In 2018, we founded Wildside with a $100,000 gift and a commitment to give 5% of our annual profits to the foundation each year. Wildside’s sole focus is on preserving and reconnecting people with the natural world by funding conservation, rewilding, sustainable farming, and nature education efforts around the world.
5% Annual Pledge to Wildside
We pledged to give 5% of our net profits each and every year to Wildside. This annual gift is invested in Wildside’s Perpetual Endowment, which is managed by TIFF and has produced an average annual return of 12.1% over the last decade.
3 Focuses for Higher Impact
Each year 5% of the Perpetual Endowment is then given or invested across three separate focuses
Grants to charities
Low or zero interest loans
Early-stage investment
Grants to charities is our largest focus and we’ve been fortunate to support NOLS, The Nature Conservancy, Mad Agriculture, Naturridge, and Long Now.
We also give out low interest or no interest loans through organizations including Mad Capital and Farmland Fund.
And we occasionally make early-stage venture capital investments. To date, we've been early investors in Carbonfact, Ambrook, and GoodEggs.
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