National Science Foundation
USDA Forest Service
US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research

Charter principal institutions

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Parks & People Foundation
The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics,
 University of Vermont
The Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of North Carolina
USDA Forest Service
US Geological Survey
Yale University

Participants are from these public and private institutions

US Army Corps of Engineers
Baltimore City Department of Public Works
Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks
Baltimore City Public Schools
Baltimore County Department of Environmental
Protection and Resource Management
Baltimore County Public Schools
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance
US Bureau of the Census
Indiana University
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Forest Service
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Missouri, Columbia
Morgan State University
McDonogh School
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Ohio University
Park School
Revitalizing Baltimore
Roland Park Country School
Towson University
University of Vermont