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Nature is full of organisms that can evolve, and adapt, to thrive in turbulent times.
organizations and contributors on this map do not imply endorsement or acceptance by Conservation International of those boundaries or country names.
With offices in more than 100 countries, Conservation International’s reach has never been broader, but our mission remains the same: to protect nature for the benefit of us all.
At the UN climate talks in Glasgow, delegates put nature front and center to confront the climate crisis.
CENTER STAGE “Years from now, the point — the point at which the Paris Agreement’s aspirations finally began to turn into action,” according to Shyla Raghav, vice president of climate change at Conservation International.
For perhaps the first time, nature took center stage at the climate talks, thanks to years of strenuous effort — by Conservation International and others — to raise the profile and importance of nature as an essential solution to the global climate crisis.
The commitments and attention on nature, including a declaration by nearly 150 countries to end forest loss by 2030; a pledge by more than 30 financial institutions to eliminate deforestation from their portfolios by 2025; and $1.7 billion in pledges from governments and foundations to support the efforts of Indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting tropical forests.
We helped forge a breakthrough at international climate negotiations, which for the first time recognized the central role of nature as a climate solution — a position that we worked tirelessly for years to advance.
Our researchers helped to pinpoint the places in nature that humanity must protect.
And we worked with corporate partners to funnel millions of dollars toward protecting and restoring forests, perhaps humanity’s greatest ally in the climate fight.
As a next step, Conservation International and partners developed a roadmap to guide financial institutions in meeting their pledge to address deforestation risk in their portfolios and will be working to gain additional commitments from across the finance sector.
digital billboards, like this one in Switzerland, brought the sounds of nature to cities around the world.
It wasn’t the only way we ensured that nature’s voice was heard.
While You Can” campaign, which brought the sounds of nature to the streets of Glasgow — and beyond.
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL “As the climate crisis unfolds, those least responsible — the Global South, Indigenous peoples and other marginalized communities — are the ones suffering the most.
I’m proud to work with Conservation International to mend humanity’s relationship with Earth — and do so in a way that gives voice to frontline communities.
A new way to protect coastal forests — and the massive amounts of climate-warming carbon they store — took root in Colombia, thanks to a project developed by Conservation International and partners.
Cispatá forest can now be valued for its climate benefits and included in carbon markets.
initial funding needed to develop a sustainable ecotourism program and other economic activities for those who rely most on the mangrove forests.
To stop climate breakdown, we must emit less planet-warming greenhouse gases.
if the world stopped using fossil fuels tomorrow, we would fail to avert a worst-case climate scenario if we did not also reverse the destruction of ecosystems that absorb and store carbon.
The protection, management and restoration of forests represents the largest cost-effective natural climate solution — but receives a tiny fraction of all global climate funding.
Improving the management of “working forests” — that is, forests that supply wood for lumber, energy, paper and other products — opens a significant opportunity for countries to reach their climate and biodiversity targets.
When designed carefully, together with local stakeholders, these practices can have measurable and cost-effective impacts to mitigate climate change.
Nature Alliance, a global partnership to promote ocean conservation at an unprecedented scale.
With additional support from the Global Environment Facility, the Minderoo Foundation, and the Rob and Melani Walton Foundation, the alliance is moving the world closer to “worldwide initiative for governments to designate 30 percent of Earth’s land and ocean area as protected areas by the year 2030.
the Blue Nature Alliance will support local communities’ conservation priorities.
protected ocean area from than 30 percent of its national waters — a major leap that puts the Central American country nine years ahead of a global deadline to protect nearly a third of the world’s land and sea.
Costa Rica announced it would expand its protected ocean area from to more than 30 % % 01: Off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, the Cocos Island National Park provides a habitat for endangered sharks, sea turtles and marine mammals.
is planning a large-scale, seven-year initiative with benefits that tuna provides to Pacific communities and protect the critical ecosystems that support tuna populations.
A Conservation International study last year helped shine a light on the millions of onshore fish workers — predominantly women — who spend long hours cleaning and packaging fish in factories, maintaining community fish farms and often filling low-paying or informal positions throughout seafood supply chains around the world.
CONSERVATION Marine conservation will not be effective or durable unless it includes the full participation of the communities whose lives and livelihoods depend directly on the oceans.
Through the Blue Nature Alliance, Conservation International is incorporating social equity as a core value that informs our work around the world.
Conservation International staff contributing — explores these issues and calls for steps for improving social equity in ocean conservation efforts.
This research reviews how justice, equity, diversity and inclusion can be better integrated in marine conservation policy and practice, a significant resource for the field.
signal that Conservation International’s approach to marine conservation is one worth following. 01: Women fill 90 percent of land-based jobs at fisheries, including cleaning, processing and packaging — but often face systemic discrimination.
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL “We feel a deep and enduring connection to the Surf Conservation Partnership and its mission to protect precious marine and coastal areas.
However, as Liberia’s economy has grown, experts have warned that these ecosystems could become victims of unsustainable oil palm development, urbanization and logging.
with the government to account for the economic value of nature.
protection and production for the marine ecosystems they depend on.
protected areas within a broader system of sustainable ocean management.
and coastal habitats with similar characteristics such as thriving biodiversity, vibrant ecotourism and sustainable fishing practices.
A NEW HAVEN IN THE HIGHLANDS A small community in the Bolivian Andes is making a huge impact on one the most unique and biodiverse ecosystems in the world.
With support from Conservation International, the municipality of Guanay passed a law to conserve a huge swath of pristine cloud forests and vast grasslands blanketing the western slopes of these green highlands.
The area will also protect one of the only known populations of Oreobates zongoensis — the so-called “devil-eyed” frog, which was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered on a recent Conservation International expedition in Bolivia.
By choosing to protect a large part of its land, Guanay has set an example for other municipalities in Bolivia and across South America, spreading the message that conservation at the local level can have a big impact on protecting nature.
More than to a study led by Conservation International.
Nature-dependent communities are typically left out of decisions involving their lands and contribute the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet they feel the most severe impacts when nature is degraded.
Billions of people depend directly on nature for their food and incomes.
of people in the tropics depend on nature for at least one basic need 3 needs 2 needs1 need people in the tropics, or 70 percent, depend on nature for at least one basic need.
were not sopping up much of our carbon emissions, a Conservation International study found.
and protect the vast ecosystems that absorb half our carbon emissions each year.” Nearly 1 million species face extinction.
activities are likely to drive any given species closer to extinction, or whether nature-positive practices can actually reduce its extinction risk.
inclusion, Conservation International helps us fulfill our purpose.
GROWS Companies are increasingly taking on environmental challenges — but for many small and medium start-ups, financing is hard to come by.
CI Ventures, our investment fund, is filling that gap by providing funding for businesses that contribute to healthy ecosystems.
Environmental Finance named CI Ventures “Small Asset Manager of the Year” in its annual Impact Awards, which recognize the work of impact investors and highlight best practices.
Conservation International’s African Conservancies Fund also won in the “Impact Initiative of the Year-Africa” category for its work to deliver loans to the Maasai Mara Conservancies in Kenya, which were impacted by the loss of tourism revenues during the pandemic.
Blue Ocean Gear, a tech company that designs “smart buoys” to help fishers keep track of their equipment and reduce the impacts of lost gear on marine life.
This year, Conservation International partnered with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to support nature-based solutions in the voluntary carbon market.
International will commit $in Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia that prevent carbon emissions caused by deforestation and support local economies.
The partnership’s first carbon credit project in Peru’s Amarakaeri Communal Reserve is estimated to last years and yield annual emissions reductions equivalent to taking 75,000 passenger cars off the road each year.
incentives for communities, regions and countries to keep forests intact.
Keeping forests like these standing in Tapajós National Forest, Brazil, can help curb climate change.
The second year of a global pandemic brought numerous challenges to conservation organizations.
It also brought opportunities to show policymakers the links between nature and virus outbreaks — and how to adapt to them, and prevent them from happening in the first place.
OR RISK FUTURE PANDEMICS “Human health cannot be separated from the health of the planet,” warns Conservation International’s new pandemic prevention fellow, Dr. Neil Vora.
unique, research shows many share a key feature: They are driven by the destruction of nature.
These numbers are expected to rise even further in the coming decade if we continue to degrade nature.
must protect tropical forests and halt unsafe wildlife trade to prevent another global pandemic.
to prevent future disease outbreaks, more countries undermined rather than supported nature in decisions made after the onset of the COVID-researchers found.
economies in a way that values nature and those who depend on it.
the cloud forests atop Chyulu Hills in southeastern Kenya.
tion of natural ecosystems through deforestation could contribute to future viral outbreaks.
As COVID-cratered ecotourism in Africa, the people of Chyulu Hills in southeast Kenya — said to be the inspiration for Ernest Hemingway’s “Green Hills of Africa” — were able to tell a different story.
A forest carbon project in the Chyulu Hills, supported by Conservation International, offers financial incentives for communities, regions and countries to keep forests intact and prevent climate-warming carbon emissions caused by deforestation.
Revenues for the project come from the sale of carbon credits, which represent a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that countries, companies or individuals can purchase to compensate for emissions made somewhere else.
Conservation International has long led efforts to implement financial incentives for coffee farmers in the region.
Through conservation agreements, communities in the protected forest can receive benefits such as agricultural training and access to specialty-grade markets for the coffee they grow.
Conservation International’s origins provide a strong foundation for our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
More than Co-Founder Spencer Beebe envisioned a novel approach to large-scale environmental protection that placed local communities at the heart of conservation efforts.
For my people, it’s a connection to the past that gives shape to our traditions and beliefs — that’s why having a deep connection to Conservation International’s beginnings helps us build an even stronger culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Our roots have informed all that we’ve done for more than three decades, including being one of the first environmental organizations to develop a policy for partnering with Indigenous peoples — an initiative that evolved into our rights-based approach to conservation; supporting women to participate fully in community discussions and management decisions; and rolling out new systems to better address project impacts on people and the environment.
We elevated the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion into our top organizational priorities last year, and we now measure our progress toward greater workforce diversity, workplace inclusion, inclusive conservation and leadership accountability.
We are also working to promote inclusion and equity among our vast network of peer groups and partners across the conservation world; for example, we partnered with MIT and local leaders to establish the Afro-InterAmerican Forum on Climate Change to illuminate the unique climate and environmental challenges Afro-descendant communities face in the Americas and to promote their expertise in climate change decision-making.
Indigenous women from Amazonia gathered for a historic summit this year, uplifting their unique and essential role in conserving the world’s most iconic forest.
The gift to Conservation International is part of a $conservation in the tropical Andes.
We will work in direct partnership with Indigenous peoples and local communities, supporting their leadership and strengthening their land rights, while designing sustainable financing mechanisms that deliver long-lasting impacts for the region.
is helping farmers within Peru’s Alto Mayo Protected Forest sustainably and responsibly plant lucrative crops, including cacao.
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL The vast, dry rangelands of southern Africa are rich in biodiversity, critical for livelihoods and food security and vulnerable to the effects of overgrazing and climate change.
At the core of the model is Conservation International’s “conservation agreements” mechanism, which provides economic and other incentives or ben efits to communities to improve management of their natural resources.
conflict mitigation practices and adopt sustainable fisheries practices among other measures identified in consultations with local actors.
communities to initiate investable community- based, “nature-friendly” rural enterprises that can deliver environmental and social outcomes.
The Sue Taei Ocean Fellowship for Indigenous Women of the Pacific aims to elevate the role of Indigenous women from across the region in ocean conservation.
The Fellowship — in honor of the late Sue Taei, formerly executive director of Conservation International’s Pacific Islands program — announced its first two fellows in 2021.
She will soon return to New Zealand, where she will work to protect and advance the interests of Māori in the marine environment.
This first cohort promotes resolving challenges related to Indigenous economies, gender balance, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and more, based on their own solutions.
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Conservation International supporters and partners know that we need nature.
Their tremendous generosity is helping Conservation International protect nature for the future of us all.
NET ASSETS Thanks to several large, multi-year contributions, total Net Assets in fiscal year by $58.5 million, from $322.1 million to $380.6 million — with most of this increase derived from sources that support specific programs or purposes.

Nature is full of organisms that can evolve, and adapt, to thrive in turbulent times.

organizations and contributors on this map do not imply endorsement or acceptance by Conservation International of those boundaries or country names.

With offices in more than 100 countries, Conservation International’s reach has never been broader, but our mission remains the same: to protect nature for the benefit of us all.

At the UN climate talks in Glasgow, delegates put nature front and center to confront the climate crisis.

CENTER STAGE “Years from now, the point — the point at which the Paris Agreement’s aspirations finally began to turn into action,” according to Shyla Raghav, vice president of climate change at Conservation International.

For perhaps the first time, nature took center stage at the climate talks, thanks to years of strenuous effort — by Conservation International and others — to raise the profile and importance of nature as an essential solution to the global climate crisis.

The commitments and attention on nature, including a declaration by nearly 150 countries to end forest loss by 2030; a pledge by more than 30 financial institutions to eliminate deforestation from their portfolios by 2025; and $1.7 billion in pledges from governments and foundations to support the efforts of Indigenous peoples and local communities in protecting tropical forests.

We helped forge a breakthrough at international climate negotiations, which for the first time recognized the central role of nature as a climate solution — a position that we worked tirelessly for years to advance.

Our researchers helped to pinpoint the places in nature that humanity must protect.

And we worked with corporate partners to funnel millions of dollars toward protecting and restoring forests, perhaps humanity’s greatest ally in the climate fight.

As a next step, Conservation International and partners developed a roadmap to guide financial institutions in meeting their pledge to address deforestation risk in their portfolios and will be working to gain additional commitments from across the finance sector.

digital billboards, like this one in Switzerland, brought the sounds of nature to cities around the world.

It wasn’t the only way we ensured that nature’s voice was heard.

While You Can” campaign, which brought the sounds of nature to the streets of Glasgow — and beyond.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL “As the climate crisis unfolds, those least responsible — the Global South, Indigenous peoples and other marginalized communities — are the ones suffering the most.

I’m proud to work with Conservation International to mend humanity’s relationship with Earth — and do so in a way that gives voice to frontline communities.

A new way to protect coastal forests — and the massive amounts of climate-warming carbon they store — took root in Colombia, thanks to a project developed by Conservation International and partners.

Cispatá forest can now be valued for its climate benefits and included in carbon markets.

initial funding needed to develop a sustainable ecotourism program and other economic activities for those who rely most on the mangrove forests.

To stop climate breakdown, we must emit less planet-warming greenhouse gases.

if the world stopped using fossil fuels tomorrow, we would fail to avert a worst-case climate scenario if we did not also reverse the destruction of ecosystems that absorb and store carbon.

The protection, management and restoration of forests represents the largest cost-effective natural climate solution — but receives a tiny fraction of all global climate funding.

Improving the management of “working forests” — that is, forests that supply wood for lumber, energy, paper and other products — opens a significant opportunity for countries to reach their climate and biodiversity targets.

When designed carefully, together with local stakeholders, these practices can have measurable and cost-effective impacts to mitigate climate change.

Nature Alliance, a global partnership to promote ocean conservation at an unprecedented scale.

With additional support from the Global Environment Facility, the Minderoo Foundation, and the Rob and Melani Walton Foundation, the alliance is moving the world closer to “worldwide initiative for governments to designate 30 percent of Earth’s land and ocean area as protected areas by the year 2030.

the Blue Nature Alliance will support local communities’ conservation priorities.

protected ocean area from than 30 percent of its national waters — a major leap that puts the Central American country nine years ahead of a global deadline to protect nearly a third of the world’s land and sea.

Costa Rica announced it would expand its protected ocean area from to more than 30 % % 01: Off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, the Cocos Island National Park provides a habitat for endangered sharks, sea turtles and marine mammals.

is planning a large-scale, seven-year initiative with benefits that tuna provides to Pacific communities and protect the critical ecosystems that support tuna populations.

A Conservation International study last year helped shine a light on the millions of onshore fish workers — predominantly women — who spend long hours cleaning and packaging fish in factories, maintaining community fish farms and often filling low-paying or informal positions throughout seafood supply chains around the world.

CONSERVATION Marine conservation will not be effective or durable unless it includes the full participation of the communities whose lives and livelihoods depend directly on the oceans.

Through the Blue Nature Alliance, Conservation International is incorporating social equity as a core value that informs our work around the world.

Conservation International staff contributing — explores these issues and calls for steps for improving social equity in ocean conservation efforts.

This research reviews how justice, equity, diversity and inclusion can be better integrated in marine conservation policy and practice, a significant resource for the field.

signal that Conservation International’s approach to marine conservation is one worth following. 01: Women fill 90 percent of land-based jobs at fisheries, including cleaning, processing and packaging — but often face systemic discrimination.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL “We feel a deep and enduring connection to the Surf Conservation Partnership and its mission to protect precious marine and coastal areas.

However, as Liberia’s economy has grown, experts have warned that these ecosystems could become victims of unsustainable oil palm development, urbanization and logging.

with the government to account for the economic value of nature.

protection and production for the marine ecosystems they depend on.

protected areas within a broader system of sustainable ocean management.

and coastal habitats with similar characteristics such as thriving biodiversity, vibrant ecotourism and sustainable fishing practices.

A NEW HAVEN IN THE HIGHLANDS A small community in the Bolivian Andes is making a huge impact on one the most unique and biodiverse ecosystems in the world.

With support from Conservation International, the municipality of Guanay passed a law to conserve a huge swath of pristine cloud forests and vast grasslands blanketing the western slopes of these green highlands.

The area will also protect one of the only known populations of Oreobates zongoensis — the so-called “devil-eyed” frog, which was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered on a recent Conservation International expedition in Bolivia.

By choosing to protect a large part of its land, Guanay has set an example for other municipalities in Bolivia and across South America, spreading the message that conservation at the local level can have a big impact on protecting nature.

More than to a study led by Conservation International.

Nature-dependent communities are typically left out of decisions involving their lands and contribute the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet they feel the most severe impacts when nature is degraded.

Billions of people depend directly on nature for their food and incomes.

of people in the tropics depend on nature for at least one basic need 3 needs 2 needs1 need people in the tropics, or 70 percent, depend on nature for at least one basic need.

were not sopping up much of our carbon emissions, a Conservation International study found.

and protect the vast ecosystems that absorb half our carbon emissions each year.” Nearly 1 million species face extinction.

activities are likely to drive any given species closer to extinction, or whether nature-positive practices can actually reduce its extinction risk.

inclusion, Conservation International helps us fulfill our purpose.

GROWS Companies are increasingly taking on environmental challenges — but for many small and medium start-ups, financing is hard to come by.

CI Ventures, our investment fund, is filling that gap by providing funding for businesses that contribute to healthy ecosystems.

Environmental Finance named CI Ventures “Small Asset Manager of the Year” in its annual Impact Awards, which recognize the work of impact investors and highlight best practices.

Conservation International’s African Conservancies Fund also won in the “Impact Initiative of the Year-Africa” category for its work to deliver loans to the Maasai Mara Conservancies in Kenya, which were impacted by the loss of tourism revenues during the pandemic.

Blue Ocean Gear, a tech company that designs “smart buoys” to help fishers keep track of their equipment and reduce the impacts of lost gear on marine life.

This year, Conservation International partnered with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to support nature-based solutions in the voluntary carbon market.

International will commit $in Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia that prevent carbon emissions caused by deforestation and support local economies.

The partnership’s first carbon credit project in Peru’s Amarakaeri Communal Reserve is estimated to last years and yield annual emissions reductions equivalent to taking 75,000 passenger cars off the road each year.

incentives for communities, regions and countries to keep forests intact.

Keeping forests like these standing in Tapajós National Forest, Brazil, can help curb climate change.

The second year of a global pandemic brought numerous challenges to conservation organizations.

It also brought opportunities to show policymakers the links between nature and virus outbreaks — and how to adapt to them, and prevent them from happening in the first place.

OR RISK FUTURE PANDEMICS “Human health cannot be separated from the health of the planet,” warns Conservation International’s new pandemic prevention fellow, Dr. Neil Vora.

unique, research shows many share a key feature: They are driven by the destruction of nature.

These numbers are expected to rise even further in the coming decade if we continue to degrade nature.

must protect tropical forests and halt unsafe wildlife trade to prevent another global pandemic.

to prevent future disease outbreaks, more countries undermined rather than supported nature in decisions made after the onset of the COVID-researchers found.

economies in a way that values nature and those who depend on it.

the cloud forests atop Chyulu Hills in southeastern Kenya.

tion of natural ecosystems through deforestation could contribute to future viral outbreaks.

As COVID-cratered ecotourism in Africa, the people of Chyulu Hills in southeast Kenya — said to be the inspiration for Ernest Hemingway’s “Green Hills of Africa” — were able to tell a different story.

A forest carbon project in the Chyulu Hills, supported by Conservation International, offers financial incentives for communities, regions and countries to keep forests intact and prevent climate-warming carbon emissions caused by deforestation.

Revenues for the project come from the sale of carbon credits, which represent a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that countries, companies or individuals can purchase to compensate for emissions made somewhere else.

Conservation International has long led efforts to implement financial incentives for coffee farmers in the region.

Through conservation agreements, communities in the protected forest can receive benefits such as agricultural training and access to specialty-grade markets for the coffee they grow.

Conservation International’s origins provide a strong foundation for our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

More than Co-Founder Spencer Beebe envisioned a novel approach to large-scale environmental protection that placed local communities at the heart of conservation efforts.

For my people, it’s a connection to the past that gives shape to our traditions and beliefs — that’s why having a deep connection to Conservation International’s beginnings helps us build an even stronger culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Our roots have informed all that we’ve done for more than three decades, including being one of the first environmental organizations to develop a policy for partnering with Indigenous peoples — an initiative that evolved into our rights-based approach to conservation; supporting women to participate fully in community discussions and management decisions; and rolling out new systems to better address project impacts on people and the environment.

We elevated the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion into our top organizational priorities last year, and we now measure our progress toward greater workforce diversity, workplace inclusion, inclusive conservation and leadership accountability.

We are also working to promote inclusion and equity among our vast network of peer groups and partners across the conservation world; for example, we partnered with MIT and local leaders to establish the Afro-InterAmerican Forum on Climate Change to illuminate the unique climate and environmental challenges Afro-descendant communities face in the Americas and to promote their expertise in climate change decision-making.

Indigenous women from Amazonia gathered for a historic summit this year, uplifting their unique and essential role in conserving the world’s most iconic forest.

The gift to Conservation International is part of a $conservation in the tropical Andes.

We will work in direct partnership with Indigenous peoples and local communities, supporting their leadership and strengthening their land rights, while designing sustainable financing mechanisms that deliver long-lasting impacts for the region.

is helping farmers within Peru’s Alto Mayo Protected Forest sustainably and responsibly plant lucrative crops, including cacao.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL The vast, dry rangelands of southern Africa are rich in biodiversity, critical for livelihoods and food security and vulnerable to the effects of overgrazing and climate change.

At the core of the model is Conservation International’s “conservation agreements” mechanism, which provides economic and other incentives or ben efits to communities to improve management of their natural resources.

conflict mitigation practices and adopt sustainable fisheries practices among other measures identified in consultations with local actors.

communities to initiate investable community- based, “nature-friendly” rural enterprises that can deliver environmental and social outcomes.

The Sue Taei Ocean Fellowship for Indigenous Women of the Pacific aims to elevate the role of Indigenous women from across the region in ocean conservation.

The Fellowship — in honor of the late Sue Taei, formerly executive director of Conservation International’s Pacific Islands program — announced its first two fellows in 2021.

She will soon return to New Zealand, where she will work to protect and advance the interests of Māori in the marine environment.

This first cohort promotes resolving challenges related to Indigenous economies, gender balance, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and more, based on their own solutions.

CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Conservation International supporters and partners know that we need nature.

Their tremendous generosity is helping Conservation International protect nature for the future of us all.

NET ASSETS Thanks to several large, multi-year contributions, total Net Assets in fiscal year by $58.5 million, from $322.1 million to $380.6 million — with most of this increase derived from sources that support specific programs or purposes.