UNDUE INFLUENCE

World Wildlife Fund

Undue Influence by Ron Arnold

World Wildlife Fund, Inc., an arm of World Wildlife Fund International
1250 24th St NW
Washington, DC 20037
Telephone: (202) 293-4800  Fax (202) 293-9211.
Contact Person:
Ms. Sandra Paul, Director of Online and Outreach Marketing
Email:
sandra.paul@wwfus.org   
Web site:
http://www.worldwildlife.org
EIN:
52-1693387
Founded: 1961
Exempt since: August 1991
Executive Director: Kathryn S. Fuller

Profile: The U.S. WWF is a superpower in the international non-profit arena, with 20% of its revenue from government tax money, 10% from industry, and half from prescriptive foundations.
WWF influences global economic policy away from free markets toward government control through numerous programs dealing with global warming, sustainable development, habitat designation, macroeconomics and much more.
International headquarters: With
27 national organizations, 24 program offices and five Associates worldwide, WWF International is based in Gland, Switzerland. Director General Dr. Claude Martin has close ties to the World Bank and a number of industrial executives.
The World Wildlife Fund is profiled in Ron Arnold and Alan Gottlieb's book, Trashing the Economy: How Runaway Environmentalism is Wrecking America.

World Wildlife Fund financial condition June 30 2001
  Revenue     Expenses
Contributions $79,691,281
Government Grants $24,589,994
Program Services $717,031
Investments $10,880,397
Special Events $0
Sales $9,773
Other $2,255,835
 
Program Services $88,621,812
Administration $6,057,014
Other $14,372,235
Total Expenditures $109,051,061
Total Revenue $118,144,311   NET GAIN/LOSS $9,093,250

 
Board of Directors, World Wildlife Fund
William K. Reilly, Chairman Edward P. Bass, Vice Chairman
Kathryn S. Fuller, President Paul F. Miller, Treasurer
Adrienne B. Mars, Secretary Bruce E. Babbitt
Richard C. Blum Julia Carabias
David Cole Joseph F. Cullman 3rd
Jared M. Diamond Pamela Ebsworth
Marshal Field José Maria Figueres
Lynn A. Foster William T. Lake
Melvin Lane Gary Larson
Shelly Lazarus Hunter Lewis
Mora McLean Leslie A. Miller
Paul Miller Jr. Wendell Mottley
John Ogden Hazel R. O'Leary
Gordon Orians Anne Pattee
Alison Richard Gerald Rupp
Alan Seelenfreund Roque Sevilla
Anne Sidamon-Eristoff Linda Stone
George Taber John Terborgh
Russell E. Train Thomas Tusher
Rodney B. Wagner Robert H. Waterman Jr.
Stephen M. Wolf Jaime Zobel de Ayala II

World Wildlife Fund Executives:

Kathryn S. Fuller, president and chief executive officer.
Salary $223,560, benefits $29,516.
P
resident and chief executive officer since February 1989. Since 1983, WWF executive vice president, general counsel, director, WWF public policy, wildlife trade monitoring programs.
Before 1983, Fuller practiced law with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel; Land and Natural Resources Division, headed Wildlife and Marine Resources Section.
Bachelor of arts, Brown University, juris doctor, University of Texas. Graduate studies, University of Maryland. 
Board member, Brown University, Ford Foundation. Member, Council on Foreign Relations.
 

  • James Leape, executive vice-president. Salary $180,469, benefits $21,381.
  • Deborah Hechinger, executive vice-president. Salary $179,530, benefits $21,239.
  • Nancy Dunn, Chief Financial Officer. Salary $141,325, benefits $12,675.
  • Margaret Ackerley, General Counsel. Salary $126,346, benefits $11,324.
  • Janet Fesler, Director of Board Relations.  Salary $94,419, benefits $12,608.
  • Patty Frohle, Controller (from January 1, 2001), Salary $58,462, benefits $3,569.
  • David Rada, Controller (to December 1, 2000), Salary $52,060, benefits $7,028.
  • William Eichbaum, vice-president. Salary $146,239, benefits $18,316.
  • Victoria Myers, vice-president. Salary $141,324, benefits $17,533.
  • Diane Wood, vice-president. Salary $139,508, benefits $17,478.
  • Bruce Bunting, vice-president. Salary $128,177, benefits $16,414.
  • Mary Jane Jamar, vice-president. Salary $115,617, benefits $14,690.

Grants: The Foundation Center database contains records of 445 grants to the World Wildlife Fund.

10 recent grants:

Foundation Name: Citigroup Foundation
Abstract: For Ecotourism in Brazil
Amount: $25,000             Year Authorized: 2001  

Foundation Name: W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Abstract: To establish process fostering viable environmental and economical crop production frameworks, compatible with Everglades ecosystem restoration and protection of other sensitive Florida marine ecosystems
Amount: $304,374             Year Authorized: 2001
Duration: 2-year grant

Foundation Name: The Joyce Foundation
Abstract: For Wildlife and Contaminants Program, which participates in Great Lakes basin government advisory committees relating to toxins and water quality, produces research on toxins and wildlife and human health, and supports screening/testing of chemicals
Amount: $150,000             Year Authorized: 2001
Duration: 2-year grant

Foundation Name: The San Francisco Foundation
Amount: $231,000             Year Authorized: 2001

Foundation Name: Alcoa Foundation
Abstract: For Education for Nature program in countries where Alcoa has operations
Amount: $500,000             Year Authorized: 2001
Duration: 3-year grant

Foundation Name: The Annenberg Foundation
Amount: $10,000             Year Authorized: 2001

Foundation Name: Skirball Foundation
Abstract: For operating support
Amount: $10,000             Year Authorized: 2000

Foundation Name: Frederick P. & Sandra P. Rose Foundation
Abstract: For Living Planet Campaign
Amount: $25,000             Year Authorized: 2000

Foundation Name: The New York Community Trust
Abstract: To study endocrine-disrupting chemicals
Amount: $100,000             Year Authorized: 2001

Foundation Name: Peninsula Community Foundation
Abstract: For general support
Amount: $10,000             Year Authorized: 2001

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