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RECENT GRANTS

↓ Conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef
↓ Adolescent and Reproductive Health Program
↓ Sustainable Cities Program

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Conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef

Amigos de Sian Ka’an
Cancun, Mexico

$50,000 over one year (2009)
For protecting the aquifer of the state of Quintana Roo (Mexico).
www.amigosdesiankaan.org

Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental
Cancun, Mexico

$249,500 over one year (2009)
For protecting the Mesoamerican Reef through the application of law.
www.cemda.org.mx

Conservation International Foundation
Arlington, VA

$459,716 over one year (2010) and
Coral Reef Alliance
San Francisco, CA

$118,000 over one year (2010)
For the “Mesoamerican Reef Tourism Initiative:” a multi-institutional effort to significantly reduce the tourism industry’s environmental footprint and maximize its contributions to the protection of the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion.
www.conservation.org
www.coral.org

Environmental Defense Fund
New York, NY

$195,577 over one year (2010)
For the Mesoamerican Reef Sustainable Fisheries Initiative: An Incentive-Based Approach for Belize.
www.environmentaldefense.org

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
Eugene, OR

$215,000 over one year (2009)
For building capacity of environmental law groups in Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.
www.elaw.org

Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza
Mexico City, Mexico

$328,894 over thirteen months (2009)
For the Mesoamerican Reef Leadership Program.
www.fmcn.org

Forest Trends Association
Washington, DC

$50,000 over one year (2009)
For Innovation Financing for Marine Conservation: Payment for Ecosystem Services in the Mesoamerican Reef Region of Mexico.
www.forest-trends.org

International Community Foundation
National City, CA

$80,000 over one year (2009)
For Restoration of Marine Natural Capital in the Mesoamerican Reef Through Community-based Marine Reserves.
www.icfdn.org

Mesoamerican Reef Fund
Guatemala City, Guatemala

$56,929 over one year (2010)
For general support.
and
$125,000 over one year (2009)
For a Special Enforcement Program for the Southern Belize Barrier Reef Complex.
www.marfund.org

The Nature Conservancy
Arlington, VA

$90,000 over one year (2010)
For Building a Network of Marine and Coastal Conservation Areas in the Mesoamerican Reef, Including No Take Zones.
www.nature.org

Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

$80,455 over one year (2009)
For the Healthy Mesoamerican Reef Ecosystem Initiative.
www.healthyreefs.org

Toledo Institute for Development and Environment
Punta Gorda, Belize

$200,000 over one year (2009)
For general support.
www.tidebelize.org

Wildlife Conservation Society
Bronx, NY

$219,600 over one year (2009)
For A Sustained Recovery: Restoring Spawning Aggregations, Groupers, and Sharks on the Mesoamerican Reef.
www.wcs.org

World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC

$650,000 over two years (2008)
For reducing agricultural effluent threats in the Mesoamerican Reef Ecoregion through the adoption of ‘better management’ practices by agro-industry.
www.wwfus.org

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Leadership for Adolescent and Reproductive Health

Advocates for Youth
Washington, DC

$125,000 over one year (2009)
For general support.
www.advocatesforyouth.org

Advocates for Youth
Washington, DC

$20,000 over one year (2009)
For Experiential Advocacy: Channeling Life Stories into Social Change.
www.advocatesforyouth.org

Americans for Informed Democracy
Baltimore, MD

$50,000 over one year (2009)
For the Global Health Program, a campus-based communications and advocacy campaign to raise awareness about youth reproductive health globally.
www.aidemocracy.org

Americans for UNFPA
New York, NY

$15,000 over one year (2009)
For the Student Award for the Health and Dignity of Women.
www.americansforunfpa.org

Center for Digital Storytelling (Life on the Water)
Berkeley, CA

$37,740 over one year (2009)
For “Youth Leaders Speak: GOJoven Fellows Share Digital Stories about Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Challenges and Successes.”
www.storycenter.org

Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
Washington, DC

$50,000 over one year (2009)
Making U.S. Foreign Assistance Work for Women and Youth
www.genderhealth.org

Feminist Majority Foundation
Arlington, VA

$50,000 over one year (2010)
For the Global Reproductive Rights Campus Campaign
www.feminist.org

Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights
Rockville, MD

$10,000 over one year (2009)
For general support.
www.fundersnet.org

The Guttmacher Institute
New York, NY

$80,000 over one year (2009)
For “Protecting the Next Generation – Setting the Evidence-Based Policy Agenda to Ensure Universal Access for the World’s Youth.”
www.guttmacher.org

International Planned Parenthood Federation
Western Hemisphere Region
New York, NY

$110,000 over seventeen months (2009)
For working with the Belize Family Life Association to increase access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services.
www.ippfwhr.org

Island Press-Center for Resource Economics
Washington, DC

$25,000 over one year (2009)
For the Population Justice Project.
www.islandpress.com

Pathfinder International
Watertown, MA

$75,000 over one year (2009)
For A Campaign to Protect the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents and Youth in Developing Countries.
www.pathfind.org

Population Action International
Washington, DC

$25,000 over one year (2009)
For The Young People's Working Group: Promoting Leadership, Awareness, and Advocacy of Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Worldwide.
www.populationaction.org

The Population Council
New York, NY

$100,000 over two years (2008)
To document the impact of interventions to build safe spaces and social capital among indigenous girls and adolescents in Guatemala.
www.popcouncil.org

Population Services International
Washington, DC

$125,175 over one year (2009)
For the Regional Adolescent Reproductive Health Program in Central America and Mexico.
www.psi.org

Public Health Institute/
International Health Programs
Oakland, CA

$2,050,000 over three years (2008)
For the continuation of the Youth Leadership in Sexual and Reproductive Health (GOJoven) Program, a leadership development program for young professionals involved in adolescent reproductive health in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Quintana Roo, Mexico.
www.ihp.org and
www.gojoven.org

Public Health Institute/
International Health Programs
Oakland, CA

$96,342 over seventeen months (2009)
For a partnership with the Comprehensive Center for Human Sexuality for Adolescents and Youth (CHISPAS) in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
www.ihp.org and
www.chispas.org.mx/2008/?page_id=4

Public Health Institute/
International Health Programs
Oakland, CA

$234,572 over three years (2009)
For an academic scholarship program for GoJoven alumni fellows.
www.ihp.org and
www.gojoven.org

Public Health Institute/
International Health Programs
Oakland, CA

$48,000 over two years (2008)
For the Yeny Mendoza Youth Leadership Academy, designed to increase the capacity of the Petén Network of Youth Leaders in SRH in Petén, Guatemala.
www.ihp.org

Puntos de Encuentro
Managua, Nicaragua

$60,000 over one year (2009)
For Capacity and Alliance Building for Young People's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Honduras and Guatemala
www.puntos.org.ni/english

The Sierra Club Foundation
San Francisco, CA

$50,000 over one year (2008)
For the Campus Outreach Campaign of the Global Population & Environment Program.
www.sierraclub.org

United Nations Foundation
Washington, DC

$25,000 over one year (2009)
For Reclaiming Leadership: Boosting U.S. Support for Global Family Planning and Reproductive Health.
www.unfoundation.org

Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Ottawa, Canada

$65,000 over one year (2009)
For the International Youth Strategy for Universal Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health.
www.youthcoalition.org

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Sustainable Cities

ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA, Inc.
Boston, MA

$214,110 over 18 months (2009)
For the development of the STAR Community Index, a national, consensus-based framework and rating system to rapidly increase city sustainability.
www.icleiusa.org/star

Island Press
Washington, DC

$150,000 over one year (2009)
For publishing books by visionary experts that advance sustainable city design and for organizing symposia and forums to spread these new ideas and foster action.
www.islandpress.org

Global Philanthropy Partnership
Chicago, IL

$150,000 over one year (2010)
For general support of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network and the creation of an Innovation Opportunity Fund for peer-to-peer collaboration and seed support.
www.global-philanthropy.org

Cascadia Region Green Building Council
Seattle, WA

$120,000 over one year (2010)
For the development of resources and networks to promote the adoption of the Living Building Challenge Version 2.0: An Inspirational Model for Urban Sustainability.
www.cascadiagbc.org

Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH

$100,000 over one year (2010)
For the development of a Vision Report and Design Package for the Green Arts District that will outline sustainability innovations and promote a national dialogue about block-level redevelopment as a driver for sustainable cities.
http://new.oberlin.edu/

Global Green USA
Santa Monica, CA

$55,000 over one year (2010)
For the evaluation of city green building programs and ordinances and their role in City Sustainability Plans and Frameworks.
www.globalgreen.org

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