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Current and Recent Funding Sources:
- SEJ 2019 Gifts from Individuals
- SEJ 2019 Conference Host and Sponsors
- SEJ 2019 Program and Operating Grants
- SEJ 2019 Unrestricted Gifts from Any Source
- SEJ 2019 Allowed Restricted Gifts
- SEJ 2018 Gifts from Individuals
- SEJ 2018 Conference Host and Sponsors
- SEJ 2018 Program and Operating Grants
- SEJ 2018 Unrestricted Gifts from Any Source
- Past Supporters
SEJ 2019 Gifts from Individuals*
Sustainer
$1,000-2,499
Eleanor Drey and Warren Saunders | Cheryl Hogue | Jay Letto | Carolyn Whetzel | Nadia White
Patron
$500-999
Jennifer Bogo | Bobby Magill | Mark Schleifstein | Timothy Wheeler | Tom Yulsman
Supporter
$100-499
Melanie Barnes | Margie Bauman | Bill Birchard | Samuel Brasch | Jane Braxton Little | James Bruggers | Anthony Davis | Dennis Dimick | Sean Duffy | Paul and Anne Ehrlich | Judy Fahys | Adam Glenn | Gloria Gonzalez | Nancy Grossman | Karl Hausker | Tom Hayden | Sara Hiles | Kim Kastens | Michael Keating | Sarah Lesher | Christine Liu | Cindy MacDonald | Ron Naveen | Mary O'Brien | John Platt | David Poulson | Eric Prothero | Bruce Ritchie and Sue Ellen Smith | Matthew Ross | Robert Saff | Karen Schaefer | Peter Seidel | David Spratt | Douglas Struck | Maurice Tamman | Brad Udall | Morris Ward | Roger Witherspoon | Edward Wolf | Christine Woodside | Sandra Yin
Friend
$5-99
Adam Aston | Nancy Averett | Frances Backhouse | Kevin Beaty | Steven Bedard | Kari Birdseye | Richard Blaustein | Theresa Braine | Jolie Breeden | John Briley | Chris Bruggers | Lynne Buchanan | Allison Budner | Evan Bush | Michael Casey | Nancy Castaldo | Anna Ciacciarella | Chris Clayton | Aaron Cole | Chris D'Angelo | Sinjin Eberle | Peter Essick | Michael Fortune | Nancy Gaarder | Beth Gardiner | Justin Gerdes | Dina Gilio-Whitaker | Barbara Grady | Ruth Greenspan Bell | Elizabeth Gribkoff | Liza Gross | Johnathan Hettinger | Terry Houle | Judith Hulka | Andy Jacobsohn | Susan Jewell | Cheryl Katz | Justin Kenney | Jessica Marshall | Kimiko Martinez | Barbara Maynard | Andy McGlashen | Maureen Mitra | Rico Moore | Amy Morse | Shannon Mullane | Gillian Natanagara | Lauren Oakes | Jim O'Donnell | Beth Parke | Amanda Peacher | Sara Pratt | Amy Quinton | Christopher Rolinson | Molly Samuel | Alan Septoff | Randy Showstack | David Sternberg | Meera Subramanian | Brett Walton | Kevin and Victoria Ward | Miriam Wasser | Jennifer Weeks | Joe Wertz | Meg Wilcox | Clint Wilder | Ted Wood | Chase Woodruff
Host and Sponsors of SEJ's 29th Annual Conference in Fort Collins, Colorado, October 2019
Conference Contributors and Sponsors
Visionary Sponsor
Champion Sponsor
Principal Sponsor
Ambassador Sponsor
Supporter Sponsor
Friend Sponsor
- Climate Matters
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- New Belgium Brewing
- Ocean Conservancy
- The Public Interest Network
- Ray Reece Environmental Journalism Foundation
- University of California, Riverside
- X-energy
SEJ 2019 Program and Operating Grants
- The Bullitt Foundation
- craigslist Charitable Fund
- FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
- Orange County Community Foundation
- Ray Reece Environmental Journalism Foundation
- Scripps Howard Foundation
- Spring Point Partners
- Walton Family Foundation
- Wyss Campaign for Nature
SEJ 2019 Unrestricted Gifts from Any Source
Champion
$5,000+
Anthropocene Institute
Guardian
$2,500-4,999
Bracewell
Sustainer
$1,000-2,499
The Wilderness Society
SEJ 2019 Allowed Restricted Gifts
Supporter
$100-499
MilliporeSigma Employee Matching Gifts & Giving (funds designated for The Lizzie Grant)
2018
SEJ 2018 Gifts from Individuals*
Sustainer
$1,000-2,499
Eleanor Drey | Sara Hiles | Cheryl Hogue | Stuart Leavenworth | Jay Letto | Meaghan Parker | Peter Thomson
Patron
$500-999
Katy Daigle | Dennis Dimick | Dan Fagin | Amy Gulick | Gregory Pasztor | Mark Schleifstein | Mani and Ruth Subramanian | Timothy Wheeler
Supporter
$100-499
Emilia Askari | Jay Austin | Cynthia Barnett | Richard Blaustein | Bill Birchard | Jennifer Bogo | Erika Bolstad | Jane Braxton Little | Kathleen Brewer | James Bruggers | Marla Cone | Anthony Davis | John DeCicco | James Detjen | Gloria Dickie | Elizabeth Douglass | Peter Fairley | Carolyn and Jeremiah Friedman | Adam Glenn | Gloria Gonzalez | Nancy Grossman | Michael Grunwald | Michael Hans | Thomas Hayden | Christine Heinrichs | Stephen J. Herman | Steve Hirsh | Don Hopey | Michael Keating | Torsten Kjellstrand | Michael Kodas | Charles Lewis | Christine Liu | Cindy MacDonald | Bobby Magill | Susan Moran | Mary Hallie O'Brien | Erik Olson | Anne Paine | Suzanne Palminteri | Barbara Parker | John Platt | David Poulson | Eric Prothero | Bruce Ritchie | David Sassoon | Peter Seidel | Meera Subramanian | Carolyn Whetzel | Roger Witherspoon | Tom Yulsman | plus anonymous donors
Friend
$5-99
Nancy Andrews | Erika Archibald | Tony Bartelme | Chris Bruggers | Keridwen Cornelius | Susan Cosier | Scott Dodd | Judy Fahys | Sharon Friedman | Maria Gallucci | Christy George | Justin Gerdes | Jana Goldman | Liza Gross | Susan Hess | Ian James | Cheryl Katz | Chuck Kutscher | Kathrin Lassila | Robert Lee | Ted MacDonald | Jason Mark | Laurie Mazur | Rachel Nuwer | Beth Parke | Scot Quaranda | Laurie Rhodes | Karen Schaefer | Silke Schmidt | Alan Septoff | Hilary Sloane | Meighen Speiser | Rae Tyson | Jennifer Weeks | Clint Wilder | Edward Wolf | Christina Wolfe | Christine Woodside | Justin Worland | plus anonymous donors
Donations in support of Capital Gazette in their hour of need (see "Capital Gazette Murders: SEJ Responds"):
Bill Allen | Sadie Babits | Cynthia Barnett | Perry Beeman | Jane Braxton Little | Valerie Brown | Chris Bruggers | James Bruggers | Carol Brzozowski | Jeff Burnside | Anthony Davis | Dennis Dimick | Judy Fahys | Christy George | Erica Gies | Gloria Gonzalez | Liza Gross | Sharon Guynup | Michael Kodas | Francis Koster | Randy Loftis | Tara Lohan | Janet Marinelli | John Messeder | Susan Moran | Liam Moriarty | Patti Parson | Jason Plautz | Cindie Powell | Chris Richard | Mark Schleifstein | Deborah Schoch | Matt Smith | Jan Ellen Spiegel | Douglas Struck | Peter Thomson | Jennifer Weeks | Kenneth Weiss | Timothy Wheeler | Carolyn Whetzel | Gary Wilson | William Witherspoon
Host and Sponsors of SEJ's 28th Annual Conference in Flint, Michigan, Oct. 3-7, 2018
Conference Contributors and Sponsors
Principal Sponsor
Ambassador Sponsor
- The Kresge Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- National Geographic Society
- Spring Point Partners
- Walton Family Foundation
Supporter Sponsor
Friend Sponsor
- Knight-Wallace Fellows at the University of Michigan
- University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
- Value of Water Campaign
SEJ 2018 Program and Operating Grants
- The Compton Foundation
- craigslist Charitable Fund
- FJC: A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Orange County Community Foundation
- Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
- Scripps Howard Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
SEJ 2018 Unrestricted Gifts from Any Source
Sustainer
$1,000-2,499
Bracewell
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Past Supporters
* The list does not include names of those who requested anonymity.
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Programs and operations of the Society of Environmental Journalists are funded by foundation grants in response to SEJ proposals, media company contributions, earned income, university, media company and foundation sponsorship of the annual conference, occasional regional events, individual donations, and unrestricted contributions of general support up to $15,000 from diverse sources.
SEJ does not seek or accept corporate, advocacy group or government sponsorship of the annual conference. Diverse sources participate in SEJ's annual conference as advertisers, exhibitors and hosts of independent hospitality events. These activities do not designate or constitute program sponsorship. All program agenda choices, editorial choices for publications, winner decisions for fellowships, awards and mini-grant winners are made at the sole discretion of SEJ staff and volunteer program leaders, independent of any organizational revenue source, including foundation underwriters, individual donors, advertisers, exhibitors, and university and media company hosts of annual conferences. For more information on policies of the Society of Environmental Journalists, see www.sej.org/about-sej/financial-policies.
Many foundation grants to SEJ are awarded as general support. Grants received by SEJ for specific projects are based on proposals that originate from SEJ's executive director, with guidance from the Board of Directors. Sources of earned income for the organization include conference registration fees, conference exhibitors, IHEs, and advertisement fees, membership dues, mail list rental, and subscription fees.
As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, SEJ files an annual Form 990 with the Internal Revenue Service. The public may also view a copy of the most recent independent audits of SEJ's finances: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010/2009. In addition, SEJ maintains a current profile on Guidestar and the Charity Directory (formerly, Foundation Source Access).