The Nature Conservancy. Protecting nature. Preserving life.™

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Over the past 60 years, The Nature Conservancy has grown to become the world’s largest and most respected international conservation organization. Our growth is due in large part to our solid, science-based approach that enables us to identify the planet's most important natural places. But, it is also due to our unique ability to work with all stakeholders to achieve lasting conservation results, and to raise awareness about preserving and restoring the natural world.

Since 1951, the Conservancy has:

• Grown to be the world’s largest conservation organization with net assets of $4.3 billion.
   
• Earned high ratings from leading charity watchdog organizations, including the American Institute of Philanthropy, Charity Navigator and the Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance.
   
• Protected more than 117 million acres of land and 5,000 miles of river around the world.

Our Members

The Nature Conservancy counts approximately one million members who are committed to our mission.
In general, Conservancy members are:

• College graduates, with a high percentage holding advanced degrees.
   
• Loyal — 70 percent have been members for 3 years or more, and 33 percent have been members for 10 years or more.
   
• Supportive of partnerships with the business community to advance the organization’s mission.
   
• More likely to travel, hike, enjoy the arts, and own vacation property than the general population.

How to Work with Us 

Improve Business Practices: The Conservancy seeks to leverage our global presence, field strength and our science and conservation planning expertise to influence business practices in select industries whose activities can have a significant impact on the natural systems we seek to conserve.

Support Important Science and Conservation Projects: The Conservancy accepts contributions from companies that support conservation at a local, state, national or international level and redirects those funds to conservation projects and scientific research that will support large-scale conservation outcomes.

Raise Awareness for Conservation: The Conservancy works with companies to develop campaigns and outreach strategies aimed at broadening the base of support for conservation and reaching new and more diverse audiences with messages about the connection between people and nature.

Champion Conservation Policy: The Conservancy engages with leading companies to help advance conservation policy at all levels of government. Company leaders can bring important new perspectives to public policy debates and show elected officials that support for conservation is broad-based and important to all sectors of society.