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About the Fund
The Great Lakes Protection Fund is a private, nonprofit corporation
formed in 1989 by the Governors of the Great Lakes States.
It is a permanent environmental endowment that supports collaborative
actions to improve the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
The Fund's Board of Directors is
comprised of two governor appointed representatives from each
member state. The Board of Directors meets quarterly and governs
the Fund's operation. Members of the Fund
staff perform the day-to-day functions.
To date, the Fund had made 217 grants and program related
investments representing more than $53 million in regional
projects to improve the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
The Fund seeks projects that:
- lead to tangible improvements in the health of the Great
Lakes ecosystem,
- promote the interdependence of healthy ecological and
economic systems, and
- are innovative, creative, and venturesome.
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