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Leadership Partners
Leadership Partners are passionate champions for nature who help solve the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. As a Leadership Partner, you join a select group of conservation leaders who personally contribute to a world in which humans and nature thrive.
Leadership Partners understand that nothing less than the future of our precious planet is at stake. Together with WWF—the world’s most expansive and powerful conservation network—you help implement and sustain efforts to protect wildlife, people, and wild places at a scale that is revolutionizing conservation.
With your annual gift of $10,000 or more, you send a strong signal that all living things on Earth deserve a viable future. You will be recognized for your leadership and enjoy exclusive privileges that provide an insider’s perspective on the work you make possible.
Please contact us at 888-993-1100 to speak with the Partners team or email us at [email protected].
We believe deeply in the power of people everywhere to transform the world for better.
Leadership Partner privileges
In addition to receiving the standard Partner in Conservation privileges, as a Leadership Partner, you will be recognized for your leadership and enjoy exclusive privileges that provide an insider’s perspective on the work you make possible, including:
Dedicated WWF Relationship Manager
Enjoy direct access to a WWF staff member who will ensure you receive personal attention and provide updates about our work.
Recognition in WWF’s Annual Report
Be recognized for your generous support as a Leadership Partner in our Annual Report.
Exclusive Events
Connect with WWF leadership, network with your fellow Leadership Partners, and explore what WWF is doing to protect the future of nature at invitation-only events across the US.
Insider Journeys
Discover the best of the natural world through this invitation-only conservation travel program. Witness the positive impact WWF is making for wildlife, people, and the planet during custom-designed immersive journeys led by WWF senior leaders and experts.
“Notes from the Field” Updates
Receive updates from WWF experts in the field who are working around the world to implement conservation projects made possible by your support.
Executive Conservation Report
Gain executive insights into WWF’s global conservation work with exclusive reporting from WWF conservation experts, leaders, and scientists, including President and CEO Carter Roberts, Chief Conservation Officer Nik Sekhran, Chief Scientist Rebecca Shaw, and others.
Ways to give
There are a number of ways to make your gift to WWF as a Leadership Partner. Gifts to WWF are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Please consult your financial planner or tax professional to determine the tax consequences of your gift.
Make a credit card gift online
Choose to become a Leadership Partner or renew your partnership.
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Give through the mail
Send a check (made out to WWF) or credit card gift through the mail by completing and printing the online form.
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Give through your employer
Employer-matching gifts offer a way to increase the impact of your philanthropic support. Contact your employer's human resources office for details.
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Give through your Donor Advised Fund
Use your fund as a tool to make a one-time or recurring grant to benefit WWF immediately, or use it to establish future charitable gifts.
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Give a gift of stock
Gifts of appreciated securities are also a welcome investment in WWF.
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Leave a legacy
Plan a gift for the future. Discover the many ways to plan gifts through your will, living trust, or retirement plans, and learn about giving plans that may provide income back to you or a loved one for life.
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Make a gift with a Charitable IRA Rollover
You can make a distribution from your IRA to World Wildlife Fund without incurring tax on the withdrawal.
"We support WWF because we want to ensure future generations have the opportunity to touch, feel, and experience the beauty of nature at its most wild."
Eric and Mireille Beck, Dallas, TX
Contact us
As a Leadership Partner, you have direct access to your personal WWF relationship manager. You may also reach someone at our Washington, DC headquarters through our toll free phone number or email.
We are happy to help you with many common requests, including a change of address, need for a tax receipt, or to make a donation by phone. In addition, we are always available to discuss your interests or the work made possible by your generous support.
By PHONE: 888-993-1100
By EMAIL: [email protected]
“I am consistently impressed by the knowledge that WWF staff bring to the table.”
Anthony Ody Bethesda, MD