Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOUNDATION, DOING BUSINESS AS NEEF, WAS CHARTERED BY CONGRESS IN 1990 AS A 501C (3) NONPROFIT TO COMPLEMENT THE WORK OF THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA). NEEF IS A NON-PARTISAN, NON-ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WORKING TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT MORE ACCESSIBLE, RELATABLE, RELEVANT, AND CONNECTED TO PEOPLE'S DAILY LIVES. OUR PURPOSE IS TO CULTIVATE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS AND RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC. OUR VISION IS THAT PEOPLE'S EVERYDAY ACTIONS ARE GUIDED BY AN UNDERSTANDING AND CONCERN FOR THE WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND THE PLANET. OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT MORE ACCESSIBLE, RELATABLE, RELEVANT, AND CONNECTED TO THE DAILY LIVES OF ALL AMERICANS.THROUGH K-12 EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND CONSERVATION-FOCUSED PROGRAMS, GRANTS, AND INITIATIVES, NEEF IS WORKING TO CREATE DIVERSE PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT TO THE NATURAL WORLD TO INSPIRE EMPATHY, UNDERSTANDING, AND CREATE SUSTAINED, ENVIRONMENTALLY-RESPONSIBLE ACTION.
SEE PART III, LINE 1.
CONSERVATION: WITH A COMMITMENT TO CONNECTING PEOPLE TO NATURE AND PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS, MANY OF NEEF'S PROGRAMS ENGAGE THE PUBLIC WITH THE OUTDOORS, PRIMARILY ON PUBLIC LANDS. THIS CATEGORY INCLUDES ENGAGING PEOPLE NATIONWIDE TO IMPROVE AND PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS THROUGH NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY, THE NATION'S LARGEST SINGLE-DAY VOLUNTEER EFFORT FOR PUBLIC LANDS; AND SEVERAL GRANT PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON BIODIVERSITY, VOLUNTEERISM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S LEGACY GRANTMAKING PROGRAM.
K-12 EDUCATION: NEEF IS DEDICATED TO CULTIVATING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS AND RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES. AT NEEF, WE BELIEVE THERE IS MUCH TO LEARN FROM OBSERVING AND ENGAGING WITH THE NATURAL WORLD. OUR WORK IS GUIDED BY OUR GREENING STEM APPROACH, WHICH EMBRACES HANDS-ON, PLACE-BASED EDUCATION AS A KEY TO BETTER LEARNING OUTCOMES AND A DEEPER SENSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. - GREENING STEM DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS: ON-THE-GROUND PROJECTS TO HELP EDUCATORS ADAPT AND IMPLEMENT GREENING STEM INTO THEIR CURRICULUM WITH DOCUMENTED STUDENT OUTCOMES.- GREENING STEM HUB: AN ONLINE COLLECTION OF CASE STUDIES, RESEARCH, AND TOOLS TO HELP EDUCATORS IMPLEMENT THE GREENING STEM APPROACH.- NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION WEEK (EE WEEK): THE NATION'S LARGEST CELEBRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION. EACH YEAR, WE FEATURE EE SUCCESS STORIES, INTERVIEW PROMINENT PERSONALITIES, AND HIGHLIGHT DIFFERENT LEARNING THEMES WITH SPECIALIZED RESOURCES AND TOOLKITS FOR EDUCATORS.
PUBLIC OUTREACH: PUBLIC OUTREACH WORKS TO LEARN ABOUT AND MARKET TO NEEF'S AUDIENCES. NEEF DISSEMINATES PRACTICAL AND INFORMATIVE INFORMATION THROUGH ITS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER, THE NEEF CONNECT.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Meri-Margaret Deoudes | PRESIDENT & CEO | 40 | $244,804 |
| Sara Espinoza | VP, PROGRAMS | 40 | $150,769 |
| Nancy Smith | VP OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION | 40 | $149,460 |
| Shannon Schuyler | BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 12/19) | 1 | $0 |
| Wonya Lucas | BOARD MEMBER (UNTIL 12/19) | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen Sikra | BOARD MEMBER (FROM 01/20) | 1 | $0 |
| Lori Mcfarling | BOARD MEMBER (FROM 01/20) | 1 | $0 |
| Don Mattingly | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jennifer Love | BOARD MEMBER (FROM 01/20) | 1 | $0 |
| Katie Hoggge | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jeniffer Harper-Taylor | BOARD MEMBER (FROM 01/20) | 1 | $0 |
| Todd Greenwood | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Katharine Emerson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Carlos Alcazar | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Kevin Butt | BOARD VP | 1 | $0 |
| Megan Reilly Cayten | BOARD CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202110709349300506_public.xml