You care about the wellbeing of kids. You believe in the power of education. You are looking for ways to make an impact on the health of our communities and the sustainability of our natural environment.

 

Children. Education. Sustainability. 

FIELD Edventures works on all these pressing issues by connecting with educators to explore the outdoors, foster inquiry, and engage students through discovery. Help us engage the rock-skipping, frog-catching spirit that lives in each of us.

Here are 5 ways you can help:

 

Join Our Community

Join Our Community

Become a part of our online community and share your knowledge, ask questions, and connect with educators working to engage the rock-skipping, frog-catching spirit! Perhaps you are not an educator in the formal sense but an outdoor learning enthusiast—join us! You have experience and expertise to contribute!  

Make a Donation

Make a Donation

 Support our mission with a one-time or recurring financial contribution to become a "Friend of FIELD Edventures." Your donation at any level contributes to the wellbeing of children, the transformation of education, and society’s movement towards a more sustainable future by providing for the continued success and growth of FIELD Edventures.

 

Read and Shop with Us

Read and Shop with Us

As educators, we often find ourselves referring to books that inspire and transform our practice. You can find links to many of the books we recommend in our bookshop and in our articles. Purchases made from our bookshop support both independent bookstores and FIELD Edventures at no extra cost to you. You can also shop at Amazon Smile and support FIELD Edventures. 

Donate Time and Talents

Donate Time and Talents

FIELD Edventures depends on educators, volunteers, contractors, and partners to fulfill our mission. Some volunteers donate time to keep up the EEK! Environmental Education for Kids website. Other partners donate content for websites and professional learning. Several educators write for us. Contact us to share your time and talents!  

Become a Sponsor

Become a Sponsor 

As a sponsor you make FIELD Edventures possible! Consider becoming a mission sponsor, supporting our services that work directly with students, or sponsoring our educator programs. If you run a business, large or small, we offer a variety of ways for you to help—from in-kind partnerships to financial sponsorships. Download our overview, learn more below, or contact us

FIELD Edventures, Inc. is a nonprofit organization funded through donations and sponsorships, public and private grants, and program revenue and recognized as a 501(c)(3) by the IRS. Donations may be tax deductible. Learn more about FIELD Edventures.

Love what we do? 

Sponsor our mission and ensure the long-term viability of all of FIELD Edventures programs. Every program and event relies on human resources, program management, communication efforts, fund development, and marketing to succeed. When you sponsor our mission, you will provide for the stability, improvement, and expansion of current efforts and the exploration of new program areas as FIELD Edventures works to realize its vision. 

Excited about connecting children with their natural and human communities? 

Support our services that work directly with students, enriching their education with high quality content and opportunities to connect and share their learnings with peers. Programs include Edventures in Learning series, EEK! Environmental Education for Kids, and Youth Summit. 

Committed to supporting educators and their professional growth and learning? 

Support our programing that works directly with educators to support their capacity, comfort, and confidence integrating and implementing place-based outdoor learning. Services include online networking, instructional coaching, institutes and workshops, and technical assistance.

Download our overview

Why become a sponsor? 

Businesses, organizations, and foundations like yours choose to become a FIELD Edventures sponsor for many reasons, including, to: 

  • Make an investment in the wellbeing of children and the health and sustainability of Wisconsin communities by supporting place-based, outdoor inquiry. 
  • Support Wisconsin teachers and grow their collective capacity to integrate place-based, outdoor inquiry by supporting high-quality professional development.
  • Provide for the teaching of Wisconsin’s Standards for Environmental Literacy and Sustainability by supporting our collaborative work with educators integrating place-based environmental education into regular school curricula. 
  • Get recognized for supporting FIELD Edventures and expanding their reach with an audience that is important to them. 
  • Show the organization’s commitment to Wisconsin’s students and environmental education
  • Provide for equitable access to high-quality, locally relevant information about Wisconsin’s ecology and natural resources.
  • Reduce their tax burden; contributions may be tax-deductible.
     

Thanks to the following friends, partners, and sponsors for their support:  

 

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2020 Friends

Horicon Marsh Sportsmen's Club
Izaak Walton League of America - Southern Brown Conservation Club
Rio Conservation Club
Jeff Nania
Victoria Rydberg-Nania
Sergio Kapfer
Daphna Krim
Joy Ribar
Laureanna Raymond-Duvernell
Peter Dargatz
Tamara Mouw
Susan Ermer-Schuller
Barry and Paula Erath
Mary Roberts
Jesse Haney
Alicia Steiner
Hannah Halverson
Michael and Becky Chalifoux
Sandra Benton
Annette Wuest-May
Cheryl Schnell
Robin Rebholz Kvalo
Brandon Negrete
Silvia Orengo-Nania
Marcy Shure Huffaker
Kelly Koller
Linda Bauer Leonhart
Lis Kuisis
Kathy Kuntz
Becca Franzen
Charles J. Newling
Jón Atli Árnason
Jamian Knuth
Mary Severinghaus
Mattias Keese
Nika Keese
Dorothy Nagelbach
Joe Riederer

2019 Friends

Buck Lake Sportsmans Club
Hmong American Sportsmen Club

2018 Friends

Dorothy Nagelbach
Sandra Benton
Nika Keese
Maddie Wills Liedtke
Victoria Rydberg-Nania
Emma Keese
Skylar Primm
Jesse Haney
John Nania
Ryan Treves
Sara Greenwood
Susan Ermer-Schuller
Becky Chalifoux
Jeff Nania 
Sandra Benton
Tanya Molony
Jeanie Odegaard
Kathy Kuntz
Melissa Dupke
Donald Arthur Ford
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2017 Friends

Tony Gonzales
PayPal Giving Fund