Society Business

Endowment committee

Donations to the endowment

For donations to the Endowment, please send checks directly to: Dr. Michael C. Swift , NABS Treasurer, Biology Dept., St Olaf College , 1520 St Olaf Ave, Northfield , MN, United States , 55057 You may wish to send a separate check for the Endowment (i.e., not part of your membership renewal), so that you have a clear record of the tax-deductible amount. Donations to the Endowment are fully tax-deductible for US citizens (hope to help you Canadians soon!). Don't forget - contributions to the Endowment will be matched by NABS. So, every time you make a donation, think of it as doubling your investment in the Endowment with every check!

Monetary contributions to the Endowment Fund are recognized based on the following categories:

Millennium Club $1,000
Benefactor: $500-$999
Patron: $200-$499
Sponsor: $100-$199
Supporter: $50-$99
Contributor: $5-$49

You may designate your gift for:

the General Endowment (this is the Endowment's primary fund, currently provides six travel awards to students based on quality of submitted abstracts and two graduate student grand awards - details below),
the Simpson Fund (this is a designated fund, currently with one travel award to a student whose interests are in applied issues),
the Americas Fund (this is also a designated fund established at the NABS meeting in Santa Fe, currently providing one travel award to a scientist or student from Latin America),
the Petersen Fund (this designated fund provides two travel awards for non-North American student),
the Boesel-Sanderson Fund (this designated fund provides one research award to a to a student with interests with the study of natural history of aquatic organisms), and
the Conservation Fund (this fund is supported by CEIC activities and is providing a graduate research grant award to a student interested in conservation and environmental issues).