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Foundation for Deep Ecology
Also known as Foundation for Ecology and Development


Background
The Foundation for Deep Ecology was funded by Douglas Tompkins, founder of the "Esprit" and "The North Face" clothing companies. Tompkins and his wife live reclusive lives in a Chilean nature preserve, purchased by another of their tax-exempt foundations.



Finances

for tax year ending 6/30/2002

Total Assets$52,513,101.00 
Grants Awarded$0.00 


Officers and Other Supporters

NamePosition
Quincey Tompkins Imhoff   Vice President
Jerry Mander   Program Director
Debra Ryker   Secretary, Treasurer
Douglas Tompkins   President
Kris McDivitt Tompkins   Vice President


Selected Grants

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Grant$75,000.00 in 1998
SourceThe Foundation Center
DetailsFor a campaign to end industrial agriculture
Center for Food Safety
Grant$25,000.00 in 1998
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsFor the "Organic Watch" project -- grant made via the International Center for Technology Assessment
Center for Food Safety
Grant$31,000.00 in 2001
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsPromotion of book on effects of industrial agriculture

Top Grants Made

Funding To Activist GroupsTotal DonatedTime Frame
Conservation Land Trust $113,460,139.00 1998 – 2000
Foundation on Economic Trends $1,812,500.00 1994 – 2001
Center for Food Safety $1,369,580.00 1996 – 2001
International Center for Technology Assessment $1,268,000.00 1997 – 2001
Turning Point Project $1,233,000.00 1999 – 2000
Consumers Association of Penang $1,063,000.00 1996 – 2001
International Forum on Globalization $1,019,857.00 1997 – 2001
Tides Foundation & Tides Center $685,783.00 1991 – 2001
Public Citizen $645,500.00 1991 – 2002
Research Fdn. for Science, Technology, and Ecology $630,000.00 1997 – 2001
Earth Island Institute $545,000.00 1994 – 2001
Rainforest Action Network $464,080.00 1997 – 2001
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy $417,500.00 1991 – 2001
Wildlands Project $387,500.00 1997 – 2001
Land Institute $345,000.00 1997 – 2001
Food and Water $275,000.00 1997 – 2001
Public Media Center $270,000.00 1997 – 2001
Adbusters $235,000.00 1992 – 2001
David Suzuki Foundation $190,000.00 1997 – 1998
Friends of the Earth $182,000.00 1998 – 2001
Sierra Club $160,000.00 1994 – 2001
A SEED $155,630.00 1997 – 2001
Institute for Food & Development Policy $142,000.00 1998 – 2001
Rural Advancement Foundation International $125,000.00 1999 – 2001
Pesticide Action Network North America $110,000.00 1998 – 2001
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society $106,500.00 1997 – 2001
Consultative Group on Biological Diversity $103,500.00 1998 – 2001
Community Alliance with Family Farmers $95,000.00 1999 – 2001
Organic Consumers Association $77,000.00 2000 – 2002
Edmonds Institute $60,840.00 1998 – 2000
Farm Folk/City Folk Society $60,000.00 1997 – 2001
Council of Canadians $58,500.00 1997 – 2001
National Family Farm Coalition $55,000.00 1997 – 2000
Redefining Progress $55,000.00 1994 – 1994
Green Guide Institute $50,000.00 1997 – 1998
Californians for Pesticide Reform $50,000.00 1998 – 1998
Center for Ecoliteracy $50,000.00 1997 – 1997
Council for Responsible Genetics $50,000.00 1999 – 2001
Center for Media & Democracy $41,000.00 1997 – 2000
League of Wilderness Defenders $37,500.00 1993 – 2002
Fund for Wild Nature $31,000.00 1991 – 1996
Alliance for Global Justice $30,000.00 1999 – 2001
Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads $30,000.00 1998 – 2001
EarthSave International $30,000.00 1991 – 1993
Humane Society of the United States $30,000.00 2002 – 2002
Food Alliance $30,000.00 1998 – 1999
Worldwatch Institute $26,000.00 1998 – 1999
Ecology Center, Inc. $25,000.00 1997 – 1998
Ruckus Society $20,000.00 1999 – 2000
Center for Rural Affairs $20,000.00 1997 – 1997
Environmental Research Foundation $20,000.00 1998 – 1998
Land Stewardship Project $15,000.00 2001 – 2001
Foundation for Global Sustainability $15,000.00 1997 – 1999
Free Agency $15,000.00 1999 – 2000
Consumer's Choice Council $15,000.00 1998 – 1998
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture $15,000.00 2001 – 2001
Greenpeace $15,000.00 1992 – 1992
Natural Resources Defense Council $15,000.00 1993 – 1993
Northwest Earth Institute $15,000.00 1997 – 1999
TV Turnoff Network $15,000.00 1998 – 2001
Sustain $12,000.00 2001 – 2001
Rural Coalition $10,000.00 1998 – 1998
Soil Association $10,000.00 1998 – 1998
Center for Commercial-Free Public Education $10,000.00 1998 – 1998
Essential Information $10,000.00 2000 – 2001
Oregon Natural Resources Council $10,000.00 1998 – 1998
Chez Panisse Foundation $10,000.00 1997 – 1997
Mothers for Natural Law $10,000.00 1998 – 1998
Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters $10,000.00 1998 – 1998
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project $10,000.00 1999 – 1999
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides $7,500.00 2000 – 2000
Sustainable America $5,000.00 2000 – 2000
Environmental Defense $5,000.00 1999 – 1999
Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers $5,000.00 2001 – 2001
Center for Resource Economics $5,000.00 1999 – 1999
Dogwood Alliance $5,000.00 1999 – 1999


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