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Weed Management Areas: Funding

Private Foundations

Private foundation monies are another potential source of funding, often overlooked simply due to the overwhelming volume of over 40,000 existing foundations/corporate funding opportunities. This daunting volume of potential private monies can easily be narrowed down by tapping into The Foundation Center resources. The Foundation Center, a non-profit organization, disseminates current information on foundation and corporate giving through their national collections in New York City and Washington, D.C., their field offices (San Francisco included), and their network of cooperating libraries in all 50 states. Through these library collections, grantseekers have free access to Center databases (grant and grantmaker directories) and Guides (e.g. Funding the Environment and Animal Welfare) in book or CD ROM format. Typical foundation entries include purpose and activities statements, fields of donor interest, past projects funded, funding limitations, donor information, and application information. Indexes help grantseekers target potential funders by donor name, subject field, and/or geographic area. In preparation for the Noxious Times article, the knowledgeable Foundation Center Staff, located at the downtown Sacramento Central Public Library, assisted the editorial staff in running subject searches for environment, restoration, and bio-diversity related funding, both specific to California and inclusive of the entire U.S., via the Center’s CD Rom Database

It should be emphasized that each foundation has stated requirements and preferences in terms of specific locations and project/subject areas where funding support is allocated. Such specifications for the Foundations mentioned in this article can be obtained directly from the Foundation Center locations or on the Weed Management Areas Web site.

Environmentally Focused Foundations:

• The Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation
  Has funds available for enhancing ecology, economy and community in forested landscapes through the Sustainable Forests and Communities Initiative. Eligible applicants must have 501(c)(3) status and work at the local level to promote forest conservation and environmentally sustainable economic development, along with community building. One-year grants range from $5,000 to $30,000.
  For complete description, call (651) 228-0935
• Needmor Foundation
  http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/needmor/
  (303) 449-5801 Boulder, CO
• Turner Foundation Inc.
  http://www.turnerfoundation.org/grants/index.asp
  (703) 358-2201 Arlington, VA
• David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  http://www.packard.org/
  (650) 948-7658 Los Altos, CA
• Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
  >http://www.goldmanfund.org/
  (415) 788-1090 San Francisco, CA
• Marin Community Foundation
  http://www.marincf.org/
  (415) 461-3333 Larkspur, CA
• The Pew Charitable Trusts
  http://www.pewtrusts.com/
  (215) 575-9050 Philadelphia, PA
• The San Diego Foundation
  http://www.sdfoundation.org/
  (619) 235-2300 San Diego, CA
• Weeden Foundation
  http://www.weedenfdn.org/
  (212) 888-1672 New York, NY
• The San Francisco Foundation
  http://www.sff.org/
  (415) 477-2783 San Francisco, CA
• The Rockefeller Foundation
  http://www.rockfound.org/
  (212) 869-8500 New York, NY
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
  http://www.rbf.org
  (212) 812-4200 New York, NY
• The James Irvine Foundation
  http://www.irvine.org/
  (415) 777-2244 San Francisco, CA
• Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
  http://www.haasjr.org/
  (415) 398-3744 San Francisco, CA
• Columbia Foundation (Environment Policy Center)
  http://www.columbia.org/
  (415) 986-5179 San Francisco, CA
• Compton Foundation, Inc.
  http://www.comptonfoundation.org/
  (415) 328-0101 Menlo Park, CA
• John D. and Cathrine T. MacArthur Foundation
  http://www.macfdn.org/
  (312) 726-8000 Chicago, IL
• Wildlife Conservation Society
  http://www.sciencewise.com/

Technology Focused Foundations

• Conservation Technology Support Program (CTSP)
  http://www.ctsp.org
  (419) 979-0474 San Francisco, CA
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellowships

More Links

• Additional Resources for Finding Funding
• Back Door Ways of Getting Weed Management Monies
• Directly Allocated Funds Specifically for Invasive Species
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 2002 Unified Request for Proposals
• Noxious Times Article "Sources of Funding for Weed Management Programs" (PDF)
• Private Foundations