The Ideal Location directory lists 12,150 environmental and conservation nonprofits across 51 US states and 155 bioregions worldwide. Each profile shows the organization's mission, location, founding year and reported revenue, plus the groups working nearby. Browse by state, focus area or bioregion, or search below.
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Search 8,493 nature-based organizations by bioregion, cause, or question.
Environmental nonprofits by state
- Alabama 57
- Alaska 98
- Arizona 142
- Arkansas 31
- California 1,516
- Colorado 440
- Connecticut 143
- Delaware 33
- District of Columbia 259
- Florida 407
- Georgia 146
- Hawaii 157
- Idaho 79
- Illinois 168
- Indiana 83
- Iowa 61
- Kansas 34
- Kentucky 65
- Louisiana 43
- Maine 196
- Maryland 166
- Massachusetts 425
- Michigan 195
- Minnesota 191
- Mississippi 21
- Missouri 84
- Montana 172
- Nebraska 39
- Nevada 52
- New Hampshire 79
- New Jersey 112
- New Mexico 77
- New York 583
- North Carolina 251
- North Dakota 14
- Ohio 164
- Oklahoma 28
- Oregon 370
- Pennsylvania 283
- Rhode Island 46
- South Carolina 95
- South Dakota 20
- Tennessee 88
- Texas 330
- Utah 104
- Vermont 151
- Virginia 237
- Washington 352
- West Virginia 27
- Wisconsin 231
- Wyoming 63
By focus area
- Land Conservation 3,060
- Wildlife Biodiversity 2,630
- Climate Energy 2,154
- Education Advocacy 1,836
- Water Rivers 1,623
- Sustainable Food Agriculture 1,067
- Environment 1,017
- Natural Resources Conservation 827
- Waste Circular Economy 787
- Environmental Justice 659
- Marine Oceans 582
- Botanical Gardens 346
- Outdoor Recreation Access 268
- Environmental Beautification 230
- Environmental Stewardship 20
By bioregion
- Adirondacks 13
- Aegean Eastern Mediterranean 18
- Alaska 47
- Alpine Austria 5
- Amazon Basin 6
- Andes 53
- Apennines Central Italy 15
- Appalachian Highlands 236
- Aquitaine Atlantic Coast 46
- Ardennes Belgian Lowlands 55
- Atlantic Canada 22
- Atlantic Forest 13
- Atlas Mountains Maghreb 1
- Australian Alps 10
- Balkan Peninsula 16
- Bavarian Alps Forests 17
- Blackland Prairie 10
- Blue Ridge Mountains 118
- Bohemian Highlands Elbe 10
- Boreal Forest 52
- British Columbia Coast 116
- Brittany Atlantic Coast 66
- California Central Coast 85
- Canadian Arctic 2
- Canadian Prairies 19
- Canadian Rockies 44
- Cape Floristic Region 22
- Caribbean 12
- Carpathians 4
- Cascade Range 161
- Cascadia 402
- Caucasus West Asia 6
- Central Valley 415
- Cerrado Pantanal 12
- Chesapeake Bay 270
- Chihuahuan Desert 7
- Chilean Andes Valparaiso 15
- Colorado Plateau 164
- Columbia Plateau 16
- Connecticut River Valley 28
- Coral Triangle 26
- Corn Belt 177
- Cornwall Devon Coast 41
- Corsica 3
- Cumberland Plateau 23
- Danube Basin 15
- Delaware River Basin 21
- Driftless Area 16
- Dutch Lowlands North Sea 75
- East African Rift 25
- English Midlands 67
- Everglades 19
- Finnish Lakeland 5
- Florida Peninsula 156
- French Alps 55
- Galapagos 1
- Garonne Occitanie 11
- Great Barrier Reef Queensland Coast 30
- Great Basin 41
- Great Lakes 261
- Great Lakes St Lawrence 120
- Great Plains 25
- Greater Yellowstone 77
- Guinean Forests West Africa 11
- Gulf Coast 128
- Hawaiian Islands 79
- High Plains 187
- Himalaya 5
- Hudson Valley 190
- Iberian Highlands 34
- Iceland North Atlantic 2
- Indian Subcontinent 14
- Irish Coast Countryside 14
- Italian Alps Dolomites 4
- Japanese Alps Honshu Highlands 5
- Japanese Coastal Satoyama 38
- Klamath Siskiyou 14
- Korean Peninsula 30
- Lake District Cumbria 13
- Loire Valley 38
- Long Island 20
- Long Island Sound 49
- Madagascar 1
- Massif Central 32
- Mediterranean Italy 3
- Mediterranean Spain 7
- Mekong Basin 8
- Mesoamerican Reef Rainforest 34
- Mid Atlantic Coast 206
- Mississippi River Delta 18
- Mojave Desert 12
- National 127
- New England Coast 360
- New South Wales Coast 70
- New Zealand North Island 25
- New Zealand South Island 11
- Normandy Coast 15
- North China Plain 5
- North German Plain Baltic 52
- Northern Arizona 33
- Northern California Coast 328
- Northern Forest 243
- Northern Ireland 6
- Northern Rockies 181
- Northwoods 104
- Norwegian Fjords 6
- Ohio Valley Bluegrass 18
- Ozarks 12
- Pacific Islands 3
- Pacific Northwest 372
- Pampas Rio De La Plata 17
- Patagonia 15
- Pearl River Delta 19
- Philippine Archipelago 19
- Portuguese Atlantic Coast 15
- Provence Mediterranean Coast 84
- Puget Sound 144
- Pyrenees 29
- Rhine Valley 26
- Rhone Valley 30
- Rio Grande Valley 34
- Sahel 2
- San Francisco Bay Area 365
- San Juan Mountains 28
- Scandinavian Forests 16
- Scottish Highlands 11
- Scottish Lowlands 45
- Seine Basin Ile De France 334
- Severn West Country 41
- Sierra Madre Baja 16
- Sierra Nevada 80
- Sonoran Desert 38
- Southeast Coastal Plain 81
- Southern African Savanna 24
- Southern Appalachians 81
- Southern California 303
- Southern Piedmont 56
- Southern Rockies 299
- Sundaland Rainforest 8
- Swiss Alps 37
- Swiss Plateau 26
- Taiwan East China Sea 13
- Tasmania 11
- Texas Hill Country 57
- Thames Basin Southeast England 262
- Victoria Southern Coast 77
- Wasatch Front 52
- Welsh Uplands 25
- Wessex Dorset Coast 11
- Western Australia Southwest 21
- Western Ghats 1
- Western Indian Ocean Islands 6
- Willamette Valley 163
- Yangtze Basin 1
- Yorkshire Pennines 45
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