Stand · Find your defenders

Who’s defending New York?

Public lands in New York

13 groups have them in their care

The defenders

The groups doing the most work here

4 groups are on the record for New York, in the order they carry the weight. Give directly; nothing routes through us.

9 more groups also work on New York

Your move

How to stand for New York

New York has defenders. It needs more.

4 groups on the record, Adirondack Council with 24 staff + 50 volunteers. That is who is holding it. Find your way in.

Sources and methodGroup crews and program ratios: IRS Form 990 via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, latest filed year, EINs on each group’s profile. Which groups defend New York, 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.