Over $1.7 Million Granted out since March 2007
Aquatic Adventures (San Diego, CA) to support the BAHÍA after school program in Bahía de Los Ángeles, BCS, Mexico - $5,000.
Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (ANCON) (Panama City, Panama) to support: a training focused on environmental issues for journalists in Panama - $1200; a Petaquilla mining analysis - $5,000; the La Amistad migration research - $15,000; and a demonstration forestry project in La Amistad near Boquete - $14,650.
Augustinian Scholarship Fund (Chula Vista, CA) to help improve infrastructure of existing NGOs and to support scholarship students. - $20,000.
Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition (BSCC) (National City, CA) to continue support of their efforts in combating human trafficking, commercial and sexual exploitation along the US-Mexico Border - $20,000; for the Marist Missionary Guest House Project to house victims of human trafficking in the Baja Region - $20,000.
Centro de Investigación Científica y Estudios Superiores de Ensenada (CICESE) (Ensenada, BC, Mexico) to update an earthquake preparedness manual for citizens in Tijuana - $1,400.
Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental, A. C. (CEMDA) (Mexico City, Mexico) to support environmental law and policy activities in the Gulf of California Region. - $70,000; to provide charity for the legal protection of natural resources in BCS, Mexico through environmental legislation - $40,000; and to support a scientific symposium that will address the impacts of desalinization in the Gulf of California - $10,000.
CENTRO MEXICANO PARA LA DEFENSA DEL MEDIO AMBIENTE A.C. (DAN) (Ensenada, BC, Mexico) to provide technical, legal, and policy support to local decision-makers in better assessing the environmental impacts of the proposed Puerto Libertad Liquid Natural Gas Project in Baja California - $6,250.
China Youth Development Foundation (Beijing, China) to provide charitable support to lead the construction of Project Hope Primary School located in Songpan, Sichuan Province, PRC - $25,000.
Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C. (COBI) (Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico) to support marine conservation projects in the Gulf of California and on the Pacific Coast of the Baja CA Peninsula - $125,000; to provide general operating support over a two-year period for conservation and marine biodiversity in community marine reserves in Mexico - $150,000.
Conservación del Territorio Insular Mexicano ISLA (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to provide general operating support for a period of two years for the Earth Charter Initiative and continuation of on-going activities for ISLA's Community Center for Coastal Management - $70,000.
Corredor Histórico CAREM (Tecate, BC, Mexico) to assist in the compensation of the docent/caretaker in charge of the Interpretation Center at the Guadalupe Mission site in Baja California - $1,000.
Ecology Project International (Missoula, MT) to support capacity building for field based environmental education programs in the Americas - $100,000.
Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud, A.C. (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to support the "Mujer Segura" (Safe Woman) project, which will provide reproductive and sexual health services to female sex workers - $20,000.
Fundación Avifauna Eugene Eisenmann (Panama City, Panama) to provide support in the construction of the Rainforest Discovery Center (RDC) in the Soberania National Park in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama - $50,000.
Fundación Casa Alianza México I.A.P. (Mexico City, Mexico) to support the "Project Against Violence and Child Sexual Exploitation" (CSE) program in Mexico City - $15,000.
Fundación de Apoyo para Niños Especiales (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to continue support for low income, special needs children in receiving therapeutic care.- $5,100.
Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad, A. C. (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to support the Information Technology and Communication Program - $2,000.
Fundación Miguel Batista (Santo Domingo, Dominan Republic) to provide general operating support for the baseball league, retirement home and medical clinic. - $108,024.
Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Libertad Ciudadana (Panama City, Panama) to create a new environmental law center in Panama, Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM), that will act as an environmental watchdog organization to monitor government activity, review environmental impact statements, and advocate for best practices - $200,000.
Grip International (Gresham, OR) to help purchase land to build baseball fields and run a weekend baseball program in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - $10,000.
Grupo Ecologista Antares, A.C. (GEA) (Loreto, BCS, Mexico) to undertake on-going monitoring of marine life in the Loreto National Marine Park as well as the promotion of environmental education based programs with the aim of empowering local citizens to help protect critical habitats for marine mammals, fish, and agriculture - $32,500.
Guardianes del Agua A.C. (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to provide general operating support. - $15,000.
Iberoamericana University Foundation (San Ysidro, CA) to develop a comprehensive plan to research sustainable development and environmental protection issues along the Baja California peninsula with an emphasis in La Paz, BCS, Mexico - $2,500.
Los Niños (Chula Vista, CA) to provide capital for three loan groups in the border region (approximately 24 borrowers) and support microcredit outreach - $10,000.
Los Niños del Capitán, A.C. (Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico) to provide general operating support - $62,500.
PrevenCasa, A.C. (Tijuana, BC, Mexico) to support the "Alcance a Las Jovenes" project: an outreach effort to provide educational materials, and counseling to underage female sex workers in Tijuana, BC, Mexico - $20,000.
Pronatura Noroeste (Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico) to assist in the recovery and conservation of groupers in the Gulf of CA, Mexico - $30,000; to cover field costs in Phase 2 of the Laguna San Ignacio Conservation Campaign - $50,000; to support logistical and programmatic issues for the TV Azteca program entitled "Lo que callamos la mujeres" - $15,000; to support the implementation of a conservation program for the Bahía de Los Ángeles Biosphere Reserve Initiative - $150,000.
PVO México, A.C. (Mexico City, Mexico) to cover the costs for the remodeling and construction of classrooms and a civic playground area in two rural communities, Tuxpan and Tihuatlán, located in the state of Veracruz, Mexico - $23,500; to support "In Memoriam Richard Hojel" scholarship program - $1,500.
RARE Center for Tropical Conservation-Loreto (Loreto, BCS, Mexico) to support a small pilot project for fisheries fellows in the Sea of Cortez - $20,000.
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Washington, DC) to support the Community Classroom at the Galeta Point Marine Education Center in Panama - $20,000.
Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá A.C. (La Paz, BCS, Mexico) to provide general support of marine conservation projects in the Bay of La Paz and San Cosme-Punto Mechudo Corridor - $75,000; to undertake public advocacy as well as community based outreach in support of designating Playa Balandra in La Paz, BCS as a protected area with Mexican municipal, federal and international protections - $30,000.
UCSD Foundation (La Jolla, CA) to provide a partial fellowship for a qualified student from Mexico to enroll in the summer 2007 Masters pf Advanced Studies at the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.- $5,000.
Vigilantes de Bahía Magdalena, A.C. (Puerto San Carlos, Mexico) to preserve the natural resources of Magdalena Bay in Baja California Sur, Mexico. - $5,000.
WiLDCOAST (San Diego, CA) to provide charitable support for media and communications outreach to support conservation efforts in Laguna San Ignacio - $40,000.
