Policy Guidelines for Accepting Corporate Support

Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance may accept grants and gifts from businesses and/or corporate foundations when:

1. The business entity offers “general unrestricted support” for Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance and has a clear understanding and support of the basic goals of Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance.
2. The business entity offers restricted project grant money for a project that clearly furthers Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance’s adopted core goals.
3. A contribution in no way limits or puts unspoken expectation on actions Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance may take on policies Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance may advocate.
4. Accepting a gift does not hinder Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance’s ability to comment on a particular legislative bill or policy position.
5. Contributions representing more than 10 percent of Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance’s annual budget, or a contribution to fund more than 50 percent of a project, or endorsements of a business donor’s product or environmental policies or practices, must be approved by Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance's board of directors.
6. All information and/or research gathered from a corporate donor’s support remains part of the public domain.
7. Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance believes that private sector support is vital to an overall strategy to protect, conserve and maintain its agenda as a basinwide watershed alliance.

Policy adopted by the Fox Wolf Watershed Alliance Board of Directors on May 23, 2001