Background
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. has traditionally donated over 7% of the company's profits to this foundation each year. When Unilever bought the company in 2001, however, it pledged an additional $5 million for counter-capitalist giving.
Finances for tax year ending 12/31/2001 |
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| Total Assets | $5,864,790.00 | |
| Grants Awarded | $0.00 | |
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Officers and Other Supporters | |
| Name | Position |
| Andrea Asche | Employee Board Member |
| Elizabeth Bankowski | Secretary |
| Jeffrey Furman | Treasurer |
| Rebecca Golden | Foundation Director |
| Maurice Goodell | Employee Board Member |
| Jerry Greenfield | Vice Chairman |
| Jay King | Employee Board Member |
| Ray Stapleton | Employee Board Member |
| Carol Steria | Employee Board Member |
| Howard Sweet | Employee Board Member |
| Laurie Thurber | Employee Board Member |
| John Turner | Employee Board Member |
| Michael Tutt | Employee Board Member |
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Selected Grants |
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| Mothers for Natural Law | |
| Grant | $10,000.00 in 1998 |
| Source | Chronicle Of Philanthropy |
| Details | To use the "Consumer Right to Know" petition to educate people about genetically engineered foods and to collect a million signatures to secure the mandatory labeling of those foods |
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| Institute for Social Ecology | |
| Grant | $10,000.00 in 2002 |
| Source | Donor's Website |
| Details | To support their central role in the development of local, regional, and national networks of biotechnology activists and critics |
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| Institute for Social Ecology | |
| Grant | $10,000.00 in 2001 |
| Source | Chronicle Of Philanthropy |
| Details | For the Biotechnology Education and Organizing Project |
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Top Grants Made |
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| Funding To Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame |
| Global Exchange | $1,000,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Ruckus Society | $111,000.00 | 1998 – 2001 |
| Institute for Social Ecology | $60,300.00 | 1998 – 2004 |
| Just Food | $40,000.00 | 2001 – 2004 |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center | $34,000.00 | 1998 – 2001 |
| Western Colorado Congress | $33,000.00 | 1994 – 2003 |
| Northeast Organic Farming Assoc. of New Jersey | $30,000.00 | 1995 – 2002 |
| Cascadia Wildlands Project | $22,500.00 | 2002 – 2003 |
| Mothers for Natural Law | $20,100.00 | 1998 – 1998 |
| Safe Tables Our Priority | $20,000.00 | 2003 – 2004 |
| ACORN | $20,000.00 | 1996 – 1998 |
| Center for Health, Environment and Justice | $20,000.00 | 1996 – 2000 |
| Wildlands Project | $18,000.00 | 1997 – 2001 |
| New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides | $18,000.00 | 1992 – 1999 |
| Land Stewardship Project | $17,500.00 | 1999 – 2002 |
| Dakota Rural Action | $17,500.00 | 1996 – 2000 |
| Center for Commercial-Free Public Education | $15,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| League of Wilderness Defenders | $14,000.00 | 1998 – 1999 |
| Dakota Resource Council | $12,500.00 | 1993 – 1995 |
| Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group | $10,000.00 | 1993 – 1993 |
| Idaho Rural Council | $8,000.00 | 1995 – 1996 |
| Sustainable Food Center | $7,500.00 | 1994 – 1994 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | $6,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| Ecology Center, Inc. | $5,500.00 | 1995 – 2002 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | $5,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| Powder River Basin Resource Council | $5,000.00 | 1997 – 1997 |
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.
