Ron Arnold: Tracking Green

Defenders of Wildlife
Address: 1101 14th Street, NW #1400
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone:
202-682-9400
Fax 202-682-1331
Email: corasin@defenders.org
Website: www.defenders.org
 Status: 501(c)(3)
EIN: 53-0183181
Coalitions: Endangered Species Act Coalition
Grassroots Environmental Effectiveness Network (GREEN)
1998 Income: $14,902,267
1998 Assets: $12,295,582
Founded: 1947
Exempt since: 1948

Revenue and Expenses: Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2000

Revenue			Expenses
Contributions $14,780,595 Government Grants $25,000 Program Services $0 Investments $458,134 Special Events $0 Sales $0 Other $810,572			Program Services $11,897,431 Administration $1,253,858 Other $1,808,045 Total Expenditures $14,959,334
Total Revenue	$16,074,301		NET GAIN/LOSS	$1,114,967

Brief Sketch: Began as anti-ranching group opposed to predator control, developed into grant-driven operation headed by wealthy urbanites and well-positioned academics generally opposed to rural development. Has long record of questionable practices such as the 1994 case of pretending friendliness to property owners in Louisiana's Black Bear Conservation Committee, while quietly filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service demanding that the black bear be listed as an endangered species, then threatening to sue again because the Service had not designated "critical habitat" for the bear, all of which threatened the private property owners who believed Defenders of Wildlife was helping them. The group's membership is unaware of this and many similar deceptions.....To Read More.....