Grantees
Over $730,000 granted out since July 2006
Asociación Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (Panama City, Panama) for the monitoring of Panamian environmental laws regarding coastal and island ecosystems-$35,230.
Centro de Comunidad, A.C. (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to purchase an alarm system for the community center in Tecolote Canyon-$600.
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, A. C. (CEMDA) (Mexico, DF) for education and outreach to local decision-makers, civic leaders, and property owners about their legal rights related to the Loreto Bay Marine Park in Baja California Sur, Mexico-$3,000.
Centro Mexicano Para La Defensa del Medio Ambiente, A.C. (DAN) (Ensenada, BC, Mexico) to provide technical, legal, and policy support to local decisionmakers in Bahia de los Angeles- $6,250.
Comunidad Vision y Desarrollo, A.C. (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to build citizen participation in public policy to improve transparency and government accountability- $40,000.
Cruz Roja Mexicana Rosarito (Rosarito, BC, Mexico) to help purchase an ambulance-$5,000. East Cape Community Urgent Care Clinic (Los Barriles, BCS, Mexico) for general operating support for emergency services- $5,000.
Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud, A.C. (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to support the 6th Annual HIV/STD Binational Conference in Tijuana- $2,400. Fundación Albatros Media (Panama City, Panana) to help produce the environmental education book entitled”Treasures of Coiba” for primary students in Panama-$20,000.
Fundación Ayuda Niños La Paz, A.C. (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to fund scholarships for middle school and high school students.-$37,000.
Fundación de Apoyo para Niños Especiales (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) for continued support for the participation of low income children to receive therapeutic care for special needs children-$7,000.
Fundación Mexicana para la Educacion Ambiental A.C. (FUNDEA) (Mexico DF, Mexico) to support the publication of a book on the Alternative Futures Study of La Paz, BCS, Mexico-$5,059.
Fundación Mexicana para la Educacion Ambiental A.C. (Mexico DF, Mexico) to secure an exclusive option to negotiate with Ejido San Ignacio for the conservation of 18,628 acres of coastal land in Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur, Mexico- $10,000.
Grupo Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C. (Ensenada, BC, Mexico) for the “Ecology and feeding behavior of the Great White Shark in Guadalupe Island, Mexico” research project-$2,000.
Grupo Ecologista Antares GEA (Loreto, BCS, Mexico) to support their “Agua para Todos” project to promote water conservation in Baja California Sur- $23,050.
International Center for Journalists (Washington, DC) to improve the ability of Panamanian journalists to produce in depth stories on sustainable development issues in Northwest Panama- $30,000.
International Center for Journalists (Washington, DC) to support a second conference in the Gulf of California to improve the ability of Mexican Journalists to produce in depth stories on sustainable development issues in the Baja Pensinsula-$25,000.
La Gran Familia (Cuauhtemoc, Chih, Mexico) to provide scholarships for 20 children from the orphange to attend a private school-$3,800.
La Jolla Rotary Club Foundation (La Jolla, CA) to fund scholarships for the Tijuana Youth Scholar Program-$15,000.
Los Niños del Capitán (Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico) for the construction of a playground at the daycare center and for general operating expenses-$56,750.
Maijañuí, A.C. (San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico) to carry out community economic development programs for “Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez”- $25,000.
Manhattan Beach Sister City Committee (Manhattan Beach, CA) to purchase supplies for relief efforts in Mulegé and Santa Rosalia, BCS, Mexico after Hurricane John.- $17,500.
Paramedicos Vicente Guerrero BC, A.C. (San Quintin, BC, Mexico) to help purchase a fire truck-$3,000.
Pro Peninsula (San Diego, CA) to serve as fiscal sponsor for La Paz Coastkeeper in order to become registered nonprofit in Mexico.- $3,500.
Project Amigo (Cerro de Ortega, Colima,Mexico) to support various educational scholarship programs for university student, high school and junior high school students and for the college endowment fund-$36,000.
Pronatura Noroeste (Ensenada, BC, Mexico) to secure ten conservation easements on private parcels totaling 8,450 acres in Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez in Laguna San Ignacio, Baja California Sur- $139,000.
Pronatura Noroeste (Ensenada, BC, Mexico) to purchase equipment for field surveys of the federal maritime zone in Laguna San Ignacio, BC, Mexico-$25,376.
PVO México, A.C. (Mexico, DF) to purchase medical equipment for rural communities in Tlaxcala, Mexico-$20,000.
Shanghai Charity Foundation (Shanghai, China) for various scholarship programs for migrant students-$88,305.
Siempre Semillas (La Ribera, BCS, Mexico) for disaster relief after Hurricane John-$7,425.
Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá A.C. (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to design a water purification system for rural communities in developing countries-$14,000.
Terra Peninsular A.C. (Ensenada, BC, Mexico) to cover salaries, rent, and utilities-$15,000.
UC Davis-Department of Wildlife, Fish, & Conservation Biology (Davis, CA) for the “Ecology and feeding behavior of the Great White Shark in Guadalupe Island, Mexico” research project-$4,000.
