Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
2105 First
Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone:
(612)
870-3400
Fax:
(612)
870-4846
Website:
http://www.iatp.org
Email:
afuller@iatp.org
EIN
36-3501938
Founded 1986, exempt since July 1995Description:
Anti-biotech,
anti-trade group
established with funds from
Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program
oil and gas
money. Owns a for-profit coffee company that claims social /
environmental superiority and influences non-profit groups to
promote its product and harm competitors.
(Form 990 available at
guidestar.org)
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending
December 31, 2000
|
Revenue |
|
Expenses |
|
Contributions |
$2,410,154 |
|
Government Grants |
$53,000 |
|
Program Services |
$293,766 |
|
Investments |
$14,212 |
|
Special Events |
$0 |
|
Sales |
$0 |
|
Other |
$5,727 |
|
|
|
Program Services |
$2,275,732 |
|
Administration |
$247,533 |
|
Other |
$284,723 |
|
Total Expenditures |
$2,807,988 |
| |
|
|
Total
Assets |
$1,759,732
|
|
|
Total Revenue |
$2,776,859 |
|
NET GAIN/LOSS |
$(31,129) |
|
|
Board of Directors
|
Mary Ellen Lloyd |
Mark Ritchie |
|
Dr. Joseph Rocher |
Becky Glass |
|
Mika Iba |
Dr. Rudolph Buntzel |
|
Stephen Shrybman |
Dr. Candido Grzybowski |
|
Rod Leonard, IATP Treasurer |
Dr. Arie Van Den Brand, IATP Board Chair |
|
|
Board of Directors
 Mark
Ritchie, co-founder and president Salary $65,000, benefits $4,105
Chair,
International Forum on Food and Agriculture (an
unincorporated project of the Int'l Forum on
Globalization)
Board member, Sustainable America
Director, Trade Research Consortium
(a project of the Tides
Center);
TRC is an
assumed name registered in Minnesota as Trade Research
Associates, filing
148196,
August 1, 1994)
Registered agent, Tides Center (Minnesota
Secretary of State filing 79190, February 2, 1996)
Treasurer, Consumers Choice Council, Washington, DC
Past
president, Organic Buyers and Growers
Association (a Minneapolis-based
non-profit filing P-965 October 27, 1977)
Former member, U.S. Trade
Representative’s Trade and Environment Policy Advisory
Committee
Former executive director, Center for
Rural Studies
RED FLAG: IATP owns 100% of a for-profit coffee
importer and sales corporation, HeadWaters International,
Inc. (Minnesota filing 8Y-455, December 11, 1995), importing
from Guatemala and Mexico and selling under the brand name,
Peace Coffee (Café Paz).
IATP received more than $114,000
from HeadWaters International in 2000. Mark Ritchie
and his brother Neil
Ritchie (former executive director, Minnesota Public Interest Research Group) market
the coffee.
IATP, Headwaters, and the Trade Research Consortium are members of
the Consumer Choice Council (CCC), which
promotes IATP's profit-making coffee subsidiary with
pressure and propaganda. The CCC's
programs include:
- Media Trade
Campaign: This project provides partial funding for
Environmental
Media Services to help the Council, and our members, with a
coordinated educational media strategy on trade and environment
issues.
- Green Marketing
Campaign: The Council sponsored a meeting of civic leaders,
foundation personnel and NGOs to discuss how to increase consumer
demand for environmentally preferable products.
-
Coffee Labeling: The Council is working to promote socially and
environmentally sustainable coffee production and labeling.
- Film Production:
The Consumer's Choice Council is producing a one hour documentary
film for public television called "Signs of Promise: A Report to
Consumers."
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