Board of Directors
Arlie Schardt, also Senior Counselor of Fenton Communications;
Al Gore's 1988 presidential campaign press secretary;
former Environmental Defense Fund executive director;
board of directors of Friends of the Earth

Wade Greene, former New York Times writer, now Rockefeller Financial Services
Ken Cook, president, Environmental Working Group
Vikki Spruill, executive director, SeaWeb
Charles Alexander, senior editor, environment / science, Time magazine
Dianne Dumanoski, former Boston Globe reporter
Dick Mark, formerly with Conservation Strategies, consultant
Jordan Lewis, author

NOTE: The Environmental Media Services website and publications do not reveal their funding sources, nor do their IRS Form 990 annual reports. The data below were obtained from private subscription-only databases of the Foundation Center. THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED BY Environmental Media Services.

Environmental Media Services is funded by :

Recent list of 40 Grants to Environmental Media Services 

1. FOUNDATION NAME: Bullitt Foundation
RECIPIENT: Tides Center (Environment Media Services)
ABSTRACT: The Tides Center actively promotes change toward a healthy society—one founded on principles of social justice, broadly shared economic opportunity, a robust democratic process, and sustainable environmental practices. Tides Center is the fiscal sponsor for Environmental Media Services, a national organization that offers media skills services to environmental activists and organizations.
AMOUNT: $40,000 YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1998     
The 1998 grant supported a project to develop a regional headquarters in Seattle. AMOUNT: $75,000 YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999
Three grants were awarded in 1999: a $5,000 grant supports a project to provide media training to activists in Ferry County, Washington; a $10,000 grant supports a project to provide regional media support on environmental issues as part of the World Trade Organization ministerial; and a $60,000 grant supports the overall work of the regional office of Environmental Media Services focused on Northwest issues and organizations.

2. FOUNDATION NAME: Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Foundation
ABSTRACT: For ongoing efforts to educate the media about complex economic and environmental issues, including urban/suburban sprawl, toxic chemicals, climate change and marine conservation.
AMOUNT: $125,000 YEAR AUTHORIZED: 2000

3. FOUNDATION NAME: W. Alton Jones Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: To create China-based media education program to inform and motivate Chinese journalists about issues related to climate disruption
AMOUNT: $50,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

4. FOUNDATION NAME: Columbia Foundation
ABSTRACT: To research, write, publish, and distribute EMS Editors' and Reporters' Guide to Genetic Engineering
AMOUNT: $25,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 2000

5. FOUNDATION NAME: Wallace Genetic Foundation, Inc.
AMOUNT: $35,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

6. FOUNDATION NAME: Wilburforce Foundation
ABSTRACT: for the Wild Washington Media Campaign
AMOUNT: $25,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

7. FOUNDATION NAME: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: To educate media about complex relationships among economic and environmental issues
AMOUNT: $100,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

8. FOUNDATION NAME: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For continued support for educating media about such matters as sustainable forest practices, transportation and urban sprawl issues, climate change global trade and multilateral development bank reform
AMOUNT: $100,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1998

9. FOUNDATION NAME: The Brainerd Foundation (source: www.brainerd.org):
ABSTRACT: Program area: Communications Strategies. Description: To support EMS’s work in the Pacific Northwest to improve and expand media coverage of environmental issues, while building the capacity for conservation organizations to develop effective media campaigns.
AMOUNT: $30,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

10. FOUNDATION NAME: The Brainerd Foundation
ABSTRACT: Program area: Toxic Pollution. Description: To educate reporters about mining issues and the battle in Congress over the recent millsite decision.”
AMOUNT: $2,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

11. FOUNDATION NAME: The Brainerd Foundation
ABSTRACT: Program area: Communications Strategies. Description: For Environmental Media Services to create a high-impact media plan using the 10th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster to emphasize the continuing threat of oil spills to the Puget Sound region and to influence public opinion in support of immediate action on oil spill prevention.
AMOUNT: $2,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

12. FOUNDATION NAME: Energy Foundation
ABSTRACT: To launch promotional campaign to generate coverage of news contained in Joe Romm's new book, Cool Companies
AMOUNT: $35,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

13. FOUNDATION NAME: Energy Foundation
ABSTRACT: For Business-Climate Change Awareness Project to build awareness of climate solutions in business community
AMOUNT: $215,400   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

14. FOUNDATION NAME: Surdna Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For continued support for media work on transportation reform and urban sprawl
AMOUNT: $75,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

15. FOUNDATION NAME: Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For media outreach before and during World Trade Organization Ministerial meetings
AMOUNT: $50,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

16. FOUNDATION NAME: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
ABSTRACT: For media campaign on environmental and public health implications of globalization
AMOUNT: $40,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

17. FOUNDATION NAME: The Brainerd Foundation
ABSTRACT: Program area: Communications Strategies. Description: For seed funding to launch the Western office of Environmental Media Services to raise media awareness of environmental issues, and to empower conservation organizations with their own media outreach.
AMOUNT: $15,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1998

18. FOUNDATION NAME: V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
AMOUNT: $125,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1998

19. FOUNDATION NAME: Rockefeller Family Fund (source: www.rffund.org):
AMOUNT: $25,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1998
ABSTRACT: Second installment of a two-year grant totaling $55,000 for media services to environmental groups, including staging press briefings, talk show appearances, and formal press conferences.

20. FOUNDATION NAME: W. Alton Jones Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: To promote media understanding of environmental threats to children's health using rapid response team to spotlight important, inaccurate or misleading news coverage
AMOUNT: $300,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1998

21. FOUNDATION NAME: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
ABSTRACT: For core support to strengthen efforts to initiate media campaign related to multilateral development bank reform efforts and international trade policy
AMOUNT: $240,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1999

22. FOUNDATION NAME: Energy Foundation
ABSTRACT: To provide media support for Surface Transportation Policy Project's new Quality of Life Campaign
AMOUNT: $75,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1998
DURATION: 2-year grant

23. FOUNDATION NAME: W. Alton Jones Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: To design and implement media campaign to promote The Heat Is On and its findings to national print and broadcast media and in selected local markets around the country. Grant made through the Tides Center
AMOUNT: $40,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1997 

24. FOUNDATION NAME: W. Alton Jones Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: To inform reporters and editors about breaking stories on scientific and policy issues that concern environmental threats to children's health. Grant made through Tides Center
AMOUNT: $125,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1997

25. FOUNDATION NAME: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
ABSTRACT: For initial stages of media and public education campaign designed to increase journalists' interest in multilateral development bank reform and help them frame issues appropriately
AMOUNT: $50,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1998

26. FOUNDATION NAME: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For additional program officer to handle rapidly expanding demand for information and assistance
AMOUNT: $30,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1997

27. FOUNDATION NAME: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For general operating support

28. FOUNDATION NAME: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For Environmental Economics Program series of publications, seminars, briefings, workshops and rapid response services designed to aid journalists improve coverage of economic realities of environmental policy
AMOUNT: $75,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1996

29. FOUNDATION NAME: V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
ABSTRACT: For core services
AMOUNT: $125,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1997

30. FOUNDATION NAME: The German Marshall Fund of the United States
ABSTRACT: For pilot media and outreach program that sends European transportation experts to practitioner meetings and media briefings in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver and Washington, DC region
AMOUNT: $52,500   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1997

31. FOUNDATION NAME: Energy Foundation
ABSTRACT: For full-time media expert to build support for transportation reform by publicizing benefits to such reforms to quality of life, health and economy
AMOUNT: $40,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1997

32. FOUNDATION NAME: Surdna Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For campaign to expand public and media constituency for transportation reform and to defend transportation reform policy from attacks by special interests
AMOUNT: $150,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1997

33. FOUNDATION NAME: Rockefeller Family Fund
ABSTRACT: General support to transmit and amplify the environmental community’s message to policymakers and the general public; and for a special initiative, the EMS Environmental Economics Project, to attack the myth that environmental progress costs jobs and hurts the economy.
AMOUNT: $45,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1996

34. FOUNDATION NAME: W. Alton Jones Foundation
RECIPIENT: Environmental Media Services, A project of the Tides Center
ABSTRACT: To mobilize a network of scientists to counter misinformation related to envinronmental threats to children’s health, and to encourage responsible media coverage.
AMOUNT: $100,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1996

35. FOUNDATION NAME: The Nathan Cummings Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For media assistance to environmental grantees
AMOUNT: $75,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1995

36. FOUNDATION NAME: Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Inc.
ABSTRACT: For Environmental Economics Project, effort to supply journalists with tools and resources to understand, analyze and report on real economic implications of environmental policies
AMOUNT: $40,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1995

37. FOUNDATION NAME: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
ABSTRACT: For general support
AMOUNT: $20,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1995

38. FOUNDATION NAME: The Educational Foundation of America
ABSTRACT: For Green Scissors Campaign
AMOUNT: $100,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1995
DURATION: 2-year grant

39. FOUNDATION NAME: Rockefeller Family Foundation
ABSTRACT: General support for this highly professional communications service organization which transmits and amplifies the environmental community’s message to policymakers and the general public.
AMOUNT: $25,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1995

40. FOUNDATION NAME: Weeden Foundation
ABSTRACT: To launch new center to run full scale, issue-based media campaigns on complex environmental topics
AMOUNT: $50,000   YEAR AUTHORIZED: 1994
 

These funders enjoy tax exempt status.

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