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Summit Foundation


Overview

Principal Office:   USA

Key Words:   conservation, Mesoamerican Reef


The Summit Foundation seeks to promote the health and well-being of the planet – its people and its natural environment. The mission includes achieving a sustainable global population, and protecting the Earth’s biodiversity.

The program area of greatest relevance in the Terra Viva Grants Directory is: Conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef.


Grant Programs for Agriculture, Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources

Conservation of the Mesoamerican Reef.  The Foundation makes grants to address threats to the integrity and health of the Mesoamerican Reef, with the following objectives:
  • Protect fish spawning aggregations in the four Mesoamerican Reef countries;
  • Secure long-term conservation funding for the Mesoamerican Reef ecoregion;
  • Reduce agro-industrial and shrimp farming effluents that flow into the reef system;
  • Develop a strong network of environmental law experts in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo;
  • Assist the region’s tourism industries to adopt eco-friendly policies, and to implement improved construction and service practices.
About the program for the Mesoamerican Reef.

Grants are primarily to nonprofit conservation organizations in the USA and in the four countries of the Mesoamerican Reef.

For the Mesoamerican Reef program, most grants range from US$50 thousand to US$250 thousand. A few grants are larger.


APPLICATION:   The Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals. Grant application guidelines are available only for invited organizations.

However, interested organizations can submit a link to their organization’s website and a short statement that explains how their work is related to the program of the Summit Foundation.  Contact information is posted on Summit's website. 

Information for Grant Seekers


Geographical Distribution of Grant Activities in Developing Countries

Latin America and Caribbean: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico

Comments

Recent Grants is a guide to the Foundation’s funding priorities and grant recipients.

Summit’s website provides the names of its board of trustees and program staff.

The Foundation provides a postal address and telephone (but no email address).
Last Profile Review

May 2012


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