Denver Field Ornithologists
Endowment Fund History
In 1994 Mary Hope Robinson donated $15,000 to DFO. This donation was the beginning of the fund that became known as the DFO Educational Endowment Fund. Over the years many projects have been funded from student scholarships to teacher training to avian research.
In 2011 the name of the fund was changed to the DFO Endowment Fund and the mission statement and guidelines for funding grants were updated.
Mary Hope Robinson’s generous gift was invested and has grown to $28,000. The interest generated from the principal and gifts from DFO members provide the actual monies used to fund grants each year.
Denver Field Ornithologists Endowment
Fund – Project History
Project Description and Funding Amount
| Year | Grantee | Project Description |
Amount |
|---|
| 2012 | Kim Potter RMBO |
Black Swift Genetics Research | $1,000 |
| Molly O’Malley Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy (DPS) |
Binoculars for science program | $1,000 | |
| Noe Marymor RMBO |
Workshop: Educating Eastern Colorado Land Managers on Wildlife Habitat | $1,000 | |
| Brendan Doyle East High School (DPS) |
East Angel Wildlife Habitat Garden | $300 | |
| 2010 | Sylvia Brockner Evergreen | Bird book project | $500 |
| Birds of Prey Foundation, Broomfield | Raptor rehabilitation work | $1,000 | |
| 2008 | Joyce Gellhorn | Film and educational brochure on White-tailed Ptarmigan | $1,000 |
| East High School Birding Club, Denver | Bird Habitat project | $400 | |
| Ph.D. Candidate CSU | Studying Burrowing Owls and plague | $300 | |
| 1997 – 2007 |
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| 2000 | Andrews, et al | Birds of Barr Lake and Surrounding Areas: 1888 through 1999 (Published book) | |
| 1996 | Denver Audubon Society | For plastic storage system for study skins and nests | $225 |
| Colorado Bird Observatory (now RMBO) |
Funding for supplies and teacher training | $320 | |
| 1995 | Tim Mitzen | Scholarship to summer bird camp at Camp Chiricauhua, Arizona | $300 |
