GREAT SWAMP WATERSHED ASSOCIATION Winter 2001 |
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Recent Grants Support Watershed Association Grants from eight area foundations over the past six months are helping the Watershed Association to extend and expand its environmental programs, according to William A. Aiello, Board Chairman. Foundations currently provide a little over a third of the Association's annual financial support, with most of the remaining funds coming from individual members' contributions. "These grants will significantly increase our ability to preserve open space, protect animal habitats and serve as environmental advocates before local planning and zoning boards," Aiello said. "We're extremely grateful to these and other foundations for the critical support they provide." The foundations and their areas of support are: The Michele and Agnese Cestone Foundation, based in Chatham, $17,550 for the protection of animal habitat through local land acquisition; The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, $20,000 for a program to promote better understanding of the technologies, legal precedents and land-use ordinances that can be used to assure environmental preservation; The F. M. Kirby Foundation, Morristown, $6,000 to defray operating expenses; The Fred C. Rummel Foundation, Westfield, $5,000 for the Association's Outreach and Education program; The Leavens Foundation, Long Valley, $10,000 for general operating expenses; The Summit Area Public Foundation, $4930, to support the ecological restoration of the Association's Conservation Area; The Union Foundation, Warren, $5,000 for the Association's endowment; and The Victoria Foundation, Montclair, $20,000 to support the acquisition of wetlands in the Great Swamp watershed. |
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