Tumacacori Highlands, Arizona. Photo: Matt Skroch
History Of Grants
In 1989, our founding member companies recognized that the outdoor industry needed to do more to protect the landscapes on which the industry depends. Wild places provide crucial habitat for wildlife. They also cradle the pristine forests, deserts, mountains, rock faces, and rivers where outdoor enthusiasts use the high quality gear and clothing our members make. Since our founding in 1989, The Conservation Alliance has contributed more than $6.5 million to the most effective conservation organizations in North America. The following list represents our commitment to keeping wild places intact for wildlife and recreation, today and into the future.
| Grand Total | $6,585,059 |
| 2008 - American Whitewater | $25,000.00 |
| 2008 - Appalachian Mountain Club & Trust for Public Land | $30,000.00 |
| 2008 - Audubon Alaska | $30,000.00 |
| 2008 - Campaign to Save Roan Plateau | $20,000.00 |
| 2008 - Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society | $30,000.00 |
| 2008 - Cascade Land Conservancy | $30,000.00 |
| 2008 - Colorado Mountain Club | $20,000.00 |
| 2008 - Colorado Wild | $20,000.00 |
| 2008 - Conservation Northwest | $25,000.00 |
| 2008 - Greater Yellowstone Coalition | $30,000.00 |
| 2008 - Idaho Conservation League | $20,000.00 |
| 2008 - Northern Alaska Enviromental Center | $30,000.00 |
| 2008 - Oregon Natural Desert Association | $30,000.00 |
| 2008 - Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition | $30,000.00 |
| 2008 - Trout Unlimited Alaska Program | $30,000.00 |
| 2008 - WaterWatch of Oregon | $25,000.00 |
| 2008 - West Virginia Wilderness Coalition | $25,000.00 |
| 2007 - Adirondack Mountain Club | $20,000.00 |
| 2007 - Alaska Wilderness League | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - Appalachian Trail Conservancy | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - California Trout | $15,000.00 |
| 2007 - Clayoquot Solutions Steering Committee | $20,000.00 |
| 2007 - Colorado Environmental Coalition | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - Friends of Allegheny Wilderness | $25,000.00 |
| 2007 - Friends of the River | $20,000.00 |
| 2007 - Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center | $20,000.00 |
| 2007 - Montana Wilderness Association | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - Nevada Wilderness Project | $20,000.00 |
| 2007 - Oregon Wild | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - Save Our Wild Salmon | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - WildSouth | $20,000.00 |
| 2007 - The Wilderness Society of Idaho | $15,000.00 |
| 2007 - Utah Rivers Council | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - Western Colorado Congress | $15,000.00 |
| 2007 - West Virginia Wilderness Coalition | $15,000.00 |
| 2007 - Winter Wildlands Alliance | $20,000.00 |
| 2007 - Rivers Without Borders | $25,000.00 |
| 2007 - Arizona Wilderness Coalition | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - Friends of Nevada Wilderness | $25,000.00 |
| 2007 - Idaho Conservation League | $50,000.00 |
| 2007 - Conservation Northwest | $50,000.00 |
| 2007 - Raincoast Conservation Society | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - Campaign for the Snake Headwaters | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - California Wilderness Coalition | $35,000.00 |
| 2007 - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $25,000.00 |
| 2007 - Appalachian Voices | $30,000.00 |
| 2007 - Alaska Coalition | $35,000.00 |
| 2006 - Save Our Wild Salmon | $25,000.00 |
| 2006 - California Wild Heritage Campaign | $35,000.00 |
| 2006 - Idaho Conservation League | $25,000.00 |
| 2006 - Coal River Mountain Watch | $25,000.00 |
| 2006 - Montana Wilderness Association | $60,000.00 |
| 2006 - Arizona Wilderness Coalition | $30,000.00 |
| 2006 - Winter Wildlands Alliance | $25,000.00 |
| 2006 - RESTORE: The North Woods | $20,000.00 |
| 2006 - Forest Watch | $20,000.00 |
| 2006 - Oregon Natural Resource Council | $15,000.00 |
| 2006 - Alaska Wilderness League | $60,000.00 |
| 2006 - Greater Yellowstone Coalition | $30,000.00 |
| 2006 - Carolina Climber's Coalition | $30,000.00 |
| 2006 - Northeast Wilderness Trust | $30,000.00 |
| 2006 - Colorado Environmental Coalition | $25,000.00 |
| 2006 - American Whitewater | $20,000.00 |
| 2006 - Deschutes Basin Land Trust | $25,000.00 |
| 2006 - Nevada Wilderness Project | $20,000.00 |
| 2006 - Forest Guardians | $20,000.00 |
| 2006 - Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society | $20,000.00 |
| 2005 - Alaska Conservation Foundation | $30,000.00 |
| 2005 - Alaska Wilderness League | $70,000.00 |
| 2005 - California Wilderness Coalition | $30,000.00 |
| 2005 - Campaign for the Snake Headwaters | $30,000.00 |
| 2005 - North Fork River Improvement Association | $15,000.00 |
| 2005 - Restore Hetch Hetchy | $20,000.00 |
| 2005 - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $25,000.00 |
| 2005 - West Virginia Wilderness Coalition | $15,000.00 |
| 2005 - Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center | $35,000.00 |
| 2005 - Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition | $32,000.00 |
| 2005 - Dogwood Alliance | $23,000.00 |
| 2005 - Endangered Species Coalition | $30,000.00 |
| 2005 - Nevada Wilderness Project | $30,000.00 |
| 2005 - Northeast Wilderness Trust | $30,000.00 |
| 2005 - Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition | $20,000.00 |
| 2004 - Alaska Conservation Foundation | $32,000.00 |
| 2004 - American Wildlands | $32,000.00 |
| 2004 - Arizona Wilderness Coalition | $32,000.00 |
| 2004 - California Wilderness Coalition | $32,000.00 |
| 2004 - Friends of the Blackwater | $32,000.00 |
| 2004 - Boundary Waters Wilderness Foundation | $35,000.00 |
| 2004 - RESTORE: The North Woods | $30,000.00 |
| 2004 - Oregon Natural Resources Council | $30,000.00 |
| 2004 - Idaho Rivers United | $30,000.00 |
| 2004 - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $25,000.00 |
| 2004 - Glen Canyon Institute | $25,000.00 |
| 2004 - Oregon Natural Desert Association | $25,000.00 |
| 2003 - Tuolumne River Preservation Trust | $33,000.00 |
| 2003 - RESTORE: The North Woods | $33,000.00 |
| 2003 - Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition | $33,000.00 |
| 2003 - Oregon Natural Resources Council | $33,000.00 |
| 2003 - Utah Rivers Council | $28,000.00 |
| 2003 - Appalachian Mountain Club | $28,000.00 |
| 2003 - Cook Inlet Keeper | $22,000.00 |
| 2003 - Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center | $30,000.00 |
| 2003 - Nevada Wilderness Project | $30,000.00 |
| 2003 - Predator Conservation Alliance | $20,000.00 |
| 2003 - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $30,000.00 |
| 2002 - California Wilderness Coalition | $35,000.00 |
| 2002 - Oregon Natural Desert Association | $35,000.00 |
| 2002 - Oregon Natural Resources Council | $35,000.00 |
| 2002 - American Whitewater | $35,000.00 |
| 2002 - Utah Open Lands | $35,000.00 |
| 2002 - Ventana Wilderness Alliance | $10,000.00 |
| 2002 - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $35,000.00 |
| 2002 - Northern Forest Alliance | $35,000.00 |
| 2002 - American Lands Alliance | $30,000.00 |
| 2002 - Nevada Wilderness Project | $25,000.00 |
| 2001 - Dogwood Alliance | $35,000.00 |
| 2001 - RESTORE: The North Woods | $35,000.00 |
| 2001 - Winter Wildlands Alliance | $35,000.00 |
| 2001 - Jackson Forest Restoration Campaign | $25,000.00 |
| 2001 - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $30,000.00 |
| 2001 - Atlantic Salmon Federation | $30,000.00 |
| 2001 - California Wild Heritage Campaign | $30,000.00 |
| 2001 - Raincoast Conservation Society | $30,000.00 |
| 2001 - Sierra Club Grizzly Bear Ecosystems Project | $30,000.00 |
| 2001 - Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council | $11,309.00 |
| 2000 - BC Spaces for Nature | $35,000.00 |
| 2000 - Utah Rivers Council | $30,000.00 |
| 2000 - Save Our Wild Salmon | $35,000.00 |
| 2000 - California Wilderness Coalition | $20,000.00 |
| 2000 - Oregon Natural Desert Association | $20,000.00 |
| 2000 - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $35,000.00 |
| 2000 - Raincoast Conservation Foundation | $35,000.00 |
| 2000 - Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project | $35,000.00 |
| 2000 - Oregon Natural Resources Council | $17,500.00 |
| 2000 - Appalachian Trail Conference | $17,500.00 |
| 1999 - Hells Canyon Preservation Council | $35,000.00 |
| 1999 - Sea Turtle Restoration Project | $35,000.00 |
| 1999 - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance | $35,000.00 |
| 1999 - Grand Canyon Wildlands Council | $20,000.00 |
| 1999 - Oregon Natural Resource Council | $15,000.00 |
| 1999 - The Wildlands Project | $25,000.00 |
| 1999 - Vahalla Wilderness Society | $35,000.00 |
| 1999 - South Yuba Citizens League | $35,000.00 |
| 1999 - Siskiyou Regional Education Project | $30,000.00 |
| 1999 - Ancient Forest International | $25,000.00 |
| 1998 - Wild Utah Forest Campaign | $35,000.00 |
| 1998 - Alliance for the Wild Rockies | $35,000.00 |
| 1998 - South Yuba River Citizens League | $35,000.00 |
| 1998 - River Network | $35,000.00 |
| 1998 - Protect Kohanaiki Ohana | $12,600.00 |
| 1998 - Friends of the River | $31,000.00 |
| 1998 - Predator Project | $35,000.00 |
| 1998 - Southwest Center for Biological Diversity | $35,000.00 |
| 1998 - Boulder White Clouds Council | $35,000.00 |
| 1997 - American Whitewater | $35,000.00 |
| 1997 - Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society | $30,000.00 |
| 1997 - People for Puget Sound | $25,000.00 |
| 1997 - Rivers Canada | $17,000.00 |
| 1997 - The Nature Conservancy of Utah | $35,000.00 |
| 1997 - Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Fund | $35,000.00 |
| 1997 - John Muir Project | $35,000.00 |
| 1996 - Oregon Natural Desert Association | $35,000.00 |
| 1996 - Northern Alaska Environmental Center | $35,000.00 |
| 1996 - Project Key West: The Last Stand | $24,000.00 |
| 1996 - RESTORE: The North Woods | $20,000.00 |
| 1996 - Headwaters Forest Coordinating Committee | $50,000.00 |
| 1996 - Trustees for Alaska | $35,000.00 |
| 1996 - Friends of the River | $32,250.00 |
| 1996 - Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | $24,500.00 |
| 1996 - Lillian Anne Rowe Audubon Sanctuary | $33,970.00 |
| 1996 - The Access Fund | $35,000.00 |
| 1995 - Heartwood | $35,000.00 |
| 1995 - Montana River Action Network | $35,000.00 |
| 1995 - The Clavey River Preservation Coalition (California) | $20,650.00 |
| 1995 - The Greater Ecosystem Alliance (Washington) | $20,000.00 |
| 1995 - Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (Ontario, Canada) | $15,000.00 |
| 1995 - The American Mountain Foundation (Colorado) | $35,000.00 |
| 1995 - Northern Forest Alliance (Vermont) | $35,000.00 |
| 1995 - Southwest Ctr. for Biological Diversity (New Mexico) | $35,000.00 |
| 1995 - Utah Wilderness Coalition (Utah) | $33,750.00 |
| 1994 - Trout Unlimited (Virginia) | $30,000.00 |
| 1994 - Tuolumne River Preservation Trust (California) | $30,000.00 |
| 1994 - Greater Yellowstone Coalition (Montana) | $30,000.00 |
| 1994 - Sierran Biodiversity Institute (California) | $29,592.00 |
| 1994 - Pinelands Preservation Alliance (New Jersey) | $49,000.00 |
| 1994 - Mississippi River Basin Alliance (Missouri) | $28,885.00 |
| 1994 - Northwoods Wilderness Recovery (Michigan) | $23,670.00 |
| 1994 - New York/New Jersey Trail Conference (New York) | $30,000.00 |
| 1994 - South Yuba River Citizens League (California) | $30,000.00 |
| 1994 - Road Removal Implementation Project: (California) | $27,000.00 |
| 1993 - Adirondack Mountain Club (New York) | $35,000.00 |
| 1993 - The Access Fund (Colorado) | $30,300.00 |
| 1993 - The Sierra Club of Western Canada (British Columbia) | $30,000.00 |
| 1993 - The Oregon Natural Resources Council (Oregon) | $17,700.00 |
| 1993 - American Whitewater Affiliation (Maryland) | $40,000.00 |
| 1993 - Mineral Policy Center (Washington, D.C.) | $35,000.00 |
| 1993 - Forests Forever, Inc. (California) | $32,500.00 |
| 1993 - Friends of the Bitterroot (Montana) | $30,000.00 |
| 1993 - InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council (California) | $30,000.00 |
| 1992 - Idaho Rivers United (Idaho) | $33,000.00 |
| 1992 - Inland Empire Public Lands Council (Washington) | $40,000.00 |
| 1992 - Friends of the River (California) | $40,000.00 |
| 1992 - Friends of Grandfather Mountain (North Carolina) | $40,000.00 |
| 1992 - Lighthawk, The Environmental Air Force (New Mexico) | $38,725.00 |
| 1992 - The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (Utah) | $17,200.00 |
| 1992 - River Conservation International (Washington, D.C.) | $30,000.00 |
| 1991 - The Oregon Rivers Council (Oregon) | $30,000.00 |
| 1991 - Tatshenshini Wild (British Columbia) | $29,628.00 |
| 1991 - The Green Mountain Club (Vermont) | $30,000.00 |
| 1991 - Smith River Alliance (California) | $25,000.00 |
| 1991 - Western Ancient Forest Campaign (Oregon) | $55,000.00 |
| 1991 - Northeast Alliance to Protect James Bay (Massachusetts) | $34,370.00 |
| 1991 - Share the Water Coalition (California) | $30,128.00 |
| 1990 - Natural Resources Council of Maine (Maine) | $18,572.00 |
| 1990 - Friends of the Shawangunks (New York) | $30,000.00 |
| 1990 - Friends of the River (California) | $39,960.00 |
| 1990 - West Virginia Rivers Coalition (Washington, D.C.) | $40,000.00 |
| 1990 - Trust for Public Land/Pinnacles Fund (Washington) | $15,000.00 |
| 1990 - Ice Age Park and Trail (Wisconsin) | $38,800.00 |
| 1989 - Friends of the Payette (Idaho) | $40,000.00 |
| 1989 - Appalachian Trail Conference (West Virginia) | $55,000.00 |
| 1989 - Greater Yellowstone Coalition (Montana) | $20,000.00 |
| 1989 - The Utah Wilderness Coalition (Utah) | $40,000.00 |