Major Partners and Supporters of The Nature Conservancy 3M  Abercrombie & Kent American Electric Power Bank of America BP Burt’s Bees Busch Entertainment Corporation Cargill Caterpillar Domtar ESRI Exelon General Motors   Georgia-Pacific Hewlett-Packard The Home Depot  Lowe’s Companies  MeadWestvaco Merrill Lynch  Microsoft Monsanto Fund  Nestle Waters North America Northwest Airlines  Office Depot Oracle  Organic Bouquet  Orvis Procter & Gamble Sea World/Discovery Cove Thanks Again Tom’s of Maine  Visa Xerox

Conservation-minded businesses can support The Nature Conservancy in a number of ways. For more information, please contact corporate_partnerships@tnc.org.

Program Support

We work with businesses to create corporate citizenship packages that provide contributions of money and in-kind donations to support conservation.

Recent examples:

• Xerox invested $1 million to strengthen forest conservation practices
• General Motors donated a Saturn VUE Green Line Hybrid sport utility vehicle to The Nature Conservancy in Maryland/DC
• A gift of $500,000 from AEP helped the Conservancy complete a historic debt-for-nature swap with Guatemala.

Land Donations

Corporations may donate surplus commercial real estate (“trade lands”) and conservation areas to The Nature Conservancy.

Recent examples:

• Conservation Area: BP America donated 655 acres of forested wetlands and mature hardwood forests along the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia to The Nature Conservancy
• Trade Land: 3M donated a 15-acre tract of land in Copley, Ohio, that had been used as a gravel mine. Net proceeds from the sale of the land benefited the Conservancy’s conservation work in Brazil.

Workplace Giving

Companies can make a commitment to include the environment in their employee giving campaigns by including The Nature Conservancy, Earth Share (a nationwide network of America’s leading nonprofit environmental and conservation organizations) or both. As a member of Earth Share, the Conservancy participates in several workplace charity campaigns including the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC #10643), state employee campaigns, and several corporate campaigns. By contributing to the Conservancy through Earth Share, employees pledge a specified amount from each paycheck to be automatically deducted. For more information about Earth Share, including how businesses can host a campaign, visit Earth Share online or e-mail workplacegiving@tnc.org. 

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Budd Titlow (Great blue heron); Photo © Chris Helzer (Common Buckeye butterfly)