Youth Education Program Endowment
Conservation Leadership Corps students met at the Annual Convention in March, 2020.
Securing Missouri's natural resources for their use and enjoyment today in and in the future depends strongly on the interest and direct engagement of an informed citizenry. For this reason, we strongly believe that investing in the future means investing in youth; that a critical role for the Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) is to ensure future generations understand and are prepared to tackle the challenges ahead.

The Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC) and the Missouri Collegiate Conservation Alliance (MCCA) are two elements of CFM's youth education program that provide opportunities for young people to learn about and participate in natural resource conservation while also further developing their personal interests and potential.

Simultaneously, CFM receives the benefits of youthful energy and fresh perspectives while promoting mentorship and engagement with professionals and affiliate organizations.

We have been preparing the unique opportunity for donors to become involved in the long-term establishment of these programs through a Youth Education Program Endowment.

CLC graduate, Brock Andreasen, testifies in the HJR-100 committee hearing at the Capitol this spring.
OPTIONS FOR SUPPORT
Full Support (Endowment Level)

Partial Support (two years)

Single Year Support
(all elements and activities)

Program Coordinator Support

Incremental Support
(single-year support)
• Annual Convention
• MCCA
• Scholarships
• CYCL
• Fall Workshop
• Stream Team Float
• Guest Speakers
• Student Sponsorship
• Prairie Fork Work Day
$1,632,500

$130,000

$65,000/year


$30,000/year

$17,500/year


$3,500/year
$2,500/year
$2,000/year
$1,000/year
$1,000/year
$500/year
$350/student/year
$300/year

If you are interested in providing endowment-level funding to the development of future conservation leaders or would like more information, please contact Colton Zirkle, Education and Communications Coordinator at 573-634-2322 ext. 104 or czirkle@confedmo.org. If you would like a youth endowment information package to be mailed to you, please reply directly to this email. We are committed to growing tomorrow's conservation leaders and would appreciate your partnership in the mission of our youth programs.