Services

The Conservation Campaign (TCC) was founded in 2000 by The Trust for Public Land (TPL) to serve as its 501(c)(4) partner in lobbying and ballot measure campaigns. Since then the need for our services has grown and TCC has expanded to serve a broad spectrum of conservation advocates seeking to secure public financing for land conservation in their communities.

Most often, TPL and TCC work as a team in conjunction with local campaign leaders, following a model that has proven to be highly successful in creating public funding for conservation across the country. Partnering with TCC can provide campaigns with the guidance and technical expertise necessary to pass a public funding measure.

To begin, TPL's conservation finance experts, creators of www.LandVote.org and www.ConservationAlmanac.org, can provide the following services:

Feasibility research to assess park and conservation priorities, explore finance options, evaluate legal issues, research election history, and define best practices.
Public opinion surveys to determine the potential level of support for public financing of parks and open space, including identification of the key issues of concern to voters, design of a questionnaire, selection of a pollster, design of the sample, and analysis of results.
Ballot measure design to meet legal requirements, to reflect public priorities, and attract political support.

Once a campaign strategy is established, TCC, the only national organization focused solely on political action to gain public funding for conservation, can provide an array of tools and services, including:

Assisting with fundraising, which may include direct support from the Conservation Campaign, as well as identification of and outreach to potential donors.
Facilitating partnerships by establishing a campaign committee or hiring shared lobbyists, through which a broad coalition can pool resources to establish dedicated funding for land conservation.
Serving as the legal and fiscal sponsor of ballot measure campaigns, which involves handling compliance with all the tax, election law and insurance requirements and much more.
Consulting on campaign strategy and sharing campaign pointers in the Conservation Campaign Toolkit. Visit the Toolkit to access these and other online tools.
Coordinating direct mail and other campaign services through our national network of political consultants and vendors.
Providing an internet presence via the Website Wizard, a free website hosting service, as well as posting summaries of all ballot measures we support and information on how to get involved.

The Conservation Campaign is dedicated to a single goal: winning campaigns that will provide funding to preserve America's best-loved lands and waters. If you are involved in or are considering a campaign to save your community's special landscapes contact us via email or call 617-367-9092. We can help to make a difference for your community's future.