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Financials

Funders and Grantees

Funding From Foundations
& Corporations

Total Donated

Time Frame
Energy Foundation $6,754,100.00 1992 – 2005
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $6,112,295.00 1994 – 2006
Blue Moon Fund $3,675,610.00 1992 – 2002
Joyce Foundation $3,339,167.00 1993 – 2005
Pew Charitable Trusts $3,227,500.00 1992 – 2003
Ford Foundation $1,860,000.00 1999 – 2006
MacArthur Foundation Consolidated $1,415,244.00 1997 – 1997
Oak Foundation $1,400,000.00 1999 – 2005
David & Lucile Packard Foundation $1,399,000.00 1998 – 2006
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation $1,225,000.00 2002 – 2005
Nathan Cummings Foundation $950,000.00 1990 – 2000
John Merck Fund $889,500.00 1998 – 2004
Mertz Gilmore Foundation $835,000.00 1992 – 1998
Turner Foundation $727,000.00 1994 – 2002
Educational Foundation of America $710,000.00 1996 – 2005
New York Community Trust $663,950.00 1997 – 2005
V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation $625,000.00 1998 – 2004
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund $620,000.00 1994 – 2004
Ploughshares Fund $617,950.00 1989 – 2001
Henry Luce Foundation $600,000.00 2001 – 2002
Curious George Foundation $470,400.00 1999 – 2001
Wallace Global Fund $450,000.00 1997 – 2005
Beldon Fund $400,000.00 2000 – 2005
Schumann Center for Media & Democracy $400,000.00 1992 – 1996
W. Alton Jones Foundation $400,000.00 1998 – 1998
Ploughshares Foundation $395,000.00 2001 – 2006
Steven & Michele Kirsch Foundation $322,500.00 1999 – 2004
Summit Charitable Foundation $320,968.00 1998 – 1999
Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation $300,000.00 1997 – 2000
California Wellness Foundation $275,000.00 2005 – 2005
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation $275,000.00 1997 – 2000
Marisla Foundation $275,000.00 2003 – 2005
McKnight Foundation $220,000.00 1994 – 1997
Deer Creek Foundation $200,000.00 2002 – 2005
Rockefeller Brothers Fund $200,000.00 1995 – 1997
Helen Bader Foundation $180,000.00 1999 – 1999
C. S. Fund $180,000.00 1997 – 2005
David B. Gold Foundation $180,000.00 1999 – 2005
Wallace Genetic Foundation $180,000.00 1995 – 2004
Public Welfare Foundation $160,000.00 1993 – 1996
Compton Foundation $157,000.00 1995 – 2004
Scherman Foundation $155,000.00 2000 – 2005
Surdna Foundation $150,000.00 1996 – 1998
J. M. Kaplan Fund $150,000.00 2001 – 2001
Martin Foundation $140,000.00 1995 – 2004
George Gund Foundation $130,000.00 1994 – 2005
Shifting Foundation $130,000.00 1998 – 2006
Town Creek Foundation $125,000.00 2000 – 2004
Park Foundation $100,000.00 2003 – 2005
S. H. Cowell Foundation $90,000.00 1994 – 1995
Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust $85,000.00 1997 – 1997
Thomas H. & Donna M. Stone Foundation $82,500.00 1997 – 2006
Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Foundation $80,500.00 2003 – 2005
Carolyn Foundation $80,000.00 1998 – 2004
New-Land Foundation $75,000.00 1995 – 2005
Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation $70,000.00 2004 – 2005
Henry P. Kendall Foundation $67,000.00 2005 – 2005
Overbrook Foundation $60,000.00 1995 – 2005
Philip S. Harper Foundation $60,000.00 1998 – 2006
Franklin Philanthropic Foundation $60,000.00 2001 – 2006
Korein Foundation $59,000.00 2001 – 2006
Edwards Mother Earth Foundation $55,000.00 2005 – 2005
Boston Foundation $51,000.00 1999 – 2005
Foundation for the Carolinas $50,000.00 2004 – 2004
Wiancko Charitable Foundation $40,015.00 2005 – 2005
Winston Foundation for World Peace $40,000.00 1995 – 1996
Harold K. Hochschild Foundation $40,000.00 1995 – 1998
Margaret H. & James E. Kelley Foundation $37,000.00 1997 – 2006
Eppley Foundation for Research $35,000.00 2002 – 2002
Robert F. & Marilyn H. Schumann Foundation $35,000.00 1997 – 2000
Orchard Foundation $35,000.00 2003 – 2004
Davis Conservation Foundation $35,000.00 2003 – 2004
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $35,000.00 1999 – 2001
Fiduciary Charitable Foundation $33,000.00 1999 – 2005
Ettinger Foundation $32,900.00 1998 – 2005
Lynn R. & Karl E. Prickett Fund $30,176.00 1999 – 2003
JPMorgan Chase Foundation $30,000.00 2006 – 2006
Community Foundation of Jackson Hole $30,000.00 2001 – 2004
David H. Smith Foundation $30,000.00 2002 – 2002
William B. Wiener, Jr. Foundation $26,100.00 1998 – 2006
Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation $26,000.00 1997 – 2005
Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation $25,000.00 2005 – 2006
Heinz Endowments $25,000.00 1998 – 1998
Rockefeller Foundation $25,000.00 1995 – 1995
Warsh-Mott Legacy $25,000.00 2004 – 2004
Proteus Fund $25,000.00 2002 – 2002
Beneficia Foundation $25,000.00 2002 – 2002
Weeden Foundation $25,000.00 1993 – 1995
Mark & Catherine Winkler Foundation $25,000.00 1999 – 1999
Leighty Foundation $22,500.00 1998 – 2003
Ecotrust Foundation $20,500.00 1998 – 2006
Quixote Foundation $20,000.00 1999 – 2006
Prospect Hill Foundation $20,000.00 2000 – 2001
Barbra Streisand Foundation $20,000.00 2004 – 2005
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust $16,000.00 2000 – 2006
Beatrice R. & Joseph A. Coleman Foundation $16,000.00 2004 – 2006
Piersol Foundation $15,000.00 1999 – 2006
Silver Mountain Foundation $13,000.00 1998 – 2006
Lear Family Foundation $12,562.00 1999 – 1999
Merck Family Fund $12,019.00 1998 – 1998
Community Foundation of Sarasota County $12,000.00 2006 – 2006
Sand County Foundation $12,000.00 2004 – 2004
Community Foundation for the Nat'l Capital Region $11,750.00 1997 – 2002
Grace Jones Richardson Trust $10,500.00 1998 – 2005
Helen V. Brach Foundation $10,000.00 2000 – 2000
Minneapolis Foundation $10,000.00 2004 – 2006
Fidelity Foundation $10,000.00 1998 – 1998
Abell Foundation $10,000.00 1998 – 1998
John L. Neu Family Foundation $10,000.00 2004 – 2004
ESB Charitable Trust $10,000.00 2005 – 2005
Prentice Foundation $10,000.00 2000 – 2001
William C. Bannerman Foundation $10,000.00 2004 – 2004
Silver Tie Fund $9,500.00 1998 – 2005
Saint Paul Foundation $9,300.00 1999 – 2004
Columbia Foundation $9,000.00 2003 – 2006
Saul Z. & Amy Scheuer Cohen Family Foundation $8,600.00 2003 – 2005
Gunzenhauser-Chapin Fund $8,142.00 2001 – 2001
Thomas Foundation $7,000.00 1998 – 2002
Tamarind Foundation $6,300.00 2000 – 2005
One World Fund $6,000.00 1998 – 1999
Jacob & Terese Hershey Foundation $5,950.00 1998 – 2002
Focus Foundation $5,500.00 2003 – 2006
David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation $5,000.00 2004 – 2004
Fred Gellert Family Foundation $5,000.00 2003 – 2003
Ben & Jerry's Foundation $5,000.00 1999 – 1999
Forrest C. Lattner Foundation $5,000.00 2005 – 2005
Kurz Family Foundation $5,000.00 1998 – 2003
Funding From Other
Activist Groups

Total Donated

Time Frame
National Wildlife Federation
$120,000.00 1992 – 1992
Tides Foundation & Tides Center
$103,579.00 1992 – 2005
Environmental Defense
$97,500.00 2000 – 2001


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