Organization Spotlights

Girl Plus Environment is changing the face and future of the environmental justice movement by making it more inclusive, representative, and actionable. Through community-led initiatives, innovative campaigns, and strategic partnerships, the organization is not only raising awareness, they are building power. GPE envision a future where those most impacted by environmental injustice are also those leading the charge toward solutions.

Hip Hop Caucus is working to protect people and the planet by fighting for racial, climate, and economic justice. We engage artists, activists, and lawmakers to advance policies that create a safer, healthier, and more just world for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and marginalized communities. Advancing Equity and Justice at Hip Hop Caucus Hip Hop Caucus…

About GreenLatinos GreenLatinos is a national nonprofit of Latine leaders confronting national and local environmental issues in our community. We envision a healthy and equitable society where communities of color are liberated from disproportionate environmental burdens, free to breathe fresh air, drink pure water, access clean transportation, and enjoy our majestic public lands, oceans, and…

The Pew Charitable Trusts is a global, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses data to make a difference. Pew addresses the challenges of a changing world by illuminating issues, creating common ground, and advancing ambitious projects that lead to tangible progress. Pew advances environmental work in the U.S. and around the world so that nature and…

Save the Boundary Waters/Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness is a locally-based, national wilderness and public lands advocacy group. Their flagship program is a national campaign that includes more than 400 partners working together to protect the Wilderness from copper mining.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) leverages rigorous, independent science to develop solutions and advocate for a healthy, safe, and just future. Upholding values of integrity, equity, and democracy, UCS strives for science in service of people and the planet, ensuring justice for all races and incomes while inspiring action for a better world.

Founded in 1966, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is the largest independent conservation organization dedicated solely to saving the Bay. Serving as a watchdog, we fight for effective, science-based solutions to the pollution degrading the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is a grassroots nonprofit organization working to solve climate change. CCL has over 220,000 supporters nationwide, organized into more than 380 local chapters. Staff trains and supports those volunteers to educate their communities and their members of Congress about climate solutions. Together, we’re building the political will to stop the carbon pollution that’s overheating the planet. 

The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) is the leading not-for-profit organization dedicated to building strong, vibrant and resilient communities through the power of parks and recreation. NRPA advances this vision by investing in and championing the work of park and recreation professionals as a catalyst for positive change in service of equity, climate-readiness, and overall health and well-being.

The Center for Sustainable Communities (CSC) is a non-profit whose aim is to make communities cleaner, healthier, safer, and more climate resilient through equity and environmental justice. It performs its mission primarily through the use of science, technology, engineering, and scientific research to provide effective solutions to mitigate a wide variety of environmental, climate, and social justice issues in our most underserved and under-resourced communities.