Global Community Global Justice TIDES FOUNDATION Annual Report 2001/2002 TIDES FOUNDATION Tides Foundation actively promotes change toward a healthy society—one founded on principles of social justice, equal economic Our Vision ] opportunity, a robust democratic process and environmental sustainability. We believe healthy societies rely fundamentally upon respect for human rights, the vitality of communities and a celebration of diversity. Tides Foundation partners with donors to increase and organize resources for social change. Our Mission ] We facilitate effective grantmaking programs, create opportunities for learning, and build community among donors and grantees. As a public charity, we strengthen community-based nonprofit organizations and the progressive movement by providing an innovative and cost-effective Our Method ] framework for your philanthropy. We bring together people, resources and vision through Tides donor advised funds, Tides Initiatives, funding collaboratives, gatherings and learning opportunities, family foundation and institutional management services, comprehensive and customized program services and more. cover and back photos: Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images Table of Contents Letter from the Executive Director 2 Global Community, Global Justice: 2001 International Highlights 3 Tides Foundation Partner Highlight: Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights 6 Tides Foundation Initiatives: Building a Progressive Philanthropic Community 8 International Giving with Tides Foundation 10 Values. Vision. Strategy: Tides Philanthropic Services 12 Board of Directors 14 Staff 15 Information for Grantseekers 17 2001 Grants List 17 2001 Financial Statements 28 [ Global Community, Global Sustainability, Global Justice “In this year’s annual The world did seem to change during the past 12 months. report, we are going to Most generations believe that their particular era is a time of great change and import. talk about those And it is a common malady to invest more historical significance in those moments which we organizations that reject experience first hand. both parochial But it seems safe to say that 2001 and 2002 are years that will be marked, analyzed, isolationism and profit- second-guessed and always remembered. At times, it seems we have been on the brink of driven globalization; political and economic chaos. Other times, our faith in humanity has been renewed. Mostly, we have become much more aware of our role as global citizens. individuals who gather around principles of For many people in the Tides community, thinking globally while acting locally is second nature. equity, peace, Traditionally, however, for most people in the United States that has not been the case. And if there has been one marked change over the past year, this would be it. For an ever-growing sustainability and the number of reasons, thinking globally has become a new national pastime. protection of human rights and dignity—the Yet when discussing global developments, the media and the opinion makers all too frequently divide the world into two groups of people: the fragmented isolationists, who tightly group grassroots globalists. around ideas of nationalism, ethnicity or religious beliefs; or multinational corporations who are stratifying the globe with aggressive free market practices and saturating the world with In 2001, Tides Foundation western media hegemony. granted more than $75 But in this year’s Tides Foundation annual report, we are going to talk about the third sector in million to over 2,000 this international dialogue: popular organizations that reject both parochial isolationism and social change nonprofit profit-driven globalization; activists who create international connections based on the common good; individuals who gather around principles of equity, peace, robust democracy, economic organizations. More and ecological sustainability and the protection of human rights and dignity. In the words of than 13 percent of that philosopher Hazel Henderson, these are the grassroots globalists. grantmaking—in excess Thanks to our committed community of individual and institutional partners here at Tides of $9.5 million—was Foundation, we have spent the past 26 years supporting such efforts in the U.S. and around the directed to international world. Through the generosity of our donors, we are able to support social change nonprofits organizations and who are improving their corner of the world—and, by extension, changing the world. domestic nonprofits In 2001, Tides Foundation granted more than $75 million to over 2,000 organizations, engaged in domestically and internationally. At Tides Foundation we are always willing and eager to work international work.” with our donors who want to support positive social change organizations—whether they’re around the block or around the world. So once again, to all of our past, present and future partners, Thank you Idelisse Malavé, Executive Director 2 ] Tides Annual Report 2001/2002 Global Community, Global Justice In 2001, Tides Foundation granted more than $75 2001 International Highlights million to over 2,000 social change nonprofit organizations. More than 13 percent of that The Chitungwiza Integrated grantmaking—in excess of $9.5 million—was directed [ Youth Survival Alternative Project to international organizations and domestic nonprofits engaged in international work. Issue Areas: Economic Development and Justice, Youth Organizing Tides Foundation is truly a global community—we work with donors, institutions and nonprofit Strategies: Training, Technical Assistance organizations in the United States and throughout the Constituents: Youth world. Our mission for the past 26 years has been to Geography: Zimbabwe bring resources, vision and people together for Tides Support Structure: Grants through a Tides Donor progressive social change. Advised Fund At a time when “globalization” has become short-hand Young people in Zimbabwe face tremendous challenges as for “greed,” it is important to highlight organizations they struggle to make a living. The country’s ongoing that offer an alternative definition. With our economic and political crises and the resulting violence philanthropic partners and grantees, we have been and insecurity have made it difficult for youth to find working toward a positive form of globalism—a meaningful education and work opportunities. worldwide respect for human rights, peace, justice and In Chitungwiza, a township near the capital Harare, an sustainability. estimated one million young people are unemployed. In response to the situation, local youth have established This year’s annual report focuses on a few of the many Chitungwiza Integrated Youth Survival Alternative Project international grantees that have been supported by (CHIYSAP). In addition to offering training in carpentry, donor advised funds and giving vehicles at Tides welding and dressmaking, CHIYSAP holds weekly Foundation. As always, we would like to thank all of leadership workshops where youth discuss issues such as our philanthropic partners for making such important participatory democracy and work possible. In Chitungwiza an local governance, HIV/AIDS estimated one million prevention, gender discrimination, and the role of young people are women in society. Young unemployed. In people also help guide response, local youth CHIYSAP’s program work through their participation on have established the management board. CHIYSAP, which offers trainings In what is a truly integrated program, graduates are from carpentry to eligible to participate in AIDS prevention CHIYSAP’s small business to bookkeeping. trainings, where they learn bookkeeping, financial management and business planning. From here, participants can apply to receive small business start-up loans from CHIYSAP’s microcredit program. Through Tides Foundation donor advised funds, individual donors are able to reach across continents to support vital programs such as CHIYSAP in Zimbabwe, where youth survival and economic justice go hand in hand. Courtesy of IDEX Courtesy Tides Annual Report 2001/2002 [ 3 “The social dimension of ecology is crucial. People destroyed the environment, and only people can save it by creating a real basis for sustainable development.” Images Salgado/Amazonas Sebastião Sebastião Salgado 2001 International Highlights (cont.) Instituto [ Terra Issue Area: Environmental Sustainability However, Instituto Terra is not solely focused on planting Strategies: Research, Education, Environmental Activism trees. The organization’s broader aim is to create a model of regeneration of the Atlantic Forest, which generates Brazil Geography: income through sustainable use of the land and forest Tides Support Structure: Global Support Fund resources and raises ecological awareness across Brazil. In 1500, Brazil’s Atlantic Forest covered an area twice the By working shoulder-to-shoulder with Brazil’s Landless size of Texas. Today, 93 percent of that forest has been Workers’ Movement (MST) and the local farming destroyed. The remaining seven percent is regarded by communities, Instituto Terra is a key element in one of the many as one of the richest and most threatened largest social movements of the 21st century. The ecosystems on earth. organization’s projects include an environmental center in Southeast Brazil, which educates audiences from students Internationally acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado and teachers, to forest engineers and political leaders. and his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado founded