Partners

Project Performance Corporation (PPC)

Project Performance Corporation is supporting NMF in many areas. They are a large financial supporter and provide office space and equipment. They are serving as a corporate sponsor for our 2006 Environmental Charity Golf Classic, and their President is serving as the honorary chair for the golf event, as well as our “Sense of Wonder” presentation. PPC employees also volunteer to support many of our programs. In addition, NMF and PPC are teaming to implement our corporate greening program to assist companies in their implementation of green business practices. PPC is specifically helping implement our work with Guest Services, Inc. and develop our green business award program to reward businesses with innovative greening practices.

East Carolina University

NMF and East Carolina University (ECU) are teaming up on several projects. ECU’s Biology Department supports the Green Earth Book Award and provides a biology professor as a review panel member. In addition, NMF and ECU are working to develop a Field It Program in North Carolina.

Environmental Protection Agency

EPA granted NMF to work with high schools in Region 3 to provide hands-on environmental education in the classroom through our Field It Program. NMF is working with Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville, Virginia and St. Croix Central High School in the US Virgin Islands to provide environmental expert lectures, take students on sampling field trips and ignite passion for our environment through their science classes.

EPA’s Brownfields Program

In collaboration with EPA’s Brownfields Program, NMF created the GreenFocus Awards to educate youth and raise community awareness about the environmental and other socio-economic impacts posed by environmental contamination and blight, like brownfields, through photography.

Guest Services, Inc.

NMF is working with Guest Services to implement our innovative Corporate Greening Program and help the company operate in a more energy-efficient and environmentally-sound manner.

Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia

NMF and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia teamed up to design and build environmentally-sound and energy-efficient Habitat homes in Northern Virginia. NMF is working with this habitat affiliate to rebuild roofs and water seal homes in Mississippi due to Hurricane Katrina. NMF and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia ensure all the right steps are taken for environmentally-sound approaches in the rebuilds.

University of Northern Colorado

NMF is working to develop programs with the University of Northern Colorado. Our initial collaboration is on the implementation of a summer internship program.

SRA International, Inc.

NMF and SRA Inernational’s Environmental and Organizational Services (EOS) business unit are working together to implement several projects. Together we are teaming with Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia to raise money and provide volunteers for a green refurbishment project to create 12 condominiums that meet exceptional green building standards. We are also working together to implement the Brownfields component of our GreenFocus photography contest, as well as to implement our “greening” program with Guest Services, Inc.

Salisbury University

NMF and Salisbury University in Maryland are promoting environmental education through NMF’s Green Earth Book Award. This prestigious award is offered to an author who has tackled the critical subject area of environmental stewardship through children’s literature. This program inspires authors and reaches numerous students with the award winning book.