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- Assets: $2,838,435 (2005)
- Grants Awarded: $1,437,579 (2005)
The H.W. Buckner Charitable Residuary Trust is principally a funder and promoter of radical environmentalist groups. It also earmarks some of its philanthropy for social services, education and youth projects in Rhode Island, and for the World Music Institute, which encourages cultural exchange between nations and ethnic groups.
Among the organizations supported by Buckner are: the Rainforest Action Network; the Midwest Academy; the Wilderness Society; the Natural Resources Defense Council; the National Wildlife Federation; the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; the Center for Coastal Studies; the Wildlands Project; Forest Watch; Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Harlem Children's Zone; Union of Concerned Scientists; the Corporation for Supportive Housing; the National Association of Physicians for the Environment; the Trust for Public Land; the Women's Prison Association and Home; the Nature Conservancy; Urban Justice; Restore the North Woods; Land Trust Alliance; the Child Welfare Organizing Project; the Welfare Law Center; Environmental Advocates; and the Humane Society of the United States (not to be confused with the American Humane Association, which is a bona fide animal welfare group).
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