Fund Raising & Fund Distribution

THE PRIMARY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL, OPERATIONAL AND OTHER SUPPORT TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF, AND TO FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF, THE MCWANE SCIENCE CENTER, AN ALABAMA NONPROFIT CORPORATION EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER CODE SECTION 501(C)(3)

WE SOLICIT DONATIONS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF GRANTS TO RESEARCHERS, LARGELY AFFILIATED WITH UNIVERSITIES AND NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS AND SCHOOLS BUT ALSO INDEPENDENT CITIZEN-SCIENTISTS AND AMATEUR NATURALISTS WHO PURSUE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON ALL TYPES OF ORGANISMS (= BIODIVERSITY) LIVING IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS IN FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. WE PUBLISH SUMMARIES OF THE DISCOVERIES MADE BY THE RESEARCHERS. WE ASK GRANT RECIPIENTS TO AUTHOR AND THEN PUBLISH THEIR FINDINGS IN SCIENTIFIC PAPERS IN JOURNALS, POPULAR ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES AND OTHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE PERIODICALS AND RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA. WE PUBLISH BOOKS WRITTEN BY AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, PROFESSIONAL OR AMATEUR, WITH A COMPELLING STORY TO TELL ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES, BIODIVERSITY, THREATENED HABITATS SUCH AS THE FLORIDA KEYS OR THE EVERGLADES OR TROPICAL RAINFORESTS, AND VIRTUALLY ANY SUBJECT RELATING TO CONSERVATION AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO

To facilitate foundation and corporate support for innovative educational projects in physics and related sciences.