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 |
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| Total Assets | $69,871,970.00 | |
| Grants Awarded | $0.00 | |
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Officers and Other Supporters | |
| Name | Position |
| Susan R. Clark | Executive Director |
| Charles P. Russell | President |
| Christine Haas Russell | Secretary |
| Alice Russell-Shapiro | Treasurer |
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Selected Grants |
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| Greenpeace | |
| Grant | $75,000.00 in 2001 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | To 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 |
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| Greenpeace | |
| Grant | $75,000.00 in 2000 |
| Source | Donor's Website |
| Details | To 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 |
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| Environmental Media Services | |
| Grant | $25,000.00 in 2000 |
| Source | The Foundation Center |
| Details | To research, write, publish, and distribute [the] EMS "Editors' and Reporters' Guide to Genetic Engineering" |
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Top Grants Made |
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| Funding To Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time 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 |
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