Application | Mount St. Helens Institute Field Trip | Financial Assistance

In order to make the volcano accessible to ALL youth from around the region, the Mount St. Helens Institute offers reduced-rate and fee-waived programs for schools and youth groups that qualify. Financial assistance is only possible through the support of our generous foundations, supporters and individual donors.

Each school/group is evaluated individually, based on the needs of the group. 

All groups receiving financial assistance must have a financial assistance application on file in the same school year in which the program occurs, beginning August 1 and ending July 31.

Please note, the MAXIMUM financial assistance we can provide for groups is $4999 within each annual fiscal year.

All groups receiving financial assistance must be able to provide a W9 for their organization.

Transportation Reimbursement is available for groups who qualify and are registered for programs. After your field trip is completed, you can submit the form, which will be included with your registration materials. Qualifying schools will receive reimbursement for the cost of school bus or transportation up to $600 per bus or $12/person (whichever is less).  Availability of funding is limited by our grant funding and is not guaranteed.

Funds are limited and funding will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.  The Mount St. Helens Institute will reply to your application within 2 weeks during open registration period. During our program season (April - November) our staff are busy working programs and take more time to respond. Please reach out to us directly by emailing learn@mshinstitute.org if you have any questions. Sometimes our emails are filtered to spam, please reach out if you think that you are not receiving emails from us.

For more information about financial assistance and to view our criteria, please review our website.
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I am applying for financial assistance for...
You may select both.  Our virtual field trips are designed to complement in-person field trips.
Group Information
School/Youth Group Name *
Teacher/Organizer First & Last Name *
School/Organization City *
School/Organization County *
School/Organization State (please use abbreviation, such as WA for Washington) *
Describe the type of group: *
What age/grade level is your group? *
What percentage of students in your school/group are from low-income homes?  *
Estimate to the category to the best of your ability. Share any notes/information in the next question.
Please describe your students opportunity need. *
Is your group able to contribute to the program fee? If so, how much are you able to contribute? *
What are your learning outcomes? How does this field trip connect to your curriculum?
If selected for funding, will you be commit to the completing the following? (Check all that apply) *
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Once we receive your application, we will respond with an email from learn@mshinstitute.org. Sometimes our emails are filtered and are not received. 

Please provide a phone number (formatted XXX-XXX-XXXX) for which we can call or text to notify you when we send an email regarding your award eligibility.
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For the phone number provided above, what type of phone number is this? *
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