National Audubon Society, Inc.
National Audubon Society, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow.
About
Audubon's goal is to protect birds during every point of their lifecycles throughout the Americas. Guided by our science to inform our actions and our policies, Audubon maximizes its conservation results by focusing on five strategies critical for birds: 1. Climate: Audubon seeks to protect the places birds need in a warming world, and advocate for significant public policy changes by tapping our unparalleled network and bipartisan membership to support solutions at the state and local levels. In FY19, Audubons policy and state leadership worked with chapter members, college students, and volunteers across our network to secure four important legislative victories to promote clean energy. The Solar Access Act in Arkansas and Energy Freedom Act in South Carolina expand access to solar energy and create green jobs in two states that are now clean energy leaders in the south. In Washington and New York, our network advocated for two of the strongest pieces of climate legislation in the country: the 100 Percent Clean Energy Standard in Washington and the New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Audubons science team worked throughout FY19 to build a new study on the effect of climate change on birds and people. The conclusion of that work, released in October 2019, shows that two-thirds of bird species in North America are at risk of extinction from climate change if we do not act quickly. More than 600 dedicated volunteers have signed up to lead climate initiatives in their communities, harnessing the energy of the more than 264,000 Audubon members who have signed up as climate activists. We are working across our network, with particular focus in states like North Carolina, Florida, Alaska, and others that may have an outsized influence on the federal legislation urgently needed to address climate change. 2. Coasts: Audubon and its partners in Latin America build resilient coastlines to strengthen populations of shorebirds and coastal communities and preserve critical breeding, stopover and wintering sites in vital habitats along the coasts of the Americas. In February 2019, Audubon announced a comprehensive Gulf Restoration Plan, which calls for an investment of more than $1.7 billion of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill penalties for restoration and conservation from south Texas to the Florida Keys. Audubon is working to rebuild and strengthen coastlines as first lines of defense against storms, storm surges and rising seas, by advocating for policies that promote and funding to implement natural infrastructure, including expansion of the Coastal Barrier Resources System that deliver both environmental protections and significant economic savings. In December, Audubon led the effort to pass H.R. 5787 to add more than 18,000 acres to the Coastal Barrier Resources System. Audubon continues our work to safeguard the Arctic Refuge, a vital nursery to millions of birds from all 50 states, from destructive oil and gas development. Audubon has worked with other conservation groups and others to analyze the Bureau of Land Managements environmental impact study, while continuing to advocate with members in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to introduce and pass legislation to protect the region. Audubon and its chapters work in 1,090 coastal sites over more than 100,000 miles for the benefit of shorebirds. Audubon chapters in California supported the recovery of the endangered western snowy plover by monitoring nests, protecting wintering birds and other measures that contributed to an increase in the bird's population above a critical 3,000 individual threshold. In Chicago, local volunteers monitored and protected the first piping plovers to breed in Chicago in more than 70 years. That milestone made possible by beach restoration activities advocated for by Audubon Great Lakes and its partners. 3. Water: Audubon advocates for sustainable water-use policies, engaging our network and our policy expertise to influence water management decisions that balance the needs of birds, people and economies in targeted rivers, lakes, and deltas throughout the United States. Audubon uses robust data to understand the trade-offs resulting from various water policies on ecosystem health and economies. By involving our technical experts and network, we are enhancing the functionality of habitats across priority landscapes. In FY19, Audubon and its diverse coalition of more than 65,000 birders, hunters, brewers and anglers were at the table worked to secure historic agreements to protect habitat for birds and people. In April, congress passed the Drought Contingency Plan, landmark legislation that addresses impending water shortages on the Colorado River. In Utah, Audubon advocated to pass a resolution that was unanimously adopted by the state legislature that recognizes the critical importance on ensuring adequate water flows to the Great Salt Lake and its wetlands. Our California team helped secure nearly $4 billion in funding for climate work and water sustainability, including $200 million to keep water in the Salton Sea, a migratory stopover for 400 bird species. Keeping the Salton Sea alive also prevents chemical dust clouds from coating the Imperial and Coachella valleys, contributing to a health crisis for millions of people. 4. Working Lands: More than half the land in the lower 48 states -- more than 1 billion acres -- is made up of parcels of forests, ranches and farms. Audubon works with landowners, land managers, private industry and government agencies to create bird friendly and sustainable land-management practices on the millions of acres across the hemisphere dedicated to agriculture and grazing. For example, Audubon's Conservation Ranching program promotes science-backed, bird-friendly grazing protocols on more than 2 million acres on 72 ranches across 13 central and western states. That is more than triple the 600,000 acres at the end of FY18. In FY19, the Audubon science team published the North American Grasslands & Birds Report, a comprehensive analysis of climate change vulnerabilities and land-use threats facing grassland bird species. According to the report, 42 percent of grassland bird species that depend on tallgrass, mixed grass, and shortgrass prairies in the United States, Canada, and Mexico are highly vulnerable to climate change under current carbon emissions rates. The report also identifies "climate strongholds" in North America -- areas that will provide the best habitat for declining grassland birds and provide Audubon a conservation strategy to protect these species and the places they need in a fragmented and climate-vulnerable landscape. We continue with the National Wildlife Federation and Wilderness Society to hold the Department of Interior to the mandates of the 2015 and 2017 sagebrush management plans that have been under assault by oil and gas leasing. Audubon's policy staff are working to preserve language in the latest farm bill that dedicates funding to conservation. In California, Audubon protected 90% of threatened tricolored blackbird colonies in the Central Valley. This work, a collective effort of Audubon's conservation team, donors, family farms, the California Farm Bureau and others, resulted in a critically needed and successful breeding seasons for the species. 5. Bird-Friendly Communities: Audubon's Bird-Friendly Communities work provides food, shelter and safe passage to birds across the landscape, but especially in America's cities and towns where birds and people intersect the most. By the end of FY19, more than 400,000 people used Audubon's Plants for Birds online native plant finder with the support of the Coleman and Susan Burke center for native plants. Audubon's native-plants program has engaged more than 280,000 people to create suitable habitat in backyards, local parks and commercial property to attract and protect birds and other habitat. Chapters, centers and volunteers have planted more than 325,000 plants and logged more than 200,000 volunteer hours to create habitat based on native plants. Building the next generation of conservation leaders: Audubon's career pipeline initiatives are proof of our commitment to the future of a diverse conservation movement. Audubon Walker fellows are leaders-in-training in environmental communications, and our Fund II Foundation Apprentices and Dangermond Fellows work in conservation education, field organizing, field biology, public policy, geospatial information systems, and much more. Audubon officially launched its Audubon on Campus program in September 2018, and it now has more than 100 student chapters in the process of being certified or represented by a campus ambassador. This initiative provides education, advocacy, networking, and career development opportunities in science and conservation on college and university campuses across the country, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
In the filing, the mission of the non-profit is noted as “Audubon saves birds and their habitats throughout the americas using science, advocacy, community engagement and on-the-ground conservation. (see schedule o for more).”.
When referring to its responsibilities, they were outlined as: “Audubon's mission is to protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally registered to operate is NY, as per legal records.
- The filing documents the non-profit's address in 2020 as 225 Varick Street 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10014.
- According to the non-profit's form, they have 1096 employees on their payroll as of 2020.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Collects art.
- Provides credit counseling.
- Has foreign activities.
- Is not a donor advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $22,561,241.
- The CEO remuneration plan within the organization is subject to review and approval by an independent source.
- The organization elects its board members.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has a foreign financial account.
- The organization has 34 independent voting members.
- The organization has a professional fund raiser.
- The organization was formed in 1905.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule J.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization engages in lobbying activities.
- The organization pays $60,127,572 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $16,323,463 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization provides Form 990 to its governing body.
- The organization pays grants to individuals.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
- The organization has a written whistleblower policy.
- The organization has fundraising events.
- The organization has grants to organizations.
- The organization's financial statements were reviewed by an accountant.
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