one vision,
many partnerships
Our Amenity Trap Report recognizes that tourism is a double-edged sword that brings jobs and opportunity, but also problems of unaffordability and insufficient revenue needed to support the impacts of tourism in rural communities. It’s encouraging to see federal agencies and community leaders use our Rural Capacity Map to prioritize resources, build capacity, improve conservation outcomes, and invest in infrastructure and climate resilience.
Patty Hernandez, Executive Director
Headwaters Economics
We are pioneering new methods to measure the community benefits and impacts of recreation on public lands.
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President’s Message 2025
7.7.25
For the most part, 2024 was a good year for the Foundation. It represented our first full year with a deeper Program Team, and we took the opportunity to reaffirm our Mission of protecting biodiversity and the wild places that nature requires to simply hang on in an increasingly changing landscape. We also reaffirmed our style of grant making that requires deep focus and ongoing commitment to geog…
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11.4.24
As 2023 comes to end I am very happy to report on a few very exciting developments at The Harder Foundation: First, I am really pleased to advise that Betsy Buffington has joined our Board of Directors and is our first new Trustee in over 25 years. With an amazing background in conservation advocacy Betsy brings an incredible skill set and wealth of experience to our grant program. Second, T…
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2.16.23
As we look to commence our second and most important Grant Cycle of our year, I am pleased to announce that we will maintain the same total annual grant budget as last year — $1,500,000. This grant level was an important milestone for the Harder Foundation, as it was the highest annual grant total in our history. Considering the very difficult equity market’s performance this year, matchin…
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