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Greenpeace USA operates with an annual budget of approximately $40 million and employed over 500 people in 2020. The organization is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that relies on member donations and refuses corporate contributions.
Greenpeace USA was formally created in 1979, when independent Greenpeace offices across the United States agreed to be represented on the board of a new national corporation. The first American Greenpeace office, Greenpeace San Francisco, had opened in 1975.
Ebony Twilley Martin became the first Black woman executive director of a national environmental organization in the United States when Greenpeace selected her as co-executive director in 2021. She had previously served at Greenpeace USA in human resources and people and culture leadership roles.
A North Dakota jury ordered Greenpeace USA, Greenpeace Fund, and Greenpeace International to pay a total of $666.8 million in damages to Energy Transfer in 2025. Greenpeace USA and the Greenpeace Fund were held responsible for $535 million of that total. Greenpeace has appealed the verdict.
In 2020, Greenpeace USA ranked Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont as the best climate candidate with an A+ score of 94 out of 100. Incumbent president Donald Trump received a score of zero. Joe Biden received a D for not having released a climate plan at the time of scoring.
Annie Leonard became co-executive director of Greenpeace USA in 2014. She is best known for producing the 2007 web video "The Story of Stuff," which traced the lifecycle of disposable consumer items. Her activism with Greenpeace dates back to 1998, when she worked on a campaign to halt hazardous waste exports to poorer countries.