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Nestle Waters for America

María Jesús Carluccio (mjcarluccio@gmail.com)
is the was a wife of a student in the class during fall 2009.  She initiated a $500,000 nestle grant and is working with Monroe on this.  "Maju" will be starting her MBA at St. John's in NYC starting in the spring 2010 so someone should coordinate with her to take the baton and follow up with this for spring 2009.

WaterPartners International

http://www.water.org/

grants and micro-financing for water projects

organizations in developing countries can contact WPI for consideration as a partner organization

May be interested in partnering with APP to fund plant construction

List of Local Foundations

Foundation finder link

Foundations located in the Ithaca area

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Some of these organizations may be interested in supporting AguaClara, a lot of them look like they have links to Cornell.

Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund

foundation site

environment

letter of inquiry

Though the funding priorities listed on the website do not mention international water projects, they recently funded several water project in Africa and India in a partnership with WaterPartners International.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

special initiatives description

global development, global health

periodically issue RFP's

has a water, sanitation and hygiene "special initiative"

Rainbow World Fund

organization's "water" page

safe water and sanitation

unclear, site doesn't mention grants, just "partner organizations"

Currently involved in a water project in Las Limas, Honduras, partnering with Water Partners International. May be interested in working with APP?

Lindbergh Foundation

http://www.lindberghfoundation.org/

environmentally responsible technology, water resources, health

application available online

is not currently involved in any water projects, but AguaClara seems to be in line with the organization's interests

Water 1st International

http://water1st.org/index.html

provides grants to community water projects, supports projects in Honduras

contact information is on website

this may be a good organization to network with, they may be interested in partnering with APP

Ansara Family Foundation

foundation directory listing

poverty eradication in developing countries, water and sanitation, microfinance

letter of inquiry, deadlines 1/15 & 9/15 annually

more information is available through the cornell foundations directory