Save Beaver Lake Project

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1 Save Beaver Lake Project California Wildlands Grassroots Fund Heather Creek 1 Elm Court Big Tree, CA Heather Creek 1 Elm Court Big Tree, CA info@forestleague.org O: heather@forestleague.org O: Printed On: 28 February 2013 California Wildlands Grassroots Fund 1

2 Application Form Report Fields Project Name* Name of Project Save Beaver Lake Project Project Description* In one or two sentences, please describe your project as if this was the only thing someone would read. For the past 10 years, FPL has been working to protect Beaver County's forests, both private and public, from logging and other development. Several months ago, Big Tree Timber, a local logging company, proposed to sell off thousands of acres of critical creekside habitat and watershed surrounding Beaver Lake for a resort and housing development. FPL is thus seeking funding to educate residents, key officials and stakeholders about the negative impact of Big Tree's development proposal and to mobilize them to speak out at the hearing. Amount Requested* How much are you requesting from Cal Wildlands? Maximum grant size is $5,000. $3, Rural, Urban, or Suburban How would you describe the area where your project has the greatest impact: rural, urban or suburban. Please list all that apply. Rural Fiscal Sponsor Organization Name List fiscal sponsor, if any Previous Year's Expenses* What were your total expenses for the previous fiscal year? $15, Budget Total Expense* For the current fiscal year, what is your total budget expense? $17, County (or counties) where work is done* Please list the county or counties that you plan to do work in with this funding. Beaver County Printed On: 28 February 2013 California Wildlands Grassroots Fund 2

3 Remember to Save Your Application! Remember to save your application as you work. You will automatically be timed-out of the system after 90 minutes for security reasons. If any of your responses exceed the character limits or if any of your attachments are to big, your application will not be saved! Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the save button. Organization Description Year organization was founded* 1992 Number of full-time paid employees* 1 Number of part-time paid employees* 3 Total number of volunteers* 15 Organizational Background* Please write a short description of your organization, including your mission and a brief description of your work. Founded in 1992, the (FPL) is a small grassroots 501 (c) 3 organization of volunteer activists working to protect Beaver County's forest and wildlands. Our goal is to preserve our forest and wildlands and to promote ecologically sustainable economic development in our small, remote rural county, which is home to one of the most diverse, pristine ecosystems in our region. Tax Status* Which best describes your organization? 501(c)(3) Emergency Funding Cal Wildlands considers Emergency Requests on a monthly basis. Please read our policy on Emergency Requests closely before submitting one. Please note that processing emergencies will take a minimum of 4 weeks. Please visit our website for a description of emergency funding. Is your request an emergency? Yes What makes your request an emergency? Beaver County is holding a hearing on the development proposal March 17, just two months from now. If there is a specific date you need the emergency funding by, what is the date? 03/17/2015 Printed On: 28 February 2013 California Wildlands Grassroots Fund 3

4 Fiscal Sponsor If your organization is fiscally sponsored by another organization, please fill out the following information. If your organization is not fiscally sponsored, please leave these questions blank. Fiscal Sponsor Name Please provide the organizational name of your fiscal sponsor. Fiscal Sponsor Contact Person Please provide the first and last name of the contact person for your fiscal sponsor. Fiscal Sponsor Please provide the address of your contact person. Fiscal Sponsor Phone Number Please provide the phone number of your contact person Fiscal Sponsor Street Address Fiscal Sponsor City Fiscal Sponsor State Fiscal Sponsor Zip Code Funding Request 1. What is the geographical focus of this funding request?* Include county and land ownership/jurisdiction in your reply. The geographic focus of this request is a 1000-acre tract of land surrounding Beaver Lake, currently owned by Big Tree Timber Company in northwestern Beaver County CA. 2. What is the problem your organization is addressing? * What do you think is the solution to that problem? The problem we seek to address is too much logging and development in our region, especially a planned resort /second home community around Beaver Lake, a fragile ecosystem, and the solution we propose is the creation of Beaver Lake State Park. For the past 10 years, FPL has been working to protect Beaver County's forests, both private and public, from logging and other development. We have been in negotiation with Big Printed On: 28 February 2013 California Wildlands Grassroots Fund 4

5 Tree Timber to facilitate the sale of some its land to the state as a state park. But several months ago, Big Tree proposed selling off 1000 acres of critical creekside habitat and watershed surrounding Beaver Lake for a resort and housing development. Given the decline in the timber industry in our remote county and depressed economic conditions, Big Tree has been able to build public support for the development and to convince some of our county supervisors that the sale and subsequent development will be a boon to our local economy. FPL believes that this acreage, along with other Big Tree holdings, should be turned into state park land and has been working with public and private institutions to begin the land acquisition process. We believe that protection of forestlands will benefit our community in the long term, bringing tourists and outdoor enthusiasts to visit our incredible environment, one of the most diverse and pristine ecosystems in the state. 3. Please describe the specific project for which you are seeking funding.* How much money are you asking for? Please itemize how it will be spent. The specific project for which we seek funding is building public awareness and support for our proposals. Beaver County has scheduled its first public hearing on this issue two months from now. FPL wants to build public support for our proposals over those two months, and to make sure that our views are well represented to the County Board of Supervisors at the hearing. FPL requests $3,678 to educate residents, key officials and stakeholders about the negative impact of Big Tree's proposal and to mobilize them to speak out at the hearing: Printing of 2,000 educational handouts = $428 Campaign materials for distribution (buttons, bumper stickers and t-shirts) = $1,000 Childcare for parents to attend hearing and to volunteer in outreach activities = $200 Staff time to recruit, train and coordinate volunteers ($15.00 x 100 hours) = $1,800 Miscellaneous (supplies for training, refreshments for volunteers, etc.) = $250 Total = $3, What are the goals or desired products of this request?* Our short-term goal is to recruit and train at least 20 volunteer residents to do education and outreach activities, in order to get at least 200 community residents to attend the public hearing. Our long-term goal is to stop this plan and to create a new state park instead. 5. Partnerships: Are or will you be collaborating with other organizations and/or individuals?* If so, who are they and what is the nature of the partnership(s)? We are partnering with the Mnok Tribe, with several local small businesses, and the Nature Conservancy/California. The tribe and businesses provide volunteer assistance and in-kind support while the Nature Conservancy has helped us with land acquisition issues. 6. Who is your target audience for this project and why?* The target audience is the Beaver County Board of Supervisors, as well as residents of the county and officials of Big Tree Timber. 7. How will success be measured and communicated to us?* Success will be measured by turnout and participation at the hearing and Beaver County's decision regarding Big Tree's development proposal. Even if the county does vote to approve the development, we will participate in the process, reviewing Environmental Impact Statements and continuing to organize and outreach. We will report back to you the results of the hearing and our next steps. Printed On: 28 February 2013 California Wildlands Grassroots Fund 5

6 Financial Information The following financial information is required. You can use our template which will combine all of these documents into one. If you use our template, you only need to upload one document and can leave the rest of them blank. To download our Excel Template click here. If you are a fiscally sponsored project, this financial information should be for your group, not your fiscal sponsor. Organizational Budget* Please upload a Word, Excel or PDF formatted budget for the current fiscal year, or you may paste it into the box below. There is no need to do both. SampleWorksheet.xls.pdf Year-To-Date Actual Income and Expenses Please upload your year-to-date actual income and expenses for the current fiscal year in Word, Excel or PDF format, or you may cut and paste this information into the box below. Previous Year's Income and Expenses Please upload your previous year s actual income and expenses in Word, Excel or PDF format, or you may cut and paste this information into the box below. Project Budget for Current Fiscal Year Please upload your project budget for the current fiscal year in Word, Excel or PDF format, or you may cut and paste into the box below. Project's Year-To-Date Actual Income and Expenses Please upload your year-to-date actual income and expenses for your project for the current fiscal year in Word, Excel or PDF format, or you may cut and paste this information into the box below. Organization's Contributors* List the 3 largest contributors (individual donors, foundations and/or government funding) and the amount they gave to your organization over the last 2 years Anonymous Donor, $1,000 Z. Malik Trust, $3,500 Frida Marianna Foundation, $4,000 References Please list contact information for two people or groups familiar with your organization that we may contact. Please do not use staff, board members or paid consultants as references. Please let your references know that we will be contacting them. Printed On: 28 February 2013 California Wildlands Grassroots Fund 6

7 Reference #1* Please include phone numbers, addresses and relationship to your organization. Michael Rain, , Beaver County Board of Supervisors Reference #2* Please include phone numbers, addresses and relationship to your organization. Rose Water, Environmental Department Director Letters of Recommendation (Optional) You may attach up to two letters of recommendation. These letters should not exceed 2 pages in length for each letter. While including letters of recommendation is optional, it is highly encouraged. 1st Letter of Recommedation 2nd Letter of Recommedation Other Attachments (Optional) If you would like to attach press clippings, newsletters, publications, maps or photographs, you may attach them here. Please note that each attachment has a file size limit of 4MB. If you exceed that size, your attachment will not save, and you will be unable to submit your proposal. Attachment 1 Please tell us what you are attaching. Attachment 2 Please tell us what you are attaching. Your Feedback Helps Us Improve Time to Complete Application How long did it take you to complete this application? 6-10 Hours How Can We Improve? How can we make this application simpler and more understandable? The application process was fine, thank you! Printed On: 28 February 2013 California Wildlands Grassroots Fund 7

8 How did you hear about Cal Wildlands? The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment Printed On: 28 February 2013 California Wildlands Grassroots Fund 8

9 Application Files File Uploads SampleWorksheet.xls.pdf Printed On: 28 February 2013 California Wildlands Grassroots Fund 9

10 Organization Name: Current year budget dates (month, year to month, year): January - December 2013 Year- to date time period (month, year to month, year): January 1, February 28, 2013 Last year time period: January - December 2012 Project budget time period: January - December 2013 Current Current Organization Organization Year Project Year Year- to- date Last Year Project Year- to- date Budget Actual Actual Budget Actual Income Carryover $ - Donations $ 20,000 $ 12,500 $ 17,500 $ 5,000 $ 2,550 Grants Received $ 50,000 $ 10,000 $ 60,000 $ 5,000 $ - Government $ 15,000 $ - $ 10,000 Memberships $ - $ - Special Events $ 2,000 $ - $ 1,500 Other (please describe): recovery of legal expenses Financial Information Templete For the California Wildlands Grassroots Fund $ - $ 10,000 Total $ 87,000 $ 32,500 $ 89,000 $ 10,000 $ 2,550 List non- cash contributions and in- kind donations (please describe): City donate hall for Fundraiser $ 200 pro bono legal fees $ 5,000 $ 2,000 Expenses Personnel (salaries, payroll taxes, benefits) $ 60,000 $ 10,000 $ 55,000 $ 6,897 $1,759 Professional consulting servies $ 5,000 $ 2,000 $ 7,565 $ 667 $170 Rent and utlitities $ 12,200 $ 2,033 $ 12,566 $ 1,402 $358 Postage and Delivery $ 2,000 $ 333 $ 2,508 $ 230 $59 Equipment, equipment maintenance, depreciation $ 2,000 $ - $ 1,507 $ 230 $59 Supplies $ 1,000 $ 327 $ 1,896 $ 115 $29 Telephone/Internet $ 1,000 $ 200 $ 899 $ 115 $29 Copying/Printing $ 500 $ 129 $ 499 $ 57 $15 Website $ 500 $ 50 $ 427 $ 57 $15 Travel $ 2,800 $ 186 $ 2,145 $ 322 $82 Other (please describe): Total Expenses $ 87,000 $ 15,259 $ 85,012 $ 10,092 $ 2,573 Income less Expenses $ - $ 17,241 $ 3,988 $ (92) $ (23)