North American Fund for Environmental Cooperation
Finances
for tax year ending 3/31/2000
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| Grants Awarded | $0.00 | |
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Selected Grants
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| Sierra Club |
| Grant | $38,000.00 in 1999 |
| Source | Donor's Website |
| Details | Coffee with a Cause is a research and action-oriented education project that promotes fair trade in North America, using coffee as an example. In 1999–2000, Équiterre and its partners will encourage importers, roasters, distributors, retailers, restaurateurs, and workplace administrators, to offer fairly-traded coffee. Équiterre will publish 3,000 copies of a commercial handbook that will help businesses participating in the fair-trade movement take action. The handbook will be adapted to various regions in Canada and the United States, in close cooperation with national fair-trade certification organizations—Fair Trade Mark Canada and TransFair USA. In Mexico, Équiterre will work in partnership with the Union of Indigenous Communities of the Isthmus Region (Unión de Comunidades Indigenas de la Región del Istmo)—a cooperative that grows organic, shade-grown coffee—to adapt, produce and distribute the Spanish version of Coffee with a Cause. The project's objective is to help double the number of sales outlets of fairly traded coffee in Canada and the United States, and to increase the sales of fairly traded coffee from Mexico in the Canadian and US markets by 50 percent in one year. Since 1996, Équiterre has played a leadership role in developing fair trade in Quebec. The Coffee with a Cause campaign has, until now, focused on consumer awareness; in doing so, it has increased the sales of fairly traded coffee in Quebec 35-fold and increased the sales outlets from three to 71. Despite this rapid growth, however, fairly traded coffee remains relatively inaccessible to North American consumers, primarily due to a lack of sales outlets. By forming strategic partnerships with national organizations, Équiterre will contribute to the development of sustainable coffee commerce in all of North America rather than just in Quebec. This strategy stems from the report on fair trade in Europe, produced in 1998 by Équiterre with support from NAFEC. The increase in fair trade among NAFTA countries will reinforce the environmental conservation work of Mexican coffee cooperatives and will allow North American businesses and consumers to contribute concretely towards sustainable development. |
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Top Grants Made
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| Funding To Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame |
| Sierra Club
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$149,145.00 |
1997 – 2000 |
| Rural Coalition
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$138,450.00 |
1996 – 1996 |
| National Audubon Society
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$130,350.00 |
1997 – 1998 |
| World Wildlife Fund
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$113,175.00 |
1996 – 2001 |
| Rainforest Alliance
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$55,600.00 |
1997 – 1997 |
| National Farmers Union
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$52,500.00 |
1997 – 1997 |
| A SEED
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$44,400.00 |
1998 – 1999 |
| Conservation International
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$35,000.00 |
1999 – 1999 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility
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$30,586.00 |
2003 – 2003 |
| Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
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$30,586.00 |
2003 – 2003 |
| Defenders of Wildlife
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$30,000.00 |
1998 – 1998 |
| Environmental Defense
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$21,410.00 |
2003 – 2003 |
| Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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$13,000.00 |
1998 – 1999 |
Foundations listed on ActivistCash.com may provide funding to a wider variety of nonprofit groups than those profiled here.
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