Great Lakes Program Officer

Overview

Now in its final decade of operation, the Erb Family Foundation has increased its grantmaking, including new funding directed to the Great Lakes focus area. To meet this need, the Foundation is expanding its Great Lakes team; the Great Lakes Program Officer, a new position, will report to the Senior Program Officer and work in partnership with the current Program Officer and a Philanthropy Fellow to administer the Great Lakes funding priorities. The Great Lakes funding priorities include : 1) Support people, organizations, and institutions working to achieve a flourishing, healthy, and resilient Great Lakes ecosystem at different scales, and

2) Strengthen efforts to address environmental harms and adapt to future challenges faced by Great Lakes communities and ecosystems.

• Administer the Great Lakes funding priorities in collaboration with the Senior Program Officer, the current Program Officer, and a Philanthropy Fellow.
• Support people, organizations, and institutions working to achieve a flourishing, healthy, and resilient Great Lakes ecosystem at different scales.
• Strengthen efforts to address environmental harms and adapt to future challenges faced by Great Lakes communities and ecosystems.

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