Our partners are organizations that provide outdoor nature places and/or outdoor nature programs designed and marketed to children and families in San Diego County. At San Diego Children and Nature, we emphasize collaboration and deeply value partnerships and cooperation.
Our Sponsoring Partners
A Sponsoring Partner is an organization or individual who provides chiefly financial support to SDCaN, and is recognized by prominent logo placement on funded project deliverables and website.
- San Diego Foundation, Opening the Outdoors: Check out Nature Grant
- USDA Forest Service for project, “Technology-based Nature Lessons for Middle School Students” and “Decision-making About Children’s Nature Experiences”
- San Diego Gas & Electric for Schoolyard Habitat Workshops, teaching nature-based lessons at Casita Elementary School in Vista, CA, Family Nature Days and media coverage for the website launch and “start-up grant” for SDCaN.
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for project, “Urban Forestry Education: Teachers and Students Choosing Lessons in Nature”
- Chaparral Institute for printing Exploring San Diego’s Shrublands curriculum packet
Our Contributing Partners
A Contributing Partner is an organization or individual who provides in-kind support, including donated staff time, meeting space, heavily discounted professional services, etc.
- San Diego Audubon Society for the use of their conference room for meetings.
- Girl Scouts of San Diego Imperial Council for meeting rooms
- San Diego Botanic Garden for teacher workshop venue and meeting rooms
- Southwestern College for teacher workshop venue
- Water Conservation Garden for teacher workshop venue
- Collaborative members for leadership, project development and implementation
Our Community Partners
A Community Partner is a locally-based organization whose mission aligns with San Diego Children and Nature’s vision of a world in which all children play, learn, and grow with nature in their everyday lives.
- Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation
- The Anza-Borrego Foundation
- Back Country Land Trust
- Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation
- Birch Aquarium at Scripps
- Buena Vista Audobon
- Cabrillo National Monument
- California Chaparral Institute
- California Native Plant Society San Diego
- Campfire San Diego
- City of San Diego Parks and Recreation
- Climate Science Alliance
- Coastal Roots Farm
- Community Health Improvement Partners
- Cuyamaca Outdoor School
- Earth Discovery Institute
- EcoLife Conservation
- Environmental Health Coalition
- Escondido Creek Conservancy
- The Farm to Institution Center
- Friends of Daley Ranch
- Friends of Rose Canyon
- Girl Scouts San Diego
- Groundworks San Diego Chollas Creek
- I Love A Clean San Diego
- Kumeyaay Diegueno Land Conservancy
- Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy
- Latino Outdoors San Diego
- Living Coast Discovery Center
- Live Well San Diego
- Master Gardener Association of San Diego County
- The Native American Land Conservancy
- The Nature Collective
- The Nonprofit Institute, University of San Diego
- Ocean Discovery Institute
- Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center
- Outdoor Outreach
- Preserve Calavera
- Project Wildlife
- Resource Conservation District of Greater San Diego County
- San Diego Audubon
- San Diego Botanic Garden
- San Diego Canyonlands
- San Diego Coast District California State Park
- San Diego Coastkeeper
- San Diego County Parks and Recreation
- The San Diego Foundation
- San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- San Diego Natural History Museum
- San Diego River Park Foundation
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
- San Dieguito River Park
- San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy
- Sierra Club San Diego
- STEM Ecosystem
- Surfrider Foundation San Diego County
- Sycuan Band Education Department
- Tijuana Estuary National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Volcan Mountain Foundation
- The Water Conservation Garden
- WildCoast
- YMCA of San Diego County
- Zovargo