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Environment Nonprofits in California

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Redwood Forest Foundation Inc

Fort Bragg, CA

Assets: $89m

Revenue: $9m

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.

Truckee Donner Land Trust

Truckee, CA

Assets: $86m

Revenue: $3m

MISSION:

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

Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

San Francisco, CA

Assets: $81m

Revenue: $53m

MISSION:

PRESERVE GOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS; ENHANCE VISITOR EXPERIENCE; BUILD A DEDICATED COMMUNITY.

Napa County Land Trust

Napa, CA

Assets: $79m

Revenue: $17m

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.

Multiplier

San Francisco, CA

Assets: $77m

Revenue: $75m

MISSION:

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

Social And Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc

Calabasas, CA

Assets: $76m

Revenue: $62m

MISSION:

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

Santa Lucia Conservancy

Carmel, CA

Assets: $71m

Revenue: $5m

MISSION:

TO PROTECT AND STEWARD IN PERPETUITY THE UNIQUE NATURAL, CULTURAL, AND ASTHETIC RESOURCES OF THE PRESERVE AND SERVE AS A MODEL OF ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO COMMITTEES OUTSIDE THE PRESERVE.

Endangered Habitats Conservancy

San Diego, CA

Assets: $69m

Revenue: $1m

MISSION:

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

The California Desert Land Conservancy

Joshua Tree, CA

Assets: $60m

Revenue: $8m

MISSION:

TO PROTECT THE COLORADO AND MOJAVE DESERTS ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR SCENIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES.

Escondido Creek Conservancy

Escondido, CA

Assets: $60m

Revenue: $7m

MISSION:

THE MISSION OF THE ESCONDIDO CREEK CONSERVANCY IS TO PRESERVE AND RESTORE THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED. VISION: THROUGH THE CONSERVANCY'S LEADERSHIP, THE ESCONDIDO CREEK WATERSHED WILL BECOME A MODEL OF VIBRANT URBAN COMMUNITIES AND VIABLE NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS THRIVING TOGETHER.

Klamath River Renewal Corporation

Berkeley, CA

Assets: $56m

Revenue: $23m

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.

Sonoma Land Trust

Santa Rosa, CA

Assets: $56m

Revenue: $16m

MISSION:

PROTECT THE SCENIC, NATURAL, CULTURAL, AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN LANDSCAPES (CONTINUED ON SCH. O)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.

Big Sur Land Trust

Monterey, CA

Assets: $55m

Revenue: $10m

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.

Land Trust Of Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz, CA

Assets: $54m

Revenue: $17m

MISSION:

PROTECT, CARE FOR, AND CONNECT ALL PEOPLE TO THE VIBRANT NATURAL AND WORKING LANDS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND NATURE TO THRIVE TOGETHER FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

Swift Foundation

Santa Barbara, CA

Assets: $52m

Revenue: $2m

MISSION:

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

Larsen-Lam Climate Change Foundation

San Francisco, CA

Assets: $50m

Revenue: $17m

MISSION:

The goal of this organization is to conserve existing energy resources, ensure efficient use of available energy and develop new energy resources while protecting the quality of the environment.

American River Conservancy

Coloma, CA

Assets: $46m

Revenue: $6m

MISSION:

TO CONDUCT LAND CONSERVATION, STEWARDSHIP AND EDUCATION IN THE UPPER AMERICAN RIVER AND UPPER COSUMNES RIVER WATERSHEDS

San Francisco Community Land Tr

San Francisco, CA

Assets: $44m

Revenue: $3m

MISSION:

TO CREATE PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE, RESIDENT-CONTROLLED HOUSING FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP OF LAND.

Naturebridge

Sausalito, CA

Assets: $44m

Revenue: $8m

MISSION:

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

William Brown Foundation

Danville, CA

Assets: $43m

Revenue: $1m

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.