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Annual Reports
2008 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.
FINANCES
WFFE began 2008 with a balance of $15,220.15, and ended with a balance of $13,529.23. A voluntary reserve of $5,000 was maintained.
REVENUES of $15,019.25 came from solicited donations, money market interest and donations from board members.
WFFE board members provided over 200 volunteer hours.
WFFE GRANTS issued in 2008 included the following:
People for Puget Sound - $2000 - support for production of a Puget Sound Beach Guide to be used and reused in connection with low-tide beach outing programs.
Environmental Education Association of Washington - $1,000 – support for the Youth Roundtable Summit, to be held in April, is designed to build student perspectives into the environmental education plan currently under development by E3.
South Sound Green - $1,000 - support for the Student Congress to be convened by South Sound Green and the Nisqually River Education Project.
North Central Audubon Society - $641 - Grant to augment the analog birding system for children, a system by which bird identification is taught through placing realistic models of different kinds of birds in trees and shrubs. The money would be spend for two new birds and a banner showing the wing spans of birds in actual scale.
Conservation Northwest - $1,000 - Sponsorship of Conservation Northwest’s Wildlinks Conference exploring efforts to keep wildlife and wildlife habitat both wild and connected.
Tall Trees Youth Stewardship Project - $1,000 -– The project is a slate of youth programs in Olympia involving urban forest restoration. The grant is for tools and supplies and project outreach.
Restore American’s Estuaries - $2,000 - scholarship assistance to send 3 or 4 Pacific Northwest participants to the 4th National Conference and Expo on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration.
Homewaters Project - $1,000 The organization is devoted to protecting and enhancing Thornton Creek in north Seattle. The grant is for funding the attendance of staff at the Washington Environmental Education Conference
Garfield High School - $1,000 - to support course field trips with the condition that the approved funding be used only for future course activities and not for reimbursement for activities which have already occurred.
Coastal Watch Society - $2,000 – to fund production of a prototype of educational signage for the Whale Trail which is projected to include at least fifteen sites along Puget Sound and coastal waters.
Resource for Sustainable Communities - $1,000 – to support a project manager for Beach Naturalist Program that trains volunteers to act as informal naturalists/stewardship messengers on beaches in Skagit and Whatcom counties.
Roundtables
Two successful Roundtables relating to Climate Change were held in 2008. Both were at REI. The first was on June 9 and focused on greenhouse gases and transportation. Speakers were David Dye, WSDOT Deputy Secretary, and Rod Brown, Environmental Attorney. The second on October 2 looked at the effects of climate change on Puget Sound and possible positive steps to adapt to those effects. Speakers were Doug Myers, Science Director for People For Puget Sound and Mary Ruckelshaus, Chief Scientist for the Puget Sound Partnership.
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