Nonprofit 501(c)(3)

“At the Trust for Public Land, we don’t just save land—we save land for people to enjoy, from neighborhood parks to national parks. We depend on the ongoing support of individuals to make sure our work carries on well into the future.

“Our mission is to create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come. Every park, playground, and public space we create is an open invitation to explore, wonder, discover, and play.”

"Trout in the classroom connects students with their watershed."

“Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is an environmental education program in which students in grades K-12 … raise trout from eggs to fry, monitor tank water quality, engage in stream habitat study, learn to appreciate water resources, begin to foster a conservation ethic, grow to understand ecosystems.

“Most programs end the year by releasing their trout in a state-approved stream near the school or within a nearby watershed.

“Trees New York’s mission is to plant, preserve and protect New York City’s urban forest through education and community participation.

“Teatown is a nonprofit nature preserve and environmental education center in the Lower Hudson Valley, with 15 miles of hiking trails, a two-acre island refuge for over 230 species of native wildflowers, year-round programming, wildlife exhibits, and natural science day camps in the summer and school breaks.”

"Sprout Up provides free, youth-led environmental education programs to 1st and 2nd grade classrooms in underrepresented public schools. Sprout Up is carried out as a program of Environmental Volunteers."

Riverside Park Conservancy, since 2012.

Riverside Park Fund, 1986-2012.

“Riverside Park Conservancy is the non-profit support organization for Riverside Park. Community groups with specific interests have found a common voice in the Conservancy; …

“NY Sun Works is a non-profit organization that builds innovative science labs in urban schools. Through our Greenhouse Project Initiative we use hydroponic farming technology to educate students and teachers about the science of sustainability.”

“Nature is a fundamental right of every New Yorker. NYRP partners with local communities, public agencies, and the private sector to acquire, create, maintain, and program public open spaces. Our sustained partnership with communities promotes strong social ties and collective action.”

“For 200 years—since 1817—the Academy has brought together extraordinary people working at the frontiers of discovery. Among the oldest scientific organizations in the United States, it has become not only an enduring cultural institution in New York, but also one of the most significant organizations in the global scientific community.”

“Institute for Humane Education (IHE) educates people to create a world in which all humans, animals, and nature can thrive.”

To achieve this mission, IHE offers the following: Online Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Humane Education, Center for Solutionary† Change, and High Impact Outreach.

† ”Solutionary: a person who is able to identify inhumane and unsustainable systems and then develop solutions that are healthy and just for people, animals, and the environment.”