Environmental Group Funding
The nation’s 10 largest environmental groups raised $538 million in 1997, an 11% boost over 1996.
The Nature Conservancy topped the list by raising $235 million in private support (+15%), according
to the Nov. 5th Chronicle of Philanthropy, which ranked the top 400 charities.
The National Fish and Wildlife foundation (+48%) and the Wildlife Conservation society (+36%)
also did well. Environmental groups, many now 25 years old, are launching nationwide capital
campaigns, raising money for endowments or adopting other fund-raising techniques use by
well-established non-profits, the Chronicle said.
| Environmental |
1997 |
1996 |
| Nature Cons. |
$235,000,000 |
$204,000,000 |
| Ducks Unlimited |
$60,000,000 |
$55,000,000 |
| World Wildlife Fund |
$46,000,000 |
$48,000,000 |
| Trust for Public Lands |
$37,000,000 |
$38,000,000 |
| Nat. F&W Foundation |
$37,000,000 |
$25,000,000 |
| Wildlife Cons. Society |
$27,000,000 |
$20,000,000 |
| Nat'l Res. Def. Cons |
$26,000,000 |
$23,000,000 |
| Env. Defense Fund |
$25,000,000 |
$23,000,000 |
| Nat. Wildlife Fed. |
$23,000,000 |
$21,000,000 |
| Nat. Audubon Soc. |
$22,000,000 |
$21,000,000 |
A little closer to home here in the northwest and the western United
States, we have several organizations which have taken up the extreme environmental cause funding
radical groups throughout our region for quite some time. Just to name a couple, the Bullit Foundation,
out of Seattle WA. donates a minimum of $5 million a year to groups fighting logging, mining and all
other extractive industry in western Canada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Another
organization in our region is the Brainard Foundation also out of Seattle. They also funnel millions
to radical organizations.
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