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In article <1994Feb05.102959.1292@hakatac.almanac.bc.ca>
rthomas@hakatac.almanac
.bc.ca (Robert N Thomas) writes:
>   I am wondering who Greenpeaces major contributors are... I don't think
>we will ever really know, especially given the possible existance of
>"secret" bank accounts with tens of millions of dollars in them..  At
least
>with Share Our Resources they are "open about it", and are open about
>who produced what pamphlet..
 
Well, Greenpeace Canada accepts no funding from government or
corporations.  We even ditched our tax deductible status a few years ago
(there s is still the GP Canadian Cheritable foundation that issues tax
receipts, but it's *very* small and we only every  use it to make
educational supplies etc)  We have turned down donations from unions and
when an official employees group at the bank of Montreal offered our local
office a cheque for $300 we spent a week debating whether or not to accept
it (we did eventually).  so the organization as a whole is *very(* strict
about funding sources.
 
Where does the funding come from?  Well, by and large it comes from
individual donations received through the door and phone canvass in
Canada.  Gp International recieves its funding through "tithes" (I hate
that word!) from countries where GP has a fundraising network.  In Canada,
the tithe is 24 per cent.  GP I also gets funding through a lot of
merchandising (ie: our last LP netted $8 million).
 
As for Share...  tell me again how much of Share's money comes from
Fletcher Challenge?  I'll go a-digging in my files and come up with the
list of funders of Share and post them.  But if my memory serves me
correctly it's mostly from industry and anti-environmental
orgainizations.
 
------->Grant Horwood
GP Calgary
ravachol@debug.cuc.ab.ca