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Potential Foundations for WiserMexico project

Foundation name: Peace Development Fund

Website: http://www.peacedevelopmentfund.org

Contact person and relationship to us: Kazu Haga, Prog. Coord. No direct connection to him

Phone/email of main contact:

Program related to WiserMexico: All

Funding guidelines: Applications are only accepted via e-mail. Groups that have been funded within the past 12 months should follow the Re-Application Process outlined on the fund's web site. Application form required.

Average Grant amount: small grant

Purpose and Activities: The fund provides grants to organizations and projects working to achieve peaceful, just, and equitable relationships among people and nations. Grants focus on three distinct types of relationships: relationships between the U.S. and peoples and countries elsewhere in the world; relationships among people and groups within the U.S.; and relationships between institutions, the power that maintains them, and the individuals whom they serve.

Geographic Focus: See above

Types of Support: General/operating support, Technical assistance

Application Information (deadlines, application process etc.): Application form is available on the fund's web site. Applications are only accepted via e-mail.

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Foundation name: Seventh Generation Fund

Website: http://www.7genfund.org

Contact person and relationship to us: Christopher H. Peters, Pres. and C.E.O. No direct connection to him

Phone/email of main contact: 707 825 7641; of7gen@pacbell.net

Program related to WiserMexico: Sustainable communities, environmental rights and justice, human rights.

Funding guidelines:

Average Grant amount: $10k

Purpose and Activities: The fund is a national Native American advocacy and intermediary grantmaking organization dedicated to maintaining and promoting the uniqueness of Native peoples and the distinctiveness of their nations. The fund provides an integrated program of grants, management support, training and technical assistance, and advocacy to innovative indigenous grassroots projects throughout Native communities of the U.S., Canada, and South and Central America.

Geographic Focus: See above

Types of Support: Annual campaigns
Building/renovation
Conferences/seminars
Continuing support
Emergency funds
Equipment
General/operating support
Program development
Publication
Seed money
Technical assistance


Application Information (deadlines, application process etc.): See Web site for application guidelines and cover sheet. Application form not required.
Initial approach: Letter or telephone
Copies of proposal: 1

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Foundation name: Ringing Rocks Foundation

Website: http://www.ringingrocks.org

Contact person and relationship to us:

Phone/email of main contact: (928) 282-1298

Program related to WiserMexico:

Funding guidelines: Giving on a worldwide basis. No grants to individuals.

Average Grant amount: The grants are for $500 to $5,000.

Purpose and Activities: Giving to organizations dedicated to the preservation of alternative healing practices and cultures, and work with indigenous cultures, promote indigenous healing, and/or educate the public about these topics.

Geographic Focus: National or international

Types of Support: General/operating support, Program development, Seed money

Application Information (deadlines, application process etc.): Feb. 2 for letters of intent; Apr. 11 for full proposals Final notification: June.  See Web site for application guidelines and cover sheet. 

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Foundation name: Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas

Website: http://www.mcfamericas.org

Contact person and relationship to us: Mark Keegan, Prog. Off. No relation.

Phone/email of main contact: mic.foundation@org.mitsubishicorp.com; (212) 605-2000

Program related to WiserMexico: All

Funding guidelines: Giving primarily in the Americas, with emphasis on areas of company operations.
No support for religious, political, or lobbying organizations or discriminatory organizations.
No grants to individuals.

Average Grant amount: high: $152,900; low: $2,500

Purpose and Activities: The foundation promotes environmental causes in the broadest sense, encompassing both the physical and social environments in which we live. The foundation supports a wide range of projects that promote environmental education, conservation and biodiversity, environmental and social justice, poverty alleviation, human rights, and sustainable development.

Geographic Focus: See above

Types of Support: Conferences/seminars
Continuing support
Curriculum development
Employee volunteer services
Land acquisition
Program development
Research
Scholarship funds

Application Information (deadlines, application process etc.): Letters of inquiry should be brief. Application form not required. Applicants should submit the following:
1.Name, address and phone number of organization
2.Copy of IRS Determination Letter
3.How project's results will be evaluated or measured
4.Descriptive literature about organization
5.Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
6.Contact person
7.Copy of current year's organizational budget and/or project budget
8.Listing of additional sources and amount of support
Initial approach: Letter of inquiry
Copies of proposal: 1
Board meeting date(s): Fall
Deadline(s): None; March is preferred
Final notification: Summer

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