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Finances


for tax year ending 12/31/2002

Total Assets$846,740.00 
Grants Awarded$0.00 


Officers and Other Supporters

NamePosition
David Anderson   Director
Paul English   Treasurer
Joel Katz   Director
John Mellencamp   Director
Carolyn Mugar   Executive Director
Lana Nelson   Secretary
Willie Nelson   President
Mark Rothbaum   Director
Evelyn Shriver   Director
Neil Young   Director


Selected Grants

Dakota Rural Action
Grant$10,000.00 in 1998
SourceChronicle Of Philanthropy
DetailsTo bring farmers and rural residents together to oppose factory livestock operations and to promote economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture
Idaho Rural Council
Grant$5,000.00 in 2000
SourceDonor's Website
DetailsFor sustainable agriculture advocacy and opposition to industrial agriculture.
Northern Plains Resource Council
Grant$10,000.00 in 2000
SourceDonor's Website
DetailsTo support Family Farm and Safe Food Protection Project creating awareness on agricultural concentration and food safety

Top Grants Made


Funding To Activist GroupsTotal DonatedTime Frame
National Family Farm Coalition $324,000.00 1995 – 2002
Farmers' Legal Action Group $199,000.00 1995 – 2002
Land Stewardship Project $165,000.00 1995 – 2002
Rural Advancement Foundation International $147,180.00 1995 – 2002
Western Organization of Resource Councils $105,000.00 1995 – 2002
Northern Plains Resource Council $74,000.00 1995 – 2003
American Corn Growers Association $59,500.00 1995 – 2001
Organic Farming Research Foundation $55,500.00 1995 – 2002
Dakota Rural Action $55,000.00 1996 – 2002
Rural Coalition $50,000.00 1995 – 2002
National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture $43,000.00 1995 – 2002
Family Farm Defenders $43,000.00 1997 – 2001
Center for Rural Affairs $42,500.00 1995 – 2000
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $42,500.00 1995 – 2002
Sustainable Food Center $42,000.00 1995 – 2001
Dakota Resource Council $41,000.00 1995 – 2002
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy $29,200.00 1998 – 2004
Powder River Basin Resource Council $29,000.00 1995 – 2002
Idaho Rural Council $25,000.00 1995 – 2002
Community Alliance with Family Farmers Foundation $25,000.00 1996 – 1996
Wisconsin Rural Development Center $18,000.00 1995 – 1999
Community Farm Alliance $14,500.00 2000 – 2002
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardners Association $12,000.00 1999 – 2002
Community Alliance with Family Farmers $11,500.00 2000 – 2002
American Agriculture $10,000.00 1996 – 1996
Citizen Action Coalition Education Fund $10,000.00 1995 – 1995
Oldways Preservation & Exchange Trust $10,000.00 2000 – 2000
Animal Rights Network $5,000.00 1998 – 1998


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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