| What environmental issues
were targeted by the grants? What
was the chief method used to achieve the stated goals?
What was the geographic
distribution?
What types of grants did we make?
Which guidelines did the grants
meet?
What sizes were NW Fund grants?
|
The Northwest Fund for the
Environment was founded in 1971 and initially functioned
primarily as a pass-through organization to allow small
groups to receive tax deductible funding from many
grassroots supporters. In the early eighties, as
tax law evolved, the NW Fund was no longer needed.
It responded by becoming inactive for several
years. In the mid-eighties, it was reactivated to
evaluate requests and make grants from an annual
donation. In 1994, change came again and the NW
Fund received a major bequest, becoming a private
foundation with an endowment.
This report, which has previously been published in 1995
and 1996, documents how the NW Fund is meeting the needs
of citizens to protect the natural environment of
Washington State. This year, the report emphasizes
the evolution of the fund's grant making from 1995 to
1997. The report describes primarily details of the
grants awarded; some information about grant requests can
be found toward the end of the report. |
