Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition

Name

Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition

Legal name

Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition

Website

https://healthylakes.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Advocacy Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Social Advocacy Organizations (81331)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Marine & Freshwater Conservation (BPAGAGAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water Resources & Watershed Protection (BPAGAGAK), Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF), Biodiversity & Habitat Conservation (BPAGAGAA)

Keywords

• Environmental advocacy coalition
• Great Lakes restoration
• Water infrastructure policy
• Clean water protection
• Nonprofit policy advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Ann Arbor

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Coalition Membership and Advocacy: As a nonprofit coalition, the organization operates through membership contributions and grants from member organizations to support advocacy activities, public education, and policy efforts related to Great Lakes restoration and protection.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is a nonprofit advocacy coalition that coordinates more than 200 local, state, and regional organizations to advance Great Lakes restoration and clean water protections. It conducts federal policy advocacy, public education, and coalition-building activities focused on eight priority areas including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, water infrastructure, clean water protections, polluted runoff, climate change, environmental justice, invasive species, and restoration. The Coalition is administratively hosted by the National Wildlife Federation and operates the healthylakes.org website.

Product overview

The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition is a nonprofit advocacy coalition, not a product company. The organization serves as a collective advocacy platform coordinating restoration and protection efforts for the Great Lakes region. The coalition's activities include policy advocacy for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), water infrastructure improvement initiatives, clean water protections, polluted runoff prevention, invasive species management, climate change adaptation, and environmental justice initiatives. The website serves as an informational and advocacy tool, providing news updates, policy information, and member engagement features rather than a commercial product or software offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Advocacy
• Water Infrastructure Advocacy

Quantifiable outcome

• Each dollar spent on Great Lakes restoration projects unlocks an additional three dollars in economic activity
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Wildlife FederationcoreOthers · 1 January 2004The National Wildlife Federation hosts the Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition and serves as its administrative parent organization. Coalition communications and contact information reference NWF email addresses ([email protected]).
• 101+ Member OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe coalition comprises over 101 partner organizations (growing from 200+ total member organizations) who collectively advocate for Great Lakes restoration and submit appropriations letters to Congress on shared policy priorities.
• Great Lakes Economic Initiative at Brookings InstitutionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership that produced influential economic analysis showing that each dollar spent on Great Lakes restoration unlocks an additional three dollars in economic activity.
• Milwaukee RiverkeepercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal environmental advocacy organization actively involved in Great Lakes restoration work, particularly in the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern cleanup efforts.
• Detroit RiverkeepercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental advocacy organization leading water quality monitoring and restoration efforts in the Detroit River Area of Concern.
• Buffalo Niagara WaterkeepercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental organization leading restoration work in the Buffalo River Area of Concern and developing the Buffalo Blueway water trail.
• Sturgeon ProtectorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity group led by local Native American leaders dedicated to protecting lake sturgeon during spawning season in the Milwaukee River.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• National Wildlife Federation: Administrative parent and host organization for Healing Our Waters, also a major national conservation advocacy group with overlapping Great Lakes policy interests. Comparable in advocacy approach but operates at national rather than regional scope.

Direct peers

• Freshwater Future: Great Lakes-focused foundation providing grants and capacity-building to local water advocacy organizations. Highly comparable in serving as a coordinating/funding backbone for grassroots Great Lakes water protection efforts.
• Great Lakes Commission: Binational US-Canada agency that coordinates Great Lakes policy among the eight states and two Canadian provinces. Directly comparable in mission scope, federal funding engagement, and regional coordination role for Great Lakes restoration.
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Major nonprofit advocating for restoration of the Chesapeake Bay watershed through federal-state partnerships and member engagement. Closest analog to Healing Our Waters in terms of regional watershed restoration mission, federal policy advocacy, and coalition-building model.
• River Network: National nonprofit that supports a network of local water advocacy groups across the U.S. Directly comparable coalition-building and capacity-support model applied to freshwater protection beyond just the Great Lakes region.
• Alliance for the Great Lakes: Direct peer organization also focused on Great Lakes protection, restoration, and advocacy. Operates Adopt-a-Beach programs and policy advocacy on issues including pollution, invasive species, and water infrastructure — closely aligned mission and target geography with Healing Our Waters.

Regional players

• Environmental Law & Policy Center: Midwest-based environmental advocacy and legal organization that litigates and advocates on Great Lakes and clean energy issues. Comparable in regional Great Lakes focus and federal policy advocacy approach.
• Lake Superior Streams Program: University and tribal partnership program focused on Lake Superior watershed restoration. Comparable in Great Lakes water quality mission but operates as a research and on-the-ground restoration effort rather than a federal advocacy coalition.

Broad incumbents

• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Large national environmental advocacy organization with active Great Lakes and clean water policy programs. Broader scope and significantly larger budget but overlapping mission in water protection, pollution prevention, and federal policy advocacy.
• Sierra Club: One of the oldest and largest U.S. environmental advocacy organizations with active Great Lakes chapters and water protection programs. Comparable in advocacy-driven model but operates at national scale across many issue areas.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HealthyLakes
• Facebookfacebook.com/healthylakes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/healing-our-waters---great-lakes-coalition/?viewAsMember=true
• Instagraminstagram.com/healthylakes

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Profiles2 records

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