District of Columbia environmental organizations

Name: Top 20 Environmental organizations in District of Columbia
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There are 429environmental organizations in District of Columbia. Combined, these Washingtonianenvironmental organizationsemploy 8,491 people, earn more than $3 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $9 billion.

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Types of environmental organizations in District of Columbia

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Natural resource conservation organizations	168	3,406	$1,503,420,656	$4,754,171,986
Energy conservation and development organizations	66	614	$205,054,206	$196,993,410
Environmental education organizations	62	1,695	$620,225,509	$2,218,550,309
Pollution abatement and control organizations	58	1,586	$232,013,711	$351,189,077
Environmental alliances and advocates	32	423	$118,842,027	$143,143,144
Water quality and wetland conservation organizations	29	508	$195,198,324	$249,945,876
Civic environmental and open space organizations	28	116	$14,800,783	$200,168,070
Botanical nonprofits and horticultural societies	22	41	$4,703,438	$15,226,225
Environmental professional societies	14	38	$16,766,863	$19,647,548
Land conservation organizations	13	683	$128,880,338	$298,666,933

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Environmental organizations by major District of Columbia cities

Metro area	Nonprofits	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Washington DC	429	8,491	$3,318,815,951	$8,822,768,095

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Job trends for District of Columbia environmental organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	91
1-10	72
11-25	40
26-100	43
101 to 1,000	21
1,000+	1

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in District of Columbia environmental organizations is driven by large organizations like New Venture Fund, National Geographic Society (NGS), Clean Water Action, MobilizeGreen, and U S Green Building Council (USGBC).

Sizes of environmental organizations in District of Columbia

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	74
$250k to $1M	55
$1M to $5M	91
$5M to $25M	55
$25M to $100M	14
$100M+	6

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like New Venture Fund, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Geographic Society (NGS), Windward Fund, and Sixteen Thirty Fund earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in District of Columbia environmental organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 0.7% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in District of Columbia environmental organizations with more than $100 million account for 58.6% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of environmental organizations in District of Columbia

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Friends of the Earth US

Friends of the Earth fights to defend the environment and create a more healthy and just world. We are part of a federation of grassroots groups in 76 countries.

Revenue

$1.3m

Assets

$1.5m

Employees

EIN

13-2644641

IRS type

501(c)(4)

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

$26.3m

Assets

$21.0m

Employees

EIN

33-1112770

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

$34.9m

Assets

$78.0m

Employees

156

EIN

52-1190211

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Geographic Society (NGS)

The National Geographic Society is scientific and educational organization that pushes the boundaries of exploration to further our understanding of our planet and empower us all to generate solutions for a more sustainable future.

Revenue

$232.0m

Assets

$1.9b

Employees

671

EIN

53-0193519

IRS type

501(c)(3)

New Venture Fund

New Venture Fund helps fund and support projects related to sustainability, economic opportunity, quality of life, youth development, education in the US.

Revenue

$755.6m

Assets

$1.0b

Employees

1,075

EIN

20-5806345

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

EIN

04-2751357

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

$24.3m

Assets

$17.9m

Employees

EIN

53-0196544

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

$11.3m

Assets

$159.2m

Employees

116

EIN

52-1235124

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Green America

Green America is a national, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, membership organization that harnesses economic power--the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace--to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

Revenue

$4.7m

Assets

$16.6m

Employees

EIN

52-1660746

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Greenpeace Fund

Greenpeace Fund is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization set up to continue the vital work of Greenpeace by increasing public awareness and understanding of environmental issues through research, the media, and other educational programs.

Revenue

$22.0m

Assets

$48.4m

Employees

EIN

95-3313195

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Climate Reality Project

The Climate Reality Project mobilizes diverse individuals to advocate for clean energy, reduce emissions, and promote climate justice through education and community engagement.

Revenue

$16.8m

Assets

$22.2m

Employees

121

EIN

87-0745629

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Ecoamerica

Ecoamerica is a DC-based nonprofit with a program to build leadership, support, and political action for environmental issues.

Revenue

$4.6m

Assets

$4.7m

Employees

EIN

20-3895611

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

$16.8m

Assets

$25.1m

Employees

EIN

23-7420660

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Clean Water Action

Clean Water Action's mission is to protect their environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups and coalitions, and campaigns to elect environmental candidates.

Revenue

$5.2m

Assets

$2.0m

Employees

650

EIN

23-7128611

IRS type

501(c)(4)

American Rivers

American Rivers protects wild rivers, restores damaged rivers, and conserves clean water for people and nature.

Revenue

$21.8m

Assets

$21.4m

Employees

104

EIN

23-7305963

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Food and Water Watch

Food and Water Watch educates, advocates and conducts research to ensure safe, accessible and sustainably produced food and water.

Revenue

$19.2m

Assets

$26.0m

Employees

124

EIN

32-0160439

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

NFWF is dedicated to achieving maximum conservation impact by developing and applying best practices and innovative methods for measurable outcomes. Since its establishment.

Revenue

$415.5m

Assets

$2.7b

Employees

184

EIN

52-1384139

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)

Wilderness Society

To protect wilderness and inspire Americans to care for our wild places. We contribute to better protection, stewardship and restoration of our public lands, preserving our rich natural legacy for current and future generations.

Revenue

$39.2m

Assets

$111.9m

Employees

210

EIN

53-0167933

IRS type

501(c)(3)

National Parks Conservation Association

The National Parks Conservation Association helps preserve our National Parks by engaging the public, educating them, and empowering them to help protect the parks from threats.

Revenue

$35.1m

Assets

$71.1m

Employees

220

EIN

53-0225165

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 "C00: Environment: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

District of Columbia environmental organizations

Types of environmental organizations in District of Columbia

Environmental organizations by major District of Columbia cities

Job trends for District of Columbia environmental organizations

Sizes of environmental organizations in District of Columbia

Directory of environmental organizations in District of Columbia

Friends of the Earth US

Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP)

American Farmland Trust (AFT)

National Geographic Society (NGS)

New Venture Fund

Land Trust Alliance Incorporated

American Forests

American Forest Foundation

Green America

Greenpeace Fund

The Climate Reality Project

Ecoamerica

Friends of the Earth

Clean Water Action

American Rivers

Food and Water Watch

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

League of Conservation Voters

Wilderness Society

National Parks Conservation Association

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