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AnnualReport 07

Board of DirectorsDan Gabel, ChairArlie Schardt, Vice ChairHarriett Crosby, SecretaryDavid Zwick, TreasurerWhitey BluesteinJayni ChaseClarence DitlowJeffrey GlueckMichael HerzMarika HolmgrenDouglas LegumRussell LongGarrett LoubePatricia MatthewsAvis Ogilvy MooreCharles MooreEdwardo Lao RhodesDoria SteedmanRick Taketa

StaffBrent Blackwelder, PresidentNorman Dean, Executive DirectorElizabeth Bast, International Policy AnalystNick Berning, Press SecretaryMark Brisky, Donor Relations ManagerMichelle Chan, Senior International Policy

AnalystHugh Cheatham, Chief Financial OfficerDanielle Fugere, Regional Program

DirectorJosh Hilgart, Field DirectorDavid Hirsch, Program DirectorKate Horner, Program AssociateIan Illuminato, Health & Environmental

CampaignerRoxanne Lawson, International Policy

Campaigner

Gillian Madill, Genetic TechnologiesCampaigner

Marsha Mather-Thrift, Director ofDevelopment & West Coast Operations

Lisa Matthes, Publications Manager;Executive Assistant to the President

Kate McMahon, ResearchAssistant/Receptionist

Chris Pabon, Director of FoundationRelations

Colin Peppard, Transportation PolicyCoordinator

Amy Phelan, Executive Assistant to theExecutive Director

Erich Pica, Director of Economic ProgramsTeri Shore, Clean Vessels Campaign

DirectorErica Staaterman, Executive/Research

AssistantPeter Stocker, Donor Services ManagerDavid Waskow, Director, International

ProgramChris Weiss, Director of D.C.

Environmental NetworkSara Zdeb, Legislative Director

InternsBoshen JiaJohn MacartneyMax NeubauerDaniel PulverAlex RobertsonShakuntala MakhijaniSara Schedler Emma SchlosserGreg WatkinsWang Xiaojuan

Publications StaffLisa Matthes, EditorDesign by JML Design

Consultants/AdvisorsRobert AlvarezTom ClementsJim CorbettFred FellemanFenton CommunicationsJen HolzerJohn W. JensenDorothee KrahnFred MillarAndrianna NatsoulasShems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders PLLCCori TraubDavid WeinmanJames Winebrake

Member GroupsArgentina, Australia, Austria,Bangladesh, Belgium, Belgium(Flanders), Bolivia, Brazil,Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada,Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, CzechRepublic, Denmark, El Salvador,

England-Wales, Northern Ireland, Estonia,Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana,Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan,Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Malta,Mauritius, Nepal, Netherlands, NewZealand, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, PapuaNew Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,Poland, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Slovakia,South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland,Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia,Ukraine, United States, Uruguay.

AffiliatesAfrica: Earthlife Africa; Australia: MineralPolicy Institute; Australia: RainforestInformation Centre; Brazil: Amigos daTerra Amazonia - Amazônia Brasileira;Brazil: Grupo de Trabalho Amazonico;Canada: Blue Planet Project; CzechRepublic: CEE Bankwatch; Japan: PeaceBoat; Middle East: Friends of the EarthMiddle East; Netherlands: Action forSolidarity, Equality, Environment andDevelopment Europe; Netherlands:Stichting De Noordzee (North SeaFoundation); Netherlands: CorporateEurope Observatory; Netherlands: WISEEurope; United States: Corpwatch; UnitedStates: International Rivers Network;United States: Rainforest Action Network

Our Mission

Friends of the Earth defends the environment and champions a healthy and just world.

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Board and staff gather in D.C. for a fall retreat

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For 38 years Friends of the Earth has providedinnovative thinking and cutting edge advocacy toprotect, preserve and restore the earth.

This year we have continued to win victories usinglegal, legislative, corporate and consumer strategies.We’ve also dramatically expanded the campaigningpotential of our online activists.

Our e-activists have sent thousands of messages to deci-sion makers in the U.S. and around the world, making adifference on energy legislation here at home and influ-encing important governing bodies like the InternationalMaritime Organization. They have also provided valu-able support to citizen groups struggling to save riversand forests in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

In the face of mounting concerns over climate change,our Friends of the Earth International network in 70countries is diligently promoting sustainable energyinvestments worldwide.

We are helping citizen groups in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo, Nigeria and Liberia fight damagingand often illegal mining, forestry and energy exploita-tion. And in South America Friends of the Earth is rais-ing the red flag on biofuels production that is transform-ing the world’s remaining rainforests into plantations tomeet energy needs of northern industrial countries.

Our international work has expanded the fight againstglobal warming and injustice. Recognizing that poorpeople worldwide are hardest hit by global warming,Friends of the Earth organized a successful gathering ofreligious and humanitarian aid groups to raise aware-ness of the serious impacts of climate change on thepoor and to push for congressional aid to help the poorcope with the impacts.

Friends of the Earth is setting the terms for the debateon clean energy solutions at home as well as abroad,recognizing and trying to eradicate the root causes ofpollution and global warming.

Our work continues to guide the country toward soundenergy policy that supports investments in wind andsolar and cuts dangerous and destructive subsidies tonuclear energy, coal-to-liquid technology, and corn-based ethanol.

In the late 1990s Friends of the Earth was one of onlytwo national environmental groups petitioning EPA toregulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. State attorneysgeneral joined our fight, and this year the SupremeCourt ruled in our favor, setting a gigantic precedentfor global warming litigation.

The Supreme Court also gave Friends of the Earth amajor clean water victory when it denied an appealfrom the D.C. sewer authority to reverse our lowercourt ruling requiring the EPA to enforce stricter pollu-tion standards. Polluters were disguising huge releasesof contaminants in waterways by only measuring pol-lution levels on an annual basis; however, our prece-dent-setting victory will require daily limits on pollu-tion discharges.

In other pollution news, our oceans and marine worknot only won victories to reduce pollution from cruiseships on the west coast but broadened the campaign tocombat pollution from all ocean-going vessels.

Pollution comes in many forms, and Friends of the Earthis fighting to eliminate sources of toxic pollution inindustry, as well as in our homes. Our cancer preventioncampaign with the Breast Cancer Fund and others con-tinues to expand. To date, more than 500 cosmetic com-panies have pledged to remove cancer- and birth-defectcausing chemicals from their personal care products.

This last year also marks the expansion of our healthand environment campaign to include an importantfight for consumer protections against experimentalnanotechnology, chemical-laden fire retardants foundin furniture and household products, and the emergingbut unregulated technologies aimed at manipulatingand creating life forms with synthetic biology.

In the coming year, you can count on Friends of theEarth to mount even stronger initiatives for energysolutions to fight global warming, to keep pressure onexploitive companies and prevent harm to humanhealth, to battle injustices in communities both at homeand abroad, and to protect our lands, water and airfrom pollution and human destruction. We appreciateyour support.

Sincerely,

Dan Gabel Brent Blackwelder Norman DeanBoard Chair President Executive Director

Energy and Your Future

According to the United Nations’ IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change (IPCC) FourthAssessment Report, it is “unequivocal” that the

earth’s climate is warming due to human activity. We canand must reduce global warming and its impacts such asfires, storms, drought, disease and floods on public landsand communities at home and abroad.

Friends of the Earth is promoting a clean energy plan toput the country and the globe on the right track toavert impending global warming disaster. These effortsinclude new legal victories that set the stage for imme-diate greenhouse gas regulation, new tax and subsidypolicies that move U.S. resources away from oil andtoward clean energy alternatives, and new require-ments to achieve fuel conservation and reduce emis-sions from commercial ships, passenger vehicles, andcoal-fired power plants.

Winning a Supreme Court Victory on GlobalWarming

Friends of the Earth, 12 states, several cities and morethan a dozen environmental groups won a SupremeCourt decision requiring the EPA to regulate green-house gas pollution from passenger vehicles. Friends ofthe Earth was one of the groups that filed the initialpetition to EPA.

Forcing the Bush Administration to Report onGlobal Warming

Friends of the Earth and two other environmentalgroups won a lawsuit against the Bush administrationfor its failure to conduct mandatory assessments of theimpacts of global warming and for its suppression ofscientific reports that guide federal research and policyon global warming.

Changing the EPA’s Fuel Economy Testing

This year the EPA acted upon Friends of the Earth’s2005 petition to revise its incorrect methods for calcu-lating fuel economy of new cars. As a result, fuel econ-omy stickers on 2008 cars and beyond will be muchmore accurate, informing buyers of the real-world gasmileage they will get from cars they consider purchas-ing – as much as 10-30 percent below mileage previous-ly claimed.

Fighting for Cleaner Fuels and Cars

This year Friends of the Earth continued to fight for acleaner California by pushing for environmental stan-dards in low-carbon fuel legislation. In addition, wewere instrumental in passing a “Green Fleets” bill thatmandates that California must take into account thelifetime pollution emissions of vehicles the state pur-chases and to meet a 20 percent reduction in overallfuel use by the year 2020, mainly through the purchaseof alternative fuel cars. And finally, we helped secured$80 million per year for clean air projects and $120 mil-lion to fund petroleum reduction and alternative fuelprojects, including plug-in hybrids.

Eliminating Handouts to Big Oil

As a part of the first 100 hours of legislative activity, theHouse of Representatives – under the new leadershipof Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) – passed the CLEANEnergy Act of 2007, a bill that repealed $14 billion inhandouts to Big Oil and invested the money in a cleanenergy fund to pay for investments in energy efficiencyand renewable energy. Friends of the Earth was at theforefront of the fight to amend tax breaks for oil andgas companies.


April 14 - FoE joins concerned citizens and

fellow campaigners on Capitol Hill, demanding

congressional action on carbon emissions

Building an International Coalition on GlobalWarming Impacts

Friends of the Earth works to expose the impacts ofglobal warming on the world’s poorest who are mostlikely to suffer from floods, droughts and famine causedby climate change. Friends of the Earth hosted a summitand led the creation of a Climate Change andDevelopment Network to engage in the developmentimpacts of climate change. The coalition of environmen-tal, faith and development groups convinced Congressto include a provision in the House Energy bill requir-ing the U.S. to take responsibility for its prominent rolein global climate change impacts and assess the needs ofpoor communities trying to adapt to climate change.

Educating Investors on Climate Risks

After five years of tracking corporate reporting of cli-mate risks to investors, Friends of the Earth’s work paidoff when the New York State Attorney General’s officesubpoenaed five energy companies to inquire whethertheir plans to build new coal fired power plants posedundisclosed financial risks to shareholders.

Creating the Capital Climate Coalition

Friends of the Earth and the D.C. EnvironmentalNetwork are working to get climate protection policiessigned into law in the nation’s capital. Due to ourefforts, the District’s legislative body, the D.C. Council,

recently introduced a billto strengthen D.C.’s exist-ing Renewable PortfolioStandard (RPS) to bringmore wind and solarpower to the city. Andnow the Council is intro-ducing legislation to cre-ate an energy efficiencyutility for the D.C. area.This utility would targetresidential and commercial buildings in our nation’scapital, which are responsible for more than 70 percentof our carbon emissions with the goal of encouragingenergy efficiency. We have also successfully pushed theD.C. Council to introduce a bill to adopt CaliforniaClean Car standards in D.C., and as a result of ourwork D.C. Mayor Fenty is supporting the bill. Mostrecently we convinced the District to join the RegionalGreenhouse Gas Initiative to develop strategies for con-trolling emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Improving Public Transit

Friends of the Earth helped a local group develop anonline trip planning utility for MARTA, the Atlanta-area public transit service, in an effort to increase theuse of rail in the Atlanta area, benefiting Georgia resi-dents and helping to curb global warming emissions.


Friends of the Earth was the first environmental group I joined, back in 1970, the first Earth

Day. It was the same year I bought my first electric car. I saw a publication on a newsstand

called Not Man Apart and I picked it up and started reading it. It said some things that caught

my attention and really interested me. David Brower was involved in Friends of the Earth then

and he said, “Capitalism is a great idea – we ought to try it.” He meant that there was value in so

many things that we needed to conserve – our forests, our natural resources – just as there is value in money. It just

doesn’t make good economic sense to focus on the short term dividends while we are liquidating all our resources,

all the things that support us. I think about what our kids will say if we don’t take care of things – how will they judge

us? We can’t just have a big party and let them clean up after us. How will they think of us? I want my kids to have

something left that allows them to connect to the places they live, and a chance to live in a beautiful country.

— Ed Begley, Jr.

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Brent speaks at a rally onclimate change

Justice for Global Communities

Foreign investors and financial institutions, prima-rily based in the U.S., finance projects around theworld that permit the exploitation of natural

resources and labor, leading to environmental degrada-tion and increasing pollution. The harm caused bythese activities falls most heavily on those in develop-ing countries.

Friends of the Earth’s unique international network ofgroups in 70 countries gives us leverage as we examinethe impacts of natural resource extraction and energypolicies abroad as well as the consumption patternsthat support exploitation. Friends of the Earth and itspartners work to ensure that U.S. investment and con-sumption does not harm the environment and peoplebut instead promotes environmental protection andpoverty alleviation.

Accountability in the Democratic Republic ofCongo (DRC)

Friends of the Earth is advocating for the DRC’s equi-table access to its natural resources, increased oversightof foreign investments and substantial environmentalprotections to mitigate major water pollution andecosystem destruction. We are investigating U.S. corpo-rate operations in the DRC and are coordinating withrepresentatives from the DRC as well as U.S. legislatorsto advocate for a more transparent and thoroughreview of natural resource contracts.

Shaping the Biofuels Boom

Friends of the Earth is leading an effort to minimize theharmful social and environmental effects of the biofuelsboom. This year we produced an online database thatenables users to compare the environmental and socialimpacts of a wide range of biofuels used in transporta-tion. Our research led Congress to consider the liabili-ties of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels produc-tion in energy legislation. Our international coalition ispushing for U.S. standards in biofuels legislation cover-ing imported fuel that will mitigate environmentaldamage from biofuels production such as increased fer-tilizer use, consumption of scarce water resources,clearing of tropical forests for biofuels plantations, andfurther consolidation of corporate agribusiness.

Halting Corruption in Liberia

Friends of the Earth leveraged its expertise in foreigninvestments abroad in order to aid Liberian civil societyand government officials in contract renegotiations withFirestone Rubber Company. In addition, Friends of theEarth collaborated with U.S. and Liberian civil societyorganizations on an international donor community“report card” rating the effectiveness of internationaldonor projects. Following up on one of our “report card”recommendations, funding has increased for Liberia’sEnvironmental Protection Agency so it can develop andenforce sustainability initiatives in the country.

Raising Awareness of Chinese Investments inAfrica

Friends of the Earth’s new program to advance sustain-ability of Chinese investments already boasts two pub-lications on the role of Chinese investment in Africa. Inaddition, we organized the first ever workshop to teachshareholder activists how to use their shares in Chineseequities to push for more environmentally and sociallyresponsible behavior at Chinese companies. The work-shop and published articles are just two in a stream ofopportunities that the program has had to educate poli-cy makers and the public on the environmental impactsof Chinese investments.


A young boy working on a rubber plantation in Nigeria


Protecting Our American Legacy Lands and Waters

The quality of any nation’s land and waterresources are a barometer of its health. However,in the U.S., public lands and waters are under

siege by extractive industries seeking profit from oil,gas and timber; by corporate polluters without anyaccountability to local, state and federal departmentsresponsible for enforcing pollution regulations; and byindustries that seek to open national park lands to offroad vehicles that destroy habitats and pollute. On thewest coast our campaigns cover national park preserva-tion and cleaning up the shipping industry. Our cam-paign covering D.C. issues is focused on developinglocal responses to climate change, cleaning up arearivers, and promoting safe drinking water.

Winning Important Victory for Clean Water

In January, the Supreme Court handed Friends of theEarth a victory when it let stand a 2006 ruling that theEPA plan to limit the amount of pollution dumped intothe Anacostia River violated the requirements in theClean Water Act to set pollution caps on a daily basis.The EPA plan instead set annual limits that allowed forhighly toxic levels of pollutants to be dumped at anygiven time as long as the yearly average didn’t exceed acertain level of pollution. The Supreme Court rulingmeans that any party dealing with a daily maximum pol-lution issue – whether the pollution comes from sewage,industrial discharge, or non-point sources – can referencethe precedent-setting decision in this D.C. Circuit case.

Passing Stormwater Management Regulations

Friends of the Earth and the D.C. EnvironmentalNetwork led a coalition of environmental, low incomehousing, and jobs organizations to pass some of thebest stormwater management regulations in the nationdesigned to protect the Anacostia River and residentsof the greater D.C. area.

Expanding Big Thicket National Preserve

Friends of the Earth won a settlement in whichChevron, after being found guilty of violating pollutionlaws, agreed to fund the addition of more than 1,600acres of wetlands to the Preserve – ending a 13-yearlawsuit from Friends of the Earth. The wetlands willprovide a natural storm buffer.

Cutting Cruise Ship Pollution

Friends of the Earth’s advocacy led to a $1.9 millionclean-air grant for the Port of San Francisco to installshore side power for cruise ships, which is predicted toprevent 18 tons of ship air pollution from entering theair at the Port and in the San Francisco Bay region eachyear. In Seattle, our advocacy led to major revisions ofproposed port development, and improved cruise shipair and water pollution protections. The Port of Seattlewill require cruise ships that visit five or more timesper season to plug into shore side power or burn onlycleaner, low-sulfur fuel when in port. In addition, anew environmental plan was passed that includes asewage dumping ban in the Olympic Coast NationalMarine Sanctuary.

I admire Friends of the Earth’s

integrity, commitment to address-

ing the root causes of environ-

mental destruction, and practice

of pioneering high-leverage

strategies to effect change. This has made Friends of

the Earth an exciting and fulfilling place to work,

and has kept me here for twelve years!

— Michelle Chan

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Human Health and Safety

Companies out to seek profit at any cost areendangering our health and environment. SinceWorld War II and the “chemical revolution,”

companies have created nearly 100,000 different chemi-cals, less than 10 percent of which have been tested forhealth and environmental impacts. This chemical soupis present in everything from computers, furniture, andeven the products that we apply to our bodies.

In addition, many of these same companies are facilitat-ing a technology convergence that is merging the con-cepts of nanotechnology and extreme genetic engineer-ing in an audacious effort to fundamentally remake thebuilding blocks of life and matter. Across the country,trains carrying hazardous materials such as chlorine gasplace urban populations at risk from accidents and sabo-tage. Friends of the Earth focuses on establishing stricterregulations on technologies and business methods whichpose a serious threat to human health and safety.

Building the Movement – New Signers of theCompact for Safe Cosmetics

To date, more than 500 companies representing morethan $4 billion in annual sales have signed our“Compact for Safe Cosmetics,” a pledge to make saferproducts and eliminate toxic chemicals from cosmeticsand other personal care products.

Eliminating the Threat of Synthetic Biology

Friends of the Earth’s synthetic biology campaign aimsto safeguard the genetic material that is the basis of all

life from commercial uses that would exploit and irrev-ocably alter naturally existing life-forms. Companies areattempting to engineer entirely new, man-made biologi-cal systems through computer technology, nanotechnol-ogy, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, cogni-tive science and other disciplines. We are fighting for amoratorium on the development and marketing of thistechnology until safeguards are put in place.

Stopping Gene Patenting

Biotechnology and pharmaceutical research companiesare cornering the market by acquiring patents fornewly decoded genetic material, a practice that has ledto the patenting of up to one fifth of all human genes.Friends of the Earth is against the patenting of all life,especially the patenting of human life which has pre-vented proper healthcare treatment and research.Patents on human genes prevent people from obtaininginformation about their own genetic makeup by allow-ing companies to charge high royalty fees on tests andbe selective in granting licenses to other researchers.This prevents people from gaining proper treatment fortheir genetic diseases and drastically hinders therapyresearch. We are working on a bill aimed at stoppinghuman gene patenting.

Exposing Dangerous Nanoparticles inSunscreens

Friends of the Earth released a report alerting con-sumers to the possible dangers of nanoparticles in sun-screens. The report rated over 120 manufacturers based

NEW CAMPAIGN!

NEW CAMPAIGN!


My interest in the environment emerged in 2000. Around that time, I kept seeing [Friends

of the Earth Board member and Bluewater Network founder] Russell Long’s name in the paper

and thought, ‘I have to meet this guy!’ and so we went out to lunch and I fell in love with the

organization. It’s that sense of accessibility and the opportunity to have a voice that makes

Friends of the Earth unique. My interaction with Russell and the organization ultimately fueled

my need to work full time for the environment and now I help run 3Degrees, a company that uses market-based

mechanisms in promoting renewable energy to help reduce climate change. I’m also proud to say that Bluewater

was one of our first customers.

— Steve McDougal

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on their policies regarding this new technology thatinvolves the manipulation of matter at sizes muchsmaller than a human hair. We are now working withFriends of the Earth Australia to examine the risks ofputting nanoparticles in food.

Re-routing Toxic Trains

This year President Bush signed into law hazardousmaterials re-routing legislation to protect 46 cities fromtoxic terrorism. This national legislation springs fromthe efforts of Friends of the Earth and the D.C.Environmental Network to ban toxic trains from travel-ing through Washington, D.C., and will protect millionsof city-dwelling Americans from potential attacks.

Safeguarding Families Against Toxic Fire Retardants

Friends of the Earth initiated a Safe Kids campaign toban toxic fire retardants in household products includingupholstered furniture, mattresses, toys and carpets.These fire retardants have been associated with autismand hormonal abnormalities and their prohibition willprotect the health of millions of children and others inCalifornia. Friends of the Earth is conducting researchfor a report documenting the high levels of fire retardantchemicals in furniture, which will be released in 2008.

NEW CAMPAIGN!

Announcing The Gabel Environmental FellowshipIn recognition of DanGabel’s extraordinary generosity of his time andresources to Friends of the Earth, Dan’s fellowboard members recently honored him in a surpriseceremony to announce that they have establishedan environmental fellowship in his name. The fel-lowship will be awarded in the form of stipends todeserving students and recent graduates interestedin working on one of Friends of the Earth’s cam-paigns while gaining valuable, real-world environ-mental protection experience.

Dan’s long-term leadership for Friends of theEarth began in 1971, when he and his wife, Bunny,provided office space for the fledgling organiza-tion in their own home in New York City. Hebecame the first treasurer of Friends of the EarthFoundation and served for 10 years. As a gradu-ate of Duke University and a member of the advi-sory board for the Duke School of Environment,he established a David Brower internship at theDuke School of Environment for interns toFriends of the Earth. He also provided a Friendsof the Earth International scholarship fund at theUniversity to be used by any Friends of the Earthemployee who wants to get an advanced degreefrom the School of Environment.

Dan has served on the Board of Directors since1990 and as Board Chair in 2006-2007. The fellow-ship honors both Dan and Bunny’s love forFriends of the Earth and their commitment to sup-porting strong education for students.

To make a gift to the Gabel EnvironmentalFellowship Fund, contact Marsha Mather-Thrift,Director of Development and West CoastOperations, at (415) 544-0790 x 13, or [email protected].

Board member Russell Long, Ruth Krumbhaar andCalifornia State Assemblymember Mark Leno participatein a rally urging a ban on toxic fire retardants in furniture

Harriett Crosby and JayniChase present Dan with afellowship in his name


FinancialsBalance Sheets

June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006—————————————————————— ——————————————————————

Unrestricted UnrestrictedOperating Temporarily Operating Temporarily

Fund Restricted Total Fund Restricted Total——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Assets

Current assets:Cash and cash equivalents $46,375 $857,390 $903,765 $7,938 $579,566 $587,504Accounts receivable:

Grants, contributions and bequests 108,100 - 108,100 118,830 - 118,830Other 36,129 - 36,129 85,056 - 85,056

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total cash and cash equivalents 144,229 - 144,229 203,886 - 203,886

Due from Friends of the Earth (Action), Inc. 54,662 - 54,662Promises to give, current portion - 614,357 614,357 - 916,260 916,260Prepaid expenses and other assets 90,532 - 90,532 93,356 - 93,356

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total current assets 335,798 1,471,747 1,807,545 305,180 1,495,826 1,801,006

Fixed assets:Furniture and equipment 680,868 - 680,868 621,996 - 621,996Less accumulated depreciation and amortization 611,922 - 611,922 579,566 - 579,566

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total fixed assets 68,946 - 68,946 42,430 - 42,430

Other assets:Promises to give, net of current portion - 20,000 20,000 - 30,000 30,000Pooled income fund, at market value - 10,083 10,083 - 12,716 12,716Charitable gift annuity, at market value - 104,373 104,373 87,576 - 87,576Deposits 30,403 - 30,403 33,904 - 33,904

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total other assets 30,403 134,456 164,859 121,480 42,716 164,196

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total assets $435,147 $1,606,203 $2,041,350 $469,090 $1,538,542 $2,007,632

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Liabilities and Net AssetsCurrent liabilities:

Accounts payable and accrued expenses $126,853 - $126,853 $72,383 - $72,383Due to Friends of the Earth (Action) - - - 15,576 - 15,576Accrued leave 89,306 - 89,306 93,098 - 93,098

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total current liabilities 216,159 - 216,159 181,057 - 181,057

Other liabilities:Deferred revenue - pooled income fund - 1,120 1,120 - 1,412 1,412Charitable gift annuity liability 46,768 - 46,768 49,127 49,127

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total other liabilities 46,768 1,120 47,888 49,127 1,412 50,539

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total liabilities 262,927 1,120 264,047 230,184 1,412 231,596

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CommitmentsNet assets:

Unrestricted 172,220 - 172,220 238,906 - 238,906Temporarily restricted:

Operating fund - 1,406,662 1,406,662 - 1,338,709 1,338,709Reserve fund - 145,000 145,000 - 145,000 145,000Endowment fund - 53,421 53,421 - 53,421 53,421

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total net assets 172,220 1,605,083 1,777,303 238,906 1,537,130 1,776,036

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total liabilities and net assets $435,147 $1,606,203 $2,041,350 $469,090 $1,538,542 $2,007,632

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Statements of Activities For the Years Ended June 30,

2007 2006—————————————————————— ——————————————————————

Unrestricted UnrestrictedOperating Temporarily Operating Temporarily

Fund Restricted Total Fund Restricted Total——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Revenue

Grants, Bequests and Member Contributions $1,382,985 $1,886,945 $3,269,930 $1,545,077 $1,817,385 $3,362,462Investment Income 31,250 - 31,250 17,700 - 17,700Rental Income 50,022 - 50,022 38,063 - 38,063Mailing list sales 44,940 - 44,940 50,574 - 50,574Administrative fees 37,786 - 37,786 18,740 - 18,740Other 51,332 - 51,332 85,250 - 85,250Net Assets Released from Restrictions 1,818,991 (1,818,991) - 1,587,279 ( 1,587,279) -

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total Revenue 3,417,306 67,954 3,485,260 3,342,683 230,106 3,572,789

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ExpensesProgram Expenses:

Domestic 688,439 - 688,439 820,054 - 820,054International 745,681 - 745,681 596,791 - 596,791Bluewater Network 430,586 - 430,586 483,160 - 483,160Outreach 768,634 - 768,634 622,575 - 622,575Membership 35,399 - 35,399 149,373 - 149,373

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total Program Expenses 2,668,739 - 2,668,739 2,671,953 - 2,671,953

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Supporting Expenses:Management and General 367,534 - 367,534 439,397 - 439,397Fundraising 447,720 - 447,720 456,910 - 456,910

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total Supporting Expenses 815,254 - 815,254 896,307 - 896,307

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Total Expenses 3,483,993 - 3,483,993 3,568,260 - 3,568,260

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————

Change in Net Assets (66,687) 67,954 1,267 (225,577) 230,106 4,529Net Assets - Beginning of Year 238,906 1,537,130 1,776,036 464,483 1,307,024 1,771,507

——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ——————— ———————Net Assets - End of Year $172,220 $1,605,083 $1,777,303 $238,906 $1,537,130 $1,776,036

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Programs76%

International28%

Foundations65%

Memberships/Gifts 29%

Domestic26%

Membership 1%Other 6%

Outreach29%

BluewaterNetwork 16%

Management& General11%

Fundraising 13%

ExpensesProgramsRevenues

For the year ended June 30, 2007:

Donors July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007

$100,000 and UpAvis Ogilvy MooreBlue Moon FundBunny and Dan GabelCharles Stewart Mott FoundationOak FoundationPublic Welfare FoundationRichard and Rhoda Goldman FundStanback Fund of the Foundation

for the CarolinasThe Energy Foundation

$50,000 - $99,999Appleton FoundationChanging Horizons FundCS FundEducational Foundation of AmericaRausing TrustRussell Long and Ruth KrumbhaarTides FoundationTurner FoundationWallace Global FundWorking Assets

$25,000 - $49,999AnonymousBank TrakBelvue FundMr. Douglas LegumPark FoundationRockefeller Family FundThe Community Foundation for the

National Capital RegionThe San Francisco FoundationThe Summit Fund of WashingtonWallace Genetic Foundation

$10,000 - $24,9992032 TrustAnonymousArntz Family FoundationCarl H. FeldmanEarth FriendsGarrett Loube and Marcia RodgersHarriett CrosbyHeinz Charitable Fund

Heller Charitable and EducationalFund

Jayni and Chevy ChaseJerry Babicka and Lynn P. BabickaJohn A. Sellon TrustLisa and Douglas Goldman FundMaverick Lloyd FoundationMerck Family FundMichael J. HerzMs. Carolyn KleefeldNaomi and Nehemiah Cohen

FoundationNewman’s OwnNorthwest Fund for the

EnvironmentSally DavidsonThe Bauman FoundationThe Prentice FoundationThe Roy A. Hunt FoundationTom HormelWeeden Foundation

$5,000 - $9,999AnonymousAttias Family FoundationBaum FoundationBullitt FoundationEdwards Mother Earth FoundationEstate of Mildred A. LillisJewish Community FundKatharine and Kenneth

MountcastleLeo and Kay A. DreyMr. and Mrs. C. Frederick BuechnerMs. Jane MacLeishPrince Charitable TrustRandy Repass and Sally Christine

RodgersRBS Greenwich Capital FoundationSacharuna FoundationSave Our Wild Salmon CoalitionSeattle FoundationUnderdog Fund of the Tides

FoundationVermont Forum on Sprawl, Inc.Wiancko Family Fund

$1,000 - $4,999Allan and Marion Hunt-BadinerAlliance for Public

Accountability, Inc.AnonymousArlie SchardtAs You Sow FoundationAutodesk Inc.Compton Foundation, Inc.Cris Smith and Gail GorlitzzDan and Z KripkeDavid and Colleen NewlinDavid BlairDr. and Mrs. John B. MarksDr. Edith F. BorieDreamcatcher FundEarthbound Organic FarmsEdwardo Lao RhodesElizabeth SteeleFrances A. DubrowskiFrances W. StevensonFred and Annette GellertGail RaywidGary R. NelsonGeorge MartinGoldman Environmental FundGreystone FoundationHilltop Group Charitable

FoundationHMJS Fund of The Community

Foundation for the NationalCapital Region

Jennifer and Ted StanleyJim and Linda KuhnsJohn and Patty BrissendenKelly CollamoreKenneth and Eugenia LangeLary and Judy EastLinda and Marc Lawrence FamilyMarjorie & Richard RogalskiMen’s WearhouseMicrosoft Matching Gifts ProgramMorgan StanleyMoscow Philanthropic FundMr. Alan FieldMr. and Mrs. Don Lichty

Friends of the Earth thanks all of our supporters for their dedication to protecting the planet.



Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. ArnoldMr. Bradley InmanMr. C. S. HallMr. Gilman OrdwayMr. Harry McAndrewMr. Jerold TerhuneMr. Mark SternMr. Matthew BrownMr. Michael MullinMr. Paul SandersMr. Thomas C. LitwilerMr. Thomas McDougal and Ms.

Sarah DuncanMr. William L. PriceMrs. Shirley LoubeMs. Anne MagretaMs. Claudia H. CohlMs. Elizabeth CooperMs. Gabriele KnechtMs. Grace MalakoffMs. Irene TrautmanMs. Janice JagelskiMs. Jeanie KilgourMs. Kristen KoharyMs. Linda S. GordonMs. Lisa TaylorMs. Lynne CherryMs. Margaret AndersonMs. Margaret SpalloneMs. Maria RagucciMs. Mary Lou RosczykMs. Maya LeibmanMs. Michelle D. SmithMs. Sandra BilsonMs. Tina MaloneyNetwork for GoodOregon Community FoundationOstin Family FoundationPeter & Mimi BuckleyRampa R. HormelRichmond and Nancy Mayo-SmithRobert L. Crowell Charitable Fund

of the Community Foundation ofNew Jersey

Ronald W. PlankSalemla ColegraveSandra NowickiShirley E. Eaton

Sky J. BrooksSmartmimeStephen & Jan McDougalTed and Cynthia StoryThe Keker Family FoundationThe Mitzvah FoundationThe New York Community TrustVanderbilt Family FoundationVanguard Charitable Endowment

ProgramWalter J. Gander, Jr.Warsh-Mott FundsWilliam Prince FoundationWilliam Taylor & Villabeth TaylorWinky FoundationWorking Assets Fueling the Future

$500 - $999Alden Munson & Jane MunsonAlicia Wittink & Mark WittinkAMJ FoundationAndrew Winston & Christine

WinstonAnonymousArlene Rodenbeck and Rick MorgArthur and Ruth L. KaufmanAT&TBill & Tammy CrownBill Viola & Kira PerovBlanche Bast & Robert BastCarl and Marian HaussmanCerf-Dunbar Fund of The

Community Foundation for theNational Capital Region

Charmay AllredDavid Friedman and Paulette

MeyerDeb Sawyer and Wayne MartiDonna ScheuringDoria SteedmanDr. and Mrs. Sherwood SchwartzDr. George N. AppellDr. Jon SparDr. Kenneth ArmitageEllen & David FinemanEric Idle & Tania IdleFrances GrahamGoldman, Sachs & Co.

Greg Kerwin and Sally BarryJ. E. BridgesJames M. TorsonJessie M. HarrisJewish Community Endowment

FundJim & Christina PettigrewJoyce Steingold & Alison StaeblerJustine MagsigLaura E. InghamLeonard H. FremontLiberty Hill FoundationLinda MeisingerLowepro InternationalMarcia MichaelsMargaret & Kenneth ConrowMargaret and Peter GoldmanMark ReinhardtMiss Sarah E. RosenMolly M. AndersonMr. A. H. SkinnerMr. and Mrs. Doug ChristensenMr. and Mrs. Kim WenneslandMr. and Mrs. Raymond FirestoneMr. and Mrs. Raymond S. MartinMr. and Mrs. W. Ford SchumannMr. and Ms. Stanley KaufmanMr. Dennis EspositoMr. Don HenleyMr. Hamilton EmmonsMr. Howard BloomMr. James Thomas Mills Jr.Mr. Jan-Peter OltersMr. Jay WallaceMr. John Pelton and Mrs. Mary

PeltonMr. Larry RussoMr. Marc LovellMr. Noah KleinMr. Parker WorleyMr. Peter SillsMr. Philip LathrapMr. Philip R. GilliganMr. Raymond RoccaforteMr. Steve GilbertMr. Sven Thesen and Dr. Kathleen

KramerMr. William Squier

Mrs. Carolyn Smith PravlikMs. Amanda W. HopkinsMs. Amelia B. SilverbergMs. Audrey AdlerMs. Cappy SilverMs. Deborah MarshallMs. Edith BinghamMs. Elizabeth FlemingMs. Jane AlexanderMs. Jayne EvertMs. Jeanine W. DeanMs. Josephine WoodMs. Judi FriedmanMs. Julie B. HigginsMs. Katharine KingMs. Linda BradfordMs. Marika HolmgrenMs. Marta J. LawrenceMs. Melisande Congdon-DoyleMs. Patricia J. S. SimpsonMs. Patricia PopeMs. Rochelle DineenMs. Sarah TimpsonMs. Shelley CohenMs. Terese T. HersheyMs. Wilva TrentNancy L. DotloR.E.M.Richard A. Rubin & Marcia

SmolensRichard and Theresa HorriganRichard H. BarsantiRichard L. LatterellRobert Brand & Elizabeth WerthanRobin & Geoffrey StrawbridgeRose Foundation for Communities

and the EnvironmentSara BinderSara MichlSchab FundSeal Point Foundation of the New

York Community TrustSukie ColegraveThe Rev. Sally G. BinghamThomas and Sharon ArendshorstVeronique RiesWalter Lindley & Conny Lindley

West Michigan ChristianFoundation

$250 - $499Angela Hoenighausen & George

HenslerAnonymousBarbara Peterson and Peter

O’SullivanBLD Designs Inc.Boz and Kathrin WilliamsBrian Elliott and Maureen McAvoyBurton Peek EdwardsCarl FarringtonCarla RobinowitzCharles R. BoardmanCharton Christopher FrantzChris & April ArisianClean Water ActionDan & Anne SappDavid and Judith EpsteinDavid Tapscott and Gail EpsteinDavid ZwickDennis & Tracy AlbersDick LavineDon F. Cassidy & Violet M. CassidyDonna M. JunghansDr. & Mrs. R.C.P. RodgersDr. and Mrs. Robert A. BerryDr. and Mrs. Shaler StidhamDr. and Mrs. Sylvan GrossDr. and Mrs. W. Jape TaylorDr. Margaret SowerwineDr. Michael F. MarmorDrs. Karen & John ZumbrunnDrs. Robert A. and Veronica S.

PetersenEdith H. MonseesEkrem SoylemezEmmons E. SmithFrances C. NyceFrederick Stoutland & Lilli AlanenH. T. Mead FoundationHeinz H. Herrmann & Virginia

HerrmannHerb and Toni BaaschHewlett PackardJanet and Tom Griesel

Jeanie Mitchell and Fred CannonJill and Ron RohdeJim & Susan BurnsJohn PelesJoyce SpectorJune E. HeilmanKevin and Carey ClahanKim & Eric WinterhalterLara & Gar TruppelliLaura & Richard DonnerLaura Seligsohn and Rich WillliamsLida & Kaveh SooferLisa MeisingerLucy Fisher & Douglas WickMarion SmithMark & Kristen GoldsteinMark and Gretchen HigbieMary RowerMeredith DuBoseMichael Perloff and Barbara MeyerMike Kerwin & Amy PenticoffMiss E. WohlgemuthMo and Rob DeLongMr. & Mrs. Barry SchermanMr. & Mrs. John H. Van SchaickMr. Alan PaschMr. and Mrs. Dan KalafatasMr. and Mrs. David E. EvansMr. and Mrs. Emory W. AckleyMr. and Mrs. John BootyMr. and Mrs. John E. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Michael LevineMr. and Mrs. Richard H. AultMr. and Mrs. Rinaldo BrutocoMr. and Mrs. Robert

ChristophersonMr. and Mrs. Robert T. FriesMr. and Ms. Jonathan Lehrer-

GraiwerMr. Arnold SaksMr. Bernard KastinMr. Bernard M. SaftnerMr. Bobby WinstonMr. Carl T.Mr. Charles KomanoffMr. Charles MooreMr. Charles W. Borre



Mr. Craig C. FendelMr. Dalton TarwaterMr. Dan SimsMr. David H. JonesMr. David LeithauserMr. David SteichenMr. Dennis AbbeMr. Dirk KoechnerMr. Doug LinneyMr. Douglas J. BenderMr. E. H. Kendig Jr.Mr. Evan SimonoffMr. George E. HenslerMr. H. B. SchreyerMr. Harold ZlotMr. Herbert E. WrightMr. Hugh BradyMr. J. W. HollidayMr. Jack Van BaalenMr. James DohertyMr. James T. McCabeMr. James WeinerMr. Jerry StewartMr. Jesse LavaMr. John H. Noel IIIMr. John Judd ShieldsMr. Jonathan RoskyMr. Joseph B. BrinkmannMr. Mark ChelderMr. Martin BrownMr. Matthew TwettenMr. Michael K. MaloneMr. Michael Van AllenMr. Nicholas BrandtMr. Olof HansenMr. Paul MetzMr. Philip B. WilliamsMr. Randall ScrivnerMr. Randolph RichardsonMr. Richard M. TeeterMr. Robert DunMr. Robert EricksonMr. Robert Sumner-MackMr. Roger ByromMr. Stephen AbramsMr. Stephen E. KoermerMr. Steven JervisMr. Theodore Gangursky

Mr. Tom DavisMr. Tom LockardMr. William BowmanMr. William I. BacchusMr. William LyonsMr. William ThurstonMrs. Dorothy AndersonMrs. Helen BrouwerMrs. Mitzy Smith and Mr. David

SmithMrs. Robert ClevengerMrs. Ruth I. Morton & Dr. John H.

MortonMrs. Sara M. De GiereMrs. Suzanne M. LongMs. Adele BeemanMs. Aline EulerMs. Anne KeiserMs. Bena L. CurrinMs. Betty Van Der SmissenMs. Caroline OrrickMs. Catherine V. Von SchonMs. Cindy LangMs. Constance A. SnappMs. Cynthia PiontkowskiMs. Deana L. CernigliaMs. Eileen ChauvetMs. Gayle CountrymanMs. Helene RobertsMs. Jane HensonMs. Jean E. BalmerMs. Jessica GladstoneMs. Joan BorgerMs. Joan EnderleMs. Jodi TuckerMs. Joyce ThurmerMs. Judy CookMs. Julie NormanMs. Karen ChapmanMs. Kathy HustedMs. Katrin MaehleMs. Kristin TathamMs. Laura K. L. MannMs. Linda C. HedstromMs. Louise M. BurkhartMs. Marie L. GaillardMs. Marie RidderMs. Meredith Daane

Ms. Michele GerusMs. Nancy AugeMs. Nancy KennawayMs. Sally R. MerrilMs. Sidney BurrMs. Susan N. ClarkMs. Suzanne F. DunbarMs. Teresa PletcherMs. Theresa PerenichMs. Valerie CatesNick GiordanoPaul H. Daube, Jr.Pauline Henderson and Karl

HoaglandPeter LymanQuebecor World HazletonRandy WilsonRev. and Mrs. Edgar C. PearaRev. and Mrs. Richard JonesRev. Davis GivenRick and Megan BrentRobert C. Murphy M.D. and

Georgia E. Foster Ph.D.Rona and Neil AsheSam Shine & Betty ShineScott & Heidi MccarthySerra and Mauricio SimbeckSolar SailorStephanie Aaron & Dr. Jack AaronTheodore Donaldson, Ph.DW. Burns Jones MDWalter MetzWilliam and Elizabeth BaerWilliam R. Hare

Gifts in KindArnold & PorterBrion & Pat BlackwelderClaude & Linda TerryDan & Bunny GabelGreg & Sharon McGregorJML DesignMr. Jeff ChungMr. Pierre FischerMr. Richard MoweryPhil & Patricia WilliamsSandy & Ellen Walker

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