Carolyn Foundation
Background
The Carolyn Foundation was established by the will of Carolyn McKnight Christian, whose father was Sumner T. McKnight, a Minneapolis real estate pioneer and lumber tycoon.
Finances for tax year ending 12/31/2002 |
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| Total Assets | $28,909,950.00 | |
| Grants Awarded | $0.00 | |
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Officers and Other Supporters | |
| Name | Position |
| Anne T. Calabresi | Board Member |
| Eugenie T. Copp | Board Member |
| Edwin L. Crosby | Chairman |
| Franklin M. Crosby III | Board Member |
| G. Christian Crosby | Board Member |
| Harriet Crosby | Board Member |
| Thomas M. Crosby Jr. | Treasurer |
| Charles C. Dobson | Vice Chairman |
| Carol J. Fetzer | Secretary |
| Carolyn C. Graham | Board Member |
| Edmund C. Graham III | Board Member |
| Sumner McKnight-Crosby Jr. | Vice Chairman |
| Sumner McKnight-Crosby III | Board Member |
| Lucy C. Mitchell | Board Member |
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Selected Grants |
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| Foundation on Economic Trends | |
| Grant | $40,000.00 in 1992 |
| Source | Foundation Annual Report |
| Details | Support of Pure Food Campaign [editor's note: this program was later spun off, and became the Organic Consumers Association] |
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Top Grants Made |
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| Funding To Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | $362,000.00 | 1971 – 2001 |
| Environmental Defense | $232,500.00 | 1971 – 1999 |
| Land Stewardship Project | $214,500.00 | 1982 – 1999 |
| Friends of the Earth | $155,000.00 | 1990 – 2001 |
| Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | $106,000.00 | 2000 – 2006 |
| National Audubon Society | $99,170.00 | 1996 – 2002 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | $80,000.00 | 1998 – 2004 |
| Environmental Media Services | $70,000.00 | 1996 – 2000 |
| American Farmland Trust | $50,000.00 | 1988 – 1988 |
| Land Institute | $50,000.00 | 1996 – 1999 |
| National Environmental Trust | $45,000.00 | 1995 – 1995 |
| Foundation on Economic Trends | $40,000.00 | 1992 – 1992 |
| Center for Media & Democracy | $40,000.00 | 1998 – 1998 |
| Organic Consumers Association | $40,000.00 | 2000 – 2000 |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center | $30,000.00 | 1996 – 1996 |
| Worldwatch Institute | $25,000.00 | 1995 – 1995 |
| Toxics Action Center | $20,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Cascadia Wildlands Project | $5,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| ACORN | $5,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
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