Want to have fun in the sun and learn how to get involved in the Key Biscayne Citizen Scientist Project?!?
Join us as we kick off the Key Biscayne Citizen Scientist Project Sunday, April 7th at Bill Baggs State Park. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
The Youth Fishing Clinic is designed to create responsible marine resource stewards by teaching children Florida’s marine ecosystems. Kids will learn about the animals that live in our marine environment, how to tie and bait …
Citizen Scientist Project Mission & Vision
Using Citizen and Professional Scientists, the Citizen Scientist Project will develop and continuously update this web site to provide the information needed to maintain the most critical natural resources of Key Biscayne. Like the environment around us, this site will adapt and evolve to meet the needs and interests of the Key. Our goal is to secure a future Key Biscayne characterized by the same bounty of natural resources that exist today, thus maintaining …
We are pleased to announce the first recipient of the Dr. Robert Kemper Award for Professionalism in Medicine Scholarship has been selected. Congratulations to Michael Hann, a third-year student and officer in the U.S. Navy who according to Dr. Eugenio Rothe was the “overwhelming choice” for the award due to his commitment to the qualities the award stands for: integrity, compassion, caring, etc.
We look forward to honoring Hann on Friday, February 22nd, 2013 from 11:30am to 1:30 pm at The Links.
We are excited to have the unique opportunity to share with you Natalie Choate’s overview of the Charitable IRA Rollover. Thanks to the Council on Foundations and the Heckerling Institute for supporting philanthropy and the work of our Community Foundation partners.
The Key Biscayne Community Foundation has received a grant providing a software license for Google Earth Pro, a program that provides organizations with data import service, area measurement, movie-making, and high resolution printing. The KBCF will be able to take advantage of the different tools offered to qualifying non-profit organizations including its built-in GIS data tool, which will allow for the storage of images taken throughout the community.
KBCF is proud to be a winner of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation: Knight Community Information Challenge Grant. The grant is for $62,000 over two years and is a partnership between the Community Foundation, RSMAS, and the Village of Key Biscayne. The Knight Community Information Challenge engages community and place-based foundations in supporting news and information projects that inform and engage residents. The grant will support a citizen scientist program to involve residents in monitoring marine habitat to …
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