Sierra Club

environmental nonprofit membership association based in the United States

Sierra Club is an environmentalist organization with Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth among others.

Sierra Club
MottoExplore, enjoy, and protect the planet.
FormationMay 28, 1892; 131 years ago (1892-05-28)
FounderJohn Muir
TypeSocial welfare organization
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Legal status501(c)(4) organization
PurposeTo explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth, practice & promote responsible use of the earth's ecosystems & resources, educate & enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural & human environment, use all lawful means to carry out these objectives.
Headquarters2101 Webster St. Suite 1300
Location
Membership
over 750,000 nationally (self-reported)[1]
Acting Exec. Dir.
Dan Chu
President
Ramón Cruz
AffiliationsSierra Club Foundation, Sierra Student Coalition, Sierra Club Books, Sierra Club Canada
Budget
$97,891,373 (2013)[2]
Staff
Approximately 600
Websitewww.sierraclub.org

References change

  1. Sierra Club vs US EPA, Complaint filed October 19, 2017 in case 1:17-cv-02174 (United States District Court for the District of Columbia).
  2. "IRS Form 990 2013" (PDF). Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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