Applications Open for Eastside Audubon Grants and Scholarships
Applications are open from now until September 30th for two funding opportunities with Eastside Audubon, supporting local conservation and education efforts..
Jim Rettig Conservation Grant
The Jim Rettig grant offers $500 annually to support habitat restoration projects in our local community. This funding opportunity is available to Eastside Audubon members as well as local organizations actively working to protect, restore, or enhance wildlife habitats in the Eastside area.
Whether you're planting native species, removing invasive plants, restoring wetlands, or creating bird-friendly spaces, we want to support your efforts to make a positive environmental impact.
Jim Rettig has long been an advocate for the environment and in 2003 the Board of Directors created the James S. Rettig Grant fund to honor his work with Eastside Audubon. In the 1990s Jim Rettig served three terms as President of Eastside Audubon (known then as East Lake Washington Audubon) and helped make the chapter what it is today.
Program Details:
Projects must take place within the Eastside Audubon service area (including cities such as Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue, and surrounding areas)
Applicants must be Eastside Audubon members or part of a local organization or nonprofit, community group, or school.
The project should focus on tangible, on-the-ground habitat restoration efforts.
Amy McQuade Scholarship
The Amy McQuade Scholarship provides mini-grants of $100 or more to support middle and high school science teachers in bringing bird-related projects into their classrooms. A total of $500 in funding is available annually, making this a great opportunity to enrich science education with engaging, hands-on learning experiences focused on birds, ecosystems, and conservation.
These grants are designed to help educators inspire curiosity and stewardship by integrating ornithology and habitat awareness into their curriculum. Whether you're developing a unit on bird biology, organizing a campus bird walk, setting up a window bird feeder observation station, or incorporating bird migration data into a science lesson, we want to help you make it happen.
Program Details:
Applicants must be middle and high school science teachers working in schools located on the Eastside (including cities such as Kirkland, Redmond, Bellevue, and surrounding areas).
Projects must be tied to science education and include a bird-related theme—such as bird behavior, ecology, conservation, migration, or habitat.