Deadline: 29-Apr-22
The Maki Foundation is inviting applications to award grants to organizations and projects where modest support can make a significant contribution with environmental protection in the western United States.
The Foundation does not consider requests for acquisition or construction of community recreation facilities, buildings, municipal parks, reservoirs, and similar projects. Limited resources preclude consideration of funding for wildlife rehabilitation centers, zoos, recycling programs, tree planting projects, toxic waste cleanup, film productions, and fellowships.
The foundation is concerned with protection and preservation of the Rocky Mountain West’s remaining wild lands, rivers, and wilderness, as well as the wildlife that depends on these lands.
Priorities
The Foundation’s priorities are as follows:
- Wilderness and wildlands protection
- River and wetlands conservation
- Biological diversity conservation
- Public lands management
Funding Information
Most awards range from $1,000 to $5,000.
Because of its small size, the Foundation rarely funds groups with annual budgets over $1 million.
Geographical Focus
The Maki Foundation’s geographic area of interest includes:
- New Mexico
- Colorado
- Utah
- Idaho
- Wyoming
- Montana
Eligibility Criteria
- Supports organizations working to improve public lands policy, protect biological diversity, and defend wildlands.
- Looks for organizations and projects where modest support can make a significant contribution.
- The majority of successful applicants for Maki grants are small local and regional grassroots organizations working to protect public lands and rivers from threats such as mineral development, unconstrained off-road vehicle use, and poorly planned water projects.
- Foundation has focused its funding on wildlands and wildlife protection in the Rocky Mountain states. Because of their small size, they cannot make grants to all the worthy organizations that request funding.
- They generally look for small organizations for whom a relatively small grant can make a significant difference.
- Many of their grantees are grassroots groups with a focus on activism and policy change, particularly in the realm of public lands management.
- They often give grants for specific projects, but they are also willing to consider grants for general support.
For more information, visit http://www.makifoundation.org/guidelines.html