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Water quality and wetland conservation organizations

There are 4,115 water and wetland protection organizations in the United States. Combined, these water and wetland protection organizations employ 13,339 people, earn more than $4 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $8 billion.
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Job trends for Water and wetland protection organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
650
1-10
 
596
11-25
 
212
26-100
 
110
101 to 1,000
 
9
1,000+
 
1
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Sizes of water and wetland protection organizations

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
1,249
$250k to $1M
 
530
$1M to $5M
 
349
$5M to $25M
 
74
$25M to $100M
 
12
$100M+
 
5
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Directory of water and wetland protection organizations

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1-20 of 4,115

ClimateWorks Foundation

The ClimateWorks Foundation drives philanthropic efforts to innovate and scale impactful climate solutions, fostering global collaboration for a sustainable future.
Revenue
$350.6m
Assets
$533.1m
Employees
189
EIN
26-2303250
IRS type
501(c)(3)

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
$5.4m
Assets
$11.0m
Employees
27
EIN
58-1620669
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
$31.9m
Assets
$46.4m
Employees
111
EIN
53-0225129
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

EDF protects natural systems through science and economics, fighting climate change, securing food and water, and building resilient communities.
Revenue
$298.7m
Assets
$391.7m
Employees
1,153
EIN
11-6107128
IRS type
501(c)(3)

American Rivers

American Rivers protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature.
Revenue
$36.6m
Assets
$26.4m
Employees
112
EIN
23-7305963
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is an environmental organization that is dedicated to saving the Chesapeake Bay.
Revenue
$32.2m
Assets
$126.5m
Employees
278
EIN
52-6065757
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ocean Conservancy

Ocean Conservancy makes careful use of your support, and holds high ratings from charity watchdogs. Ocean Conservancy seeks the best and brightest to help us achieve our goal of a healthy, thriving ocean.
Revenue
$49.2m
Assets
$95.3m
Employees
181
EIN
23-7245152
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Millennium Water Alliance (MWA)

To reduce by half, the proportion of people without access to safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation. To bring together organizations presently developing safe water and sanitation resources to coordinate innovations and resources.
Revenue
$6.0m
Assets
$5.3m
Employees
4
EIN
75-3098460
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Ground Water Protection (GWPC)

To promote the protection and conservation of ground water resources for all beneficial uses, recognizing ground water as a critical component of the ecosystem.
Revenue
$24.8m
Assets
$12.9m
Employees
7
EIN
73-1210455
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Buffalo Bayou Partnership

Transforming & revitalizing Houston's Buffalo Bayou through trail development, and clean & green initiatives.
Revenue
$31.0m
Assets
$127.1m
Employees
66
EIN
76-0183954
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Klamath River Renewal Corporation

KRRC restores the Klamath River by removing four hydroelectric dams and advancing design work and permitting efforts. Located in Berkeley, CA.
Revenue
$195.5m
Assets
$103.6m
Employees
6
EIN
81-2761910
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Safe Water Network

Safe Water Network accelerates the development of innovative, affordable solutions that ensure access to sustainable and affordable sources of safe water. Safe Water Network was co-founded in 2006 by the late actor and philanthropist Paul Newman.
Revenue
$9.1m
Assets
$16.3m
Employees
7
EIN
51-0570455
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)

Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is an independent, nonprofit organization that is solely responsible for maintaining, overseeing and improving the internationally recognized Sustainable Forestry Initiative program.
Revenue
$13.1m
Assets
$13.6m
Employees
59
EIN
80-0030060
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Stroud Water Research Center

Stroud Water Research Center seeks to advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration and to help businesses, landowners, policymakers, and individuals.
Revenue
$11.9m
Assets
$59.1m
Employees
103
EIN
52-2081073
IRS type
501(c)(3)

San Francisco Estuary Institute

San Francisco Estuary Institute enhances water quality and ecological health through data, collaboration, and innovative science, promoting resilience in the Bay Area and beyond.
Revenue
$15.6m
Assets
$18.1m
Employees
88
EIN
94-2951373
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Windward Fund

The Windward Fund was founded in response to donors who expressed a desire to be more connected to their peers' work, and to partner with experts in conservation nonprofit management to execute bold initiatives.
Revenue
$308.2m
Assets
$432.7m
Employees
181
EIN
47-3522162
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Coral Reef Alliance

The Coral Reef Alliance (Coral) is a non-profit, environmental ngo with a mission to save The world's Coral reefs.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$4.1m
Employees
23
EIN
94-3211245
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Ocean Foundation (TOF)

The Ocean Foundation (TOF) is a unique community foundation with a mission to support, strengthen, and promote those organizations dedicated to reversing the trend of destruction of ocean environments around the world.
Revenue
$18.9m
Assets
$21.9m
Employees
50
EIN
71-0863908
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hill Country Conservancy

Hill Country Conservancy preserves natural areas and farms while engaging the community through conservation programs in the Austin, TX area.
Revenue
$12.8m
Assets
$37.4m
Employees
11
EIN
74-2948145
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Galveston Bay Foundation

Galveston Bay Foundation preserves and enhances Texas' largest estuary through education, outreach, and advocacy. Located in Kemah, TX.
Revenue
$20.2m
Assets
$48.2m
Employees
59
EIN
76-0279876
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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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 "C32: Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management" 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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