6101 Cliff Estate Road, Little Marais, MN 55614
Phone 218-226-4164 | Fax 218-226-4157 | Email info@organicconsumers.org
Finances for tax year ending 12/31/2004 |
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| Income | $898,761.00 | |
| Expenditures | $896,449.00 | |
| End-Of-Year Net Worth | $164,643.00 | |
| Tax Status | 501(c)3 | |
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Selected Grants |
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| John Merck Fund | |
| Grant | $50,000.00 in 2000 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | To expand a nationwide network of consumers who can create market pressure on companies producing genetically engineered foods. |
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| Educational Foundation of America | |
| Grant | $200,000.00 in 2002 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | Food Agenda 2000-2010 |
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| John Merck Fund | |
| Grant | $50,000.00 in 2002 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | To reduce the amount of genetically engineered crops grown in the U.S. by creating consumer pressure on businesses not to produce and sell foods and fibers with genetically engineered contents. |
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| Wedge Community Co-op | |
| Grant | $1,000.00 in 1998 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | Institutional contribution reported on grantor's Form 1023 [Editor's note: The Wedge Co-op is just one of the many organic foods concerns that supports the Organic Consumers Association's systematic disparagement of conventional and biotech agriculture. See www.ConsumerFreedom.com for details.] |
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| Turner Foundation | |
| Grant | $10,000.00 in 2001 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | To encourage municipalities and school districts to begin making the transition to organic in their food and fiber purchasing |
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Top Funders and Grantees |
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| Funding From Foundations & Corporations | Total Donated | Time Frame | |
| Educational Foundation of America | $400,000.00 | 2000 – 2002 | |
| Pond Foundation | $224,424.00 | 1999 – 2002 | |
| John Merck Fund | $200,000.00 | 1999 – 2002 | |
| Foundation for Deep Ecology | $77,000.00 | 2000 – 2002 | |
| Compton Foundation | $59,500.00 | 2000 – 2002 | |
| Carolyn Foundation | $40,000.00 | 2000 – 2000 | |
| Harold K. Hochschild Foundation | $35,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 | |
| Hursh Trust | $30,000.00 | 2000 – 2000 | |
| Solidago Foundation | $25,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 | |
| Marisla Foundation | $25,000.00 | 2004 – 2004 | |
| Wallace Genetic Foundation | $25,000.00 | 2000 – 2000 | |
| Panta Rhea Foundation | $22,000.00 | 2002 – 2002 | |
| Horst M. Rechelbacher Foundation | $20,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 | |
| Turner Foundation | $20,000.00 | 2001 – 2002 | |
| Patagonia Fund | $15,000.00 | 2000 – 2002 | |
| Sexton Foundation | $10,000.00 | 2001 – 2002 | |
| Patagonia, Inc. | $10,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 | |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors | $6,676.00 | 2000 – 2000 | |
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| Funding From Other Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame | |
| Center for Public Interest Research
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$198,546.00 | 2000 – 2002 | |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center
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$45,500.00 | 2001 – 2002 | |
| International Center for Technology Assessment
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$30,000.00 | 1998 – 1999 | |
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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.
