The Conservation Fund successfully issued and closed $150 million of ten-year bonds, rated A3 by Moody’s, in September 2019. Our goal is to invest all proceeds into Working Forest Fund^® projects to accelerate the scale and speed of our mission impact. In addition, we hope to significantly increase the level of philanthropic capital for this urgent mission to leverage the bond proceeds across more projects, and re-invest those proceeds more than once, if possible, before maturity.

 

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The impact measures and project stories below highlight our ability to invest the bond proceeds into projects that will create permanent conservation outcomes and support local communities that depend on one of our country’s most important natural resources—forests.

Our financial and tax forms are available as PDF downloads:

• The Conservation Fund’s 2021 Audited Financials – Excluding NCIFund

Thank you for advancing a proven solution to one of the greatest conservation challenges our country faces today.

Impact to Date:as of March 27, 2023 (unaudited)

Green Bonds Issued $150,000,000 Green Bonds Principal Invested Plus Redeployment $168,537,485 Total Value of Projects Utilizing Green Bonds Proceeds $470,951,120 Number of Projects 15 Total Project Acres 431,839 Total Jobs Created or Maintained 2,900 Total Economic Impact $345,642,977 Metric Tons of CO2e Sequestered 109,571,321 Miles of Streams/Rivers Protected  1,060