Grand Canyon Conservation Fund: non-profit environmental stewardship grant making

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GC CONSERVATION FUND

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FOUR STROKE MOTORS

The Grand Canyon Conservation Fund is non-profit enterprise established in 1988 and managed by a group of Grand Canyon National Park’s licensed river outfitters. Each year, roughly eighty percent of all professionally outfitted river trip passengers donate $1 per day of their river trip to the Grand Canyon Conservation Fund.

In turn, this money is awarded in the form of grants to non-profit conservation groups and those working to provide access to backcountry outdoor experiences for those with physical and socioeconomic challenges. The Grand Canyon Conservation Fund does not award grants to individuals, for-profit corporations or government agencies.

The Grand Canyon Conservation Fund is managed by volunteers. There are no administrative overhead costs. One hundred percent of all donations go directly to protecting and conserving the Grand Canyon and providing access to those who would not otherwise have the opportunity to share in the Grand Canyon river experience.

All donations made to the Grand Canyon Conservation Fund are fully tax deductible as charitable giving. Grand Canyon Conservation Fund monies are held and distributed on its behalf by The Colorado River Fund, an Arizona non-profit public charity.

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2006 Grants

Grand Canyon National Park Foundation ($15,000) to help fund a volunteer coordinator position in support of Grand Canyon National Park revegetation efforts.

Grand Canyon River Guides ($21,000) to support the Adopt-A-Beach monitoring project, the Guides Training Seminar, and ongoing work with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group;

Grand Canyon Trust ($7,000) to support efforts to protect the Grand Canyon seeps and springs and for continuing participation in the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program;

Grand Canyon Youth ($15,000) to provide river trip scholarship assistance for outdoor education programs to promote youth environmental awareness and community involvement in Grand Canyon;

The Peregrine Fund ($12,000) to support efforts to restore the California Condor to the Grand Canyon area;

River of Dreams ($10,000) to provide river trip scholarship assistance for people with disabilities;

The Whale Foundation ($12,000) to support its continuing educational and outreach activities supporting mental health programs for members of the Grand Canyon river community and their families.