DONATION SCANDAL RESULTED IN $7,500 FINE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION
A Territory Resource (also known as ATR)
603 Stewart, Ste. 1007
Seattle ,   WA   98101-1229
(206) 624-4081
Website: http://www.atrfoundation.org/
Email: website@atrfoundation.org
Form 990s available at www.guidestar.org
Establishment Data: Established in 1978 in WA.

Purpose and Activities: "Support is given for grassroots organizations attempting to establish a society that is politically and economically democratic, equitable, and environmentally sound. "

Financial Data (Fiscal Date: 99/12/31 )
Assets Amount: $2,404,560
Contributions Received: $1,296,760
Expenditures: $1,388,626
Total Giving: $903,903
Grants Amount: $903,903  Number of Grants: 181
Highest Grant: $25,000  Lowest Grant: $500
United Way Grants: $1,503,920
EGA Member

A minor but significant organization of various anti-capitalists funding causes including numerous anti-corporate environmental groups such as the Western States Center. Acts essentially as a money funnel for large private foundations and donor advised funds to target large grants toward smaller organizations and perhaps to hide the real source of donations to controversial groups. The following article from the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Thursday, May 20, 1999, suggests underhanded activity.

Seattle Organization Will Pay Fine to Settle Political-Disclosure Dispute
By JENNIFER MOORE

A Seattle non-profit organization has agreed to pay a fine after running afoul of a Washington State law that requires organizations that give money to political groups on behalf of someone else to disclose the original source of the money.

The dispute involved A Territory Resource, a non-profit organization that operates much like a community foundation, raising money from donors and then using it to make grants to charities in five Western states.

At issue was a $50,000 donation the non-profit group made last June [1998]  to No! 200, a political group created to oppose a measure on the Washington ballot that sought to scale back government affirmative-action programs. The measure was approved in November.

The $50,000 originally came from David Foecke and Pat Close, who put it into a donor-advised fund at A Territory Resource. The couple asked that the gift be passed on to No! 200, although the decision was left up to the board of the non-profit group.

The state Public Disclosure Commission argued that under Washington law, the non-profit group should have identified Mr. Foecke and Ms. Close when it passed on the money to No! 200.

But Carol Pencke, executive director of A Territory Resource, said that the law was "extremely vague" and that any violation was inadvertent. She said the donors in this case simply wanted to help raise the profile of A Territory Resource rather than call attention to their own giving. She said the couple did not claim any tax deduction for their gift.

To settle the dispute, A Territory Resource and the pair of original donors have each agreed to pay $7,500 fines.

Make of that story what you will.

Profiles of board members and officers are at http://www.atrfoundation.org/board.htm
Governing Body/Executive Staff:
Officers and Directors:*

• Larry Kleinman*, Chair.;

• Neal Adams*, Vice-Chair.;

• Karen Leann McKay*, Secy.;

• Eric Smith*, Treas.;

• Janis L. Strout, Executive Director; Salary $44,308, Benefits $6,303.

• Barbara Green, Interim Executive Director; Salary $12,491

• Lucy Dayton;

• Paul Goode

• Sandy Hale;

• Andy Himes;

• Ivan Inger;

• Victoria Kaplan;

• Marie Kurose-Woo;

• Liz Merrill;

• Julie Miller;

• Gary Owens;

• Melissa Ponder;

• Janet Robideau;

• Ron White

Staff: 8

ATR Grants Received