Conservation Initiatives
The National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation recently adopted a new strategic
plan under which
will operate three types of initiatives: Keystone, Charter and Venture
Initiatives. Collectively, these initiatives
will enable the Foundation to focus on achieving maximum sustainable
conservation impact while being responsive to funders, attracting more
money to conservation, investing in innovation and best practices, and
managing its own financial health.
Keystone Initiatives
Keystone initiatives
represent a core portfolio of issue-specific initiatives with clear
long-term goals, well articulated strategies and defined budgets to
reach desired conservation outcomes. The Foundation will take a
proactive role to identify grantees, evaluate best practices and
innovative solutions proposed by grantees, and work with grantees or
groups of grantees to assure the collective results achieve the
Foundation’s and its partners objectives in “moving the
needle.”
Charter Initiatives
Charter initiatives are
typically partner-driven, with a well-defined, narrow scope.
Charter initiatives provide an opportunity to engage in community or
regional conservation issues and be responsive to a federal agency,
corporate partner or other sponsor seeking the Foundation’s
expertise and assistance in achieving specific conservation
goals.
Venture Initiatives
Venture
initiatives provide a structured approach in identifying new and less
traditional approaches to investing in conservation. Venture
initiatives are treated similar to venture capital portfolios, i.e.,
numerous ideas are explored, proof of concept helps determine viability,
and some ventures are approved to move forward while others are
terminated based on clear go/no go criteria.