Conservation Corps (The Corps Network)
“Engage young people in meaningful service and training through conservation work.”
41 years on the ground, 96 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
National association of over 150 conservation corps and service corps programs. Members provide trail maintenance, habitat restoration, and disaster response on federal lands.
Where the money went, FY2024
The work, and what it cost
Services to Members
$13.6M, 94% of spendingServices to state and local youth corps and other service programs. General public newsletters, workshops, technical assistance and new corps developments.
Including $8,756,326 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
Services to Members: Services to state and local youth corps and other service programs. General public newsletters, workshops, technical assistance and new corps developments.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Government Relations and Public Affairs
$283K, 2% of spendingRelates to Federal government participation in national policy development on youth corps issues and represents constituency before various public audiences.
Read it as they filed it
Government Relations and Public Affairs: Relates to Federal government participation in national policy development on youth corps issues and represents constituency before various public audiences.
IRS Form 990 Part III, fiscal year 2024, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
96 cents of every dollar goes to the work
A good sign, not a scorecard: what matters is the extremes, and this is nowhere near one.
$13,844,529 programs, $564,308 management, $0 fundraising. Form 990, FY2024.
The people
Who does the work
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at the Conservation Corps (The Corps Network)? Claim this page.
Those 11 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If the Conservation Corps (The Corps Network) is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year, as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $5,744,061 |
| 2012 | $3,810,450 |
| 2013 | $3,024,098 |
| 2014 | $3,821,933 |
| 2015 | $5,538,743 |
| 2016 | $6,099,412 |
| 2017 | $6,861,743 |
| 2018 | $7,183,858 |
| 2019 | $8,897,001 |
| 2020 | $10,538,550 |
| 2021 | $9,184,608 |
| 2022 | $11,314,442 |
| 2023 | $11,703,084 |
| 2024 | $14,354,511 |
From $5.7M in 2011 to $14.4M in FY24, with no missed filing in 14 years. FY24 is the highest year on file.
Under threat right now
The most urgent fights on the record
Open comment windows first, then live federal cases. Each opens the groups defending it.
- Comments close Oct 16 · 2 days leftCumberland Island National SeashoreGeorgia
- Comments close Oct 23 · 9 days leftWhite Mountain National ForestNew Hampshire
- Comments close Oct 26 · 12 days leftGifford Pinchot National ForestWashington
- Comments close Nov 2Gates of the Arctic (Ambler Road)Alaska
Every place under threat, the fifty states and the wildlife, each with who’s on the record for it.
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
Give on their site ↗Show upVolunteer with themFind their volunteer door on their own site.
Find it on their site ↗FollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
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The mission is theirs. The backing is yours.