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WASHINGTON
FOUNDATION
FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT
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Supporting
environmental education and innovative
projects focused on
environmental awareness.
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WFFE Board
of Trustees
WFFE ANNUAL REPORTS
2006
2004
2003
2006 WFFE ANNUAL REPORT
WASHINGTON FOUNDATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (WFFE) HISTORY
The Washington Foundation for the Environment (WFFE) is a nonprofit Washington corporation, founded in 1979 to undertake and assist educational projects that preserve and enhance Washington's natural and environmental heritage. WFFE seeks out and supports individuals and groups working on the cutting edge of environmental concerns in Washington State.
WFFE is governed by an uncompensated Board of Trustees and is funded through individual and corporate donations and foundation grants. The Foundation is also a member of Earth Share of Washington, through which it receives contributions from annual employee combined-giving campaigns.
FINANCES
WFFE began 2006 with a balance of $10,440.24, and ended with a balance of17, 145.25. A voluntary reserve of $5,000 was maintained.
REVENUES of $16,049.45 came from combined-giving campaign donations, other solicited donations, money market interest and donations from board members.
EXPENDITURES for operations totaled $2287.24. With no paid staff and very low overhead, the Foundation was able to grant $6,320.00 to worthy organizations and student programs. Roundtable expenses totaled $737.20. Total expenditures for 2006 were $9,344.44.
WFFE board members provided over 200 volunteer hours.
WFFE GRANTS
Recipients of WFFE's 2006 grants were carefully selected based upon how appropriate, effective and innovative their proposed projects were relative to the goals and objectives of WFFE.
Grants issued in 2006 included the following:
Wildlife Bridges Coalition - $1000 for an education program, art contest and billboard regarding wildlife crossings along a segment of I-90 in the Cascades;
Restore America's Estuaries - $2000 for scholarships to attend the national coastal habitat restoration conference in New Orleans in December;
Earth Services Corps, Olympia - $500 to support South Sound YMCA youth involvement;
Stillwaters Environmental Education Ctr., Kingston - $1820 to create a new program called Explorer Pack;
Adopt-A-Stream - $1000 to support the Streamkeeper Academy
WFFE ROUNDTABLES
Puget Sound Recovery, Tacoma
South Sound Tribes, Puget Sound Perspectives, Lacey
Jay Manning , Director Dept of Ecology, Seattle
WFFE ROUNDTABLES
Liz Banse, WFFE Secretary, is Director of Environmental Media Services' Northwest Office.
Tom Condon is a middle school science teacher in the North Thurston School District.
Beth Doglio is a full time parent of two small children and a former director of WA Conservation Voters & the creator of WA Environmental Alliance for Voter Education.
Wick Dufford, WFFE President, is a hearing examiner for land use and environmental matters.
Kathy Fletcher is the Executive Director for People for Puget Sound.
Gretchen Hund is an environmental policy specialist with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory operated by Battelle.
Konrad Liegel is an attorney with Preston Gates & Ellis advising on environmental, land use, non-profit and conservation matters.
Rebeca Rivera is a graduate student in Environmental Anthropology and Urban Ecology at the University of Washington researching sustainable consumption.
Melanie Rowland is an attorney with the Northwest Region of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), working with the Endangered Species Act issues for salmon and steelhead.
Jennifer Sepez is an anthropologist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, a research center for the National Marine Fisheries Service.
John Spencer, WFFE Vice President, is the Regional Water Group Business Manager with CH2MHill NW Region.
Curtis Tanner, WFFE Treasurer, is a biologist with US Fish and Wildlife Service, where he works with nearshore restoration in Puget Sound.
Don Theiler is the King County Waste Water Treatement Division Director.
Judy Turpin recently retired from lobbying on natural resources, social service and education issues.
Mark Wolf-Armstrong is President of Restore America's Estuaries
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2004 WFFE ANNUAL REPORT
WASHINGTON
FOUNDATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (WFFE)
P.O.
Box 2123, Seattle, Washington
98119
www.wffe.org
WASHINGTON
FOUNDATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (WFFE) HISTORY
The
Washington Foundation for the Environment (WFFE) is a nonprofit Washington
corporation, founded in 1979 to undertake and assist educational projects that
preserve and enhance Washington’s
natural and environmental heritage. WFFE
seeks out and supports individuals and groups working on the cutting edge of
environmental concerns in Washington State.
It
is governed by an uncompensated Board of Trustees and is funded through
individual and corporate donations and foundation grants. The Foundation is also a member of Earth
Share of Washington, through which it receives contributions from annual
employee combined-giving campaigns.
FINANCES
WFFE
began 2004 with a balance of $9,196, and ended with 12,007. A voluntary reserve of $5,000 was maintained.
REVENUES
of $17,112 came from combined-giving campaign donations, other solicited
donations, money market interest and donations from board members.
EXPENDITURES
for operations totaled $2,001. With no
paid staff and very low overhead, the Foundation was able to grant $12,300 to
worthy organizations and student programs.
Total expenditures for 2003 were $24,301.
WFFE
board members provided over 200 volunteer hours.
WFFE GRANTS
Recipients
of WFFE’s 2004 grants were carefully selected
based upon how appropriate, effective and innovative their proposed projects
were relative to the goals and objectives of WFFE. Grants issued in 2004 included the following:
Hood
Canal Watershed Project, Belfair - $1,000 to support the Mary Theler Gray Whale Education Project;
Mountaineers
Books, Seattle - $500 to help fund
student presentations on a new citizens’ action guide;
Port
Townsend Marine Science
Center, Port Townsend - $1,150 for
scholarships for summer marine science camp;
Quillisascut Farm, Rice - $1,200 for curriculum
developments and the “sustainable kitchen” handbook;
Salish Sea Expeditions, Bainbridge
Island - $1,000 for scholarships
for Sea Investigator’s floating school sessions;
Restore
America’s
Estuaries, Seattle and Washington,
DC - $600 for scholarships for Washington
residents to attend a national conference on coastal and estuarine habitat
restoration in Seattle;
Nature
Consortium, Seattle - $1,000 for at-risk youth and other volunteers to work
with ecologists and naturalists on the Urban Forest Restoration project in West
Duwamish Greenbelt;
Sound
Experience, Port Townsend - $1,000 to support environmental courses for at-risk
and low-income youth on the schooner Adventuress;
Friends
of Magpie Forest, Pullman- $500 to support a student community awareness
campaign about the importance of the Magpie Forest, some of the last remaining
native vegetation in the Palouse;
Killer
Whale Tales, Vashon Island - $1,350 to fund scholarships
for elementary school students to attend an in-class storytelling and science
activity program about killer whales and their habitat;
Seattle
Urban Nature Project, Seattle - $1,000 to support the creation of an atlas on
the plant life of Deadhorse Canyon to serve as the
basis for monitoring and restoration of park assets by community volunteers;
Evergreen
State College Foundation, Olympia - $1,000 to support a February 2005
conference on climate change, energy policy and alternative energy sources; and
Washington Water Trails Association, Seattle - $1,000 to support
its Sound Education and Action (SEA) project.
WFFE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Liz Banse
is the Director of the Northwest Office of Environmental Media Services West.
Zimmie
Caner is an administrative law judge for the Department of Health.
Tom Condon is a high
school teacher
Beth Doglio
is a full time parent of two small children and a former director of WA
Conservation Voters and founder of the WA Environmental Alliance for Voter
Education.
Wick Dufford
is a hearing examiner for land use and environmental matters.
Laura Johnson is Director
of Washington State Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation & Salmon
Recovery Funding Board.
Kathy Fletcher is the
executive director for People for Puget Sound.
Gretchen Hund
is an environmental policy specialist with Battelle Seattle
Research Center.
Bill Jolly is Environmental
Program Manager for the Washington State
Parks and Recreation Commission.
Konrad
Liegel is an attorney with Preston Gates &
Ellis advising on environmental, land use, non-profit and conservation matters.
David Mears is a Senior
Assistant Attorney General who leads the Ecology Division of Washington State
Attorney General’s Office.
Melanie Rowland is an
attorney with the Northwest Region of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), working with Endangered Species Act issues for salmon and
steelhead.
Jennifer Sepez
is an anthropologist at NOAA’s Alaska
Fisheries Science
Center and an Affiliate Assistant
Professor of Anthropology at the University
of Washington.
Amy Solomon is a program
officer with the Bullitt Foundation.
John Spencer is the
Management Service Director, NW Region with CH2MHill.
Judy Turpin recently
retired from lobbying .
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WASHINGTON FOUNDATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (WFFE) HISTORY
The Washington Foundation for the Environment (WFFE) is a nonprofit Washington
corporation, founded in 1979 to undertake and assist educational projects that
preserve and enhance Washington's
natural and environmental heritage. WFFE seeks out and supports individuals and
groups working on the cutting edge of environmental concerns in Washington
State.
It is governed by an uncompensated Board of Trustees and is funded
through individual and corporate donations and foundation grants. The
Foundation is also a member of Earth Share of Washington, through which it
receives contributions from annual employee combined-giving campaigns.
FINANCES
WFFE began 2003 with a balance of $9,753, and ended with $9,196. A
voluntary reserve of $5,000 was maintained.
REVENUES of $12,863 came from combined-giving campaign donations, other
solicited donations, money market interest and donations from board members.
EXPENDITURES for operations totaled $1,377. With no paid staff and very
low overhead, the Foundation was able to spend $1,243 on WFFE educational
roundtable and grant $10,800 to worthy organizations and student programs.
Total expenditures for 2003 were $13,420.
WFFE board members provided over 200 volunteer hours.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
This year marks the second year of WFFE's
successful Student Environmental Stewardship Program that encourages student
participation in local environmental projects and enhances student
understanding of community service and philanthropy. WFFE awarded four $500
grants supporting student-initiated or supported environmental projects meeting
local community needs. Proposals are accepted from middle & high school
students throughout Washington State. Grants were awarded to:
1. Five Woodward Middle School students bought construction supplies for
their construction of a platform used to protect Murden
Creek.
2. An Enumclaw High School student used their grant and talent in a
native plant nursery that supports salmon habitat restoration.
3. Two University Prep high school students applied their grant and elbow
grease to the Green Lake habitat fence project.
In May 2003, WFFE sponsored a Anne Keiser's talk
and slide show regarding Edmund Hillary's environmental and community work with
Sherpas. In November, WFFE sponsored a Roundtable
with Doug McDonald, Washington State Department of Transportation Chief. The
Roundtable was partially financed by grants from Foster, Pepper & Shefelman and the Mithun
Partners.
WFFE GRANTS
Recipients of WFFE's 2003 grants were
carefully selected based upon how appropriate, effective and innovative their
proposed projects were relative to the goals and objectives of WFFE.
1. Restore America's Estuaries used its $500 grant to fund scholarships for the
Inaugural Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration that was held
in Washington State.
2. Sea Resources used its $1500 grant to help fund an outdoor classroom at
environmental learning center in Chinook, Washington.
3. Port Townsend Marine Science Center used its $1,000 grant to fund scholarships
for Puget Sound area youth.
4. Project Sea Wolf used its $500 grant to print and distribute "Salmon
Friendly" lawn signs in Washington
state.
5. Partnership School for the Sciences used its $1,000 grant to support student
participation in Olympic Park Institute educational program.
6. Fauntleroy Watershed Council used its $150 grant to study pet waste in
Fauntleroy Creek.
7. Northwest Natural Resource Group used its $500 grant to fund a training
program for people harvesting alternative forest products.
8. Center for Environmental Law and Policy used its $1,000 grant to write and
distribute a paper regarding water use fees.
9. Friends of Skagit County used its $1,000 grant to fund community meetings
addressing urban sprawl.
10. Audubon Washington in Olympia used its $500 grant to help fund a project
for the study groups working on the creation of effective environmental
education messages.
11. Adopt-a- Stream Foundation used its $1,000 grant to produce a Stream keeper
catalog.
12. Upper Skagit Eagle Festival in Concrete used its $600 grant to fund an
Interpretive Center project.
13. Kittitas Environmental Education Network used its $500 grant for an
environmental event regarding shrub steppe near Ellensburg.
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