The Charlotte Martin Foundation is seeking applications for its grant program to enrich the lives of youth and preserve and protect wildlife and habitat.
Donor Name: Charlotte Martin Foundation
State: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/01/2023
Details:
The Charlotte Martin Foundation is a private, independent foundation dedicated to enriching the lives of youth and preserving and protecting wildlife and habitat.
The Charlotte Martin Foundation focuses grantmaking in two areas:
- Youth: Foundation’s program funding for youth ages 6-18 falls into three areas: Athletics, Culture and Education. Grants for youth programs must fall within one of these three program areas.
- Youth Athletics
- Athletics include a wide range of individual and team sports, with an emphasis on the value of sports for lifelong participation. School-sponsored intramural and after school sports programs have been greatly reduced, and middle-school aged youth have been most affected. After school athletics can be the incentive that gets kids involved in programs that also have educational and cultural components. Demand is increasing for athletics programs and facilities in rural areas and inner cities. More girls are getting involved in sports, requiring additional programs and space. Coaches are key to a positive experience for young people, and good coaching requires training.
- Wildlife and Habitat Programs: As development pressures increase, the stewardship of vital ecosystems is critical for protecting wildlife populations and habitat. The effort must be based on solid conservation biology, recognizing the resilience, complexity and interdependence of all life. Conservation of critical habitat and species requires comprehensive strategies and collaboration among partners working in the region, recognizing the limitation of funds available. Stewardship is the shared responsibility of empowered citizens, engaged scientists, collaborating foundations, informed business and property owners, and an accountable government. Healthy and diverse wildlife populations and habitat must be preserved through sound government policies and a range of creative conservation approaches. The principle of sustainability requires that environment, economics and equity are considered together to protect the quality of life at every level.
Foundation’s Core Principles
- Relevance: Foundation continually seeks information regarding significant opportunities in their region and in their focus areas to ensure that they are responding to current needs and opportunities.
- Community Engagement: Foundation seeks to foster community engagement in protecting wildlife and habitat and in engaging youth skills to build directly on community needs and strengths.
- Focus on Place: Grounded in the Northwest, foundation funds in urban, rural and tribal communities in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington where people work to improve the places that they live.
- Expand Opportunity: Foundation gives special consideration in their grant making to benefit and expand opportunities for underserved populations in their region.
Focus Areas
In Foundation’s funding of youth and wildlife, they have further refined their focus in the following areas:
- Increasing Opportunities for BIPOC:
- Increasing racial equity and diversity for youth ages 6-18.
- BIPOC led nonprofit organizations with diverse leadership and staff are the focus of grant-making. Organizations based in rural communities are also a priority for their foundation.
- Programs that create opportunities in areas of education, cultural expression and athletics. Including but not limited to:
- Increase access to and the creation of diverse cultural experiences.
- Improve school-based and out-of-school learning opportunities in areas such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) and other areas.
- Increase early college awareness and access to post-secondary education.
- Increase access to sports and diversify sports programs.
- Promoting Biodiversity in a Changing Climate:
- Conservation efforts that utilize the impacts of climate change when selecting areas for protection.
- Engaging a community of citizens, scientists, and conservationists in educating the public about biodiversity and climate change.
- Restoring important lands for biodiversity, focal species, and landscape connectivity. Including but not limited to:
- Assessments to identify species and communities at risk, including strategies to work toward ecosystem resilience.
- Identification of barriers to migration and mitigation measures to enhance landscape connectivity.
- Adaptive restoration strategies based on predicted species range expansion and contraction.
- Promoting the biodiversity of the marine and freshwater environments.
For more information, visit Charlotte Martin Foundation.
