Resources

Reference articles on Colcom Foundation’s environmental mission, grantmaking approach, and conservation science framework.

• Colcom Foundation: Origins, Mission, and Approach to Environmental Conservation — Covers the Foundation’s 1996 founding by Cordelia S. May, its connection to Earth Day 1970, the I = P x A x T scientific framework, U.S. biocapacity overshoot data, wildlife and habitat loss trends, and the environmental case for addressing population growth alongside per capita consumption.
• Colcom Foundation’s Environmental Mission, Grantmaking Approach, and Public Context — Covers the Foundation’s dual national and regional mission, the I = P × A × T scientific framework, the relationship between U.S. population growth and environmental outcomes, grantmaking priorities, and transparency in Foundation operations.
• Colcom Foundation: Population Growth Impacts – Environmental, Resource, and U.S. Demographic Effects — Covers how population growth drives environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and habitat destruction. Focuses on global and U.S. population projections, Earth’s carrying capacity, the I = P x A x T framework, and Colcom Foundation’s approach to population stabilization through voluntary family planning and sustainable immigration policy.
• Colcom Foundation: Environmental Protection, Habitat Conservations, and the Ecological Footprint — Covers environmental protection and the causes of habitat degradation, the relationship between population growth and ecological impact, conservation strategies, and Colcom Foundation’s grantmaking approach in Pennsylvania and beyond.
• Colcom Foundation: Habitat and Ecosystem Restoration in Western Pennsylvania — Covers grantmaking for watershed remediation, acid mine drainage treatment, streambank and riparian restoration, and urban tree canopy recovery across southwest Pennsylvania, including flagship partnerships with Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and Tree Pittsburgh.