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Training Resources for the Environmental Community
600 Agua Fria Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Activists helping activists with the business of activism. We help groups manage change and meet their mission. TREC’s mission is to catalyze the habitat conservation and wilderness protection community in Western North America to promote sustainable environmental integrity and diversity. We carry out our mission through coaching, consulting and training services focused on leadership development, capacity-building and leveraging resources to organizations dedicated to habitat conservation and wilderness protection.

TREC RESEARCH REPORTS AND PAPERS
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Weathering the Storm: Timely strategies for finding solid ground, by TREC.

July, 2009
In early 2009, TREC gathered information from more than 100 executive directors and development staff to assess the state of environmental fundraising. This new report - the third in a series - provides important insights into the ways the current recession is affecting wilderness and conservation organizations. The report details the steps groups are taking to cope with the downturn in the economy, it includes a detailed analysis of fundraising strategies currently being deployed, and it offers advice and guidance on remaining financially resilient during these challenging times.
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Salary & Benefits Survey of Western Environmental Groups, by TREC.

December, 2008
Over the summer of 2008, TREC conducted its third salary survey of environmental organizations throughout the North American west that work to protect wild lands and wildlife. Our purpose in producing this report is to provide those working in the environmental sector with information that they can use to gauge their salaries and benefits policies. Our stakeholders have consistently told us that they have used previous results to help compare their policies to those of other similarly situated organizations and, where needed, to adjust their compensation packages. TREC remains the only nonprofit organization that compiles and disseminates this important information.
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Signs of Health: Positive Trends in Fundraising Practices in Western Environmental Nonprofits, by TREC.

October, 2007
TREC is very pleased to announce the completion of its third survey of fundraising trends in environmental nonprofits in the western United States and Canada. This survey was conducted in late 2006 and early 2007 and tracked results from more than 87 different organizations and 95 different staff positions.

“In contrast to two earlier TREC surveys, 2007 survey results show fundraising practices have improved significantly since 2004,” Dyan Oldenburg, TREC executive director said. “I’m very excited and pleased to see such a positive shift. Given the changes in the political climate, many groups are better positioned to make a bigger, positive impact in the next few years”.
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Signs of Health report in summary

Also available is a summary of the report in two formats: as PowerPoint presentation or a PDF.
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