The Foundation for the Center for Research of Whales

The Foundation for Center for Research of Whales is a non-profit corporation registered in the State of Washington in the USA and is a IRS tax-exempt 501(c)(3) corporation. We devote 80% of our operating income/donations to environmental education and research in the coastal region of Ecuador. The Foundation has as its main focus--Education. But, the foundation is also associated with whale, dolphin, coral, aviary and archeological research and the preservation of knowledge in and around Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. Puerto Lopez (See Google Earth) is a small fishing village located on the coast of Ecuador in the province of Manabí.

The Foundation's Mission has Two Distinct Areas of Focus:

Focus One:

To provide resources, advice and help to continually encourage environmental education to school children. These students will become the future leaders of many third world countries and by providing them knowledge concerning their fragile ecosystem, as they take on the role of future leaders in their country, they can begin to instill environmental change.

Focus Two:

To support environmental research associated with either the establishment of a baseline of knowledge or a preservation of this knowledge within the Ecuador ecosystem. Since Ecuador is situated on the equator, and given the current issues surrounding global warming, how is the fragile ecosystem being affected? This foundation sees a need to preserve data already researched within the region as well as to continually support on-going research.