Green Corps is an environmental organization in the United States that trains recent college graduates in a one-year post-graduate program in grassroots community organizing. It is the 501(c)(3) research arm of Green Corps Campaigns, a 501(c)(4) environmental advocacy organization. Both organizations are members of the Public Interest Network.
Funding
Green Corps is listed as a publicly supported organization on its IRS tax forms. In 2015, it reported receiving 87.66 percent in public support. In 2014, it reported receiving 82.91 percent in public support.[1]
Grants
In 2014, Green Corps donated $200,000 to the Center for Public Interest Research, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and member of the Public Interest Network whose president is Wendy Wendlandt, a Green Corps board member. The grant was “to train and develop new organizers, activists, and leaders through the Change Corps Academy project.”[2]
Contractors
In 2015, Green Corps paid $240,480 for “program and fundraising support” to the Fund for the Public Interest, a left-wing group described as the fundraising arm of the Public Interest Network.[3]