“Center for Biological Diversity has their fingers in every enviro lawsuit.”
I wonder who they work for?
“I wonder who they work for?”
Originally, there were two guys who were trying to get the “CBD” started. They were writing to anybody they thought would give them money: grants. Eventually, Ted Turner responded with a grant for $10,000. This led the two guys to take a vacation in Mexico with ‘all’ that money. The rest is history. How do I know this? I met one of the guys while looking for a house to rent/house sit. Who does the CBD work for now? The US government is the big one, in a round about way.
“Center for Biological Diversity has their fingers in every enviro lawsuit.”
I wonder who they work for?
The organization that became CBD was created in 1991 by Kieran Suckling, Peter Galvin, Todd Schulke and Robin Silver
Suckling is CBD executive director, and as of 2017, his total compensation was $295,823. He is a former protester with the radical-left direct-action environmentalist organization Earth First!
Funding by:
the “biggest benefactor” was controversial left-of-center Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, giving through his Wyss Foundation. From 2003-2006 the Wyss Foundation gave at least $500,000 to CBD. Kieran Suckling stated in 2010 that Wyss had pledged an individual donation of an additional $10 million to be given to CBD between 2007 and 2011.
The Sandler Foundation has also been a very large institutional donor to CBD, giving $7.7 million from 2003 through 2017.
Other left-leaning foundations that have donated large total sums to CBD include the following:
Wilburforce Foundation – $1 million.
Environment Now – $849,000. Environment Now is a foundation based in Southern California that stylizes itself as a “SWAT team” for the environment. It has also donated to the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club. As of 2016 it reported net assets of $30 million.
Frankel Family Foundation – $815,000. This foundation has also donated to org, Everytown for Gun Safety, the Union of Concerned Scientists and the Arizona affiliate of Planned Parenthood. It is based in Chicago and as of 2017 reported annual contributions of more than $1 million and net assets of $7 million.
Marisla Foundation – $615,000.
Argosy Foundation – $415,000. This foundation is affiliated with the Consultative Group on Biological Diversity, the Environmental Grantmakers Association, and the Funders for Reproductive Equity.
Educational Foundation of America – $400,000.
Arabella Advisors - coordinates funding to many left wing groups, and many in the Biden administration formerly worked for Arabella Advisors