Legal defense

Stand · Find your defenders

Who’s standing up for the legal fight?

Cause

8 live federal cases across 3 of these groups

The defenders

The groups doing the most work here

3 groups are on the record for legal fight, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

Legal · San Francisco, CA

Earthjustice

Because the earth needs a good lawyer.

4 live federal cases

698 staff + 33 volunteers81¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1971

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Legal · Boise, ID

Advocates for the West

Protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the American West through law.

2 live federal cases

14 staff + 41 volunteers79¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 2003

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Watchdog · Washington, DC

Earthworks

Protect communities and the environment from the adverse impacts of mineral and energy development.

2 live federal cases

58 staff + 11 volunteers75¢ of every dollar to the workFounded 1988

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7 more groups also work on the legal fight

The wider field

Cottonwood Environmental Law CenterLegal defense is the heart of their missionLegal Coalition to Protect America's National ParksLegal defense is the heart of their missionWatchdog Headwaters EconomicsLegal defense is the heart of their missionWatchdog League of Conservation VotersLegal defense is the heart of their missionAdvocacy Public Employees for Environmental ResponsibilityLegal defense is the heart of their missionWatchdog National Parks TravelerLegal defense is the heart of their missionWatchdog Western Values ProjectLegal defense is the heart of their missionWatchdog

Your move

How to stand for the legal fight

GiveGive to Earthjustice

Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.

Their donation page ↗SpeakComment and call

Open comment windows and call scripts for fights like this one, ready to send.

Public Lands Action Network FollowWatch the map

Every threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.

Threatened Lands Map

The legal fight has defenders. It needs more.

3 groups on the record, Earthjustice with 698 staff + 33 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.

Give to Earthjustice ↗Every place, state and species

Sources and method

Group crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups defend the legal fight, and their role: MTJP editorial curation, one verified link at a time, plus the federal court record and each group’s own footprint. Match ranges decompose into those signals on every row. Org-reported figures are always labeled. Data verified as of 2026-09-23. Nothing on this page is pay-to-play.