Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT: FORTERRA NOT ONLY CONSERVES NATURAL SPACES AND WORKING LANDS, BUT ALSO INVESTS IN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE. WE LISTEN AND WORK IN COLLABORATION SO THAT ANYTHING WE BUILD EMBODIES THE IDENTITY OF THE COMMUNITY AND OUR SHARED DESIRE FOR SUSTAINABILITY. OUR WORK HAS ALWAYS INVOLVED COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERSHIPS AND THOSE CONNECTIONS HAVE ONLY DEEPENED OVER THE YEARS. WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO HELP COMMUNITIES GROW EQUITABLY WITHIN THEIR EXISTING FOOTPRINT AND, WITH OUR DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE, DEVELOPMENT, AND COALITION BUILDING, WE FIND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PROVIDE HOUSING, JOBS, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD WEALTH AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY WELLBEING. FORTERRA IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING 1,000 HOMES UNDER OUR COMMUNITY-LED SUSTAINABLE GUIDELINES AND 80,000 SF OF COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR BLACK- AND IMMIGRANT-OWNED BUSINESSES.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $3.3M

  • Program 2 [2020]

    CONSERVATION: FORTERRA PROTECTS NATURAL RESOURCES THREATENED BY IRREVERSIBLE CONVERSION, AND HAS CONSERVED MORE THAN 250,000 ACRES OF COMMUNITY, HABITAT AND RECREATIONAL LAND SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1989. AT ANY GIVEN TIME, WE ARE WORKING ON DOZENS OF CONSERVATION PROJECTS. SOME MOVE QUICKLY AND WE ARE PREPARED TO ACT DECISIVELY TO ENSURE COMMUNITY OR CONSERVATION ASSETS AREN'T LOST. OTHER EFFORTS HAVE TAKEN MORE THAN A DECADE. SOME ARE GRAND, LIKE THE 50,000-ACRE TEANAWAY COMMUNITY FOREST, AND OTHERS, SUCH AS SLIVERS OF PUGET SOUND SHORELINE, WHILE SMALL, ADD UP TO CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. FORTERRA BRINGS A PURPOSEFUL, INNOVATIVE AND INTERCONNECTED, CROSS-LANDSCAPE APPROACH AND A UNIQUE ABILITY TO CONVENE DISPARATE STAKEHOLDERS, LEVERAGE DIVERSE FUNDING SOURCES AND FIND SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT NOT ONLY OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT BUT OUR COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMY AS WELL.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $3.4M

  • Program 3 [2020]

    RESTORATION AND STEWARDSHIP: FORTERRA HELPS RESTORE FORESTED PUBLIC LANDS ACROSS THE REGION AND MANAGES NEARLY 17,000 ACRES OF FORTERRA-OWNED LAND AND EASEMENTS. OUR RIPARIAN RESTORATION TEAM IS ACTIVELY WORKING ALONG SIX OF OUR REGION'S MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS AND STREAMS. AFTER MORE THAN 10 YEARS OUR RIPARIAN TEAM HAS REMOVED 98% OF THE KNOTWEED ALONG THE CEDAR RIVER AND IS AT WORK ON CAMPAIGNS ALONG FIVE OTHER WATERWAYS. AND, WITH OUR EVERGREEN CARBON CAPTURE (ECC) PROGRAM, WE'VE PLANTED THOUSANDS OF TREES EACH YEAR, OFFSETTING CARBON BY SUPPORTING FORTERRA'S TREE PLANTING EFFORTS. FORTERRA'S ECC PROGRAM PROVIDES ORGANIZATIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN LOCAL TREE PLANTING PROJECTS TO MITIGATE THEIR CARBON EMISSIONS. THE PROGRAM WAS FIRST PILOTED IN 2010 WITH THE SUPPORT OF PEARL JAM, AND FORMALLY LAUNCHED IN 2012. SINCE 2010, ECC HAS PLANTED MORE THAN 50,000 TREES TO MITIGATE 338,000 TONS OF CARBON. TREES ARE PLANTED ON FORTERRA STEWARDSHIP LANDS AS WELL AS ON PROTECTED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LAND ACTIVELY MANAGED BY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES. FORTERRA'S INNOVATIVE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM ACTIVATES VOLUNTEERS TO STEWARD BELOVED NEIGHBORHOOD GREEN SPACES. AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST INNOVATIVE MODELS OF COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP, WE DEVELOP A LONG-RANGE RESTORATION PLAN FOR PARKS AND FORESTS WITH EACH OF OUR 14 PARTICIPATING COMMUNITIES AND ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY-BASED VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM THAT TRAINS AND DEPLOYS THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS IN PUBLIC GREEN SPACES ACROSS WASHINGTON.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $2.4M