Publications

Aligning Visions publications are “how-to” manuals full of practical tools for conservation nonprofits. It is a pleasure and great privilege to work on new materials with different clients and keep improving and evolving core ideas that repeatedly surface over the years. In some cases, clients ask for program assessments, papers or publications that are, by their nature, confidential.  However, frequently while developing materials for a client, we find useful fodder for other organizations as well. These publications, are not peer-reviewed in the scientific publication sense, but are constantly being tested, and frankly, are always works in progress.

In 2020, I partnered with Wolfs Company to work with the Conservation Finance Alliance and many expert members of their Conservation Trust Fund Taskforce to develop a ten-year review (2010-2020) of Conservation Trust Funds and update the Practice Standards for Conservation Trust Funds.

A partial list of additional publicly available publications follows.  I hope some of the ideas will be helpful to you.  Thanks to the clients who encourage this work!  

Fundraising Strategies for Environmental Funds – RedLAC and CAFÉ
Books written while working for The Nature Conservancy

Paquita Bath of Aligning Visions undertook the development of two significant Conservation Trust Fund knowledge products for the Conservation Finance Alliance and its partners during 2019-2020. Paquita combined a broad strategic understanding of CTFs with detailed operational knowledge from her consulting work, enabling her to bring a rich depth of perspectives, insight, and analysis to these major publications. Her flexibility and commitment to excellence made her a joy to work with. 

Katy Mathias, Secretariat, Conservation Finance Alliance