Grant History:

2006 - $25,000 To continue the markets campaign against dirty gold mining practices, advocate for best-practice standards for environmentally and socially responsible mining, and work with state and local groups to support stronger state and national mining policy. Endangered Ecosystems

2005 - $30,000 To advance a markets campaign in alliance with retail jewelers, investors and insurance companies to leverage the application of best practices within the mining industry. Endangered Ecosystems

2005 - $3,000 For general support to educate the public, businesses, and land-owners about threats to public lands, and to develop supporting research and materials. Opportunity Fund

2004 - $30,000 To advance a markets campaign to leverage the application of best practices within the mining industry. Endangered Ecosystems

2003 - $30,000 To protect environmental quality and public health in the Pacific Northwest through the support of a campaign to reform state and federal mining laws and regulations. Endangered Ecosystems

2002 - $30,000 To provide general support, with an emphasis on the development of the coordinated Western Mining Reform Campaign. Endangered Ecosystems

2001 - $30,000 To support continuation of the reclamation bonding campaign in key western states and to sustain efforts to protect recent hard fought gains in the regulation of hardrock mining. Endangered Ecosystems

2001 - $30,000 To continue support of benchmark polling and message development on hardrock mining issues. Endangered Ecosystems

2001 - $300,000 To strengthen the organization and build a stronger constituency for mining reform. Communications and Capacity Building

2000 - $25,000 To support the second phase of the reclamation bonding campaign by educating national and state policy makers, the public, and regulatory agencies in key western states regarding deficiencies in reclamation bonding for hardrock mining. Endangered Ecosystems

2000 - $25,000 To explore options for diversifying income and strengthening advocacy tools. Communications and Capacity Building