Please note, the list of revenues was drawn up by Robert Lyman and published by Friends of Science Society in this independent report: https://blog.friendsofscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Money-Matters-report-format-FINAL.pdf and does not reference or draw on Vivian Krause's original work (Her work was and is fantastic - but it was not the source of the material shown ). Likewise, to clarify, these are the revenues the top 40 ENGOs took in from 2000 to 2018 - not necessarily the money's SPENT on the Tar Sands Campaign. Some clarity on what was confirmed as spent (via forensic audit of Deloitte for the Alberta Inquiry) can be understood from this summary by Robert Lyman: https://blog.friendsofscience.org/2021/11/02/has-no-one-read-the-deloitte-report/ The key take away is the incredible influence these groups have - not to mention they almost all also have substantial tax-free physical assets.
The revenues received by the ENGOs and their EnviroLaw counterparts over the
period was over 18 times the revenues received by all federal political parties,
and over 27 times the revenues received by the market-oriented institutes.
• Both Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy Canada annually receive
higher revenues than all the major federal political parties; a large portion of the
funding to these organizations is from the federal government.
• The revenue received by the Tides organization alone is more than the combined
revenues of Canada’s two largest federal political parties, the Liberal Party of Canada
and the Conservative Party of Canada over the period.
• The David Suzuki Foundation’s average annual revenues exceed the annual revenues of
the federal New Democratic Party.
• Eight ENGOs have annual revenues that exceed those of the governing Liberal Party of
Please note, the list of revenues was drawn up by Robert Lyman and published by Friends of Science Society in this independent report: https://blog.friendsofscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Money-Matters-report-format-FINAL.pdf and does not reference or draw on Vivian Krause's original work (Her work was and is fantastic - but it was not the source of the material shown ). Likewise, to clarify, these are the revenues the top 40 ENGOs took in from 2000 to 2018 - not necessarily the money's SPENT on the Tar Sands Campaign. Some clarity on what was confirmed as spent (via forensic audit of Deloitte for the Alberta Inquiry) can be understood from this summary by Robert Lyman: https://blog.friendsofscience.org/2021/11/02/has-no-one-read-the-deloitte-report/ The key take away is the incredible influence these groups have - not to mention they almost all also have substantial tax-free physical assets.
The revenues received by the ENGOs and their EnviroLaw counterparts over the
period was over 18 times the revenues received by all federal political parties,
and over 27 times the revenues received by the market-oriented institutes.
• Both Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservancy Canada annually receive
higher revenues than all the major federal political parties; a large portion of the
funding to these organizations is from the federal government.
• The revenue received by the Tides organization alone is more than the combined
revenues of Canada’s two largest federal political parties, the Liberal Party of Canada
and the Conservative Party of Canada over the period.
• The David Suzuki Foundation’s average annual revenues exceed the annual revenues of
the federal New Democratic Party.
• Eight ENGOs have annual revenues that exceed those of the governing Liberal Party of
Canada.
The first step is the US mid term. If the Dems hold the house, we are in serious trouble.
Great article. I reconize most of these so called "charities". I didn't know it was so much money. Disgusting.