The Conservation Alliance sent grants totaling $750,000 to 20 organizations working to protect wild places throughout North America. The donations marked the Alliance’s first funding disbursal for 2013, and comprise the largest funding cycle in the group’s 24-year history. The Alliance plans to contribute $1.5 million this year with a second disbursal in October.
By a vote of the group’s member companies, The Conservation Alliance made donations to 20 grassroots conservation organizations as follows:
| Organization | Location | Grant Amount |
| Access Fund | Boulder, CO | $ 40,000 |
| Adirondack Mountain Club | Lake George, NY | $ 50,000 |
| American River Conservancy | Coloma, CA | $ 35,000 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston , MA | $ 25,000 |
| Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Yukon | Whitehorse, Yukon | $ 35,000 |
| Chelan-Douglas Land Trust | Wenatchee, WA | $ 35,000 |
| Conservation Resource Alliance | Traverse City, MI | $ 35,000 |
| Friends of the Inyo | Bishop, CA | $ 25,000 |
| International Mountain Bicycling Association | Boulder, CO | $ 45,000 |
| Montana Wilderness Association | Helena, MT | $ 50,000 |
| Oregon Wild | Portland, OR | $ 50,000 |
| Rivers Without Borders | Clinton, WA | $ 35,000 |
| Soda Mountain Wilderness Council | Ashland, OR | $ 25,000 |
| Thompson Divide Coalition | Carbondale, CO | $ 25,000 |
| Trust for Public Land | Montpelier, VT | $ 40,000 |
| Vermont Land Trust | Montpelier, VT | $ 50,000 |
| Western Rivers Conservancy | Portland, OR | $ 35,000 |
| Wilderness Land Trust | Carbondale, CO | $ 35,000 |
| Winter Wildlands Alliance | Boise, ID | $ 40,000 |
| Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative | Canmore, Alberta | $ 40,000 |
| Total | $750,000 |
This round of grant recipients reflects the geographic distribution of Conservation Alliance members. Conservation Alliance funds will support efforts to: secure new wilderness designations in Colorado, Montana, and Oregon; purchase a climbing area in Illinois; acquire wildlands in California, Colorado, Vermont, Maine, and Washington; protect wild rivers in Alaska, Colorado, the Yukon, and British Columbia; and remove dams in Michigan.
Each project was first nominated for funding by a Conservation Alliance member company. For a complete overview of each grant see:
http://www.conservationalliance.com/UserFiles/File/W13%20Funding%20Cycle/W13GrantAnnouncement.pdf
