Membership and Donations

The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) is a California tax-exempt non-profit corporation. We rely upon membership dues to continue the important projects that we are currently conducting. We have many different levels of tax-deductible membership.

Memberships

You can help our research efforts to protect and conserve birds of North America, from Alaska through Panama and the Caribbean, by becoming a member of IBP at a level that suits your pocket. Download our Brochure (pdf) for more information about The Institute for Bird Populations.

Membership Type	Annual Contribution
Individual	$35.00
Institution	$50.00
Student or Senior	$15.00
Contributing	$60.00
Sustaining	$100.00
Benefactor	$500.00

Sponsor a MoSI Station

Help fund vital research on the wintering grounds of migratory land birds. Just $300 dollars will keep a MoSI (Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal - Monitoring Overwintering Survival) bird banding station operating through a winter season. When you sponsor a station you'll also receive information including a list of species and the numbers of individual birds captured at the station.

If you can't afford to sponsor a station for the full $300, any amount you can afford will be greatly appreciated.

Support a Program

Additionally, you can make a tax-deductible donation to the program of your choice.

	The MAPS Program - The Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program is a network of over 500 banding stations collecting breeding season population and demographic data on North American landbirds.
	Sierra Nevada Program - helping to preserve avifauna in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
	Avian Inventory Program - collecting baseline avian diversity data on federal lands.
	Neotropical and Winter Avian Ecology and Demographics Program - research and monitoring leading to avian conservation on wintering grounds and in the Neotropics. Includes the Monitoreo de Sobrevivencia Invernal (MoSI) and Monitoring Avian Winter Survival (MAWS) programs.
	Burrowing Owl Project - providing the scientific basis for development of a conservation strategy for this declining species in California.
	Journal, Bird Populations - a peer-reviewed all-electronic annual journal of global avian demography and biogeography.

Support Publication Expenses

You can make a donation to support the production of publications produced by IBP. As a thank you for supporting the production of each of these publications we will send you a copy when you donate.

	The Mist Netters Safety Handbook (CD) - A bird banders guide to ethical mist netting and banding procedures.($5)
	The Mist Netters Safety Handbook (paper) - A bird banders guide to ethical mist netting and banding procedures.($15)
	Journal, Bird Populations - This annual publication carries peer-reviewed papers of original research, reports from major avian monitoring projects around the world, and review, synthesis and commentary articles. (Please note in the comments field on the last page of the donation form which volumes you would like and donate $20 dollars for each one.)