Supporting the ACR Mission

Make a contribution today

As the Bay Area’s urban landscapes expand and sprawl, wild spaces where children and families once enjoyed and experienced nature have been decreasing and, in some cases, altogether disappeared.

This is why Audubon Canyon Ranch’s preserves…all of which are protected in perpetuity…remain a vital and essential element of the natural world, even as we witness the impact of California’s budget crisis on curtailing access to our wonderful state park system. 

Audubon Canyon Ranch is committed to protecting and managing in perpetuity the Bay Area’s open spaces, native habitats and places for nature-based education and conservation science. ACR protects and stewards more than 5,000 acres of nature sanctuaries in Marin and Sonoma counties for environmental education, conservation science, and habitat for native species…and, with the help of our committed supporters, we always will. 

Please make a contribution today and support ACR’s efforts to protect precious habitats and inspire the next generation of nature enthusiasts. 

Become an ACR member or renew your membership

Membership supports the programs and preserves of Audubon Canyon Ranch. ACR relies on the ongoing commitment of our members. Please join today, and, together, we will protect wild lands in Marin and Sonoma counties and support ACR’s environmental education and conservation science programs.

Membership levels and associated benefits

Member $65 
All members receive
  ACR static window decal
  Invitations to ACR seminars
  Bi-monthly enewsletter and members-only electronic updates
  The knowledge that you are protecting wild lands in perpetuity
 
Contributor $90  
Supporter  $125  
all of the above plus
The Bulletin, ACR’s semiannual newsletter
The Ardeid, ACR’s annual journal of Conservation Science and Habitat Protection
 
Sponsor $250 
all of the above plus
   Discounts on Science Salons, Backyard Naturalist Series, and The Art of Eating
   Invitation to the annual Donor Appreciation Picnic

Acknowledgement of your support in the ACR Annual Report
 
Patron  $500  
all of the above plus
Members-only access to Martin Griffin & Bouverie preserves
(Martin Griffin Preserve, call 415/868-9244; Bouverie Preserve, call 707/938-4554)
 
Cypress Grove Research Center Protector $750  
Martin Griffin Preserve Protector $750  
Bouverie Preserve Protector $750  
all of the above plus
    Expert-led hikes on ACR preserves 
 
Friend of Audubon Canyon Ranch $1,000
all of the above plus
   Reception with ACR’s Executive Director
A special membership gift: Notecards by local artist and ACR volunteer
 
Educators & ACR volunteers $35 
   a special rate with the benefits of Sponsors
 
 
To become an ACR member, click here.

 

ACR's Targeted Giving Programs

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
Partners in Education makes an investment in young people and in ACR's award-winning environmental education programs

PARTNERS IN CONSERVATION
Partners in Conservation directly supports exciting conservation science and habitat protection work being conducted on ACR's 2,000 acres of protected wildlands in Marin and Sonoma counties.

THE DAVID BOUVERIE SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The David Bouverie Scholarship Fund of Audubon Canyon Ranch provides academic scholarships to graduates of the Bouverie Junior Naturalist (Juniper) Program in memory of Phyllis Ellman.

 

Bluegrass and Audubon Canyon Ranch

MUSIC WITH A MISSION
Click above to learn more about musician Laurie Lewis' avian-inspired bluegrass album, which benefits Audubon Canyon Ranch.

 

Vehicle Donation Program

For information on how to donate a vehicle to benefit ACR, click below:

Vehicle Donation

 

Other ways to help 

For information on event sponsorship opportunities, wish list fulfillment, gifts-in-kind, memorial gifts, gifts to the endowment, and other ways to contribute to ACR, please email Didi Wilson, ACR Director of Development and Communications, at didi@egret.org.

 

Privacy Policy

ACR does not sell, trade or share the personal information of its members or supporters.
 

Audubon Canyon Ranch is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that independently raises its own funds (EIN 94-6069140). ACR relies on the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations. Though we partner with local Audubon chapters in order to fulfill our mission, ACR is independent of the National Audubon Society and its chapters.