Blue Moon Fund
Also known as W. Alton Jones Foundation
Finances
for tax year ending 12/31/2003
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| Total Assets | $174,152,177.00 | |
| Grants Awarded | $0.00 | |
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Selected Grants
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| Environmental Working Group |
| Grant | $125,000.00 in 1995 |
| Source | The Foundation Center |
| Details | For research and public education to reduce [the] use and risks of agricultural chemicals |
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| Environmental Media Services |
| Grant | $150,000.00 in 2000 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | To provide media support for a campaign to involve the faith community in efforts to address environmental threats to children's health. |
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| Environmental Working Group |
| Grant | $320,000.00 in 2000 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | To build consumer demand for foods that are lower in pesticides, thereby reinforcing the public's insistence that the government restrict or ban riskier pesticides |
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Top Grants Made
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| Funding To Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame |
| Natural Resources Defense Council
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$8,419,735.00 |
1988 – 2003 |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center
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$6,919,638.00 |
1988 – 2002 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists
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$3,675,610.00 |
1992 – 2002 |
| Friends of the Earth
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$3,323,027.00 |
1993 – 2002 |
| National Environmental Trust
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$2,850,000.00 |
1998 – 2002 |
| Environmental Working Group
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$2,795,000.00 |
1989 – 2002 |
| Sierra Club
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$2,419,450.00 |
1992 – 2000 |
| Environmental Defense
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$1,694,000.00 |
1992 – 2002 |
| World Resources Institute
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$1,624,000.00 |
1992 – 1999 |
| Worldwatch Institute
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$1,487,500.00 |
1992 – 2001 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility
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$1,480,000.00 |
1992 – 2002 |
| U.S. Public Interest Research Group
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$1,253,600.00 |
1995 – 2001 |
| Conservation International
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$1,075,300.00 |
1993 – 2002 |
| Public Media Center
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$1,025,000.00 |
1999 – 2002 |
| World Wildlife Fund
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$1,007,000.00 |
1993 – 2002 |
| Environmental Media Services
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$985,000.00 |
1996 – 2001 |
| Center for a Sustainable Economy
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$760,150.00 |
1999 – 2001 |
| National Audubon Society
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$692,000.00 |
1992 – 1999 |
| National Religious Partnership for the Environment
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$672,000.00 |
1998 – 2000 |
| David Suzuki Foundation
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$665,000.00 |
1999 – 2001 |
| Rainforest Action Network
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$659,646.00 |
1998 – 2002 |
| Rainforest Alliance
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$640,000.00 |
1991 – 2001 |
| Center for Health, Environment and Justice
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$590,000.00 |
1992 – 2002 |
| Consultative Group on Biological Diversity
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$494,150.00 |
1993 – 2001 |
| Redefining Progress
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$490,000.00 |
1995 – 1999 |
| Wilderness Society
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$475,250.00 |
1992 – 1992 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center
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$455,000.00 |
1993 – 2002 |
| Earth Island Institute
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$407,200.00 |
1992 – 2002 |
| Humane Society of the United States
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$400,000.00 |
1997 – 1997 |
| Greenpeace
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$370,000.00 |
1998 – 2002 |
| Children's Health Environmental Coalition
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$350,000.00 |
1999 – 2001 |
| Consumer's Choice Council
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$350,000.00 |
1998 – 2001 |
| Oregon Natural Resources Council
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$325,000.00 |
1992 – 2002 |
| Children’s Environmental Health Network
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$300,000.00 |
1993 – 2001 |
| Environmental Research Foundation
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$275,000.00 |
1998 – 2002 |
| Winrock Int'l Institute for Agricultural Developmt
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$273,000.00 |
2000 – 2001 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute
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$267,500.00 |
1992 – 2001 |
| Northern Plains Resource Council
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$265,000.00 |
1990 – 1998 |
| Earthjustice
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$250,000.00 |
1992 – 2001 |
| League of Conservation Voters
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$250,000.00 |
2001 – 2002 |
| Consumers Union of the United States
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$225,000.00 |
1998 – 1999 |
| Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
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$200,000.00 |
1997 – 2000 |
| National Wildlife Federation
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$200,000.00 |
1998 – 2000 |
| Green Guide Institute
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$190,000.00 |
1993 – 1998 |
| Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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$175,000.00 |
1998 – 2001 |
| National Assn. of Physicians for the Environment
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$170,000.00 |
1992 – 1998 |
| Pesticide Action Network North America
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$167,500.00 |
1992 – 1999 |
| Council For a Livable World Education Fund
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$150,000.00 |
2001 – 2001 |
| League of Wilderness Defenders
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$130,640.00 |
1993 – 2001 |
| Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
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$130,000.00 |
1993 – 2001 |
| Public Citizen
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$128,900.00 |
1990 – 1996 |
| Western Organization of Resource Councils
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$120,000.00 |
1995 – 1998 |
| Environmental Advocates
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$115,000.00 |
1999 – 2002 |
| Western Colorado Congress
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$112,500.00 |
1994 – 1996 |
| New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
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$108,836.00 |
1998 – 2002 |
| Pesticide Watch
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$100,600.00 |
1999 – 2002 |
| Forest Ethics
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$100,000.00 |
2002 – 2002 |
| Earth Day Network
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$100,000.00 |
1999 – 1999 |
| Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project
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$95,140.00 |
1993 – 1998 |
| ACORN
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$82,500.00 |
1998 – 2000 |
| Dogwood Alliance
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$80,000.00 |
2001 – 2002 |
| Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
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$75,000.00 |
2001 – 2001 |
| Northwest Environment Watch
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$75,000.00 |
2000 – 2001 |
| Public Health Institute
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$70,000.00 |
1998 – 1998 |
| Dakota Resource Council
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$70,000.00 |
1998 – 2002 |
| Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
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$70,000.00 |
1990 – 1993 |
| Toxics Action Center
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$60,000.00 |
1999 – 2001 |
| Green Seal
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$50,000.00 |
1993 – 1993 |
| National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticide
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$50,000.00 |
1993 – 1993 |
| A SEED
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$50,000.00 |
2000 – 2000 |
| Center for Rural Affairs
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$40,000.00 |
1999 – 1999 |
| Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads
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$40,000.00 |
2002 – 2002 |
| Economic Policy Institute
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$31,714.00 |
1998 – 1998 |
| Land Institute
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$30,000.00 |
1993 – 1993 |
| Biodiversity Action Network
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$30,000.00 |
1993 – 1993 |
| Dakota Rural Action
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$27,500.00 |
1995 – 1995 |
| Essential Information
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$20,000.00 |
2001 – 2001 |
Foundations listed on ActivistCash.com may provide funding to a wider variety of nonprofit groups than those profiled here.
This website focuses on activist groups that concentrate on food- and beverage-related issues.
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