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The stunning photographs featured in this 35th Anniversary edition of our annual report were donated by recipients of the Daniel Housberg Wilderness Image Award for Excellence in Still Photography—an award bestowed annually by Alaska Conservation Foundation to exceptional photographers whose work brings awareness to Alaska conservation issues.

Thank you Carl Battreall, Amy Gulick, Kim Heacox, Mark Kelley, Michael Melford and Tom Walker for sharing your photographs with us and for your continued advocacy on behalf of Alaska.

Cover: Mendenhall Glacier © Michael Melford/michaelmelford.comPg. 1: Sunset Kayaks, Beardslee Islands, Glacier Bay National Park © Kim Heacox/kimheacox.com Pg. 2: Amphitheater Mountains, The Alaska Range © Carl Battreall/photographalaska.com Pg. 3: Commercial Fishermen © Amy Gulick/amygulick.com Pg. 5: Black Bear, Tongass National Forest © Mark Kelley/markkelley.com Pg. 9: Spawning Sockeye Salmon, Bristol Bay © Amy Gulick/amygulick.com Pg. 14: Caribou ©Tom Walker/tomwalkerphotography.comPg. 14: The Alaska Range © Carl Battreall/photographalaska.com

THANK YOU PHOTOGRAPHERS

Alaska Conservation Foundation protects Alaska’s natural environment and the diverse cultures and ways of life it sustains. We do this by promoting conservation philanthropy and by strategically directing resources to conservation leaders, organizations and initiatives.

OUR MISSIONOUR MISSION

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Dear Friends,

On behalf of our trustees and staff, I am pleased to present you with our FY2015 annual report. In honor of our 35th year, this report celebrates ACF’s rich past and communicates the exciting future we foresee across the next era of conserving Alaska’s wild places. We celebrated this milestone last June in Anchorage among 200 of our friends and colleagues, with our founders Denny Wilcher and Celia Hunter there in spirit. It was an inspiring Who’s Who of Alaska conservation representing both our history and our future.

In this report, we highlight a few of our grantees’ successes from the past fiscal year as well as update you on the latest efforts to build resilience in the Tongass, in the context of ACF’s 35 years of supporting protection efforts. We pause to honor our Lifetime Achievement Award recipients—you’ll notice a new name was added to this distinguished list this year. And in contrast, highlight two Ted Smith Conservation Internship alumnae—newer leaders to the movement.

We also spotlight some of our amazing donors and trustees. A few have been with us for many years and while others are newer to the organization, all are equally committed to the mission. And we again thank our past Housberg Award recipients, whose images grace the pages of this special report, for helping us tell the story of why Alaska is worth protecting. We could not fulfill our mission without our grantees, partners and many supporters around the country. We dedicate this report to all of you. Thank you for helping us fight every day for Alaska’s wild lands, waters, wildlife and the diverse cultures and ways of life they sustain.

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sincerely,

P.S. We hope you’ll take a moment to visit www.alaskaconservation.org/foundation/history to read Denny Wilcher’s article “A Foundation is Born”, which provides a brief history of ACF’s early years.

GRANTMAKING FOR RESULTSGRANTMAKING FOR RESULTSAlaska Conservation Foundation is the single largest funder of Alaska conservation efforts. Since 1980, we have awarded more than $49 million in grants to support some of Alaska’s most pressing conservation and environmental justice issues in pursuit of a healthy environment, healthy communities and sustainable economies.

In fiscal year 2015, ACF awarded 92 grants totaling over $2,543,000 to support the efforts of our partners working to protect our wild lands, waters and wildlife and the diverse cultures and ways of life they sustain from the impacts of cli-mate change and unsustainable development.

Our grantmaking continues to be focused on supporting efforts that serve to strengthen Alaska’s conservation movement to achieve greater impact, and ultimately protect the magnificence of Alaska for today and the future.

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SUPPORTING A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE: ACF supported Alaska’s clean energy future by funding the expansion of renewable energy education programs to more schools around the state. One of the top conservation goals of Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) is to educate students to be energy literate citizens who influence how we use energy in the future. REAP had been providing such effec-tive programs that the demand started to exceed the organization’s capacity. An ACF Organizational Capacity grant helped REAP leverage other funding and hire a full-time Energy Education Director to expand dissemination of both the AK EnergySmart efficiency curriculum and the Wind for Schools math and science curriculum. In 2014, REAP con-ducted 111 classroom visits and in 2015, expanded that to more than 170 visits. Chris Rose of REAP notes, “Thanks in large part to the sup-

port we received from ACF, the organization’s energy education efforts are continuing to expand.” To learn more about REAP, visit www.alaskarenewableenergy.org.

SUPPORTING RESILIENCE IN THE TONGASS: ACF made close to $600,000 in grants to support projects to build resilience in Southeast Alaska as well as to advocate for a more sustainable forest management system for the Tongass. Turn the page to read more.

To see the full list of grants awarded in FY2015, visit www.alaskaconservation.org/strategic-fund-ing/fy15-grants-awarded.

SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE: ACF funded a delegation of women from a traditional Yup’ik community off the northwest coast of Alaska to travel to the United Nations in Switzerland. Their goal: persuade the 179 nations party to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to ban the pesticide pentachlorophenol (PCP) and two other industrial chemicals. These chemicals bioaccumulate in the Arctic, poisoning the animals that many rely on for their subsistence way of life. Thanks in part to the compelling testimony provided by Alaska Native Fund grantee Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) and residents of St. Lawrence Island, the UN voted to ban these chemicals. Vi Waghiyi of ACAT writes, “I believe that we served as the conscience of the Convention and our testimony was significant in convincing the nations of the world to make this historic decision. ACF sup-port made it possible for us to go to Geneva and fully participate as representatives of our Yup’ik communities.” To learn more about ACAT, visit www.akaction.org.

SUPPORTING LOCAL VOICES: ACF supported a successful outreach effort to ensure members of the indigenous communities throughout Bristol Bay were assured access to participation in last year’s EPA Proposed Deter-mination on restrictions of the Pebble deposit public comment period. While the majority of residents are opposed to mining in Bristol Bay, there were many barriers to participation in the process, including high costs to travel to hearings for residents of these remote communities. Rapid Response grantee United Tribes of Bristol Bay (UTBB) worked tirelessly during the comment period to ensure residents’ voices were heard—attendance at the hearings set records and the number of comments received was unprecedented. According to Alannah Hurley of UTBB, “The support provided by ACF was critical to ensuring many more Bristol Bay residents were enabled to engage in the hearings, it helped our voices be heard in the important process to pro-tect our fishery, communities and cultures.” To learn more about UTBB, visit www.utbb.org.

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THE TONGASSGLOBAL TREASURE AT A TURNING POINT

THE TONGASSGLOBAL TREASURE AT A TURNING POINT

As long as Alaska Conservation Foundation has been in existence, we have been funding efforts to protect the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska. Millions of dollars in grants, support for con-servation internships and ACF staff support have

been deployed. This might leave one to ask: Why would ACF devote so many resources to protect the Tongass, and what has been accomplished?

The Tongass is our nation’s largest National Forest—the Crown Jewel. An increasingly rare global treasure, it contains the largest intact stands of coastal temperate rainforest left on the planet. It is a land where the forest meets the sea and as such, it supports some of the largest wild salmon populations left anywhere in the world. These salmon have provided for the Native people of the region for thousands of years. They support healthy populations of brown bears, wolves and bald eagles as well as a vibrant local fishing tradition. Not to mention…keeping the Tongass intact is critically important to helping mitigate cli-mate change.

Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the Tongass each summer in the hopes of experiencing its magnificence: two-hundred-foot-tall spruce and 500-year-old cedar trees soaring overhead. Amid the lush ferns and mossy remnants of fallen trees, one might see a brown bear ambling its way to a salmon stream, in search of its next meal. There is simply no place else like it.

What most visitors don’t realize is that nearly 60 years of unsustainable logging in the Tongass has left many of the old-growth forests, salmon streams and communities in need of restoration. And while ACF’s support of grassroots conservation organizations over the years has been instrumental in ending much of the industrial-scale logging, destructive logging prac-tices continue today and massive mines upstream in Canada pose an enormous threat to the region’s clean water, wild salmon and the ways of life they sustain.

What most visitors also don’t realize is that thanks to the diligent efforts of our conservation partners over the years, the Tongass still contains an incredible wealth of intact watersheds and thriving fish and wildlife populations. But ACF believes it will only remain this way if we continue to support both the advo-cacy efforts of our partners who are vigilant to immediate threats, alongside long-term, big picture, proactive approaches where communities and a healthy environment co-exist.

In ACF’s history of supporting Tongass protection efforts we have seen a profound shift in recent years. Now more than ever, a wide diversity of people throughout Southeast Alaska are realizing they need to work together in new ways with everyone engaged in charting a different future for the region—one that supports sus-tainable economies and local communities. This is why ACF is proud to be the primary funder of an innovative new network that started a few years ago—the Sustainable Southeast Partnership.

The SSP is building trust and finding common ground among unlikely allies to achieve cultural, ecological and economic prosperity for the region. ACF’s long-time partners Sitka Con-servation Society (SCS), Renewable Energy Alaska Project and The Nature Conservancy are now working together in mean-ingful ways with Alaska Native corporations, regional economic development organizations and local municipalities that have historically been focused more heavily on resource extraction.

This unique partnership is moving innovative projects for-ward to advance sustainable resource development, re-localize the economy, reduce reliance on fossil fuels and increase local food production. And they are seeing results—proving collabo-ration rather than tired old stances are helping people transcend the “timber war” mentality of the last several decades.

Andrew Thoms of SCS writes, “We are genuinely trying to move away from the old role of conservationists as ‘watchdogs’ to helping lead the way to Alaska’s future by figuring out how

conserving and protecting the natural environment happens alongside community development and healthy local economies.”

ACF wholeheartedly supports this balanced approach because we believe it is critical to the long-term health of the Tongass and its abundant fish and wildlife populations and will ultimately provide enduring opportunities for economic and cultural vitality in Southeast Alaska. We also believe these inno-vative projects represent the next phase of the environmental movement and may eventually be replicated across the globe in communities facing similar challenges.

To learn more about the Sustainable Southeast Partnership, visit www.sustainablesoutheast.net.

In FY2015, ACF made close to $600,000 in grants to sup-port projects to build resilience in Southeast Alaska as well as to advocate for a more sustainable forest management system for the Tongass.

ACF wholeheartedly supports this balanced approach because we believe it is critical to the long-term health of the Tongass and its abundant fish and wildlife populations and will ultimately provide enduring opportunities for economic and cultural vitality in Southeast Alaska.

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ALASKA CONSERVATION HALL OF FAME

ACF established the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001 as part of the Conservation Achievement Awards program, to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of Alaska’s

great conservation leaders. On our 35th Anniversary, we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight these distinguished individuals who continue to serve as inspiration to many of us throughout Alaska and the country. Through their tireless advocacy, they have helped protect Alaska’s unparalleled wild lands, waters and wildlife to the benefit of us all.

To learn more about their remarkable contributions to protecting Alaska, visit www.alaskaconservation.org/achievement-awards/alaska-conservation-hall-fame.

2015 Helen Nienhueser

2006 Richard Nelson 2004 Jim & Mary Lou King

2002 Jay Hammond*2002 Walter Parker*

2014 Bob Childers

2004 Lowell Thomas, Jr.

2002 Mark Ganopole Hickok* 2001 Celia Hunter* & Ginny Wood*

*The Alaska conservation community has since lost these leaders. We are grateful to them for their remarkable contributions.

2012 Jack Lentfer 2008 Tom Meacham

2004 Peg Tileston

CONSERVATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

BEN JONES arrived at Cook Inletkeeper in Homer from Ohio in the summer of 2005 where he assisted with water quality monitoring. Ben credits the CIP with not only setting him on his career path, but his life path. Immediately follow-ing his placement, he started working at the Alaska Science Center—U.S. Geological Survey in Anchorage where he still works today conducting research on how the Arctic is responding over time to climate change related events like permafrost thaw, fire and erosion. Ben also went on to get his PhD from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and to marry Kelly Harrell—who participated in the program the same year! Kelly is another leader in the movement, she serves as Executive Director of long-time grantee Alaska Marine Conservation Council.

HANNAH BAIRD attends Bard College in New York. She was among the group of 2015 conservation interns and worked on wild salmon and climate change related issues for Cook Inletkeeper in her hometown of Homer, Alaska. Now back at college, Hannah has decided to declare a major in envi-ronmental studies. She attributes her internship at Cook Inletkeeper as solidifying this decision. “Being a part of the Inletkeeper staff helped teach me exactly what aspects of conservation I can see myself focusing on as a career. I came away from this experience with a new list of skills, from public speaking to data collection. Through the program, I was able to give back to the landscape I have grown up loving and caring about in a meaningful way.”

IN HONOR OF TED SMITH In 2012, the Conservation Internship Program was named in memory of ACF’s beloved long-time trustee Theodore “Ted” Smith. Ted created the program and we are proud to say, his legacy continues to inspire new cohorts of interns today. ACF established the Ted Smith Young Leaders Fund to ensure a long-term source of support for this effective program. We welcome special gifts to the Fund, which can be sent to ACF or made at www.alaskaconservation.org/donate. Please note your donation is for the “Ted Smith Young Leaders Fund”.

The TED SMITH CONSERVATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (CIP) started in 2000 with a goal of introducing young people to conservation careers around the state to inspire a long-term commitment to protecting Alaska. More than 300 talented indi-viduals from Alaska and around the country have participated in this life-changing opportunity, and as envisioned, many are making their mark on the conservation movement. In FY2015, another outstanding group of 10 college students participated in the program and we have high expectations they will con-tinue this tradition. We are thrilled to share just a couple of stories about how the program has impacted former interns and benefited Alaska.

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PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE ($100,000 & ABOVE) Anonymous (1) Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Estate of Alan Cobham

CHAMPION’S CIRCLE ($50,000-$99,999) Anonymous (2) Argosy FoundationThe Chorus FoundationThe Endurance FundKalliopeia Foundation Estate of John KauffmannOak FoundationTrue North Foundation

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE ($25,000-$49,999) Anonymous (2) Common Stream Eaglemere Foundation, Inc. Energy FoundationAJ GrantThe George Gund FoundationHarder Foundation Moore Family Foundation National Fish & Wildlife FoundationEstate of Ruth SchmidtEstate of Donald Turner

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($10,000-$24,999) Anonymous (2) The Paul G. Allen Family FoundationMichael J. Ashworth Fund of The New York Community TrustPeter & Michalina Bickford Agnes GundEstate of Larry MayoThe New-Land Foundation, Inc.Patagonia, Inc.In Honor of Kenelm Winslow Philip from his brother Peter Van Ness PhilipAlan & Jane RitchieDavid & Janet RobertsonDavid & Susan RockefellerPhilippa StrahmThe Volgenau FoundationThe William B. Wiener, Jr. Foundation

GUARDIAN CIRCLE ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous (5)Norman AndersonRhonda Bennon & Martin BrownButler Conservation Fund on behalf of Graham Harrison CGMK FoundationDavid DavisCatharine Hawkins Foundation Michael & Mary Ann Hasenstab

Dick LefebvrePaul & Antje Newhagen Foundation, an advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation Estate of Randall A. SangerJean Schiro-Zavela & Vance ZavelaSockeye Cycle Co.

STEWARD CIRCLE ($2,500-$4,999)Anonymous (3) Bear Gulch Foundation Brenden Mann Foundation in honor of Jonathan BlattmachrRobert Bundy & Bonnie LemboDavid Bonderman Nancy & Jim DeWittCliff Eames Carl HaeflingThe Lazar FoundationThe Leighty FoundationCatherine & Nathaniel PeimannDan Purnell Michael & Lenore Roberts Stacy Studebaker & Michael Sirofchuck

ADVOCATE CIRCLE ($1,000-$2,499)Anonymous (7) Kris AbshireAlaska Wildland Adventures American Fly Fishing Trade Association

DONORSTHANK YOU DONORSTHANK YOU DONORS

Alaska Conservation Foundation is grateful to the many individuals, foundations and businesses from around the country who supported our efforts in FY2015 (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015). While we cannot acknowledge everyone individually in this report, please know we are indebted to you all for your generosity, which enables our work and that of our partners around the state. Thank you for being our valued partners in Alaska conservation.

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ADVOCATE CIRCLE CONT’D The Armand G. Erpf FundRanjit & Ariane Arpels-JosiahAspen Business Center Foundation The Charles & Charlotte Bird Fund at The San Diego Foundation Mrs. Walter BrissendenAllan & Marilyn Brown Fund, an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community FoundationMaynard P. & Katherine Z. Buehler Foundation Fund at the East Bay Community FoundationCamp Denali & North Face Lodge Marta Chase & Kicab Castaneda-MendezMichael & Catherine CosciaCosta del MarMike CoumbeThe Dorsey & Whitney FoundationFishpond, Inc.The Fly ShopFranklin Philanthropic Foundation Amy & Christopher GulickThomas Hall & Elizabeth McLoughlin David & Susan Hardenbergh William H. Hazen FoundationEric HedstrandJohn HirschiKrisztina & Kenneth InskeepRobert Keith, Jr. & Margot KeithCarl Kohls Shirley LangloisKenneth LeghornDianne & James MahaffeyRoslyn MandelGail Mayo Greg McCarthy & Wendy Chase Richard Monkman & Tina KobayashiMary Sue & William Morrill Diane & Michael MoxnessMyra MunsonEric MyersSusan & Sheldon NashEmily NewmannHelen & Gayle NienhueserNorcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc.Susan Olsen The Orvis Company, Inc.Lisa ParkerElizabeth & Tod Peyton

DONOR SPOTLIGHT

CAMP DENALI Camp Denali and ACF will forever share a strong connection in our mutual founder, Celia Hunter. Wally and Jerryne Cole assumed the reins of the wilderness lodge in 1975 and they have since passed on the operations to their daughter and son-in-law, Jenna and Simon Hamm (pictured right).

Camp Denali has worked diligently to carry on the conservation legacy that was left to us because we wholeheartedly believe Alaska’s wild lands and wildlife sustain us and protecting them is the bedrock of our ecotourism business. People don’t come to Alaska to see an artifice of nature; they come to experience the real thing. We continue to support ACF because they are the primary funder of grassroots conservation organizations around the state, the groups paying closest attention to the day-to-day issues that have a broader impact on Alaska’s wild lands and wildlife. If protecting Alaska is important for the present, it is just as important for the future.

SHIRLEY LANGLOIS In 1899, my grandfather went to seek adventure and fortune in the Alaska Klondike. He went back to California the following year but returned in 1916 to do the original surveying for the Alaska Railroad. As a child, I remember being mesmerized by his tales.

I first came to Alaska in 1992 and somehow, it felt like “home”. I have returned many times to hike, sea kayak and even dogsled. I have been to the Arctic Refuge and think it is the most magical place on earth. While Alaska can appear rugged, its ecosystems are so fragile; the smallest disruption can destroy things for years. I have been a proud ACF donor for years. While my heart is in Alaska, I live in California and it’s hard to keep on top of which issues most need my attention. That is why I like ACF…I trust they will fund the groups that will have the greatest impact on saving this great land.

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ADVOCATE CIRCLE CONT’D Barbara PowellWendy & Larry RockefellerChristopher du Pont Roosevelt & Rosalind Roosevelt Andrew RosenthalMolly & Peter RossJonathan RubiniCatherine SmithThe Suwinski Family Foundation, Inc.Peg & Jules TilestonWalden Asset ManagementValerie WaldropEstate of Dorothy Anna WaltersBob & Judy WeedenNancy WeintraubWild Woods FoundationRuth Wood & John StrasenburghJames Young

DENALI LEGACY SOCIETY*Anonymous (7) Cynthia & John Adams Roger & Judith Anderson Michael Ashworth John & Jane Aspnes Beth Baker, MD Stephanie Barko Betty Blumenkamp Tim Bowman Jean Bradshaw Gerald & Janet Brookman Robert Bundy & Bonnie Lembo Marta Chase Mitchell & Hope Cline David & Alexis Colker Amy Crook April Crosby & Merritt Helfferich Deborah DixonGunther Fonken & Agnes HughesDavid & Susan Hardenbergh Ruthanne Harstad

JoAnne Heron Linda HulbertLeslie Kerr Matthew & Patricia Kirchhoff Grace Kirchner William LazarKenneth Leghorn Deborah & Jay Liggett Michael & Marilyn Miller Richard Monkman & Tina Kobayashi Eric Myers Richard & Maryellen Oman Kimberley Pittman-Schulz & Terry Schulz Alyson Pytte Nathanial ReedDavid & Susan Rockefeller Hugh Rose William & Jan Rutherford Harold Schessler Marti SpiegelmanEleanor Stoddard Jim Stratton & Colleen Burgh John Studebaker Stacy Studebaker & Michael Sirofchuck Jean Tam Lowell Thomas, Jr. Peg & Jules Tileston Delores Van LeeuwenNancy Wallace Anne Wieland Deborah Williams Ruth Wood & John Strasenburgh

GREAT LAND MONTHLY GIVING CLUB Anonymous (3) Kris AbshireJane BlackwellStephen & Carmen BlakelyNathan BorsonMarsha Buck

Stephen CharlesStephanie ClarkNancy CushKelly DavidsonDonald GreenbergMartha HannsScott HedWilliam & Arlene JamesMaureen KnutsenCarol LambertJustin LandwehrR. L. LatterellPatrick LynchSteven LynchJeff MackayDrew McCalleyJesse Meyer Mary NefedovConnie NicklinHelen & Gayle Nienhueser Michael O’LearyCatherine & Nathaniel PeimannJames & Susan PfeiffenbergerPatricia PolentzDan PurnellEliot & Janet PutnamDan RaseStella SargentDavid Johnston & Cari SayreSharon SeimJanice SmithWilliam & Loretta SnyderScott SpeckerJean TamJohn & Janet TangneyPeg & Jules TilestonSteven UngarRein & Janet VanWestAnne Wilkas & Matthew JonesDanielle & Steve WilliamsRuth Wood & John StrasenburghScott Zehner

*Planned Giving Society

DONORSTHANK YOU DONORSTHANK YOU DONORS

F i s ca l Yea r 2015

President Jimmy CarterHonorary ChairJim DeWitt ChairDon May Alaska Vice Chair & TreasurerKerry K. AndersonNational Vice ChairMarilyn Sigman SecretaryRhonda Bennon, At-Large Stacy Studebaker, At-Large Cliff Eames Amy Gulick Lisa Marie Lang Dorothy M. Larson Bill Leighty Nancy Lord Anna Plager Rachael Posey Michelle Ravenmoon Alan Ritchie David Robertson Dorene Schiro Ruth Wood

STAFFMichael Barber, Executive Director Mike Coumbe, Deputy Director Anna Dalton, Grants Manager Kate Gerlek, Director of Finance & Operations Scott Hed, Program Director, Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska Brian McNitt, Tongass Rainforest Program Officer Vicky Parks, Finance & Development Assistant Loren Peterson, Alaska Native Fund Program Manager Amanda Piatt, Philanthropy Manager Anne Remick, Program Officer Lucas Veldhuis, Database Administrator Danielle Williams, Director of Communications

For a list of current Trustees and Staff, please visit www.alaskaconservation.org/foundation.

TRUSTEE SPOTLIGHTDAVE ROBERTSON I fell in love with Alaska in 1965 when my wife and I drove the Alcan, unpaved, in a VW Microbus. Since then, Jan and I have made over 70 trips to the state, partly to visit our two kids, who made their homes there with their families, and partly to backpack and hike. One of my favorite trips was back in 1969 when three friends and I were the first to ski from Skagway to Juneau over the Boundary Peak glaciers.

Because Jan and I are familiar with Alaska’s extraordinary topography, we feel passionately about making sure the harvesting of Alaska’s natural resources is done intelligently. That is also why we support ACF so strongly. In the almost nine years that I’ve been a board member, I’ve observed how, with a small, but professional staff, it raises and deploys money extremely wisely. Beyond just dealing with specific threats, ACF is supporting proactive efforts to help build a large and focused community of advocates.

MICHELLE RAVENMOON I spent much of my life looking outward, away from my home in Bristol Bay, trying to find my happiness. I finally realized the freedoms and opportunities I have right here. I live in a profoundly beautiful and powerful unharnessed wilderness. Wild, not just with animals and towering mountains, but also with extreme weather conditions and diverse landscapes. There is no such thing as a fenced in wild. Wild is free, unpredictable, full of wonder and is Alaska’s greatest resource.

I find great joy in living close to the land, growing, harvesting and preserving my own food and also in helping others learn about and appreciate wilderness. While many believe that Alaska should be developed for oil, gold, natural gas and lumber, we need to support those who believe in protecting the freedoms and wonder that Alaska’s natural systems afford us. I serve on the Board of Trustees because of ACF’s commitment to protecting Alaska’s greatest resource, and my greatest happiness.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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1,187,7738,388,523

9,146

9,585,442

219,591

219,591

1,869,462 1,896,581 5,599,808

9,365,851

9,585,442

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Please note, most of the FY15 loss is attributable to the spend-ing of temporarily restricted funds received in prior years. The loss totals $163,269.

Grants to ACF (55%) $2,437,115

Public Support (25%) $1,080,594

Investment Income (10%) $437,141

Other Income (10%) $426,660

Grantmaking and Other Strategic Support (76%) $3,451,258

Fundraising (12%) $525,778

Administrative (12%) $567,743

REVENUETotal $4,381,510

EXPENSESTotal $4,544,779

ACTIVITY SUMMARY

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

June 30, 2015

ASSETS

Current assets Investments & other long-term assetsFurniture and equipment

TOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

LiabilitiesGrants and accounts payable

TOTAL LIABILITIES

Net AssetsUnrestricted net assetsTemporarily restrictedPermanently restricted

TOTAL NET ASSETS

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

To review the entire FY2015 financial audit as well as prior years’ audits, 990s and annual reports, please visit www.alaskaconservation.org/foundation.

Alaska Conservation Foundation’s work is made possible by the generosity of our donors from Alaska and around the country. Each gift we receive is an investment in our mission and Alaska’s future. We offer a variety of giving vehicles through which you can help protect Alaska, including:

Gifts of marketable stock

Planned gifts

Monthly giving

Employer matching gifts

EarthShare & Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) #: 12062

TO LEARN MOREPlease visit our website at www.alaskaconservation.org/giving, email us at development@alaskaconservation.org or call 907-276-1917.

ACF will not share your name or personal information with other organizations.

Alaska Conservation Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your contribution to ACF may qualify for a tax deduction based on your individual circumstance. ACF’s tax identification number is 92-0061466.

WAYS OF GIVING

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