Honor the Earth
“Create awareness and support for Native environmental issues.”
33 years of work, 12 funders on the record.
The work
What they do
Indigenous environmental advocacy and grant-making. Works on tribal-federal land co-management, pipeline opposition, and Native conservation leadership.
Every year they sign one sentence and file it with the federal government: “Honor the Earth is committed to protecting the lifeways and sovereignty of our indigenous relatives across mother earth.” as filed.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Capacity Support for Indigenous-Led
$2.1M, 47% of spendingGrassroots organizations and individuals to preserve culture, protect/reclaim indigenous lands and communities.
Including $267,413 granted onward, the largest share ($40,000) to Photographers Without Borders Inc.
Read it as they filed it
CAPACITY SUPPORT FOR INDIGENOUS-LED, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO PRESERVE CULTURE, PROTECT/RECLAIM INDIGENOUS LANDS AND COMMUNITIES.
IRS Form 990 Part III for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Environmental Advocacy, Organizing
$411K, 9% of spendingAnd research for the preservation of clean water, land, air, and healthy communities.
Including $27,632 granted onward.
Read it as they filed it
ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY, ORGANIZING AND RESEARCH FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CLEAN WATER, LAND, AIR, AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
IRS Form 990 Part III for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
56 cents of every dollar goes to the work
One year’s split is a snapshot, not a verdict. Splits swing hard with land deals, grants, and campaign timing.
$2,484,261 programs, $1,670,704 management, $290,027 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The backers
Backed, each with its source, by Assets Under Movement, Common Counsel Foundation, Earthworks and 9 others, 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 If it’s out of date, tell us.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 Honor the Earth? Claim this page.
Those 6 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If Honor the Earth is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
9 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $621,105 |
| 2016 | $851,052 |
| 2017 | $3,041,130 |
| 2018 | $2,738,189 |
| 2019 | $1,882,333 |
| 2020 | $2,690,173 |
| 2021 | $5,596,199 |
| 2023 | $6,228,420 |
| 2025 | $2,520,162 |
From $621K in 2015 to $2.5M in FY25, across 9 public filings (none on record for 2022 and 2024). 2023, at $6.2M, stands well above the other years on file.
The returns as e-filed with the IRS, 3 years:
- FY2025Download the return
- FY2024Download the return
- FY2023Download 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.
Their ground
Honor the Earth is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
Across the 5 states where they work, the congressional delegations average 29 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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Find it on their site ↗FollowWatch the mapEvery threatened place in the country, tracked, with who stands for each.
Threatened Lands MapStand with Honor the Earth
The mission is theirs. The backing is yours.