Brighter Green

New York City, NY, United States

Brighter Green is a public policy action tank that works to raise awareness of and encourage policy action on issues that span the environment, animals, and sustainability. Based in New York, Brighter Green works in the U.S. and internationally with a focus on the countries of the global South and a strong commitment to ensuring and expanding equity and rights. On its own and in partnership with other organizations and individuals, Brighter Green generates and incubates research and project initiatives that are both visionary and practical. It produces publications, websites, documentary films, and programs to illuminate public debate among policy-makers, activists, communities, influential leaders, and the media, with the goal of social transformation at local and international levels.

Contact details

Website:
https://brightergreen.org/

Address:
165 Court Street #171, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA

Country:
United States

Sub-region:
Northern America

Areas of focus

Geographics of focus
Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, South Africa
Operating languages
English

Organisation details

Business model
Non-profit
Institutional affiliations
No affiliation
Year founded
2007
Age (years)
Brighter Green
 18
United States average
 42
Global average
 32
Founded by
Founders: Mia MacDonald
Founder gender: All female
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): N/A
Leader gender: N/A
Leader(s) (2024): Mia MacDonald
Leader gender: Female
Leader(s) (2023): Mia MacDonald
Leader gender: Female
Staff size
2024
Brighter Green
 3
United States average
 44
Global average
 78
2023
Brighter Green
 11
2021
Brighter Green
 4
% Female staff
2024
Brighter Green
 100%
United States average
 55%
Global average
 58%
2023
Brighter Green
 82%
2021
Brighter Green
 100%

Social

Likes (2023)
Brighter Green
 2,532
United States average
 65,362
Global average
 26,974
Likes (2022)
Brighter Green
 2,416
Likes (2021)
Brighter Green
 2,369
Followers (2025)
Brighter Green
 1,720
United States average
 51,223
Global average
 20,551
Followers (2024)
Brighter Green
 1,882
Followers (2022)
Brighter Green
 1,792
Subscribers (2025)
Brighter Green
 627
United States average
 19,445
Global average
 7,746
Subscribers (2024)
Brighter Green
 627
Subscribers (2023)
Brighter Green
 631
Subscribers (2019)
Brighter Green
United States average
Global average
Subscribers (2017)
Brighter Green
Followers (2025)
Brighter Green
 379
United States average
 24,552
Global average
 16,415
Followers (2024)
Brighter Green
 354
Followers (2023)
Brighter Green
 333

Data notes

Last updated: 05/03/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : OTT reviewed
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website
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