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Environmental Defense Center
Matching Challenge
Through December 31, 2022, the first $5,000 donated will be matched thanks to a generous challenge grant from the Natalie Orfalea Foundation.
In Their Defense
Most of the Environmental Defense Center’s in-person fundraising activities were canceled during COVID-19 and went online, including its main gala, Green & Blue. EDC raises about 85 percent of its funds on its own, so individual contributions remain vital to its existence as the nonprofit aims to attract up to $1.6 million this year. Plus, the work that the EDC does also supports 40 environmental organizations in the Tri-County area.
“A gift to EDC does more than help just one organization,” says Executive Director Owen Bailey. “This is because EDC provides free and low-cost legal services to so many other groups, and your gift supports all this work.”
Mission
The Environmental Defense Center works to protect and enhance the local environment through education, advocacy, and legal action.
www.EnvironmentalDefenseCenter.org
(805) 963-1622 x111
Assistant Director: Betsy Weber
Begin to Build a Relationship
We know you care about where your money goes and how it is used. Connect with this organization’s leadership in order to begin to build this important relationship. Your email will be sent directly to this organization’s director of development and/or Executive Director.
The Environmental Defense Center has been an essential partner in our legal work – from fighting off a massive expansion in oil drilling through a critical drinking water aquifer, to defeating a polluting gas power plant in favor of battery storage, to enforcing creek setbacks. Together we are protecting our air and water, advocating for endangered species, and pushing forward solutions to the climate crisis.
Key Supporters
Dennis Allen & Jennifer Cushnie
Laurie Ashton & Lynn Sarko
The Ruth H Brown Foundation
Dave & Jean Davis
Denison Family Foundation
El Gato Channel Foundation
The Emmett Family
Lee Heller
Gary & Helena Hill
Lori Lewis
The Looker Foundation
Manitou Fund
Gloria & John McManus
Nora McNeely Hurley
& Michael Hurley
Roger S. Firestone Foundation
Leanne Schlinger
Joel Shefflin
Suzanne & John Steed
Peter Schuyler & Lisa Stratton
Carolyn Cogan & Jules Zimmer