Environmental
Grantmakers Association
437 MADISON AVENUE, FLOOR 37 (offices of
Rockefeller Family Fund)
NEW YORK, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 812-4260
Fax:
(212) 812-4299
Website:
http://www.ega.org
email:
ega@rffund.org
Description:
An unincorporated networking organization for left-wing /
anti-corporate environmental causes. EGA operates from the office of
Rockefeller Family Fund (RFF) which accepts grants for EGA under the
RFF tax-exemption. EGA's executive director is on the paid staff of
RFF. EGA is part of the Council on Foundations-recognized Affinity
Group Network.
The EGA itself does not give grants, but is a voluntary association
of foundations and giving programs that holds strategy meetings to
orchestrate funder programs for maximum damage to free enterprise
and individual liberties.
EGA members have coerced the recipients of "prescriptive" grants to
perform tasks and projects they would not otherwise have done (forest
programs in particular),
giving rise to environmental group resentment. The response of RFF's
Donald Ross was, "I
think funders have a major role to play. And I know there are
resentments in the community towards funders doing that. And, too bad. We're
players, they're players." To see the original transcript of
the tape,
click here.
EGA operates expensive programs for its members, paid for with
donations from members and others, among them the anti-capitalist
Funders' Network on Trade and Globalization.
Background: The
Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA) grew out of, and is
still a part of, the Environmental Grantmakers Affinity Group of the
Council on Foundations (COF). In 1987, a group of environmental
grantmakers met in Washington, D.C. to discuss common interests and
to learn about each other's specific programs. As a result of the
enthusiasm generated at this meeting, plans were made for future
meetings, grants lists exchanged, and a "directory" of foundation
program interests was published. Subsequent meetings have reaffirmed
this interest for increased communication among grantmakers through
the EGA.
Environmental
Grantmakers Association releases no financial information. Rockefeller Family Fund
Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending December 31,
2000
|
Revenue |
|
Expenses |
|
Contributions |
$10,429,040 |
|
Government Grants |
$0 |
|
Program Services |
$0 |
|
Investments |
$6,505,351 |
|
Special Events |
$0 |
|
Sales |
$0 |
|
Other |
$241,572 |
|
|
|
Program Services |
$10,150,729 |
|
Administration |
$873,686 |
|
Other |
$101,248 |
|
Total Expenditures |
$11,125,663 |
| |
|
|
Total Assets |
$68,620,782
|
|
|
Total Revenue |
$17,175,963 |
|
NET GAIN/LOSS |
$6,050,300 |
|
|
ENVIRONMENTAL
GRANTMAKERS ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR:
Sarah Hansen Salary $66,500, benefits
$23,523
Appointed EGA executive director 1999.
Hired March 1998 EGA coordinator (1998-1999).
1996-1998 Kongsgaard-Goldman
Foundation, staff
Advisory board, Smoke Farm School
E-mail:
shansen@rffund.org
Program and Membership Director:
Lisa Pike
E-mail:
lpike@rffund.org
Sample grants
earmarked specifically for
Environmental Grantmakers Association
or its projects, paid to Rockefeller Family Fund:
Foundation Name: The Rockefeller Foundation
Abstract: For matching grant toward Funders Network on Trade and
Globalization, initiative designed to support foundations and other funders in their efforts to promote global relations, policies and
institutions that foster sustainable development around the world
Amount: $60,000 Year Authorized: 2001
Foundation Name: The McKnight Foundation
Abstract: For annual
Environmental Grantmakers Association Fall
Retreat
Amount: $10,000 Year Authorized: 2001
Foundation Name: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Abstract: For efforts of Environmental Grantmakers Association,
including annual Fall Retreat, and start-up support for new working
group, Funders Network on Trade Globalization
Amount: $68,500 Year Authorized: 2001
Foundation Name: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Abstract: For Environmental Grantmakers' Association Fall retreat
and federal and international policy briefings
Amount: $100,000 Year Authorized: 2001
Foundation Name: The Rockefeller Foundation
Abstract: For use by its
Environmental Grantmakers Association
toward Funders' Network on Trade and Globalization, initiative
designed to raise awareness and facilitate dialogue within
foundation community about relevance of international trade and
globalization issues
Amount: $22,150 Year Authorized: 2000
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