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Nature Conservancy
A global environmental nonprofit headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, founded in 1951. It works to protect ecologically important lands and waters through land acquisition and conservation easements, scientific research, policy advocacy, and community partnerships. With over a million members and roughly a thousand scientists, it operates conservation programs across all 50 U.S. states and dozens of countries and territories worldwide.
Open the interactive profileFinancials, fiscal 2023
- Revenue
- $1.17B
- Expenses
- $1.12B
- Total assets
- $9.22B
- Net assets
- $7.79B
- Operating margin
- 4.0%
- 1-year growth
- -11.1%
- 5-year growth (CAGR)
- 4.0%
- Reserve (years of spending)
- 83.4
- Contributions share
- 84.0%
- Programme spending
- 9.0%
- Fundraising cost
- 2.4%
- Executive pay share
- 0.48%
- Employees
- 4,459
- Revenue per employee
- $261K
- Grants paid
- $60.3M
- Years filing
- 69
NFP Health Score: 70 / 100
Financial 60 · Governance 65 · Operational 100. The score is built from Form 990 line items only. It cannot measure how well an organisation delivers its mission.
Mission
To conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.
Revenue history
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $998.1M |
| 2020 | $1.14B |
| 2021 | $1.29B |
| 2022 | $1.31B |
| 2023 | $1.17B |