Center
for Biological Diversity, Inc
formerly Southwest Center for Biological Diversity
PO Box 710
Tucson, AZ 85702
TEL: (520) 623-5252
FAX: (520) 623-9797
email:
ksuckling@biologicaldiversity.org
Website:
www.biologicaldiversity.org
EIN:
85-0420285
Exempt since August 1994
 Self-description:
As the country's leading
endangered species advocates, the Center for Biological Diversity
works through science, law, and creative media to secure a future
for all species, great or small, hovering on the brink of
extinction.
Actual:
Anti-industry legal
attack group uses the Endangered Species Act and media scare tactics as a weapon to destroy America's
industrial strength and resource production by bringing lawsuits against a wide
spectrum of resource use companies, private property owners and
against government to stop resource use. The
Center for Biological Diversity lost a
2005 defamation lawsuit
to fifth-generation rancher Jim Chilton of Arivaca, Arizona,
when a jury awarded him $600,000,
including $500,000 in punitive damages for falsely accusing him of
damaging the range.
The Center appealed the decision to the Arizona State Supreme Court and lost again
in 2007.
Revenue and Expenses,
2007
|
Revenue |
|
Expenses |
|
Contributions |
$5,325,801 |
|
Government Grants |
$0 |
|
Program Services |
$505,365 |
|
Investments |
$134,653 |
|
Special Events |
$8,332 |
|
Sales |
$256 |
|
Other |
$0 |
|
|
|
Program Services |
$4,264,768 |
|
Administration |
$243,677 |
|
Other |
$587,733 |
|
Total Expenditures |
$5,096,178
|
|
|
Total Revenue |
$5,974,407
|
|
NET
GAIN/LOSS |
$878,229 |
Officers
and Directors - 2007
| Name |
Title |
Compensation |
|
PETER GALVIN
|
DIRECTOR |
$74,971 |
|
KIERAN SUCKLING
|
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR |
$74,294 |
|
MICHAEL FINKELSTEIN
|
PAST EXEC DIRECTOR |
$74,000 |
|
TODD SCHULKE
|
DIRECTOR |
$49,167 |
|
ROBIN SILVER
|
VICE PRESIDENT |
$24,000 |
|
DAN COLEMAN
|
TREASURER |
$0 |
|
KATHERINE MEYER
|
DIRECTOR |
$0 |
|
MARCEY OLAJOS
|
CHAIRMAN |
$0 |
Five
Highest Paid Employees - 2007
| Name |
Title |
Compensation |
|
KASSIA SIEGEL
|
STAFF ATTORNEY |
$61,667 |
|
BRENDAN CUMMINGS
|
STAFF ATTORNEY |
$61,667 |
|
JOHN BUSE
|
STAFF ATTORNEY |
$52,917 |
|
IIEENE ANDERSON
|
BIOLOGIST |
$50,000 |
|
NOAH GREENWALD
|
BIOLOGIST |
$48,958 |
|
Interlocking Directorates
Peter
Galvin,
co-founder |
Board Member,
Beech Hill
Family Foundation;
Member, Science Oversight
Team,
Global Owl Project |
Kieran
Suckling,
co-founder |
Board Member,
Endangered Species
Coalition;
Board Member,
American Lands Alliance;
Board Member,
Arizona Wilderness Coalition |
Todd
Schulke,
co-founder |
Director,
NEW MEXICO WILDERNESS ALLIANCE;
President, AMERICAN LANDS ALLIANCE |
| Dan
Coleman |
Managing partner,
“A” Side Music,
LLC, (music
publishing company, New York City)
Composer-in-residence at
Tucson Symphony
Orchestra |
| Dr.
Robin Silver, co-founder |
Emergency Room physician
Vice President,
Maricopa
Audubon Society;
Board of Directors,
Southwest
Forest Alliance |
|
Katherine Meyer
|
Founding
partner,
Meyer, Glitzenstein &
Crystal (public-interest
law firm);
Co-founder,
Wildlife
Advocacy Project |
|
Marcey Olajos
|
Board of
Directors,
Wyss Foundation;
advisory board,
Great Old Broads
for Wilderness |
Foundation grants to Center for
Biological Diversity
| Grant Total:
$4,793,046 |
Number of Grants: 116 |
|
Donor
Foundation
|
 |
Grant |
|
Year
|
|
Grant
Description |
|
MAX & ANNA LEVINSON FOUNDATION
Santa Fe
New Mexico |
|
$20,000 |
|
2007 |
|
Climate
air, and energy program |
|
SUMMERLEE FOUNDATION
Dallas
Texas |
|
$15,000 |
|
2007 |
|
Support for
the American Jaguar Recovery plan |
|
444S FOUNDATION
Bellevue
Washington |
|
$15,000 |
|
2007 |
|
Environmental Preservation |
|
FIREDOLL FOUNDATION
Walnut Creek
California |
|
$20,000 |
|
2007 |
|
Work in
Northern California per letter |
|
WILLIAM C BANNERMAN FOUNDATION
West Hollywood
California |
|
$7,000 |
|
2007 |
|
Support for
environmental projects |
|
WILBURFORCE FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
|
$25,000 |
|
2007 |
|
Endangered
Species Act Works Campaign |
|
LISA AND DOUGLAS GOLDMAN FUND
San Francisco
California |
 |
$15,000 |
|
2007 |
|
|
|
LISA AND DOUGLAS GOLDMAN FUND
San Francisco
California |
|
$10,000 |
|
2006 |
|
|
|
DAVID B GOLD FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
|
$25,000 |
|
2006 |
|
Climate air
and energy program |
|
FIREDOLL FOUNDATION
Walnut Creek
California |
|
$18,000 |
|
2006 |
|
|
|
T & E INC
Gila
New
Mexico |
|
$15,000 |
|
2006 |
|
|
|
WENDY P MCCAW FOUNDATION
Santa Barbara
California |
|
$50,000 |
|
2006 |
|
Condor
preservation campaign |
|
MARISLA FOUNDATION
Laguna Beach
California |
|
$40,000 |
|
2006 |
|
Oceans
Program |
|
WYSS FOUNDATION
West Chester
Pennsylvania |
|
$232,000 |
|
2006 |
|
|
|
CEDAR TREE FOUNDATION INC
Boston
Massachusetts |
|
$15,000 |
|
2006 |
|
General
support |
|
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
Southeastern
Pennsylvania |
|
$18,000 |
|
2006 |
|
Environment
& wildlife |
|
ARGOSY FOUNDATION
Milwaukee
Wisconsin |
|
$80,000 |
|
2006 |
|
|
|
ARGOSY FOUNDATION
Milwaukee
Wisconsin |
|
$75,000 |
|
2005 |
|
Environment, animals |
|
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
Jenkintown
Pennsylvania |
|
$5,000 |
|
2005 |
|
Support for
environmental projects |
|
MARISLA FOUNDATION
Laguna Beach
California |
|
$40,000 |
|
2005 |
|
Oceans
program |
|
WYSS FOUNDATION
West Chester
Pennsylvania |
|
$163,000 |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
WYSS FOUNDATION
West Chester
Pennsylvania |
|
$100,000 |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
RENAISSANCE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
Indianapolis
Indiana |
|
$5,000 |
|
2005 |
|
Environment
and animals |
|
NINA MASON PULLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST
Indianapolis
Indiana |
|
$75,000 |
|
2005 |
|
Support for
a public education and outreach campaign following the Arizona
Biodiversity Assessment Project, a program to raise awareness
about the environment and improve prospects of recovery for
Arizona's threatened and endangered species |
|
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
|
$10,000 |
|
2005 |
|
To support
the
San Francisco
Bay and Tabularizes Water Quality Campaign to reduce the use
of pesticides in the Bay Area that negatively impact the water
quality of the San Francisco Bay and its tributaries |
|
BAY AND PAUL FOUNDATIONS INC
New York
New York |
|
$4,000 |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
CEDAR TREE FOUNDATION INC
Boston
Massachusetts |
|
$15,000 |
|
2005 |
|
General
support |
|
THE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION
Gig Harbor
Washington |
|
$20,000 |
|
2005 |
|
Campaign to
secure endangered species act protections for the Puget Sound
orca |
|
BURNING FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
|
$6,000 |
|
2005 |
|
Tillamook
Biodiversity Project |
|
WILBURFORCE FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
|
$50,000 |
|
2005 |
|
Support for
environmental projects |
|
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Los Angeles
California |
|
$500,000 |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
T & E INC
Gila
New
Mexico |
|
$16,000 |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
SANDLER FAMILY SUPPORTING FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
|
$106,000 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
WILBURFORCE FOUNDATION
Seattle
Washington |
|
$84,000 |
|
2004 |
|
To protect
endangered species throughout the West. |
|
THE OAK FOUNDATION USA
Portland
Maine |
|
$25,000 |
|
2004 |
|
General
support |
|
FIREDOLL FOUNDATION
Walnut Creek
California |
|
$17,000 |
|
2004 |
|
CCA field
office |
|
T & E INC
Gila
New
Mexico |
|
$15,000 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
TIDES FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
|
$10,000 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
BEAGLE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Redwood City
California |
|
$10,000 |
|
2004 |
|
General
charitable purpose |
|
JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND
New York
New York |
|
$250,000 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
DEER CREEK FOUNDATION
St. Louis
Missouri |
|
$25,000 |
|
2004 |
|
For an
education, grassroots mobilization, media, and litigation
campaign designed to compel the environmental protection
agency to comply with the endangered species act when
registering pesticides for use |
|
WYSS FOUNDATION
West Chester
Pennsylvania |
|
$20,000 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
ARGOSY FOUNDATION
Milwaukee
Wisconsin |
|
$75,000 |
|
2004 |
|
Support for
Environmental projects |
|
CEDAR TREE FOUNDATION INC
Boston
Massachusetts |
|
$35,000 |
|
2004 |
|
General
support |
|
DEER CREEK FOUNDATION
St. Louis
Missouri |
|
$25,000 |
|
2003 |
|
For a
campaign to compel the Environmental Protection Agency to
adhere to existing federal law prohibiting the use of
pesticides when such use threatens harm to animals/habitats
protected by the Endangered Species Act. |
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