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- The Advisory Board of the Organization has established
the Endowment Fund, the purpose of which is to sustain the
Organization for decades to come.
- The initial goal of the Advisory Board is to raise $100,000
by July 2008.
- The Advisory Board has pledged $20,000 toward this goal
and expects additional donations from the Advisory Board
(there are nine members).
- Within the Fund the Organization has created a Memorial
Society. To be listed as Members of the Society, donors
must make a gift of $5,000 or more.
- Everyone who contributes to the initial $100,000 goal
will be recognized for decades to come as the Founders
of the Endowment (minimum gift to be so recognized is $5,000).
- The mission of the Organization is:
The Organization promotes conservation of the environment
in Interior and Arctic Alaska through advocacy, education,
and sustainable resource stewardship.
- Specifics about the Organization's current work:
- The Organization is the leading conservation voice
for the 180 million acres that comprise the vast regions
of Interior and Arctic Alaska.
- Founded in 1971 by a group of concerned residents and
noted conservationists, the Organization's mission is
to promote conservation of the environment and sustainable
resource stewardship in Interior and Arctic Alaska through
advocacy and education.
- Today, the Organization is the quintessential grassroots
organization, with an eleven-member Board of Directors,
nine Advisory Board members, eight staff, more than 100
active volunteers, and over 1,000 contributing members.
- Currently the Organization is working on:
- Water quality and wildlife affected by coal bed methane
mining
- Global warming/climate change in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic
- Arctic wilderness and wildlife issues
- Supporting a healthy boreal forest ecosystem
- Protecting Denali Park and its borderlands
- Mining, both hard rock and waste rock
(The solicitor should fill out the following page and fax
or email it to the Chair of the Advisory Board, the Executive
Director of the Organization, and the Community Foundation.)
Pledge
Information
Name(s) to be listed on the Endowment Founders List. (Remind
donors that they can include their entire family. Verify the
spelling of each name.)
______________________________________________________________________
Phone (where donor can be reached during the day): _____________________________
Email address: __________________________________________________________
Mailing address: ____________________________________________
ZIP:________
Amount of pledge: $ ___________________
Will donor pay in installments or at one time? _______________________________
If donor wants to pay in installments, note when and where
a reminder should be sent.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
For donors paying at one time, checks should be made out to
the Organization's Endowment Fund and sent to:
(Address of Community Foundation)
Remember to thank the donors for their time and their pledges
to help establish the Endowment.
If potential donors can't pledge a gift at this time, ask
if the Organization can re-contact them next year during the
public endowment campaign.
Yes________ No___________ |
