Tsunami Fund
[a
(501(c)(4) lobbying organization]
P.O. Box
29229
San Francisco,
CA 94129
Telephone: (415)
561-7860
Fax: (415)
561-6301
email
info@tsunamifund.org
Website:
http://www.tsunamifund.org
A lobbying organization, not a private foundation
EIN:
94-3153687
Exempt since August 1994
Profile:
Anti-capitalist,
anti-gun rights lobbying service provider for left-wing groups. Their mission statement reads:
Tsunami Fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that enables
progressive donors and activists to impact the legislative arena by
providing the organizational infrastructure, strategic management
services, and a legal and fiscal home to those advocating for social
change.
Gave $3,423,869 to Americans for Gun Safety for gun control campaign
in 1999.
Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending
December 31,
2000
|
Revenue |
|
Expenses |
|
Contributions |
$5,613,963 |
|
Government Grants |
$0 |
|
Program Services |
$273,246 |
|
Investments |
$0 |
|
Special Events |
$0 |
|
Sales |
$0 |
|
Other |
$915 |
|
|
|
Program Services |
$3,307,652 |
|
Administration |
$138,375 |
|
Other |
$0 |
|
Total Expenditures |
$3,446,027 |
|
|
Total Revenue |
$5,887,209 |
|
NET GAIN/LOSS |
$2,446,182 |
|
|
Received loan
of $4 million from Tides Foundation in 2000, due end of 2002.
Form 990 available at
California Attorney General Charity Search
Board of Directors
|
Drummond Pike, President and Director |
Lisa Goldberg, Vice President and Director
|
|
David Salnicker,
Executive Director |
China Brotsky,
Treasurer |
|
Denise Ellis,
Assistant Treasurer |
Gary Delgado,
Director |
|
|
David Salniker, Executive Director
Salniker also serves as the
Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Tides Center.
Originally a labor
lawyer. Later Executive Director of
the Pacifica Foundation (1986-1994) running
noncommercial radio stations and a news service, began accepting big
foundation money, purged journalists deemed unsuitable for
foundations' brand of anti-capitalism. Currently
serves as Treasurer of the Board of the ACLU of Northern California.
LOBBYING SERVICES OFFERED (Statement from Tsunami website):
By facilitating quick mobilization and efficient management,
Tsunami Fund empowers its clients to run successful ballot
initiative campaigns and legislative endeavors. Tsunami partners
with:
- Donors and funding collaboratives interested in supporting
progressive legislative change;
- Activists wanting to launch or support lobbying efforts at
the local, state, or federal level;
- 501(c)(3) organizations seeking to maximize their
legislative impact through partnership with a 501(c)(4)
organization; and
- Foundations looking to offer new avenues of creative
philanthropy to their donor base.
Partners define their position on the issues and decide how to
run their programs and Tsunami allows these vital advocacy
organizations to focus on their programmatic work without having to
worry about maintaining key infrastructure processes.
Tsunami provides:
Comprehensive financial services - including oversight of
revenues and expenditures, up-to-date financial reports, audit and
government reporting, tax returns and general financial management.
Complete lobbying services, such as filing as a federal
lobbyist employer or as a committee as needed in relevant states and
full reporting are also available along with fundamental employee
benefits and administrative services.
Donors can also choose to begin their own Donor Advised Fund
or to contribute to an existing fund at Tsunami. Tsunami allows both
individual donors and coalitions of donors to mobilize funds
strategically to impact legislative and ballot initiative activity.
The flexibility and vision of Tsunami Fund allows
organizations and coalitions of activists and donors to ramp up and
down efficiently in response to legislative agendas. Because
advocating for social change can be a fluid and forceful endeavor.
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