Nature Conservancy
Liane Davis enters observations into an electronic data recorder from a stream that feeds into Ellsworth Creek, a TNC project site at Willapa Bay in Washington. (Photo: Photo by Harle Soltes)
About Nature Conservancy
4245 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, Va. 22203
www.nature.org
| 703-841-5300
| Founded: 1951
Industry: Other | Category: Nonprofits
The world's largest environmental group uses novel financing tools to buy or otherwise protect 117 million acres and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide. Last year, the nonprofit Nature Conservancy brokered the largest debt-for-nature swap in history, persuading the U.S. government to forgive $26 million in debt in exchange for Costa Rica's protection of its tropical forests. The group also lost its president of seven years, Steven J. McCormick, who quit abruptly in October.
2007 Financial Data
Revenues: $1,300,000,000Total employees: 3,701 | Local employees: 425
Did You Know
ON HIS RÉSUMÉ: Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. was chairman of the charity's board of directors before his Cabinet appointment in 2006.
