A common challenge for environmental non-profits is how to clearly describe their organization’s niche – how do we uniquely add value? Earlier this year, we spent a little time with Samantha Neukom and her team at Northbound, and now have a clear message about the who and the what behind Stewardship Partners.

Stewardship Partners creates people-based solutions for Puget Sound that engage all kinds of people to become caretakers of the land and water that surrounds and sustains us. When everybody understands their role, has access to simple tools and resources, and has a sense of belonging to their surrounding community, land and water, then lasting positive change happens.

We connect every part of the system from landowners to legislators to shopkeepers to nature lovers through a potent mix of empathy, optimism, intelligence and action. Committed to creative and collaborative solutions, Stewardship Partners innovates based on what engages people and makes a measurable impact. By doing this, we create communities that belong to the land and water.

-David J. Burger
Executive Director