Browse the information below to learn about the nonprofits participating in the 2026 Earth Day Events!
- If you’re fooled by the homophone, Xylem, you may think your project takes place where the seashore tells lies.
- Learning happens in unexpected places across the state, and a partnership makes Murphy’s Naturals’ project great.
- Thee Digital, like many buddies across the state, will work to clear invasives we hate!
- Civic will help with gardens for food. Community and youth won’t be subdued!
- Leyline will improve a nursery not for babies and a canopy not made of cloth.
- Bailey & Dixon may get a bit dirty restoring a place from the 1930s.
- Greenology, volunteer like a champ! In love you could fall with a place that’s free for all to hike, bike, and camp.
- It’s not the Olympics, SAS, but you’ll see many rings!
- Rock band Survivor could play the theme song for Greenplaces’ Challenge day.
Check out the nonprofit videos and Hints for a chance to win Guess the Match and Trivia during the Mission Reveal event!

Saving and protecting wild cats in captivity and in the wild.

To advance science, scholarship, and biological conservation through non-invasive research, community-based conservation, and public outreach and education.

EENCs mission is to build connections, provide professional development, and promote excellence for North Carolinas community of environmental educators.

Bringing together communities and volunteers to build, maintain, and advocate for an enduring footpath connecting NC’s natural, historic, and cultural treasures and to ensure that all people feel welcome on the trail.

Serving the mission and the needs of the North Carolina State Park system as an independent, nonprofit advocate, provide support at a local level through NCFSP chapters, and act as a source of park information and environmental education to the general public.

Protecting, conserving, and restoring North Carolina wildlife and habitat for all.

Founded in 1994, SEEDS is a two-acre urban garden and kitchen classroom in the heart of Durham. SEEDS develops the capacity of young people to respect life, the earth, and each other through growing, cooking, and sharing food.

Improving the environmental, economic, and aesthetic well-being of the Triangle.

Preserving the natural integrity of William B. Umstead State Park and the surrounding open space.