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Dogwood Initiative
(Canadian organization
supported primarily by U.S. foundations)
1422
Fernwood Rd. Suite 1
Victoria, BC, Canada
www.dogwoodinitiative.org
Phone: (250)
370-9930
Email contact:
whorter@dogwoodinitiative.org
Conceived: 1998
Began operating: 1999
 Self-description:
We help communities and First Nations
gain more control of the land and resources around them so they can
be managed in a way that does not rob future generations for
short-term corporate gain. This sounds simple, but to the corporate
executives and bureaucrats who control most of BC's public land,
community control--sustainable land reform--is a ground-shaking
idea.
Actual: DI is an early Canadian organizer of the
NoDOG cluster,
prompted by a $3,000 grant from U.S. software multimillionaire Paul
Brainerd's foundation in 2004, with a directive to team with a U.S.
group, the Oil and Gas Accountability Project.
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Dogwood Initiative, Victoria, British
Columbia -
2004:
$3,000 To fund a face-to-face strategy meeting of Canadian
energy activists to develop a framework for a markets
campaign. |
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Oil and Gas Accountability Project,
Durango, Colorado -
2004: $2,000 To fund a workshop
to train activists in Canada and the U.S. and to develop a
corporate accountability campaign targeting one energy
corporation that operates in both countries. |
In September, 2004
the two co-hosted the workshop, titled Corporate
Energy Campaigning: Using
financial pressure for conservation
in Denver. Read the Dogwood Initiative
newsletter about the first coalition meeting. See Page 9. Adobe Acrobat
PDF file (258k).
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Dogwood
Initiative Board of Directors |
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Taylor Bachrach |
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Geoff Mann |
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Jennie Milligan |
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Bill Gannon
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Dogwood Initiative
sample grants
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TIDES
FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
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$59,107 |
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2005 |
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TIDES
FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
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$53,819 |
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2004 |
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WILBURFORCE
FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
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$20,000 |
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2004 |
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Paid to
Tides Foundation for
Dogwood Initiative & Capacity Building
Purpose: To work with First Nations to increase leverage to
expand conservation and local control of
land in the Great Bear Rainforest. |
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BRAINERD
FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
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$20,000 |
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2004 |
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To strengthen the ability of First Nations in British Columbia
to protect biodiversity in their territories. |
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BRAINERD
FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington
NoDOG grant |
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$3,000 |
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2004 |
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To fund a face-to-face strategy meeting of Canadian energy
activists to develop a framework for a markets campaign. |
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TIDES
FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
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$70,041 |
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2003 |
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General
support |
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KONGSGAARD-GOLDMAN
FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
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$10,000 |
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2003 |
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Sustainable
land reform through First Nation assertions |
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WILBURFORCE
FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
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$29,000 |
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2003 |
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Paid to
Tides Foundation
Project:
Dogwood Initiative and Capacity Building
Purpose:
To work with First Nations to increase leverage to expand
conservation and local control of
land in
the Great Bear Rainforest |
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NORCROSS
WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC
New York
New York |
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$5,200 |
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2003 |
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Computer-related equipment for Expanding the Dialogue program |
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BRAINERD
FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
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$20,000 |
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2002 |
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To build widespread community and First Nations support for
the implementation of ecosystem-based management of B.C.'s
Crown Forests. |
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BRAINERD
FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
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$15,000 |
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2001 |
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To develop common ground between First Nations, community and
municipal leadership promoting ecosystem-based management of
public land in B.C. |
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