The Environmental Program Guidelines
Investing in the health, sustainability and resilience of the natural environment and local communities in the Northern Forest and the Gulf of Maine.

The Environmental Program supports two regions that face significant challenges to ecological integrity and community sustainability:

• The 26-million-acre Northern Forest of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, and
• The fisheries and coastal communities of the Gulf of Maine, which encompasses 36,000-square miles of ocean and connects the New England states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine with adjoining Canadian provinces.

The Environmental Program makes grants to nonprofit organizations with headquarters or branch offices located in the Northern Forest and the Gulf of Maine who are working at the nexus of ecosystem protection and community economic sustainability.

Because solutions developed with local input are often the most effective and enduring, the Foundation favors community-based efforts to conserve resources and enhance quality of life. The heart of our approach is to support groups who give voice to local stakeholders seeking to balance marine and forest resource management with community sustainability.

Funding Restrictions
The Environmental Program does not fund annual appeals, basic science, capital campaigns, educational programs or land or easement purchases.

Applying for an Environmental Program Grant
Inclusion in the Foundation’s Environmental Program is by invitation only. Foundation staff actively seek out organizations and projects that support our program objectives, then request grant applications from those organizations whose work we find most appropriate and promising. We do not accept unsolicited proposals.

The Environmental Program is closed for 2010.