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Financials


Finances

for tax year ending 12/31/2004

Income$726,056.00 
Expenditures$1,330,152.00 
End-Of-Year Net Worth$390,138.00 
Tax Status501(c)3 

Selected Grants

Foundation for Deep Ecology
Grant$300,500.00 in 2003
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsOrganic and Beyond project
Foundation for Deep Ecology
Grant$31,000.00 in 2001
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsPromotion of book on effects of industrial agriculture
Marisla Foundation
Grant$30,000.00 in 2004
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsGenetically Engineered Food
John Merck Fund
Grant$97,500.00 in 1999
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsPurpose: 1) To support the Center for Food Safety's legal actions against the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug administration for failures to address adequately public health and ecological concerns stemming from bringing genetically engineered products into the food supply; and 2) to represent the public interest position challenging whether private corporations can hold patents on plant life, in the context of a landmark lawsuit that could have major implications for the genetic engineering industry, and hence for the future of agriculture. This grant was made via the International Center for Technology Assessment
Marisla Foundation
Grant$30,000.00 in 2003
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsGenetically Engineered Fish Project

Top Funders and Grantees

Funding From Foundations
& Corporations

Total Donated

Time Frame
Foundation for Deep Ecology $1,670,080.00 1996 – 2003
John Merck Fund $1,305,000.00 1999 – 2005
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $465,000.00 2000 – 2003
Columbia Foundation $280,000.00 2003 – 2006
Marisla Foundation $130,000.00 2000 – 2005
Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation $100,000.00 2003 – 2004
David H. Smith Foundation $100,000.00 2002 – 2002
Vervane, Inc. $80,000.00 2000 – 2006
Changing Horizons Fund $65,000.00 1997 – 1997
Educational Foundation of America $60,000.00 2005 – 2005
David & Lucile Packard Foundation $50,000.00 2002 – 2002
Park Foundation $50,000.00 2001 – 2003
Elizabeth Ordway Dunn Foundation $45,000.00 2003 – 2005
Sacharuna Foundation $42,400.00 2005 – 2005
Curtis & Edith Munson Foundation $40,000.00 2003 – 2006
Compton Foundation $40,000.00 2003 – 2004
Harold K. Hochschild Foundation $35,000.00 1996 – 1996
Alida R. Messinger Charitable Lead Trust $35,000.00 1999 – 1999
David B. Gold Foundation $30,000.00 2005 – 2005
Bellona USA Foundation $25,890.00 1996 – 1996
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Funding From Other
Activist Groups

Total Donated

Time Frame
Tides Foundation & Tides Center
$60,000.00 1997 – 1997
International Center for Technology Assessment
$15,000.00 1999 – 1999


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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