Motto | Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet. |
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Formation | May 28, 1892 |
Founder | John Muir |
Type | Social welfare organization |
Tax ID no. | 94-1153307 |
Legal status | 501(c)(4) organization |
Purpose | To explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth, practice & promote responsible use of the earth's ecosystems & resources, educate & enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural & human environment, use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. |
Headquarters | 2101 Webster St. Suite 1300 |
Location | |
Membership | over 750,000 nationally (self-reported)[1] |
Acting Exec. Dir. | Dan Chu |
President | Ramón Cruz |
Affiliations | Sierra Club Foundation, Sierra Student Coalition, Sierra Club Books, Sierra Club Canada |
Budget | $97,891,373 (2013)[2] |
Staff | Approximately 600 |
Website | www |
Sierra Club is an environmentalist organization with Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth among others.