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Environment Nonprofits in California

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Placer Land Tr

Auburn, CA

Assets: $90m

Revenue: $4m

MISSION:

The goal of this organization is to preserve and protect endangered land resources from indiscriminate development, destruction or decay and which manage the utilization of renewable and nonrenewable resources to ensure ongoing availability. Included are conservation of the nations forests, rangeland, vegetation, deserts, wild and scenic rivers and other wilderness areas and open land spaces; and reestablishment of areas that have been devastated by destructive activities such as strip mining or other destructive activities.

Redwood Forest Foundation Inc

Fort Bragg, CA

Assets: $87m

Revenue: $3m

MISSION:

THE MISSION OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS TO ACQUIRE, PROTECT, RESTORE, AND MANAGE FORESTLANDS AND OTHER RELATED RESOURCES IN THE REDWOOD REGION FOR THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITIES LOCATED THERE.

Santa Lucia Conservancy

Carmel, CA

Assets: $77m

Revenue: $17m

MISSION:

PRESERVATION OF ~20,000 ACRES OF DIVERSE NATURAL LANDS AND OPEN SPACE THROUGH ADAPTIVE LAND MANAGEMENT, ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND RESTORATION, CONSERVATION EASEMENT STEWARDSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

Napa County Land Trust

Napa, CA

Assets: $76m

Revenue: $5m

MISSION:

LAND TRUST OF NAPA COUNTY IS A NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO PRESERVING THE (CONTINUED, SCHEDULE O) CHARACTER OF NAPA COUNTY BY PERMANENTLY PROTECTING LAND. THE LAND TRUST WORKS COOPERATIVELY WITH LANDOWNERS AND OUR COMMUNITY TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LAND, WATER RESOURCES, WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE CORRIDORS, SCENIC OPEN SPACE, FORESTS, RANCHES, WILDFLOWER MEADOWS AND NATIVE BIODIVERSITY THROUGHOUT NAPA COUNTY.

Endangered Habitats Conservancy

San Diego, CA

Assets: $75m

Revenue: $6m

MISSION:

ACQUIRE, MANAGE, MONITOR AND MAINTAIN LAND IN CALIFORNIA FOR HABITAT PROTECTION.

Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc

Calabasas, CA

Assets: $72m

Revenue: $73m

MISSION:

The goal of this organization is to conduct research and/or public policy analysis within the Environment major group area.

Swift Foundation

Santa Barbara, CA

Assets: $67m

Revenue: $1m

MISSION:

The goal of this organization is to raise and distribute funds for multiple organizations within the Environment major group area.

Dream Corps

Oakland, CA

Assets: $62m

Revenue: $58m

MISSION:

THE DREAM CORPS WORKS TO CLOSE PRISON DOORS AND OPEN DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY.

Escondido Creek Conservancy

Escondido, CA

Assets: $55m

Revenue: $6m

MISSION:

THE ORGANIZATION IS DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION AND PROTECTION OF NATURAL OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED. THE ECC SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND COMPATIBLE OUTDOOR RECREATION WITHIN THE WATERSHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. THE ECC HAS FORMED ALLIANCES WITH LANDOWNERS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE INVALUABLE RESOURCES INTRINSIC TO THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED.

Truckee Donner Land Trust

Truckee, CA

Assets: $50m

Revenue: $8m

MISSION:

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT SCENIC, HISTORIC AND RECREATIONAL LANDS WITH HIGH NATURAL RESOURCE VALUES

Big Sur Land Trust

Monterey, CA

Assets: $48m

Revenue: $5m

MISSION:

BIG SUR LAND TRUSTS MISSION IS TO INSPIRE LOVE OF LAND ACROSS GENERATIONS, CONSERVATION OF OUR UNIQUE MONTEREY COUNTY LANDSCAPES, AND ACCESS TO OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES FOR ALL. SINCE 1978, WE HAVE CONSERVED OVER 40,000 ACRES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

Sonoma Land Trust

Santa Rosa, CA

Assets: $48m

Revenue: $14m

MISSION:

PROTECT THE SCENIC, NATURAL, CULTURAL, AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN LANDSCAPES OF SONOMA COUNTY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND FUTURE GENERATIONS BY DEVELOPING LONG-TERM LAND PROTECTION STRATEGIES; PROMOTING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FUNDING FOR LAND CONSERVATION; ACQUIRING LAND AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS; PRACTICING STEWARDSHIP, INCLUDING THE RESTORATION OF CONSERVATION PROPERTIES; PROMOTING A SENSE OF PLACE AND A LAND ETHIC THROUGH ACTIVITIES, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

Klamath River Renewal Corporation

Berkeley, CA

Assets: $47m

Revenue: $43m

MISSION:

THE MISSION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER RENEWAL CORPORATION (KRRC) IS TO RESTORE THE KLAMATH RIVERAND REESTABLISH ITS NATURAL VITALITY SO THAT IT CAN SUPPORT ALL COMMUNITIES IN THE REGION.

The California Desert Land Conservancy

Joshua Tree, CA

Assets: $47m

Revenue: $6m

MISSION:

THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE MOJAVE DESERT ECOSYSTEM AND ITS SCENIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCE VALUES.

Sempervirens Fund

Los Altos, CA

Assets: $45m

Revenue: $9m

MISSION:

PROTECT AND PERMANENTLY PRESERVE SANTA CRUZ REDWOOD FOREST HABITAT.

Sequoia Riverlands Trust

Visalia, CA

Assets: $44m

Revenue: $3m

MISSION:

SRT ENGAGES LANDOWNERS, FARMERS, CONSERVATIONISTS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES IN THE COUNTIES OF TULARE, FRESNO, KERN AND KINGS TO COLLABORATE ON LAND CONSERVATION THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA'S SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEY HEARTLAND.

Naturebridge

Sausalito, CA

Assets: $44m

Revenue: $8m

MISSION:

PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AT FOUR NATIONAL PARKS AND ONE NATURE PRESERVE.

Multiplier

San Francisco, CA

Assets: $43m

Revenue: $40m

MISSION:

TO PROTECT AND FOSTER A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE WORLD.

Solutions Project Inc

Oakland, CA

Assets: $43m

Revenue: $7m

MISSION:

THE SOLUTIONS PROJECT FUNDS AND AMPLIFIES GRASSROOTS CLIMATE JUSTICE SOLUTIONS.

William Brown Foundation

Danville, CA

Assets: $43m

Revenue: $43m

MISSION:

The goal of this organization is to preserve and protect endangered land resources from indiscriminate development, destruction or decay and which manage the utilization of renewable and nonrenewable resources to ensure ongoing availability. Included are conservation of the nations forests, rangeland, vegetation, deserts, wild and scenic rivers and other wilderness areas and open land spaces; and reestablishment of areas that have been devastated by destructive activities such as strip mining or other destructive activities.