GROWING NATURAL LEADERS EcoLogic Development Fund • Annual Report 2013–2014
EcoLogic Development Fund’s mission is to empower rural and indigenous people to restore and protect tropical ecosystems in Central America and Mexico.
EcoLogic currently has nine active projects in five countries: two projects in Mexico, three in Guatemala, two in Honduras, one in Panama, and one cross-border project that brings together communities in Belize and Guatemala.
A boat docked on the Sarstún River, which forms part of the border between Guatemala and Belize. EcoLogic works with artisanal fisherfolk on both sides of the border to facilitate cross-border cooperation for conservation. © Lee Shane
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WE’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A FEW OF OUR HEROES
Bestalina Martínez (left), with EcoLogic’s Executive Director Barbara Vallarino, accepts the EcoLogic Innovation Award at our 2014 annual benefit.
Dear Friends and Supporters, When I write about EcoLogic’s work, I often focus on the big picture: we work in Mexico and Central America because the region holds tremendous biological diversity, yet its rural communities are vulnerable and underserved. But at its core, our work is about individuals: extraordinary people who effect change from the ground up, working tirelessly to make our shared goal of large-scale, landscape-level conservation a reality. Nature and people depend on each other—not only to survive, but to thrive. Our work is urgent. As the pressure on our planet increases and we grapple with climate change, EcoLogic’s model of community-based, collaborative conservation becomes even more critical. Since 1993, EcoLogic has worked in more than 600 communities, inspiring and training local leaders who bring our vision forward. In this annual report, we proudly honor three shining examples of local leadership: Bestalina Martínez, whose work empowers communities across Atlántida, Honduras, to turn environmental protection into economic opportunity; Nolverto Troches, a devoted grandfather in San Juan, Guatemala, who is piloting conservation solutions for the sake of future generations; and Isabela Alonzo Martín, a young Maya Chuj advocate for both the environment and indigenous women’s rights in San Mateo Ixtatán, Guatemala. Thanks to your support, Nolverto started an agroforestry plot in his backyard. Bestalina implemented an innovative recycling program that is protecting our planet while helping rural communities. Isabela has connected dozens of women with the opportunity to have a meaningful role in their community by protecting the forest. They have the vision, drive, and inspiration to lead their communities in protecting the ecosystems upon which we all depend. What EcoLogic does best is to give local people what they need to achieve their dreams of a brighter, more just, and more sustainable future for their communities—and we couldn’t do this without you. Thank you,
Barbara Vallarino Executive Director
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR WORK IN 2013
G U AT E M A L A
Piloting Better Fuel-Efficient Stoves Fuel-efficient stoves are an important part of EcoLogic’s menu of community-based approaches to conservation and sustainable development. Over the past few years, we have worked on expanding and improving our stove program. In July 2013, a group of EcoLogic regional staff attended the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves’ stakeholder consultation in Antigua, Guatemala. Based on information from the workshop and research conducted by several interns, we piloted a new, more fuel-efficient model of stove in Guatemala. The model was selected for its durability, likelihood of cultural acceptance, indoor air-pollution and fuel-efficiency ratings, safety, and cost, among other factors. In August, we installed 25 test stoves with our partner, the 48 Cantones of Totonicapán, and provided training and guidance to community members on how to use and maintain the stoves. As we expand our stove program, we are developing tools to evaluate which stove models best fit the cultural and environmental needs of the communities we serve.
Ana Mateo Francisco with her new fuel-efficient stove in Huehuetenango, Guatemala © Dan Grossman
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EcoLogic’s Expanding Agroforestry Work Connects Farmers to National Incentives Program EcoLogic boasts more than 10 years’ experience using agroforestry, a technique of planting trees alongside crops to preserve biodiversity and enrich soil, as an alternative method to environmentally destructive slash-and-burn farming in Guatemala. In 2013, we focused on strategically expanding and scaling up our agroforestry work to reach more farmers. We are proud that EcoLogic’s agroforestry work in Ixcán, Guatemala, has helped communities leverage additional support through the national Program of Incentives to Small Landowners with Agroforestry or Forest Vocations (PINPEP in Spanish), which compensates farmers in cash for sustainably managing their land. By the end of 2013, EcoLogic helped farmers in Ixcán earn $106,300 for the reforestation of 112 acres of degraded land, $26,055 for implementing 55 acres of agroforestry, and $10,247 for the protection of forest resources. These funds have directly benefitted 174 families!
HONDURAS
EcoLogic Chosen as Solution Search Award Finalist for Watershed Work EcoLogic was chosen as one of the top 10 finalists for the Solution Search: Adapting to a Changing Climate contest, sponsored by the Nature Conservancy and Rare! We were nominated for our work in watershed management through our Communities Organizing for Watersheds project with our partner, the Association of Water Councils in the Southern Sector of Pico Bonito National Park (AJAASSPIB in Spanish). The International Solution Search Award recognizes innovative conservation successes for communities where the need is greatest. The contest received 85 entries from 37 countries around the world. EcoLogic is proud to have made it to the top 10!
Rewarding Community-Led Innovation In November 2013, EcoLogic held a competition among our partner organizations to encourage the development of innovative solutions to the issues we tackle together: natural resource conservation and improving the livelihoods of local populations. A panel of four expert judges selected our Honduran partner, the Alliance of Municipalities of Central Atlántida (MAMUCA), as the recipient of the very first EcoLogic Innovation Award, a $10,000 prize generously provided in part by the Kendeda Fund. The cash award is being used to help MAMUCA develop a business plan for and expand a program of local community stores where people can use recyclable materials, such as aluminum cans and plastic bags, to “purchase” food and other household items. This economically and environmentally sustainable project is reducing solid waste in the forests and waterways around Pico Bonito National Park while providing a valuable new source of income for local community members who participate. MAMUCA currently operates two stores in two communities and hopes to build more in the future!
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(Left to right) Field technician Severiana Domínguez González (second from left), Regional Director of Programs Gabriela González García, Executive Director Barbara Vallarino, and Senior Program Officer for Institutional Development Margaret Doherty-Lopez (directly behind Gabriela) joined the FARCO team in November 2013 for the launch of EcoLogic’s new project in the Chinantla region of Oaxaca, Mexico.
MEXICO
Building an Exciting New Partnership in Oaxaca EcoLogic is excited to be developing a second project in Mexico with our newest partner, Fondo Ambiental Regional de la Chinantla (FARCO) in the Chinantla region of Oaxaca. FARCO is a community-based organization that coordinates cooperation among civil society, academia, and the government to advance the region’s social and environmental development. The goals of this new project are to reforest degraded sections of forest in the Papaloapan River basin to create a 20,000acre community reserve; to build the capacity of local communities to conserve and live sustainably through environmental education and technical training; and to introduce sustainable sources of income for communities to reduce poverty while protecting the environment. We have begun training and capacity-building workshops and are working on a plan to incentivize rural and indigenous communities to reforest degraded areas within the Papaloapan River watershed. We are confident that by working together with FARCO on this new project, we will make significant progress toward conserving approximately 30,000 acres of critical forest habitat in the Chinantla region.
New Funding Moves CarbonPlus Project Forward in Chiapas In 2012, EcoLogic launched a REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) project in the Lacandón Jungle region of the Cojolita mountain range of Chiapas, Mexico. The ultimate goal—with EcoLogic’s support and technical guidance—is for local Mayan communities to be compensated for their efforts to conserve the rainforest by gaining access to carbon markets. In 2013, EcoLogic was awarded a grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which allowed us to conduct a workshop to analyze previous barriers to conservation in the Lacandón Jungle to better inform current and future community-led conservation strategies. Participants in the process included Mexican state and federal agencies, local universities, and local NGOs. In addition, the Governors’ Climate and Forests (GCF) Fund provided support for a collaboration between the Mexican States of Chiapas and Campeche. Through this project, EcoLogic is participating in a joint effort between local communities, state governments and civil society institutions in Chiapas and Campeche to improve forest carbon monitoring and advance local understanding of the technical and policy requirements of REDD+.
GROWING NATURAL LEADERS
W H AT M A K E S E C O L O G I C U N I Q U E ? Our work focuses on providing resources to help local people— who have asked for our support—shape their own futures. In every community that EcoLogic works in, from Mexico to Panama, there are people with ambitious ideas who need our support to overcome the obstacles that keep them from turning those ideas into reality. By supporting EcoLogic, you are helping these remarkable people achieve their dreams. Turn the page to meet three of these local leaders. We hope you find their stories as inspiring as we do.
Isabela Alonzo Martín (center) with friends and fellow forest guardians María (left) and Micaela (right) in San Mateo Ixtatán, Guatemala. © Lee Shane
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THE YOUNG WOMAN TAKING A STAND Isabela Alonzo Martín
“I am motivated to work to ensure that the women in my community are recognized, that our rights are respected, and to prove that we do contribute, every day. I work for all women. That’s what inspires me.”
“People told us we couldn’t participate, that we couldn’t work, because we were women.” But ISABELA ALONZO MARTÍN set out to prove them wrong. A young Maya Chuj just 21 years old, Isabela has already made a name for herself as a passionate and articulate advocate for women’s rights and environmental conservation in and around the town of San Mateo Ixtatán in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Since 2012, she has been the Coordinator of the Municipal Office of Women—a local initiative organized to bring greater rights and opportunities to the indigenous women of San Mateo Ixtatán and the surrounding communities. Women, and especially indigenous women, are now pioneers of environmental conservation in the area, which Isabela is proud to note. EcoLogic has helped its local partner in the area, the Northern Border Municipalities
Alliance (Mancomunidad de Municipios Frontera del Norte, or MFN) train and educate community members in sustainable forest management and reforestation. Many women now work as “forest guardians” who plant seedlings, take care of standing forests, and educate other members
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
Indigenous Peoples For Thriving Ecosystems In Northern Guatemala Location Departments of Huehuetenango and Quiché, Guatemala
Size of Project Site
Population of Project Area
Project Began
Local Partner
233,000 acres
371,300 people
2005
Northern Border Municipalities Alliance (MFN)
IN 2013 53,130 Trees planted • 118 Acres reforested 73,690 Seedlings planted in greenhouses • 33 Fuel-efficient stoves built
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of their communities about the importance of conservation. “The trainings that EcoLogic has organized have been incredibly important for us. Most women in this area cannot read, and before EcoLogic started working with us, they knew hardly anything about the environment. Thanks to EcoLogic’s help, women are educated and empowered to work, and to take care of our precious natural resources for the greater good of their whole community.” Isabela’s work is still far from complete. “Women are always the most vulnerable, and the most forgotten. The hard work that we do, every day, especially in our homes, is never recognized,” Isabela says with an edge of frustration in her voice. But thanks to both her leadership and the resources that EcoLogic has provided to her community, more women than ever in San Mateo Ixtatán have found opportunities to work—while protecting and restoring the ecosystems upon which their families and their communities depend.
“I am motivated to work to ensure that the women in my community are recognized, that our rights are respected, and to prove that we do contribute, every day. I work for all women. That’s what inspires me.” She hopes that other young women in Guatemala will also be able to rise above barriers and achieve their full potential. “The most important thing is perseverance,” she advises. “You will have critics, but don’t ever doubt yourself. Believe in yourself, keep confident, and you will achieve your dreams.” “I want to thank EcoLogic again on behalf of all of the women here,” she says. It is thanks to your support that EcoLogic is able to provide passionate advocates like Isabela the resources and training they need to overcome the barriers keeping them from achieving their dreams. In thanking us, she is really thanking you.
THE COMPASSIONATE VISIONARY “A community’s richest resource is its people,” says BESTALINA MARTÍNEZ, Executive Director of the Municipalities of the Central Atlántida Department (MAMUCA), a community organization in northern Honduras that EcoLogic has worked with since 2007. MAMUCA is an association that brings together towns and communities from across Atlántida, Honduras, to work toward reducing poverty and improving local livelihoods while conserving the environment. “If we don’t protect our natural resources, then we destroy our quality of life,” she says emphatically. Bestalina understands that people cannot thrive without helping the Earth to thrive as well—and under her leadership, MAMUCA and EcoLogic have brought that value of interconnectedness to all of our collaborative projects. Bestalina Martínez
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“If you start with just one person, and inspire them to make change, then they will inspire their family. And if you change a family, you inspire a community. If you change a community, you change a city— and from there, you inspire an entire country to change for the better.”
cooking. Women, who do most of the cooking and therefore receive the most benefit from using the stoves, are also being trained to build and install them—and are paid for the work. “I’ve seen women who, at the beginning, were so timid they would barely leave their homes,” Bestalina reflects. “But they started building stoves, and the transformation has been incredible. The light in their eyes when they talk about their experiences! They didn’t have anything before. Now they are providing for their families.”
MAMUCA’s second “recycling shop” is located in a school in the community of Santa Ana.
Together, EcoLogic and MAMUCA are pioneering initiatives that have already had tangible impacts on community members’ lives. One of our projects is to construct and install fuel-efficient stoves in family homes, which have reduced the use of fuel wood and decreased health problems connected to inhaling particulate matter while
One of the most unique programs that MAMUCA has launched under Bestalina’s leadership are “shops” where community members can trade recyclable materials for food, household items, or school supplies. The organization has built two in the last year, and already has plans to open a third. The second store is located in a school, and, as Bestalina explains: “Children don’t have money, but they can bring in a plastic bag and trade it for a pencil or a notebook. With the recycling shops, we can even involve children in making change in their communities!” MAMUCA launched its first recycling shop in 2013, after winning EcoLogic’s first-ever Innovation Award competition,
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
Towns for Environmental Corridors and Communities Location Department of Atlántida, Honduras
Size of Project Site
Population of Project Area
Project Began
86,500 acres
18,300 people
2007
Local Partner Municipalities of the Central Atlántida Department (MAMUCA)
IN 2013 105 Fuel-efficient stoves built • 12 Workshops held with community water resource committees Trained local leaders in 215 communities to develop five-year plans to address local priorities
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which we organized in an effort to generate communityled innovation. This prize was to be awarded to one of EcoLogic’s partner organizations to fund the implementation of a sustainable, scalable solution for reducing environmental impacts while creating economic opportunities. “We couldn’t do the work that we do without EcoLogic. I couldn’t do my job without the support of EcoLogic,” Bestalina says. “Thanks to EcoLogic’s support, we have been able to meet the needs of so many more communities, so many more people, than we would ever be able to alone. EcoLogic is an incredible ally to MAMUCA, in helping us confront
the human and environmental problems that our work is dedicated to resolving.” She continues, “I love working with MAMUCA, because I love to serve people. What makes me happier than anything is seeing not just the results of a project, but the positive change in people’s lives,” she says. “If you start with just one person, and inspire them to make change, then they will inspire their family. And if you change a family, you inspire a community. If you change a community, you change a city—and from there, you inspire an entire country to change for the better.”
THE GRANDFATHER OF TOMORROW NOLVERTO TROCHES CÁRCAMO is a vocal community leader and minister within the small village of San Juan in the rural department of Izabal in eastern Guatemala. But Nolverto thinks of himself first and foremost as a father and a grandfather, and it is his love for children that has inspired him to become a staunch advocate for environmental conservation. “I’m an old man,” he says with a laugh, “and there’s only so much that’s within my power. But if old men like me choose to set a bad example by cutting down trees, what kind of future are we creating for our children? I want my children and grandchildren to enjoy the forests. I want them to know the joy of being in a forested place. It’s our duty to take care of tomorrow today. I want there to be water left for my grandchildren!” Nolverto Troches Cárcamo
“If old men like me choose to set a bad example by cutting down trees, what kind of future are we creating for our children?”
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Children of farmers from San Juan and neighboring villages in Izabal sit in on a training in agroforestry techniques.
Nolverto’s concerns about water are well founded. In San Juan and other nearby communities in the lower Sarstún River basin, clean water can be scarce due to pollution, deforestation, and the pressures of a growing population. Nolverto sees wells and streams get drier with each passing year. While Nolverto would be working to make positive change in his community no matter the circumstances, he thanks EcoLogic for bringing resources and opportunities to poverty-stricken Izabal. In such a remote part of Guatemala, community members often feel forgotten by the government. “EcoLogic has always supported us, and never forgets us,” he says.
Our partner in Izabal is the Mayan Association for WellBeing in the Sarstún Region (APROSARSTUN), which EcoLogic helped establish in 2007. APROSARSTUN is a youth-driven organization whose mission is to improve local livelihoods while conserving the environment. Nolverto believes that many of our collaborations, including fuel-efficient stoves, reforestation, and agroforestry, are already helping preserve the area’s water and clean the air. He has adopted these projects enthusiastically: His home boasts a new fuel-efficient stove, and he and his wife grow crops using agroforestry techniques in their yard. Nolverto has encouraged many of his neighbors to overcome their initial skepticism and try out the new stoves and agroforestry. “We’ll always need to breathe the air! It’s the most necessary thing in the world!” he says, speaking enthusiastically about the fuel-efficient, properly vented stoves that EcoLogic and APROSARSTUN build and install in families’ homes. With his mind always on his grandchildren’s future, seeing the youth of APROSARSTUN step up and take on impressive leadership roles within their communities has brought Nolverto great joy—and hope. “The youth here are such good examples for their parents,” he laughs. It is the opportunities he believes that EcoLogic is bringing to the young people of his community that make him more excited than anything else. “I am always thinking about my grandchildren’s future,” he says. “Always.”
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
Youth Restoring the Nature of Sarstún Location Lower Sarstún River Basin, Izabal, Guatemala
Size of Project Site
Population of Project Area
Project Began
87,000 acres
3,000 people
2007
Local Partner Mayan Association for Well-Being in the Sarstún Region (APROSARSTUN)
IN 2013 34,000 Trees planted • 74 Acres reforested 120,250 Seedlings planted in greenhouses • 50 Fuel-efficient stoves built
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FINANCIALS 2013 Summarized Statement of Activities for 2013 Fiscal Year
REVENUE
EcoLogic realized a 27% increase in income in 2013 from 2012. Individual donors made up a higher percentage of our revenue than in prior years.
S U P P O R T & R E V E N U E Grants and Contributions In-Kind Donations Contract Income Interest and Other Income Rental Income Loss on Investment in Subsidiary Total Support & Revenue
1,939,292 44,196 149,149 5,041 14,884 (8,515) 2,144,047
Investment & Other Income 1%
Individual Donations 56%
EXPENSES Program Services Management & General Fundraising Total Expenses
Foundation Grants 34%
1,289,933 146,326 224,228 1,660,487
Change In Net Assets Net Assets – Beginning Of Year Net Assets – End Of Year
483,560 731,454 1,215,014
EXPENSES
Statement of Financial Position at End of 2013 Fiscal Year (US$) ASSETS Current Assets Cash and Short-term Investments Pledges and Accounts Receivable Prepaid Expenses Total Current Assets Other Assets Deposit Investment in Subsidiaries Pledges Receivable, Long-term Total Other Assets Fixed Assets Property & Equipment Less Depreciation Total Assets
Public Agency Income 7% In-Kind Donations 2%
Expenses in 2013 decreased overall from 2012, but a greater percentage of spending went toward our programs. Our fundraising efficiency also increased: we spent only 10 cents for every dollar raised.
Fundraising 14%
Management & General 9% 384,944 579,773 4,855 969,572
Program Services 78%
6,033 37,506 190,476 234,015
41,659 1,245,246
LIABILITES & NET ASSETS Current Liabilities Accrued Expenses Total Current Liabilities Net Assets Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Total Net Assets Total Liabilities & Net Assets
30,232 30,232 558,166 656,848 1,215,014 1,245,246
Annual audits are conducted by Gonzalez & Associates, P.C. For a complete audited statement, please contact EcoLogic.
Maya K’iche’ women tend to seedlings in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
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US Staff
Jose Luis Delgado Mancomunidad de Municipios Frontera del Norte
Barbara Vallarino Executive Director
Yovany Díaz Mancomunidad de Municipios Frontera del Norte
OCTOBER 2014
Margaret Doherty-López Senior Program Officer for Institutional Development Juliana Field Director of Development and Communications Melissa Haley Director of Finance and Administration David Kramer Senior Manager for Impact, Learning, and Innovation Alexa Piacenza Program Associate for Development and Communications Devyn Powell Communications Officer Laura Powell Operations Associate
Patricia Goudvis Independent Filmmaker
Elmer Urizar Reyes Mancomunidad de Municipios Frontera del Norte
Marc Hiller Managing Director, Acquisitions, GreenWood Resources & International Forestry Investment Advisors
Samuel Coc Yat APROSARSTUN HONDURAS
Daniel Escobar MAMUCA Bacilio Martínez AJAASSPIB
Board of Directors OCTOBER 2014
Nicholas A. Shufro
Sam Schofield Program Officer for Institutional Development
Director, Sustainable Business Solutions PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
OCTOBER 2014
Gabriela González García Director of Programs Marco Acevedo Program Officer for Mexico Yaira Allois Pino Program Officer for Panama Mario Ardany de León Benitéz Program Officer for Guatemala Carlos Duarte Euraque Program Officer for Honduras Abelino Flores Molina Community Coordinator for Chiapas Zayda Cleopatra Méndez Bi-National Project Coordinator Sergio Fabricio Pérez Estacuy Regional Finance Officer
Regional Field Technicians G UAT E MA L A
José Domingo Caal APROSARSTUN
Norissa Giangola President, Coqui Marketing
Fernando Recancoj Forest Commission of the 48 Cantons
Andrea Savage CarbonPlus Program Senior Manager
Regional Staff
Gregory Ch’oc Former Executive Director, SarstoonTemash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM)
CHAIR
Kathrin Winkler VICE-CHAIR
Vice-President, Corporate Sustainability, EMC Corporation F. William Green, M.D. S EC R ETA RY
Retired
Joyce Cacho, Ph.D. TREASURER
Founding President and CEO, Adinura Advisory, LLC William Russell Grace Byers, Jr. CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Private Investor
David Barton Bray Associate Chair, Department of Earth & Environment, Florida International University Fernando Bolaños Valle Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AgroAmerica Orlando J. Cabrera Of Counsel, Squire Patton Boggs, LLP Judi Cantor Director of Planned Giving, Harvard School of Public Health Robin L. Chazdon, Ph.D. Professor, University of Connecticut Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lauren L. McGregor Maura O’Donnell Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, LAC, MasterCard Worldwide Lance Pierce Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Ceres Mark Spranca Vice-President, Reputational Capital & Technical Leadership, Abt Associates Dan Tunstall Retired, Former Director of International Cooperation at World Resources Institute
Advisory Committee
OCTOBER 2013–OCTOBER 2014
Manuela Alvarado López Alberto Chinchilla Nilo Cayuqueo Jason Clay, Ph.D. James Crowfoot, Ph.D. Neva Goodwin, Ph.D. Lewis Gordon José Herrero Leonard P. Hirsch, Ph.D. Frances Moore Lappé Enrique Leff, Ph.D. Joshua Mailman Ian Todreas
Interns and Volunteers
OCTOBER 2013–OCTOBER 2014
Camilo Esquivia-Zapata Maura Fitzgerald Makkedah John Brendan Montima Sebastian Pillitteri Justin Riley Sika Sedzro Anne Elise Stratton Nell Thorne Ana Vargas Jessica Webb
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ECOLOGIC’S WORK WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR DONORS IN 2013 We are deeply grateful to the many loyal donors who supported our work with gifts up to $1,000. Special recognition is provided in this Annual Report to the following individuals and organizations who contributed $1,000 or more. Individuals and Institutions
Ambassadors
In-Kind Contributions
AgroAmerica
Donations provided to EcoLogic’s annual Ambassador Campaign are used for general operating support. The investment of $1,000 or more that Ambassadors make allows EcoLogic to build its capacity, which has a direct and positive impact on our programs in Central America and Mexico.
Cabot Creamery
Anonymous (2) Arntz Family Foundation Blossom Fund Both ENDS—Joke Waller-Hunter Initiative (JWH) Clif Bar Family Foundation Commission for Environmental Cooperation Conservation, Food and Health Foundation David Crocker
$5,000+
Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company
Patricia Goudvis
Fondo para la Conservacion de los Bosques Tropicales
Bill Green
Bob Gerber Neva Goodwin Governors’ Climate Change and Forests Fund Heifer International
Kendeda Fund
Harpoon Brewery Henrietta’s Table Huntington Theater Company Hy-Line Cruises Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Keurig Longfellow Club Mahala Sacra Patagonia Red Sox
$2,500–$4,999
Fernando Bolaños Valle
Nike
Dan Grossman
New England Wildflower Society
$1,000–$2,499
Lakeshore Foundation
Green Mountain Coffee
Nicholas A. Shufro
Connie Newton
Rita-Maria Kafalas-May
F1
Fernando Paiz
Ray Grenier
Arnold Hiatt
Disney World
Reebok Rendezvous Restaurant Jabes Rojas Nicholas Shufro Southwest Airlines Sterling Golf Stowe Mountain Lodge
Orlando J. Cabrera
Taza Chocolate
Joyce A. Cacho
The Fireplace Restaurant
Judi and Murrary Cantor
The Hall at Patriot Place
Diane DeBono Schafer
Westport Rivers Vineyard
O’Keefe Family Foundation
Jeanie and Murray Kilgour
Zephyr on the Charles
Presbyterian Hunger Program
Joe Levine
Paul Saunders
Lauren McGregor
Corporate Sponsors
Swiss Re ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management
Suzanne Powell
Corbu Spa and Salon
Martha Taub
Elevate Destinations
Towards Sustainability Foundation
Ian L. Todreas
EMC Corporation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service— Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
Kathrin Winkler
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service— Wildlife Without Borders Mexico
Pro Bono Legal Services
New England Biolabs Foundation New England Biolabs, Inc. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and Putnam Foundation
Van Tienhoven Foundation for International Nature Protection
Goulston & Storrs
Insource Services Loyalty Solutions, LLC– Donation Junction Trillium Asset Management Corporation
Strengthen community participation in the conservation of natural habitats in Mesoamerica and increase access to reliable sources of food, water, and economic prosperity.
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“Thanks to EcoLogic’s support, we have been able to meet the needs of so many more communities, so many more people, than we would ever be able to alone.” — Bestalina Martínez, Executive Director of MAMUCA, an EcoLogic local partner in northern Honduras
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