2015-12-18T15:23:34-08:00 2015-06-30 Le Ho & Company LLP 251 Lake Merced Blvd Daly City CA 94015 990 2014-07-01 942889684 EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE INC EART 5108599113 2150 Allston Way Berkeley CA 94704 JOHN KNOX CO-E.D. 2015-12-18 true CARL T HO P00044659 6507581222 2014 2016-04-25 22:37:26Z 12762513 false false X www.earthisland.org 1982 CA EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE GROWS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP TO PRODUCE SOLUTIONS FOR PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS BY SUPPORTING BOLD, CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FINDING THE PATHWAYS TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE WORLD FOR ALL. 10 10 217 750 978 -5636 3642164 9437096 661831 1173783 86797 253448 185696 305872 4576488 11170199 201696 686789 0 2795351 5351040 0 907414 2100965 5309115 5098012 11346944 -521524 -176745 10345933 9865631 1392756 1221649 8953177 8643982 EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE GROWS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP TO PRODUCE SOLUTIONS FOR PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS BY SUPPORTING BOLD, CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FINDING THE PATHWAYS TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE WORLD FOR ALL. false false 9018990 686789 1173783 PROJECT SUPPORT PROGRAMOur Project Support Program provides an organizational home in which activists can develop campaigns and programs with a minimum of bureaucracy. Since our founding in 1982, we have helped launch more than 150 campaigns. In fiscal year 2015, our Project Support Program supported 67 projects - providing financial management, administration, technical assistance, and training. Earth Island projects are located across the United States and the impact of their work reaches around the globe - advancing the causes of wildlife protection, environmental education and leadership development, clean energy and climate change, international and indigenous communities, environmental restoration and preservation, and sustainability and community resilience. During this period, the Project Support Program adopted five new sponsored projects and graduated one to independent 501(c)(3) status. Our support programs included webinar trainings, facilitated peer support calls, leadership coaching and a 2-day Summit designed to build capacity through skill development, networking, and collaboration.NEW LEADERS INITIATIVESNew Leaders Initiative identifies, honors, supports and sustains outstanding environmental youth leaders in North America, and confers the premiere environmental youth prize, the Brower Youth Awards. Since 2000, the Brower Youth Award has recognized outstanding youth leaders who are making strides in the environmental movement. Each year, six young people based in North America are awarded the prize, joining a growing and diverse cadre of green leaders who are publicly recognized for their sustainable projects, innovative ideas and informed analyses. Year-round coaching is provided to award winners, and additional services are offered to a broader spectrum of youth environmental leaders through the Movement in Green strategic support and micro-grant program. A regular speaker series, Rooted and Rising, compliments the award and support programs by offering an intergenerational forum to discussion solutions to pressing environmental issues. RESTORATION INITIATIVESOur Restoration Initiatives small grants program provides support to community-based groups that are bringing back to life once polluted streams, wetlands, and open space. We believe that ecological restoration is a core task of twenty-first-century environmentalism.EARTH ISLAND JOURNALEarth Island Journal is an award-winning quarterly magazine that goes beyond the daily headlines with investigative reporting, incisive commentary, and art. Earth Island Journal covers the environment from diverse angles, including: wilderness protection, animals rights, energy and climate change, extractive industries, chemicals and pollution, food and farming, environmental injustice, and sustainable development. We explore environmental concerns from a wide range of perspectives from the personal to the political, the local to the global and produce the type of investigative reporting found in few other environmental magazines. We put our principles next to our reporting and we marshal the facts to make a passionate argument for defending Earth. 9018990 true true false true false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false true true true false false true false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false true 152 0 true 217 true false false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 10 10 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false CA X X John Knox 5108599113 2150 Allston Way Ste 460 Berkeley CA 94704 Michael Mitrani President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ROBERT WILKINSON PRES. 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However, tax-exempt organizations are subject to Federal income and California franchise taxes for unrelated business taxable income and provision for income taxes is provided for the unrelated business taxable income, if any.Earth Island files the required annual tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board, and these returns are subject to examination by the taxing authorities generally for three years and four years for Federal and California, respectively, starting with the date of filing or the due date of the tax return, whichever is later. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all of the positions taken in the federal and state tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination.Earth Island has elected to utilize Section 501(h) of the Internal Revenue Code, which allows limited lobbying activities by Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Part XI, Line 2d: Other revenue amounts included in F/S but not included on form 990 Add back 1/1/14 to 6/30/14 balance $4780966 Part XII, Line 2d: Other expenses and losses per audited F/S Add back 1/1/14 to 6/30/14 balance $5098008 false Russia & the newly Indepe 0 0 General support 31425 North America 0 0 General support 38000 East Asian & the Pacific 0 0 General support 12300 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 0 General support 91360 South Asia 0 0 General support 6000 Central America & Caribbean 0 2 Program services Supplemental Info 58691 East Asian & the Pacific 0 16 Program services Supplemental Info 141111 Europe 0 24 Program services Supplemental Info 202819 North America 0 9 Program services Supplemental Info 53323 Russia & the newly Indepe 0 3 Program services Supplemental Info 30275 South Asia 0 11 Program services Supplemental Info 15650 Sub-Saharan Africa 0 12 Program services Supplemental Info 223932 77 77 904886 904886 East Asian General support 5800 wire East Asian General support 6500 wire North America General support 33000 wire Russia General support 26625 Wire Sub-Saharan Afr General support 75337 Wire Sub-Saharan Afr General support 9000 Wire 6 false false false false false false X X X X X false AK AL AR CA CO CT DC FL GA HI IL KS KY LA MA ME MI MN MS NC ND NH NJ NM NY OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI BROWER YOUTH AWARDS 135221 135221 1775 15424 950 18092 Into the Wild 39386 39386 19255 174607 174607 1775 34679 950 18092 55496 119111 true ANAW USA 55 Madison Street Suite 750 Denver CO 80206 421722891 501(c)(3) 33198 0 General support Back Country Land Trust PO Box 1148 Alpina CO 91903 931060214 501(c)(3) 21230 0 General support Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation 7380 Gabbiano Ln Carlsbad CA 92011 953852095 501(c)(3) 14702 0 General support BOLSA CHICA CONSERVANCY 3842 WARNER AVE HUNTINGTON BEac CA 92649 330392527 501(c)(3) 7521 0 General Support California Invasive Plant Cou 2550 9th Street Suite 201 Berkeley CA 94710 680028933 501(c)(3) 15334 0 General support Earth Discovery Institute 120 N Park Dr El Cajon CA 92021 262288903 501(c)(3) 29079 0 General support EARTH ROOTS FIELD SCHOOL PO BOX 504 TRABUCO CANYON CA 92678 262379948 501(c)(3) 15931 0 General Support ENERGY ACTION COALITION 05 NEW YORK AVE NW Washington DC 20001 455616367 501(c)(3) 132690 0 General support GREEN VILLAGE GREEN FUTURE PO BOX 4292 LOUISEVILLE KY 40204 263681669 501(c)(3) 9160 0 General Support GREENACTION FOR HEALTH & ENVI 559 Ellis St San Francisco CA 94109 432050242 501(c)(3) 8500 0 General support GSC INTERNATIONAL 1306 NW Hoyt 310 Portland OR 97209 455303826 501(c)(3) 10512 0 General support Heal the Bay 1444 9th St Santa Monica CA 90401 954031055 501(c)(3) 8709 0 General support HERITAGE MUSEUM OF ORANGE COU 3101 W HARVARD ST SANTA ANA CA 92704 953665050 501(c)(3) 12762 0 General Support LAKE BAIKAL HERITAGE FOUNDATI 2242 E 4th Street Tuscon AZ 85719 392061320 501(c)(3) 26945 0 General support Los Angeles Conservation Corp 605 W Olympic Blvd 450 Los Angeles CA 90015 954002138 501(c)(3) 10916 0 General support Newport Bay Conservancy 600 Shellmaker Rd Newport Beach CA 92660 330545786 501(c)(3) 20470 0 General support Orange County Coast Keeper 3151 Airway Ave Suite F-110 Costa Mesa CA 92626 330847892 501(c)(3) 14954 0 General support PEACEFUL UPRISING PO Box 521011 Salt Lake City UT 84152 461630527 501(c)(3) 19110 0 General support Santa Barbara Urban Creeks Co PO Box 1467 Santa Barbara CA 93102 770398787 501(c)(3) 7781 0 General support Santa Barbara Zoo 500 Ninos Drive Santa Barbara CA 93103 952268554 501(c)(3) 24727 0 General support VENTURA HILLSIDE CONSERVANCY PO BOX 1284 VENTURA CA 90293 010769456 501(c)(3) 15969 0 General Support WILDCOAST 925 Seacoast Drive Imperial Beach CA 91932 770536297 501(c)(3) 26279 0 General support 22 0 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used While some of our granting involves formal application procedures, formal award procedures, and/or formal reporting from recipient organizations regarding the results associated with the grant, not all does. Earth Island institute does make general support grants to established 501(c)(3) agencies. Earth island projects are responsible for tracking the grants that they award. X Camping gear 7 57253 selling price false false false Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et Barbara and Ken Brower are board members and sister and brother. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process A copy of the draft tax return is e-mailed to members of the Board for review before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts We require our Board and executive directors to update their declarations relative to conflict of interest annually or when their status changes, whichever comes first. If a conflict becomes evident in the operations of the organization, our procedures provide for the Board president to act to assure that any potential conflict is recognized and minimized where possible. 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