Deadline: 1-Mar-22
The Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation is seeking applications for its Sustainable Forests and Communities Initiative to promote the creation of environmentally and economically sustainable forest communities in the regions of the United States where the Weyerhaeuser Family’s business interests originated.
Program Priorities
The Foundation gives priority to projects that promote vibrant forest-based communities that address one or more of the following outcome areas:
- Environment: Employ sustainable forest management, conservation, and ecological restoration.
- Economy: Develop and encourage enterprise-based sustainable economic activities.
- Community: Use innovative business or policy models to better establish prices and markets for ecosystem services. (Forest ecosystem services can include but are not restricted to, carbon sequestration, forests’ role in the carbon, nutrient, and water cycles, providing habitat to support biodiversity, and providing aesthetic, educational, and other cultural services.)
Funding Information
- The average grant size for the Sustainable Forests and Communities Initiative is $25,000 or less.
Geographic Focus
- The Foundation focuses on supporting activities in the regions in which the family’s business interests originated: Idaho, Oregon, Washington, northern California, western Montana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
- Organizations operating within these geographic areas are eligible to apply.
- Priority may be given to regional or national organizations that partner with local organizations, The Foundation may consider funding exceptional projects outside of these geographic regions.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must be classified by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
- Applications from an organization acting as a fiscal sponsor will be considered when a Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement has been signed by both parties and submitted with the application.
- The fiscal Sponsor must be able to demonstrate substantial and direct fiscal and program oversight. The foundation does not accept applications from fiscal agents.
For more information, visit https://wfamilyfoundation.org/what-we-fund/sustainable-forests-and-communities-initiative/