Maryland Environmental Nonprofits
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Founded in 1967, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is the largest independent conservation organization dedicated solely to saving the Bay. Serving as a watchdog,…
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
The Alliance restores the lands and waters of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Chesapeake Conservancy
Chesapeake Conservancy is a non-profit organization based in Annapolis, Maryland that protects, restores, and expands naturally and culturally important areas. We believe that the…
Wild Earth Allies
Our mission is to protect vital areas of our planet for wildlife and people through local conservation action.
Center For Watershed Protection
To protect, restore and enhance our streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands and bays.
Blue Water Baltimore
Our mission is to restore the quality of Baltimore’s rivers, streams, and harbor to foster a healthy environment, a strong economy, and thriving communities.
Anacostia Watershed Society
Our mission is to protect and restore the Anacostia River and its watershed communities by cleaning the water, recovering the shores, and honoring the…
Chesapeake Research Consortium Inc
To coordinate Research and service activities on the Chesapeake bay and the geographically contiguous environmental region.
Waterfowl Festival Inc
Waterfowl chesapeake will create, restore and conserve Waterfowl habitat throughout the chesapeake bay watershed and nearby coastal bays by engaging in collaborative, strategic initiatives…
Upstream Alliance Inc
Provide significant outdoor environmental educational experiences to prepare the next generation to be leaders and stewards of a sustainable environment.
Voices For A Sustainable Future Inc
Voices for a Sustainable Future and the labor network for sustainability (lns) was founded on the belief that aligning the labor and climate movements…
Chesapeake Legal Alliance
Chesapeake Legal Alliance (CLA) is the only regional organization solely dedicated to providing free legal services to protect the Chesapeake Bay watershed. We are…
Adkins Arboretum Ltd
Maintain, enhance and develop Adkins Arboretum at tuckahoe state park, caroline county
Chesapeake Rivers Association Inc
Protect and Restore the Chesapeake Bay particularly the Severn River
American Chestnut Land Trust Inc
We promote Land conservation and preservation throughout southern maryland. We preserve and conserve the natural and cultural resources of the parkers creek and governors…
Vine Corps Inc
The organization's mission is to provide young people from under-served areas of prince george's county, maryland, with the educational enrichment, personal support and family…
Baltimore Green Space A Land Trustfor Community-Managed Open Space In
Baltimore Green Space is a land trust that partners with communities to preserve and support community gardens , forest patches , pocket parks ,…
Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Inc
The entity restores, manages and protects habitat to increase Wildlife habitat and improve water quality.
Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Inc
The Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council is a coalition of individuals and organizations dedicated to educating the region about sustainable landscaping and how this approach…
Catoctin Land Trust
Catoctin Land Trust, preserves and restores the woods and waters that sustain wildlife, our planet, and ourselves.
Bethesda Green
Bethesda Green works to locally accelerate the sustainable economy with a focus on innovation, impact, and community. We are an incubator, a connector, and…
Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon
The Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon is a nonprofit working to conserve biodiversity and other natural resources in the Peruvian Amazon, for the benefit…
Ocean City Reef Foundation
To create and enhance artificial reefs off the coast of Ocean City maryland
Environmental nonprofits in Maryland: key facts
How many environmental nonprofits are in Maryland?
Ideal Location lists 166 environmental and conservation nonprofits in Maryland. The 133 that report revenue bring in a combined $390.5 million a year.
What is the largest environmental nonprofit in Maryland?
By reported annual revenue, the largest in the directory is Climate United Fund (Bethesda, MD), at $48.9 million. Next are National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Montgomery County Green Bank Corp and Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.
What do Maryland's environmental nonprofits focus on?
The most common focus areas are Land Conservation (41), Water Rivers (32), Education Advocacy (28) and Environment (23).
Which bioregions do they work in?
Most work in Chesapeake Bay (67), Appalachian Highlands (67) and Mid Atlantic Coast (2).
What is the oldest environmental nonprofit in Maryland?
Nature Forward Inc, founded in 1947, 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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