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. We've done this since 2009.
- Status
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- EIN
- 27-1194001
- Based in
- Eugene, Oregon
- Since
- 2009
Three ways we support ecological work
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Fiscal sponsorship
Your project runs under our 501(c)(3), so it can take tax-deductible donations and apply for grants without forming a nonprofit of its own. We handle the money and the paperwork. You keep doing the work.
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Campaign support
Practical help for groups defending a specific place: reading agency documents, drafting public comments and testimony, reviewing grant applications, and thinking through strategy. This is volunteer work, so we take on a few at a time.
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Land
We hold about 15 acres in the Elk Creek watershed of Del Norte County, California. Land protection is a smaller part of our work right now, but if you're thinking about the future of land you care about, we're glad to talk.
Photo: Justin Garwood
How sponsorship works
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Step 1 · Apply
Tell us about the project
A short application: what you do, who's involved, and how you plan to fund it.
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Step 2 · Talk
Check that it's a fit
We review applications on a rolling basis and usually reply within three weeks.
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Step 3 · Start
Sign and receive funds
We sign a sponsorship agreement, and donations and grants start flowing through FGC.
What's included
- Tax-deductible donations
- Eligibility for grants
- Bookkeeping and payments
- Donor acknowledgment letters
- Grant compliance and reporting
- A board that's been doing this since 2009
Projects we've sponsored and run
- Mountains and Waters AllianceZen practice and ecological engagement
- Rural Watch Africa InitiativeAgroforestry and restoration · Nigeria
- Protect Thacker PassMining resistance · Nevada
- Pinyon-Juniper AllianceForest defense · Intermountain West
- Sovereign Housing ProjectAhousaht First Nation · British Columbia
- Viveros FarmUrban permaculture and education
- Good Grief GroupClimate grief and community
- Earth at RiskConference series · San Francisco Bay Area
- Indigenous and Women of Color RiseGathering · Seattle
Why we do it
We're a biocentric organization. We start from the view that the living world matters on its own terms, not only for what it provides to people.
Get in touch.
To support the work, give through our donation page. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent the law allows.