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Environment/Animals Grants Made in 2014

Appalachian Trail Conservancy Harpers Ferry, WV

$25,000Payment Date: 10/31/2014

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. Millbrook, NY

$25,000Payment Date: 10/31/2014

For: Continued support to evaluate the threat to the Adirondack and northeastern forests from damaging insects and diseases

Central Park Conservancy New York, NY

$30,000Payment Date: 3/31/2014

Coastal Land Trust (formerly known as North Carolina Coastal Land Trust) Wilmington, NC

$35,000Payment Date: 8/29/2014

Conservation Trust for North Carolina Raleigh, NC

$20,000Payment Date: 7/31/2014

Eno River Association Durham, NC

$15,000Payment Date: 3/31/2014

Toward Kids-in-Nature program

Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. New York, NY

$149,000Payment Date: 4/14/2014

Toward science-based policy solutions to protect the Adirondacks from acid deposition-$100,000; toward the Roadmap to Recovery Roundtable-$49,000

Great Swamp Watershed Association New Vernon, NJ

$40,000Payment Date: 9/30/2014

This grant comprised our total support through 2015

Greater Newark Conservancy, Inc. Newark, NJ

$50,000Payment Date: 12/22/2014

For: Community Greening Program-$40,000; toward the Clean and Green Job Training Initiative-$10,000

Greener New Jersey Productions, Inc. Stockton, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 8/29/2014

Harding Land Trust, Inc. New Vernon, NJ

$10,000Payment Date: 11/26/2014

Key West Wildlife Center/Matching Contributions Key West, FL

$2,000Payment Date: 5/30/2014

Two-for-one match of Katharine C. Prentice’s contribution dated 4/24/14

New Jersey Audubon Society Bernardsville, NJ

$45,000Payment Date: 8/29/2014

Toward improvement of the digital communications systems-$5,000

New Jersey Conservation Foundation Far Hills, NJ

$100,000Payment Date: 12/15/2014

Open Space Institute Land Trust, Inc. New York, NY

$30,000Payment Date: 11/26/2014

For: One-time support toward the Giralda Farms land acquisition transaction

Passaic River Coalition Morristown, NJ

$7,500Payment Date: 5/30/2014

For: One-time support toward the match requirement from the Morris County Historical Commission for repairs to Historic Willow Hall and the adjoining Ames Cottage

Protect the Adirondacks, Inc. North Creek, NY

$22,500Payment Date: 10/31/2014

For: Continued support of the Adirondack Park water quality regional assessment-$15,000

Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Camp Hill, PA

$34,000Payment Date: 5/30/2014

For: Rail-trail projects in New Jersey

Regional Plan Association, Inc. Princeton, NJ

$45,000Payment Date: 6/30/2014

For: New Jersey programs (this grant comprised our total support through at least 2015)

South Eastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces, Inc. Durham, NC

$15,000Payment Date: 6/30/2014

For: Durham Inner-city Gardeners (DIG) program

Southern Environmental Law Center Chapel Hill, NC

$30,000Payment Date: 7/31/2014

For: Continued efforts in North Carolina

The Adirondack Council, Inc. Elizabethtown, NY

$50,000Payment Date: 4/30/2014

The Bald Head Island Conservancy, Inc. ,

$50,000Payment Date: 5/30/2014

The Land Conservancy of New Jersey Boonton, NJ

$32,500Payment Date: 4/30/2014

Toward technological upgrades to computer system-$2,500

The Nature Conservancy in New Jersey Chester, NJ

$120,000Payment Date: 12/15/2014

Toward the stewardship endowment-$20,000

The Nature Conservancy/Adirondack Chapter Keene Valley, NY

$60,000Payment Date: 4/30/2014

The Nature Conservancy/Adirondack Chapter Keene Valley, NY

$1,000,000Payment Date: 12/15/2014

To establish The Fred M. and Walker D. Kirby Land Stewardship Endowment at the Adirondack Land Trust-$1,000,000 in 2014 and $500,000 in 2015 and 2016

The Trust for Public Land Newark, NJ

$95,000Payment Date: 9/15/2014

For: New Jersey programs only; toward the Keep It Green Coalition public education initiative-$10,000

Triangle Land Conservancy, Inc. Durham, NC

$40,000Payment Date: 10/31/2014

Trout Unlimited, Inc. Arlington, VA

$40,000Payment Date: 12/22/2014

Toward the Musconetcong Home Rivers Initiative in New Jersey-$25,000

Program Area Total: $2,242,500