Milwaukee environmental organizations

Name: Top 20 Milwaukee environmental organizations
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There are 153environmental organizations in the greater Milwaukeemetro area, including the cities of Milwaukee and Waukesha. Combined, these Milwaukee metro environmental organizationsemploy 645 people, earn more than $56 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $175 million.

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Types of environmental organizations in Milwaukee

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Natural resource conservation organizations	69	134	$18,049,917	$94,937,633
Water quality and wetland conservation organizations	33	69	$6,917,283	$15,886,372
Botanical nonprofits and horticultural societies	27	61	$4,525,678	$4,894,207
Environmental education organizations	20	384	$24,052,009	$65,856,921
Garden clubs and horticultural programs	18	46	$1,852,620	$682,355
Land conservation organizations	13	25	$7,810,346	$70,068,609
Pollution abatement and control organizations	10	37	$4,028,195	$996,403
Environmental professional societies	6	4	$967,444	$1,338,345
Civic environmental and open space organizations	5	18	$1,311,927	$3,578,364
Botanical gardens and arboreta	5	15	$2,617,079	$4,166,641

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Job trends for Milwaukee environmental organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	22
1-10	21
11-25	7
26-100	6
101 to 1,000	1
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Milwaukee environmental organizations is driven by large organizations like Urban Ecology Center, Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, Riveredge Nature Center, Garden Homes Montessori School, and Walnut Way Conservation Corporation.

Sizes of environmental organizations in Milwaukee

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	33
$250k to $1M	21
$1M to $5M	16
$5M to $25M	1
$25M to $100M	0
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Urban Ecology Center, Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, Tall Pines Conservancy, Riveredge Nature Center, and Walnut Way Conservation Corporation earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Milwaukee environmental organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 24.7% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Milwaukee environmental organizations with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of environmental organizations in Milwaukee

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Urban Ecology Center

Urban Ecology Center connects people to nature and each other through preserving public natural areas, research opportunities, and community engagement.

Revenue

$11.1m

Assets

$35.4m

Employees

152

EIN

39-1712663

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Walnut Way Conservation Corporation

Walnut Way Conservation Corp. is a resident-led neighborhood organization in north sideMilwaukee's Lindsay Heights neighborhood that is committed to sustaining an economically diverse community through civic engagement, environmental stewardship, and crea....

Revenue

$2.6m

Assets

$7.0m

Employees

EIN

39-2007850

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

Schlitz Audubon is a Milwaukee conservation center offering environmental education, programs for all ages, and outdoor classrooms on 185 acres.

Revenue

$3.4m

Assets

$7.5m

Employees

EIN

39-1231819

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation

Conserves natural environment of Cedar Lakes region in Washington County, WI through land protection to maintain beauty, clean water, and biodiversity.

Revenue

$2.0m

Assets

$25.3m

Employees

EIN

39-1284451

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Tall Pines Conservancy

Tall Pines Conservancy preserves rural heritage, protects farmland and natural areas, and partners with organizations to launch environmental protection projects.

Revenue

$3.0m

Assets

$4.4m

Employees

EIN

39-1966972

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Riveredge Nature Center

Riveredge Nature Center supports conservation through education and land preservation, serving over 82,000 individuals in Wisconsin.

Revenue

$2.7m

Assets

$10.9m

Employees

EIN

39-6108549

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Milwaukee Water Commons

Milwaukee Water Commons beautifies the environment and creates open spaces. They earned $731,657 in total revenues last year.

Revenue

$874.0k

Assets

$730.7k

Employees

EIN

83-2154946

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Midwest Energy Research Consortium

M-werc drives energy innovation by synchronizing insights, talent, and tech in America's largest cluster of energy stakeholders.

Revenue

$1.5m

Assets

$2.1m

Employees

EIN

61-1618708

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Coalition for Sustainable Initiatives

Coalition for Sustainable Initiatives educates and advances sustainability, reduces environmental pollution, preserves the natural environment and works for the benefit of the general public.

Revenue

$2.1m

Assets

$1,833

Employees

EIN

47-4978406

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Wisconsin Waterfowl Association

Wisconsin Waterfowl Association conserves waterfowl and wetland resources, educates youth, promotes legislation, and restores/creates shallow wetland systems.

Revenue

$810.9k

Assets

$683.9k

Employees

EIN

39-1463462

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Milwaukee Parks Foundation

The Milwaukee Parks Foundation engages the community to support and steward a thriving park system in Milwaukee County.

Revenue

$1.6m

Assets

$1.2m

Employees

EIN

84-1808645

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Mequon Nature Preserve

Restoring 510 acres of land to a mix of forests, prairies and wetlands in Mequon, WI while promoting conservation through education.

Revenue

$1.4m

Assets

$2.2m

Employees

EIN

45-1562527

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Ozaukee Washington Land Trust

Preserves and protects natural areas, open spaces, and rural heritage of Ozaukee and Washington Counties through conservation, education, and outreach.

Revenue

$1.9m

Assets

$21.4m

Employees

EIN

39-1741288

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership

Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership promotes and facilitates local community efforts aimed at preserving or improving the quality of our natural resources.

Revenue

$1.4m

Assets

$587.6k

Employees

EIN

16-1663614

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Water Council

Water Council advances collaboration between fresh water research community and industries in Milwaukee to establish it as a global capital.

Revenue

$1.4m

Assets

$2.1m

Employees

EIN

26-4222978

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Bublr BIKESHARE

Bublr BIKESHARE delivers a sustainable, excellent bikeshare system for all through environmental education. Angela Sprau runs the organization in Milwaukee, WI.

Revenue

$1.7m

Assets

$1.8m

Employees

EIN

46-1052766

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Natures Classroom Institute Environmental Education

The organization is the nations premier environmental eduation program, offering fully customized 3 or 5 day experiences that have a direct positive impact on classroom community and academic performance.

Revenue

$1.5m

Assets

$3.2m

Employees

EIN

46-4732782

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Margies Smile

Margie's Smile establishes and maintains a garden in a County-owned park in Franklin, WI to further the public and governmental purposes of Milwaukee County. The organization's programs include constructing and maintaining the garden.

Revenue

$1.8m

Assets

$56.6k

Employees

EIN

85-3514421

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Missouri-Madison River Trust

Trust develops public recreation resources for the Missouri-Madison Rivers in Montana, improving roads, buildings, trails, parks, campgrounds.

Revenue

$992.5k

Assets

$6.7m

Employees

EIN

94-6722256

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Dusty Trails Atv Club

Dusty Trails Atv Club is a natural resource conservation organization in Fredonia, WI that was founded in 2024.

Revenue

N/A

Assets

N/A

Employees

N/A

EIN

39-1845992

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.

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Milwaukee environmental organizations

Types of environmental organizations in Milwaukee

Job trends for Milwaukee environmental organizations

Sizes of environmental organizations in Milwaukee

Directory of environmental organizations in Milwaukee

Urban Ecology Center

Walnut Way Conservation Corporation

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center

Cedar Lakes Conservation Foundation

Tall Pines Conservancy

Riveredge Nature Center

Milwaukee Water Commons

Midwest Energy Research Consortium

Coalition for Sustainable Initiatives

Wisconsin Waterfowl Association

Milwaukee Parks Foundation

Mequon Nature Preserve

Ozaukee Washington Land Trust

Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership

Water Council

Bublr BIKESHARE

Natures Classroom Institute Environmental Education

Margies Smile

Missouri-Madison River Trust

Dusty Trails Atv Club

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