Conservation Corps (The Corps Network)
“Engage young people in meaningful service and training through conservation work.”
3 funders on the record, 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 for 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 for 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 backers
Backed, each with its source, by National Fish And Wildlife Foundation, Nature Conservancy and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, latest filing FY25.
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 If it’s out of date, tell us.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.
The returns as e-filed with the IRS, 3 years:
- FY2024Download the return
- FY2023Download the return
- FY2022Download the return
Source: IRS Form 990 e-file data, each return by its IRS object id, served by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. A year in the chart without a link here is read from a later return’s own history table; its return is on ProPublica’s page for the group.
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 Nov 17 · 7 days leftOculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular ConcernFlorida
- Comments close Nov 24 · 14 days leftCape Hatteras National SeashoreNorth Carolina
- Comments close Nov 25Flathead National ForestMontana
- Comments close Nov 30Tongass National ForestAlaska
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.