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Donor Resources

We are grateful to donors, like you, for fueling the fight for a healthier planet! Only with your support are we able to push for clean energy, create a robust and environmentally-sound food system and, protect people, bees, and other pollinators from toxic pesticides, and defend our oceans and forests from the worst effects of climate change.

Browse the profiles below to read about some of our Vanguard Society and Shared Earth Society members who have made Friends of the Earth part of their legacy.

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Environmental champions like you do so much for people and the planet!

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Your legacy fuels the fight for a healthy and just world. Learn about planned giving with Friends of the Earth.

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Whether you’ve planted a pollinator garden or are fighting to stop dangerous pipelines, we want to hear from you!

Donor Profiles

Donor Profiles: “What You Scatter Matters”

Tlaloc chose to include Friends of the Earth in his estate plans because of our shared focus on the environment and social justice.

Donor Profiles: “Accidental Activist”

"FOE is the one organization that really understands the interconnectedness of issues affecting our world, and its work and priorities reflect that understanding."

Donor Profiles: “A Legacy for a Healthy Planet”

Friends of the Earth has stayed true to its core values and long-term approach of attacking the root causes of critical environmental and societal issues.

Donor Profiles: Rebecca Canright

“I’m only 24 but I feel so committed to Friends of the Earth and its important work in safeguarding the future of our planet!” she says. “It’s so important to leave the earth with more care…

Donor Profiles: Miriam Sexton

“What could be more important than preserving nature, our environment, wildlife, and our oceans and seas?”

Donor Profiles: “Leaving a Legacy for the Planet”

“Friends of the Earth delivers more bang for every buck than practically any other environmental organization.”

Legacies Newsletter: Summer 2025

“I want to protect the environment so my grandson can enjoy what I have enjoyed.”

2024 Annual Report

While the year ahead promises great uncertainty for people and the planet, we must remember we can never stop defending what’s right. And when we campaign with creativity and build alliances, we oft…

Legacies Newsletter: Winter 2025

“I want my legacy to be one of fighting for the planet and its wild creatures."

Legacies Newsletter: Summer 2024

“When we take collective action and hold the companies producing [plastic] accountable for the harm they are causing, we’ll see real change.”

Legacies Newsletter: Winter 2024

"A third of our food depends on pollination. So many great things depend on our pollinators."

2021 Annual Report

Friends of the Earth won important victories for people and the planet over the past year. These victories are the result of years of hard work by our campaigners— and none of them would have been p…