World Wildlife Fund

With momentum from growth in most revenue channels, we continued to expand and diversify our funding base in fiscal 2007. Operating revenues grew to $160.8 million, a 6.5 percent increase over the FY06 total of $151 million. This growth allowed additional investments in our conservation programs of $7.5 million over the FY06 total investment.

These results were made possible through the contributions of our many valued supporters. We received $66.6 million from our members and donors, $28 million in government awards, $21.6 million from foundations, $10.3 million from other WWF network organizations, $7 million from corporations, and $27.3 million in other revenues, including in-kind contributions of media, equipment and other products important to advancing our work. Our continued commitment to generating strong year-over-year revenue increases, and to directing those increases to programmatic activities, is compelled by the urgent need for change in the global markets and places that are the focus of our conservation strategy. We are grateful that our supporters share our sense of urgency.

Not shown in the graphs below, but included in the bequests and endowments line in the Statement of Activities, is an extraordinary gift from the estate of H. Guy Di Stefano. This generous gift of $33.5 million in FY07 has already been earmarked for projects with potential for large and immediate impacts on our conservation efforts around the world.

With consistent delivery of strong programmatic investment, balanced with efficient mission support activities, we have again achieved a healthy program-to-operations ratio with 83 percent of spending directed to worldwide conservation activities.