Green Corps

Green Corps is an environmental organization[5] in the United States[6] that trains recent college graduates[7] in a one-year post-graduate program[8] in grassroots community organizing. During the program, Green Corps organizers learn in the classroom and are deployed in the field to work on campaigns.[9]

Green Corps Inc.
Formation1992 (1992)[1]
FoundersLeslie Samuelrich, Gina Cummings[2]
Type501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization[3]
Exec. Dir.
Annie Sanders
Budget
$1,668,335[4]
Websitewww.greencorps.org

Founding

Green Corps was founded in 1992 by Leslie Samuelrich and Gina Cummings[10] with the financial backing of U.S. Public Interest Research Group[11][12] in response to the momentum created by Earth Day 1990. Green Corps was created to channel young talent into environmental advocacy causes.[13]

Campaign history

Green Corps is hired by non-profits such as the Sierra Club to manage their campaigns in the field.[14] Campaigns Green Corps has worked on include:

  • Launching fossil fuel divestment campaigns on campuses.[15][16][17]
  • Launching a national campaign to label GMO foods.[18]
  • Leading the fights to shut coal plants on college campuses.[19]

Funding

In 2014, a donation of $200,000 was given by Green Corps to the Center for Public Interest Research, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.[20]

In 2015, Green Corps paid $240,480 to the Fund for the Public Interest for “program and fundraising support”.[21]

Leadership

Executive Directors

Executive Directors of Green Corps have included:

  • 1992 - 1994 Gina Collins Cummings
  • 1994 - 2004 Leslie Samuelrich
  • 2004 - 2008 Naomi Roth
  • 2008 - 2012 Cindy Kang
  • 2012 - 2017 Joshua Buswell-Charkow
  • 2017–present Annie Sanders

Board of Directors

The current Green Corps Board of Directors includes:

  • Douglas H. Phelps, President and Executive Director, The Public Interest Network
  • Andy MacDonald, National Campus Organizing Director, Student PIRGs
  • Leslie Samuelrich, President, Green Century Capital Management
  • Wendy Wendlandt, Political Director, The Public Interest Network
  • David Rossini, Director of State Offices, The Public Interest Network
  • Naomi Roth, NRG Consulting Group
  • Bernadette Del Chiaro, Executive Director, California Solar & Storage Association
  • Mary Rafferty, Executive Director, Virginia Conservation Network
gollark: <@345018122924982276> This might be easier with the original mp4 file.
gollark: The magic of totally working video handling.
gollark: And only 224KB.
gollark: It's still *recognizable*, I'd say.
gollark: I'll see if I can get it to be transparent, but I can get it to downscale at least.

See also

References
  1. "Green Corps Inc". Earth Share Washington. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  2. "Green Corps". Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  3. "Green Corps". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  4. "Green Corps Financials". Guidestar. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  5. "Green Corps". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  6. "About Us". Green Corps. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  7. "Green Corps Field School for Environmental Organizers". Idealist. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  8. "Seniors seek to secure careers". Whitman Pioneer. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  9. "13 Service Opportunities For The Altruistic And Spiritual College Graduate". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  10. "Green Corps". Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  11. "Green Corps: About Us". Green Corps. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  12. "Green Corps". www.influencewatch.org. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  13. "Green Corps Inc". Earth Share Washington. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  14. "Green Corps Helps Grow Young Environmentalists It's A Different Kind Of Postgrad Training - Channeling Idealism Into The Real World". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  15. "Divest UA campaign to raise awareness about fossil fuels". Arizona Daily Wildcat. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  16. "Students push for fossil fuel endowment divestment". USA Today. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  17. "Student group demands divestment from fossil fuel companies". The Chronicle. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  18. "Push to mark food containing GMOs gains traction in Q-C, Iowa". Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  19. "Colleges Are Battlegrounds for Coal Fight". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  20. Green Corps. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Schedule 1, Part 2, Line 1. 2014.
  21. Green Corps. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Part 7, Section B, Line 1. 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.