The Nature Conservancy

Date: 2017

Asset Class: Grant

Description:  The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. They have protected more than 119,000,000 acres of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide. The grant supports the Sustainable Water Impact Fund, which uses market generated funds to compensate water holders for their sustainable practices.

Why We Invest: The Nature Conservancy focuses on obtaining property rights to permanently conserve environmentally important land. They operate at scale and were founded in 1951 to increase their effectiveness.