Since 2009, The Tides Foundation and Tides Canada Foundation have granted at least $40 million to organizations involved in anti-pipeline activism in the U.S., Canada and in Europe. Of that $40 million, at least $25 million was explicitly for anti-pipeline activity while $15 million went to the same organizations for general, related or unspecified purposes.

Below, here are excerpts of the U.S. tax returns showing more than 400 payments to 100 environmental and First Nations organizations that have been funded as part of the anti-pipeline Tar Sands Campaign.

Note: For 2014 and 2016, the excerpts provided are from a list of grants published by the Tides Foundation. These lists do not include the stated purpose for which the funds were granted. As such, it cannot be assumed that the payments made in 2014 and 2016 were necessarily for the Tar Sands Campaign.

1. 840450 Ltd. Fort Chipewayan, Alberta:

2. Alberta Environment Network Society, Edmonton, Alberta:

3. Association Quebecois de Luttre Contre la Pollution Atmosphérique

4. Beaver Lake Cree Nation

5. Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society

6. Canadian Youth Climate Coalition (via the Polaris Institute):

7. Canadian Climate Action Network (initially paid via the Sierra Club of Canada)

8. Centre for Policy Alternatives

9. Conservation Council of New Brunswick

10. Conservation for Responsible Economic Development (CRED)

11. Council of Canadians

12. DeSmogBlog Society - NOTE: This was for "opposition research-based journalism and distribution" and was paid via the Sustainable Markets Foundation.

13. DI Foundation - NOTE: This grant was made via Tides Canada Foundation

14. Driftwood Foundation

15. Dogwood Initiative:

16. Ducks Unlimited Canada

Note: These payments were for the Athabasca Watershed Water Quality Research Project. These payments were for "research to document the extent of polycyclic hydrocarbon being released from Alberta tar sands operation and in support of the Taku NGO campaign." Given the description of the purposes for which these funds were paid, it seems to me that these funds were granted as part of the Tar Sands Campaign. However, other than these payments, I have seen no evidence that Ducks Unlimited Canada is explicitly involved in the Tar Sands Campaign.



$191,773 (2009) paid via Tides Canada Foundation



NOTE: Tides Canada also paid Ducks Unlimited Canada $US-200,000 in 2008 for the same project.

17. Ecojustice

18. Ecology Action Centre

19. Ecology Ottawa

20. Environmental Defence Canada Inc.:

21. Equiterre

22. Forest Ethics Advocacy

23. Georgia Strait Alliance

24. Gitga'at First Nation

25. Global Forest Watch Canada:

26. Great Bear Rainforest Initiative (formerly The Turning Point Initiative)

27. Greenpeace Canada

28. Idle No More

29. Indigenous Climate Action

30. Indigenous Tar Sands Campaign (paid through the Polaris Institute)

31. The Institute for New Economics Public Research - Note: These grants were made by Tides Canada Foundation

32. Iron and Earth

33. Keepers of the Athabasca:

34. Ktunaxa Nation Council Society

35. Leadnow

36. LI - The Leadership Institute - "Hollyhock"

37. Living Oceans Society:

38. Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition

39. Northwest Institute for Bioregional Research Society:

40. Pembina Foundation for Environmental Research

41. Pembina Institute:

42. Pipe Up Association:

43. Quebec Environmental Law Centre:

44. Raincoast Conservation Society

45. Respecting Aboriginal and Environmental Law (RAVEN) - for the Pull Together Campaign

46. Saik'Uz First Nation - for the Yinka Dene Alliance

47. Salal Foundation - NOTE: This grant was made by Tides Canada Foundation

48. Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation:

49. Sierra Club of Canada Foundation:

50. Sisu Society:

51. Tides Canada Foundation

52. Tides Canada Initiative Society

53. Transition Initiative Kenora

54. Tsleil-Waututh First Nation & Tsleil-Waututh Four Directions

55. T. Buck Suzuki Foundation

56. Tanker Free B.C. Society

57. Tyee Society

58. Water Matters Society of Alberta

59. West Coast Environmental Law Research Foundation

60. Western Canada Wilderness Committee

61. World Wildlife Fund Canada

62. European Federation of Transport & the Environment:

63. Friends of the Earth Europe

64. 350.org

65. Backbone

66. Bold Nebraska

67. Boreal Songbird Initiative

68. Corporate Ethics International

69. Center for Energy Matters

70. Ceres Inc.

71. Earth Island Institute:

72. Earthjustice

73. Earthworks

74. Environment America Research & Policy, Washington DC:

75. Environmental Law & Policy Center, Chicago IL:

76. Environment Maine Research & Policy, Portland Maine:

77. Friends of the Earth:

78. ForestEthics (now STAND):

79. Fresh Energy

80. Indigenous Environmental Network

81. Honor The Earth

82. League of Conservation Voters

83. Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Saint Paul, Minnesota:

84. MN350

85. Nebraska Easement Action Team, Hastings, Nebraska:

86. Nebraska Farmers Union, Lincoln, Nebraska:

87. Natural Resources Defense Council, New York NY:

88. New Venture Fund, Washington DC:

89. Nextwave Foundation

90. National Wildlife Federation, Washington DC:

91. Oil Change International:

92. Plains Justice:

93. Polaris Institute:

94. Progress Now:

95. Public Citizen:

96. Rainforest Action Network

97. Riverkeeper

98. Sierra Club Foundation

99. SumOfUs

$358,750 (2014) NOTE: The purpose for which these funds were paid is not stated.

(2014) NOTE: The purpose for which these funds were paid is not stated.

$443,302 (2016)

100. Sustainable Markets Foundation

$247,429 (2014) NOTE: The purpose for which these funds were paid is not stated.

101. Texas Fund for Energy & Environment

102. Tides Center' Global Community Monitor

103. Western Organization of Resource Councils, Billings Montana:

104. UK Tar Sands Network (Platform, London):