Sponsors
Our sponsors include individuals, foundations, and institutions of learning
The Macaulays
In 2000, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology launched an ambitious campaign to raise $34 million for a new building, including generous space for the Library of Natural Sounds (now the Macaulay Library). The Macaulay Library houses custom-built studios, advanced fiber-optic connectivity, spacious offices, and a climate-controlled deep archive for the audio collection, for which Linda and William (Bill) Macaulay donated a significant campaign contribution to fund.
The Field Museum
The Field Museum is an educational institution concerned with diversity and relationships in nature and among cultures. It provides collection-based research and learning for greater public understanding and appreciation of the world in which we live. Its collections, public learning programs, and research are inseparably linked to serve a diverse public of varied ages, backgrounds, and knowledge.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nationâs 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development.
The Lounsbery Foundation
The Richard Lounsbery Foundation aims to enhance national strengths in science and technology through support of programs in the following areas: science and technology components of key US policy issues; elementary and secondary science and math education; historical studies and contemporary assessments of key trends in the physical and biomedical sciences; and start-up assistance for establishing the infrastructure of research projects. Among international initiatives, the Foundation has a long-standing priority in Franco-American scientific cooperation.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. The Program on Global Security and Sustainability seeks to protect the security and well-being of people and the environment around the world. The grantmaking area on Conservation and Sustainable Development is dedicated to conserving biodiversity -- the species, ecosystems and ecological processes that make up the web of life -- over the long term and to increasing the understanding of the integral relationship between the health of the biosphere and human well-being.
The Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation makes grants to higher education, museums and art conservation, performing arts, population, conservation and the environment, and public affairs. Within each of its programs the Foundation directs most of its grant-making to a few areas of emphasis, in order to focus on a limited number of important objectives. Institutions and programs receiving support are often leaders in fields of Foundation activity, but may also be promising newcomers, or in a position to demonstrate new ways of overcoming obstacles to achieving program and grantee goals.
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life for future generations. The Foundationâs science-based, results-driven orientation stems from the principles and interests of Gordon and Betty Moore. The Foundation operates proactively in three specific areas of focusâenvironmental conservation, science, and the San Francisco Bay Areaâwhere a significant and measurable impact can be achieved.
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program
The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) is a collaboration of 15 federal agencies providing leadership and coordination of national oceanographic research and education programs. An innovative program established by Congress in Fiscal Year 1997, NOPP facilitates new interactions among federal agencies, academia, and industry; increases visibility for ocean issues on the national agenda; and achieves a higher level of coordinated effort and synergy across the broad oceanographic community.
The National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) initiates and supports scientific research and programs to strengthen scientific research potential, and also supports education programs at all levels.
The National Science Digital Library
The National Science Digital Library is a digital library of exemplary resource collections and services, organized in support of science education at all levels. Starting with a partnership of NSDL-funded projects, NSDL is emerging as a center of innovation in digital libraries as applied to education, and a community center for groups focused on digital-library-enabled science education.
Office of Naval Research
The Office of Naval Research coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the United States Navy and Marine Corps through schools, universities, government laboratories, and nonprofit and for-profit organizations. It provides technical advice to the Chief of Naval Operations and the Secretary of the Navy and works with industry to improve technology manufacturing process
For more information on how you can support the Macaulay Library, from sponsoring an expedition to providing a scholarship to the Sound Recording Workshop, contact Scott Sutcliffe at (607) 254-2424.