ICF Grants Awarded in FY 2007:

$3.5 million

Where We Make a Difference

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Pink Sky and Palms. Baja California Sur, Mexico. Photo credit: Ashley Pierson.


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Migrant students from ICF supported schools in Nanhui District, Shanghai, PRC. Photo credit: ICF.


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Indigenous Mayan woman from Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Photo credit: SHARE Guatemala.


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Patient receiving dental care in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Photo credit: ICF.


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Child participating in the Wyland Mural painting event in La Paz, BCS, Mexico. Photo credit: ICF.


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Mayan community member
benefiting from SHARE
Guatemala’s program on
community water purification in the
community of Cruz Quemada in the
municipality of Santa Barbara,
Huehuetenango. Photo credit:
SHARE Guatemala.


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The Tijuana-San Diego Border Fence as it extends west into the Pacific Ocean. Photo credit: ICF
Aquatic Adventures
(San Diego, CA, USA)
to support the BAHÍA after school program in Bahía de Los Angeles, BCS, Mexico – $5,000
 
Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (ANCON)
(Panama City, Panama)
for the monitoring of Panamanian Environmental Laws Regarding Coastal and Island cosystems – $35,230 ; to support a training workshop for journalists in Panama on environmental issues of the Sea of Cortez – $1200 ; for Petaquilla mining analysis, La Amistad migration research, demonstration forestry project in La Amistad – $34,650.
   
Augustinian Scholarship Fund
(Chula Vista, CA, USA)
to help the purchase of laptop computers for university students – fund an assistant – allow the NGO to get legally registered as a Mexican NGO, and develop their website – $20,000.
   
Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition
(National City, CA, USA)
for the Marist Missionary Guest House Project to house victims of Human Trafficking in the Baja Region – $20,000; to assist the continuous efforts combating human trafficking, commercial and sexual exploitation along the US–Mexico Border – $20,000.
   
Centro de Comunidad, A.C.
(Tijuana, BC, Mexico)
to purchase an alarm system for the community center – $600.
   
Centro de Investigación Científica y Estudios Superiores de Ensenada
(Ensenda, 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)
for education and outreach to local decision–makers, civic leaders, and property owners about their legal rights – $3,000; to support environmental law and policy activities in the Gulf of California Region– to provide charitable support for the legal protection of natural resources in BCS, Mexico – $70,000; to support legal mechanisms to protect the environment – $10,000.
   
Centro Mexicano para la Defensa del Medio Ambiente, A.C.
(Ensenada, BC, Mexico) to provide technical, legal, and policy support to local decision–makers in Bahia de los Angeles – $6,250; to provide technical, legal, and policy support to local decision–makers regarding the Puerto Libertad LNG Project in Baja California – $6,250; to provide technical, legal, and policy support to local decision–makers in better assessing the environmental impacts of the proposed Puerto Libertad LNG Project in Baja California – $6,250.
   
China Youth Development Foundation (Beijing, PR China)
to provide charitable support leading the construction of a Project Hope primary school located in Songpan Sichuan Province, PRC – $25,000.
   
Comunidad Visión y Desarrollo, A.C.
(La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
to build citizen participation in Public Policy to improve transparency and government accountability – $40,000.
 
Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C.
(Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico)
for general support of marine conservation projects in the Gulf of California – $125,000; help advance the use of marine reserves – $150,000.
   
Conservación del Territorio Insular Mexicano ISLA
(La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
to promote and support environmental education through the Earth Charter Initiative in BCS – $70,000.
 
Corredor Histórico CAREM, A.C.
(Tecate, BC ,Mexico)
to assist in identifying, preserving and presenting to the public historic treasures of Baja California, Mexico – $1,000.
   
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 including salaries for the paramedic and home health care nurse– maintenance and fuel– for the ambulance and medical supplies – $5,000.
 
Ecology Project International
(Missoula, MT, USA)
to support their field ecology work in La Paz – $20,000; 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 provide high–quality, low–cost reproductive healthcare and education to families throughout Baja California – $20,000; to support the 6th Annual HIV/STD Binational Conference – $2,400; for continued support of the after school reading program at the Teen Center at the medical clinic and to begin a reading program at local elementary school – $12,867.
 
Fundación Albatros Media
(Panama City, Panama)
to help produce the Treasures of Coiba book – $20,000 for an awareness–building campaign for Bocas del Toro – $25,000.
 
Fundación Avifauna Eugene Eisenmann
(Panama City, Panama)
For construction of the Rainforest Discovery Center (RDC) in the Soberanía National Park in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama – $50,000.
 
Fundación Casa Alianza México I.A.P.
(Mexico City, Mexico)
to provide a broad range of high quality treatment, care and education services to street children, at–risk youth, and children that are sexually exploited – $20,000.
 
Fundación de Apoyo para Niños Especiales
(Tijuana, BC, Mexico)
for continued support for the participation of disabled children from low income families to receive therapeutic care – $11,000; to provide scholarships for 10 children a month to receive special therapy – $7,000.
 
Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad, A.C.
(Tijuana, BC, Mexico)
to provide new computers and technical support to public schools and community centers in Tijuana – $30,000; to cover other costs for 12 computers donated to a public school in Rosarito, Mexico – $2,000.
 
 
Fundación Mexicana para la Educación Ambiental, A.C.
(Mexico City, Mexico)
to support the publication of a book on the Alternative Futures Study of La Paz – $5,059.26; to secure an exclusive option to negotiate with Ejido San Ignacio for the conservation of coastal land – $10,000.
 
Fundación Miguel Batista
(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
for general operating expenses for the baseball league, retirement home and medical clinic – $108,024.
 
Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Libertad Ciudadana
(Panama City, Panama)
for the creation of a new environmental law center in Panama–Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM), an environmental watchdog organization to monitor government activity, review environmental impact statements, advocate for best practices, and mobilize citizen support for a conservation–oriented approach to development – $200,000.
 
Fundación San Marcos–UNMSM
(Lima, Peru)
to help finish construction of a University Library and auditorium for the School of Mining at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos – $185,000.
 
Fundación Ayuda Niños La Paz, A.C.
(La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
to fund scholarships for middle school and high school students in La Paz – $37,000.
 
Género, Medio Ambiente y Salud I.A.P.
(Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico)
to support training and leadership development for women in Sonora – $15,000.
 
Grip International
(Los Cabos, BCS, Mexico)
to purchase land to build baseball fields and run a weekend baseball program in Cabo San Lucas – $10,000.
 
Grupo Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C.
(Ensenada, BC, Mexico)
to pay the salary of a captain aboard the research vessel used during field work for the ecology and feeding behavior of the Great White Shark in Guadalupe Island, Mexico – $2,000.
 
Grupo Ecologista Antares, A.C. (GEA)
(Loreto, BCS, Mexico)
to support Agua para Todos to promote water conservation in BCS – $23,050; to support the Young Explorers program from junior high school students – $12,825; to support the visitors center and field operations in Loreto, BCS – $6,000; to undertake ongoing monitoring of marine life in Loreto and promote environmental education – $32,500.
 
Guardianes del Agua, A.C.
(La Paz, BCS ,Mexico)
for general operating expenses including activities such as creating agreements with NGOs, universities, and public agencies– and recruiting individual volunteers to establish water monitoring programs – $15,000.
 
High Tech High
(San Diego, CA, USA)
to provide scholarships for low income students to participate in international immersion trips to China, Mexico, India, Italy, and Peru – $10,000.
   
Iberoamericana University Foundation
(Tijuana, BC, Mexico)
for continued support of the bookmobile literacy program for public schools near the Loyola library – $10,000; to undertake the initial ground work to develop a research and educational program related to marine and terrestrial conservation – $25,000.
 
International Center for Journalists
(Washington, DC, USA)
to improve the ability of Panamanian journalists to produce in depth stories on sustainable development issues in Northwest Panama – $30,000; to support a second conference in Loreto, BCS, Mexico to improve the ability of Mexican Journalists – $25,000.
 
La Gran Familia de Gregory, A.C.
(Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, Mexico)
to provide scholarships for 20 children at the Gran Familia Orphanage and cover costs for school uniforms, supplies and books – $3,800.
 
La Jolla Rotary Foundation
(La Jolla, CA, USA)
to fund scholarships for the Tijuana Youth Scholar Program – $15,000.
 
Los Niños International
(Chula Vista, CA, USA)
to support a micro–credit program in Tijuana, BC, Mexico – $4,700; to create two new funding groups – $10,000.
 
Los Niños del Capitán
(Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico)
for the construction of a playground at the daycare center and to cover salaries, rent, and utilities – $56,750; for general operating expenses – $62,500.
 
Maijañuí, A.C.
(San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico)
to carry out community and economic development programs for Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez – $25,000; to attend a conference in Veracruz, Mexico – $2,151.
 
Manhattan Beach Sister City Committee
(Manhattan Beach, CA, USA)
to purchase supplies for relief efforts in Mulegé and Santa Rosalia, BCS, Mexico – $15,000.
 
Nepal School Projects
(Scarborough, Ontario, Canada)
to build three new schools in Paudar, Nepal, a rural mountain village in the highlands of the Himalayas – $5,602.
 
Optimist Club CSL– Project Kidsmart
(Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico)
to provide top notch English classes to scholarship recipients, making them more competitive in the job market and more prepared for university level classes – $5,000.
 
Paramedicos Vicente Guerrero BC, A.C. (San Quintín, BC, Mexico)
to support the purchase of the fire truck for the Paramedics of Vicente Guerro community – $1,500.
 
Patronato Pro–Hospital Civil de Tijuana, A.C.
(Tijuana, BC, Mexico)
for general operating support to cover staff time and direct expenses associated with ongoing efforts – $4,000.
 
PrevenCasa, A.C.
(Tijuana, BC, Mexico)
to support ongoing efforts for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Tijuana – $20,000.
 
Pro Peninsula
(La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
to serve as a fiscal sponsor for the La Paz Coastkeeper – $8,500; to support the 2007 Grupo Tortugero Annual Meeting – $1,000.
 
Project Amigo
(Cerro de Ortega, Colima, Mexico)
to support various educational scholarship programs – $36,000.
 
Pronatura Noroeste Mar de Cortés, A.C. (Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico)
to secure 10 conservation easements on private parcels in Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez – $139,000; to purchase equipment for field surveys of the federal maritime zone in Laguna San Ignacio – $25,376.93; to cover field costs in Phase 2 of the Laguna San Ignacio Conservation Campaign – $113,000; for recovery and conservation of groupers in the Gulf of CA – $30,000; for logistical and programmatic support for media outreach in Laguna San Ignacio to further its conservation efforts – $15,000.
 
Proyecto Fronterizo de Educación Ambiental, A.C.
(Tijuana, BC, Mexico)
to conduct an analysis of environmental legal capacity in northwest Mexico – $24,853.
 
PVO México, A.C.
(Mexico, City, Mexico)
to purchase medical equipment for rural communities in Tlaxcala, Mexico – $20,000; to continue PVO’s work in rural communities and provide scholarships for special needs children – $25,000; to cover the costs for the remodeling and construction of classrooms in Tuxpán and Tihuatlán – $23,500.
 
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.
 
San Diego Natural History Museum
(San Diego, CA, USA)
to expand environmental education, curriculum design and teacher training in La Paz, BC, Mexico – $35,000; to carry out environmental education projects for school children in Tijuana, BC, Mexico – $45,765.
 
Shanghai Charity Foundation
(Shanghai, PR China)
for scholarship programs to support 50 selected high school students & 50 college students, support for migrant schools including construction, teacher scholarships, teacher training and for the Peking Opera school – $88,305.
 
Siempre Semillas, A.C.
(La Rivera, BCS, Mexico)
for disaster relief after Hurricane John – $7,425.
 
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
(Washington, DC, USA)
to support teacher training workshops in environmental education at Punta Culebra and Galeta Nature Centers in Colón, Panama – $21,300; for the Community Classroom at the Galeta Point Marine Education Center – $20,000.
 
Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá A.C.
(La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
to design a water purification system for rural communities – $14,000; for general operations, implementation of community development projects and to support conservation efforts at Balandra – $200,000; to facilitate the work with environmental ordinance in La Paz – $43,500; to conduct monitoring on the impact of a household water disinfection device – $10,000; for general support of marine conservation projects in the Bay of La Paz and San Cosme – Punto Mechudo Corridor – $75,000.
 
Terra Peninsular, A.C.
(Ensenada, BC, Mexico)
for general operating support – $15,000.
 
UCD–Dept of Wildlife Conservation Biology
(Davis, CA, USA)
to purchase equipment and logistical support during field work for the Ecology and feeding behavior of the Great White Shark in Guadalupe Island, Mexico – $4,000.
 
UCSD Foundation
(San Diego, CA, USA)
to fund a partial fellowship for a qualified student from Mexico to enroll in the summer 2007 Masters of Advanced Studies at the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego – $5,000.
 
Utah State University
(Logan, UT, USA)
to provide charitable support for the establishment of the Gombe School of Environment and Society (GOSECO) in Gombe, Tanzania and assist in the fulfillment of the phase II school plan – $50,000.
   
Vigilantes de Bahía Magdalena, A.C.
(San Carlos, BCS, Mexico)
to support protecting the biologically diverse wetland ecosystems on the pacific coast, Magdalena Bay – $5,000; for general operating support to further develop water quality monitoring, enforcement, and outreach programs – $15,000.
   
Wildcoast
(Imperial Beach, CA, USA)
to provide charitable support for media and communications outreach to support conservation efforts in Laguna San Ignacio – $40,000.
 
Zoological Society of San Diego
(San Diego, CA, USA)
to assist the Conservation and Research for Endangered Species Zoological Society of San Diego (CRES) in the translation of the bylaws of the newly formed Mexican nonprofit Eco Condor, and to support the research projects of the California Condor in San Pedro Martir, Baja California, Mexico – $6,400.
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