Issue-Specific Grants

Climate Change

Toward a Resilient Watershed: Addressing Climate Change Planning in Watershed Assessments

The Resource Innovation Group, January 2012
The guidebook is intended to complement or supplement a watershed assessment process by posing questions of how climate change will impact the structure and function of the watershed. The guidebook helps watershed managers understand how future climate scenarios could affect their management decisions and identifies proactive measures to improve the resilience of the stream habitat and water quality.
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Oceans

West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health

The governors of California, Oregon, and Washington have come together to protect and conserve the Pacific waters of the West Coast. Visit the website for more information.
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Arctic ice to vanish in summer, report says

LONDON, England (CNN)—New data released Thursday suggests that the Arctic Ocean will be “largely ice free” during summer within a decade.
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Advancing Marine Reserves to protect Oregon’s ocean ecosystems:

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Open Spaces- Views from the Northwest

This quarterly magazine’s Oceans issue provides insightful articles on a variety of ocean issues.
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The Science of Marine Reserves
A report published by PISCO in 2007 about costal oceans.
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Governor Ted Kulongoski’s Office
PDF of Governor’s Vision
PDF of West Coast Pact

Oregon Ocean

PDF of this Presentation

Best Practices in Ocean Preservation

EcoTrust
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Native American

USDA Native American Resources Webpage

Contains links to Native American organizations, planning tools, case studies, funding programs, federal, state and local contacts, statistical data and online publications.
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Arts and Culture Primer

Spirit Mountain Community Fund, 2007
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International Grants

The Philanthropic Initiative

The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc. (TPI) offers an excellent priner on international giving entitled Global Giving, Making a World of Difference it can be accessed here.
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Legal Dimensions of International Grantmaking: Fall 1998: Grantmaking by Private Foundations in the International Arena

Council on Foundations
A look at key legal considerations for international grantmaking.
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International Grantmaking Basics

United States International Grantmaking, Council on Foundations
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Health

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Health Care Reform Northwest Health Foundation Website

(8.2006)
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Nursing Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future

A partnership of the Northwest Health Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supporting local foundations to invest nursing workforce solutions. Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future is helping local and regional philanthropies develop solutions to the nursing workforce shortage.
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