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Columbia Foundation



Background
The Columbia Foundation was endowed by Madeleine Haas Russell (a great-grandniece of denim pioneer Levi Strauss) and her brother William Haas.



Finances


for tax year ending 5/31/2002

Total Assets$69,871,970.00 
Grants Awarded$0.00 


Officers and Other Supporters

NamePosition
Susan R. Clark   Executive Director
Charles P. Russell   President
Christine Haas Russell   Secretary
Alice Russell-Shapiro   Treasurer


Selected Grants

Greenpeace
Grant$75,000.00 in 2001
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsTo support setting up Greenpeace United States of America's true food consumer action network a San Francisco base pilot initiative to educate consumers about transgenic crops ans sustainable agriculture
Greenpeace
Grant$75,000.00 in 2000
SourceDonor's Website
DetailsTo support setting up Greenpeace USA's True Food Consumer Action Network, a San Francisco-based pilot initiative to educate consumers about transgenic crops and sustainable agriculture
Environmental Media Services
Grant$25,000.00 in 2000
SourceThe Foundation Center
DetailsTo research, write, publish, and distribute [the] EMS "Editors' and Reporters' Guide to Genetic Engineering"

Top Grants Made


Funding To Activist GroupsTotal DonatedTime Frame
Tides Foundation & Tides Center $1,276,000.00 1990 – 2003
Natural Resources Defense Council $1,120,500.00 1988 – 2004
Pesticide Action Network North America $600,000.00 1998 – 2001
Center for Food Safety $280,000.00 2003 – 2006
Organic Farming Research Foundation $200,000.00 1998 – 1998
Rainforest Action Network $197,430.00 1998 – 2001
Institute for Food & Development Policy $195,000.00 2000 – 2001
Earth Island Institute $180,000.00 1993 – 1999
Co-op America $175,000.00 1998 – 2001
Greenpeace $150,000.00 2000 – 2001
Redefining Progress $130,000.00 2000 – 2001
Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment $85,000.00 2000 – 2001
Center for Ecoliteracy $75,000.00 2000 – 2001
Organic Consumers Association $55,000.00 2001 – 2005
Environmental Media Services $50,000.00 1999 – 2000
Green Guide Institute $50,000.00 1993 – 1993
Environmental Research Foundation $33,500.00 1998 – 1999
Public Health Institute $30,000.00 1998 – 1998
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy $25,000.00 2003 – 2003
Sierra Club $21,000.00 1995 – 2001
Trees Foundation $21,000.00 1996 – 1996
Green Seal $20,000.00 1993 – 1993
Public Citizen $20,000.00 1992 – 1992
Global Exchange $15,000.00 1998 – 1998
Union of Concerned Scientists $9,000.00 2003 – 2006
Environmental Grantmakers Association $8,454.00 1998 – 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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Columbia Foundation