ICF Granted Out Over $2 Million During Spring Quarter 2006

AIA- Orange County Society (Newport Beach, CA) to support the public education Maya symposium in October 2006 "Mysteries of Ancient Maya Murals"-$4,600.

Asociación de Amigos de M.A.P (Mexico City) to establish a space in the Museo de Arte Popular reserved exclusively for pieces of popular art highlighted as exceptional and worthy of recognition-$150,000.

Asociación Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (Panama City, Panama) for conservation activities to protect La Amistad Biosphere Reserve in Panama- $85,295.

Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition (National City, CA) to help combat human trafficking, commercial and sexual exploitation along the US-Mexico Border-$20,000.

Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, A. C. (CEMDA) (La Paz, BCS,Mexico) to support training efforts in their La Paz office-$40,000; and to support CEMDA’s legal and advocacy work in Loreto, as well as an environmental intern and a business plan for opening an office in Loreto-$25,000.

Centro Mujeres (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to support the first year funding for a six year project entitled "Plain Talk" for parents designed to meet communication needs and promote family dialogue-$40,000; and to support the expansion of the "Project Flor de Paz" in Loreto-$20,000.

CETYS Universidad (Ensenada, BC, Mexico) for materials, programming, and scholarships to benefit undergraduate engineering students in the Movilidad Program- $20,250.

Comunidad Vision y Desarrollo, A.C. (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to support communications, education, institutional development and advocacy efforts for work on quality of life indicators and policy transparency in La Paz.-$40,000.

Conservación del Territorio Insular Mexicano ISLA (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) for general operations as the second part of a two-year grant-$35,000.

Corredor Historico CAREM (Tecate, BC, Mexico) for media room equipment-$10,000; to provide technical support for multimedia services-$1,000.

Cruz Roja Mexicali (Mexicali, BC, Mexico) for emergency medical supplies-$4,976.

Cruz Roja Torreón (Torreón, Coah, Mexico) for medical supplies to respond to emergency needs in the Torreón area-$5,000.

Ecology Project International (Missoula, MT) general operating support-$100,000; for the Baja Field Ecology Program in La Paz BC, Mexico-$40,000.

Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud, A.C. (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to support a library coordinator and assistant at an elementary school in Valle Verde-$18,585.

Fundación Avifauna Eugene Eisenmann (Panama City, Panama) to support Phase 1 of the "Panama Rainforest Discovery Center"- $20,000.

Fundación Ayuda Niños La Paz, A.C. (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to fund scholarships for middle school and high school students-$10,000.

Fundación Cadavieco (Mexico City) to support art therapy and support for HIV positive orphans in the "Casa de La Sal" home-$5,000.

Fundación Comunitaria Oaxaca (Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico) to establish the Friends of International Community Foundation Fund for the benefit of nonprofits in Oaxaca-$16,400.

Fundación de Apoyo para Niños Especiales (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to support the participation of low income children to receive therapeutic care for special needs children-$4,000.

Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense (FECHAC) (Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico) for medical equipment for the 4 satellite Red Cross centers in the city of Chihuahua-$5,000.

Fundación Hogar Esperanza (Santiago, Chile) to help fund educational expenses for 28 children for the 2006 school year- $5,000.

Fundación Mar Viva (Panama City, Panama) to provide operational support to Mar Viva’s patrolling efforts in Coiba National Park in Panama-$101,545.

Fundación Para la Protección de la Niñez (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to support "Day of the Child" activities in Chihuahua, Torreón, Mexicali, Ensenada, Rosarito and Tecate, and to purchase 15 computers for a school in Valle de las Palmas area of Tecate-$52,200.

Fundación Pro Ayuda a la Mujer Origen (Mexico City) for efforts to educate residents of the Colonia Agricola Oriental on the prevention and intervention of domestic violence and to offer free psychological and legal consulting- $5,000.

Fundación Tarpuy (Córdoba, Argentina) to carry out a scholarship program for high school students- $68,380; to support the Minkay Cultural Arts Program and the Procom Engineering Graduate Program for two years-$197,762.

Grupo de los Cien Internacional, A.C. (Mexico City) for general support-$25,000.

Grupo Ecologista Antares GEA (Loreto, BCS) to support GEA's strategic and institutional development planning process over the coming year-$10,000.

International Center for Journalists (Washington, DC) to support a multi phase program in La Paz and Loreto to improve the ability of Mexican Journalists to produce in depth stories on sustainable development issues in the Baja Peninsula-$15,000.

Junto Con Los Niños de Puebla, A.C. (Puebla, Puebla, Mexico) for the Juconi House program to help integrate troubled youth into mainstream society-$5,000.

Los Niños (Mexicali, BC, Mexico) to support promotoras outreach and development of a Green Areas project at three schools in the Progreso Colonia of Mexicali- $9,700.

North Coast Cetacean Society (Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada) to purchase an additional hydrophone, equipment for research, and general operating costs to run the research station-$33,000.

Project Amigo (Colima, Mexico) to fund a pilot homework club project, fund a university scholarship, and provide support to a home for women university students- $25,000.

Pronatura Noroeste (Ensenada, BC, Mexico) operational support for effective biological conservation activities in Baja California and the Gulf of California-$40,000; to support monitoring via satellite of a 116,000-acre conservation easement at Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez on the eastern shore of Laguna San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico- $39,000; for ten conservation easements on private parcels in Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez- $122,160; for institutional development to strengthen fundraising, media outreach, and branding for the Northwestern Mexico program-$35,000.

San Diego Natural History Museum (San Diego, CA) for PROBEA (Proyecto Bi-regional de Educación Ambiental) to carry out environmental education curriculum design and teacher training over three years in La Paz, BC, Mexico-$179,310.

Siempre Semillas (La Ribera, BCS, Mexico) to build a community kitchen for their educational programs-$5,000; and to purchase a computer and satellite system for their office- $2,700

SIO-Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (La Jolla, CA) for an extension of a previous grant to include desalinization research for Baja California Sur.-$10,000.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama City, Panama) for marine education and outreach program that will develop educational material on whale conservation-$11,700; and to support the Punta Culebra Nature Center that provides environmental education to Panamanian children-$25,004.

Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá A.C. (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to support a strategic planning process for a new water program and general support for the water program-$15,000; for operational support and to implement their conservation agenda-$70,000.

United Nations Foundation (Washington, DC) to support an Earthquake Relief and Early Recovery Project in Pakistan with a focus on school reconstruction-$ 11,600.

Wildcoast (Imperial Beach, CA) to complete the protection of 20,000 acres of privately-held lands in Laguna San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico and to carry out a media and outreach campaign to tour operators and the general public in Mexico.-$40,000; and for general support-$10,000.