35 Years | 1,922 Grants | 1 Legacy
Five-Year Report | 2010 - 2014
Table of Contents
1
About
2
Letter from the President and Executive Director
3
Grantmaking Priorities
6
Grant Application Guidelines
8
Funding
10
2010 – 2014 Grant Awards
35
Photo Captions and Credits
37
Contact Information
ABOUT
The Island Foundation was founded in 1979
by W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. and Mary H. Clark.
They envisioned a family foundation that was
capable not only of reacting to the needs of the
community, but also providing leadership grants
and taking chances other foundations might
be unwilling to consider. Van Clark believed in
solutions. He believed that the world could be
managed for the better. He believed that bright
people, dedicated to a common goal, would
inevitably achieve that goal. He was an activist
who was willing to, in his own words, “Step up
to the plate and make a good cut at the ball.”
A restless and imaginative man, he fought for
better outcomes in all of his endeavors. Over
the years, the Island Foundation has alternately
talked and listened, but always with the goal of
motivating action and creative solutions. There is
a challenge embedded in every opportunity.
— Stephen H. Clark
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from the president and executive director
Here and now, the Island Foundation is poised to help strengthen the nonprofit and
philanthropic sectors. With established staff, and with the next generation of trustees fully
entrenched and at the helm, we are positioned to continue a legacy of thoughtful philanthropy.
The last five years have brought significant
growth at the Foundation, and we have
structured that growth by increasing
funding for our priority areas, adding a
Global program area, and being strategic
with funding for basic needs as we
respond to recovery efforts after the
Great Recession.
Relationships remain at the core of our
work. By working with nonprofits, funders,
and other stakeholders, we have created
spaces for peer learning, support, and
collaborative impact. These relationships
matter, and we will continue to work with
our partners to ensure a sustainable future
for the nonprofits we support.
In 2014, the Island Foundation celebrated its 35th anniversary. Over the course of its history,
the Foundation has awarded almost 2,000 grants and distributed close to $46 million to
nonprofits. While the impact of that giving can be felt in some further corners of the world,
most of the Foundation’s impact has been centered in our home region of Southeastern
Massachusetts.
Moving forward, we remain committed to our belief that our grantees have the answers, and
we hope our grants will foster their questions, solutions, and dreams.
Hannah C. Nesbeda, President of the Board
Denise M. Porché, Executive Director
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GRANTMAKING PRIORITIES
The Island Foundation’s grant priorities fall within four major categories:
Environment, New Bedford, Alternative Education, and Global.
The Foundation supports projects in coastal areas of Maine,
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island and selected international locations.
For the last two decades, the Foundation has focused a significant
portion of its financial resources on Southeastern Massachusetts,
where its office is located. Here the Board seeks to understand how
communities grow sustainably and equitably, how to increase educational
opportunities, how rural and urban economies are intertwined, and how
to best protect working landscapes and the people who rely upon these
areas for their livelihoods. In funding in a few specific areas, the Board
believes it will have the most impact.
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Environment
In Southeastern Massachusetts, Maine, and Rhode Island, the Island
Foundation promotes the conservation of marine and coastal resources.
For many years, the Foundation has given priority to North Atlantic right
whale research, protection of coastal waterbird habitat, and preservation
of coastal lands.
More recently, the Board has been interested in new initiatives that:
•
link climate change, renewable energy, and regional planning and
support those most impacted by climate change;
•
support working landscapes (sustainable agriculture and
community-based fisheries) and the people who rely on them for
their livelihoods;
•
help local conservation organizations strengthen their own capacity;
•
connect community health, quality of life, and environmental
conservation; and
•
promote environmental justice and seek to include the voices of
those most affected by environmental harms.
Alternative Education
The Island Foundation supports a limited number of experiential
education programs, after-school programs, and alternative education
schools, with an emphasis on ensuring educational access for
underserved populations. Drawing on its tradition of seeking alternative
and unconventional approaches, the Island Foundation looks for informal
and school-based programs that connect young people to their natural
world, foster an appreciation for community service, and respect
individuals with diverse backgrounds and learning styles. Maritime trades,
hands-on marine education, and programs that increase access and
opportunity for at-risk youth are of particular interest.
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New Bedford
The Foundation works with organizations that promote progressive social
change and combat discrimination in all its forms in New Bedford. In
this historic city, the Foundation supports youth programs, community
development, arts and culture, and basic needs. The Foundation
funds groups that have community-wide recognition and support and
demonstrate a positive vision for the present and future of New Bedford.
Within the New Bedford program area, the Board currently seeks
proposals addressing:
•
youth educational attainment, life skills, and career preparation, with
an emphasis on workforce development for at-risk youth ages 16-24;
•
strategies to address food insecurity;
•
assistance for immigrants;
•
activities that increase civic engagement, access, and inclusion;
•
appreciation for the history and cultures represented in this
community; and
•
professional development/capacity building for the nonprofit sector.
Global
From local to global, we live in world where everything is interconnected.
And by making connections to the issues it cares about, the Foundation
is able to have an impact on change that supports a just and sustainable
world.
The Foundation supports a small number of global programs that mirror
the values in its other priority areas, and it also supports projects that:
•
ensure the rights of indigenous peoples and women;
•
protect those most vulnerable to climate change;
•
empower local communities to drive their own development;
•
provide access to quality healthcare for the poor; and
•
promote sexual and reproductive health education and rights.
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GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Who is eligible to apply to the
Island Foundation?
How do I apply to the Island
Foundation?
The Island Foundation supports
1) Initial Contact—To determine if
501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
your request could be considered
in Maine, Massachusetts, and
for funding by the Foundation, you may
Rhode Island. The Board funds
either call or write to the Foundation.
some groups outside of these
The Foundation’s contact information is:
areas when their programs
relate to work the Foundation is
supporting within its programmatic
and geographic priority areas.
On a case-by-case basis, the
Foundation provides funding to
groups without nonprofit status
that use a fiscal sponsor.
The Island Foundation accepts
Denise M. Porché, Executive Director
Island Foundation, Inc.
589 Mill Street
P.O. Box 1605
2) Letter of Inquiry/Full Proposal—
If a Letter of Inquiry or Full Proposal
is requested, please submit the
following information through
the Foundation’s online grants
management system:
• One page cover letter on your
letterhead that specifies the amount
of funding sought, briefly describes
your organization and its mission, and
gives a summary of the proposal idea.
Marion, MA 02738-1533
• Three to five page proposal
508-748-2809 (telephone)
including a brief history of the
508-748-0991 (fax)
organization, project need, project
[email protected]
goals, methods used to meet your
www.islandfdn.org
goals, measures of success, and
both general operating and
qualifications of your organization and
project-focused grant requests
staff.
and occasionally makes multiyear grant commitments to
organizations it has supported for
many years.
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• A project budget (income and
expenses) and past and current year
budgets for the overall organization.
• Most recent financial statement
If these dates fall on a weekend,
based in and working within a
or audit.
the deadline is the first following
community, particularly in regards to
workday. Decisions are made within
the city of New Bedford.
• List of Board of Directors and staff.
a month and grants are distributed
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax
by approximately the 15th of the
determination letter indicating 501(c)
following month.
What does the Island Foundation
not fund?
Annual progress reports and budget
The Foundation does not support
information (income and expenses)
proposals outside its priority areas
are required of every grantee.
(issue and/or geographic) or requests
(3) status of the organization. If you
are using a fiscal sponsor, include the
501(c)(3) letter of your fiscal sponsor
and a letter from them indicating
their willingness to assume fiscal and
administrative reporting responsibility
for the grant.
• Supplementary materials: annual
reports, newsletters, media coverage,
and/or brochures.
from individuals, for-profit businesses,
What requests are looked upon
favorably?
or religious groups.
Penzance and Special Projects
The Island Foundation accepts
The Board of Directors may
proposals for projects in the four
priority areas of Environment, New
Bedford, Education, and Global.
The Island Foundation accepts letters
The Foundation seeks organizations
of inquiry and full proposals:
that are innovative, well-regarded,
• March 1st
sustainable, nondiscriminatory in any
• June 1st
way, and able to demonstrate the
• September 1st
impact of their work. The Foundation
• December 1st
also gives preference to organizations
recommend a certain amount of
funding to eligible nonprofits that they
select individually. Recommendations
for funding in these areas are, in
all cases, initiated by the Board of
Directors. Uninvited proposals or
inquiries will not be considered.
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FUNDING
Island Foundation Five-Year Funding: 2010 - 2014
18%
misc./penzance
9%
education
$1,130,000
$2,096,445.90
12%
32%
special projects
environment
$1,390,000
$3,825,000
27%
new bedford
$3,200,000
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2%
global
$200,000
Total: $11,841,446
New Bedford Grants
Environment Grants
$3,500,000
$4,000,000
$3,000,000
15%
Arts & Culture
20%
Climate Change, Alternative
Energy, & Regional Planning
27%
Working Landscapes
22%
Marine Mammals
31%
Coastal Land, Water,
& Habitat Conservation
$3,000,000
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$3,500,000
41%
Youth
$2,500,000
$2,000,000
$1,500,000
$1,500,000
$1,000,000
28%
Community Development
$1,000,000
$500,000
16%
0
Basic Needs
$500,000
0
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Grants: 2010 - 2014
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2014 Grant Awards
ENVIRONMENT
Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE),
Roxbury, MA
Strengthening the Capacity of Environmental Justice
Organizations in New Bedford
$20,000
Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust, Bethlehem, NH
General Support
$5,000
Associated Scientists at Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA
Cost-share support for Right Whale News 2014
$2,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition, New Bedford, MA
Nitrogen Pollution Advocacy 2014
$25,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Southern New England Meat Processing Initiative
$25,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Masschusetts,
New Bedford, MA
SEEAL: SouthCoast Energy Challenge
$20,000
Community Teamwork, Inc., Lowell, MA
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project (NESFP): Expanding Farmer $10,000
Resources and Farmland Links in Southeastern Massachusetts
Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA
Environmental Justice Assessment in New Bedford
$25,000
ENE, Rockport, ME
Promoting Clean Energy Options and Consumer Benefits
in Massachusetts
$25,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
Economic Research to Support Climate Ready Fisheries
$25,000
Island Institute, Rockland, ME
Keep Island Homes Warm
$20,000
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
Publication of the Book “North Atlantic Right Whales”
by David W. Laist
$10,000
Jones River Watershed Association, Kingston, MA
Cape Cod Bay Watch
$10,000
LightHawk, Lander, WY
Flying for Conservation in the Northeast
$10,000
Marion Institute, Marion, MA
Connecting for Change
$10,000
Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions,
Belmont, MA
Fundamentals for Conservation Commissioners
Certificate Training Program Intensive
$10,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA
General Support of Coastal Waterbird Program
$30,000
Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, Sudbury, MA
General Support
$10,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta, ME
Protecting the Nature of Maine
$30,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
Bay of Fundy and Adjacent Waters Right Whale Research: 2014
$50,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium
$13,000
New England Grassroots Environment Fund, Newmarket, NH
Inspiring, Connecting and Supporting New England’s Grassroots
$20,000
New Venture Fund, Washington, DC
Environmental Justice Facilitation
$10,000
North & South Rivers Watershed Association, Norwell, MA
Watershed Action Alliance: The Future of Water in Southeastern
Massachusetts
Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, Gloucester, MA
Fish Locally Collaborative Assembly
Partners for a Healthier Community, Fall River, MA
Brayton Point Transition Forum
Penobscot East Resource Center, Stonington, ME
Leadership for the Future of Community-Scale Fishing
$20,000
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies,
Provincetown, MA
Monthly Aerial Surveys of Seals in Southeastern Massachusetts
$20,000
$5,000
$20,000
$1,000
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Red Tomato, Plainville, MA
Bringing Red Tomato DSD (Direct Store Delivery) Back to
Southeastern Massachusetts
$20,000
Save The Bay, Inc., Providence, RI
Save The Bay Environmental Initiatives - FY15
$30,000
Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership
(SEMAP), South Dartmouth, MA
General Support
$30,000
Southside Community Land Trust, Providence, RI
General Support
$25,000
The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Inc.,
Barnstable, MA
Cape Cod Land-Saving Support Grant
$20,000
The Nature Conservancy, Boston, MA
Coastal Ecosystem and Water Quality Improvement
$25,000
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
South Coast Youth Corps
$20,000
Third Sector New England, Boston, MA
The Carrot Project
$15,000
Toxics Action Center, Boston, MA
Southeastern Massachusetts Neighborhood Assistance
Program
$20,000
Trust for Public Land, Boston, MA
Community Preservation Coalition: CPA In Southeastern
Massachusetts—Generating Funding for Land Conservation
and Community Projects
$20,000
Trust for Public Land, Boston, MA
Community Preservation Coalition: New Bedford Community
Preservation Act Campaign
$2,000
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Continuation of Whale Research in South Africa (Year 3 of 3)
$60,000
Wildlands Trust, Duxbury, MA
Wildlands Trust—Protecting Our Natural Heritage
$20,000
Wilson Museum, Castine, ME
The CALVIN Project
Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA
Ocean Acidification and Southern New England: A Conference
2014 Environment Subtotal
$2,000
$10,000
$800,000
NEW BEDFORD
3rd EyE Youth Empowerment, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
ArtWorks! Partners for the Arts & Community, Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
Transforming the Future: Merging ArtWorks! and the
New Bedford Art Museum
ArtWorks! Partners for the Arts & Community, Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
General Support
$30,000
Boys & Girls Club of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Current Operations, 2013-2014
$22,000
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
Child & Family Services, Inc., New Bedford, MA
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Child & Family Services
$10,000
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association, Boston, MA
Mass Smart Growth Alliance:
Great Neighborhoods Acushnet, Phase 2
$10,000
Coalition Against Poverty, New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Anti-Poverty Organizing Project
$15,000
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Working Waterfront Programs
$10,000
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$25,000
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Fishing Family Tax Assistance 2014
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
AHA! New Bedford
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$15,000
$5,000
$5,000
$20,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Leadership Southcoast: Seed Funding for Operations
$7,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Southeastern Massachusetts Food Security Network
$10,000
Dennison Memorial Community Center, New Bedford, MA
Teen Nights Program/Peer Leaders/Operations
$25,000
Dream Out Loud Center, Inc., New Bedford, MA
The Creative Careers Program
$10,000
Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$15,000
Immigrants’ Assistance Center, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support Grant for Immigrant Families
$20,000
Legal Center for Nonprofits, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support for Educational Programs
New Bedford Economic Development Council,
New Bedford, MA
Creating Economic Opportunity for Disconnected Youth
in the Offshore Wind Industry
$20,000
New Bedford Historical Society, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford, MA
Young People’s Concerts 2014
$10,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Youth Apprenticeship Program
$30,000
New Directions Southcoast Inc., New Bedford, MA
Mayor’s Learn and Serve Summer Youth Program
NorthStar Learning Centers, New Bedford, MA
Youth Services Enrichment Opportunities
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
The H.O.P.E. Collaborative
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
PACE Lifeline
$20,000
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
YouthBuild New Bedford
$20,000
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
Allen C. Haskell Urban Park Project (Year 2 of 3)
$30,000
Trips for Kids New Bedford, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
United Interfaith Action of Southeastern Massachusetts,
Fall River, MA
UIA New Bedford Wages, Work, and Education
Opportunities Proposal
$15,000
United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton, Attleboro, MA
South Coast Regional Network to End Homelessness
$10,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Summer Fund 2014
$45,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Hunger Relief Project
$40,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Community Building Mini Grants and Training
$31,000
Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE), New Bedford, MA
Organizational Support for Community Development Projects
$10,000
YMCA Southcoast, Inc., New Bedford, MA
Sharing the Harvest Community Farm
$20,000
Your Theatre, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
YWCA Racial Justice Outreach and Education Program
$30,000
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Under One Roof Campaign
$50,000
$5,000
$5,000
$15,000
$5,000
$5,000
2014 New Bedford Subtotal
$700,000
EDUCATION
Alma del Mar Charter School, New Bedford, MA
Alma del Mar Teacher Development
$20,000
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Bridge Partnership Academic Year Expansion (Year 2 of 3)
$25,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Women’s Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts: LifeWork Project
$25,000
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Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Junior Achievement K-12 Programs
$15,000
Lloyd Center for the Environment, Dartmouth, MA
Climate Science Learning Project
$15,000
Marion Institute, Marion, MA
Grow Education
$10,000
Nativity Preparatory School New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
General Support for Nativity Preparatory School
$25,000
New Bedford Education Foundation, New Bedford, MA
NBEF Grant Programs Support
$15,000
New Bedford Oceanarium Corp., New Bedford, MA
STEMming the Tide—Enhancing Educational Opportunities
in the SouthCoast
$15,000
New Bedford Oceanarium Corp., New Bedford, MA
Ocean Explorium: Move to the Zoo
$10,000
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program,
Dartmouth, MA
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program
$10,000
Our Sisters’ School, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
$18,000
Paul Cuffee School, Providence, RI
Hands-on Environmental Education Experience to Enhance
Middle School Science Curriculum
$10,000
South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc., Fall River, MA
New Bedford Education Advocacy Project (NB EAP)
$15,000
Teach For America - Greater Boston, Boston, MA
Partnering to Accelerate Educational Excellence
in Southeastern Massachusetts
$15,000
The Greene School, West Greenwich, RI
Finding Our Place by the Sea 2014/15
$10,000
The Landing School, Arundel, ME
Bermuda Scholarship Program (Year 3 of 3)
$37,000
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center,
Boston, MA
Connections 2014
$50,000
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
Upward Bound Student Leadership & College Tours
$10,000
2014 Education Subtotal
$350,000
GLOBAL
Global Greengrants Fund, Boulder, CO
Catalyzing Change with Global Grassroots Action
$15,000
Marion Institute, Marion, MA
I Am Somebody!
$10,000
Partners In Health, Boston, MA
Saving Mothers’ Lives Across the World
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, NY
Planned Parenthood Global
$25,000
Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Inc., Ipswich, MA
International Programs and New Initiatives that Invest in the
Global Network of Alumni
$40,000
2014 Global Subtotal
$100,000
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Community Boating Center, Inc., New Bedford, MA
Sailing into Knowledge Pilot (Year 1 of 3)
Friends of South Georgia Island, Carbondale, CO
Special Project
PKD Foundation, Kansas City, MO
Advancing Treatments to Patients Program
$50,000
Michael J. Fox Foundation, New York, NY
Parkinson’s Research Studies
$50,000
2014 Special Projects Subtotal
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$50,000
$350,000
$500,000.00
PENZANCE FUND
Africare, Washington, DC
General Support
$2,407.44
Alethia Solutions, Inc., Washington, DC
For Evidence Action
$2,407.44
Alexandria Seaport Foundation, Alexandria, VA
General Support
$4,333.40
Avian Haven, Freedom, ME
General Support
$21,667.00
Boston Foundation, Boston, MA
For NEID’s Beyond Ebola Fund
$10,000.00
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, Boston, MA
General Support
$10,000.00
Catholic Social Services, Fall River, MA
Gift of Giving
$12,000.00
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$5,000.00
Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, Portland, ME
In Honor of Jacob Watson
$5,416.75
Community Boating Center, Inc., New Bedford, MA
Sailing into Knowledge Pilot
Community Boating Center, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
$2,916.75
Community Economic Development Center
of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Immigration Work
$5,000.00
Community Resources Network, Wareham, MA
General Support
$2,166.75
Crossroads Rhode Island, Providence, RI
General Support
$9,333.40
Episcopal Diocese of NH/St. Francis’ Chapel, Concord, NH
St. Francis’ Chapel
$5,000.00
Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, MA
General Support
Federated Church of Marlborough, Marlborough, NH
For the Community House
$6,667.00
Foster Parrots, Rockland, MA
General Support
$4,333.40
Friends of South Georgia Island, Carbondale, CO
General Support
$20,667.00
Friends of South Georgia Island, Carbondale, CO
General Support
$21,667.00
Good Shepherd Food Bank, Auburn, ME
General Support
$1,667.00
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
General Support
$10,833.50
Haley House, Boston, MA
General Support
$2,407.44
Hull Lifesaving Museum, Hull, MA
General Support
$4,333.40
Ithaca Children’s Garden, Ithaca, NY
General Support
$2,407.44
Kitty Angels, Tyngsborough, MA
General Support
$5,000.00
Lahey Clinic/General Fund, Burlington, MA
Neurology/Parkinson’s Disease
Loaves & Fishes of Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY
General Support
$2,407.44
Marion Library Association, Marion, MA
For the Elizabeth Taber Library
$2,166.75
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA
General Support
$2,000.00
Memphis Area Golden Retriever Rescue, Germantown, TN
General Support
$1,000.00
Mid-Coast Hunger Prevention Program, Brunswick, ME
General Support
$10,000.00
Monadnock Conservancy, Keene, NH
General Support
$5,000.00
Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA
General Support
$4,333.40
$21,667.00
$37,334.00
$10,416.75
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New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
Development and Evaluation of Reduced Breaking Strength
Ropes to Reduce Large Whale Entanglement Severity
(A.Knowlton, PI)
$50,000.00
Partners In Health, Boston, MA
General Support
$10,000.00
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England,
New Haven, CT
General Support
$21,667.00
Polaris Institute USA, Walnut Creek, CA
For Idle No More
$2,407.44
Population Services International (PSI), Washington, DC
General Support
$2,407.44
Possible, New York, NY
General Support
$2,407.44
Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Providence, RI
General Support
$5,000.00
Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Providence, RI
General Support
$8,000.00
Rhode Island Public Radio, Providence, RI
General Support
$10,000.00
Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
Riverside, RI
General Support
$4,333.40
Rosie’s Place, Boston, MA
General Support
$4,333.40
RUFF: Residents United for Furry Friends, Warren, RI
General Support
$4,333.40
Shaw House, Bangor, ME
General Support
$10,000.00
Sippican Historical Society, Marion, MA
General Support
$2,166.75
Survival International USA, San Francisco, CA
General Support
$2,407.48
The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Inc.,
Barnstable, MA
General Support
$21,667.00
The Family Pantry-Damien’s Place, Wareham, MA
General Support
$8,000.00
The Fund for Community Progress, Warwick, RI
General Support
$1,667.00
The Greater Boston Food Bank, Boston, MA
General Support
$1,667.00
The Providence Animal Rescue League, Providence, RI
General Support
$4,333.40
The Resource Foundation, New York, NY
For Minga Peru—General Support
The Robert Potter League for Animals, Middletown, RI
General Support
$4,333.40
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
General Support, Haskell Property
$6,166.75
Tri-County Music Association, Rochester, MA
General Support
$6,000.00
YMCA Southcoast, Inc., New Bedford, MA
Gleason YMCA 10th Anniversary
$5,000.00
YMCA Southcoast, Inc., New Bedford, MA
Gleason YMCA 10th Anniversary
$2,916.75
YMCA Southcoast, Inc., New Bedford, MA
Sharing the Harvest Community Farm
$1,000.00
Yoe Fire Company No. 1, Yoe, PA
Fire Engine Purchase
2014 Penzance Fund Subtotal
Total 2014 Grants
16 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
$10,833.50
$24,434.00
$511,440.00
$2,961,440.00
2013 Grant Awards
ENVIRONMENT
Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust, Bethlehem, NH
General Support
$5,000
Associated Scientists of Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA
Right Whale News: Cost-share Support for 2013 Publication
$2,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition, New Bedford, MA
Nitrogen Pollution Reduction Efforts
$25,000
Climate Central, Princeton, NJ
Physical and Social Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise:
Analysis and Tools for Adapting
$35,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
SEEAL: SouthCoast Energy Challenge
$20,000
Conservation Law Foundation, Boston, MA
N. Atlantic Right Whale Protection Protocols for Offshore Wind
Energy in Southern New England
$25,000
ecoRI News, Providence, RI
ecoRI News Writing Project
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
Economic Advice to Enable Resilient Fishing Communtities
$25,000
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, Kilrush, County Clare,
Ireland
Cape Verde Humpback Whale Project
$20,000
Jones River Watershed Association, Kingston, MA
Cape Cod Bay Watch
$10,000
Land Trust Alliance, Washington, DC
Support for Rally 2014, The National Land Conservation
Conference, Providence RI
$10,000
LightHawk, Lander, WY
Flying for Conservation in the Northeast
$15,000
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources,
Boston, MA
A Comprehensive Food System Plan for Massachusetts
Marion Institute, Marion, MA
Connecting for Change: A Bioneers by the Bay Conference
Presented by the Marion Institute
Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissioners,
Belmont, MA
MACC Annual Environmental Conference
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA
Coastal Waterbird Program
$30,000
Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, Lincoln, MA
General Support
$10,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta, ME
Protecting the Nature of Maine
$30,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium
$12,995
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
Right Whale Research, Monitoring and Conservation
in the Bay of Fundy: 2013
$50,000
New England Farmers Union Education Foundation,
Shelburne Falls, MA
Buy Local Carbon
$25,000
North and South Rivers Watershed Association, Norwell, MA
Watershed Action Alliance of Southeastern Massachusetts’
Three-tiered Outreach
$10,000
Penobscot East Resource Center, Stonington, ME
Fishermen’s Leadership: Scallop Co-management
and Future Fishermen
$20,000
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
Communicating Coastal Change Science to Develop Policies
and Actions Addressing Sea Level Rise
$25,000
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
Monthly Aerial Surveys of Seal Haul Outs in Southeastern
Massachusetts, 2014
$20,000
Red Tomato, Plainville, MA
General Support
$20,000
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014 17
Regents of the University of California, Davis, CA
Investigating Ongoing Unusual Mortality of Southern
Right Whales at Peninsula Valdes, Argentina
$20,000
Save the Bay, Providence, RI
Save The Bay Environmental Initiatives FY 14
$35,000
Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership
(SEMAP), East Wareham, MA
General Support
$30,000
Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership
(SEMAP), East Wareham, MA
Facilitation Support
Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development
District (SRPEDD), Taunton, MA
Coastal Adaptation for Flood Hazard Assessment
in the Taunton River/Upper Mount Hope Bay Watershed
$10,000
Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development
District (SRPEDD), Taunton, MA
Supporting Regional Community Gardens and Urban
Agriculture, Phase 2
$12,505
Southside Community Land Trust, Providence, RI
City Farm Internships and Apprenticeships: Growing the Next
Generation of Urban Farmers
$25,000
The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Inc.,
Barnstable, MA
General Support
$20,000
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
South Coast Youth Corps
$20,000
Third Sector New England, Boston, MA
The Carrot Project: Sustaining and Building Farm and Food
Businesses in Massachusetts
$15,000
Third Sector New England, Boston, MA
SeaPlan: Workshop to Foster Cooperation in the New Bedford
Wind Energy and Fishing Industries
$15,000
Toxics Action Center, Boston, MA
Southeastern Massachusetts Neighborhood Assistance Program
$10,000
University of Pretoria/Mammal Research Institute,
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Continuation of Whale Research in South Africa (Year 2 of 3)
$60,000
Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts,
Duxbury, MA
Wildlands Trust Operating Support
$20,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Evaluating the Soundscape Near Cape Wind
$25,000
Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA
A Cape Cod and Islands Climate Change and Energy Summit
$10,000
2013 Environment Subtotal:
$5,000
$800,000
NEW BEDFORD
3rd EyE Youth Empowerment, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
ArtWorks! Partners for the Arts & Community, Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
General Support
$25,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Bedford,
New Bedford, MA
General Support
$20,000
Catholic Social Services, New Bedford, MA
Sister Rose House
$40,000
Child & Family Services, New Bedford, MA
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Child & Family Services
$10,000
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association, Boston, MA
MA Smart Growth Alliance: Great Neighborhoods New Bedford
$13,000
Coalition Against Poverty, New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Grassroots Low-Income Organizing Project
$10,000
Community Boating Center, New Bedford, MA
General Support and Staff Development
$15,000
Community Economic Development Center
of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$25,000
Community Economic Development Center
of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Sailors’ Snug Harbor/Fishing Family Tax Assistance Program
18 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
$5,000
Community Economic Development Center
of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Working Waterfront Festival
$15,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
AHA! New Bedford
$20,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Southeastern Massachusetts Food Security Network
$12,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Leadership Southcoast: Professional Training Day on
Leadership Development
$5,000
Dennison Memorial Center, New Bedford, MA
Teen Nights Program and General Operations
$25,000
Dream Out Loud Center, Inc., New Bedford, MA
Creative Careers Program
$10,000
Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$12,000
Immigrants’ Assistance Center, New Bedford, MA
General Support Grant for Immigrant Families
$20,000
New Bedford Community Rowing, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
New Bedford Historical Society, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
New Bedford Museum & Art Center, Inc., New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Harbor in a New Light
$10,000
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford, MA
General Support for Young People’s Concerts
$10,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Apprentice Program and Education Programs
$30,000
New Directions Southcoast Inc., New Bedford, MA
Mayor’s Learn and Serve Summer Youth Program
$5,000
NorthStar Learning Centers, New Bedford, MA
Roots: Connecting the Past to our Future
$5,000
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE), Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
The H.O.P.E. Collaborative
$5,000
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE), Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
PACE Lifeline
$20,000
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE), Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
YouthBuild New Bedford
$20,000
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
Allen C. Haskell Property (Year 1 of 3)
$30,000
Trips for Kids New Bedford, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
United Interfaith Action of Southeastern Massachusetts,
Fall River, MA
General Support (Community Advocacy Efforts in New Bedford)
$15,000
United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton, Attleboro, MA
South Coast Regional Network to End Homelessness
$10,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Summer Fund 2013
$45,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Hunger Commission: General Support
$45,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Community Building Mini-Grants Program General Support
$40,000
Waterfront Historic Area League, New Bedford, MA
General Support, plus New Dollars/New Partners for Your
Sacred Place
$15,000
YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford, MA
Sharing the Harvest Community Farm
$15,000
Your Theatre, New Bedford, MA
General Support
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Racial Justice Outreach and Education Program
$30,000
Zeiterion Theatre, New Bedford, MA
Operational Support: Capacity Building
$25,000
2013 New Bedford Subtotal:
$3,000
$700,000
Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014 19
EDUCATION
Alma del Mar Charter School, New Bedford, MA
Alma del Mar Charter School Teacher Leadership Development
$15,000
Bridgewater State University, New Bedford, MA
Bridge Partnership Academic Year Expansion: College &
Career Readiness for New Bedford Students (Year 1 of 3)
$25,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Women’s Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts:
WISE Women (Women in Successful Environments)
$25,000
Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
New Bedford MA Junior Achievement K-12 Programs
$15,000
Lloyd Center for the Environment, Dartmouth, MA
Climate Science Learning Project
$15,000
Marion Institute, Marion, MA
Grow Education
$10,000
Nativity Preparatory School, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$25,000
New Bedford Education Foundation, New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Education Foundation
$15,000
New Bedford Oceanarium Corporation, New Bedford, MA
STEMming the Tide: Enhancing Educational Opportunities
in the SouthCoast
$15,000
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program, Dartmouth, MA
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program
$10,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Education Program Access for New Bedford Youth
$20,000
Our Sisters’ School, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$13,000
Paul Cuffee School, Providence, RI
Hands-on Environmental Education Experiences
to Enhance the Middle School Curriculum
South Coastal Counties Legal Services/New Center
for Legal Advocacy, Fall River, MA
Education Advocacy Project - New Bedford
$20,000
Teach for America - Greater Boston, Boston, MA
Deepening Teach For America’s Impact in the South Coast
of Massachusetts
$15,000
The Greene School, West Greenwich, RI
Finding Our Place by the Sea
$10,000
The Landing School, Arundel, ME
Bermuda Scholarship Program (Year 2 of 3)
$37,000
Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center,
Boston, MA
Connections
$50,000
UMass Dartmouth Foundation, Dartmouth, MA
Upward Bound: Student Leadership & College Tours
$10,000
2013 Education Subtotal
$5,000
$350,000
GLOBAL
Global Greengrants Fund, Boulder, CO
General Support
$15,000
Marion Institute, Marion, MA
I Am Somebody!
$10,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, NY
Planned Parenthood Global
$25,000
Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Inc., Ipswich, MA
Investing in the Next Generation of Community Leaders
and Conservation Stewards
$50,000
2013 Global Subtotal
20 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
$100,000
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
PowerHouse
$60,000
MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife/Natural Heritage &
Endangered Species Program, Westborough, MA
Buzzards Bay Tern Restoration Project
$40,000
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research,
New York, NY
Parkinson’s Research Studies
$50,000
PKD Foundation, Kansas City, MO
General Support 2013
$50,000
Tri-County Music Association, Rochester, MA
Scholarship Endowment
$50,000
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Under One Roof Campaign
2013 Special Projects Subtotal
$100,000
$350,000
PENZANCE FUND
Alexandria Seaport Foundation, Alexandria, VA
General Support
$4,333.40
Audubon Nebraska/Rowe Sanctuary, Gibbon, NE
General Support
$21,667.00
Avian Haven, Freedom, ME
General Support
$2,000.00
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences,
East Boothbay Harbor, ME
General Support
$5,000.00
Boston Health Care for the Homeless, Boston, MA
General Support
$10,000.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Bedford,
New Bedford, MA
Wareham Boys and Girls Club MLK Day 2013
$500.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Bedford,
New Bedford, MA
Wareham Boys and Girls Club MLK Day 2014
$500.00
Buzzards Bay Musicfest, Inc., Marion, MA
General Support
Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, Portland, ME
In Honor of Jacob Watson
$10,833.50
Community Boating Center, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
$21,667.00
Community Resources Network, Wareham, MA
General Support
$1,000.00
Cool Earth, London, England
General Support
$7,222.30
Crossroads Rhode Island, Providence, RI
General Support
$14,333.40
East Bay Community Action Program/Coalition
for the Homeless, East Providence, RI
General Support
$1,000.00
Episcopal Diocese of NH/St. Francis’ Chapel, Concord, NH
St. Francis’ Chapel
$5,000.00
Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, MA
General Support
Federated Church of Marlborough, Marlborough, NH
For the Community House
$6,667.00
Foster Parrots, Rockland, MA
General Support
$4,333.40
Friends of South Georgia Island, Carbondale, CO
General Support
$43,334.00
Friends of South Georgia Island, Carbondale, CO
General Support
$11,667.00
Gifts of Music, Orrington, ME
General Support
$2,000.00
GK 1 World Foundation, Poway, CA
General Support
$7,222.30
Good Shepherd Food Bank, Auburn, ME
General Support
$10,000.00
$5,000.00
$33,334.00
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Holbrook Community Foundation, Brusnwick, ME
General Support
$5,000.00
Hull Lifesaving Museum, Hull, MA
General Support
$4,333.40
Kitty Angels, Tyngsborough, MA
General Support
$5,000.00
Lahey Clinic/General Fund, Burlington, MA
General Support
$15,833.50
Massachusetts Audubon, Lincoln, MA
Coastal Waterbird Program
$5,000.00
Memphis Area Golden Retriever Rescue, Germantown, TN
General Support
$1,000.00
Mid-Coast Hunger Prevention Program, Brunswick, ME
The Backpack Program
$7,667.00
Monadnock Conservancy, Keene, NH
General Support
$5,000.00
Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA
General Support
$4,333.40
Partners in Health, Boston, MA
General Support
$10,000.00
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, New Haven, CT
General Support
$21,667.00
Preserve Rhode Island, Providence, RI
General Support
$1,000.00
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association, Providence, RI General Support
$5,667.00
Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, Riverside, RI
General Support
$4,333.40
Rhode Island Veterinary Medicine Association/
Companion Animal Foundation, Providence, RI
General Support
$1,000.00
Rosie’s Place, Boston, MA
General Support
$4,333.40
RUFF: Residents United for Furry Friends, Warren, RI
General Support
$4,333.40
RUFF: Residents United for Furry Friends, Warren, RI
General Support
$3,000.00
Sippican Lands Trust, Inc., Marion, MA
General Support
$5,000.00
The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Inc.,
Barnstable, MA
General Support
$21,667.00
The Greater Boston Food Bank, Inc., Boston, MA
General Support
$1,667.00
The Providence Animal Rescue League, Providence, RI
General Support
$4,333.40
The Robert Potter League for Animals, Middletown, RI
General Support
$4,333.40
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
South Coast Youth Corps
$3,667.00
Trees that Feed Foundation, Winnetka, IL
General Support
$7,222.30
Tri-County Music Association, Rochester, MA
General Support
$5,000.00
Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Inc., Plymouth, MA
Act Right Now Speaker Honorarium
$1,000.00
2013 Penzance Subtotal:
Total 2013 Grants
22 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
$391,005.90
$2,691,005.90
2012 Grant Awards
ENVIRONMENT
Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust, Bethlehem, NH
General Support
$5,000
Associated Scientists of Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA
Right Whale News: Cost-share Support for 2012 Publication,
and Indexing Project
$4,000
Buzzards Bay Coalition, New Bedford, MA
Nitrogen Pollution Reduction Efforts
$25,000
Climate Central, Princeton, NJ
Physical and Social Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise:
Analysis and Tools for Adapting
$25,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
SEEAL: SouthCoast Energy Challenge
$25,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
Providing Objective Socio-Economic Advice to Advance
Fishery Management in New England
$25,000
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland
Cape Verde Humpback Whale Project
$17,000
Island Institute, Rockland, ME
Island Institute Weatherization Project
$10,000
Jones River Watershed Association, Kingston, MA
Cape Cod Bay Watch
$10,000
LightHawk, Lander, WY
Flying for Conservation in the Northeast
$15,000
Marion Institute, Marion, MA
Connecting for Change: A Bioneers by the Bay Conference
Presented by the Marion Institute
$15,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA
Coastal Waterbird Program
$30,000
Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, Lincoln, MA
General Support
$10,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta, ME
Protecting the Nature of Maine
$30,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
General Support for the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium
$13,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
Right Whale Research, Monitoring and Conservation
in the Bay of Fundy: 2012
$50,000
New England Farmers Union Education Foundation,
Shelburne Falls, MA
Buy Local Carbon
$25,000
North and South Rivers Watershed Association,
Norwell, MA
Watershed Action Alliance: Outreach Project
$12,500
Penobscot East Resource Center, Stonington, ME
Community Fisheries Action Roundtable (C-FAR):
Finding a New Way
$20,000
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
Technical Support to the Cape Cod Commission for
Implementation of the Cape Cod Ocean Management Plan
$30,000
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
Marine Animal Entanglement Response
$20,000
Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Ipswich, MA
Strategic Programs in Eastern Canada
$50,000
Red Tomato, Plainville, MA
General Support
$20,000
Save the Bay, Providence, RI
General Support
$30,000
Sippican Lands Trust, Marion, MA
General Support (Year 5 of 5)
$25,000
Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership
(SEMAP), East Wareham, MA
SEMAP’s Buy Fresh Buy Local Community Education
$30,000
Southside Community Land Trust, Providence, RI
City Farm Internships and Apprenticeships:
Growing the Next Generation of Urban Farmers
$25,000
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The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Inc.,
Barnstable, MA
General Support
$20,000
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
South Coast Youth Corps
$20,000
Third Sector New England, Boston, MA
The Carrot Project: Small Farm Loan Program for Massachusetts
$15,000
Toxics Action Center, Boston, MA
Southeastern Massachusetts Neighborhood Assistance Program
$10,000
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
Mapping and Documenting Regional Community Gardens
Needs and Best Practices
$10,000
University of Pretoria/Mammal Research Institute
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Continuation of Whale Research in South Africa (Year 1 of 3)
$60,000
Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts, Duxbury, MA
General Support
$20,000
Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY
The Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program
2012 Environment Subtotal
$3,500
$755,000
NEW BEDFORD
3rd EyE Youth Empowerment, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
ArtWorks! Partners for the Arts & Community, Inc
New Bedford, MA
General Support
$35,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Bedford,
New Bedford, MA
General Support
$20,000
Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity, Mattapoisett, MA
New Bedford Land Acquisition Campaign
$10,000
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores, New Bedford, MA
General Support
Child & Family Services, New Bedford, MA
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Child & Family Services
$10,000
Coalition Against Poverty, New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Grassroots Anti-Poverty Organizing Project
$10,000
Community Boating Center, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$15,000
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$25,000
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Sailors’ Snug Harbor/Fishing Family Tax Assistance
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Working Waterfront Festival
$15,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
AHA! New Bedford: General Support
$20,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Capacity-Building Program, 2012-2013
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
General Support (Year 3 of 3)
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Leadership Southcoast: Professional Training Day
on Leadership Development
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Southeastern Massachusetts Food Security Network
$10,000
Dennison Memorial Center, New Bedford, MA
Teen Nights Program
$20,000
Dream Out Loud Center, Inc., New Bedford, MA
Creative Careers Program
Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
General Support
24 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$25,000
$5,000
$5,000
$12,000
Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
Mayor’s Summer Youth Enrichment Program
$5,000
Immigrants’ Assistance Center, New Bedford, MA
General Support Grant for Immigrant Families
$20,000
Immigrants’ Assistance Center, New Bedford, MA
AmeriCorps New American Integration Program
at Immigrants’ Assistance Center, Inc.
New Bedford Community Rowing, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
New Bedford Historical Society, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford, MA
General Support for Young People’s Concerts
$10,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Apprentice Program and Education Programs
$50,000
NorthStar Learning Centers, New Bedford, MA
Youth Enrichment Activities
$5,000
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
The H.O.P.E. Collaborative
$2,500
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
YouthBuild New Bedford
$25,000
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
Allen C. Haskell Property
$10,000
Trips for Kids New Bedford, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
United Interfaith Action of Southeastern Massachusetts,
Fall River, MA
Parent Engagement - Education Organizing Project
$25,000
United Way of Greater Attleboro/Taunton, Attleboro, MA
South Coast Regional Network to End Homelessness
$10,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Summer Fund 2012
$45,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Hunger Commission General Support
$45,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Community Building Mini-Grants Program General Support
$40,000
Waterfront Historic Area League, New Bedford, MA
WHALE: The Next Half-Century
$10,000
YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford, MA
Sharing the Harvest Community Farm
$15,000
Your Theatre, New Bedford, MA
General Support
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Racial Justice Outreach and Education Program
$30,000
Zeiterion Theatre, New Bedford, MA
ArtsPower Educational Programs
$25,000
$5,500
$5,000
2012 New Bedford Subtotal
$675,000
EDUCATION
Alma del Mar Charter School, New Bedford, MA
Alma del Mar Charter School Teacher Leadership Development
$15,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Public Schools Teacher Home Visiting Program
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Women’s Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts:
WISE Women (Women in Successful Environments)
$25,000
Nativity Preparatory School, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$15,000
New Bedford Oceanarium Corporation, New Bedford, MA
STEM Education: Weaving the Rainbow
$10,000
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program, Dartmouth, MA
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program
Our Sisters’ School, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$15,000
South Coastal Counties Legal Services/New Center
for Legal Advocacy, Fall River, MA
Education Advocacy Project - New Bedford
$20,000
$3,000
$5,000
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Teach for America - Greater Boston, Boston, MA
Deepening Teach For America’s Impact in the South
Coast of Massachusetts
$15,000
The Greene School, West Greenwich, RI
Finding Our Place by the Sea
$10,000
The Landing School, Arundel, ME
Bermuda Scholarship Program (Year 1 of 3)
$37,000
UMass Dartmouth Foundation, Dartmouth, MA
Upward Bound: Student Leadership & College Tours
$10,000
2012 Education Subtotal
$180,000
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Save the Bay, Providence, RI
ENZANCE FUND
Breakwater System
$140,000
South Georgia Island Habitat Restoration Project
$750,000
PENZANCE FUND
Friends of South Georgia Island, Carbondale, CO
MISCELLANEOUS
Alexandria Seaport Foundation, Alexandria, VA
General Support
$2,500
Alley Cat Allies, Bethesda, MD
General Support
$1,000
Audubon Nebraska/Rowe Sanctuary, Gibbon, NE
General Support
$5,000
Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Smithfield, RI
General Support
$1,000
Avian Haven, Freedom, ME
General Support
$2,500
Bangor Humane Society, Bangor, ME
General Support
$2,500
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences,
East Boothbay Harbor, ME
General Support
$5,000
Boston Health Care for the Homeless, Boston, MA
General Support
$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Bedford,
New Bedford, MA
Wareham Boys and Girls Club MLK Day Celebration
Brooktondale Community Center/Food Pantry,
Brooktondale, NY
General Support
$2,500
Crossroads RI/Homeless Shelter & Services, Providence, RI
General Support
$1,000
East Bay Community Action Program/Coalition for the Homeless, General Support
East Providence, RI
$1,000
Falmouth Academy, Falmouth, MA
General Support
$2,500
Federated Church of Marlborough, Marlborough, NH
For the Community House
$3,000
First African Foundation, Lexington, KY
African Americans in the Bluegrass
Foster Parrots, Rockland, MA
General Support
$1,000
Friends of South Georgia Island, Carbondale, CO
General Support
$5,000
Hull Lifesaving Museum, Hull, MA
General Support
$2,500
International Institute of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
General Support
$1,000
Lahey Clinic/General Fund, Burlington, MA
General Support
$1,500
Marl-Harris First Aid & Emergency Squad, Marlborough, NH
General Support
$1,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA
Outboard and Operations
$5,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA
General Support
$2,250
26 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
$500
$20,000
Memphis Area Golden Retriever Rescue, Germantown, TN
General Support
$2,000
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research,
New York, NY
General Support
$1,500
Permaculture Institute of the Northeast, Amherst, MA
General Support
$2,500
PKD Foundation, Kansas City, MO
General Support (Year 3 of 3)
$50,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc, New York, NY
General Support/Global Programs
$25,000
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, New Haven, CT
General Support
$5,000
Preserve Rhode Island, Providence, RI
General Support
$1,000
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association,
Providence, RI
General Support
$1,000
Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, Riverside, RI
General Support
$1,000
Rhode Island Veterinary Medicine Association/
Companion Animal Foundation, Providence, RI
General Support
$1,000
RUFF: Residents United for Furry Friends, Warren, RI
General Support
$4,000
The Friends of Buttonwood Park/Basketball Court,
New Bedford, MA
General Support
$5,000
The Fund for Community Progress, Warwick, RI
General Support
$4,000
The Providence Animal Rescue League, Providence, RI
General Support
$1,000
The Robert Potter League for Animals, Middletown, RI
General Support
$1,000
Tri-County Music Association, Rochester, MA
General Support
$5,000
YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford, MA
General Support: Sharing the Harvest Community Farm
$2,250
YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford, MA
General Support: Gleason Family Center
$2,500
2012 Miscellaneous Subtotal
$189,000
Total 2012 Grants
$2,689,000
2011 Grant Awards
ENVIRONMENT
Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust, Sugar Hill, NH
General Support
$20,000
Associated Scientists of Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA
Right Whale News
Climate Central, Princeton, NJ
Support for Completion and Promotion of a Sea Level Rise
Rsk Map
$25,000
Coalition for Buzzards Bay, New Bedford, MA
Nitrogen Pollution Reduction Efforts
$25,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
Marine Resource Economist position ongoing support (Year 2 of 2)
$25,000
Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland
For Research Expedition to Cape Verde Islands
$15,000
LightHawk, Lander, WY
General Support for Eastern Region Program
$15,000
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, MA
Social Challenge of Wind Energy Project
$35,000
$2,000
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Marion Institute, Marion, MA
Bioneers by the Bay
$25,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA
General Support for the Coastal Waterbird Program (Year 5 of 5)
$25,000
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife/Natural Heritage
& Endangered Species Program, Westborough, MA
Buzzards Bay Tern Restoration Project
Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, Lincoln, MA
General support plus 1-time transition grant
$10,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta, ME
General Support for Toxics, Restoring Maine’s Waterways,
and North Woods Conservation
$30,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Hunt for Knowledge Exhibit
$20,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
General Support for the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium
(Year 3 of 3)
$13,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
For the Right Whale Project
$50,000
North and South Rivers Watershed Association,
Norwell, MA
Watershed Action Alliance: General Support
$10,000
Penobscot East Resource Center, Stonington, ME
Support for Downeast Groundfish Initiative
$20,000
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
Continued Technical Assistance to the Cape Cod
Commission’s Ocean Management Regional Planning Initiative
$30,000
Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Ipswich, MA
Leadership Program, Rivers Conservation, and Culture and Heritage $50,000
Red Tomato, Canton, MA
General Support
$20,000
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Rhode Island Oyster Gardening for Restoration & Enhancement
Project (Year 2 of 2)
$20,000
Save the Bay, Providence, RI
General Support
$30,000
Sippican Lands Trust, Marion, MA
General Support (Year 4 of 5)
$25,000
Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership
(SEMAP), East Wareham, MA
General Support for Buy Fresh Buy Local Campaign
$30,000
Southside Community Land Trust, Providence, RI
Support for the Community Gardens Network
$25,000
The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Barnstable, MA
General Support
$20,000
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
South Coast Youth Corps
$20,000
Toxics Action Center, Boston, MA
Southeastern Massachusetts Neighborhood Assistance Program
$10,000
Trust for Public Land, Boston, MA
Community Preservation Coalition: Generating Funding
for Land Conservation
$23,000
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
General Support for the Southeastern Massachusetts
Council on Sustainability
$15,000
Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts, Duxbury, MA
General Support
$20,000
Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY
Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program
$10,000
Wilson Museum, Castine, ME
The CALVIN Project
2011 Environment Subtotal
$7,000
$5,000
$725,000
NEW BEDFORD
3rd EyE, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
Artworks! New Bedford, MA
General Support
$35,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA General Support
$20,000
Brick-by-Brick, New Bedford, MA
28 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
Creative Careers Program
$7,000
Catholic Social Services, New Bedford, MA
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores
$5,000
Coalition Against Poverty, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
Community Boating Center, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$15,000
Community Boating Center, New Bedford, MA
General Support in memory of Hoyt Watson
$10,000
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$20,000
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Sailor’s Snug Harbor/Fishing Family Tax Assistance
Community Economic Development Center of Southeastern
Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Working Waterfront Festival
$25,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
AHA! New Bedford: General Support
$20,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
General Support (Year 2 of 3)
$35,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Small Autonomous Schools Working Group
$3,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Public Schools Parent Teacher Home Visit Program
$5,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Leadership SouthCoast: Professional Training Day on
Leadership Development
$7,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massashusetts,
New Bedford, MA
GreenFleet: General Support
$5,000
Dennison Memorial Center, New Bedford, MA
General Support for Teen Program
$20,000
Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$17,500
Immigrants’ Assistance Center, New Bedford, MA
For Support Given to Immigrant Families
$20,000
New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Through the Lens—A Walk Through History
Photography Exhibition
$5,000
New Bedford Historical Society, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$5,000
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford, MA
General Support for Young People’s Concerts
$10,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Youth Apprenticeship Program
$30,000
NorthStar Learning Centers, New Bedford, MA
2011 Field Trips/Enrichment Activities
$5,000
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
H.O.P.E. Collaborative: Transportation for Youth
$2,500
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
YouthBuild New Bedford
Trips for Kids New Bedford, Inc., New Bedford, MA
General Support
$5,000
United Interfaith Action of Southeastern Massachusetts,
Fall River, MA
General Support
$25,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Mini-Grants General Support (Year 3 of 3)
$50,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Hunger Commission General Support
$50,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Summer Fund 2011
$45,000
Waterfront Historic Area League, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$5,000
$25,000
$5,000
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YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford, MA
Sharing the Harvest, Dartmouth YMCA
YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford, MA
Sharing the Harvest, Dartmouth YMCA (Farmall Tractor Purchase)
$3,000
Your Theatre, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$5,000
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Racial Justice Program
$30,000
Zeiterion Theatre, New Bedford, MA
ArtsPower Educational Programs
$20,000
2011 New Bedford Subtotal
$10,000
$625,000
EDUCATION
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
New Americans Integration Program
Nativity Preparatory School, New Bedford, MA
General Support
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program, Dartmouth, MA
New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program
Our Sisters’ School, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$20,000
Paul Cuffee School, Providence, RI
General Support
$20,000
South Coastal Counties Legal Services/New Center
for Legal Advocacy, Fall River, MA
Education Advocacy Project
$20,000
Teach for America - Greater Boston, Boston, MA
Expansion to Southeastern Massachusetts
$25,000
The Landing School, Arundel, ME
General Support
$30,000
UMass Dartmouth Foundation, North Dartmouth, MA
Upward Bound Program
$10,000
2011 Education Subtotal
$5,000
$15,000
$5,000
$150,000
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Save the Bay, Providence, RI
General Support
$75,000
YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford, MA
Gleason YMCA’s “Fulfill the Promise” Campaign
$75,000
2011 Special Projects Subtotal
$150,000
MISCELLANEOUS
Alley Cat Allies, Bethesda, MD
General Support
$1,000
Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Smithfield, RI
General Support
$2,500
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences,
West Boothbay Harbor, ME
General Support
$5,000
Boston Health Care for the Homeless, Boston, MA
General Support
$5,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Bedford,
New Bedford, MA
Wareham Boys and Girls Club MLK Day Celebration
Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity, Mattapoisett, MA
General Support
$4,500
Federated Church of Marlborough, Marlborough, NH
For the Community House
$3,000
Foundation for West Africa, Barrington, RI
General Support
$1,000
Fund for Community Progress, Warwick, RI
General Support
$2,500
30 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
$500
Maine Medical Center/Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital,
Portland, ME
General Support
$2,500
Marl-Harris Ambulance Squad, Marlborough, NH
General Support
$1,000
The Nature Conservancy, Providence, RI
For the Rhode Island Program
$1,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
Lindy Johnson Fellowship Fund
$5,000
Penikese Island School, Woods Hole, MA
General Support
$5,000
PKD Foundation, Kansas City, MO
General Support (Year 2 of 3)
$50,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc,
New York, NY
General Support for International Programs
& Planned Parenthood of the Heartland
$25,000
Planned Parenthood of Southern New England,
New Haven, CT
General Support
$5,000
Preserve Rhode Island, Providence, RI
General Support
$2,500
Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association,
Providence, RI
General Support
$4,500
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Rhode Island Oyster Gardening for Restoration
& Enhancement Project
$1,000
Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine,
Brunswick, ME
General Support
$2,500
The Landing School, Arundel, ME
General Support
$5,000
Tri-County Music Association, Rochester, MA
General Support
$5,000
YMCA Southcoast, New Bedford, MA
Gleason YMCA Family Center
$10,000
2011 Miscellaneous Subtotal
$150,000
Total 2011 Grants
$1,800,000
2010 Grant Awards
ENVIRONMENT
Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust, Sugar Hill, NH
General Support
$5,000
Associated Scientists at Woods Hole, Woods Hole, MA
Right Whale News
$2,000
Cape and Islands Self-Reliance, North Falmouth, MA
Providing Technical Assistance on Energy Issues to Southeastern
Massachusetts Communities
Citizens for the Protection of Waquoit Bay, Waquoit, MA
Support for Environmental Program for Immigrant Leaders
on Cape Cod
Coalition for Buzzards Bay, New Bedford, MA
General Support (Year 3 of 3)
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
For the Old Bedford Village New Bedford CSA Project
$3,000
Essex County Greenbelt Association, Essex, MA
For the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition
$5,000
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
Lobster Simulation Project and Marine Resource Economist Position $25,000
(Year 3 of 3)
Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
Marine Resource Economist Position Ongoing Support (Year 1 of 2)
$20,000
$5,000
$35,000
$25,000
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LightHawk, Lander, WY
General Support for Eastern Region Program
$15,000
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, MA
For Wildlife and Energy Projects
$30,000
Marion Institute, Marion, MA
Bioneers by the Bay
$20,000
Massachusetts Audubon Society, Lincoln, MA
General Support for the Coastal Waterbird Program (Year 4 of 5)
$25,000
National Marine Life Center, Buzzards Bay, MA
Ongoing Support for Marine Animal Hospital Completion
$30,000
Natural Resources Council of Maine, Augusta, ME
General Support for Toxics, Restoring Maine’s Waterways,
and North Woods Conservation
$20,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
General Support, including Right Whale Project (Year 3 of 3)
$50,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
General Support for the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium
(Year 2 of 3)
$13,000
New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
For the Right Whale Project
$50,000
North & South Rivers Watershed Association, Norwell, MA
Watershed Action Alliance: General Support
Penobscot East Resource Center, Stonington, ME
Support for Downeast Groundfish Initiative
$20,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., New York, NY
General Support for International Programs
$20,000
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
General Support (Year 3 of 3)
$30,000
Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
Technical Assistance to the Cape Cod Commission’s
Regional Planning Initiative on Renewable Energy
$25,000
Quebec-Labrador Foundation, Ipswich, MA
For Northern Gulf and Atlantic Region Programs (Year 3 of 3)
$75,000
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Rhode Island Oyster Gardening for Restoration & Enhancement
Project (Year 1 of 2)
$30,000
Save the Bay, Providence, RI
General Support
$30,000
Sippican Lands Trust, Marion, MA
General Support (Year 3 of 5)
$25,000
South Georgia Heritage Trust, Dundee, Scotland
General support (Year 3 of 3)
$250,000
UMass Dartmouth Foundation, East Wareham, MA
Southeastern Massachusetts Agricultural Partnership
(SEMAP): General Support for Buy Fresh Buy Local Campaign
$25,000
Southside Community Land Trust, Providence, RI
Support for the Community Gardens Network
$26,000
The Trustees of Reservations, Beverly, MA
South Coast Urban Youth Corps
$10,000
The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts,
Barnstable, MA
General Support
$20,000
Wildlands Trust of Southeastern Massachusetts,
Duxbury, MA
General Support
$10,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Support for a Workshop to Plan for Assessing the Impacts
of Ocean Wind Power
$15,000
2010 Environment Subtotal
$6,000
$995,000
NEW BEDFORD
3rd EyE, New Bedford, MA
General Support
Artworks! New Bedford, MA
General Support (Year 3 of 3)
$30,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater New Bedford,
New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
Brick-by-Brick, New Bedford, MA
Creative Careers Program
32 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
$5,000
$5,000
Catholic Social Services, New Bedford, MA
Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores: General Support
$5,000
Coalition Against Poverty, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$5,000
Community Boating Center, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$15,000
Community Economic Development Center
of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$15,000
Community Economic Development Center
of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Sailor’s Snug Harbor/Tax Preparation for Fishing Families
Community Economic Development Center
of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival (Year 3 of 3)
$25,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
AHA! New Bedford (Year 3 of 3)
$20,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
General Support (Year 1 of 3)
$45,000
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Leadership SouthCoast: Professional Training Day on
Leadership Development
Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts,
New Bedford, MA
Support for Schooner Ernestina Morrisey Association: Schooner
Ernestina Uses Forum
Culture Park, New Bedford, MA
General Support
Dennison Memorial Center, New Bedford, MA
Teen Nights Program
$15,000
Fort Taber - Fort Rodman Historical Association,
New Bedford, MA
Museum Walls Project
$5,000
Gallery X, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$15,000
Immigrants’ Assistance Center, New Bedford, MA
Case Management Services Project
$10,000
New Bedford Historical Society, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$10,000
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford, MA
General Support for Young People’s Concerts
$10,000
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
H.O.P.E. Collaborative - Transportation for Youth
People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE) Inc.,
New Bedford, MA
YouthBuild New Bedford (Year 3 of 3)
Trips for Kids, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$5,000
United Interfaith Action of Southeastern Massachusetts,
Fall River, MA
General Support
$10,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Mini-Grants General Support (Year 2 of 3)
$50,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Hunger Commission General Support
$45,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Summer Fund
$35,000
United Way of Greater New Bedford, New Bedford, MA
Non-profit Capacity Assessment Project
Waterfront Historic Area League, New Bedford, MA
General Operating Support for Historic Preservation, Restoration
and Urban Planning Projects in New Bedford
$10,000
YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts, New Bedford, MA
Support for Racial Justice Program
$30,000
Zeiterion Theatre, New Bedford, MA
ArtsPower Educational Programs
$20,000
2010 New Bedford Subtotal
$5,000
$5,000
,
$10,000
$5,000
$2,000
$20,000
$3,000
$500,000
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EDUCATION
Our Sisters’ School, New Bedford, MA
General Support
$20,000
Penikese Island School, Woods Hole, MA
For Capital Campaign and General Support (Year 3 of 3)
$50,000
The Landing School, Arundel, ME
General Support
$30,000
2010 Education Subtotal
$100,000
MISCELLANEOUS
Audubon Nebraska, Gibbon, NE
General Support
$5,000
Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity, Mattapoisett, MA
General Support
$5,000
Green Guerillas, New York, NY
General Support for Community Gardening Programs
$5,000
Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada
Jon Lien Memorial Fund
$6,000
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, MA
Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildflife,
Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program:
Buzzards Bay Tern Restoration Project
$5,000
New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA
The Audubon Preservation Partnership
$2,000
New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
Right Whale Bone Transport Project
$2,000
PKD Foundation, Kansas City, MO
General support (Year 1 of 3)
The Boston Foundation, Boston, MA
Haiti Fund
Tri-County Music Association, Rochester, MA
General Support
2010 Miscellaneous Subtotal
Total 2010 Grants
Total 2010 - 2014 Grants
34 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
$50,000
$5,000
$20,000
$105,000
$1,700,000
$11,841,446
PHOTOS:
Cover: Community mural by artist Ryan McFee on
Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, with books and
symbols depicting the diverse immigrant groups who
settled in the neighborhood. Photo by Aaron Fritzinger,
courtesy A. Fritzinger and Community Economic
Development Center (CEDC).
Page 1: Founders Mary H. Clark and W. Van Alan
Clark, Jr. Photo courtesy Island Foundation.
Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Resource Economist
helps New England’s groundfish sectors develop
business planning tools. Photo courtesy Gulf of Maine
Research Institute.
Page 2: Anlong Village in Sichuan, China, an ecological
project created by the Chengdu Urban Rivers
Association to help cut pollution along the Yangtze
River. The village was a stop on the 2014 EGA Global
Distance Learning Program Tour. Photo by Denise
Porché, courtesy Island Foundation.
Page 3: Where the environment is most fragile, so are
women’s health and rights, and Planned Parenthood
Global is working with the Guatemalan environmental
organization FundaEco to ensure that communities
living in environmentally protected areas have access
to family planning services. Photo by Mark Tushman,
courtesy Planned Parenthood Global.
Hannigan Elementary School family planting day, part
of the Marion Institute’s “Grow Education” program.
Photo by Robyn Branco, courtesy Marion Institute.
Student reading at the New Bedford Historical
Society’s 14th Annual Frederick Douglass Community
Read-a-thon. Photo by Lee Blake, courtesy New
Bedford Historical Society.
“Team Rat” prepares a helicopter to do battle with
rodents on South Georgia Island in the southern
Atlantic Ocean, part of the groundbreaking Habitat
Restoration Project to save endangered seabirds from
extinction. Photo by Sam Moore, courtesy Friends of
South Georgia Island.
Continued, next page
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Page 4: A Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and
Wildlife staff member holds a young Roseate Tern
chick on Bird Island, Marion, Massachusetts. Photo
by Megan Gensler, courtesy Massachusetts Division of
Fisheries & Wildlife.
Dusk falls over straw-mulched young squash plants
at New Entry Sustainable Farming Project’s Smith
Field Incubator Farm. New Entry’s Incubator Farm
Training Program provides practical, hands-on training
for beginning farmers who want to start and operate
successful small farm businesses. Photo by Eero
Ruuttila, courtesy NESFP.
Alma Del Mar’s Director of Academic Support and an
Alma del Mar scholar during a one-on-one reading
conference. Photo by Josephine Sittenfeld, courtesy
Alma Del Mar Charter School.
Boston’s urban youth explore Thompson Island’s
diverse landscape while engaging in hands-on
activities that inspire academic achievement and
social-emotional growth. Photo courtesy Thompson
Island Outward Bound Education Center.
Page 5: A New Bedford police officer works with New
Bedford kids who visited AHA! night in April 2014 to
create great chalk art on the walls of the New Bedford
Art Museum, located next to the local police precinct
office. Photo by Steph Russell, courtesy AHA!
New Bedford.
Coalition for Social Justice Education Fund celebrates
the minimum wage victory and push for earned sick
time benefits for workers! Photo by Deb Fastino,
courtesy Coalition for Social Justice Education Fund.
Maasai women in Loliondo, Tanzania. To help the
Maasai protect their territory from land grabs by
governments and luxury big-game hunting and safari
companies, Global Greengrants Fund supported
traditional Maasai leaders to consult with community
members, elect representatives, create a land
management plan, travel to parliament, and raise
media awareness about the cultural and environmental
impacts of the land grabs. Photo by Rucha Chitnis,
courtesy Global Greengrants Fund.
This report was printed on elemental chlorine free,
10% recycled post consumer waste paper with
FSC Mixed Credit certification.
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Edited by Sarah Kelley
36 Island Foundation Five-Year Report: 2010-2014
In Northern Nigeria, a leader of an Evangelical church
partnering with Planned Parenthood Global displays
female condoms to the congregation from the pulpit.
Photo by Mark Tushman, courtesy Planned Parenthood
Global.
Pages 6-7: The Mainstage at the Marion Institute’s
Connecting for Change Conference in New Bedford,
2013. Photo by Kevin Trimmer, courtesy Marion
Institute.
Pages 8-9: The first-ever aerial photo of the High Head
seal haul out inside the Cape Cod National Seashore,
taken in June 2014 for the southeastern Massachusetts
seal survey, conducted by the Center for Coastal
Studies under NOAA Permit No. 17670. Photo courtesy
Center for Coastal Studies, taken under NOAA Permit
No. 17670.
Page 10: Clean, free-flowing and plentiful water for
wildlife and for people is the goal of Watershed Action
Alliance of Southeastern Massachusetts and its 12
member organizations. Photo by Craig Richards,
courtesy Watershed Action Alliance.
Page 34: The set for Your Theatre, Inc.’s production of
Brighton Beach. Photo courtesy Your Theatre, Inc.
The Trustees of Reservation’s South Coast Youth Corps
Farm Crew members show off their amazing sunflowers
at the Westport Town Farm. Photo by Steve Connors,
courtesy The Trustees of Reservations.
Page 35: Somerset residents hold a photo petition to
support a shift away from dirty coal and towards clean
energy, part of Toxics Action Center’s work to support
citizen leaders and town officials. Photo by Bess BellerLevesque, courtesy Toxics Action Center.
Trips for Kids New Bedford youth participants riding along
on bike path near West Beach on Clark’s Cove. Photo by
John Maciel, courtesy Trips for Kids New Bedford.
Pages 36-37: Springtime on a Southside Community
Land Trust community garden in Providence, RI. Photo by
Lucas Foglia, courtesy Southside Community Land Trust.
Rainforest canopy, Machaca Hill, Toledo District,
southern Belize. The Quebec-Labrador Foundation
works through local partners in the Toledo District,
providing Conservation Leaders Exchanges to New
England and Internships for university students from
Belize with a focus on large landscape conservation and
forest stewardship. Photo by Lawrence Morris, courtesy
Quebec-Labrador Foundation.
Our Sisters’ School students participating in a program
that represents a collaboration between OSS and
Community Boating Center of New Bedford. Photo by
Peter Pereira, Standard-Times, courtesy P. Pereira and
Our Sisters’ School.
A Paul Cuffee Middle Schooler aces an obstacle course
as part of a team building activity during a retreat at the
W. Alton Jones Campus of the University of Rhode Island.
Photo courtesy Paul Cuffee School.
The Oscar Romero house at the corner of County and
Allen Streets, an 1881 building that was recently saved
and renovated by CABH and WHALE and now contains
12 housing units for low-income residents. Photo by Lyn
Keith, courtesy WHALE.
Back Cover: A humpback whale breaches off Boa Vista,
Cape Verde, during an Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
research survey. The desert landscape of Boa Vista
can be seen in the background. Photo by Conor Ryan,
courtesy Irish Whale and Dolphin Group.
Contact
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Hannah C. Nesbeda
President of the Board
Denise M. Porché
Executive Director
[email protected]
Sarah Kelley
Senior Program Officer
[email protected]
Michele Emery
Financial/Administrative Assistant
[email protected]
Island Foundation
589 Mill St.,
P.O. Box 1605
Marion, MA 02738
Tel: 508-748-2809
Fax: 508-748-0991
www.islandfdn.org
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589 Mill Street
P.O. Box 1605
Marion, MA 02738
www.islandfdn.org