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MICS is a USA and Canadian non-profit research organization. All donations made to MICS are tax-deductible.

We are often asked how we fund ourselves. We have survived into over 25 years by combining funds provided by grants from both governmental (federal and provincial) and private foundations (WWF, IFAW, Fondation de la Faune du Québec, and the Canadian Whale Institute).

The key to the survival of a non-profit organization is generosity of private donors linked to a solid endowment. We have created an endowment fund, which exists to provide a measure of long-term financial stability. We hope to build this fund through private donations. Only a portion of the yearly return generated by the endowment will be used for MICS operations. The capital of the endowment is to remain intact and grow to create a solid financial future for MICS. Our aim is to achieve a financially self-sufficient state that will continue to provide students with the opportunity to carry out graduate studies and to provide our researchers the support they require to pursue the long-term studies that are the essence of our mandate.

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MICS Donation Program - Fair Market Tax Deduction 

MICS is a US and Canadian non-profit research organization. All donations made to MICS are tax-deductible. Our research focuses on the local populations of blue, humpback, fin, and minke whales, with complementary studies on Atlantic white-sided and white-beaked dolphins. MICS is best known for being the first organization in the world to have carried out long term studies of the blue whale. Through photo-identification techniques developed by MICS, a catalogue of over 400 blue whales now exists for the North Atlantic.