MBL: The Ecosystems Center

The Ecosystems Center is grateful for the support it has received from the following corporations and foundations over the past five years:

Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Blum-Kovler Foundation
The Clowes Fund, Inc.
The Harken Foundation
Horizon Foundation, Inc.
The Kohlberg Foundation
Massachusetts Environmental Trust
Mayer and Morris Kaplan Family Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust
The Sirius Fund
The Starr Foundation
Sugar, Friedberg and Felsenthal LLP

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SOURCES OF SUPPORT

The annual operating budget of The Ecosystems Center for 2009 was $9,894,000. Approximately 77% of the income of the center comes from grants for basic research from government agencies, including the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. The other 23%comes from gifts and grants from private foundations, including support for the Semester in Environmental Science, as well as from institutional support for administration and income from the center’s reserve and endowment funds.

These non-governmental funds provide flexibility for the development of new research projects, public policy activities and educational programs.

The combined total value of the center’s reserve fund and endowment at the end of 2009 was $3,602,639. Income from the reserve fund and endowment helps defray the costs of operations, writing proposals, consulting for government agencies and the center’s seminar program.