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Natural resource conservation organizations

There are 12,362natural resource conservation nonprofits in the United States. Combined, these natural resource conservation nonprofitsemploy 62,255 people, earn more than $17 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $50 billion.
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Types of natural resource conservation nonprofits

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Natural resource conservation organizations
12,362
$17,095,871,909
Water quality and wetland conservation organizations
3,617
$2,123,752,763
Land conservation organizations
2,336
$4,260,970,703
Energy conservation and development organizations
1,076
$3,546,327,520
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Job trends for Natural resource conservation nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
1,851
1-10
1,645
11-25
610
26-100
361
101 to 1,000
63
1,000+
6
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Sizes of natural resource conservation nonprofits

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
3,280
$250k to $1M
1,455
$1M to $5M
969
$5M to $25M
319
$25M to $100M
70
$100M+
22
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Directory of natural resource conservation nonprofits

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Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's mission is to promote responsible energy choices that work to address the impacts of Global Climate Change and ensure clean, safe and healthy communities throughout the Southeast.
Revenue
$4.2m
Assets
$6.8m
Employees
24
EIN
58-1620669
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network preserves forests, protects climate and human rights by challenging corporate power, with partners and strategic campaigns.
Revenue
$12.9m
Assets
$15.4m
Employees
53
EIN
94-3045180
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Grid Alternatives

Grid Alternatives offers accessible renewable energy technology and job training to underprivileged communities, advancing economic and environmental justice.
Revenue
$23.1m
Assets
$33.3m
Employees
227
EIN
26-0043353
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP)

CLASP improves appliance sustainability and energy performance through labeling and standards, as well as research initiatives with global partnerships.
Revenue
$21.1m
Assets
$22.7m
Employees
47
EIN
33-1112770
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Land Trust Alliance Incorporated

Land Trust Alliance works to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America.
Revenue
$16.0m
Assets
$22.1m
Employees
82
EIN
04-2751357
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Farmland Trust (AFT)

To save the land that sustains us by protecting farmland, promoting sound farming practices, and keeping farmers on the land.
Revenue
$36.7m
Assets
$69.9m
Employees
160
EIN
52-1190211
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Forest Foundation

Empowers family forest owners through conservation impact and sustainable management with tens of thousands of landowners and hundreds of partners.
Revenue
$11.7m
Assets
$169.1m
Employees
108
EIN
52-1235124
IRS type
501(c)(3)

California State Parks Foundation

California State Parks Foundation is an independent, member-supported nonprofit dedicated to protecting and preserving the California State park system for the benefit of all.
Revenue
$10.4m
Assets
$16.3m
Employees
24
EIN
94-1707583
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation partners with businesses, agriculture and government to protect California's land, air and water through collaboration and restoration.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$8.0m
Employees
30
EIN
94-3232437
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rainforest Trust

Rainforest Trust protects threatened tropical forests and endangered wildlife by partnering with local and community organizations in and around the areas that are being threatened.
Revenue
$41.0m
Assets
$109.6m
Employees
43
EIN
13-3500609
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Forests

American Forests creates healthy and resilient forests, from cities to wilderness, that deliver essential benefits for climate, people, water and wildlife.
Revenue
$21.9m
Assets
$19.0m
Employees
52
EIN
53-0196544
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rainforest Alliance

The Rainforest Alliance works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.
Revenue
$84.3m
Assets
$86.1m
Employees
124
EIN
13-3377893
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sierra Club

Founded by legendary conservationist John Muir in 1892, the Sierra Club is now the nation's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than two million members and supporters.
Revenue
$167.5m
Assets
$147.1m
Employees
1,052
EIN
94-1153307
IRS type
501(c)(4)

The Climate Reality Project

Climate Reality ignites public action by educating about the causes and solutions to climate change through global leadership training.
Revenue
$23.2m
Assets
$25.7m
Employees
110
EIN
87-0745629
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ceres

Ceres is a sustainability nonprofit organization working with the most influential investors and companies to build leadership and drive solutions throughout the economy.
Revenue
$31.7m
Assets
$41.0m
Employees
221
EIN
22-3053747
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Rivers

American Rivers protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature.
Revenue
$18.6m
Assets
$18.6m
Employees
95
EIN
23-7305963
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Trust for Public Land

Creates and protects land for healthy communities. Helped plan and fund parks, completed 47 conservation projects, and passed 78% of ballot measures for $662 million.
Revenue
$193.3m
Assets
$308.2m
Employees
382
EIN
23-7222333
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth fights to defend the environment and create a more healthy and just world. They are part of a federation of grassroots groups in 76 countries.
Revenue
$18.0m
Assets
$22.3m
Employees
86
EIN
23-7420660
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Formed in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 36,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality professionals around the world.
Revenue
$23.6m
Assets
$39.8m
Employees
106
EIN
53-0225129
IRS type
501(c)(3)

League of Conservation Voters

League of Conservation Voters advocates for environmental laws and policies, educates the public on conservation issues, and holds elected officials accountable.
Revenue
$68.9m
Assets
$21.5m
Employees
135
EIN
52-1733698
IRS type
501(c)(4)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "C30: Natural Resources Conservation and Protection" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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