Topic: Conservation

From demonstration farms launched when farming was still unmechanized to confronting climate change in the twenty-first century, American philanthropy has played a key role in shaping and supporting efforts to lift rural communities out of poverty through agriculture.

A short-lived environmental research program in the 1970s was an early foray into climate change funding.

The nation’s parks, perhaps our most remarkable public resource, have a history of development through private giving.

Who defines the public good? The showdown caused when a wealthy philanthropist bought land and tried to give it to the American people.

Environmental education was once an unusual idea. The Audubon Society changed that and became the household name it is today.