Newman’s Own Foundation Awards Fauna & Flora International $100,000 Challenge Grant – Critical Leverage for Year-End Philanthropy

Clea Newman Soderlund with José Urteaga, FFI Nicaragua & Eugène Rutagarama, Director of the International Gorilla Conservation Program, celebrating 10 and 20 year program anniversaries in 2011.

We are pleased to share some exciting news about contributions to Fauna & Flora International (FFI). For the fourth consecutive year, Newman’s Own Foundation has awarded FFI a $100,000 Challenge Grant to help increase year-end giving.

Last year, the Newman’s Own Foundation Challenge Grant stimulated over $375,000 in giving, delivering important support to our lean organization and our community-based conservation programming globally. FFI is enormously grateful for our partnership with Newman’s Own Foundation, and we hope you will join us in making the most of this year’s Challenge Grant.

“We are proud to support Fauna & Flora International,” says Robert Forrester, president of Newman’s Own Foundation. “Their entrepreneurial structure allows for quick and effective engagement on critical issues.”

FFI is widely recognized for applying the vast majority of each charitable gift directly to essential fieldwork. In this way, your tax-deductible contribution—made twice as powerful again this year with the Newman’s Own Foundation Challenge Grant—will immediately support some of the most cost-effective conservation programs around the world.

Clea Newman Soderlund writes, “Firsthand experience with FFI gives me the knowledge and confidence that every day the teams on the ground work toward the organization’s mission. Funds that you and I contribute support innovative, sustainable conservation, and development of models that inspire others to work similarly to achieve great results.”

Your contribution could make this year’s the most successful Challenge Grant yet. Please contribute as generously as you can. In doing so, you will join us in making an important difference to biodiversity – the coexistence of people, wildlife and wild places to secure a healthy future for our planet.

Katie Frohardt (Executive Director, FFI US), Clea Newman Soderlund (Board Vice Chair, FFI US), Joanne Woodward Newman, Melissa Shackleton Dann (Board Chair, FFI US)

About Newman’s Own Foundation

Paul Newman was committed to helping make the world a better place. To carry on his philanthropic legacy, Newman’s Own Foundation donates all net royalties and profits after taxes it receives from the sale of Newman’s Own products to charity. To date, Paul Newman and Newman’s Own Foundation have given over $300 million to thousands of charities around the world.

To learn more, visit www.newmansownfoundation.org.