Environment and Animal Welfare

In 2025 the McLean Contributionship awarded 12 grants totaling $541,317

Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve, Towards the purchase of a Volunteer Operations Vehicle (light-duty truck), $40,000

Elmwood Park Zoo, Towards the purchase of an Emergency Veterinary Care Vehicle, $45,000

Friends of the Wissahickon, Towards capital items for the Wissahickon Valley Park Germantown Neighborhood Connection Project, $100,000

Heritage Conservancy, Towards capital items for the Deer Exclosure and Educational Resources at Heritage Conservancy’s Fuller-Pursell Preserve, $15,000

Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, Towards capital items for the Plant Science Laboratory, $100,000

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Towards general operating costs for the Healthy Neighborhoods program., $10,000

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Towards renovations for PHS Meadowbrook Farm, $84,267

Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Towards the renovation of the PSPCA Overflow Kennel Upgrade Initiative, $45,000

Providence Animal Center, Towards building the Community Donation Hub building, $25,000

Stroud Water Research Center, Towards renovating the cabin: Preserving the Past, Building the Future, $15,000

Wissahickon Trails, Towards a replacement vehicle for Wissahickon Trails, $52,050

Zoological Society of Philadelphia, Operating Support, $10,000