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Organic Consumers Association
6101 Cliff Estate Road, Little Marais, MN 55614
Phone 218-226-4164 | Fax 218-226-4157 | Email info@organicconsumers.org



Financials


Finances

for tax year ending 12/31/2004

Income$898,761.00 
Expenditures$896,449.00 
End-Of-Year Net Worth$164,643.00 
Tax Status501(c)3 

Selected Grants

Foundation for Deep Ecology
Grant$37,000.00 in 2001
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsPublic awareness of the detrimental effects of industrial agriculture and to promote alternative sustainable ecological agriculture
Turner Foundation
Grant$10,000.00 in 2001
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsTo encourage municipalities and school districts to begin making the transition to organic in their food and fiber purchasing
John Merck Fund
Grant$50,000.00 in 2002
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsTo reduce the amount of genetically engineered crops grown in the U.S. by creating consumer pressure on businesses not to produce and sell foods and fibers with genetically engineered contents.
John Merck Fund
Grant$100,000.00 in 1999
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsTo support the Campaign for Food Safety, which will coordinate public education and grassroots organizing activities aimed at reducing the market share of genetically engineered foods
Educational Foundation of America
Grant$100,000.00 in 2000
SourceIRS Form 990 or 990-PF
DetailsFood Agenda 2000-2010

Top Funders and Grantees

Funding From Foundations
& Corporations

Total Donated

Time Frame
Educational Foundation of America $400,000.00 2000 – 2002
Pond Foundation $278,424.00 1999 – 2003
John Merck Fund $200,000.00 1999 – 2002
Foundation for Deep Ecology $114,000.00 2000 – 2003
Wallace Genetic Foundation $100,000.00 2000 – 2005
Horst M. Rechelbacher Foundation $81,800.00 1999 – 2003
Compton Foundation $72,000.00 2000 – 2005
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors $57,176.00 2000 – 2005
Marisla Foundation $55,000.00 2004 – 2005
Columbia Foundation $55,000.00 2001 – 2005
Carolyn Foundation $40,000.00 2000 – 2000
Harold K. Hochschild Foundation $35,000.00 1999 – 1999
Panta Rhea Foundation $32,000.00 2002 – 2003
Hursh Trust $30,000.00 2000 – 2000
Solidago Foundation $25,000.00 2002 – 2002
Turner Foundation $20,000.00 2001 – 2002
Patagonia Fund $15,000.00 2000 – 2002
Lumpkin Foundation $10,000.00 2002 – 2006
Patagonia, Inc. $10,000.00 2001 – 2001
Sexton Foundation $10,000.00 2001 – 2002
Funding From Other
Activist Groups

Total Donated

Time Frame
Center for Public Interest Research
$198,546.00 2000 – 2002
Tides Foundation & Tides Center
$45,500.00 2001 – 2002
International Center for Technology Assessment
$30,000.00 1998 – 1999


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