Conservation Northwest
“To protect, connect, and restore wildlands and wildlife in the Pacific Northwest.”
The work
What they do
Protects and connects old-growth forests and other wildlands in the Pacific Northwest.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “NORTHWEST CONSERVATION DISTRICT WORKS TO CONSERVE LOCAL NATURAL RESOURCES BY DELIVERING TECHNICAL SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. WE FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE AND ENERGY USE, PROMOTE ECOSYSTEM PLANNING, WATERSHED AND OPEN SPACE PROTECTION.”
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
The work as filed
$194KProvide technical assistance to municipal land use commissions and implement grant projects.
Read it as they filed it
Provide technical assistance to municipal land use commissions and implement grant projects.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Bringing people into the fight
$122KEducation and Outreach. NCD provides targeted environmental training for municipal land use commissions and staff as well as the general public.
Read it as they filed it
Education and Outreach. NCD provides targeted environmental training for municipal land use commissions and staff as well as the general public. Our Envirothon Program is a natural resource based curriculum for high school students culminating in a field day competition.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Keeping the wild alive
$97KThe Earth Day Plant Program educates the public and promotes the value of native plants, local food production, organic land care, providing habitat for native pollinators, butterflies and other wildlife.
Read it as they filed it
The Earth Day Plant Program educates the public and promotes the value of native plants, local food production, organic land care, providing habitat for native pollinators, butterflies and other wildlife.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
83 cents of every dollar goes to the work
That ratio is a good sign, not a scorecard. Plenty of great groups run leaner and lumpier. What matters is the extremes, and Conservation Northwest is nowhere near one.
Backed on the record by Wilburforce Foundation and Pew Charitable Trusts, latest filing FY25.
$413,493 programs, $85,237 management, $1,306 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. Orgs that claim their page can update it same-day. Work at CNW? Claim this page.
Those 60 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If CNW is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Make it 61The record
The court record
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $710,896 |
| 2012 | $344,634 |
| 2013 | $538,385 |
| 2014 | $541,720 |
| 2015 | $375,834 |
| 2016 | $369,002 |
| 2017 | $366,274 |
| 2018 | $377,679 |
| 2019 | $381,718 |
| 2021 | $350,672 |
| 2022 | $460,471 |
| 2023 | $505,597 |
| 2024 | $628,284 |
| 2025 | $598,298 |
From $711K in 2011 to $598K in FY25, across 14 public filings.
Fights alongside Oregon Wild (3 shared cases), Cascadia Wildlands (2 shared cases), Center for Biological Diversity (2 shared cases), Klamath Forest Alliance (2 shared cases) and Earthjustice (1 shared case) and 1 more. Same case, same side, on the federal docket.
The record
On the Hill
Conservation Northwest has hired federal lobbyists: 1 filing in 2019. The filings, at the Senate.
Most filed on real estate/land use/conservation.
Their ground
The places they defend
See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The Washington congressional delegation averages 79 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
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Ways in
How to help
83 cents of your dollar goes straight to the work above.
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37 years on the ground, 60 volunteers, 1 live lawsuit, 83 cents of every dollar on the line. That is who is holding it. There is room for one more.