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Union of Concerned Scientists
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Phone 617-547-5552 | Fax 617-864-9405 | Email ucs@ucsusa.org



Financials


Finances

for tax year ending 9/30/2004

Income$12,130,811.00 
Expenditures$10,244,895.00 
End-Of-Year Net Worth$11,494,960.00 
Tax Status501(c)3 

Selected Grants

Joyce Foundation
Grant$100,000.00 in 1995
SourceChronicle Of Philanthropy
DetailsTo advocate policies relating to biotechnology that do not undercut a transition to more-sustainable types of agriculture
C. S. Fund
Grant$25,000.00 in 2001
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsFood and Environment Program's science-based advocacy focused on antibiotic resistance, biotechnology and sutainable agriculture
Educational Foundation of America
Grant$50,000.00 in 2000
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsAgriculture and Biotechnology Program
Joyce Foundation
Grant$420,000.00 in 1999
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsTo encourage policies to reduce the use of antibiotics in large-scale animal agriculture
Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation
Grant$100,000.00 in 1999
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsFor a program to educate the public about the potential human health dangers of gene-altered crops and to develop safeguards for their use

Top 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
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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


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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