OCTOBER 28, 2014 DOLORES, CO

Dolores River Restoration Partnership Meeting

Overview of 2014

Expended SourceImplementation/Maintenance 160,900.00$ BLM AA

113,500.00$ Hendricks 130,400.00$ WFF-SCC

73,700.00$ CWCB155,675.00$ PFW

Monitoring 55,000.00$ BLM AA10,000.00$ CWCB

4,900.00$ DEAR Capacity 187,845.00$ WFFTotal 891,920.00$ *does not include in-kind, private land, volunteer contributions

2014 Funding Sources

2015 2016

Projected Cost Secured SourceImplementation 255,000.00$ 36,000.00$ SCC-WFF

159,620.00$ BLM AAMaintenance 85,700.00$ 8,100.00$ HFF

55,000.00$ SCC-WFFRapid Monitoring 15,000.00$ 15,000.00$ BLM AACapacity 166,600.00$ 146,600.00$ WFFTotal 522,300.00$ 420,320.00$ Shortfall 101,980.00$ Pending 75,000.00$ NFWF - PTI

102,000.00$ HLI

Projected Cost Secured SourceImplementation 125,000.00$

Maintenance 86,500.00$ 50,000.00$ BLM-AARapid Monitoring 15,000.00$ 24,500.00$ BLM-AAFinal Pilot Project Monitoring 10,000.00$ Watershed-wide Monitoring 40,000.00$ Capacity 78,500.00$ 24,000.00$ WFFTotal 355,000.00$ 98,500.00$ Shortfall 256,500.00$ Pending ? HLI

Overview of 2015/2016 *these are projections subject to change*

WFF – Walton Family FoundationBLM AA – Bureau of Land Management Assistance Agreement HFF- Hendricks Family FoundationNFWF – National Fish and Wildlife Foundation HLI - Healthy Lands Initiative

Projected Long-term Partnership Expenses

Funding the Transition Plan (and beyond)

Fundraising Challenges

Capacity and monitoring work is the most challenging to fund

Grant funding sources are becoming less reliable The DRRP does not have a strong existing donor

base The Dolores River is located in a rural, sparsely

populated area – will be challenging to find funding at the level needed locally

The DRRP could be competing with other partnerships and organizations for private/individual donations

The DRRP will need added capacity over a multi-year period to be able to implement a successful private/individual donor campaign

Colorado Collaboration Award

$50,000 of discretionary funding Provides a unique opportunity for the DRRP

leverage funds and develop a private/individual donor campaign

Goal: leverage the CCA money as opposed to spend it in the near term Funds could serve as “seed” funding for the creation of a

“Partnership Fund” Funds could be matched and used to hire a Development

Director/Communications Plan Core Team to develop a strategy to maximize

these funds

Next Steps

Funding Subcommittee will continue researching and applying for grants

BLM working Healthy Lands Initiative and budgeted funds

Funding Subcommittee working on replenishing Species Conservation Trust fund

Core Team devising private donor strategy (using CCA $?)

Core Team conducting feasibility study on “Partnership Fund” concepts – e.g. endowment, revolving loan fund, other?

QUESTIONS?