Conservation and Environment

Below are recent grants made to Conservation and Environment organizations through the Foundation's Competitve Grants program. To find local Conservation and Environment organizations, view our Nonprofit Directory or click here for a list of nonprofit websites.

Murie Center
Conservation Leaders Summit
$13, 375

In an effort to promote and encourage greater collaboration among the conservation organizations in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the Murie Center hopes to emulate the successful Systems of Care and health and human services group meetings through the first annual Conservation Leaders Summit. Grant funds will be used to produce this three day summit for regional nonprofits, including panelist and facilitator fees.

National Parks Conservation Association
Migration Corridor Preservation
$2,500

As a result of industrial, residential, and commercial development, Grand Teton Pronghorn migratory corridors are increasingly threatened. Through its Business of Wildlife campaign, the National Parks Conservation Association will achieve heightened recognition of and protection for Grand Teton National Park wildlife migration corridors through collaboration with the Freedom to Roam Coalition and the six largest oil and gas corporations operating in the area. This grant will help to fund an innovative stakeholders summit with oil and gas corporations in order to identify joint goals for corridor protection, create a model for industry/conservation partnerships and find common ground that allows the industry to meet their bottom line while simultaneously achieving positive environmental outcomes.

Teton County Library Foundation
Solar Panel Project
$10,000
This is the final year of a multi-year project initiated in 2007 to install 195 solar panels on the Library roof. Use of the panels will result in a reduction of 15,942 pounds in carbon dioxide emissions, 84 pounds in sulfur dioxide emissions and 51 pounds in nitric oxide emissions. Not only will this project positively impact the environment, it will also be an opportunity for the Library to educate and provide community leadership by example in the area of energy conservation. This grant will assist in the final installation effort and will be applied to the hard costs of panels, associated wiring, and labor.