Background
The Goldman Fund was endowed by Richard Goldman and his wife, the late Rhoda Haas Goldman. Rhoda was the daughter of Walter Haas and great-grandneice of Levi Strauss, who founded the clothing company that bears his name. Strauss was childless and left his company to four nephews, one of whom was Sigmund Stern, Rhoda's maternal grandfather.
Finances for tax year ending 12/31/2001 |
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| Total Assets | $395,322,718.00 | |
| Grants Awarded | $0.00 | |
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Officers and Other Supporters | |
| Name | Position |
| Michael C. Gelman | Director |
| Susan R. Gelman | Executive Committee |
| Douglas E. Goldman | Executive Committee |
| John D. Goldman | Executive Committee |
| Lisa M. Goldman | Director |
| Marcia L. Goldman | Director |
| Richard N. Goldman | President |
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Selected Grants |
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| Tides Foundation & Tides Center | |
| Grant | $60,000.00 in 2000 |
| Source | The Foundation Center |
| Details | For the Center for Ethics and Toxic Substances -- To raise awareness of risks posed by biotechnology |
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| Union of Concerned Scientists | |
| Grant | $100,000.00 in 2001 |
| Source | Foundation Annual Report |
| Details | Animal Antibiotics program |
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| Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | |
| Grant | $60,000.00 in 2001 |
| Source | Foundation Annual Report |
| Details | Ending Industrial Aquaculture campaign |
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Top Grants Made |
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| Funding To Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center | $4,648,000.00 | 1991 – 2001 |
| Trauma Foundation | $4,300,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| Earth Island Institute | $2,770,000.00 | 1993 – 2001 |
| Rainforest Action Network | $2,065,000.00 | 1997 – 1999 |
| Sierra Club | $1,510,000.00 | 1993 – 1999 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | $1,205,000.00 | 1993 – 2001 |
| World Wildlife Fund | $1,200,000.00 | 1996 – 2001 |
| Environmental Defense | $1,077,500.00 | 1993 – 2001 |
| World Resources Institute | $970,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | $942,500.00 | 1993 – 2002 |
| National Audubon Society | $900,000.00 | 1997 – 2001 |
| Oceana | $818,000.00 | 2003 – 2005 |
| Earth Day Network | $780,000.00 | 1999 – 2000 |
| Environmental Media Services | $775,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Public Citizen | $600,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Earthjustice | $505,000.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | $500,000.00 | 1994 – 2001 |
| Center for Health, Environment and Justice | $460,000.00 | 1998 – 2000 |
| Friends of the Earth | $430,000.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Worldwatch Institute | $420,000.00 | 2000 – 2002 |
| Co-op America | $400,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Rainforest Alliance | $400,000.00 | 1997 – 2001 |
| Public Health Institute | $342,500.00 | 1998 – 2000 |
| David Suzuki Foundation | $280,000.00 | 1999 – 2002 |
| Common Cause | $250,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | $225,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| Environmental Working Group | $220,000.00 | 1990 – 2001 |
| Green Guide Institute | $200,000.00 | 1997 – 1999 |
| Izaak Walton League of America | $195,000.00 | 2001 – 2002 |
| Ocean Conservancy | $185,000.00 | 1993 – 2002 |
| Public Media Center | $160,500.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $150,000.00 | 1998 – 2000 |
| National Wildlife Federation | $150,000.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Environmental Research Foundation | $145,000.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Trees Foundation | $145,000.00 | 1993 – 2000 |
| International Forum on Globalization | $125,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Center for Ethics and Toxics | $120,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| American Farmland Trust | $117,000.00 | 1998 – 2001 |
| Redefining Progress | $112,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| Oregon Natural Resources Council | $110,000.00 | 1998 – 2001 |
| SeaWeb | $105,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| Resource Renewal Institute | $100,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Food and Water | $100,000.00 | 1998 – 1999 |
| Conservation International | $100,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Consumers Union of the United States | $100,000.00 | 1997 – 1998 |
| Institute for Food & Development Policy | $80,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Children’s Environmental Health Network | $75,000.00 | 1998 – 1999 |
| Earth Action Network | $75,000.00 | 1993 – 2000 |
| Environmental Support Center | $65,000.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | $65,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Waterkeeper Alliance | $60,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Center for Commercial-Free Public Education | $60,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| Wilderness Society | $50,000.00 | 1993 – 2000 |
| Center for Media & Democracy | $50,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | $50,000.00 | 2000 – 2000 |
| Ecology Center, Inc. | $45,000.00 | 1996 – 2002 |
| Green Corps | $45,000.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Environmental Grantmakers Association | $30,706.00 | 1999 – 2002 |
| Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment | $30,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| TransFair USA | $30,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Green Seal | $25,000.00 | 1993 – 1993 |
| Global Green USA | $25,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Pesticide Watch | $20,000.00 | 1998 – 1998 |
| Rural Advancement Foundation International | $20,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| Global Exchange | $20,000.00 | 1998 – 1998 |
| EarthSave International | $20,000.00 | 1993 – 1996 |
| Land Institute | $13,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters | $10,000.00 | 1996 – 1996 |
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