What CRUSA Fund does

CRUSA Fund, doing business as the Cleanup and Regreening of the USA (CRUSA) Foundation, is a Florida-based nonprofit public foundation headquartered in Port St. Lucie, FL. The organization's purpose is the cleanup of abandoned properties across urban, suburban, and rural areas of the United States, including factories, malls, office centers, mills, commercial strips, churches, hospitals, residential neighborhoods, and entire towns. Services cover removal of debris, toxins, and dangerous structures at surface and subsurface levels, redesign or replacement of utilities and roadways, and regreening through land sculpting, terrain grooming, top soil application, and planting of native trees, shrubs, bushes, and grasses. The Foundation privately holds restored properties and commits to managing them for 25 years or more to support natural habitat development for native species.

CRUSA delivers services by coordinating licensed municipal cleanup contractors that are required to maintain GREEN policies for reuse, repurposing, recycling, and proper disposal of removed materials, supplemented by a volunteer program and educational institution partnerships for ecological monitoring. The organization states additional revenue mechanisms including donations, prospective Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) contracts, and prospective carbon credit generation tied to reforestation activities. Its marketing and engagement channels consist of a corporate website, blog content, a donation platform, and a volunteer sign-up program. No management team, founders, employees, or audited financials are disclosed.

The underlying technology stack is operational rather than digital: physical demolition, materials triage, land sculpting, and ecological restoration techniques. There are no software products, APIs, proprietary platforms, or AI capabilities described. Pricing is not applicable as it is a nonprofit; funding is sourced from contributions and stated future mechanisms. Customer segments are municipalities impacted by abandoned properties, individual and organizational donors, and educational institutions partnered for research and monitoring.

Name

CRUSA Fund

Legal name

CRUSA Fund

Website

https://crusafund.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

CRUSA Fund is a Florida-based environmental nonprofit that coordinates licensed contractors and volunteers to clean and regreen abandoned properties across the United States, holding restored lands under 25-year stewardship for municipalities, donors, and educational partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Restoration Services

NAICS

Remediation Services (56291), Remediation Services (562910), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Decontamination & Demolition (Decommissioning, Industrial Facility Cleanup) (EUAIALAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Deconstruction & Salvage (Building Material Reuse) (EUAIAHAJ), Site Remediation & Contaminated Soil Handling (IMAFAKAG), Deconstruction & Salvage (Building Materials Reuse) (BPALAJAI)

Keywords

• Environmental cleanup services
• Abandoned property restoration
• Land regreening services
• Habitat restoration nonprofit
• Sustainable demolition recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Port St. Lucie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Donations: CRUSA Fund accepts donations from individuals and organizations to support environmental cleanup and regreening initiatives.
2. CBDC Contracts: Contracts related to Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) arrangements supporting sustainable environmental initiatives.
3. Carbon Credits: Revenue generation through carbon credits associated with environmental restoration and reforestation activities.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CRUSA Fund provides thorough cleanup of abandoned properties—factories, malls, office centers, mills, commercial strips, churches, hospitals, residential neighborhoods, and entire towns—across urban, suburban, and rural areas of the United States. Cleanup covers buildings, foundations, utilities, roadways, and sidewalks, with all removed materials reused, repurposed, recycled, or properly disposed of through licensed cleanup contractors. Post-cleanup regreening includes land sculpting, terrain grooming, top soil application, and planting of trees, shrubs, bushes, and grasses, with CRUSA managing restored lands for 25 years or more to support native wildlife habitats.

Product overview

CRUSA Fund (Cleanup and Regreening of the USA) is a Florida-based environmental nonprofit organization offering comprehensive cleanup and restoration services. The organization focuses on cleaning up abandoned properties across urban, suburban, and rural areas throughout the United States. Services include thorough cleanup of buildings, foundations, utilities, roadways, and sidewalks, with a commitment to reusing, repurposing, recycling, or properly disposing of all materials. Post-cleanup regreening involves land sculpting, terrain grooming, top soil application, and planting of trees, shrubs, and grasses to restore natural habitats for wildlife. CRUSA Fund manages restored lands for 25 years or more, allowing nature to retake hold and providing environmental habitats for native wildlife.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cleanup & Regreening Service

Quantifiable outcome

• Properties returned to paying tax status, reducing support costs for municipalities
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Licensed Cleanup CompaniescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCRUSA partners with licensed cleanup companies that have all necessary municipal licenses, GREEN policies for reuse, repurpose, recycle and disposal of removed materials. These contractors must have proven success of stated processes and procedures, including proven reuse, repurpose, and recycle/disposal processes for materials such as manhole covers, curbing, iron fencing, etc.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Trust for Public Land: National nonprofit that acquires and conserves land for parks and community use. Overlaps with CRUSA on land conversion, municipal partnerships, and long-horizon stewardship.
• Clean Harbors: Largest North American provider of environmental and industrial services including hazardous waste cleanup and site remediation. For-profit incumbent operating at scale in the same overall category.
• The Conservation Fund: Nonprofit focused on conservation land acquisition, working-lands protection, and brownfield redevelopment. Comparable on the combination of environmental restoration and municipal reuse outcomes.
• The Nature Conservancy: Largest global conservation nonprofit with long-duration land stewardship and habitat creation. Comparable on the 25-year land stewardship model and natural habitat creation, though broader in geographic and program scope.
• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm specializing in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, including site cleanup and brownfield redevelopment. For-profit incumbent with deep municipal relationships.

Emerging players

• Habitat for Humanity: Nonprofit that acquires and demolishes blighted properties as part of affordable housing development. Partial overlap on the demolition-and-rebuild-of-abandoned-properties workflow, though centered on housing rather than regreening.

Others

• EarthShare: Workplace-giving federation that channels employee donations to U.S. environmental nonprofits. Adjacent rather than competitive — represents a potential fundraising channel for CRUSA rather than a peer.

Direct peers

• Keep America Beautiful: National nonprofit focused on community cleanup, litter reduction, and beautification across U.S. urban, suburban, and rural areas. Most directly comparable peer given shared nonprofit model and U.S.-wide community cleanup mission.
• American Forests: National nonprofit dedicated to reforestation and urban tree canopy expansion. Closely comparable on the regreening and reforestation half of CRUSA's mission, including carbon-sequestration framing.
• Groundwork USA: Network of local environmental restoration nonprofits focused on urban brownfield cleanup, greening, and community revitalization. Direct operational overlap on urban environmental restoration projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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