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How We Work

Every community—and landscape—is different. That's why conservation calls for different solutions, from protecting land to empowering rural communities, strategically planning infrastructure, investing in sustainable business and using water wisely. At The Conservation Fund, we do all this and more.

How? We’re a nonprofit that treats conservation as our business. We provide the skills, strategies and funds that our partners need to fulfill conservation priorities swiftly and successfully. With support from donors, we partner with community, government and corporate leaders to protect America's favorite outdoor places and to conserve resources for healthy, sustainable communities. We operate leanly, with no formal membership, charitable endowment or political agenda.

The fuel that powers our work is our land conservation Revolving Fund. Our Revolving Fund works like this: when we are asked to conserve high priority lands for one of our partners such as the National Park Service or a state wildlife agency, we use our Revolving Fund to acquire the land and hold it until the public agency can buy it back from us. Upon repayment, we return the money to the fund and and it is ready for the next land conservation project. Dollar for dollar, our Revolving Fund has protected more land than any other land conservation vehicle. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

Help Save Our Wild Havens

baby bear in Alaska

At the Fund we help save wild havens: large, natural spaces for wildlife to be exactly that—wild. Your gift ensures that wildlife, like this bear cub, has the habitat it needs to thrive.

 

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