Wilburforce Foundation
3601 Fremont Avenue North,
Suite 304
Seattle, WA 98103
Phone 800-201-0148
Fax 206-632-2326
Email
grants@wilburforce.org
Website
http://www.wilburforce.org/
Assets:
$11,779,654
Grants
awarded fiscal 2003:
$8,971,063
EIN: 94-3137894
Founded
1990 in WA.
IRS Ruling Year 1991
Donor: James Gordon Letwin One of the first 11 Microsoft
employees (1978-1993, senior scientist in charge of development),
inventor of OS/2 computer software, net worth estimated at $150
million – Bill Gates awarded him 1% of Microsoft stock at the IPO.
Governing Body/Executive Staff: Officers and
Directors:
Timothy Greyhavens, Executive Director
Salary $120,167; benefits $15,944.
James Gordon Letwin, Vice-President
Rosanna W. Letwin, Chair / Treasurer
Stephanie Nichols-Young, President
Compensation $6,000
Gary Austin, Secretary
Compensation $6,000
Total Staff: 9
Staff paid over $50,000: 7
Political contributions of
principals, source, opensecrets.org
|
Contributor |
Occupation |
Date |
Amount |
Recipient |
|
LETWIN, ROSANNA W
TACOMA,WA 98499 |
|
5/5/2004 |
$2,000 |
Kerry, John |
|
Description:
a private nonoperating foundation
based on the personal fortune of James Letwin, funding
primarily nature preservation groups with agendas of economically
destructive regulation, anti-resource use land control, and anti-capitalist attacks.
Significant
Attack Funding: Gave $150,000 to
Environmental Working Group in 2003 to fund attack on the energy
industry, particularly coal mining and oil & gas production in the
United States. Project included a "mining atlas" showing locations
where energy resources were being extracted under government permit
on federal land in order to target activist group attacks to stop
energy production under the guise of nature protection.
Funds attack groups:
Sample grants,
source, guidestar.org
Defenders of Wildlife
Washington, DC |
12/31/2001 |
$17,000 |
|
Earthjustice Legal Defense
Fund
Oakland, CA |
12/31/2001 |
$75,000 |
|
| The David Suzuki Foundation |
12/31/2001 |
$120,000 |
|
| The Ecology Center, Inc |
12/31/2001 |
$10,000 |
|
The Lands Council
Spokane, WA |
12/31/2001 |
$15,000 |
|
| The Nature Conservancy |
12/31/2001 |
$100,000 |
|
Tides Foundation
San Francisco, CA |
12/31/2001 |
$5,000 |
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