Total Assets: $12,593,332
Total Giving: $8,780,480
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The following grants were reported in 2008:
$650,000 to National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Arlington, VA. For National Board Certification and Take One! programs to increase number of certified math and science teachers in Weyerhaeuser communities and school districts, payable over 1 year.
$500,000 to North Carolina Agricultural Foundation, Raleigh, NC. For water footprint and sustainability of biomass production for forest and other products project, examining the influence of afforestation and production of biomass crops on water quantity and quality in Uruguay, payable over 1 year.
$500,000 to Oregon State University Foundation, Corvallis, OR. For Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Scholarship Fund, College of Forestry for Forest Engineering, Forest Operations Management, Forest Management, and Wood Science and Technology with preference for diversity candidates, payable over 1 year.
$500,000 to Washington State University Foundation, Pullman, WA. To establish Institute for Sustainable Design (ISD) in College of Engineering and Architecture, payable over 1 year.
$250,000 to Cascade Land Conservancy, Seattle, WA. For Cascade Agenda: Working Lands Initiative and Transfer of Development Rights Initiative, payable over 1 year.
$176,800 to United Way of Pierce County, Tacoma, WA. For campaign, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Conservation Fund, Arlington, VA. For unrestricted support for Land and Water Conservation Fund, payable over 1 year.
$10,000 to Kansas Organization of Recyclers, Stockton, KS. For Membership Growth Project, payable over 1 year.
$7,500 to Pulp and Paper Foundation of North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. For student scholarships in NCSUs Pulp and Paper Science Program, payable over 1 year.
$6,000 to United Way of the Greater Dayton Area, Dayton, OH. For Preble County Community Initiatives Fund, payable over 1 year.
Giving on a national and international basis primarily in areas of company operations, with emphasis on Washington, DC, GA, MN, OR, WA, Canada, and CN.
No support for religious organizations not of direct benefit to the entire community; generally, no support for disease-specific organizations.
No grants to individuals (except for employee-related scholarships), or for political campaigns, lobbying activities, general operating support for organizations indirectly receiving Weyerhaeuser Foundation support through a federated organization or combined campaign, tickets or tables, or activities providing benefits to Weyerhaeuser or employees of Weyerhaeuser; generally, no grants for services the public sector should be reasonably expected to provide, endowments or memorials, research or conferences unrelated to the forest products industry, hospital capital campaigns resulting in higher costs to health care users, or debt reduction.
The foundation supports organizations involved with the environment, housing, neighborhood safety, and the forest products industry. Support is given primarily in areas of company operations.
Type of Grantmaker: Company-sponsored foundation
Incorporated in 1948 in WA.
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Phone: (253) 924-3159
Email: None
Address:
P.O. Box 9777
Federal Way, WA 98063-9777
Procedure:
Application form required. Applicants should submit the following:
1. Copy of IRS Determination Letter
2. Brief history of organization and description of its mission
3. Copy of most recent annual report/audited financial statement/990
4. Listing of board of directors, trustees, officers and other key people and their affiliations
5. Detailed description of project and amount of funding requested
6. Copy of current year’s organizational budget and/or project budget
Initial approach: Download application form and mail proposal and application form to foundation
Copies of proposal: 1
Board meeting date(s): Feb. and mid-year
Deadline(s): Aug. 31
Final notification: 2 to 3 months
Donors:
Weyerhaeuser Co.
Officers and Trustees:
Ernesta Ballard, Chairperson
Karen M. Johnson, President
Karen L. Veitenhans, Vice President and Secretary
Jeffrey W. Nitta, Treasurer
Jeanne M. Hillman, Controller
Lee T. Alford
Patricia M. Bedient
Daniel S. Fulton
Thomas F. Gideon
Richard E. Hanson
Mike Jackson
Sandy D. McDade
SUSn M. Mersereau
Craig Douglas Neeser
Edward P. Rogel
Steven R. Rogel
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