Best Environment Charities in United States 2026

Urban Harvest encourages community, good nutrition and sustainability through the teaching and support of organic gardening.

Provide training and equipment for renewable energy sources in low-income communities and developing nations.

Waterkeeper Alliance protects our right to clean, healthy, and abundant water for all people and the planet.

OFFER TRAINING AND EDUCATION THROUGH IN-PERSON PROGRAMS, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS, WEBINARS, MEETINGS, AND A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE FOCUS …

The Phoenix Conservancy's mission is to restore endangered ecosystems globally for the communities that depend on them and the conservation of biodiversity. Our goal is …

THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO THE PROTECTION, RESTORATION, SUSTAINABLE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF BUZZARDS BAY AND ITS WATERSHED.

To accelerate universal access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene around the world.

Hidden Villa's mission is to foster educational experiences that build connections and inspire a deeper appreciation and respect for nature, food, and one another. As …

Trees, Water & People is committed to improving people's lives by helping communities to protect, conserve and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term …

EMPOWERING PENNSYLVANIANS TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL.

VIDA VERDE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE AND MISSION IS TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY BY PROVIDING FREE, OVERNIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS WHO DON'T OTHERWISE GET THE …

Planet Indonesia conserves at-risk ecosystems through village-led partnerships by catalyzing local governance organizations to partake in conservation and sustainable development programs in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. …

Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) is an independent non-profit founded in 2000 with the mission of protecting the Caribbean environment through research, restoration, education …

CBCC's mission is to serve our community by protecting the environment, improving infrastructure, supporting education, encouraging social progress and planning for appropriate low-impact development.

PARTNERING WITH RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON'S ILLINOIS VALLEY RIVER VALLEY ON PROJECTS THAT CONSERVE, RESTORE AND ENHANCE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND PROMOTE THE RECOVERY OF …

Working at the CITES level to enable the future use of musical instruments and bows made of threatened species. Working with international instrument making and …

Our Mission: Background Philosophy The Amazon rainforest has the largest concentration of animal and plant life in the world. It is also home to hundreds …

Communications and Outreach to engage and support the Byway Community. Includes creating and distributing a monthly newsletter to over 3600 contacts, maintaining contact lists, several …

Processed approx 1.3 million pounds of recyclable materials Education Program interacted with approx 2000 children and 900 adults Over 1800 vehicles per month or 22,000 …

Guided tours of the conservatory and horticultural information.Resource center-preparation & placement of educational &horitcultural materials in the resource center.

HWG continues to cultivate and provide support to the Elm Street Urban Farm and provide support and education for the home gardens. We engaged the …

PLANT TREES AND BUSHES INCREASE AWARENESS

Steady expansion of online course offerings, with consistent enrollments and efforts to enlist new instructors. Summer educational intensive in Detroit, with a focus on racial …

EDUCATING GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS ABOUT, AND FOSTERING, CONSUMER ENERGY CHOICE AND AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY RATES, RAPID EXPANSION OF RENEWABLE POWER AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AGGRESSIVE REDUCTION OF …

The organization conducts environmental awareness assemblies for students in Southern California schools, as well as promoting beach clean-up campaigns to involve students in becoming aware …

Lake and Watershed Assistance Program. Assist Kohlman Gervais Spoon and Keller Save our Lakes in improving the lakes ecosystem for the benefit of all Minnesotans.

OVER THREE HUNDRED TREES PLANTED IN LAFAYETTE, IN, BENEFITING A POPULATION OF OVER 40,000 GOVERNANCE OF TREES EDUCATION ABOUT TREES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS

Providing additional funding from corporations and individuals to benefit our National Fish Habitat Partnerships.

PROMOTE AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS. WORK WITH DIVERSE GROUPS AND AGENCIES TO ACHIEVE SOUND DECISIONS ON …

Support Wildlife Preservation & Natural Resources

Thepaymentofacontractedprovidertopickuptrashalongthreemainstreetsintheneighborhood.Approximately60blockswerecleaned5daysaweek,withapproximately100bagsfilledwithtrashperday.

Foster's Pond Weed Control Program: Control of invasive weeds in 120-acre Foster's Pond, a Great Pond owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and visited by …

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The organization was awarded a grant from the U.S. Dept of Energy (DOE) to create a program to advance the commercialization of DOE-funded technologies. Funding …

Innovation Challenges: Think Beyond Plastic Foundation conducts innovation challenges to identify solutions to plastic pollution. We developed the Agricultural Plastics Innovation Challenge, in partnership with …

PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION WITH A CURRICULUM ENHANCED BY SCIENCE. STEWARDSHIP OF LARCHMONT RESERVOIR AND OTHER LOACAL CONSERVATION AREAS.

ORGANIZING AND CONDUCTING EVENTS FOR REMOVAL OF TRASH AND LITTER FROM THE WATERSHED AREA AND MONITORING RUNOFF INTO THE WATERSHED FROM IMPERVIOUS SURFACES. FUNDS ARE …

SUPPORT RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS IN NETWORK OF 12 STATES, HELPED RAISE $315,000 FOR STATE-LEVEL PROGRAMS; IMPACTED OVER 10,000 STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND GENERAL PUBLIC

PROVIDED RED WOLF DISCOVERY BOXES TO TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL EDUCATORS. EACH BOX CONTAINS CANID PELTS, SKULLS, TRACKING COLLARS, RED WOLF TRACK CASTS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS …

TRAINED VOLUNTEERS WORKING IN AND AROUND ISLAND COUNTY FOR A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE PUGET SOUND ENVIRONMENT THROUGH EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH. VOLUNTEERS TRAINED TO ASSIST IN …

PTA provided custom training to 3 entities; PTA provided 138 hours of technical assistance to water & wastewater utilities helping them troubleshoot water, wastewater, and …

TO SUPPORT, PROMOTE, OR IMPLEMENT ACTIVITIES TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE RATHBUN LAKE AREA.

As of 31 Dec 2022, VDRF removed 17 ADVs equating to 195,970 Ibs of hazardous debris cleared.

Veterans Employment Base Camp and Organic Garden VEBCOG is a non-profit 501C3 organization designed to reintroduce unemployed underemployed and disabled veterans back into the workforce …

TO PROMOTE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF TENNESSEE FORESTS THROUGH EDUCATION, LITERARY COMMUNICATION, AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.

Mechanical removal of invasive species to improve riparian area of the Republican River basin

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SCW PRIDES maintains landscaping and cleanliness of 26 miles of public thoroughfares in Sun City West, AZ, including trimming, planting, weed control and maintaining irrigation …

PFL V LAKEMORE FOR NONCOMPLIANCE WITH LOCAL ORDINANCES PFL FILING COMPLAINTS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGARDING NONCOMPLIANCES WITH LOCAL ORDINANCES CONTINUED MONITORING OF LOCAL ORDINANCE COMPLIANCE …

Grants to 1 rancher (1276 acres) to share costs to improve prairie and grassland management Young Rancher Program. Meetings (3 events with 124 attendees) exchange …

MAJOR EXPANSION OF BOYNE FOREST TRAILS, NEW TRAILS AT VIEWLANDS. MAINTENANCE OF 8 SIGNIFICANT TRAIL SYSTEMS IN NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. ALL RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS …

Built 3.5 miles of the Copper Chief Trail

TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE ROCK SPRINGS URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY

HAD SURVEYS CONDUCTED, OBTAINED NECESSARY PERMITS, HAD CHEMICALS APPLIED TO TREAT EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL AND CONDUCTED POST-APPLICATION SURVEYS AND MAPPING TO STUDY EFFECT OF WORK …

NIANTIC RIVER PUMPOUT BOAT LEGAL DEFENSE AGAINST OVERDEVELOPMENT IN NIANTIC RIVER WATERSHED WATER QUALITY AND PROTECTION EDUCATION

PRESERVATION OF TRADITION OF RIDING TO HOUNDS ON LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. CONSERVATION, PRESERVATION, CLEANUPS OF LANDS, OUTREACH TO LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, CONSERVATION GROUPS. …

COLLECTED FEES/DUES NECESSARY TO PERFORM FUTURE EXEMPT PURPOSE FUNCTIONS.

Internships and GOAL Youth Education Program the GOAL program is an outdoor leadership program which introduces nature leadership principles and life skills to youth ages …

IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE RIVANNA TRAIL IN GENERAL TRAILFEST, A DAY OF GUIDED GROUP HIKES FIFEVILLE TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT

Summer Science Camp for children 8 to 18. The majority of the camp income hits in the 4th quarter of our fiscal year and most …

CREATE AND MAINTAIN A COMMUNITY ARBORETUM FOR THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION, RECREATION, CONSERVATION, AND TO ENCOURAGE COOPERATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

Eradication of Aquatic Invasive Eurasian Milfoil and Purple Loosetrife Active monitoring of 23 lakes chemistry Clean BoatsClean Waters program Informational campaigns

WATER QUALITY & SAFETY INVASIVE SPECIES SHORELINE RENOVATION

PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO FOUR STUDENTS AND DONATED TO FUNDRAISER OF NATIONAL CHAPTER SPONSORED CONFERENCES FEATURING PRESENTATION ON A WIDE VARIETY OF FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ISSUES. HELD …

THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY ACTIVITY IS THE REFORESTATION OF LAND OWNED BY THE CITY OF ST. HELENA'S WASTEWATER DISTRICT. THE REFORESTED LAND SERVES AS A COMMUNITY …

IN 2019, LAND COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS 'HANGING MOUNTAIN' WAS AQUIRED BY THE ORGANIZATION. THIS AQUISITION PRESERVES AND PROTECTS AND SUPPORTS PUBLIC ACCESS TO A …

Exposure to nature decreases anxiety, depression, and negative rumination; while at the same time increasing well being, and creative thinking. People with disabilities usually don't …

TRIBUTARY MONITORING FOR TOTAL PHOSPHORUS, TOTAL NITROGEN AND TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL AND REMOVAL (CURLY POND WEED AND EURASIAN MILLFOIL)

PROVIDED FACILITIES FOR GROUP CAMPS FOR INSTRUCTION IN THE AREA OF ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS.

PLAYERS FOR THE PLANET HAD THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPLISHMENT DURING THE YEAR:-PLAYERS FOR THE PLANET ATHLETES CONTRIBUTED OVER 150,000 TREES TO BE PLANTED AS PART OF …

Environmental education and food waste reduction

ANNUAL CONFERENCES AND EXPOS, GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTENDEES TO NOT ONLY VISIT WITH MEMBERS AND DISCUSS THE INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO TO LEARN ABOUT THE …

An eight page newspaper insert that included information about a new recycling directory, electronics recycling, plastic numbers, Youth Contest, ReFashion Show and Recycling Champions was …

Grazing technical assistance and educational programs Bulk Prairie Seed Sale - purchased by private landowners enrolled in government programs or establishing prairies on their own …

READ FEED AND LEAD AND THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUTH.

FWP SNOWMOBILE (GROOMER) GRANT - APPROX 250 MILE OF GROOMED TRAILS. ALL SNOWMOBILE RIDERS IN THE AREA BENEFIT FROM GROOMED TRAILS.

Completed a conservation easement easement with Shawnee Farms, LLC on 12 acre undeveloped land tract in Johnson County, KS. Supported, maintained and enhanced the Charlotte …

LEAD PARTICIPANT IN SEEKING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AS WELL AS RAISING OTHER CAUSES OF ACTION. THE LAWSUIT ASKS THE US DISTRICT COURT OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT …

SPONSER OF FISHING BOAT CHARTERS FOR VETERANS TO EDUCATE ON BOATING AND FISHING SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A FISH HATCHERY IN …

Created a website/platform to communicate and educate the public.

SPONSORED LECTURES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AS WELL AS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO STATE PARK NATURALISTS INCLUDING A MONARCH BUTTERFLY TAGGING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.

Programming delivered or the conservation GIS community, includingintensive skill workshops offered to members, sessions offered free to members and non-members,keynotes, panel discussions, community presentations, and …

CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE KATAMA AIRFIELD AND ITS FACILITIES, SPECIFICALLY TO HELP DESIGN AND PLAN FOR A RENOVATION OF THE HISTORIC AIRFIELD HANGAR

Protect, restore, and perpetuate a healthy Rocky River watershed through public education, watershed planning, communication, and cooperation among stakeholders.

Consulted with private landowners, government entities and other non-profit land trusts to plan for new conservation easements, including a conservation easement for the Marble Wetlands …

Legal activity, including appeals, focused on protecting area watershed health through legal appeals and communication with governments and developers regarding construction laws related to environmental …

CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS, COMMUNITY CHOICE, ENERGY EFFICIENCY

SUSTAINABLE URBAN LAKE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY VOLUNETEER INVOLVEMENT, EDUCATION,REVEGITATION/RESTORATION, LITTER REMOVAL & PUBLIC OUTREACH

Recycle or resell donated items or purchases of e-waste and consumer electronics and use the funds to support organizations that serve underprivileged children and families.

COMPLETED CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT

Our primary program elements for 2022 were: 1) Revitalization of the organization, 2) Concept development for future open space projects, 3) Leadership and working member …

TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND TREE CARE PROFESSIONALS ON BEST PRACTICES IN URBAN FORESTRY, ARBORICULTURE, AND COMMUNITY GREENING. TO BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SUCH …

LCC maintains public awareness through public comments and public projects using local media and grassroots organizing public education respond to state agencies no other expenses

Support to Indiana Greenway Projects through other IRS 501(c)(3) Organizations

EDUCATION OF GENERAL PUBLIC OF HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS.

THE COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS SEEKS TO UNDERPIN LASTING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT WITH STRENGTHENED TECHNICAL CAPACITY AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET REFORM DESIGNED TO ENHANCE …