Maine Environmental Nonprofits
Biodiversity
To provide progressive environmental study and education that furthers global sustainablity and conservation policies.
Chewonki Foundation Inc
Chewonki inspires transformative growth, teaches appreciation and stewardship of the natural world, and challenges people to build thriving, sustainable communities throughout their lives.
Scarborough Land Conservation Trust
The Scarborough Land Trust is a private, non-profit, community-based organization with a mission to conserve and steward land where natural and agricultural resources, scenic…
Acadia Center
Acadia Center advances bold, effective, and equitable clean energy solutions for a livable climate and a stronger, more equitable economy.
7 Lakes Alliance
7 Lakes Alliance conserves the lands and waters of the belgrade Lakes region for all.
Center for Wildlife
Center for Wildlife is a private, non-profit conservation medicine and environmental education organization located in Cape Neddick, ME.
Somerset Woods Trustees
To conserve lands with significant ecological or cultural resources and manage them in a sustainable way for public benefit.
Blue Hill Heritage Trust
Community land trust based in Blue Hill, Maine, serving the Blue Hill Peninsula.
Boothbay Region Land Trust Inc
To conserve for the public benefit natural habitat, scenic beauty, and working land of the Boothbay region of Maine by providing stewardship, public access,…
Downeast Institute For Applied Marine Research And Education Inc
To develop and enhance maine's Marine resources through Applied scientific Research, technology transfer, public Education and aquaculture.
The Kennebec Land Trust
The Kennebec Land Trust (klt) works cooperatively with landowners and communities to conserve the forests, lakes, streams, wetlands, fields, and wildlife that help define…
Small Woodland Owners Association Of Maine Inc
Maine Woodland Owners supports woodland ownership and stewardship through education, advocacy, collaboration and conservation fo rthe benefit of landowners, wildlife, the environment, the pulic…
Algae Foundation
The Algae Foundation's mission is to promote the power of Algae to transform human society and environment upon which it depends and to facilitate…
Avian Haven
Avian Haven is a nonprofit wild bird rehabilitation center dedicated to the return of injured and orphaned birds and turtles to natural roles in…
Center For Wildlife Studies
To provide accessible environmental education and promote Wildlife conservation through science.
Bicycle Coalition of Maine
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine’s mission is to make Maine a better place for cycling, walking, and rolling.
Androscoggin Land Trust
ALT works to conserve and steward critical land in perpetuity for Androscoggin River watershed protection, wildlife habitat, natural resources, and outdoor recreational opportunities. We…
Three Rivers Land Tr
To build reciprocal relationships to land through conservation, recreation, and education.
30 Mile River Watershed Association
The mission of the 30 Mile River Watershed Association (30 Mile) is to work as a community for clean and healthy lakes, ponds and…
St Croix International Waterway Commission
The st. Croix International Waterway Commission was formed under a joint agreement between the state of maine and the province of new brunswick. Its…
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation
The Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation is a 501.c.3 nonprofit corporation in the State of Maine. As such we are a board-managed organization that enhances…
Sebasticook Regional Land Trust
The mission of the SRLT is to recognize and conserve the rich wild and working landscape of Central Maine's Sebasticook River watershed through conservation,…
350 Maine
350 Maine grew quickly in 2013 when faced with a pipeline project that would allow export of the dirtiest oil on earth from South…
Environmental nonprofits in Maine: key facts
How many environmental nonprofits are in Maine?
Ideal Location lists 196 environmental and conservation nonprofits in Maine. The 131 that report revenue bring in a combined $214.5 million a year.
What is the largest environmental nonprofit in Maine?
By reported annual revenue, the largest in the directory is Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Inc (Boothbay, ME), at $28.6 million. Next are Friends of Acadia, Biodiversity, Chewonki Foundation Inc and Reverb.
What do Maine's environmental nonprofits focus on?
The most common focus areas are Land Conservation (63), Water Rivers (38), Education Advocacy (37) and Climate Energy (28).
Which bioregions do they work in?
Most work in New England Coast (104) and Northern Forest (103).
What is the oldest environmental nonprofit in Maine?
Maine Audubon, founded in 1940, is the oldest with a founding year on record.
Counts and revenue come from the organizations listed in the Ideal Location directory and their most recent reported filings.
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