2025 Year End Appeal
In today’s environment, funding cutbacks threaten nonprofits like ours, making your support more vital than ever! We rely on donor contributions for 41% of our annual budget. Those donations make our programs, exhibits, and community outreach possible. Year-end gifts ensure we can meet our 2025 financial obligations and continue this important work in the year ahead.
Nature is the pathwayto science and innovation™
Together, we can inspire the next generation of problem-solvers.
A LEGACY THAT GUIDES OUR FUTURE
For decades, the Museum and Green Briar have served our community as educators and guides to the natural environment. As environmental challenges grow, this work—both in and out of classrooms—is more important than ever.
NATURE AS TEACHER AND INNOVATOR
The natural world is fragile, but it holds powerful solutions. We’re introducing biomimicry—an emerging field that looks to nature’s designs, from leaves to beehives, for proven strategies that support a healthier, more sustainable future. Biomimicry is essential, and we’re bringing it to our community in meaningful ways.
REACHING MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER
Serving more than 60,000 people a year, our award-winning organization continues to bring learning to life through an extensive range of programs, exhibits, educational experiences, and
community outreach.
LEARNING THAT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE
The Coastal Explorer science van brings the Museum to schools as a mobile lab that sparks hands-on learning. At the Museum, exhibits and outdoor exploration make complex concepts immersive, while Green Briar offers direct experiences with the living systems around us.
MOMENTS THAT CHAGE HOW WE SEE THE WORLD
Every day, we see the spark of discovery: a child learning that horseshoe crab blood saves lives, a family seeing a leaf as an energy blueprint, a third grader realizing fungi can grow into building materials for future homes on the Moon or even Mars.
YOUR SUPPORT KEEP THAT SPARK ALIVE
That spark is why your support matters. Your gift today sustains the full journey — from a child’s first encounter with nature to the moment they see the world differently because of it.