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Natural Resources Defense
Council, Inc.
40 W. 20th St
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-727-2700
Fax: 212-727-1773
Website:
http://www.nrdc.org/nrdc
Email:
nrdcinfo@nrdc.org
Tax status: 501(c)(3);
affiliate 501(c)(4) NRDC Action Fund; the Environmental
Accountability Fund (a 527 group) is a project of the NRDC Action
Fund.
EIN: 13-2654926
Founded 1970 by a $400,000 grant from the Ford Foundation
Exempt since 1970
Natural Resources Defense Council
relationships are mapped on
Muckety.
 Self description:
NRDC is a national nonprofit environmental
organization of more than 1 million Members and activists. Since
1970, NRDC scientists and lawyers have been using the power of law,
science and people to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places
and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
Actual:
Anti-corporate lobbying and litigating organization,
aimed at crippling America's production and consumer choice.
Programs:
NRDC's programs fall within
seven issue areas - Air & Energy, Health, International, Land,
Nuclear, Urban, and Water & Coastal. Projects
hit issues at the local, regional,
national and international levels. NRDC
influences
governments, businesses, media
and coalitions of environmental, recreation, labor, civil rights and
consumer organizations.
The Air/Energy Program [Anti-fossil fuel industries]:
air standards, global
warming, transportation, energy efficiency, renewable energy and
electric-industry restructuring.
The Health Program [Anti-chemical
industries]: drinking water, pesticides, industrial
chemicals, and eliminate the use
of chemicals.
The International Program [Anti-production and defense industries]:
rainforests,
biodiversity, habitat preservation, oceans and marine life, nuclear
weapons and global warming.
The Land Program [Land control, production
control, consumer control]: national forests, parks and other
public lands, to promote improved management of private forest
lands, and to reduce U.S. consumption of products made from wood.
The Nuclear Program [Anti-defense
industries]: tracking
global
arsenals and the status of arms treaties, waste and fissile material
disposition, security and control.
The Urban Program [Crippling all
productive activities]: air and water quality, habitat and
open space, garbage and recycling, transportation, water supply,
sprawl, and environmental justice.
The Water and Coastal Program
[Anti-production and sports industries]:
water quality, fish
populations, wetlands and oceans.
THIS IS JOHN H. ADAMS,
NRDC'S BOSS
WHY ISN'T HE SMILING?
Because some people still have jobs
NRDC's President
/ Founding President John H. Adams gets three-quarters of a
million bucks a year to destroy your job and your standard of
living.
John H. Adams'relationships are mapped on
Muckety.
WHAT NRDC's ELITE
GETS PAID TO PUT YOU OUT OF WORK
Officers
and Key Employees: 2006
| Name |
Title |
Compensation |
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JOHN H ADAMS |
FOUNDING PRESIDENT |
$461,164 |
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JOHN H ADAMS |
PRESIDENT |
Salary
$266,810
Benefits $29,490 |
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JOHN H ADAMS |
COMBINED
INCOME |
$757,464 |
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FRANCES BEINECKE |
PRESIDENT |
Salary
$252,327
Benefits $27,510 |
|
JACK MURRAY |
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR |
Salary
$196,850
Benefits $21,191 |
|
JUDY KEEFER |
FINANCE DIRECTOR |
Salary
$179,350
Benefits $$25,682 |
|
PATRICIA SULLIVAN |
DEPUTY DIRECTOR |
Salary
$163,610
Benefits $21,191 |
 Frances
Beinecke, president of NRDC, has worked for the
group for more than 30 years. Prior to becoming the president
in 2006, she served as the organizations executive director for
eight years. She is an heir of the Sperry
and Hutchinson Green Stamp fortune - her father
was William S. Beinecke, president of Sperry and Hutchinson.
She comes from a long line of wealthy businesspeople, including
lawyers and heads of companies.
Frances
Beinecke's
relationships are mapped on
Muckety.
Five Highest Paid Employees: 2006
| Name |
Title |
Compensation |
|
DAVID HAWKINS |
DIR OF CLIMATE CENTER |
Salary
$182,685
Benefits $33,460 |
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PHILIP GUTIS |
DIR COMMUNICATIONS |
Salary
$172,441
Benefits $16,752 |
|
TOM COCHRAN |
DIR OF NUCLEAR PROGRAM |
Salary
$160,867
Benefits $32,455 |
|
SARAH CHASIS |
SENIOR ATTORNEY |
Salary
$160,867
Benefits $15,492 |
|
WESLEY WARREN |
DIR OF PROGRAMS |
Salary
$160,771
Benefits $15,015 |
NRDC HAS 157 OTHER
EMPLOYEES WHO GET OVER $50,000 A YEAR TO KILL YOUR ENERGY SUPPLY,
THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, AND YOUR DREAMS
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Natural Resources Defense Council
Revenue and Expenses: 2006
|
Revenue |
|
Expenses |
|
Contributions |
$$66,965,815 |
|
Government Grants |
$326,740 |
|
Program Services |
$749,197 |
|
Investments |
$1,889,275 |
|
Special Events |
($535,386) |
|
Sales |
$0 |
|
Other |
$743,568 |
|
|
|
Program Services |
$51,097,183 |
|
Administration |
$5,616,934 |
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Other |
$7,060,728 |
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Total Expenditures |
$63,774,845 |
|
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Total Revenue |
$70,139,209 |
|
NET GAIN/LOSS |
$6,364,364 |
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Donor Grant
Overview (analysis by
Activist Cash.com)
Selected Grants
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David & Lucile Packard Foundation |
| Grant |
$200,000.00 in
2003 |
| Source |
IRS Form 990 or
990-PF |
| Details |
To continue
support for the Ocean Protection Initiative in the
Pacific region. |
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| Grant |
$9,689.00 in 1997 |
| Source |
U.S. Government
Publications |
| Details |
Special Purpose
(Livestock Waste Education - The Objective For This
Project Is To Educate The Public About The Impact of
Livestock Waste on Waterways) |
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Columbia Foundation |
| Grant |
$40,000.00 in 2004 |
| Source |
IRS Form 990 or
990-PF |
| Details |
For Making It
Happen: Sustainable Agriculture in California, to
advocate for policy and funding reform to support
the expansion of sustainable agriculture and
pesticide use reduction in California |
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Marisla Foundation |
| Grant |
$600,000.00 in
2003 |
| Source |
IRS Form 990 or
990-PF |
| Details |
Marine mammals, CA
ecosystem, Mercury initiative |
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Summit Charitable Foundation |
| Grant |
$10,000.00 in 1999 |
| Source |
The Foundation
Center |
| Details |
For gala honoring
environmental accomplishments of Ted Turner and Anne
and Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff |
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Top Funders and
Grantees
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Funding From
Foundations
& Corporations |
Total Donated |
Time Frame |
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Energy Foundation |
$14,733,574.00 |
1991 2005 |
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Pew Charitable Trusts |
$12,661,000.00 |
1991 2000 |
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Blue Moon Fund |
$9,734,735.00 |
1988 2005 |
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John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
$8,705,195.00 |
1988 2005 |
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Turner Foundation |
$6,846,542.00 |
1993 2005 |
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Public Welfare Foundation |
$6,650,000.00 |
1990 2006 |
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Joyce Foundation |
$4,699,445.00 |
1989 2005 |
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
$4,681,097.00 |
1996 2001 |
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Marisla Foundation |
$4,388,000.00 |
1991 2005 |
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William & Flora Hewlett Foundation |
$3,945,000.00 |
1990 2005 |
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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation |
$3,523,090.00 |
1989 2005 |
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San Francisco Foundation |
$3,417,739.00 |
1990 2004 |
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Surdna Foundation |
$2,922,000.00 |
1989 2006 |
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Ford Foundation |
$2,883,300.00 |
1989 2004 |
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ARIA Foundation |
$2,855,919.00 |
1996 2006 |
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Park Foundation |
$2,846,010.00 |
1997 2005 |
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Bauman Family Foundation |
$2,466,000.00 |
1997 2005 |
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David & Lucile Packard Foundation |
$2,252,000.00 |
1988 2005 |
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J. M. Kaplan Fund |
$2,222,500.00 |
1988 2005 |
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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation |
$2,221,000.00 |
1988 2005 |
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Funding From
Other
Activist Groups |
Total Donated |
Time Frame |
Tides Foundation & Tides Center
|
$488,004.00 |
1991 2003 |
National Audubon
Society
|
$140,050.00 |
1999 2001 |
National
Environmental Trust
|
$100,000.00 |
2000 2000 |
SeaWeb
|
$77,000.00 |
2001 2001 |
Environmental
Defense
|
$10,000.00 |
1999 1999 |
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Board of Directors
- 2008
| Name |
Title |
| Daniel R. Tishman |
Chair |
| Adam Albright |
Vice Chair |
| Alan Horn |
Vice Chair |
| Patricia Bauman |
Vice Chair |
| Robert J. Fisher |
Vice Chair |
| Joy Covey |
Treasurer |
The problem of
foreign donations to NRDC
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NRDC's
current emphasis on global issues such as climate change and
"accelerating the greening of China" raises serious questions
about foreign donors who may be using NRDC to forward alien
national or ideological agendas. |
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problem is that the United States permits any and all donors
from foreign countries to give to U.S. 501(c)(3) exempt
organizations without any requirement to report the donation
in any way. NRDC's accounting department would simply enter a
foreign donation on its books as if it were any other donation
and provide the list to the Internal Revenue Service at the
end of each fiscal year in their Form 990 report.
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Donor
information is not available to the public. Only the IRS can
examine the donor list of any 501(c)(3) exempt organization.
The grants listed in the Green Tracking Library are "reverse
engineered" from the Form 990PF reports of U.S. donor
foundations. Exempt U.S. organizations are obligated to
disclose where their money goes, but not where it came from.
Thus, U.S. foundations must list substantial detail of each
grant they give, to whom, how much, for what purpose,
and other data. By examining thousands of donor Form
990PF
reports, it is possible to expose which foundations gave how
much to which recipient and for what purpose. This provides
the public with a picture of which wealthy donor foundations
are forwarding which programs and agendas. |
| Since
foreign donors are not registered in the United States, they
do not file a Form 990PF with the IRS. Many foreign countries
have laws forbidding the release of such financial
information, including Liechtenstein, Panama and Bermuda. The
United Kingdom keeps a register of charities, but does not
track donations in any detail. Thus it is impossible to trace
foreign donations to U.S. organizations - unless the receiving
organization voluntarily publishes the information. |
| Thus,
NRDC, with its current global programs, may be receiving large
amounts of money from foreign influences and the American
public has no way to know. |
| The
Librarian calls upon NRDC to disclose whether it has received
funds from any foreign source, individual, organization,
foundation, or government. |
| Until and
unless NRDC offers a statement of facts, The Librarian calls
upon the American public to demand appropriate disclosure of
any and all foreign contributions it may have received. |
NRDC Grant
History 2000-2007
Sample
grants to
NRDC 2006-2007
(A
remarkably large percentage of donors did not provide a purpose in
their grant description, hiding their intent and impact. This lack
of transparency is against the public interest and must be
corrected - The Librarian)
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Donor Foundation
|
Amount |
Year
|
Grant Description |
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THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION
Radnor
Pennsylvania |
$275,000 |
2007 |
To support the
implementation of a coordinated campaign to increase parks and
other green spaces in Los Angeles California through the Los
Angeles regional office |
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THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION
Woodland Hls
California |
$200,000 |
2007 |
For core operating
support to continue research, advocacy and education efforts
to improve environmental health in California |
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THE ENERGY FOUNDATION
San Francisco
California |
$400,000 |
2006 |
To support state
global warming policies in the northeast west coast and
other priority states |
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WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION
Menlo Park
California |
$350,000 |
2006 |
For general support
of NRDC;'s energy land and water programs |
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DAVID AND LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION
Los Altos
California |
$100,000 |
2006 |
Special
opportunities for children, conservation, and population |
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STEPHEN M SILBERSTEIN FOUNDATION
Belvedere
California |
$200,000 |
2006 |
Promote
environmental health |
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SURDNA FOUNDATION INC
New York
|
$150,000 |
2006 |
To develop a
national standard for neighborhood design that integrates
green building and smart growth and to work with the
enterprise foundation on a major initiative to build
affordable housing according to these green principles |
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MOORE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
New York
New York |
$251,000 |
2006 |
Conservation
advocacy |
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