A home for grassroots ecological work
Fertile Ground Conservancy gives small ecological projects a legal and financial home, and lends a hand to groups defending the places they love.
What brings you here?
I have a project that needs a nonprofit home
Fiscal sponsorship lets your project take donations and apply for grants without starting its own nonprofit.
I'm working to protect a specific place
We can help you read agency documents, write public comments, and plan your next steps.
I want to support this work
Gifts pay for the basic costs of fiscal sponsorship and campaign help.
I'm not sure, or I have a question
That's fine. Tell us what you're working on and we'll point you the right way.
By the numbers
- Year we started
- 2009
- Gifts and grants received in 2025
- $260,755
- Spent on program work in 2025
- $178,774
Figures from our 2025 IRS return. Read our annual reports.
Current projects
- Mountains and Waters AllianceZen practice and ecological engagementCurrent
- Rural Watch Africa InitiativeAgroforestry and restoration in NigeriaCurrent
- Save Videra Oak Meadow (their website)Protecting a 15-acre oak savanna and wetland remnant in southwest Eugene, OregonAdvising
The living world matters for its own sake, not only for what it gives people. We call this biocentrism.
Get in touch
PO Box 11262
Eugene, OR 97440