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Joyce Foundation



Background
The foundation was established in 1948 by Beatrice Joyce Kean, a Chicago heiress whose family wealth stemmed from lumber, building, and sawmill interests.



Finances


for tax year ending 12/31/2002

Total Assets$653,771,733.00 
Grants Awarded$0.00 


Officers and Other Supporters

NamePosition
John T. Anderson   Chairman
Robert G. Bottoms   Director
Carin A. Clauss   Director
Charles U. Daly   Director
Paula DiPerna   President
Richard K. Donahue   Vice Chairman
Anthony S. Earl   Director
Roger R. Fross   Director
Carlton L. Guthrie   Director
Marion T. Hall   Director
Barack Obama   Director
Paula Wolff   Director


Selected Grants

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Grant$100,000.00 in 1998
SourceChronicle Of Philanthropy
DetailsTo develop a system to measure reductions in the use of agricultural pesticides and to identify ways in which farmers can benefit economically by reducing their use of pesticides
Natural Resources Defense Council
Grant$200,000.00 in 1999
SourceFoundation Annual Report
DetailsTo track and participate in the implementation of a federal law that addresses the toxicity of pesticides with a view to protecting children's health (1 yr.)
Union of Concerned Scientists
Grant$420,000.00 in 1999
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsTo encourage policies to reduce the use of antibiotics in large-scale animal agriculture

Top Grants Made


Funding To Activist GroupsTotal DonatedTime Frame
Environmental Defense $8,124,000.00 1993 – 2005
Environmental Working Group $6,645,000.00 1991 – 2005
Natural Resources Defense Council $4,699,445.00 1989 – 2005
Union of Concerned Scientists $3,339,167.00 1993 – 2005
Sierra Club $3,007,675.00 1993 – 2002
American Farmland Trust $2,867,896.00 1994 – 2005
Tides Foundation & Tides Center $2,772,260.00 1988 – 2003
World Wildlife Fund $2,205,694.00 1993 – 2002
Center for Rural Affairs $1,850,649.00 1993 – 2005
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities $1,826,000.00 1996 – 2002
Land Stewardship Project $1,627,564.00 1993 – 2002
World Resources Institute $1,618,750.00 1993 – 2002
Consumer Federation of America $1,307,053.00 1999 – 2002
Environmental Support Center $1,153,152.00 1993 – 2002
Izaak Walton League of America $1,040,000.00 1997 – 2004
Sustain $1,000,000.00 1997 – 2005
National Wildlife Federation $948,145.00 1993 – 2005
Physicians for Social Responsibility $918,750.00 1995 – 2002
Economic Policy Institute $900,000.00 1995 – 2002
Center for a Sustainable Economy $750,000.00 1999 – 2002
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy $748,000.00 1996 – 2004
Rocky Mountain Institute $512,785.00 1993 – 1999
Friends of the Earth $480,000.00 1995 – 1999
Redefining Progress $400,000.00 1996 – 1997
Winrock Int'l Institute for Agricultural Developmt $371,250.00 1997 – 1998
Consumers Union of the United States $320,000.00 1997 – 1999
National Audubon Society $285,000.00 1994 – 1995
Public Citizen $255,000.00 1994 – 2000
Wisconsin Rural Development Center $217,899.00 1995 – 1998
Greenpeace $200,000.00 1993 – 1997
Public Health Institute $188,048.00 1996 – 1999
Common Cause $145,000.00 2001 – 2002
Center for Science in the Public Interest $140,000.00 2000 – 2000
Institute for Environment and Agriculture $100,000.00 1996 – 1996
League of Conservation Voters $100,000.00 2002 – 2002
Earth Day Network $75,000.00 1999 – 1999
Join Together $56,946.00 1996 – 1996
Environmental Grantmakers Association $55,302.00 1996 – 2002
Farmers' Legal Action Group $45,000.00 1992 – 1992
U.S. Public Interest Research Group $30,000.00 1998 – 1998


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