Partners

Integral to the GLWP’s mission is a commitment to working alongside the region’s many stakeholders and advocacy groups to promote partnership, networking, and the sharing of research and analysis. Additionally, the GLWP works hard to maintain contacts with institutions and agencies across all levels of government, and bring them together with stakeholders to develop collaboration on legislative priorities, agendas, and messaging. The GLWP’s many valued partners in the region include:

• Alliance for the Great Lakes
• American Great Lakes Ports Association
• Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research
• Council of the Great Lakes Region
• Ducks Unlimited
• Freshwater Future
• Great Lakes Commission
• Great Lakes Fishery Commission
• Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
• Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
• Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers
• H2Ohio
• Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition
• International Joint Commission
• Lake Carriers Association
• National Wildlife Federation
• The Nature Conservancy

Federal Agencies:

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Geological Survey
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• U.S. Department of Transportation – Maritime Administration
  • Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

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Funders

The Joyce Foundation

The GLWP is proud to be supported by The Joyce Foundation, and works towards fulfilling their mission to advance policies which protect, restore, and conserve the natural resources of the Great Lakes region and protect the health of those millions which depend on them. By working with The Joyce Foundation’s network of highly effective advocacy and stakeholder groups, the GLWP helps the region speak to Congress with a single, well-informed message regarding the importance the Great Lakes and the cleanliness of its resources.

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

The GLWP is a proud to be supported by The Mott Foundation, and works towards its core values of securing clean, sustainable water for people of the Great Lakes basin; as well as advancing the basin’s resilience against the impacts of climate change. The GLWP also works to advance The Mott Foundation’s goal of tackling the Flint Water Crisis and protecting other populations living in areas of aging water infrastructure.

The Erb Family Foundation

The GLWP is proud to be supported by the Erb Family Foundation, and uplifts its goals of “ensuring a flourishing, healthy, and resilient Great Lakes ecosystem,” particularly through coordination of the Great Lakes Task Force. The Erb Foundation supports the GLWP’s Great Lakes Primer and Orientation Program, which provides an introduction to Great Lakes issues to Congressional staff.