Be One In a Million

1 The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation $130,000.00
2 RBC Wealth Management $65,190.59
3 TIAA $50,000.00
4 Raymond James Charitable $50,000.00
5 RBC Wealth Management $28,752.92

We have raised $16.4 million by the deadline of June 30th to SAVE 204 acres for critically endangered prairies and rare freshwater wetlands wetlands on West Gavleston Island. This will bring the Preserve to 1,243 acres. Over the next five months Artist Boat, Galveston ISD, state and federal agencies, and the willing sellers will complete and approve the due diligence, conservation easements, and deeds to close on the 204 acres by November 2026. Stay tuned for a celebration, what’s next on these acres for school children with Galveston ISD, and more conservation

The Be One in a Million campaign is our grassroots engine. We are asking one million people to give $10 each. This approach is powerful because every small gift helps leverage much larger state and federal grant dollars. Be One in a Million donors have helped provide funds to leverage state and federal dollars to save mulitple transactions. We believe everyone is a conservationist. By partnering with everyday citizens like you as well as with state, local, and federal organizations and agencies, we belive the wilds of Galveston Island can be preserved for generations to come. There will be more to save and you all are one in a million!

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Artist Boat has now raised $16.4 million by the June 30th deadline to secure the next 204 acres of conserved land for the Coastal Heritage Preserve. This is the next critical and last 204 acres within the former Chapoton Ranch and adds to the full vision to conserve 1,400 acres of contiguous barrier island ecosystems on West Galveston Bay creating the Coastal Heritage Preserve. These 204 acres contain endangered coastal prairie and rare freshwater wetlands that are essential to completing an interior 3-mile wildlife corridor on the island. This achievement keeps a 204-acre tract woven into the 3-mile interior relic dune and swale system and connected to the 3 miles of salt marsh living shoreline already protected along West Galveston Bay.

“Galveston Island was my home for over a decade, and it is an honor for the General Land Office (GLO) to provide more than $8.2 million in Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA) funding to expand the Coastal Heritage Preserve on West Galveston Island,” said Commissioner Buckingham. “Adding these 204 acres of pristine, unfragmented coastal barrier habitat to the Preserve will help safeguard Texas’s diverse marine life and strengthen our coastal communities’ natural defense against hurricane storm surge and flooding. I look forward to the GLO’s continued work with Artist Boat to ensure the Preserve is protected for generations to come.”

The total cost to acquire the 204 acres is $16.4 million. Artist Boat has NOW secured the $16.4 million in state and federal conservation grants, multiple foundation grants, and donations from over 3,000 individual donors. Major grants partners supporting this acquisition include the Texas General Land Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality through the Galveston Bay Estuary Program, the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation, the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, the Knobloch Family Foundation, the Galveston Bay Foundation, and many more foundations and individuals. Over the next five months Artist Boat, Galveston ISD, state and federal agencies, and the willing sellers will complete and approve the due diligence, conservation easements, and deeds to close on the 204 acres by November 2026. Stay tuned for a celebration, what’s next on these acres for school children with Galveston ISD, and more conservation!

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We have secured all the funds to save the next 204 acres of West Galvesotn Island Coastal Prairie and Wetlands.

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