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Phone 202-667-6982 | Fax 202-232-2592 | Email info@ewg.org
Financials
Finances for tax year ending 12/31/2003 |
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| Income | $2,835,245.00 | |
| Expenditures | $2,412,054.00 | |
| End-Of-Year Net Worth | $1,322,374.00 | |
| Tax Status | 501(c)3 | |
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Selected Grants |
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| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | |
| Grant | $245,000.00 in 1999 |
| Source | The Foundation Center |
| Details | For continued support of… the Environmental Working Group's media campaign for an Internet site about pesticides in the American diet. Grant made via the Tides Center. |
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| Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation | |
| Grant | $200,000.00 in 2001 |
| Source | Donor's Website |
| Details | For a project to analyze recently available public documents describing the dangers of toxic chemicals and the lack of public spending to support sustainable agriculture |
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| Blue Moon Fund | |
| Grant | $320,000.00 in 2000 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | To build consumer demand for foods that are lower in pesticides, thereby reinforcing the public's insistence that the government restrict or ban riskier pesticides |
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| Schumann Center for Media & Democracy | |
| Grant | $15,000.00 in 1999 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | toward costs of a newspaper ad to describe the continuing problem with pesticides in the food supply [Ed. note: this was a full-page New York Times advertisement that suggested the 1989 Alar scare didn't go far enough and warned Americans that they should only buy organic apples] |
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| Wallace Genetic Foundation | |
| Grant | $30,000.00 in 1999 |
| Source | IRS Form 990 or 990-PF |
| Details | To support research to redirect farm assistance towards the sustainable agriculture agenda |
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Top Funders and Grantees |
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| Funding From Foundations & Corporations | Total Donated | Time Frame | |
| Joyce Foundation | $6,645,000.00 | 1991 – 2005 | |
| Ford Foundation | $3,452,351.00 | 1989 – 2004 | |
| Blue Moon Fund | $2,795,000.00 | 1989 – 2002 | |
| Marisla Foundation | $2,435,000.00 | 2000 – 2005 | |
| Pew Charitable Trusts | $1,895,000.00 | 1990 – 1997 | |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | $1,455,000.00 | 1989 – 1999 | |
| Beldon Fund | $1,350,000.00 | 1999 – 2005 | |
| William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | $1,290,000.00 | 1989 – 2005 | |
| David & Lucile Packard Foundation | $875,000.00 | 1991 – 1998 | |
| McKnight Foundation | $780,000.00 | 1998 – 2005 | |
| Nathan Cummings Foundation | $730,000.00 | 1992 – 2005 | |
| John Merck Fund | $633,500.00 | 1992 – 2005 | |
| John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | $617,351.00 | 1992 – 1993 | |
| Surdna Foundation | $595,000.00 | 1989 – 2005 | |
| Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation | $575,000.00 | 1998 – 2004 | |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund | $560,000.00 | 1990 – 2000 | |
| Wilburforce Foundation | $526,250.00 | 1998 – 2005 | |
| Rockefeller Family Fund | $505,000.00 | 2000 – 2003 | |
| Schumann Center for Media & Democracy | $495,000.00 | 1989 – 1999 | |
| Wallace Genetic Foundation | $430,000.00 | 1989 – 2006 | |
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| Funding From Other Activist Groups | Total Donated | Time Frame | |
| Tides Foundation & Tides Center
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$408,446.00 | 1996 – 2005 | |
| Association of Trial Lawyers of America
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$176,000.00 | 2003 – 2003 | |
| As You Sow
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$20,000.00 | 2001 – 2001 | |
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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.
