OVERVIEW: The Maki Foundation’s conservation grants focus on environmental advocacy and policy change for the protection and conservation of wilderness and public lands.
IP TAKE: This funder’s geographic priorities include organizations working in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana.
PROFILE: Established in 1981, the Maki Foundation “[s]upports organizations working to improve public lands policy, protect biological diversity, and defend wildlands.” Pronounced Ma-k-há, the Lakota word for “[l]and ground, or earth,” the foundation seeks grassroots and local organizations working within its areas of grantmaking interest.
Maki Foundation grant amounts typically range between $1,000 and $5,000. According to the foundation’s website, it does not generally award grants to organizations with annual budgets of over $1 million. Conservation organizations receiving past support include the Center for Large Landscape Conservation, which received funding for its Ecological Connectivity Conservation program; and the Western Environmental Law Center, which received a grant for its Defending Colorado from Fracking program. To learn more about the types of organizations Maki supports, explore its grantee list.
Maki accepts unsolicited grant applications on a rolling basis, however; grantseekers must submit their applications by May 1 for grant consideration in the current year. The foundation encourages first time grantees to contact staff and send a brief letter of inquiry prior to submitting an application.
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