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This page provides more detailed information about our partners and supporters, along with their respective contributions, RTR student reflections and judge scoring, and our initiatives master spread sheet that tracks monarch waystations establishment, expenses and funding usage, monarch tagging data for 2023 & 2024, and past events statistics. Please note that this web page is only accessible through the direct link and not available through the menu.

Partners & Supporters and Their Contributions

Capacity Building & Funding

George H.W. Bush Point of Light Foundation

National Geographic Society

Shane McConkey Foundation

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs, Partnership & Youth Engagement Director Jeremy Pivor*

EarthEcho International, Associate Director of Programs Kasey Gaylord-Opalewski*

ReWild Long Island, Founder & Board Director Raju Rajan*

Expanded Monarchs Matter’s visibility, credibility and community reach
Provided mentorship, resources and strategic guidance to strengthen our capacity
The second to fifth nonprofits provided a total of $17,800 in funding

Planning & Advising

ReWild Long Island, Board Members Raju Rajan*, Kathy Coley*, and Gloria Frazee*

Science Museum of Long Island, Board of Trustees Member Peggy Maslow*

Key partners of Raise, Tag, and Release (RTR) Summer Program, providing planning advice and hosting garden sites for weekly sessions
Collaborating to build monarch waystations with the ReWild Community Gardens Program

Monarch Joint Venture, Partnership Coordinator Lily Peppers

Provides educational resources and organizes community science webinar for our 2025 RTR Program students

Greentree Foundation

Roots and Reflections+

Partners of the 2025 RTR Summer Program
Together, we are planning a poem walk, reflection walk, and monarch study to further incorporate art and STEM elements into the program

Scientific Assistance & Technical Expertise

Environmentalist, Tanya Clusener

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Entomology Educator Jared Dyer

Offered professional guidance on raising healthy monarch butterflies at home
Gave advice on preventing disease outbreaks

Monarch Watch, Director Dr. Kristen Baum

Supports RTR program with rearing kits and monarch tags
Supports Monarchs Matter’s Waystation Program with signage and certification
Dr. Baum also conducted a RTR Program training session on tagging and tracking monarchs for conservation

Monarch Larva Monitoring Project

Planning educational webinar on community science collection at milkweed sites
Provides datasheets and online database to enter monarch and milkweed observation data

Partners for Environmental Action & Support

Baxter’s Pond Foundation, Co-President Kim Keiserman*

Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Nassau

Great Neck Park District

Smiles for the Soul+

We have collaborated with these partners for local, in-person events
Event activities include family workshops, sustainability talks, milkweed distribution, monarch butterfly releases, spring flower planting, etc.

Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Head of Communications, Outreach and Engagement Georgina O'Farrill

Forests For Monarchs, Executive Director Megan Fulton

Mehran University of Engineering and Technology

The Monarch Missions+

Teen Animals Da Scientists+

VitaNova International Alliance for Sciences+

African Youth Network+

Generation Green+

We have collaborated with these partners for global projects and webinars
Webinar topics include sustainable practices, community science, species identification, climate change, biodiversity, and environmental advocacy