Background
This foundation arose from the personal fortune of Richard Prentice Ettinger, the co-founder of textbook publisher Prentice-Hall.
Finances for tax year ending 12/31/2003 |
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| Total Assets | $203,806,691.00 | |
| Grants Awarded | $0.00 | |
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Officers and Other Supporters | |
| Name | Position |
| Diane M. Allison | Executive Director |
| Ronene E. Anderson | Adjunct Committee Member |
| Paul R. P. Andrews | Adjunct Committee Member |
| Jerry Babicka | Senior Director |
| Laren Babicka | Adjunct Committee Member |
| Lynn P. Babicka | Senior Director |
| Shelley E. Babicka | Adjunct Committee Member |
| Barbara Bohart | Senior Director |
| James Bohart Jr. | Adjunct Director |
| C. Bartley Bragg | Adjunct Director |
| David W. Ehrenfeld | Senior Director |
| Christian P. Ettinger | Adjunct Director |
| Deborah W. P. Ettinger | Adjunct Director |
| Heidi P. Ettinger | Senior Director |
| James O. Ettinger | Adjunct Director |
| Jean Ellen Ettinger | Adjunct Director |
| Leland P. Ettinger | Adjunct Director |
| Matthew Ettinger | Adjunct Director |
| Ronene Ann Ettinger | Director |
| Sharon W. Ettinger | Senior Director |
| Wendy W. P. Ettinger | Senior Director |
| Elaine P. Hapgood | President |
| John P. Powers | Senior Director |
| Frances Stott | Senior Director |
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Selected Grants |
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| Organic Consumers Association | |
| Grant | $100,000.00 in 2000 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | Food Agenda 2000-2010 |
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| Dakota Rural Action | |
| Grant | $70,000.00 in 1999 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | for DRA/FOC Anti-Corporate Farming Law [ed. note: "FOC" refers to Friends of the Constitution, a Nebraska anti-agribusiness group. "DRA" is Dakota Rural Action.] |
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| Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement | |
| Grant | $100,000.00 in 2001 |
| Source | The Foundation Center |
| Details | Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment -- 1 of 2 |
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Top Grants Made |
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| Funding To Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | $1,470,000.00 | 1990 – 2003 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $1,360,000.00 | 1996 – 2003 |
| U.S. Public Interest Research Group | $1,285,800.00 | 1994 – 2003 |
| Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement | $980,000.00 | 1992 – 2003 |
| Environmental Defense | $927,900.00 | 1995 – 2003 |
| Wilderness Society | $897,000.00 | 1993 – 2003 |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center | $775,141.00 | 1989 – 2003 |
| National Religious Partnership for the Environment | $675,000.00 | 1996 – 1998 |
| Friends of the Earth | $607,500.00 | 1996 – 2002 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | $600,000.00 | 1996 – 2002 |
| Land Stewardship Project | $540,000.00 | 1993 – 2002 |
| Pesticide Action Network North America | $488,000.00 | 1999 – 2000 |
| Rural Advancement Foundation International | $463,775.00 | 1997 – 2003 |
| Center for Health, Environment and Justice | $460,000.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| International Center for Technology Assessment | $450,000.00 | 2001 – 2002 |
| Public Citizen | $440,000.00 | 1995 – 1999 |
| Farmers' Legal Action Group | $416,750.00 | 1999 – 2002 |
| Organic Consumers Association | $400,000.00 | 2000 – 2002 |
| Center for Public Interest Research | $370,000.00 | 2000 – 2002 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $353,000.00 | 1993 – 2002 |
| Environmental Working Group | $340,000.00 | 1989 – 1996 |
| Foundation on Economic Trends | $320,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Earth Island Institute | $320,000.00 | 1996 – 2001 |
| League of Conservation Voters | $310,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Sierra Club | $295,000.00 | 1993 – 2001 |
| Environmental Advocates | $280,000.00 | 1996 – 2001 |
| Rainforest Action Network | $265,000.00 | 1996 – 2002 |
| Dakota Rural Action | $260,000.00 | 1999 – 2000 |
| Center for a New American Dream | $250,000.00 | 1998 – 2000 |
| Land Institute | $250,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Center for Rural Affairs | $240,000.00 | 1996 – 1999 |
| Dogwood Alliance | $240,000.00 | 1999 – 2003 |
| Earthjustice | $200,000.00 | 2000 – 2003 |
| Western Colorado Congress | $200,000.00 | 2003 – 2003 |
| Center for Resource Economics | $200,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | $200,000.00 | 1991 – 1999 |
| INFORM | $200,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| As You Sow | $195,000.00 | 2000 – 2003 |
| Essential Information | $160,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| Consumers Union of the United States | $150,000.00 | 2001 – 2002 |
| Earth Day Network | $150,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| American Corn Growers Association | $150,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Center for Commercial-Free Public Education | $145,000.00 | 1998 – 2000 |
| International Forum on Globalization | $140,000.00 | 1998 – 2002 |
| Northeast Organic Farming Assoc. of New Jersey | $135,000.00 | 1998 – 2000 |
| Food and Water | $135,000.00 | 1993 – 1996 |
| A SEED | $130,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| National Wildlife Federation | $120,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticide | $120,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Izaak Walton League of America | $120,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Council for Responsible Genetics | $120,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Friends of the Constitution | $120,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| Green Corps | $115,000.00 | 1997 – 2002 |
| National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | $110,000.00 | 1996 – 1996 |
| Environmental Media Services | $100,000.00 | 1996 – 1996 |
| Humane Society of the United States | $100,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides | $100,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Organization for Competitive Markets | $80,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Northeast Organic Farming Assoc. of New York | $65,000.00 | 1996 – 1996 |
| New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides | $65,000.00 | 1993 – 2000 |
| Ocean Conservancy | $55,000.00 | 1993 – 1999 |
| Trees Foundation | $50,000.00 | 1996 – 1996 |
| Northern Plains Resource Council | $50,000.00 | 1996 – 1996 |
| Waterkeeper Alliance | $45,000.00 | 2003 – 2003 |
| Dakota Resource Council | $30,000.00 | 2000 – 2000 |
| ACORN | $30,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| American Farmland Trust | $25,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 |
| TV Turnoff Network | $20,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Center for Media & Democracy | $20,000.00 | 1996 – 1996 |
| International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Dev | $15,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| Edmonds Institute | $10,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Greenpeace | $5,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
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