FUND FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
EIN 38-2721314 · Environmental Education (C60)
What they do
THE FUND SERVED AS THE FIDUCIARY for THE ANNUAL GATHERING of THE COLLABORATION of REGIONAL TRAIL INITIATIVES (CRTI). CRTI is AN ANNUAL CONVENING of INSTITUTIONS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WORKING ON REGIONAL TRAIL and GREENWAY NETWORKS. BEGUN IN 2018 AS A PROGRAM of THE PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL (PEC) AS A WAY to EXPLORE ISSUES and OPPORTUNITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIRCUIT TRAILS, A NETWORK of TRAILS IN and AROUND PHILADELPHIA, IT HAS EXPANDED to INCLUDE PARTICIPANTS FROM AS DIVERSE AS SAN FRANCISCO and PORTLAND, OREGON to BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA and ST. LOUIS. AS CRTI EXPANDED BEYOND PENNSYLVANIA, THE FUND REPLACED PEC AS THE FIDUCIARY and INSTITUTIONAL MANAGER of CRTI. THE 2025 EVENT, HELD IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, WAS ATTENDED BY 65 PEOPLE REPRESENTING 29 DIFFERENT STATES. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED LEARNING FROM THE PLACE and ENGAGING WITH LOCAL LEADERS, EXPLORING CHALLENGES WITH MAINTENANCE, CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE HEALTH COMMUNITY, and WORKING WITH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGE
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2019
- Location
- 5088 POWELL RD, OKEMOS, MI 48864-1117
- County
- Ingham
- In care of
- % THOMAS WOIWODE