Texas Environmental Nonprofits
Girlstart
Girlstart is a national woman-founded, woman-led organization, offering free, year-round out-of-school STEM programming for girls in grades 4-8.
GivePower Foundation
GivePower is committed to extending the environmental and social benefits of clean, renewable energy around the globe.
Greater Houston Off Road Biking Association
Our Mission is to promote healthy and safe off road cycling by collaboratively working with all trail users and landowners to build and sustain…
HIKE for Mental Health
HIKE for Mental Health organizes hikes to promote the benefits of hiking while funding mental health research and trail conservation.
IssueVoter
How it works: IssueVoter makes information accessible and actionable with customized alerts *before* Congress votes, and translates bills into layman’s terms with points from…
Keep Austin Fed
Keep Austin Fed is a food rescue organization in Austin, TX, keeping perfectly good food out of the landfill where it generates harmful methane…
MarAlliance
MarAlliance explores, enables and inspires conservation action for threatened marine wildlife and their critical habitats with dependent communities.
Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University
The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment inspires research, innovation, and leadership that ensures clean, abundant water for the environment.
Monarch Sanctuary Project
A 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the monarch butterfly migration.
Mzuzah Charitable Inc
Mission: To inspire, empower and provide key tools for the economic, social and environmental sustainability of next generation leaders in emerging economies.
Naturally Network
National network supporting conscious CPG brands through education and programs that advance sustainable and responsible business practices.
Partners for Education, Agriculture and Sustainability (PEAS)
PEAS is an Austin-based nonprofit cultivating joyful, hands-on connections to food and the natural world through outdoor learning and edible education programs.
Plastic Reduction Project
Plastic Reduction Project seeks to reduce single-use foodware waste through education, assistance in reuse implementation, and by quantifying economic drivers.
Port Aransas Conservancy Fund
Foster a balance of conservation and economically sustainable uses for Port Aransas while recognizing dependence of community and economy on tourism
Primarily Primates, Inc.
Primarily Primates, Inc. (PPI) is a not-for-profit animal sanctuary in Bexar County, Texas, providing permanent, lifetime care and housing for rescued animals,
Pro Players Foundation
The Pro Players Foundation mission is to enrich the lives of kids in need across North Texas
Project Primate, Inc
Project Primate, Inc supports the Chimpanzee Conservation Center (Centre de Conservation pour Chimpanzés) in combating the illegal pet trade by caring for orphaned confiscated…
Rainforest Connection
Protecting rainforests from illegal logging and monitoring wildlife to better inform conservation efforts around the world.
Re:wild
Re:wild protects and restores the wild to build a thriving Earth where all life flourishes.
Re:wild Your Campus
Join the movement to re:wild college campuses as students across the nation address our world’s rising biodiversity and climate crises. Re:wild Your Campus envisions…
Red Line Parkway Initiative
Supporting the 36-mile trail and linear park connecting from Downtown Austin to Cedar Park to Leander
Environmental nonprofits in Texas: key facts
How many environmental nonprofits are in Texas?
Ideal Location lists 330 environmental and conservation nonprofits in Texas. The 267 that report revenue bring in a combined $1.1 billion a year.
What is the largest environmental nonprofit in Texas?
By reported annual revenue, the largest in the directory is El Pasoans Fighting Hunger (El Paso, TX), at $233.3 million. Next are Great Hearts America-Texas, Rewild, Alliance To End Plastic Waste Inc and Dallas Arboretum & Botanical.
What do Texas's environmental nonprofits focus on?
The most common focus areas are Wildlife Biodiversity (73), Land Conservation (59), Environment (52) and Education Advocacy (38).
Which bioregions do they work in?
Most work in Gulf Coast (64), Texas Hill Country (57), Blackland Prairie (10), Chihuahuan Desert (4), Rio Grande Valley (3) and High Plains (2).
What is the oldest environmental nonprofit in Texas?
International Palm Society Inc, founded in 1957, 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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