Founded in 1990 by Ted Turner, Turner Foundation, Inc. (the "Foundation") is a private, independent family foundation committed to preventing damage to the natural systems - water, air, and land - on which all life depends.

The Foundation makes grants in the areas of the environment and population and focuses on four main components:

Safeguarding Habitat
The goal of this program is to protect terrestrial and marine habitats and wildlife critical for the preservation of biodiversity. Focus is placed on protecting functioning ecosystems, including core, intact habitats, buffer zones and wildlife corridors.

Growing the Movement
The goal of this program is to engage, organize and empower new constituencies in order to ensure the future protection of our environment. This initiative helps stimulate progress in all areas of funding - Safeguarding Habitat; Creating Solutions for Sustainable Living; and Healthy Communities, Healthy Planet.

Creating Solutions for Sustainable Living
The goal of this program is to modify patterns of consumption and to halt further degradation of our natural resources by addressing the environmental impacts of our personal, institutional and community choices. This initiative will help foster sustainable policies and practices. Issues may include clean energy, transportation and fuel alternatives, recycling, forest certification efforts, water consumption and conservation, groundwater depletion and human population.

Healthy Planet, Healthy Communities
The goal of this program is to restore or mitigate the effects of non-sustainable practices in order to enrich our quality of life and the health of our future communities and planet. Issues may include clean air; clean water; greenspace for community benefit; and environmental health and justice.

The Turner Foundation will annually select priority issues within the above program areas in order to make the greatest impact with our financial resources. Priority issues will be determined by the Trustees in an ongoing effort to best address the most timely and relevant needs.