Championing land, water, oceans, and the people protecting natural resources for future generations

Driving tangible results in environmental conservation

The Moore Charitable Foundation is committed to effective environmental conservation and community stewardship through strong partnerships. With our partners, we are preserving open land and healthy forests, ensuring clean water, advancing marine area and species protections, and fostering future generations of conservation and community stewards.

Healthy Oceans

Formal protections cover just five percent of oceans, lagging well behind similar protections for land, leaving marine areas vulnerable to rampant development, overfishing, pollution, and climate change. The Moore Charitable Foundation partners with organizations mitigating these threats by advancing conservation outcomes for species, habitats, and communities, including protected and sustainable marine zoning and policy, augmented fishing protections, and effective enforcement.

Advocating for Clean Water and Air Near North Carolina’s Hog Farms

Despite promises made two decades ago to develop cleaner and more sustainable animal waste systems, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) throughout North Carolina still use the antiquated lagoon and sprayfield method to dispose of waste. Newer methods for waste management—such as directed biogas projects—cause even greater harm to North Carolina’s waterways, land, wildlife, and communities. The Moore Charitable Foundation partners with champions who take polluters head-on through research, advocacy, community mobilization, and, if necessary, litigation.

Protecting scenic, historic and natural landscapes to help wildlife and surrounding communities

Faced with population growth, development pressure, energy infrastructure, extreme weather, and a changing climate, The Moore Charitable Foundation is committed to strategic partnerships that conserve open spaces and advance forest health to safeguard our natural environment and to ensure diverse species and abundant ecosystems for future generations.

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Preventing Deforestation

Though often described as a green or renewable fuel and a viable alternative to coal, the science has proven otherwise: wood pellet combustion is an overall net negative for the environment. From North Carolina to Mississippi, the largely unregulated biomass industry clearcuts wetlands and forests, leading to harmful air and water pollutants in many vulnerable communities. The Moore Charitable Foundation works with organizations to safeguard America’s southern forests and communities from the biomass industry.

Revitalizing Forests and Keeping Communities Safe with Prescribed Fire

The Moore Charitable Foundation promotes the use of prescribed burning to restore forests, maintain clean water and lower the risk of wildfire. Prescribed burning is the practice of deliberately setting and carefully managing fires under strict conditions approved and monitored by firefighting professionals. A centuries-old tradition, today the practice is used to protect and refresh forests by removing the dense vegetation build-up in a forest’s understory that fuels large wildfires. This also allows for indigenous plants and wildlife to thrive, restoring a more natural and diverse ecosystem.

Latest News

Newly-Formed Bahamas Mangrove Alliance Announces Founding at Earth Day Community Planting Event

The Bahamas Mangrove Alliance (BMA) announced its founding at an Earth Day community planting event on April 22, 2023. The BMA is founded by the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, the Perry Institute for Marine Science, and Waterkeepers Bahamas with support from the Moore Bahamas Foundation, and will work to

Trinchera Blanca Foundation Support Aids Search and Rescue Missions

Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue (AVSAR) announced the purchase of two sets of night vision goggles for AVSAR technicians to perform searches and locate individuals at night. The Trinchera Blanca Foundation, the Colorado affiliate of the Moore Charitable Foundation, is proud to support AVSAR through its donations for this lifesaving equipment. “Having

Turning the Tide on Conservation after Our Ocean 2023

At Panama’s 2023 Our Ocean Conference, high-level government officials and senior leaders from conservation NGOs, philanthropic grantmakers and businesses finalized historic commitments to supporting ocean conservation and protection. The Moore Charitable Foundation (MCF) and its Panama affiliate, the Islas Secas Foundation, were proud to join the movement to protect the world’s oceans. Read more here.

Years

Number of years The Moore Charitable Foundation has been driving conservation impact

199

Grantees

Number of grantees in land, water, marine, and community initiatives The Moore Charitable Foundation is proud to have supported last year

234

Square Kilometers

Size of marine reserve around British Overseas Territory Ascension Island, secured with partners and our support

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Years

Number of years The Moore Charitable Foundation has been driving conservation impact
199
Grantees

Number of grantees in land, water, marine, and community initiatives The Moore Charitable Foundation is proud to have supported last year
234
Square Kilometers

Size of marine reserve around British Overseas Territory Ascension Island, secured with partners and our support

“We are grateful to The Moore Charitable Foundation for partnering with us to defend our state’s precious natural riches.” — Derb Carter, Director, Southern Environmental Law Center, North Carolina