Giving Opportunities

Your contribution to the Equity and Excellence in Ecology endowment lowers critical barriers and facilitates the full participation of scientists historically underrepresented in ecology.

SEEDS Program Funds The mission of SEEDS is to diversify and advance the ecology profession through opportunities that stimulate and nurture the interest of underrepresented students to participate, and to lead in ecology. The core SEEDS program components offer hands-on, engaging experiences with ecology that exhibit the relevance and applications of the science.

ESA's Opportunity Fund supports unique initiatives to benefit the community of ecologists. Recently, the fund has supported dependent care, travel support and program development.

To learn more about planned giving options, listen to this water cooler chat. Our ESA Executive Director moderates a conversation with long-time donor and former president Norm Christensen, Future Focus financial expert Rich Kellogg and James Carpenter from Fidelity Charitable that provides information to help you make decisions about giving.

Our general giving fund which distributes contributions across the award-winning SEEDS program, the Les Real and Jim Brown Student Annual Meeting Travel Fund and the Opportunity Fund. Select the following link to learn more about the fund.

Contributions to the Les Real and Jim Brown Travel Awards support students who could not otherwise afford to attend the ESA Annual Meeting, managed by the ESA Student Section.