Ben & Jerry's Foundation
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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| Institute for Social Ecology | |
| Grant | $10,000.00 in 2000 |
| Source | Chronicle Of Philanthropy |
| Details | For the Biotechnology Education Project |
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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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| Idaho Rural Council | |
| Grant | $3,000.00 in 1995 |
| Source | Foundation Annual Report |
| Details | Funds were provided in support of the Sustainable Agriculture Project, designed to help farmers make the transition to more economically just, ecologically sustainable methods of farming, and to work for reform in the livestock industry. |
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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 |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center | $56,500.00 | 1998 – 2004 |
| Just Food | $40,000.00 | 2001 – 2004 |
| 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.
