¶ NRDC Action Fund
.png)
The NRDC Action Fund is an American 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. It is affiliated with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), overseen by its Center for Campaigns & Organizing (CC&O).[1]
¶ History
On August 7, 2013, the NRDC Action Fund registered the NRDC Action Fund PAC with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).[2] The PAC was formally launched in 2014.[3]
On April 14, 2014, the NRDC Action Fund launched LeadingGreen, a collaboration with the League of Conservation Voters to "steer donations to federal candidates and enlist the help of major donors in lobbying elected officials."[4] It also set a goal to raise $5 million for LCV Action Fund's GiveGreen program with support from the NRDC Action Fund PAC.[5]
¶ 2020 presidential election
In 2020, the NRDC Action Fund launched NRDC Action Votes, a super PAC "that produces and promotes paid content to targeted voters in support of pro-environment candidates."[3:1]
¶ 2024 presidential election
On April 19, 2024, the NRDC Action Fund published an open letter calling on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to drop out of the 2024 United States presidential election.[6]
¶ Organization
The NRDC Action Fund is made up of various corporate entities and branches:
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Manish Bapna | President and Chief Executive Officer[7] | Natural Resources Defense Council |
| Zara Akhter | Operations Manager | - |
| Lauren Boyd | Development Associate | - |
| Mike Cassesso | Political and Advocacy Director | - |
| Kevin Curtis | Executive Director | - |
| Denis Dison | Communications Director | - |
| Tim Meinke | Development Director | - |
| Andrew Plotch | Senior Social Media Manager | - |
| Aaron Rosenbluth | Political Coordinator | - |
| Adam Sickle | Program Administrator | - |
| Anne Bartley | Vice Chair | - |
| Frances Beinecke | Vice Chair | Natural Resources Defense Council |
| John H. Adams | Director | Natural Resources Defense Council |
| Sig Anderman | Director | - |
| Christopher Arndt | Director | - |
| Richard Ayres | Director | Natural Resources Defense Council |
| Hamilton Candee | Director | - |
| Richard Graves | Director | - |
| Jo Ann Kaplan | Director | - |
| Joshua McNeil | Director | - |
| Vernice Miller-Travis | Director | - |
| Robert Raben | Director | - |
| Adam Sweeney | Director | - |
| Gerald Torres | Director | - |
| David Vladeck | Director | Natural Resources Defense Council |
¶ External links
- Charity Watch
- Guidestar
- Idealist
- InfluenceWatch
- OpenSecrets
- Vote Smart
- Website
- YouTube
Center for Campaigns & Organizing. Natural Resources Defense Council. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240428184346/https://www.nrdc.org/center-campaigns-organizing ↩︎
Browse Committees - NRDC ACTION FUND INC PAC. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://www.fec.gov/data/committees/?q=C00548008 ↩︎
Grant Thornton LLP. (2021). Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules Together with Report of Independent Certified Public Accountants - June 30, 2021 and 2020 (p. 11). Natural Resources Defense Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428212454/https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/nrdc_financial-fy21.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎
Eilperin, J. (2014, April 14). Environmental groups LCV and NRDC Action Fund team to steer more money into politics. Washington Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428211206/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/environmental-groups-lcv-and-nrdc-action-fund-team-to-steer-more-money-into-politics/2014/04/14/4fe39aec-c3fb-11e3-b574-f8748871856a_story.html ↩︎
LCV & NRDC Action Fund Announce Creation of LeadingGreen. (2014, April 14). League of Conservation Voters. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428211652/https://www.lcv.org/media-center/lcv-nrdc-action-fund-announce-creation-of-leadinggreen/ ↩︎
Earth to RFK, Jr. (2024, April 19). NRDC Action Fund. https://web.archive.org/web/20240428161759/https://www.nrdcactionfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/NRDCAF-RFK-letter.pdf ↩︎
About Us. NRDC Action Fund. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240419150150/https://www.nrdcactionfund.org/about/ ↩︎