Earth Gives

We are protecting people and the planet for future generations. Earth Gives is a caring community of individuals, families and businesses inspiring generosity to and personal engagement with environmental and climate-focused nonprofits across the U.S.  They protect your air, water, wildlife and land. They fight for forests, expand clean and cheap renewable energy, work with farms on regenerative agriculture to heal their soil and produce healthier food. And they protect communities that need a voice when extractive industries might be leaving pollution behind that could impact generations to come.

Environmental philanthropy makes up only 2% of all giving. That's just not enough when it comes to extreme heat, stronger storms and the devastation they leave behind. It's not enough when our energy bills are going up, the cost of food is impacted from climate changing across the globe, or the plastic pollution impacting wildlife and our own health.

Earth Gives was established to inspire individuals like you to learn more, shift some of your giving to environmental stewardship, and find groups that you can learn from and partner with walk the world as an "earth giver."

Sixty-three percent of Americans expect climate impacts to worsen during their lifetimes, according to Pew Research. Eighty-nine percent of people globally want governments to adopt climate policies that will advance solutions.

Your investment today - be it $20 or $2,000, will be used to expand our work in support of environmental, climate, wildlife, renewable and science-backed organizations on the front lines of this work - whether they care for your hiking trail, protect your favorite national park or sacred space, regenerate carbon capture efforts through seagrass or old growth forest protections, educate the young on the environment and STEM careers, or go to court to help you breathe cleaner air and avoid the health impacts of toxics and plastic pollution.

Help us "compound interest" with and through this nationwide effort that offers an easy way to start on an eco-stewardship path and lifting up those with boots on the ground and boats in the ocean, advancing the solutions we all depend on.

Earth Gives also hosts monthly free virtual programs to help connect and educate environmental nonprofit teams. We host a similar virtual conversation for women interested in driving change. A key part of Earth Gives Day is our four Power Hour programs. These nonprofit-led sessions are for the public to learn and take action on a number of issues they might care about - from fashion circularity to food and health, from climate justice to plastics and toxics.

How can you help?

Help us serve the country's 501c3s by helping us establish a $300,000 budget to be used to take the effort to the next level. Funds will be used for capacity expansion, innovation, technology costs, marketing and outreach, training nonprofits, match dollars and Prize Fund dollars. Prize Fund investments are a pool of money used as a catalyst for our Earth Gives Day campaign participating nonprofits to inspire even more donors, dollars, and doers to receive the additional funds. 100% of these dollars go to the top performing nonprofits based on budget size. $10,000 prize funds can be established to serve a specific mission area such as wildlife, STEM, tree plantings, renewable energy, Indigenous nonprofits or food systems change. You can underwrite Earth Gives' monthly education and training programs featuring national experts, our Power Hours held during the national giving campaign that runs 3+ weeks in September/October.

Testimonials

Our organization was able to add more than 40 new donors, which made a huge difference in our impact. -Jack Hason, Run on Climate Education Fund (Vermont/National)

We were able to hire two more people to expand our work with Rotarians across the globe as we continue to advance on our newest pillar - environmental sustainability. - Laurie Zuckerman, Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group