About this Organization
For more than 65 years, the Alice Ferguson Foundation has shared the wonder and excitement of outdoor hands-on learning with students and residents of Virginia, Maryland, and Washington DC. Located on 330 acres of working farmland, emergent wetlands, and the longest, freshwater Living Shoreline in the nation, the staff and educators of Alice Ferguson Foundation have provided transformative environmental education experiences for nearly half a million area students since 1954. Each year, we teach 8,000 students about science, sustainability and human impact. Beyond our programs with kids, we help engage more than 10,000 volunteers in trash cleanup events across the region, and connect hundreds more community members to their local natural environments and the natural world. Much of the Alice Ferguson Foundation's work is focused on serving and reaching diverse communities across Prince George’s County and Washington, DC. We currently serve students across all Wards of Washington DC and more than 20 percent of the students we serve come from Prince George's County Public Schools.
