Making the Case...for Support
Campaign Goals
People and Places
All About the Benjamins
Getting to Know Your Advancement Team
100

This is the name of American Rivers multi-year fundraising campaign to transform river health.

What is Life Depends on Rivers?

100

The campaign's total fundraising goal.

What is $100MM?

100

The three pillars of the campaign are Projects, Policy and this.

What is People?

100

These binding promises to give, often in installments  over several years, are a major source of campaign revenue.

What are pledges?

100

She’s American Rivers' longest-tenured staff member.

Who is Bea Keller?

200

The number of river miles in the US.

What is 4.4MM?

200

The number of rivers miles we aim to protect.

What is 1 million?

200

These volunteer groups of advisors, ambassadors, and investors are organized regionally.

What are River Councils?

200

American Rivers considers donations of this amount or more to be “major gifts”.

What is $10,000?

200

Helping us SOAR, she’s the newest member of the team.

Who is Abigail Hayne?

300

American Rivers describes rivers as these body vessels.

What are veins and arteries?

300

American Rivers plans to conclude its campaign on this date.

 What is June 30, 2027?

300

American Rivers plans to expand restoration work on urban waters, including this river near Georgia’s capital. 

What is the Flint River?

300

In FY25, this program raised $1.58MM from over 19,000 dedicated supporters.

What is Membership?

300

She is the team member that lives closest to Havana, Cuba.

Who is Hannah Axtell?

400

The fraction of US rivers that have unsafe levels of pollution, threatening drinking water. 

What is ½?

400

The number of dams we aim to remove by 2027.

 What is 400?

400

He is one of two co-chairs of the Campaign cabinet.

Who is Ned Whitney OR Clay Moorhead?

400

This is the amount of the largest gift to the campaign (so far).

What is $10M? 

400

Joining the team in 2012, he is one of our most passionate anglers.

Who is Steve White?

500

These sovereign governments are disproportionately harmed by the effects of climate change. 

What are Tribal Nations?

500

By 2027, the number of acres of floodplains we aim to reconnect.

What is 20,000?

500

This is state Tom has visited most on the "Campaign Trail".

What is Montana?

500

An anonymous donor pledged to match up to this amount in gifts and pledges from volunteers.

What is 2 MM?

500

A frequent visitor to Zoom meetings, Coco is this fundraiser's cat.

Who is Mandy Hughes?