ERM Foundation - North America 2009 Grant Awards
Engineers Without Borders - USA
$23,500 grant award for three EWB Chapter projects.
www.ewb-usa.org
Northern New Jersey Professionals Chapter:
$6,500 to install two water wells to provide clean water to 50 homesteads, a school and a church in Kipingi, Kenya.
Orange County Professionals Chapter, Santa Ana, CA:
$12,000 to construct a footbridge over the Ewaso Ng’iro River to connect 4,200 people in Endana, Kenya to a medical clinic, school and clean water.
University of Colorado Student Chapter, Boulder, CO:
$5,000 to build a storage tank and water distribution system for 500 people in Namsaling, Nepal.
American Samoa Resource Conservation and Development Council, Pago Pago, AS
$18,000 grant award for two projects:
$10,000 to replant 20 acres of steep hillside with Vetiver grass to reduce erosion and the related degradation of 5 miles of streams and 1 mile of reefs.
$8,000 to integrate a piggery and tilapia ponds that will eliminate the discharge of liquid pig waste into the ground water, and use it to fertilize ponds to create algae which will then feed the fish.
Mano a Mano, Mendota Heights, MN
$12,000 grant award to plant 2,500 fruit and nut trees that will reduce soil erosion, provide food and benefit the economy for 6,000 farming family members in rural Bolivia.
www.manoamano.org
Katy Prairie Conservancy, Houston, TX
$10,000 grant award to support the purchase of a tractor and related equipment to expand and maintain a nursery for native seeds and plants.
www.katyprairie.org
Mwangaza, Inc., Chicago, IL
$10,000 grant award to construct rainwater harvesting tanks, fuel efficient kitchens, waste incinerators and hand-washing stations for three schools, benefitting 3,400 students and family members in north central Tanzania.
www.mwangaza.org
Water For People, Denver, CO
$8,000 grant award to construct water stations and gender-specific sanitation facilities and education to benefit 8,000 students in North 24 Parganas, India.
www.waterforpeople.org
Children’s Nature Institute, Beverly Hills, CA
$7,500 grant award to provide environmental education programs to children in homeless shelters, foster care and those with special needs.
www.cni-kids.org
Houston Audubon Society, Houston, TX
$7,000 grant award to restore native habitat along the Texas coast for migratory birds and wildlife following the destruction of Hurricane Ike in 2008.
www.houstonaudubon.org
The Nature Conservancy, Salt Lake City, UT
$7,000 grant award to restore a 15-acre wetland habitat affected by droughts and water diversion to provide nesting and habitat for birds and other wildlife, limit wildfire hazards and reduce mosquito habitats.
www.nature.org/utah
A Prepared Place, Malvern, PA
$5,267 grant award to construct 2 water kiosks and valve chambers to store and deliver water to 4,000 people in rural Kenya.
Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA
$5,000 grant award to provide marine science programs to 270 students from disadvantaged schools.
www.aquariumofpacific.org
EarthCorps, Seattle, WA
$5,000 grant award to provide plants, tools and supplies for volunteer urban reforestation projects. www.earthcorps.org
Facing the Future, Seattle, WA
$5,000 grant award to create a program that wraps a sustainable curriculum into everyday teaching for students struggling with literacy and English-as-a-second-language classes. www.facingthefuture.org
Galveston Bay Foundation, Webster, TX
$5,000 grant award to construct a wave break and create a living shoreline of wetland vegetation to reduce erosion and protect 750 feet of natural shoreline habitat.
www.galvbay.org
Godparents for Tanzania, Roanoke, VA
$5,000 grant award to provide a scholarship to a Tanzanian student to attend the College of African Wildlife Management and then work in Tanzanian environmental preservation. www.godparents4tz.org
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Indianapolis, IN
$5,000 grant award to create a handicapped accessible outdoor classroom with rain garden for an elementary school.
www.kibi.org
Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, CA
$5,000 grant award for two programs.
$2,000 to support a community free-admission-day to attract audiences who may not otherwise visit the museum.
$3,000 to provide environmental education programs for students.
www.wildlife-museum.org
Murchison Middle School PTA, Austin, TX
$5,000 grant award for materials to build a greenhouse and water capture system to educate 1200 students annually.
www.murchisonpta.org
New York State Marine Education Association, Westbury, NY
$5,000 grant award to provide hands-on marine environmental education by training high school students to serve as monitors for ongoing water quality projects.
www.NYSMEA.org
Sea Turtle Restoration Project, Houston, TX
$5,000 grant award to provide beach signage to protect nesting areas of the endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtles.
www.seaturtle.org
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL), Sherburne, NY
$5,000 grant award to install composting toilets, improve composting techniques to soil fertility and expand trash recycling program to improve the environment and local economy in Haiti. www.oursoil.org
San Francisco Nature Education, San Francisco, CA
$4,500 grant award to provide environmental education to 1,000 students in underserved public schools.
www.sfnature.org
Human Development Foundation, Schaumburg, IL
$4,000 grant award to pave street and install drains in Karol War, Pakistan to reduce the spread of malaria and other infectious diseases for 1,200 residents.
www.hdf.com
Pittsburgh Voyager (RiverQuest), Pittsburgh, PA
$4,000 grant award to purchase GIS and GPS units for student water quality education programs. www.riverquest.org
Rebuilding Together, Sacramento, CA
$4,000 grant award to provide energy efficient safety and health improvements to four blighted homes in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
www.rebuildingtogethersacramento.org
The Freshwater Trust, Portland, OR
$3,500 grant award to provide progressive hands-on watershed education for 850 students. www.thefreshwatertrust.org
Alley Pond Environmental Center, Douglaston, NY
$3,000 grant award to provide test kits and oxygen meters for environmental programs for at-risk teens.
www.alleypond.com
Chesapeake Rivers Association, Annapolis, MD
$3,000 grant award to monitor, evaluate and address sustainable development and storm water management issues along the Severn River as part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. www.severnriverkeeper.org
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia, PA
$3,000 grant award to provide a summer environmental leadership program for at-risk youth. www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org
TreePeople, Beverly Hills, CA
$2,500 grant award to plant trees on school campuses and teach about the planting, caring and value of trees.
www.treepeople.org
Brandywine Valley Association, West Chester, PA
$2,000 grant award to protect aging trees, relocate trails and improve outdoor classrooms programs.
www.brandywinewatershed.org
Water Education Collaborative / Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY
$2,000 grant award to provide inner-city students with water quality and environmental education experiences.
www.h2ohero.org
Cuyahoga Valley National Park Association, Peninsula, OH
$1,200 grant award to provide a four-day/ three-night environmental education camp for 20 low-income youth.
www.cvnpa.org