Wallace Global Fund

The Wallace Global Fund "is guided by the vision of the late Henry A. Wallace, former Secretary of Agriculture and Vice-President under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Committed to serving the general welfare, his life exemplified farsightedness, global vision, and receptivity to new ideas. He was keenly interested in scientific innovation as a force to enhance human well-being and had an abiding faith in the individual's spirit and capacity to bring about sound and just social change. The Fund was established by his son, Robert B. Wallace (1918-2002) in 1995, and grew out of the Wallace Genetic Foundation, founded in 1965 by Henry A. Wallace.

"The mission of the Wallace Global Fund is to promote an informed and engaged citizenry, to fight injustice, and to protect the diversity of nature and the natural systems upon which all life depends."

2005 Media Grants

 * Free Press –$100,000
 * Independent Media Institute/Alternet - $150,000
 * Institute for Social & Cultural Change/South End Press - $25,000
 * Link Media Inc./Link TV $100,000
 * Public Communicators, Inc/Free Speech TV - $35,000
 * Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) - $25,000
 * Media Access Project - $50,000
 * Institute for Public Accuracy - $35,000


 * Wallace Global Fund: 2010 Grants

Staff
Accessed January 2010: Same staff in September 2012.


 * Ellen Dorsey - Executive Director
 * Richard Mott - Senior Program Officer for the Environment
 * Tina Kroll-Guerch - Administrative Director
 * Allison Barlow - Consultant, Civic Engagement and Media
 * Susan Gibbs - Consultant, Women's Empowerment, Human Rights, and Population

2007 Staff

 * Melissa S. Dann - Executive Director
 * Bettina Kroll-Guerch - Executive Assistant
 * Scott Denman - Senior Program Officer, Reconnecting People and Places
 * Amy Salzman - Senior Program Officer, Climate/Energy/Biodiversity
 * Susan Gibbs - Consultant, Women's Empowerment
 * Brenda Coughlin - Consultant, Media
 * Bracken Hendricks - Consultant, Civic Engagement

Trustees
Accessed January 2010:


 * Scott Fitzmorris
 * Christy Wallace
 * Janet Wallace
 * Randall Wallace
 * Scott Wallace

In September 2012 the board was the same except Janet was no longer a trustee.

Contact

 * Web: http://wgf.org

Related SourceWatch

 * Jonathan Lash - former board member
 * Suzanne Ehlers
 * Catherine Cameron - former executive director
 * Susan Wallace - former trustee (in 2007 at least)
 * Scott Denman has been serving as acting executive director in the interim
 * Center for Economic Research and Social Change - grantee
 * Peter Kinder