Energy Foundation
Background
The Energy Foundation began as a "project" of the Trust For Public Land. Its original $20 million endowment (in 1991) came from the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Finances for tax year ending 12/31/2002 |
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| Total Assets | $42,592,491.00 | |
| Grants Awarded | $0.00 | |
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Officers and Other Supporters | |
| Name | Position |
| Robert Crane | Director |
| Judith Espinosa | Director |
| John Fox | Director |
| Hal Harvery | President |
| Denis A. Hayes | Director |
| Robert Herdt | Director |
| Meg Power | Director |
| Kenneth Prewitt | Director |
| Victor Rabinowitch | Director |
| Fred Salvucci | Director |
| Maxine Savitz | Director |
| Phil Sharp | Director |
| Susan Tierney | Director |
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Selected Grants |
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| Environmental Working Group | |
| Grant | $28,500.00 in 1995 |
| Source | The Foundation Center |
| Details | For media and public education campaigns for reports about pesticides and food safety, including shoppers' guide highlighting safer alternatives to produce with greatest risk of toxic residues and in-depth look at use of methyl bromide by large tomato growers in Florida |
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Top Grants Made |
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| Funding To Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | $14,733,574.00 | 1991 – 2005 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | $6,754,100.00 | 1992 – 2005 |
| Environmental Defense | $5,497,340.00 | 1993 – 2003 |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center | $2,011,698.00 | 1991 – 2004 |
| Sierra Club | $1,677,630.00 | 1992 – 2003 |
| National Environmental Trust | $1,307,600.00 | 1998 – 2001 |
| Public Citizen | $1,096,700.00 | 1997 – 2002 |
| Earth Day Network | $900,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| Public Health Institute | $667,372.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| U.S. Public Interest Research Group | $625,000.00 | 1995 – 2001 |
| World Resources Institute | $555,000.00 | 1995 – 2003 |
| Izaak Walton League of America | $425,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| World Wildlife Fund | $375,957.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Environmental Media Services | $365,400.00 | 1997 – 1999 |
| Earth Island Institute | $339,200.00 | 1992 – 2001 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute | $292,000.00 | 1998 – 2001 |
| Humane Society of the United States | $274,000.00 | 1997 – 1997 |
| Center for a Sustainable Economy | $250,000.00 | 2000 – 2001 |
| Redefining Progress | $229,000.00 | 1996 – 2003 |
| Southern Environmental Law Center | $225,000.00 | 1993 – 2001 |
| Dakota Resource Council | $225,000.00 | 1999 – 2001 |
| Economic Policy Institute | $220,000.00 | 1999 – 2000 |
| Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy | $200,000.00 | 1999 – 2005 |
| Environmental Working Group | $173,500.00 | 1995 – 2005 |
| Environmental Advocates | $161,000.00 | 1995 – 2001 |
| Friends of the Earth | $160,000.00 | 1998 – 1999 |
| Consumers Union of the United States | $100,000.00 | 2001 – 2002 |
| Public Media Center | $100,000.00 | 1992 – 1992 |
| Land Institute | $86,500.00 | 1992 – 1992 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | $68,500.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Essential Information | $60,000.00 | 1998 – 1999 |
| Rainforest Action Network | $60,000.00 | 1992 – 1992 |
| American Corn Growers Association | $50,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Dakota Rural Action | $40,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 |
| Worldwatch Institute | $30,000.00 | 1995 – 1995 |
| Land Stewardship Project | $20,000.00 | 1992 – 1992 |
| International Center for Technology Assessment | $20,000.00 | 1999 – 1999 |
| National Audubon Society | $20,000.00 | 1994 – 1994 |
| Greenpeace | $15,000.00 | 1992 – 1992 |
| EarthSave International | $10,000.00 | 1992 – 1992 |
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