Since 1981, the Maki Foundation has focused its funding on wildlands and wildlife protection in the Rocky Mountain states. Because of our small size, we cannot make grants to all the worthy organizations that request funding. We generally look for small organizations for whom a relatively small grant can make a significant difference. Many of our grantees are grassroots groups with a focus on activism and policy change, particularly in the realm of public lands management. We often give grants for specific projects, but we are also willing to consider grants for general support.

Below is a list of the Maki Foundation’s 2007 grantees.

 

Biodiversity

Center for Native Ecosystems
Biodiversity Conservation Campaign

Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Conservancy
“Save Trestle Creek, Save the Bull Trout”

Craighead Environmental Research Institute
Conservation Priorities for Focal Species

Forest Guardians
Protecting the Ecological Engineers of the Grasslands of the American West

Prairie Dog Coalition
Campaign to Increase Prairie Dog Protections through Public Outreach

Sinapu
Carnivore Conservation in the Southern Rockies

Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project
General support

Western Wildlife Conservancy
Lynx and Wolf Conservation, Uintas-Yellowstone Connection

The Xerces Society
The Red List of Aquatic Invertebrates in the Intermountain West

 

Ecosystem/Wilderness Protection

American Wildlands
Building a Case for Wildlife Crossing Structures on Highways in the Northern Rockies

Cabinet Resource Group
Campaign for the Cabinets
 
Californians for Western Wilderness 
Wilderness and Public Lands in the Intermountain States

Colorado Environmental Coalition
Colorado Wilderness Campaign

Colorado Mountain Club
Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign—Engaging Diverse Allies

Colorado Wild
Forest Watch Campaign

Conservation Leaders Network
NACo Public Lands Project

Earthjustice Bozeman Office
Preserving Endangered Species Act Protections for Yellowstone’s Grizzly Bears

Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness
General Support

Great Old Broads for Wilderness
Broads Healthy Lands Project

High Country Citizens’ Alliance
Continuing Conservation in the Gunnison Basin

Idaho Sporting Congress, Inc.
Forest Protection Project

Montana Water Trust
Streamflow Restoration Program

Montana Wilderness Association
Forest and Travel Plan Campaign

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
General Support

Quiet Use Coalition
General Support

Red Rock Forests
2007-2008 Campaign: Zen and the Heart of Roadless Areas

Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action
Wild Skies Initiative

San Juan Citizens Alliance
Wild San Juans

San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council
General Support

Upper Arkansas and South Platte Project
Wild Connections Phase 3—Preserving Wildlands on the Pike-San Isabel National Forest

Utah Environmental Congress
Forest Monitoring Program

Western Slope Environmental Resource Council
Coalbed Methane Campaign

Wild Utah Project
General Support

Wilderness Watch
Northern Rockies Wilderness  Protection Project

Wilderness Workshop
Forest Watchdog Program

Wildlands CPR
Outreach in Transportation Policy and Restoration

Wildlands Project
Spine of the Continent Initiative

WildWest Institute
Public Lands Project

Winter Wildlands Alliance
Protect Winter Ecosystems by Creating Non-Motorized Areas

Yaak Valley Forest Council
General Support

 

Environmental Advocacy

Audubon Colorado
Expanding and Empowering Network of Conservation

Montana Environmental Information Center
2007 Environmental Advocacy

Northern Plains Resource Council
Doing it Right/Coalbed Methane Campaign

Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Protecting Critical Lands from the Impacts of Oil and Gas Development

Rocky Mountain Recreation Initiative
ORV Travel Planning

Sagebrush Sea Campaign
Greater Sage Grouse Conservation Project

Western Lands Project
Protecting the Public Domain

Wyoming Outdoor Council
A Conservation Vision to Protect the Southern Greater Yellowstone and Wyoming Air Quality

 

Environmental Education

Headwaters Institute
Watershed Education Seminars for Professional Guides

 

Mining

Energy Minerals Law Center
Uranium Mining and Milling Program

Information Network for Responsible Mining (INFORM)
General Support

Rock Creek Alliance
General Support

Western Mining Action Project
General Support

 

Rivers/Water Quality

Clark Fork Coalition
General Support

Montezuma Land Conservancy
Mancos and Dolores Riparian Protection Project

Powder River Basin Resource Council
Water for Wyoming

Utah Rivers Council
Protecting the Small Gems: Small Creeks and Small Communities