Domesticate grasscutters (rodent) and prevent bush burning. Un Mundo, Honduras $3,000 – to support their community mural and environmental education project. UniversiArea Protegida, Nicaragua $10,000 – To support an environmental education scholarship program. University of Massachusetts, Lowell $8,250 – Grassroots solar lantern program in Peru. Shoals Rodriguez, Rodriquez $10,000 – To support a coral reef conservation initiative. Trees for the Future, Honduras $5,000 to support a reforestation project in the mountains of the north lake area. Trees, Water & People, Honduras $5,000 – Training of the benefits of fuel-efficient stoves Twantoh Mixed Farming Group, Cameroon $5,000 – To introduce intensive horticulture organic crop production to farmers and schools in the Boyo Division U.S. El Salvador Sister Cities, El Salvador $8,000 – Environmental education program in the Cinquera Forest Region. SOCIAL Does Pueblos Sister City, Nicaragua $7,000 – Women’s empowerment project. MADRE, Peru $8,000 – To improve socio-economic conditions through Human Rights Radio programming. SIMAG, Philippines $5,000 – For a women’s reproductive project Relevant Financial Information (Fiscal year ending Nov. 2002 – IRS form 990PF) Assets: $7,839,000 Grant Expenses: $525,760 Administrative expenses: $59,000 Revenue: $231,445 Areas of grants awarded in % of total grants (2004 figures) Environment: 79% Education: 4% Social: 7% Art: 5% ArtCorps: 5% Geographical distribution International: 88% Community: 12%