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 seeks projects which 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. Current Fund interests include Preventing Biological Pollution , Restoring Natural Flow Regimes and Using Market Mechanisms for Environmental Improvement. Additional projects are sought to add to, and expand Fund supported work in these areas.
Support can be in the form of grant awards, loans, or other investment mechanisms.
Project ideas are welcome and preproposals may be submitted at any time. Periodically, the Fund also issues Supplemental Requests for Preproposals for topics of special interest. Monitor this page for news of these supplemental requests. The Fund's Board of Directors meets quarterly and governs the Fund's operation. Fund staff perform the day to day functions.