Who is The Conservation Foundation and what are their activities in Kendall County?
The Conservation Foundation (TCF) is a 35-year-old regional not-for-profit conservation group based on a 60-acre farm in unincorporated Will County near Naperville. TCF is a grass-roots membership-based organization and has more than 3,000 members, including several hundred in Kendall County. It receives its funding mostly from memberships, donations and grants. TCF’s activities in Kendall County began in 1997 after requests came from Kendall County citizens and officials asking for help with open space acquisition, sustainable development education and watershed protection programs. TCF organizes educational seminars on sustainable development, purchases land in cooperation with local agencies and advocates for open space protection, and helps coordinate watershed protection projects. TCF has a Kendall County resident on it Board of Trustees, 22 Kendall County residents on its active Advisory Council, and four staff members who reside in Kendall County. Recently a Program Office was o
