Environmental and conservation organizations - Expenses by type 2005| ��ƽ��

Expenses of environmental and conservation organizations in the United States in 2005 by type (in U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Expenses in U.S. dollars
Land resources conservation	1,307,623,717
Environmental education	983,487,669
Natural resource conservation	770,674,858
Alliances & Advocacy	615,053,658
Wildlife preservation and protection	533,346,748
Water resources and wetlands	529,399,083
Botanical gardens	334,563,118
Energy conservation and development	311,965,917
Research and public policy	190,267,899
Professional associations	186,934,894
Single organization support	164,276,495
Pollution abatement	154,446,505
Forest resources	143,774,559
Environmental beautification	130,966,264
Fisheries	106,382,259
Recycling centers	80,001,838
Management assistance	77,042,938
Fundraising and distribution	71,534,035
Wildlife sanctuaries	65,004,807
Bird species	41,532,298
Botanical and landscaping services	33,106,097
Endangered species	22,859,122
Global sustainability	14,861,359
Native plant societies	11,308,261
Environmental - other	9,477,124
Support - others	4,767,496

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December 2008

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United States

Survey time period

2005

Supplementary notes

This data only considers organizations which filled the Form 990. The IRS Form 990 is titled "Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax." It is submitted by tax-exempt organizations and non-profit organizations to provide the Internal Revenue Service with annual financial information.

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This graph shows the expenses of environmental and conservation organizations in 2005 by type. Environmental and conservation organizations, whose main domain was fundraising and distribution had expenses in excess of 71,534,035 U.S. dollars.