How we spend your money

Education and outreach: Conservation can only be achieved if enough people care about how amazing whales and dolphins are.  WDC’s activities include our "At the Helm of Conservation" boater outreach programs, in-person and digital school visits, presentations to stakeholders in communities, media interviews, and our visitor experience at the Scottish Dolphin Center.

Advising governments and attending international forums:  Many of the big decisions affecting whales and dolphins are made at government and inter-governmental level; often at international forums such as the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and the Convention in Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) or as federally appointed members of the Atlantic Large Whale and Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Teams in the US. WDC’s experts advise governments, present evidence, and help shape conservation legislation.  Our expertise in advising policy is critical globally as we fight attempts to restart commercial whaling, as well as nationally where we work to save critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and Southern Resident orcas from extinction.

Our offices and fundraising costs: Whales and dolphins exist throughout the global ocean and in many river systems. The issues affecting them are similarly wide-ranging and varied.   Our offices in North America, the UK, Australia and Germany give us a truly global scope. We fund the processes, expertise,  and fundraising activities that will help us deliver the income and resource we need to achieve our policy, research, and education goals.