Surfrider Foundation

Our take

The Surfrider Foundation is a grassroots coastal-defense network built on local chapters and student clubs, mobilizing beach-goers to protect the places where land meets sea. Its campaigns are concrete and current: fighting new offshore oil and gas drilling, reducing single-use plastic, defending public beach access, monitoring water quality through its Blue Water Task Force, and confronting the coastal effects of climate change. Because the work runs through volunteer chapters, this is one of the most participatory organizations in the directory: there is very likely a Surfrider chapter near any coastline you love. Ideal for people who want to do the work, not just fund it.

Reviewed by Ideal Location from the organization's public materials.