Board and Funders

Funder

Description

2006

Contributions

2007

Contributions

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
www.mott.org

Through its four programs: Civil Society, Environment, Flint Michigan Area, and Pathways Out of Poverty, and their more specific program areas, the Foundation seeks to fulfill its mission of supporting efforts that promote a just, equitable, and sustainable society. Inherent in all grantmaking is the desire to enhance the capacity of individuals, families or institutions at the local level and beyond. The Foundation hopes that its collective work in any program area could lead toward systematic change.

$200,000

 $200,000

Ford Foundation
www.fordfound.org

The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Its goals are to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. Since its inception it has been an independent, nonprofit, non-governmental organization. It has provided more than $12 billion for grants, projects, and loans.

$225,000

$275,000

Goldman Fund
www.goldmanfund.org

Founded in 1951, the Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund is a private, charitable, family foundation reflecting the founders' long-term commitment to support nonprofit organizations that enhance the quality of life. The Fund is interested in supporting programs that will have a positive impact in an array of fields, including: the environment, Jewish affairs, education, the elderly, violence prevention, the arts, Israel Program, democratic and civil society, population, social and human services, children and youth, and health.

 $125,000

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
www.moore.org

BIC has received a three-year grant to support the development of an information infrastructure and the exchange of information regarding a large-scale economic integration initiative in South America. The Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) initiative supposedly aims to increase regional competitiveness and productivity through a series of large-scale, high-risk and debt-heavy mega-projects in various sectors. The proposed projects would result in extensive alterations to landscapes and livelihoods in the region.

BIC's work through the Moore grant will create a networking platform to provide civil society organizations access to clear, accurate information and allow for an exchange of perspectives. In doing so, it will help those organizations analyze and influence economic integration projects and policies and submit proposals to help mitigate any possible negative biological or cultural impacts of the IIRSA initiative.

$304,750

$299,250

The Moriah Fund
www.moriahfund.org

Moriah seeks to promote human rights and democracy, help disadvantaged people gain self-sufficiency and control over their lives, foster sustainable development, promote women’s rights and reproductive health, and protect and preserve the environment.

 $30,000

$35,000

Novib (Oxfam Netherlands)
Novib website

Novib is part of Oxfam International, which seeks increased worldwide public understanding that economic and social justice is crucial to sustainable development. On this, they aim to become a global campaigning force and to promote the awareness and motivation that comes with global citizenship. The Oxfams seek to shift public opinion on poverty, economic inequity and hunger until equity is given the same priority as economic growth.

$124,265

$271,275

Open Society Institute (OSI)
www.soros.org

OSI is a part of the Soros foundations network, whose goal is to transform closed societies into open ones and to protect and expand the values of existing open societies. The concept of open society is, at its most fundamental level, based on the recognition that people act on imperfect knowledge and that no one is in possession of the ultimate truth. In practice, an open society is characterized by the rule of law; respect for human rights, minorities, and minority opinions; democratically elected governments; a market economy in which business and government are separate; and a thriving civil society.

$40,000

$40,000

Oxfam Australia
www.oxfam.org.au

Oxfam Australia's vision is of a fair world in which people control their own lives, their basic rights are achieved and the environment is sustained. Oxfam Australia aims to increase the number of people who have a sustainable livelihood, access to social services, an effective voice in decisions, safety from conflict and disaster, and equal rights and status.

$106,000

$100,000

Public Welfare Foundation
www.publicwelfare.org

The Public Welfare Foundation is a non-governmental grant-making organization dedicated to supporting organizations that provide services to disadvantaged populations and work for lasting improvements in the delivery of services that meet basic human needs. The Foundation pursues a strategy of "service, advocacy, and empowerment" for meeting basic human needs and promoting democratic participation for people around the globe. Inherent in this strategy is the belief that the people who are most affected by a problem should be involved in developing solutions to address it.

$60,000

 $60,000

Revenue Watch Institute

http://www.revenuewatch.org/

The mission of the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI) is to improve democratic accountability in natural resource-rich countries by equipping citizens with the information, training, networks, and funding they need to become more effective monitors of government revenues and expenditures. The Revenue Watch Institute works to ensure that the revenues generated by the extractive industries contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction, through the promotion of public finance transparency in resource-dependent countries.

$90,000

$100,000

Sigrid Rausing Trust

http://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/

The Sigrid Rausing Trust is a philanthropic foundation based in Britain. It was set up in 1995 by Sigrid Rausing as a grant giving trust. It takes as its guiding framework the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The funding categories are all human rights orientated and aim to form a coherent framework for the work of the Trust.

$126,425