| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description |
OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Continuation from form 900, Part III, Line 4a - Program Service AccomplishmentsINTERNATIONAL & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIESBorneo Project brings international attention and support to community-led efforts to defend forests, sustainable livelihoods, and human rights in Malaysian Borneo.Friends of Muonde supports locally driven efforts to foment creativity and sustainable development in the Mazvihwa and neighboring areas of south central Zimbabwe. Sacred Land Film Project produces a variety of media and educational materials designed to rekindle reverence for land, increase respect for cultural diversity, stimulate dialogue about nature and culture, and help protect sacred lands and diverse spiritual practices. Seeding Sovereignty is a multigenerational, youth-led, multi-ethnic coalition working to pool our strengths to build a movement based on centuries of traditional native knowledge and modern day environmental protection. Viva Sierra Gorda (formerly Friends of Sierra Gorda) is building public and private partnerships for long-term conservation and sustainability of high biodiversity regions in extreme poverty, particularly the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.OCEAN & WATER1000 Fountains~ is focused on eliminating the demand for single-use plastic water bottles by building a network of 1000 drinking fountains throughout San Francisco. If we want to reduce plastic waste in our oceans and rivers, we have to reduce the production of plastic products.Alaska Clean Water Advocacy (formerly Campaign to Safeguard Americas Waters) works to protect and maintain the beneficial uses of all public waters by advocating for the full implementation of the goals and objectives of the Clean Water Act.All One Ocean educates people about the destructive impacts of our trash by providing a simple way for beachgoers, any time they visit the beach, to help clean up our Ocean, beautify beaches and prevent needless death and suffering to marine life.Wholly H20 is a catalyst for sustainable, localized water management in California. Their education and outreach advances locally-appropriate solutions for water conservation and water reuse.POLLUTION & TOXICSALERT: A Locally Empowered Response Team (formerly Energy Democracy Program) empowers front-line communities, at-risk from social, economic, and environmental impacts of oil activities, to have a voice in the energy choices that impact them.Break Free from Plastic U.S.~ is working towards a plastic free future through systemic change focused on prevention rather than cure and on providing effective solutions. Plastic Pollution Coalition is a global alliance of individuals, organizations, businesses and policy makers working toward a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impact on humans, animals, the ocean, and the environment.Save our Soil (formerly Safe Food and Fertilizer) seeks to ban the use of hazardous and other industrial wastes in fertilizer, soil amendments, and animal feeds due to of their potential risk to human health and the environment.SUSTAINBILITY & COMMUNITY RESILIENCECalifornia Institute for Community, Art, and Nature is home to a family of projects designed to create community and capture the human imagination; furthering the battle for a sustainable, healthy, diverse, and beautiful world through beauty, joy, and laughter.Changing Gears Community Bike Shop** is a social enterprise that recycles used bikes and benefits the under-served people of our local area through bicycle sales, repairs, job training, and service opportunities. Environmental Finance Center West works to create a more sustainable world, through research, training, and capacity building that integrates economy, environment, community, and culture.Ethical Traveler is dedicated to educating travelers about the social and environmental impact of their decisions, showing how travel can be a potent form of diplomacy, and giving travelers a forum through which their united voices can serve the world community.Green Schoolyard America is a national organization that expands and strengthens the green schoolyard movement and empowers Americans to become stewards of their school and neighborhood environments.Richmond Trees promotes and grows the City of Richmonds urban forest and green infrastructure through community planting, tree care, education and advocacy in order to improve the health and well-being of the diverse Richmond community.Rooted in Resilience** (formerly Bay Localize) inspires and supports community leaders in building equitable, resilient communities.Transition Earth promotes human rights and natures rights in a world of unsustainable population and economic growth and advocates for global systems change to enable the shift to a sustainable planet for all.WILDLIFE PROTECTIONEcovet Global partners with organizations and communities around the world to improve animal health (domestic and wildlife) as a sustainable path to resolving issues connecting poverty, threats to public health, food insecurity, and loss of biodiversity.International Marine Mammal Project is leading the international effort to stop the slaughter of dolphins, end commercial whaling, eliminate the use of drift nets, halt commercial exploitation of cetaceans by aquariums and sea parks, and protect key whale and dolphin habitats.Project Coyote is a coalition of wildlife scientists, educators, ranchers, and community leaders promoting compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science, and advocacy.Raptors are the Solution educates people about the ecological role of raptors and the enormous danger to raptors and all wildlife, as well as pets and children, from the wide use and availability of rat poisons.SAVE International (Spoonbill Action Voluntary Echo) seeks to protect the critically endangered Black-faced Spoonbill and its Asian habitat throughout its flyway by promoting alternative economic development and long-term sustainability of the ecosystems and local communities.Shark Stewards mission is to protect sharks and other imperiled marine life restoring health to the oceans and protecting critical marine habitat. Stop Fish Bombing U.S.A.~ is developing strategies for using blast detection technology to support law enforcement and local communities in their efforts to end the dangerous and destructive practice of fishing with explosives.Urban Bird Foundation** (formerly Burrowing Owl Conservation Network) works to engage, educate and nurture a broad-based constituency to ensure the conservation of bird populations, and preserve the interconnected relationship between people and nature.WildFutures (formerly the Wildlife Network) works with scientists, government agencies, and nonprofits to bridge the gap between science and conservation, finding collaborative ways to develop and implement effective conservation strategies.WOMENS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIPClimate Wise Women is a global platform for the promotion of womens leadership on climate change.Global Womens Water Initiative is training and building a movement of local women water experts bringing sustainable water solutions to their communities. Womens Earth Alliance invests in grassroots womens leadership to drive solutions to our most pressing ecological concerns water, food, land, and climate.Women for Wildlife~ is an international movement to support, empower, and unite women and girls around the world who are passionately devoted to wildlife and conservation.YOUTH EMPOWERMENTCalifornia Student Sustainability Coalition unites, connects, supports, and empowers students from across California to transform their educational institutions and communities into models of ecological, economic, and social sustainability.Conservation Kids connects the next generation of young adults with the environment through the use of photography.Generation Waking Up is igniting a generation of young people to bring forth a thriving, just, and sustainable world. Through workshops and leadership training programs, GWU is empowering the rising generation with the skills they need to thrive in the 21st century.Ultimate Civics is changing minds, changing culture, changing the Constitution: they work in schools and communities across the nation to empower youth (and adults) to challenge corporate power and co-create the democracy we thought we had.Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a summer camp focused on leadership development for teens interested in environmental and social change. A life changing camp for world-changing teens.*These projects were inactive during all or part of fiscal year 2019.**These projects separated from Earth Island during the fiscal year 2019.~These projects were new to Earth Island in fiscal year 2019. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: New Leaders InitiativeNew Leaders Initiative identifies, trains, and supports young environmental leaders in North America. Each year our Brower Youth Awards program hon |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management |
Earth Island Institute Policy for Board Approval of CompensationThe Executive Director of Earth Island Institute is the principal representative of Earth Island Institute, Inc., and the person responsible for the efficient operation of the organization. Therefore, it is the desire of Earth Island Institute to provide a fair yet reasonable and not excessive compensation for the Executive Director and other highly compensated employees and consultants.The annual process for determining compensation is as follows: Earth Island Institute's full board shall annually evaluate the Executive Director on his/her performance, and ask for his/her input on matters of performance and compensation.Board Approval. A Board Evaluation Committee will collect research and information in order to make a recommendation to the full board for the compensation (salary and benefits) of the Executive Director and other highly compensated employees or consultants based on a review of comparability data. For example, the Committee will secure data that documents compensation levels and benefits for similarly qualified individuals In comparable positions at similar organizations. This data may include the following:1 Salary and benefit compensation studies by independent sources;2 Written job offers for positions at similar organizations;3 Documented telephone calls about similar positions at both nonprofit and for- profit organizations;and4 Information obtained from the IRS Form 990 filings of similar organizations.Concurrent Documentation. To approve the compensation for the Executive Director and other highly compensated employees and consultants the board must document how It reached its decisions, including the data on which It relied, in minutes of the meeting during which the compensation was approved. Documentation will include:a) A description of the compensation and benefits and the date it was approved;b) The members of the board who were present during the discussion about compensation and benefits, and the results of the vote;c) A description of the comparability data relied upon and how the data was obtained; andd) Any actions taken {such as abstaining from discussion and vote) with respect to consideration of the compensation by anyone who is otherwise a member of the board but who had a conflict of interest with respect to the decision on the compensation and benefits.Independence in Setting Compensation: The Chair of the board of directors, who is a volunteer and not compensated by the Earth Island Institute, will operate independently without undue influence from the Executive Director.No member of the Evaluation Committee will be a staff member, the relative of a staff member, or have any relationship with staff that could present a conflict of interest. |
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