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 Signs
of Health: Positive Trends in Fundraising Practices in Western
Environmental Nonprofits, by
TREC.
The third survey of fundraising trends in environmental nonprofits
in the western United States and Canada by TREC. This survey was
conducted in late 2006 and early 2007 and tracked results from more
than 87 different organizations and 95 different staff positions.
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report here...
 2006
Salary and Benefits Survey of Western Environmental Groups,
by TREC.
Between June and November 2005, TREC surveyed conservation
organizations throughout the North American west. We are proud to be
the only capacity building organization providing this important
information which is designed exclusively for the special needs of
environmental groups. In all, 126 different organizations with a
range of budgets completed our comprehensive questionnaire.
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report here...
Two Reports from TREC Analyze Conservation Groups’ Major
Fundraising Challenges and Offer Paths to Greater Success
 Surviving
or Thriving: Raising Funds for Environmental Nonprofits in the West,
by Bill Vesneski, Former Director of Evaluation and Knowledge Services,
and Nancy Adess, Editor in Chief. (PDF)
A survey of executive directors and development staff at 134
conservation organizations in the Western U.S. and Canada reveals
how organizations have been affected by changes in foundation giving
and, for some, significantly reduced budgets. Why some organizations
are thriving while others are merely—or barely—surviving and what to
do about it. 15 pages.
Download the full report here.
 Conservation
Fundraising at a Crossroads: Creating Healthy Fundraising
Organizations, by Mary Humphries. (PDF)
A former Senior TREC Associate, Humphries diagnoses five fundamental
obstacles to healthy fundraising and two staffing problems that
result, then details key policies and practices groups can adopt to
become healthy fundraising organizations. 22 pages.
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Other Reports from TREC
Strategic Planning in Western Grassroots Conservation
Groups: Lessons from the Field,
by TREC, and Nancy Adess, Editor in Chief.
 Strategic
Planning is a term much bandied about, meaning different things to
different people and groups, and applied in a wide variety of ways.
In spring 2005, we interviewed nine
conservation leaders and four strategic planning facilitators about
their experiences with strategic planning. We’ve gathered here what
we learned from these interviews as well as the lessons we’ve
gathered from TREC’s eight years of experience working with
grassroots conservation groups in the West on strategic planning.
Download the full report here.
Building a Stronger Conservation Community: Key
Challenges and Effective Actions, by TREC, and Nancy Adess,
Editor in Chief.
 The
conservation community is facing very serious challenges. Those
of us who work to expand the environmental movement’s successes,
preserve wilderness and ensure environmental protection must
rethink who we are and how we do our work. External political
factors only compound internal challenges that early successes
allowed us to overlook. TREC’s new paper, Building a Stronger
Conservation Community: Key Challenges and Effective Actions,
presents some fundamental ways that grassroots conservation
groups can address our movement’s current challenges — by honing
mission, planning realistically, rethinking outreach and
constituency building, and making some difficult choices about
internal functioning.
Download the full report here.
 2004
Salary and Benefits Survey of Western Environmental Groups
(PDF)
Our survey of environmental groups throughout the Western U.S. and
Canada, found that groups are still feeling the effects of a
struggling economy.
Read the Executive
Summary.
Download the full report here.
 Stressed
but Steadfast (PDF) - A TREC report on Environmental Executive
Directors.
A TREC survey of executive directors of environmental nonprofits in
the Western U.S. and Canada found that they are generally satisfied
in their positions, but they are struggling with the demands
associated with keeping their organizations afloat financially.
Read the Executive
Summary.
Download
the full report here.
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