How We Work

Partnership Driven

The Conservation Fund specializes in partnering with communities, corporations and governments to develop innovative solutions for the nation’s complex conservation challenges. The Fund's pioneering approach to conservation blends environmental and economic needs and objectives. The Freshwater Institute provides a variety of services to clients and partners including government agencies, nonprofit organizations, education and research institutions, communities, businesses, and individuals.

As one of the nation's most efficient environmental nonprofits, The Conservation Fund's fees and overhead rates are often the lowest of any national conservation organization. Working with the Freshwater Institute provides clients and partners access to state-of-the-art technology, objective information, professional staff support and assures that client fees and project funding always support direct action and outcomes.

The Conservation Fund, with its 1% fundraising costs and 96% program allocation, is recognized as the nation's top environmental nonprofit by two prominent charity watchdog organizations, Charity Navigator and the American Institute of Philanthropy.