Natural Capital Fund

Imagining and investing in essential transformations.

Broken

IMP

AC

T

Coherence

Conceptualization, Demonstration, Transformation

IMPACT AT

SCALE

IMPACT AT

SCALE

Philanthropic funds enable new impact investment capital to enter the market

IMPACT AT

SCALE

IMPACT AT

SCALE

Natural Capital Fund

Equity/Sub-Debt/PRIs

Traditional Debt/Public Markets

LEVERAGE

CA

PIT

AL

ST

AC

K

Philanthropic/Grants

High-Impact Philanthropy

Incubate and

Invest

Natural Capital Fund

Innovate

Proof o

f Conce

pt

Scale

Reinvest in programs

Leverage new capital

Realize

gains

Tell success stores

Inspire

Example: Ecotrust Forest Management

Why is FSC-certified wood unavailable for

the renovation of Ecotrust’s HQ in the heart of the most productive temperate forest

on Earth?

Study existing industry

Launch Ecotrust Forest

Management, Inc. (EFMI)

Raise Fund I: $30M 14,000 acres under

management

Open Fund II: $100M Over 200,000

acres in pipeline

Transform forest

management in coastal temperate

rainforest from CA to AK

Model timber revenues from

ecosystem-based approach

Develop business plan which

monetizes non-timber revenues

Vision, Experience, Coherence

Ecotrust actively invests in Food & Farms, Fishers & Marine Initiatives, Forests, Ecosystem Services, Watershed Restoration, and Indigenous Leadership.

To learn more, visit www.ecotrust.org

a distinctly bioregional focus on bottom-up, common market driven systemic solutions