California water and wetland protection organizations

Name: Top 20 Water and wetland protection organizations in California
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There are 370 water quality and wetland conservation organizations in California. Combined, these Californian water and wetland protection organizations employ 1,784 people, earn more than $714 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $1 billion.

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Water and wetland protection organizations by major California cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Los Angeles	78	295	$59,912,448	$122,235,083
San Francisco	52	433	$479,096,610	$655,957,179
Sacramento	44	116	$60,689,762	$112,905,797
San Diego	26	150	$15,133,581	$51,907,068
Santa Rosa	17	56	$3,580,968	$5,258,017
Riverside	14	115	$11,567,485	$268,619,804
Bakersfield	10	0	$2,428,148	$1,635,147
Santa Maria	8	26	$3,420,332	$4,591,235
Salinas	8	41	$7,026,406	$45,493,070
Oxnard	8	33	$3,974,136	$12,995,762

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Job trends for California water and wetland protection organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	78
1-10	64
11-25	28
26-100	20
101 to 1,000	1
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in California water and wetland protection organizations is driven by large organizations like ClimateWorks Foundation, San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust, San Francisco Estuary Institute, The Digdeep Right To Water Project, and Mid Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC).

Sizes of water and wetland protection organizations in California

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	113
$250k to $1M	64
$1M to $5M	49
$5M to $25M	12
$25M to $100M	2
$100M+	2

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like ClimateWorks Foundation, Klamath River Renewal Corporation, The Digdeep Right To Water Project, Water Foundation, and San Francisco Estuary Institute earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in California water and wetland protection organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 6.0% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in California water and wetland protection organizations with more than $100 million account for 61.0% of nonprofit earnings.

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ClimateWorks Foundation

The ClimateWorks Foundation drives philanthropic efforts to innovate and scale impactful climate solutions, fostering global collaboration for a sustainable future.

Revenue

$330.5m

Assets

$503.1m

Employees

164

EIN

26-2303250

IRS type

501(c)(3)

San Francisco Estuary Institute

SF Estuary Institute provides science support and tools for decision-making and communication, located in Richmond, CA.

Revenue

$13.8m

Assets

$18.5m

Employees

EIN

94-2951373

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

$104.8m

Assets

$106.4m

Employees

EIN

81-2761910

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Los Angeles Waterkeeper

Los Angeles Waterkeeper fights for healthy waterways, sustainable supplies, and pollution prevention through regulatory enforcement and legal action.

Revenue

$5.1m

Assets

$2.3m

Employees

EIN

95-4444787

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Digdeep Right To Water Project

Digdeep provides safe, clean water for basic human needs worldwide through education and community-led projects.

Revenue

$27.0m

Assets

$32.0m

Employees

EIN

46-0686920

IRS type

501(c)(3)

California Ocean Science Trust

California Ocean Science Trust advises on ocean policy, conducts research and monitoring, and bridges science with decision making for a healthy ocean future.

Revenue

$11.3m

Assets

$11.8m

Employees

EIN

65-1261006

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Water Foundation

Water Foundation secures safe water, sustains freshwater ecosystems and builds climate resilience through healthy communities and healthy watersheds programs.

Revenue

$26.0m

Assets

$31.1m

Employees

EIN

37-1833985

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Northern California Water Association

NCWA enhances and preserves existing water rights and supplies in Northern California through education, awareness programs, and newsletters.

Revenue

$5.4m

Assets

$4.1m

Employees

EIN

68-0273555

IRS type

501(c)(6)

Amazon Frontlines

Defends indigenous rights in the Amazon rainforest, promoting food and medicine sovereignty initiatives and legal cases for free prior and informed consent.

Revenue

$7.0m

Assets

$6.2m

Employees

EIN

47-5521013

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Greater Farallones Association

Greater Farallones Association is a nonprofit organization that partners with the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary to conserve the wildlife and habitats of the Sanctuary through ecosystem monitoring, environmental education and community-based....

Revenue

$2.2m

Assets

$1.5m

Employees

EIN

94-3227237

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

$3.9m

Assets

$3.7m

Employees

EIN

94-3211245

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Council for Watershed Health

CWH advances regional watershed sustainability through applied research, education, and engagement with accumulated knowledge of green infrastructure design.

Revenue

$2.1m

Assets

$1.6m

Employees

EIN

95-4589325

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Imagine H2O

Imagine H2O empowers global innovation to solve water challenges. It identifies and supports water entrepreneurs with commercial viability and impact potential.

Revenue

$4.3m

Assets

$3.2m

Employees

EIN

26-1453882

IRS type

501(c)(3)

International Rivers

International Rivers protects river ecosystems around the world and the needs of people that depend on them. We raise awareness about the importance of healthy Rivers and promote sound water resource management.

Revenue

$2.2m

Assets

$2.8m

Employees

EIN

94-3158295

IRS type

501(c)(3)

SANTA MONICA Bay RESTORATION Foundation The Bay Foundation

Protects and restores the Santa Monica Bay and its watershed through research, monitoring, and ecosystem improvement projects.

Revenue

$2.8m

Assets

$2.1m

Employees

EIN

33-0420271

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM)

The Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM) is dedicated to the protection and restoration of imperiled species and their habitats.

Revenue

$5.6m

Assets

$261.5m

Employees

EIN

68-0233573

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Save the Bay

Save The Bay restores and protects San Francisco Bay through education, habitat restoration, and community mobilization with tens of thousands of supporters.

Revenue

$4.4m

Assets

$5.4m

Employees

EIN

94-6078420

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Amigos de Los Rios

Amigos de Los Rios creates sustainable open spaces along urban river corridors to protect the environment and public health in East Los Angeles County.

Revenue

$2.9m

Assets

$1.2m

Employees

EIN

84-1628453

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Elkhorn Slough Foundation

Elkhorn Slough Foundation conserves and restores California's largest tidal salt marsh outside of San Francisco Bay, engaging volunteers and community members.

Revenue

$5.2m

Assets

$42.6m

Employees

EIN

94-2823247

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Community Water Center (CWC)

The Community Water Center is a non-profit, environmental justice organization based in California's San Joaquin Valley that helps build strategic, grassroots capacity to address water challenges in small, rural, low-income and communities of color.

Revenue

$5.1m

Assets

$6.7m

Employees

EIN

80-0267674

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.

California water and wetland protection organizations

Water and wetland protection organizations by major California cities

Job trends for California water and wetland protection organizations

Sizes of water and wetland protection organizations in California

Directory of water and wetland protection organizations in California

ClimateWorks Foundation

San Francisco Estuary Institute

Klamath River Renewal Corporation

Los Angeles Waterkeeper

The Digdeep Right To Water Project

California Ocean Science Trust

Water Foundation

Northern California Water Association

Amazon Frontlines

Greater Farallones Association

The Coral Reef Alliance

Council for Watershed Health

Imagine H2O

International Rivers

SANTA MONICA Bay RESTORATION Foundation The Bay Foundation

Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM)

Save the Bay

Amigos de Los Rios

Elkhorn Slough Foundation

Community Water Center (CWC)

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