Collaborative conservation brings diverse stakeholders together to sustain healthy landscapes and strengthen communities. Organizations fostering collaborative conservation depend on philanthropy to advance collaborative conservation, while philanthropic organizations depend on these organizations to advance their missions. Both face challenges engaging with each other as they work toward shared goals, yet open dialogue about how funders and practitioners work together is rare.

In Arizona, farmers are exploring how drought-resistant guayule can help agriculture survive - and sustain the region’s water supply

An evaluation of the Walton Family Foundation’s Covid response offers lessons in the opportunities and challenges of emergency funding

New research reveals the depth of the mental health crisis among our youth. Before it gets worse, we must listen, learn and lead on solutions to help

The Urban Land Institute is building a “community of practice” among regional city planners

With the Good Energy Project, Anna Jane Joyner aims to get climate a starring role in Hollywood

When COVID-19 forced The Pontchartrain Conservancy to pause its fieldwork, the organization used the moment to refresh its operations

Following a successful mask-making push, INTERFORM expands into small-batch production

What we’ve learned about managing polarities in crisis grantmaking

The foundation launches a forward-looking, five-year strategy in the region, anchored by community input

Working together, we can embrace innovation and protect Arizona’s water resources

A pilot program in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, brings a teacher training organization to Jefferson County

In Jefferson County, Arkansas, Go Forward Pine Bluff is charting a path to greater opportunity.

When teams talk about what went wrong, they learn what works, what should change and what to do better

In the West, conservationists, ranchers and land managers are restoring streams with techniques perfected by nature’s most diligent engineers

Amid the hardships of the past year, our grantees and partners have been beacons of inspiration