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BIC Board of Directors

  • Athena Ballesteros, former head of Greenpeace International's climate and energy program in Asia Pacific
  • Richard Bissell (Board Chair), former World Bank and Asian Development Bank inspection panel member, and Executive Director of the Policy and Global Affairs Division at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C
  • Mamadou Goita, Executive Director at the Institute for the Research and Promotion of Alternatives in Development (IRPAD) in Mali
  • Korinna Horta, Director of the International Finance and Development Unit at Environmental Defense Fund

  • David Hunter , Asst. Professor of Law, The American University Washington College of Law, Washington DC
  • Juliette Majot (Treasurer), former Executive Director of International Rivers, California
  • Atila Roque, Co-Director, Institute for Economic and Social Studies (INESC), Brazil
  • Lisa VeneKlasen, Executive Director, Just Associates (JASS)

Minutes of the Board of Directors

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Financial Statements

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    2006 BIC Budget (PDF, 19 KB)

    2007 BIC Budget (PDF, 19 KB)

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    BIC Annual Reports

    BIC 2008 Grant Report (PDF, 286KB)

    BIC's Mid-Term Monitoring Report

    Funders

    The following is a list of the major grants BIC has received. This list is intended to provide information about the largest contributions that have been made to the organization but does not include some of the smaller donations that BIC has received.

     

    Funder

    Description

    2008

    Contributions

    2009

    Contributions

    11.11.11
    www.11.be

    Coalition of the Flemish North-South Movement.

    €40,000

     €110,000

    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.

    $255,000

     $175000

    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.

    $275,000

    $250,000

    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.

    $219,366

    $406,148

    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.

     $35,000

    $30,000

    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.

    €255,000

    €110,000

    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

    $165,000

    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.

    $105,000

    $110,000

    Packard Foundation
    www.packard.org

    David and Lucile Packard believed America to be the home of a unique type of organization dependent upon private funding and volunteer leadership. Together, universities, national institutions, community groups, youth agencies, family planning centers, and hospitals constitute a great American tradition that complements government efforts to focus on society's needs. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation was created in 1964 by David Packard (1912–1996), the co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company, and Lucile Salter Packard (1914–1987). Throughout their lives in business and philanthropy, the Packards sought to use private funds for the public good, giving back to a society which enabled them to prosper.

    $120,000

    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

    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.

    $135,000

    Rockefeller Brothers Fund

    http://www.rbf.org 

    The Rockefeller Brothers Fund manages four major programs: Democratic Practice, Sustainable Development, Peace and Security, and Human Advancement. Its central mission is to promote social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world; through its grantmaking, the Fund supports efforts to expand knowledge and shape public policy; and its programs are intended to develop leaders, engage citizens and strengthen institutions through durable social partnerships.

    $12,000

    $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.

    £77,500

    £77,500

    Trust for Mutual Understanding
    www.tmuny.org

    The Trust for Mutual Understanding is a private, grant-making organization dedicated to promoting improved communication, closer cooperation, and greater respect between the people of the United States, the Soviet Union, and other countries in Eastern and Central Europe. The Trust makes grants to American nonprofit organizations conducting international cultural and environmental exchanges in partnership with institutions and individuals in Russia and Eastern and Central Europe. Priority consideration is given to projects in which direct, professional interaction plays a major role.

    $25,000

    $20,000

    Wallace Global Fund

    www.wgf.org

    The Wallace Global Fund seeks to maximize the long-term global impact of its grantmaking by giving preference to projects that involve: policy research and action on a global or regional level; public/private sector partnerships; collaboration among non-governmental organizations; and utilization of market mechanisms. Preference is given to activities likely to lead to broad policy changes, or those that leverage substantial new public or private resources. The Fund favors activities that utilize market mechanisms for future financial sustainability. The Fund encourages collaborations involving multiple NGOs and those with an interdisciplinary approach, particularly activities that utilize the combined resources of the public and private sectors.


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