Tire wall, Cañon los Laureles, Tijuana, BC, Mexico

Fundación Ayuda Niños de La Paz ,BCS, Mexico

Border wall and crosses at Playas de Tijuana,
BC, Mexico (Richard Kiy)

Preschool student, Niños del Capitán, A.C,
Mesa Colorado community of
San Jose de Cabo, BCS, Mexico (Richard Kiy)

Acción Comunitaria del Bajio, A.C.
Irapuato, GTO, Mexico
$8,000 to provide alternatives to migration for the youth of the state of Guanajuato.

Amigos para la Conservacion de Cabo Pulmo, A.C.
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$5,000 to protect Cabo Pulmo National Park
 

Amigos para la Conservacion de Cabo Pulmo, A.C.
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$44,036 to protect Cabo Pulmo National Park through coastal development monitoring and community engagement.

ANAI, INC
Franklin, NC USA
$13,030 to research fish and shrimp species on the Changuinola and Teribe Rivers in La Amistad National Park, Panama.
 
Anat Kah
Puerto Aventuras, QR, Mexico
$19,667 for programmatic and operational support.

Asociacion Contra la Ceguera Amazonica
Coronel Portillo, Peru
$23,205 for the purchase of medical equipment

Asociacion Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA)
Oakland, CA, USA
$90,000 to provide international and comparative legal support for local organizations in Mexico and Panama.

Asociación Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (ANCON) Panama City, Panama
$94,980 to support a biological monitoring project at Petaquilla.

Asociacion Pro Bomberos de Tijuana, A.C.
Tijuana, BC, Mexico
$5,000 to support the work of the fire department of Tijuana.

Augustinian Scholarship Fund
Chula Vista, CA, USA
$40,000 to support educational enrichment programs for scholarship recipients.

Casa Alberque Temporal para Niños
Ensenada, BC, Mexico
$1,400 for emergency medical care.

Center for Responsible Travel (CREST)
Washington, DC, USA
$14,720 to support targeted research in Marismas Nacionales on coastal development.

Centro de Comunidad, A.C.
Tijuana, BC, Mexico
$389 to support after-school programs for children in the El Tecolote community.

Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM)
Panama City, Panama
$274,615 for operating support.

Centro de Investigación Científica y Estudios Superiores de Ensenada (CICESE)
Ensenada, BC, Mexico
$5,000 to support research on great white sharks at Guadalupe Island, Mexico; $1,200 for great white shark research.

Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA)
Mexico, DF, Mexico
$80,000 for legal protection in the Gulf of California; $200,000 for legal protection in the Gulf of California through stakeholder training, land-use planning and new protected areas.

Centro Mexicano para la Defensa del Medio Ambiente A.C. (DAN)
Ensenada, BC, Mexico
$130,000 to provide legal support and training to environmental organizations and communities.

CETYS Universidad -Ensenada
Ensenada, BC, Mexico
$25,000 to educate students, professors and families on the principles of alternative energy.

China Youth Development Foundation
Beijing, China
$3,000 to purchase and donate books to school libraries.

Chula Vista Nature Center
Chula Vista, CA, USA
$125,000 for general operating support.

Club de Niños y Niñas de Mexico, Inc.
San Diego, CA, USA
$3,939 for general operating support.

Comunidad Vision y Desarrollo, A.C. (COVYDE)
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$75,000 to support the Alliance for La Paz project.

Comunidad y Biodiversidad A.C. (COBI)
Guaymas, Son., Mexico
$130,000 to strengthen community-based marine conservation and restoring natural capital in Northwest Mexico; $73,394 to support “Restoration of Marine Natural Capital in the Mesoamerican Reef through Community-based Marine Reserves.”
Conservación del Territorio Insular Mexicano (ISLA)
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$70,000 to support biodiversity conservation, public participation and a community center in the Gulf of California region.

Corporacion Foro de la Juventud Guayaquil
Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador
$10,000 to support a micro-business program that benefits youth and rural communities.

Corredor Historico CAREM, A.C.
Tecate, BC, Mexico
$15,000 to continue to preserve historical sites of Baja California and communicate the history and culture of Baja California to the public.

Cruz Roja Mexicana, Delegacion Baja California Sur
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$15,000 to replace equipment that was lost or damaged during Hurricane Jimena.

Cruz Roja Chilena
Santiago de Chile, Chile
$94,000 to support disaster relief efforts in Chile.

Cruz Roja Mexicali
Mexicali, BC, Mexico
$30,000 to support disaster relief efforts in Mexicali.
East Cape Guild, A.C.
Los Barriles, BCS, Mexico
$20,000 to support the organization’s 2010 Scholarship Program.

Eco-Alianza de Loreto
Loreto, BCS, Mexico
$25,000 to support science for better management of Loreto Bay National Marine Park; $15,000 for seed funding for “Pescadores Vigilantes,” office construction, the Javier Mercado scholarship and for the Grupo Tortuguero conference.

Ecology Project International
Missoula, MT, USA
$95,000 to support field activities for 60-120 students in the Los Planes watershed and to hire a finance officer; $6,500 to support a student exchange between Mexico and Costa Rica.

Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW)
Eugene, OR, USA
$29,000 to provide legal and technical advice in Panama.

Fondo Acción Solidaria (FASOL)
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$10,000 to support local communities and grassroots organizations working to conserve the Gulf of California’s biodiversity and coastal ecosystems.

Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (FMCN)
México, DF, Mexico
$750,000 to support conservation of the Vaquita Refuge in the Gulf of California over three years.

Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud, A.C.
Tijuana, BC, Mexico
$3,899 to support the “Dile a Una Amiga” program, an early treatment and detection of cervical cancer in migrant communities; $4,000 to support the “ Dile a Una Amiga” project; $95,704 to provide high-quality, low-cost reproductive healthcare and education to families throughout Baja California.

Fundación Albatros Media
Panama City, Panama
$75,000 to support regional media coverage of environmental issues; $75,000 to provide programmatic support for the “Water” series on “Al Natural.”

Fundación Avifauna Eugene Eisenmann
Panama City, Panama
$35,000 for a new cafeteria and environmental education programs at the Rainforest Discovery Center.

Fundación Castro-Limon
Tijuana, BC, Mexico
$5,000 to provide chemotherapy services to children with cancer.

Fundación Comunitaria Oaxaca
Oaxaca, Mexico
$3,500 to support the Tavehua Youth Project; $12,000 to provide two scholarships for vocational training.

Fundación de Apoyo para Niños Especiales
Tijuana, BC, Mexico $10,500 for general operating support.

Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense
Chihuahua, Chih, Mexico

$15,000 to support the program “Casas de Cuidado Diario” (Homes for Everyday care).

Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad
Tijuana, BC, Mexico
$1,000 for operational support; $19,500 to support the organization’s grantmaking program to grassroots community and economic development organizations; $19,500 to provide support for programmatic and administrative expenses for eight nonprofits in Mexico.

Fundación La Puerta
Tecate, BC, Mexico
$18,000 to empower local schools as a vehicle for community education on the importance of the environment and green communities.

Fundación Miguel Batista
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
$142,476 for programmatic and operational support.

Fundación Para la Protección de la Niñez
Tijuana, BC, Mexico
$5,700 for general operating support. Fundación Tarpuy Cordoba, Argentina $92,476 to continue support Fundacion Tarpuy’s programs: a.) PROCOM: scholarships for doctoral students in engineering; b.) MINKAY: cultural program aimed at promoting and raising awareness about Argentina’s indigenous Quichua culture; c.) ESCALAR: scholarship program for Junior High and Senior High School students from low-income backgrounds; and d.) JUNTOS: charity program that provides meals to pre-school and elementary school children from extremely poor neighborhoods of Cordoba.

Fundación Televisa, A.C.
Mexico, DF, Mexico
$15,000 to support the program “Si lo Sueñas es Posible,” a fundraising initiative that grants last wishes to children with cancer.

Future Generations
Franklin, WV, USA
$100,000 for the Green Long March environmental education project in Northeastern China ($60,000) and Tibet ($40,000) with a focus on regional climate change impacts.

Give2Asia
San Francisco, CA, USA
$15,341 to establish the International Community Foundation Fund at Give2Asia.

Global Greengrants Fund
Boulder, CO, USA
$50,000 to support the grassroots environmental movement in Baja California.

Grupo de Ecologia y Conservacion de Islas, A.C.
Ensenada, BC, Mexico
$100,000 to eradicate invasive species on islands throughout the Gulf of California and on the Pacific side of the Baja California peninsula.

Grupo Ecologista Antares, A.C. (GEA)
Loreto, BCS, Mexico
$17,000 to support the “Jovenes Exploradores” program; $35,000 for general operating support.

Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$2,000 to support the annual Grupo Tortuguero de las Californias meeting; $30,000 to provide programmatic support to expand efforts throughout Northwest Mexico.

Guardianes del Agua A.C. (La Paz Coastkeeper)
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$10,000 for general operating support; $8,000 for water quality monitoring, education, advocacy and enforcement and beach concession programs; $25,000 to support for water quality and mangrove monitoring, education and enforcement; $25,000 to support water quality monitoring, educational programs and coastal monitoring; $20,000 for water quality testing, educational outreach and coastal development monitoring in La Paz Bay; $20,000 for water quality monitoring, education and outreach activities and monitoring of coastal development projects.

Hogar de Cristo
Santiago de Chile, Chile
$96,000 to support disaster relief efforts in Chile.

Hospital Infantil de las Californias
Tijuana, BC, Mexico
$17,000 to publish and disseminate the Hospital’s annual calendar, which serves not only as their annual report, but also as a fundraising tool.

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
La Jolla, CA, USA
$10,000 for equipment and deferred maintenance at Achotines Lab in Panama.

Las Patronas
La Jolla, CA, USA
$3,000 to benefit charities throughout San Diego.

LGBTQ Issues
New York, NY, USA
$4,736 to support the construction and maintenance of a pet shelter, ongoing vet care, food and supplies for the Megan House Animal Center in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Los Cabos Coastkeeper
Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico
$20,000 to support water quality testing, educational programs, and coastal monitoring in Los Cabos, BCS.

Los Niños
Chula Vista, CA, USA
$10,000 to support the program “Areas Verdes”, an integrated program of nutrition and ecology that also promotes the creation of green space in school and community locations.

Maijañuí, A.C.
San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico
$25,000 to implement community economic development programs for the benefit of “Ejido Luis Echeverria Alvarez” to ongoing environmental stewarship of land under conservation easement; $14,000 to pay for repairs to the desalination facility at Laguna San Ignacio and to host a community wetlands meeting.

Manhattan Beach Sister City Committee
Manhattan Beach, CA , USA
$10,000 to provide disaster relief support in Santa Rosalia in response to Hurricane Jimena.

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC)
New York, NY, USA
$5,000 to support community-based symposium at Laguna San Ignacio.

Noroeste Sustentable A.C. (NOS)
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$50,000 to evaluate the social, economic and environmental viability to successfully cultivate marine shrimp in Aquapods in Bahia de la Paz; $20,000 to support a community organic garden at El Mangle.

Ocean Discovery Institute
San Diego, CA, USA
$4,560 for programmatic support for the BAHIA program in Bahia de Los Angeles, BC, Mexico.

Patronato de Bomberos de la Ciudad de Chihuahua, A.C.
Chihuahua, Chih, Mexico
$5,000 to support the work of the fire department of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Project Amigo
Colima, Colima, Mexico
$97,500 to provide continued support for educational scholarships, community development projects, health clinics, university housing for rural students and volunteer service projects.

Pronatura Noroeste
Ensenada, BC, Mexico
$25,000 to draft the conservation plan for the Bahia de los Angeles Biosphere Reserve coastline; $130,000 to recover and conserve fishing resources in the Gulf of California at a regional and site level; $15,000 to create a management plan for an UMA on the federal lands at Laguna San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico; $29,830 to support disaster relief efforts for Ejido Johnson in the the Valle de Mexicali.

Puente a la Salud Comunitaria
Oaxaca, Oax, Mexico
$35,000 for programmatic and administrative support;$22,000 to provide joint support for programmatic and administrative expenses.

Punta de Mita Foundation
Punta Mita, Jalisco, Mexico
$38,000 to support education and health projects in Punta de Mita and surrounding communities; $40,000 to enlarge the scope of their educational projects during 2010.

PVO México, A.C.
México, DF, Mexico $50,000 to support the construction and equipment of a public library in Tuxpan, Veracruz.

Redondo Beach Rotary Club
Redondo Beach, CA, USA
$10,000 to purchase two fire trucks for the municipality of La Paz, BCS, Mexico, to improve fire safety in the community.

Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County
Lakeside, CA, USA
$96,000 to fund program expenses and hire the garden program manager for the Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center.

San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego, CA, USA
$140,930 to support expanded programming and collaboration for PROBEA in La Paz, BC, Mexico.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
La Jolla, CA, USA
$10,000 to support a summer marine biodiversity monitoring research cruise in the Gulf of California.

Shanghai Charity Foundation
Shanghai, China
$14,000 to support scholarship programs.

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)
Washington, DC, USA
$29,853 to support teacher training workshops at Galeta Marine Laboratory, Colon, Panama.

Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá A.C.
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
$170,000 to support “Moving Beyond Challenges: Promising junctures for marine conservation in the southern Gulf of California”; $32,000 to support public education on the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Paredones Amarillas mine; $10,000 to publish a book that will promote the conservation of the Sierra La Giganta y Guadalupe in Baja California Sur, Mexico.

The Ocean Foundation
Washington, DC, USA
$35,000 to support the Gulf of California Long-term Underwater Monitoring Program; $10,000 to support a tourism business development strategy with Solimar International.

The Palapa Society of Todos Santos, A.C.
Todos Santos, BCS, Mexico $9,000 for general operational support.

Trust for Conservation Innovation
San Francisco, CA, USA
$55,000 for the Olazul project.

U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership
San Diego, CA USA
$87,600 for programmatic and operational support.

Un Techo para Chile
Santiago de Chile, Chile
$283,750 to support post-earthquake reconstruction efforts in Chile.

Urban Ecology Center
Milwaukee, WI USA
$15,000 for general operating support.

Vigilantes de Bahía Magdalena, A.C.
Puerto San Carlos, BCS, Mexico
$30,000 to support water quality testing, educational outreach and coastal monitoring activities in Magdalena Bay, BCS; $20,000 for water quality testing, educational outreach and monitoring of coastal development projects; $20,000 for water quality testing, coastal development monitoring, education and outreach to the local community.

Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc.
Irvinton, NY, USA
$20,200 to support the Waterkeeper Alliance Conference in La Paz, BCS, Mexico; $20,000 to support the Waterkeeper Alliance Conference; $25,000 to support the Waterkeeper Alliance Conference; $7,200 to support guests from Sinaloa and Nayarit to attend Waterkeeper Alliance meeting.

Wildcoast
Imperial Beach, CA, USA
$10,750 to continue work with CONANP on acuerdos de destino in Laguna San Ignacio.