World Wildlife Fund, Inc.

The U.S. national organization of the World Wide Fund for Nature

World Wildlife Fund was conceived in April, 1961, and set up shop in September, 1961, at IUCN's headquarters in Morges, Switzerland. H.R.H. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands became the organization's first president. H.R.H. Prince Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, in 1961 became president of the British National Appeal, the first national organization in the World Wildlife Fund family. World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (WWF)—the U.S. appeal—became the second national organization to be formed in 1961.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Carter S. Roberts Marketing and management executive

• Chief Conservation Officer (Feb '04→?)

Cass Sunstein NSA Review Panel | former Admin, Information & Regulatory Affairs Office

• Member, national council ('94→?)

Sarah G Lynch Retired Senior Director. World Wildlife Fund US

• Senior Director (Jun '97→?)

Thomas E Lovejoy President of the Heinz Center

• executive vice president ('85→'87)*

Charles O Holliday Jr Chairman of Shell, former chairman of Bank of America and DuPont

• unknown (board?)

David J Hayes Deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior

• Senior Fellow (past)

T J Glauthier President, TJG Associates

• Director for energy and climate change

Maurice Strong Former director of UN’s environment program

• Vice President (?→'81)

Board Members

Carter S. Roberts Marketing and management executive

• President and CEO (Jul 11 '05→?)

Ken Berlin Climate Reality Project; Skadden, Arps et al

• member of the National Council

Roger W Sant Co-Founder & Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation

• Board Member

William K Reilly Founding Partner of Aqua International Partners; ClimateWorks chair; former EPA administrator

• chairman emeritus

Linda Stone Former Executive at Apple Computer and Microsoft Corporation

• Member, National Board

Richard Blum Chair of Blum Capital Partners, Husband of Senator Diane Feinstein, Director of CBRE

• Board Member

George M Woodwell Founder, Woods Hole Research Center

• Chair ('80→'84) [+1]

• Board Member ('70→'84)

Thomas H Kean Former Governor of New Jersey

• National Council Member

Donors

Walton Family Foundation Inc Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart

• Grant · 1,543,746 USD ('15→'16)

Acton Family Giving

• Donation/Grant

Arcus Foundation Social and Environmental Justice founded by Jon Stryker

• Donation/Grant

Energy Foundation Partnership of major foundations interested in sustainable energy

• Donation/Grant

Linden Trust For Conservation Finance and management alum-run fund to find solutions to climate change

• Donation

Donations

Forum For the Future

• Donation/Grant

Climate Policy Initiative World Bank-affiliated think tank researching climate solutions

• Donation/Grant

EcoAgriculture Partners

• Donation/Grant

Resources for the Future Energy think tank

• Donation ('11)

Memberships

Sustainable Shipping Initiative

• Member

Green Economy Coalition

• Member

Global Commons Alliance A partnership of more than 50 of the world’s most forward-looking organisations in philanthropy, science, business and advocacy.

• Member

World Benchmarking Alliance UN Sustainability Development Goals

• Member

Nature4Climate Agro-Forestry And Engineered Nature

• Partner

Services & Transactions

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• Consultant

Miscellaneous Relationships

Impact HUB A Co-working and events space

• Affiliation

Alliance for Climate Action

• Affiliation

100 Resilient Cities

• Affiliation

Fabian Society Left Leaning Late-19th Century UK Think Tank - Influenced Creation of the Labour Party in 1900

• Affiliation

Purpose Campaigns PBC

• Affiliation

Updated 9 months ago

Types	Organization, Other Not-for-Profit
Start date	1961
Website	http://worldwildlife.org/
Aliases	WWF, World Wildlife Fund, World Wildlife Fund-US