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Environmental Documentary
We produce award-winning documentary films that examine environmental destruction and the natural systems our survival depends on.
Global Survival Inc · 501(c)(3) Nonprofit · 35 Years of Documentary Film
The fight for a livable planet, told on film.
Global Survival Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that examines environmental destruction — and the struggle of developing nations for sustainable development — through award-winning documentary film.
Our Mission
To examine what our survival depends on.
Environmental destruction, sustainable development, and the natural resources our future rests on — documented on film.
Global Survival Inc’s primary mission is to examine the worldwide problem of environmental destruction — including the unique challenges facing developing countries as they pursue sustainable development that does not erode the natural resources on which it depends.
For 35 years, the organization has pursued that mission through award-winning documentary film — bringing distant environmental realities to audiences in the United States and around the world, and turning them into public understanding.
Recognized as a 501(c)(3) public charity, Global Survival Inc is governed by its leadership with full accountability to the public we serve.
Our Approach
Three commitments, one purpose.
How we serve the public — by examining the environment on film, focusing on the developing world, and bringing the work to audiences everywhere.
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Sustainable Development
We focus on the unique challenges facing developing countries seeking to grow without eroding the natural resources they rely on.
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Public Education & Release
We bring this work to audiences in the United States and internationally, turning documentary record into lasting public understanding.
Leadership & Governance
Who leads Global Survival Inc.
Global Survival Inc is led by its president and governed by its board of directors, accountable to the public.
Nancy Hano, Ed.D.
President
Nancy Hano, Ed.D., leads Global Survival Inc as President, overseeing the organization's documentary film production and its stewardship of a decades-long mission on the environment and human survival.
David Renshon, MD
Board Member
David Renshon, MD, MBA, is a board-certified psychiatrist and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, specializing in child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry.
Our Founder
The filmmaker behind Global Survival.
Leigh Wharton1924 – 2017 · Founder & Documentary Filmmaker
Global Survival Inc grew out of the life’s work of Leigh Wharton (1924–2017) — British-born, a Royal Air Force veteran of the Second World War, and a Broadway and Off-Broadway actor who devoted the second half of his career to documentary film.
Wharton directed 33 documentaries on humanitarian and environmental crises across the developing world, built on first-hand reporting from the ground rather than distant narration. His film Edge of Survival — which he wrote, directed, and photographed — won the World Hunger Media Award, was a finalist at the American Film Festival, and aired nationally as a PBS prime-time special.
Global Survival Inc carries that work forward — examining environmental destruction and sustainable development across the developing world, and completing its latest documentary, now in post-production.
Current Film
A documentary on Mother Teresa — now being edited for U.S. and international release, featuring never-before-seen footage and a series of extraordinary interviews with Mother Teresa.
Organization Details
Registered & verifiable.
Global Survival Inc is a registered 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Our full legal identity is published here for donors, grantmakers, and verification partners.
- Full Legal Name
- Global Survival Inc
- EIN / Tax ID
- 13-3615530
- Tax-Exempt Status
- 501(c)(3) Public Charity
- Recognized Since
- 2001 (IRS determination)
- Registered Mailing Address
- 646 Davis Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310-3002, United States
- Contact
- Nancy Hano, Ed.D., President · nancyhano@global-survival.org
Contact
Get in touch.
For partnerships, grants, donations, or verification requests, reach our President directly.
Nancy Hano, Ed.D.
President
Global Survival Inc
646 Davis Ave, Staten Island, NY 10310-3002