5 Amazing Climate Justice Grantees to Follow This April

Here at CREDO, we know that the climate crisis is the existential threat to our planet. That’s why fighting for climate justice has been a core part of our mission since we were founded nearly 40 years ago. In fact, since 1985, our members have helped us donate more than $20 million to organizations protecting our environment and combating climate change.

With Earth Day quickly approaching, we wanted to highlight five incredible groups we’ve recently funded — so please take a moment to learn more about how CREDO donations have helped further their critical work and how you can get involved with these groups to protect our planet.

Amazon Watch (April 2022 Grantee)

Amazon Watch protects the rainforest in solidarity with Indigenous peoples throughout the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon.

Since 2018, CREDO members have helped us donate $175,840 to power Amazon Watch’s work to halt and hold accountable the major drivers of Amazon destruction and directly support Indigenous leaders, communities, and organizations in calling for climate justice and permanent protection for the Amazon biome. 

To learn more and get involved with Amazon Watch, please visit their website or follow them on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Earthjustice (March 2022 Grantee)

Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. The group wields the power of law and the strength of partnership to stand up to polluters, advance clean energy, protect public health, and fight for justice for people and the planet.

A long time CREDO grantee and partner, CREDO has donated $903,909 to help Earthjustice take on the most consequential legal fights of our time, moving urgently to zero emissions and 100% clean energy to address the climate crisis and ensure a healthy environment for all.

To learn more and get involved with Earthjustice, please visit their website or follow them on Facebook, Twitter,  Instagram or TikTok.

Green America (April 2023 Grantee)

Since 1982, Green America has worked tirelessly to harness economic power – the strength of consumers, investors, and business leaders across the country – to create a more socially just and environmentally sustainable society.

CREDO members have helped us donate $113,951 to the group — with more to come! This month, Green America is on our donations ballot, so please take a minute to vote for Green America and our other great April grantees to help us determine how we distribute this month’s grant.

To learn more and get involved with Green America, please visit their website or follow them on Facebook, Twitter, or  Instagram.

Pesticide Action Network (March 2023 Grantee)

Across the US and around the world, PAN works with those on the frontlines of industrial agriculture — farmworkers, family farmers, rural communities, Indigenous people and children — to eradicate pesticide use and build a just, healthy food system.

Since 1990, CREDO members have helped us donate $387,005 to help PAN challenge the global proliferation of pesticides, defend basic rights to health and environmental quality, and champion agroecology — a transformative farming system rooted in social justice and biodiversity.

To learn more and get involved with PAN, please visit their website or follow them on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

350.org (May 2022 Grantee)

350.org’s mission is to inspire, train and mobilize people to join a broad and diverse climate movement. They are the backbone of climate action and are co-creating the conditions for its globally coordinated campaigns to succeed.

Since 2011, CREDO has donated $595,040 to enable 350.org to continue to combat climate change by halting fossil fuel projects, promoting renewable energy, passing additional fracking bans and pressuring global financial institutions to divest and divert from fossil fuels.

To learn more and get involved with 350.org, please visit their website or follow them on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.