RFP Opens for Healthy Watersheds through Healthy Forests
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today issued a Request for Pre-proposals (RFP) in its joint-venture with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) [...]
Endowment Solicits Input for Potential Future Partnerships
It is never too early to begin thinking ahead! In keeping with that concept, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today posted a Blog soliciting input for a potential [...]
Endowment wins $2 Million USDA Grant; To Host Webinar to Explore Initiative
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on July 13th announced $18.4 million in Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) to fund 55 projects to develop and refine cutting-edge technologies and approaches [...]
Board Approves IRS Form 990
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities’ Board of Directors today voted unanimously to approve IRS Form 990 required of not-for-profits. “The IRS made wholesale changes in the Form 990 [...]
Federal Court Rules on Challenge Against U.S. Government
On June 23, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Jones issued a ruling for the defense in a long-running challenge by the Washington Forest Law Center (WFLC) and the Forest Stewardship Council [...]
Endowment Board Approves Clean Audit for 2008
At its most recent meeting of the Board of Directors held in New Orleans May 19-20, 2009, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) heard a report from its Audit Committee [...]
Christensen joins Endowment as 2009 Intern
Michelle Christensen, a May 2009 graduate of Portland State University, joined the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities’ team as the 2009 Intern. With a degree in Geography and a minor in [...]
Earth Day 39 at the U.S. Endowment
For nearly 40 years, April 22nd has been celebrated as “Earth Day” in the United States. At the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) every day is Earth Day as the staff [...]
Endowment Releases Report on Business Clustering
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) today announced the release of a report and series of documents on the status of and opportunities for business clustering within [...]
Endowment Releases Latest “Plain Language Stewardship Statement”
The Endowment today posted what it terms its “plain language stewardship statement” for the first quarter of 2009(view statement). “We’ve developed these one-page summaries of financial status [...]