Enlibra Resource Guide -- Funding Sources

Funding Sources

Environmental Grant Making Association -- www.ega.org/ -- a voluntary association of foundations and giving programs concerned with protection of the natural environment

Federal Commons -- www.cfda.gov/federalcommons/index.html -- internet grants management portal serving the grantee organization community

Ford Foundation -- www.fordfound.org -- seeks to identify and support innovative demonstration projects that integrate conservation and development goals at the community-level

GrantsNet -- www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/whoswho.htm -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Henry P. Kendall Foundation -- www.kendall.org/ -- centered on the desire to integrate good science and local knowledge into environmental decision-making, to build capacity for sustained protection of natural resources, and to connect people and place by fostering stewardship of those resources

Hewlett Foundation -- www.hewlett.org/ -- concentrates its resources on activities in conflict resolution, education, environment, family and community development, performing arts, population, and U.S.-Latin American relations

Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation -- www.synergos.org/globalphilanthropy/organizations/lclaiborne.htm -- dedicated to the survival of wildlife and wildlands and to the vitality of human communities with which they are inextricably linked

Resources for Community Collaboration -- www.rccproject.org -- supports community-based collaboration efforts working to resolve conflicts over the use of natural resources in the rural West

Surdna Foundation -- www.surdna.org -- provides support to government, private and voluntary actions

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) -- www.usda.gov -- agencies and programs including but not limited to: Forest Service, State and Private Forestry, Rural Community Assistance; Natural Resources Conservation Service, Resource Conservation and Development; Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- www.epa.gov/epahome/grants.htm -- grants and fellowship information

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sustainable Development Challenge Grants -- www.epa.gov/ecocommunity/sdcg/ -- provides seed money to encourage creative, locally developed projects which address serious environmental problems through the application of sustainable development strategies

U.S. House of Representatives Federal Funds Express -- www.house.gov/ffr/Grants_Other.htm -- links to federal funding

U.S. State & Local Gateway -- www.statelocal.gov/funding.html -- links to federal funding

The Resource Guide was developed by Western Governors' Association staff with guidance from the Enlibra Advisory and Steering Committees.  The links provided are maintained by other organizations.  While their inclusion does not necessarily represent an endorsement by WGA, it is hoped the information provided will assist individuals and groups seeking to address environmental challenges through the use of the principles outlined in the Enlibra doctrine. 

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