The CCBC offers grants of up to $1000 to support conservation efforts relating directly or indirectly to the well-being or protection of birds. Due to limited funds, for 2023-24, we are again accepting applications only from proposers working in the Western Hemisphere where many of our local, Cape Cod migrants spend some part of their lives. Following the approach introduced to the club by Herb Raffaele, we welcome applications that encourage community involvement, particularly that of children, as a way of promoting bird-friendly environments. We are seeking organizations which share our goals but need seed money to begin or additional funding to continue. Applications are reviewed and funded once a year–in the Spring. Guidelines for submitting applications are available here.
This program was jump-started by a generous grant from the Handy Foundation, in memory of Ned Handy, a long-time member and supporter of the Cape Cod Bird Club. The program is sustained by the generosity of our members. Currently, we receive only enough funds to make three awards per year despite receiving many more deserving proposals. We would welcome any additional support from individuals or foundations, so that we can expand the program to include proposals from outside the Western Hemisphere, as we did in 2021-22.
Several of the projects we have funded involved gathering together people from the community, and these had to be put on hold during the Covid-19 pandemic. We look forward to these getting back on track during the coming months.
Antigua
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Benin
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Cameroon
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Cape Cod
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 Birding for All Children (2024)
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Cayman Islands
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Costa Rica
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Cuba
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 I protect birds, and what do you do? (2021)
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 Follow Us and You Will Learn How to Protect Birds (2021)
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Georgia (Republic of)
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Grenada
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Guatemala
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Haiti
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Jamaica
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Kenya
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Mexico
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Venezuela
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Venezuela
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West Indies
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Environmental Culture of Coastal Communities of the APRM Baconao Biosphere Reserve (2021)
Printing of Posters for Distributing to Schools and Environmental Youth Groups of Georgia as Awards (2021-2022)
Our Amazing Seabirds: Grenadines Waste to Art Competition (2021)
Involving Q’eqchi Maya Primary School Students in Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation (2023)
Sketches of Nature: Environmental Education through Art (2019-2020)
Endemic Birds of Jamaica Poster (2020)
Mobilization of Grassroot Support to Conservation of Endemic Bird Species in Yala Swamp, Kenya (2022-2023)
Environmental education is for everyone! (2024)
Linking Vulnerable and Low-income Communities to the Conservation and Monitoring of Birds on Margarita Island (Phase I: 2021-2022)
Bird of prey conservation through rescue biocultural memory in communities of the Andes of Venezuela (2022-2023)
Translation of Endemic Birds of the West Indies Coloring Book into Spanish (2022-2023)