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The Fund For Wild Nature was founded as the Earth First Foundation in 1983 by Lance Christie, LaRue Christie, Abe Blank, Bill Bishop, Ken Sanders (Edward Abbey's friend), and Bruce Hayes (Rainforest Action Network founder). The current name was adopted in 1991.

The Fund has no endowment and is supported entirely by donations from individuals.

The Fund provides modest grants to grassroots organizations (i.e., those with annual budgets of less than $250,000 ). It funds project expenses, not general overhead. The Fund provides money for campaigns within the United States, Canada, and Mexico to conserve and restore native species and wild ecosystems, including actions to defend wilderness and biological diversity.