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Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy Inc
United States
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Washington, DC
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Environment
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Source of Synergy Foundation Inc
United States
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East Hampton, NY
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Environment
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Tallgrass Legacy Alliance Inc
United States
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Council Grove, KS
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Environment
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Pro Natura Peninsula De Yucatan, Ac
Mexico
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Mérida, Yucatán
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Environment
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特定非営利活動法人make Happy
Japan
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Miyagi
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Disaster Relief
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Vereniging Egmondse Reddingsbrigade (E.R.B.)
Netherlands
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Egmond aan Zee, North Holland
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Disaster Relief
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Uretara Estuary Managers Incorporated
New Zealand
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Katikati, Bay of Plenty
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Environment
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国連の友Ａｓｉａ－Ｐａｃｉｆｉｃ
Japan
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Tokyo
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Disaster Relief
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Associació Mountain Wilderness de Catalunya
Spain
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Barcelona
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Environment
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Associació MULA (Masoveria Urbana per la Llar Alternativa)
Spain
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Barcelona
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Environment
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Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society Incorporated
New Zealand
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Pirongia
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Environment
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World Vision Development Foundation (Visayas Field Office)
Philippines
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Mandaue City, Central Visayas
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Social Services
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World Vision Development Foundation (Haven of Rest II)
Philippines
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Mandaue City, Central Visayas
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Health
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World Vision Development Foundation (Pilar, Bohol - Bohol 03)
Philippines
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Tagbilaran City, Central Visayas
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Health
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Asociación "El Trosset d'Ullastrell"
Spain
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Ullastrell, Barcelona
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Environment
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Associació El Racó Sostenible
Spain
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Estartit, l', Girona
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Environment
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Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA)
Lebanon
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Baabda
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Environment
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Asociación Vida Alternativa y Sostenible
Spain
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Barcelona
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Environment
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Stichting Styled2Move Foundation
Netherlands
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Waalwijk, North Brabant
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Environment
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Favela Inc
Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
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Environment
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What is an environment charity?
Environment as a cause collects the organizations working to protect the natural world itself: groups defending clean air and clean water, land trusts and stewardship projects, pollution watchdogs, and broad environmental campaigners whose work does not fit one narrower label. Use the filters above to browse the directory by country and by organization size. GiveRadar assigns the Environment tag from each charity's name, stated mission, and registry classification; no organization can choose it or pay for it.
An environment charity is a registered nonprofit whose mission is protecting the natural world people depend on: clean air, clean water, healthy soil, and the landscapes and ecosystems that hold them together. The tag marks the cause an organization serves, so it gathers both broad environmental groups and cross-cutting ones, while organizations focused on a single front, such as climate, wildlife, or the ocean, also have their own cause pages. The sector-wide view, which groups environmental work with related organization types, lives on the charity categories page; this page is the issue view.
What do environment charities do?
Environment charities defend the places and resources everyone shares, usually on one of a few recurring fronts. Typical work includes:
- Monitoring air, water, and soil quality, and publishing what they find so residents and regulators can act on it
- Watchdog and legal work: challenging harmful permits, filing complaints, and pushing for enforcement of existing environmental law
- Reducing pollution and waste: cleanup drives, recycling and reuse programs, and campaigns against single-use materials
- Protecting land directly by acquiring or stewarding nature reserves, green spaces, and ecologically important sites
- Restoring damaged places: replanting river banks, cleaning contaminated ground, and bringing green space back into cities
- Running environmental education and citizen science programs that turn local people into long-term caretakers
Green words are cheap: what to check for this cause
The specific risk with environment charities is that green language costs nothing: almost any organization can describe itself as protecting the planet, so the check that matters is whether a concrete program sits behind the phrase. Look for the specifics on the charity's profile and website: which river, which pollutant, which piece of land, and what the organization actually did there in its last reported year. Financial shape also varies more here than in most causes: a land trust can legitimately hold large assets and spend little, while an advocacy group spends mostly on staff and campaigns, so compare an organization against others doing the same kind of work rather than against the whole cause. Finally, check where the work happens against where the money is raised; environmental work is tied to specific places, and the profile's registration and filing details help you confirm the organization is anchored where it says it is. You can run these checks on any listed organization with the charity checker, and the full five-step walkthrough is in our guide for donors. The integrity assessment on each profile measures how much the organization discloses, not its impact on the environment.
Common questions
What is an environment charity?
An environment charity is a registered nonprofit that works to protect the natural world: clean air and water, healthy land, and the ecosystems that sustain them. The work ranges from pollution monitoring and environmental law to land stewardship, restoration, and public campaigns. On GiveRadar, the Environment cause tag marks every listed organization whose name, stated mission, or registry classification points to this work.
How do I find environment charities near me?
Start with the country filter on the directory above: it narrows the list to organizations registered in your country. This page does not filter by city, so from there open a profile and check the organization's registered address, website, and stated working area; much environmental work is local, tied to a specific river, coastline, or region, and the organization's own materials will say where it operates. A small local group can be just as worth supporting as a national one: check its registration and filings the same way.
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