San Francisco environmental organizations

Name: Top 20 San Francisco environmental organizations
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There are 739environmental organizations in the greater San Franciscometro area, including the cities of San Francisco, Berkeley, Livermore, Oakland, Pleasanton, Redwood City, San Mateo, San Rafael, San Ramon, South San Francisco, and Walnut Creek. Combined, these San Francisco metro environmental organizationsemploy 7,661 people, earn more than $2 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $3 billion.

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Types of environmental organizations in San Francisco

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Natural resource conservation organizations	273	4,051	$980,323,945	$1,509,394,482
Environmental education organizations	127	1,334	$263,750,996	$538,738,112
Pollution abatement and control organizations	81	951	$897,428,897	$958,103,193
Botanical nonprofits and horticultural societies	61	483	$55,548,672	$248,932,635
Energy conservation and development organizations	56	1,380	$311,838,626	$291,814,269
Water quality and wetland conservation organizations	47	221	$63,809,497	$98,429,711
Environmental alliances and advocates	43	455	$37,097,983	$33,139,969
Land conservation organizations	41	581	$250,807,605	$556,250,109
Garden clubs and horticultural programs	38	153	$18,025,281	$29,498,254
Civic environmental and open space organizations	30	151	$20,715,253	$25,089,544

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Job trends for San Francisco environmental organizations

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	87
1-10	104
11-25	51
26-100	48
101 to 1,000	13
1,000+	1

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in San Francisco environmental organizations is driven by large organizations like Sierra Club, The Trust for Public Land, NextGen America, Grid Alternatives Affiliates and Subsidiaries, and Earth Island Institute.

Sizes of environmental organizations in San Francisco

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	160
$250k to $1M	83
$1M to $5M	83
$5M to $25M	49
$25M to $100M	8
$100M+	5

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like ClimateWorks Foundation, Climate Imperative Foundation, The Trust for Public Land, Sierra Club, and United States Energy Foundation earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in San Francisco environmental organizations.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 1.8% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in San Francisco environmental organizations with more than $100 million account for 48.2% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of environmental organizations in San Francisco

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ClimateWorks Foundation

ClimateWorks Foundation amplifies the power of philanthropy to end the climate crisis through innovation, collaboration, and solutions that scale.

Revenue

$330.5m

Assets

$503.1m

Employees

164

EIN

26-2303250

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network preserves forests, protects climate and human rights by challenging corporate power, with partners and strategic campaigns.

Revenue

$12.9m

Assets

$15.4m

Employees

EIN

94-3045180

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Grid Alternatives

Grid Alternatives offers accessible renewable energy technology and job training to underprivileged communities, advancing economic and environmental justice.

Revenue

$23.1m

Assets

$33.3m

Employees

227

EIN

26-0043353

IRS type

501(c)(3)

California State Parks Foundation

California State Parks Foundation is an independent, member-supported nonprofit dedicated to protecting and preserving the California State park system for the benefit of all.

Revenue

$10.4m

Assets

$16.3m

Employees

EIN

94-1707583

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation partners with businesses, agriculture and government to protect California's land, air and water through collaboration and restoration.

Revenue

$5.4m

Assets

$8.0m

Employees

EIN

94-3232437

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Sierra Club

Founded by legendary conservationist John Muir in 1892, the Sierra Club is now the nation's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than two million members and supporters.

Revenue

$167.5m

Assets

$147.1m

Employees

1,052

EIN

94-1153307

IRS type

501(c)(4)

Sierra Club Foundation

Sierra Club Foundation educates and empowers people to protect the environment through programs like Our Wild America and Beyond Coal.

Revenue

$87.7m

Assets

$208.0m

Employees

EIN

94-6069890

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Trust for Public Land

Creates and protects land for healthy communities. Helped plan and fund parks, completed 47 conservation projects, and passed 78% of ballot measures for $662 million.

Revenue

$193.3m

Assets

$308.2m

Employees

382

EIN

23-7222333

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Earth Island Institute

Environmental organization founded in 1982 by David R. Brower, supporting responsible initiatives and supporting young environmental leaders through awards.

Revenue

$23.7m

Assets

$29.6m

Employees

296

EIN

94-2889684

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)

APEN seeks to empower low-income Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities to achieve environmental and social justice. APEN believes that the environment includes everything around us: where we live, work and play.

Revenue

$6.6m

Assets

$13.4m

Employees

102

EIN

94-3261846

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Global Energy Monitor

Global Energy Monitor develops info for clean energy, including oil and gas and coal databases, GCPT tracking operating coal plants.

Revenue

$6.3m

Assets

$4.5m

Employees

EIN

82-2723327

IRS type

501(c)(3)

The Pachamama Alliance

Empowers Amazonian indigenous people to protect their lands and culture. Uses insights to inspire global change for a just society.

Revenue

$6.3m

Assets

$4.2m

Employees

EIN

94-3249793

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

$14.4m

Assets

$16.8m

Employees

EIN

94-2951373

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Filoli

Filoli: Historic estate and garden preserving California's rich history with beauty, nature, and shared stories. Publicly operated in Woodside, CA.

Revenue

$14.4m

Assets

$25.3m

Employees

109

EIN

95-2996648

IRS type

501(c)(3)

United States Energy Foundation

The United States Energy Foundation promotes clean energy and combats climate change by funding education, analysis, and marketing strategies.

Revenue

$133.3m

Assets

$127.9m

Employees

122

EIN

83-1740146

IRS type

501(c)(3)

John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust

Protects open space, ranches, farms, and shoreline in Contra Costa County for environmental sustainability; promotes local environmental awareness through outreach.

Revenue

$5.4m

Assets

$25.5m

Employees

EIN

68-0194652

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

$22.9m

Assets

$56.2m

Employees

EIN

81-2761910

IRS type

501(c)(3)

As You Sow

Founded in 1992, As You Sow promotes environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies.

Revenue

$8.5m

Assets

$12.7m

Employees

EIN

94-3169008

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Dream Corps

Green For All is a national organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.

Revenue

$53.5m

Assets

$97.1m

Employees

EIN

26-1140201

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Rising Sun CENTER for Opportunity

Rising Sun Energy Center is an industry leader in residential efficiency services and workforce development. To empower individuals to achieve environmental and economic sustainability for themselves and their communities.

Revenue

$5.7m

Assets

$8.2m

Employees

EIN

77-0359133

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.

San Francisco environmental organizations

Types of environmental organizations in San Francisco

Job trends for San Francisco environmental organizations

Sizes of environmental organizations in San Francisco

Directory of environmental organizations in San Francisco

ClimateWorks Foundation

Rainforest Action Network

Grid Alternatives

California State Parks Foundation

Sustainable Conservation

Sierra Club

Sierra Club Foundation

The Trust for Public Land

Earth Island Institute

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN)

Global Energy Monitor

The Pachamama Alliance

San Francisco Estuary Institute

Filoli

United States Energy Foundation

John Muir Land Trust prev Muir Heritage Land Trust

Klamath River Renewal Corporation

As You Sow

Dream Corps

Rising Sun CENTER for Opportunity

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