Alaska Conservation Foundation
Founded in 1980, the Alaska Conservation Foundation (ACF) is a nonprofit organization located in Anchorage, Alaska. As of 2011, it is the only public foundation dedicated to conservation in Alaska. Through the support of individuals and foundations over 30 years, ACF has awarded more than $33 million in grants to over 200 grassroots organizations and individuals working to protect and manage Alaska’s natural resources.
ACF builds strategic leadership and support for Alaskan efforts to take care of wildlands, waters, and wildlife - which sustain diverse cultures, healthy communities, and prosperous economies.
ACF is a non-profit organization with approximately 13 full-time employees located in Alaska. It is governed by a national, 18-member volunteer board of directors. Nancy Lord, Alaska's poet laureate from 2008–10, was elected to serve as board chair in 2010. The board of trustees includes Jimmy Carter and Doug McConnell.
ACF was founded the same year the United States Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Co-founders Celia Hunter and Denny Wilcher were veterans of that campaign to protect more than 100 million acres (400,000 km2) of Alaska’s parks, refuges and national forests. They started Alaska Conservation Foundation to help build an Alaska-based conservation movement and support the groups working to protect the state's natural wonders. ACF started small, raising about a half-million dollars a year. That funding nurtured the early growth of today's conservation groups, such as Alaska Center for the Environment, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council and Northern Alaska Environmental Center.
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