A recent GrantCraft case study, developed for Foundation Center's new FundingtheOcean.org portal, explores how the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation's Marine Conservation Initiative encouraged collaboration in U.S. West Coast groundfish fishing communities.
"Let’s say you’re a fisherman in a small town, running a small business your family started several generations back. For years, your family raked in the fish, but over the last decade or so, your intake has declined...
A common challenge for ocean funders is finding creative ways to get people to work together and balance financial interests with conservation goals. The question is, when it comes to situations where livelihoods are on the line, what funding innovations work to invite collaboration instead of going at it alone?"
To learn more about how the foundation partnered with The Nature Conservancy to work toward collaborative rather than competitive outcomes with groundfish fishing communities on the West Coast of the U.S., read the case study here.
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