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Key Recipient Profiles

As You Sow

As You Sow

1611 Telegraph Ave Suite 1450
Oakland, CA 94612
501c3 nonprofit
AsYouSow.org

Recipient: Focus on pollution, climate change and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Andrew Behar, CEO
  • Danielle Fugere, President
  • Thomas Van Dyck, Chairman
  • Conrad MacKerron, Senior Vice President
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Beyond Pesticides

Beyond Pesticides

701 E Street, SE, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20003
501c3 nonprofit
BeyondPesticides.org

Recipient: Focus on pollution, climate change and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Jay Feldman, Executive Director
  • Drew Toher, Community Resource and Policy Director
  • Terry Shistar, Science Advisor
  • Melinda Hemmelgarn, Board of Directors
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Center for Food Safety

Center for Food Safety

660 Pennsylvania Ave, SE, #402
Washington, DC 20003
501c3 nonprofit
CenterforFoodSafety.org

Recipient: Focus on food safety and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director
  • George Kimbrell, Legal Director
  • Ashley Lukens, Director, Hawaii Center for Food Safety
  • Margaret Mellon, Science Consultant
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EarthJustice

EarthJustice

50 California Street, Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94111
501c3 nonprofit
EarthJustice.org

Recipient: Focus on climate change, air pollution and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Trip Van Noppen, President
  • Drew Caputo, Vice President of Litigation for Lands, Wildlife & Oceans
  • Martin Hayden, Vice President, Policy & Legislation
  • Patrice Simms, Vice President of Litigation, Washington, D.C.
  • Lisa Garcia,Vice President of Litigation for Healthy Communities
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Environmental Defense Fund

Environmental Defense Fund

257 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10010
501c3 nonprofit
EDF.org

Recipient: Focus on climate change, air pollution and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Fred Krupp, President
  • Amanda Leland, Executive Vice President
  • Steven Hamburg, Chief Scientist
  • Vickie Patton, General Counsel
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Environmental Working Group

Environmental Working Group

1436 U St. NW Suite 100 Washington, DC 20009
501c3 nonprofit
EWG.org

Recipient: Focus on climate change, air pollution and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Ken Cook, Co-Founder, President
  • Scott Faber, Vice President of Government Affairs
  • Craig Cox, Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Scott Mallan, Vice President, Finance & Chief Operating Officer
  • Bill Walker, Vice President and Editor in Chief
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Food and Water Watch

Food & Water Watch

1616 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
501c3 nonprofit
FoodandWaterWatch.org

Recipient: Focus on pollution, climate change and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Wenonah Hauter, Founder and Executive Director
  • Angie Aker, Web Editor & Writer
  • Tony Corbo, Senior Lobbyist
  • Maude Barlow, Board of Directors
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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth

1101 15th Street NW, 11th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
501c3 nonprofit
FOE.org

Recipient: Focus on climate change, pollution and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Erich Pica, President
  • Liz Butler, Vice President of Organizing and Strategic Alliances
  • Michelle Chan Vice President of Programs
  • Lisa Archer, Food and Agriculture Program Director
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Gaia Fund

Gaia Fund

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 1040
San Francisco, CA 94104-4602
501c3 nonprofit
GaiaSF.org

Donor to anti-GMO organizations as part of a broader philanthropic strategy

Key People

  • Christine Russell, Co-founder
  • Mark Schlesinger, Co-founder
  • Susan R. Clark, Director of Programs
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Global Greengrants Fund

Global Greengrants Fund

2840 Wilderness Place, Suite A
Boulder, CO 80301
501c3 nonprofit
GreenGrants.org

Donor to anti-GMO organizations as part of a broader philanthropic strategy

Key People

  • Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of the Board
  • Terry Odendahl, Ph.D. President and CEO
  • Jake Beinecke, Treasurer
  • Regan Pritzker, Vice Chair of the Board
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GMO Free USA

GMO Free USA

222 Main Street Suite 242
Farmington, CT 06032
501c3 nonprofit
GMOFreeUSA.org

Recipient: Exclusive focus on biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Diana Reeves, Founder & Executive Director, Board of Directors
  • Luan Van Le, Development & Communications Director, Board of Directors
  • Claire Robinson, Board of Directors
  • Henry Rowlands, Board of Directors
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Greenpeace

Greenpeace

702 H Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20001
501c3 nonprofit
Greenpeace.org

Recipient: Focus on climate change, air pollution and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director (International)
  • Annie Leonard, Executive Director (USA)
  • Ayesha Imam, Board Chair
  • Ed Harrington, Treasurer
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Natural Resources Defense Council

Natural Resources Defense Council

40 West 20th Street 11th floor New York, NY 10011
501c3 nonprofit
NRDC.org

Grantee: Focus on climate change, air pollution and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Rhea Suh, President
  • Mitchell Bernard, Chief Counsel
  • Steve Baginski, Chief Financial Officer
  • Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist
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Organic Consumers Association

Organic Consumers Association

Little Marais, WI, USA
501c3, 501c4
www.organicconsumers.org

Recipient: Focus on food safety and on biotech-related topics
Also includes Organic Consumers Fund (OCF)

Key People:

  • Ronnie Cummins, President and Board Chair
  • Alexis Baden-Mayer, Political Director
  • Rosemary Welch, OCA Board Treasurer, OCF General Manager, Board Director (Ronnie Cummins’ spouse)
  • Katherine Paul · USA National Director
  • Casey Oppenheim · General Counsel
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Pesticide Action Network

Pesticide Action Network

2029 University Ave., Suite 200
Berkeley CA 94704
501c3 nonprofit
Panna.org

Recipient: Exclusive focus on biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Kristin Schafer, Executive Director
  • Christy Rodgers, Grants and Foundations Manager
  • Marsha Ishii Eiteman, Senior Scientist
  • Beth Smoker, Food and Agriculture Policy Consultant
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Rodale Institute

Rodale Institute

611 Siegfriedale Road
Kutztown, PA 19530-9320 USA
501c3 nonprofit
RodalInstitute.org

Recipient: Exclusive focus on biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Jeff Moyer, Chief Executive Officer
  • Andrew Smith, Chief Scientist
  • Jeff Tkach, Chief Impact Officer
  • Annie Brown, Director of Development
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Sierra Club Foundation

Sierra Club Foundation

2101 Webster St Suite 1300 Oakland, CA 94612
501c3 nonprofit
SierraClub.org

Recipient: Focus on climate change, pollution and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Michael Brune, Executive Director
  • Lou Barnes, Chief Financial Officer
  • Bruce Hamilton Deputy Executive Director
  • Sarah Hodgdon National Program Director
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Solidago Foundation

Solidago Foundation

1150 Main St. #24
Northampton, MA 01060
501c3 nonprofit
Solidago.org

Donor to anti-GMO organizations as part of a broader philanthropic strategy

Key People

  • Elizabeth Barajas-Román, Chief Executive Officer
  • Linda Stout, President
  • Sarah Christiansen, Program Director
  • Jeff Rosen, Chief Financial Officer
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Union of Concerned Scientists

Union of Concerned Scientists

Two Brattle Sq. Cambridge, MA 02138-3780
501c3 nonprofit
UCSUSA.org

Recipient: Focus on climate change, air pollution and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Kenneth Kimmell, President
  • Alden Meyer, Director of Strategy & Policy
  • Peter Frumhoff, Director of Science & Policy
  • Marcia DeLonge Sr. Scientist, Food and Environment
  • Ricardo Salvador, Food and Environment Program Director
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US Right to Know

U.S. Right to Know

6026A Harwood Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618
501c3
USRTK.org

Recipient: focus on public health and biotech-related topics

Key People

  • Gary Ruskin, Co-Founder and co-Executive Director
  • Stacy Malkan, Co-Founder, Media Director, and co-Executive Director
  • Carey Gillam, Research Director
  • Lisa Graves, Founding Board Member
  • Charlie Cray, Founding Board Member
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Note that there are three “levels” of both donors and recipients.

Donors
Donations to advocacy groups are sometimes designated to support a specific cause, such as organic agriculture or mitigating climate change. There is no way for us to know from publicly-available documents on what the money will be spent, as we can only see the total amount donated. When we assign the levels below to donors and recipients, we assume that all donations are available to the recipient for all advocacy, including anti-GMO advocacy.

  • Level 1: Donates primarily to dedicated anti-GMO organizations
  • Level 2: A large portion of donations go to anti-GMO organizations; some donations go to organizations without a position on GMOs
  • Level 3: A small portion of donations go to anti-GMO organizations
    * Most donations go to organizations without a formal position on GMOs but which have aligned themselves with anti-GMO activists

Recipients
For Level 1 recipients, all donations are used for anti-GMO advocacy. For Level 2 and 3 recipients, we don’t know how much of each donation is used for anti-GMO advocacy.

  • Level 1: Dedicated to anti-GMO advocacy
  • Level 2: Involved in anti-GMO advocacy along with other causes
  • Level 3: No specific anti-GMO advocacy, but general support
    * Organizations without a formal position on GMOs but which have aligned themselves with anti-GMO activists