Environmental organizations
There are 26,388 environmental organizations in the United States. Combined, these environmental organizations employ 133,004 people, earn more than $18 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $73 billion.
Subcategories within environmental organizations:
- Botanical and horticultural nonprofits(4,341)
- Botanical gardens (634)
- Garden clubs (3,270)
- Civic environmental organizations(1,565)
- Environmental education programs(2,097)
Types of environmental organizations
Nonprofit type | Number | Revenues |
---|---|---|
10,903 | $12,221,618,062 | |
4,341 | $1,100,179,533 | |
3,359 | $1,775,221,731 | |
3,270 | $165,809,076 | |
2,364 | $4,755,428,581 | |
2,097 | $1,129,956,121 | |
1,842 | $1,180,885,365 | |
1,565 | $327,618,178 | |
1,097 | $3,288,375,821 | |
815 | $122,919,443 |
Showing 10 of 17 categories
Job trends for Environmental organizations
Employees per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
0 | 2,600 |
1-10 | 2,475 |
11-25 | 996 |
26-100 | 727 |
101 to 1,000 | 182 |
1,000+ | 11 |
Key takeaways for employment stats:
- Employment in Environmental organizations is driven by large organizations like The National Trust, Nature Conservancy, Student Conservation Association (SCA), Goodwill Southern California, and Conservation Legacy (SCC).
- The largest employers tend to be land conservation groups, environmental education programs, energy conservation organizations, water and wetland protection organizations, and natural resource conservation nonprofits.
Sizes of environmental organizations
Revenues per organization | Number of organizations |
---|---|
< $250k | 6,343 |
$250k to $1M | 2,289 |
$1M to $5M | 1,425 |
$5M to $25M | 407 |
$25M to $100M | 76 |
$100M+ | 25 |
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
- Large organizations like Nature Conservancy, The National Trust, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Environmental organizations.
- Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 9.0% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Environmental organizations with more than $100 million account for 33.3% of nonprofit earnings.
- The highest earning organizations tend to be land conservation groups, energy conservation organizations, natural resource conservation nonprofits, water and wetland protection organizations, and organizations supporting multiple environmental nonprofits.
Directory of environmental organizations
Search within these nonprofits
- Sort by:
- Popularity
- Revenue
- Employees
- Assets
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)
Revenue
$28.3m
Assets
$69.1m
Employees
249
EIN
23-1352265
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Grid Alternatives
Revenue
$16.8m
Assets
$26.0m
Employees
217
EIN
26-0043353
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP)
Revenue
$9.3m
Assets
$7.4m
Employees
34
EIN
33-1112770
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Rainforest Action Network
Revenue
$7.5m
Assets
$7.1m
Employees
61
EIN
94-3045180
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Public Citizen Foundation
Revenue
$12.9m
Assets
$29.3m
Employees
108
EIN
52-1263996
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Rare
Revenue
$37.6m
Assets
$41.4m
Employees
95
EIN
23-7380563
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)
Revenue
$5.0m
Assets
$6.7m
Employees
41
EIN
58-1620669
IRS type
501(c)(3)
TreePeople
Revenue
$7.2m
Assets
$9.0m
Employees
65
EIN
23-7314838
IRS type
501(c)(3)
Land Trust Alliance Incorporated
Revenue
$14.0m
Assets
$24.6m
Employees
72
EIN
04-2751357
IRS type
501(c)(3)
National Geographic Society (NGS)
Revenue
$130.7m
Assets
$1.5b
Employees
601
EIN
53-0193519
IRS type
501(c)(3)