named programs · 3 · from sources
What they call their work
Black Birders Week Event
Hosts annual events like birding outings at Muller Field Station to celebrate Black birders and challenge colonial legacies in natural history.
Community Education & Intersectional Environmentalism
Offers educational programming that links ecological health with social justice, emphasizing decolonized conservation and mutual aid principles.
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Provides care for sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife with the goal of release, operating through volunteer-driven transport, medical care, and release coordination.
activities · 4 groups
What they do
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Onsite & Outreach Environmental Education Programs 1 activity
- Anti-colonial birding and renaming initiativesHosts birding events and participates in efforts to rename bird species in ways that remove colonial and racist legacies, such as the event held at Muller Field Station on June 1, 2024.
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Local Land Conservation Advocacy 1 activity
- Regional sanctuary developmentCollaborates with partners to establish the Finger Lakes region as a sanctuary for both wildlife and human communities, promoting coexistence and ecological resilience.
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Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release 1 activity
- Wildlife rehabilitation servicesProvides treatment and care for sick, injured, and orphaned wildlife through direct rehabilitation efforts. This includes medical intervention, shelter, and preparation for release back into the wild.
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Uncategorized 1 activity
- Community education on social and environmental justiceConducts educational programs that link wildlife rehabilitation with broader efforts to address systemic social and environmental injustices, fostering community awareness and engagement.
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financials · form 990 · fy2023
revenue
Total revenue$116K
Contributions & grants$113K98%
Program service revenue$2K2%
Investment income$00%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$106K
Program expenses97%
Admin / overhead2%
Fundraising1%
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineFacilities
balance sheet
Total assets$61K
Cash$11K
Investments$0
Liabilities$19K
Net assets$42K
Liquid reserves1.2 mo
4 years on record · 2020–2023 · YoY revenue +895.2%
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2023
Who runs it
board members · 5
- Dr Yakira Teitel — Board Member
- Gabrielle Whitman — Board Member
- Morgan Hapeman — Board Member
- Ritika Aggarwal — Board Member
- Victoria Campbell — Board Member
relationships · 4
Who they work with
- ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Partner — Collaborated on a short film about MAWR through its Folk Arts program.
- BlackAFinSTEM Partner — Collaborated on the Black Birders Week 2024 event.
- Food For the Spirit Partner — Collaborated on a short film about MAWR.
- values-aligned partners Partner — Collaborates with values-aligned partners to advance a shared vision for the Finger Lakes region.
strategies · 5
How they approach the work
Named approaches extracted from this org’s sources. Where others share an approach, follow it to see the full set of orgs running it.
- Ecological Justice through Rehabilitation and Educationmethodology: ecological justiceBy integrating wildlife rehabilitation with community education, the organization advances ecological justice because healing ecosystems and challenging systemic injustices are mutually reinforcing processes that require both material intervention and public transformation.
- Intersectional Environmentalismmethodology: intersectional-environmentalismBy addressing environmental and social injustices as interconnected systems, the organization produces more equitable and sustainable ecological outcomes because these crises disproportionately impact marginalized communities and share root causes such as racialized capitalism and settler colonialism.
- Mutual Aid Community Designmethodology: mutual aidBy organizing community members to collaboratively design and implement solutions using local strengths and resources, the organization produces more resilient and contextually relevant outcomes because it centers collective agency and redistributes power.
- Public Engagement for Decolonizationmethodology: public-engagement-for-decolonizationBy using accessible public activities like birding events to challenge colonial legacies in science, the organization produces epistemic justice and cultural change because it centers community voices in redefining scientific narratives and practices.
- Reciprocity and Interspecies Solidaritymethodology: reciprocity-ecosystem-solidarityBy fostering relationships of reciprocity and kinship between humans and other species, the organization advances ecological and human well-being together because these are interdependent and ethically inseparable.