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Environment-Related Funder Affinity Groups
Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network (CEGN) Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD) Working groups of CGBD:
Funders Forum on Antibiotic Resistance Funders Forum on Environment and
Education (F2E2) Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights Funders Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
(TFN) Transportation Funders Group (working group of
TFN) Sustainable Food Systems Funders Grantmakers Without Borders Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN) International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) International Human Rights Funders Group Latin American and the Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds (RedLAC) Peace and Security Funders Rural Funders Network Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders EGA Regional Working GroupsEGA West Great Lakes EGA Northwest Environmental Funders Texas Environmental Grantmakers Group
ProfilesCanadian Environmental Grantmakers Network (CEGN) Group Mission and History: The Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network (CEGN) is a membership group of private, community, public and corporate foundations, and government and corporate funding programs that give grants in support of the Canadian environment. CEGN’s mission is to expand the scope and effectiveness of grantmaking in support of the Canadian environment. CEGN’s goals are: To increase networking and collaboration among environmental grantmakers, and between grantmakers and grantseekers; to contribute to a better understanding of the context of environmental grantmaking in Canada; to promote best practices in environmental grantmaking, and provide opportunities for environmental grantmakers in Canada to develop their grantmaking skills; to promote and increase environmental giving in Canada; to serve as a voice for environmental grantmaking in Canada.
The Consultative Group on Biological Diversity (CGBD) Vision, Mission, Goals The vision of the CGBD is the conservation and restoration of biological diversity on Earth. With E.O. Wilson, we define biodiversity as “all the variety of life on Earth… the variety of ecosystems, the variety of species… and the variety of genes among the individual species…” The mission of the CGBD is to support foundations in their efforts to conserve and restore biological diversity in order to safeguard and improve global environmental health. The goals of the CGBD are: To create partnerships among funders, scientists, NGOs and policymakers to address strategically the challenges of accelerating threats to global biodiversity; to increase the strategic impact of grantmaking by connecting member foundations with significant grantmaking opportunities and with respected scientific resources; to increase financial resources devoted to conserving biological diversity; to identify needs, emerging issues, strategic opportunities and alliances for biodiversity conservation; to broaden the public constituencies working to protect biological diversity with emphasis on opinion leaders and policymakers. The CGBD’s Working Groups, summarized here, are the most visible face of this effort. FORESTS
WORKING GROUP The private lands sub-group researches current U.S. private forest ownership patterns and conservation and management needs for these lands. Members identify and evaluate a number of conservation and management tools, as well as outlining conservation strategies for private forest conservation funders. The public forest sub-group addresses resource use policy, especially the recent debate over potential oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It also explores using the Clean Water Act to protect public forests, the U.S. Forest Service’s roadless policy, and the management of ATVs/ORVs (off-road vehicles) on public lands. The sustainable forestry/certification sub-group supports sustainable forestry and certification worldwide, with an emphasis on preventing overcutting of the biologically rich Southeast U.S. and creating markets for Forest Stewardship Council’s sustainable harvested timber certification. New areas of interest are the growing potential for linking certification with the land trust movement, and connecting forest conservation with sustainable community building. MARINE CONSERVATION WORKING GROUP The Marine Working Group focuses on four issue areas: fisheries management, marine aquaculture, seafood consumerism, and marine protected areas (MPAs). Members work closely with a collaborative network of conservation organizations and fishermen to promote sustainability through certification, labeling, and seafood awareness campaigns. BIODIVERSITY & ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
WORKING GROUP Members of the Biodiversity & Environmental Health Working Group promote the idea of ecological health, which views human, animal and ecosystem health as interdependent rather than as distinct disciplines or areas of funder interest. Recent issues have included health and climate change, and the dredging of toxic sediment from the Hudson River in New York. The group also funds Health Care Without Harm and the nonprofit international network working on banning persistent organic pollutants. CLIMATE
AND ENERGY FUNDERS WORKING GROUP Members of the Climate and Energy Funders Working Group examine the political, economic, social and technological challenges to a transition away from a carbon economy. The group explores emerging campaign strategies to reduce and prevent global warming, including international treaty processes, technologies, and corporate and public behaviors. HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT FUNDERS NETWORK Fiscally sponsored by CGBD, the Health and Environmental Funders Network explores emerging understandings of how degraded ecosystems lead to degraded biodiversity and human health. The network brings together funders from the previously divided health and environmental sectors, discussing issues including developed antibiotic resistance and citizens’ access to information on chemical effects.
Group Mission and History: HEFN is a primarily-virtual network of funders interested in working at the intersection of environment and health. Funders join as individuals; there are no dues. HEFN Partners receive about two emails a month with information on the monthly conference call series, working groups, events and other resources. Current HEFN working groups include ones on children’s
environmental health/healthy schools, and chemicals & health. Other
areas of active interest include environmental justice; and links between
climate, energy,
air pollution and health. HEFN works collaboratively with other funder
affinity groups and associations to help support their work on environment-health
linkages. HEFN is a project of the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity.
Coordinator: Catherine Porter P.O. Box 29104, The Presidio San Francisco CA 94129 cjporter@igc.org Group Mission and History: The Funders Forum on Antibiotic Resistance (FFAR) is a small partnership organized late in 2000 to respond to an emerging concern about antibiotic resistance in humans caused by over-use of antibiotics in agriculture, specifically in the poultry, pork and beef industries. It links environmental exposures to human health in this singular concern. FFAR is a unique collaboration in that it responds directly to a coalition of health and environment NGOs (the Campaign to Keep Antibiotics Working), with rapid response to the priorities of the campaign -- using FFAR as a coordinating service. FFAR members get a monthly e-mail update, and meet every 4-6 weeks by conference call. Some FFAR members opt for more information by signing on to the KAW coalition’s list serves, or its website: www.keepantibioticsworking.org. Lightly managed, it is a good experiment in new models of funder collaboration.
The Funders’ Forum on Environment
and Education Group Mission and History: Funders’ Forum on Environment and Education (F2E2) is a network of grantmakers dedicated to enhancing the ability of students to learn while simultaneously increasing their capacity to care for the natural environment. Established in 1997, the network now includes more than 225 participating foundations and 235 subscribers to our list-serve bulletins. F2E2 provides information and program development assistance in four focus areas: Place-Based Education in K-12 schools; Healthy School Construction; Sustainability Programs in Higher Education; and Expansion of Environmental Advocacy Efforts. In addition to our list-serves we publish a bi-annual newsletter, F2E2 Forum, which is theme-based, and includes updates on grants, trends, meetings and conferences in the education and environmental worlds. F2E2 has convened grantmakers sessions at the Grantmakers in Education and Environmental Grantmakers Association annual meetings, and regional meetings of grantmakers and practitioners. F2E2 is currently planning a strategic symposium entitled Healthy Schools by Design: Better Learning, Communities and Environments through Sustainable Approaches to Facilities Planning.
Funders
Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights Group Mission and History: The Funders Network is a network of grantmakers who address issues of population, reproductive health and reproductive rights, both domestically and internationally. Its members approach their work with a wide variety of concerns, priorities and strategies, but they share a common goal: to ensure that all people have access to the information and services they need to manage their own fertility and protect and promote their sexual and reproductive health. To that end, the Funders Network seeks to improve communication, foster collaboration, and enhance the overall effectiveness of grantmakers in this field. Funders Network for Smart
Growth and Livable Communities Group Mission and History: The mission of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities is to inform and strengthen philanthropic funders’ individual and collective abilities to support and connect organizations working to advance social equity, create better economies, build livable communities, and protect and preserve natural resources. The Funders’ Network serves as an active resource and focal point for foundations, nonprofit organizations and other partners working to solve the environmental, social, and economic problems created by suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. In January 1999, representatives from nearly thirty foundations came together in Miami for the initial planning meeting of the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. Participants identified more information sharing and more intentional coordination among funders as critical to address emerging issues of local and national priority. In April 1999, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was executed between three private foundations – The James Irvine Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, and the Turner Foundation -- and the Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc. The execution of the Agreement formally launched the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities.
Transportation Funders Group Group Mission and History: There are major roles for transportation funders
in the coming decade. Through its initiatives in support of the Transportation
Funders Group,
the Funders’ Network will assist funders in carrying out these
roles which include: continued commitment to making transportation reform
an essential part of the smart growth agenda; supporting broad metropolitan
coalitions that recognize the links between transportation infrastructure,
suburban sprawl, and disinvestment in existing communities; helping other
foundations understand links between their concerns and transportation
reform and encouraging them to become part of or supportive of such coalitions
in their respective metropolitan regions; and assisting efforts to assure
the reauthorization of the nation’s transportation legislation,
known as TEA21, helps to advance progress instead of turning back the
clock.
Funders for Sustainable Food Systems Group Mission and History: The Sustainable Food Systems Funders (formerly
FAWG) is a California-based group of public and private grant makers
whose mission is to promote
a sustainable agriculture and food system in California that: protects
the environment, human health and the welfare of farm animals; supports
all parts of an economically viable agriculture sector and provides just
conditions and fair compensation for farmers and workers; provides all
people with locally-produced, affordable and healthy food; and contributes
to the vitality of rural and urban communities and the links between
them. FSFS Activities aim to inspire and educate funders and stimulate a dialogue for solutions among stakeholders across California. They include: conducting educational events for funders, including news updates, farm trips, meetings with leaders in the field; researching and disseminating educational resources, such as Roots of Change, FSFS’s landmark report on the state of agriculture, ecology, and health; initiating a dialogue between stakeholders and funders; developing and launching the first foundation collaborative to catalyze the transition to a sustainable food system - the Roots of Change Fund. The ROC Fund will build the capacity and visibility of top sustainable agriculture leaders, support a public education effort, and initiate a sustainable agriculture policy presence.
Grantmakers
Without Borders Group Mission and History: Grantmakers Without Borders is a funders’ network committed to increasing strategic and compassionate funding for international societal change. Grantmakers Without Borders arose out of a concern that US-based philanthropy provides only marginal support outside US borders, where the fight against the most pressing problems of our time—AIDS, environmental degradation, economic inequalities and numerous other issues—is most critical. Tapping into the experience and know-how of its members, Grantmakers Without Borders offers peer-to-peer support to individuals and institutions new to funding internationally, providing guidance and support on how international grantmaking is carried out and leading funders to innovative, effective overseas work. Grantmakers Without Borders also serves as a forum for the examination of best practices in international grantmaking and provides a space for continued education and community among donors already committed to international funding. In particular, Grantmakers Without Borders encourages funders to explore social change philanthropy, and we are committed to increasing the voice, the participation and the power of the global South in US philanthropy. Founded in 2000, Grantmakers Without Borders is a working group of the National Network of Grantmakers in collaboration with International Donors’ Dialogue, a project of the Tides Center.
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
(IFIP) Mission and History: International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) was born from the needs voiced by grantmakers to more effectively manage their efforts to support Indigenous development. Our goal is to foster greater foundation commitment and more effective grantmaking for Indigenous peoples by improving networking opportunities, enhancing collaboration, building capacity, and promoting linkages among new and experienced donors. IFIP serves as an engaged mediator catalyzing discussion and providing an environment for the study and constructive exchange of ideas based on principles of mutual benefit, respect, and equitable compromise. In this way, Indigenous communities gain an active voice within the philanthropic community and grantmakers receive input that allows them to refine and redefine the tools and processes used in their funding activities. Established in 1999, IFIP is an affinity group of the Council on Foundations. IFIP was formed to provide a voice within the Council on Foundations for increased, dedicated funding for international Indigenous initiatives, and a venue for communications and resource sharing among international funders of Indigenous peoples. Membership to IFIP is currently free to grantmakers, though members are encouraged to contribute. The benefits of membership include: being part of an unparalleled vehicle that exchanges ideas and guidance with funders and experts; receiving The Sharing Circle, our bi-annual newsletter that offers insight into the international arena; invitation to our annual member's roundtable; and receiving a complimentary copy of Native Americas: Hemispheric Journal of Indigenous Issues.
International Human Rights Funders Group Group Mission and History: The International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) is an association of grantmakers devoted to supporting efforts to achieve the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the treaties and laws it has generated so that all people may enjoy a truly and fully human existence. Formed in 1994, the IHRFG has become a multi-national network representing nearly ninety grantmaking institutions and individual philanthropists committed to advancing human rights around the world. The Group is open to grantmakers who are currently funding human rights; adding a human rights component to their current grantmaking; exploring links with their current programs, such as peace and security, population and the environment; or who simply want to know more about human rights around the world. The Group’s objectives are to: Promote the exchange of information and collaboration among grantmakers committed to advancing human rights at home and abroad; improve the use of existing resources through better information, more innovative approaches, stronger collaboration and other means; expand resources to meet the increasing needs of the field; and assist other funders in exploring the value-added of a human rights approach.
Latin American and the Caribbean Network of Environmental
Funds (RedLAC) Group Mission and History: We are a group of organizations that finance conservation efforts and sustainable use of natural resources in order to enhance our environment and allow humanity to inhabit this planet in harmony with other life forms. We are a community involved in a dynamic process of capacity building and institutional strengthening. We are institutional donors at the local level representing various countries, with a deep knowledge of the diversity of social and cultural sectors and with the potential to ensure the continuity of our conservation efforts. We are a group of 23 Environmental Funds (EFs) that has financed more than 3000 environmental projects at a regional level. All together, we manage approximately US$500 million dollar funds (endowment-, replenish-, & sinking funds) and have a combined annual operational budget of more than 70 million dollars for conservation activities in the region. Our mission is to set up an effective system of learning, strengthening, training, and cooperation through a Network of National Environmental Funds aimed at contributing to the conservation and sustainable use of nature in Latin America and the Caribbean. Peace and Security Funders Group Group Mission and History: Peace and Security Funders Group is an affinity group of foundations and other funders, which was organized as a project of Ploughshares Fund, Inc. in May 1999. In the 1980s, an earlier peace funders group focused primarily on the strategic nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States. Today, various PSFG members work on conflict resolution and prevention, landmines, Middle East peace, military spending, peacebuilding, proliferation, regional conflict, small arms, terrorism, as well as weapons of mass destruction.
The Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) is a project of Community Partners. SAFSF was formed in 1991 by funders with a shared interest in economically viable, environmentally sound and socially responsible systems of food production, processing, distribution and consumption. Originally named the Sustainable Agriculture Grantmakers, SAFSF functioned as a working group of the Environmental Grantmakers Association from 1991 until October 2005 (www.ega.org). SAFSF became a project of Community Partners (www.communitypartners.org) as of November 1, 2005.
EGA Regional Working GroupsThere are several regional groups within EGA, formed to encourage collaboration among EGA members working on a variety of issues in a specific geographic area. The groups range in level of formal organization and offer services such as regional meetings, listservs and conference calls. Although the regional working groups do not typically have full-time coordinators, each year a member agrees to volunteer as the key contact for the group. If you would like to form a working group for your region, please contact the EGA office at ega@ega.org or 212-812-4260. For information on Great Lakes EGA, please contact Sam Passmore, Mott Foundation spassmore@mott.org, 810-238-5651. For information on EGA West please contact Amy Lyons, Goldman Fund at amy@goldman.org For information on Northwest Environmental Funders please contact Carol Orr, Wilburforce Foundation, carol@wilburforce.org, 206-632-2325. Northwest
Environmental Funders Group Mission and History: Northwest Environmental Funders is an informal regional coalition of grantmakers that meet quarterly to discuss issues and programs, creating opportunities for networking and collaboration. Member organizations rotate hosting and facilitation. The agenda is set with assistance from the membership attending the meeting prior. The host organization invites speakers and/or organizes panels around the chosen topic. There is no membership fee.
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