The Centre for Environmental Rights NPC was established by eight founding members that are also non-profit organisations. This group was later joined by the Table Mountain Fund. The current members are, in alphabetical order:
- Biowatch Trust
- BirdLife South Africa
- Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT)
- Environmental Monitoring Group Trust (EMG)
- groundWork
- Table Mountain Fund
- Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA)
- Wilderness Foundation
- WWF South Africa
The Board of the Centre currently consists of the following directors (in alphabetical order):
- Carolyn Ah Shene-Verdoorn (non-executive)
- Josie Eastwood (non-executive)
- Saliem Fakir (non-executive)
- Melissa Fourie (executive)
- Stephen Law (non-executive)
- Tsheko Ratsheko (non-executive)
- Louis Smith (non-executive)
- Terry Winstanley (non-executive chair)