International Rivers

Annual Report 2017

SIPHANDONE RAPIDS_A stretch of the Mekong River in southern Laos threatened by the Don Sahong Dam dam.

Photo by Pai Deetes, International Rivers.

Progress for Rivers Across Borders 3

Financial Statement 4

Recognition of Support 5

Connect With Us 6

Our Impact in 2017

OU RIVER_A fisherman navigates

the Ou River.

Photo bySabrina Gyorvary.

MyanmarIn response to mounting civil

society pressure, the country’senergy minister publicly

deprioritized megadams in thecountry’s strategy to tacklechronic power shortages.

NepalWe moved the

Green Climate Fundto withdraw its first majorhydropower investment.

GeorgiaInternational Rivers helped

convene activists from aroundthe world to share experiences

and strategize new waysto protect the world’s

rivers.

DRCOur reports on the flawed

economics and renewable energyalternatives to the proposed

Inga 3 Dam project andrenewable energy alternatives

“dealt a death-blow” to theproject, according to

one media outlet.

ThailandThe Supreme Court acceptedour legal complaints that the

government is required to informand consult with those

impacted by cross-borderprojects like thePak Beng dam.

BrazilClose friend and partner,

Antônia Melo, was awarded theAlexander Soros Foundation Award for her

unwavering commitment to protectthe rivers and people of the Amazon.

•We supported our indigenous Munduruku

partners in occupying the main work campof the São Manoel hydroelectric dam

on the Teles Pires River to secureimportant concessions from

its developers.

ChileWith our partners, wecompelled two majorcorporations to return

water rights to twoof Patagonia’s iconic,

free-flowing rivers.

United StatesThe World Bank approvedjust one new dam in 2017

–the fewest in years–thanks in large part to

the advocacy ofour network.

NigerWe compelled developers

to downscale the Kandadji Dam,which would have displacedtens of thousands of peopleand impaired waterways that

support local agriculture.

New ZealandThe Whanangui was finallygranted the legal rights of aperson helping spur rivers

from the Ganges in India tothe Atroto River in Colombia

to follow suit.

UPDATE

Progress for Rivers Across Borders

ANTONIA MELO_Photo by Verena Glass.

PATAGONIA, CHILE_Activists gathered at El Manzano on the Río Baker to rally for free-flowing rivers in Chile and celebrate the International

Day of Action for Rivers in 2011.

Photo by Berklee Lowrey-Evans.

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Financial Statement BoardScott Spann, Chair

Leonard Sklar, Vice Chair

Deborah Moore, Treasurer

Leslie Leslie, Secretary

Kate Horner, Executive Director

Jane Baldwin

Olivier Bercault

Brent Blackwelder

Gary Cook

Kenneth Greenstein

Patrick McCully

Virali Modi-Parekh

Juan Pablo Orrego

Athena Ronquillo-Ballesteros

Susanne Wong

2017 Income:

Grants: $1,627,953 Contributions: $311,687 Other: $72,749

2017 Expenses:

Programs: $1,841,895 Admininistration: $293,185 Fundraising: $279,315

2017 Net Assets:

Beginning: $1,506,648 Ending: $1,104,642

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Individual DonorsWendy AddisonVictoria AfeicanoHeidi AllenClifford AndersonE.N. AndersonJohn AndersonRachelle ApseDavid ArkinSally ArnoldJohn ArthurDevin BakerHerbert BarthelPaul BeachSusann BeeckenEdward BennettOlivier BercaultDavid BlakeMaria Tara BlascoPeter BosshardBaruch BoxerDorian BrooksUlrich BrossmannNigel BrownChris BrownPedro BrufaoZoe Katherine BurkeKathryn BurnettJuan Paolo CastanoCatherine CaufieldKatherine ChaitinSteven ChapmanAnirvan ChatterjeeLaura ChenelCinnie ChouMichael ChristopherMatthew ClamanVirginia CoeNoah Cohen-ClineKenneth ConcaGary CookLeslie CoonWilliam M. Cox, MDMichael DanielsMonica DavisNick Dedina

Thomas DemarcoHelen and Raj DesaiZephyr DetranoTom DorseyElinor DowlingMarta DruryJonathan DwyerKathleen EckerElfatih EisaDan EisensteinMelissa EizenbergNeil ElliottDavid EnglishKelly EvansRob EverettKaren FedorovMary FelleyKyla FisherMichele FlanneryAlexander FlemmerNorman FrankErich Franz SchimpsDuncan FratesAndrew FriedmanJune GarciaSteven GaskinCaleb GatesLaura GerwitzCharles R. GibbsLeah GibbsMark GieseMark GillVincent GirardKen GoldsmithDiana GoldsteinJonmin GoodlandJenckyn GoosbyDavid GordonRichard GoulbornJane GrossmanM GustafsonLiem HaRobert HahnRobert HalcombNancy HammettKerry HansonKathryn HarlowAndrew Harrell

Fatima HasabelnabyAnna HawkenChristine HayesChristopher HermanDebra HigginsJohanna HillRobert HitchcockElliott HornerKate HornerMichael HorowitzAviva ImhofElliot JacobsPadma JagannathanTonia JamesAlfred JanssenAlex JohnHuey JohnsonLynn JordanPeter JowersJonathan KempseyJustin KingThomas KingNoel KirshenbaumSusan KopmanSteven KrolikJennifer KullgrenKathryn LeeMiha LenicLeslie LeslieSarah LeslieZahavah LevineKaren LevyDenni LiebowitzHeather LindDoug LinneyEdward LorraineCliff LoucksElizabeth LucasRalph LukenLee MacDonaldClaire ManojlovicMarilyn MarshallGeorge MartinKurt MartinPatrick McCully and Sarah BardeenJulie H. McKeeMary McPherson

Joan Marie MichelsenJeff MileyEdith MiranteColleen MlecochMilan MomirovGilbert MonnardDeborah Moore and Adam DawsonLaurel MoorheadDan MorganCharity MoschopoulosDaniel MossAlison MurrayGaurav NagpalCharles NeidichThomas NergerJohn PaisleyJavier PalmaNat ParkerDavid PellowJanine PerlmanAndrea PiaDeirdre PopplewellRichard QuartaroliBonnie RaittKen RansfordDonna RauppNancy ReichardJennifer ReidBrian RichterSimon RichterLemlem RijioJames RobertsonDaniel RoemerAndre RollingerJason and Ali Rosenholtz-WittDavid RosensteinBrian RossClaudia RousseauBrian RowleyBob RutemoellerKadie SalfiAndrea SanchezStewart SandersRudo Angela Sanyanga Hungwe

Manojkumar SaranathanMary SariJ. SassamanHagar ScherCalla SchmidtSusan SchwartzAnne ScottThayer ScudderAntoinette SebastianWalter SedgwickRosalind SeyssesVibha ShahDaniel ShivelyJacob SiggDaniel SilverDavid SimonLeonard SklarKathryn SklarLadan SobhaniGerard SocciR. Scott SpannSarah B. StewartWill StillwellSusan StrasserJim SugiyamaBo SvenssonMary SweetersDaniel TabbushShanti TangriBernie TershyNicolas ThonnerieuxPetur ThorleifssonBrian TownsElizabeth Tran BozziMaureen VachalPaul and Patti VachalTom Van HettemaConnie Vander VeldeDavid VineTheodore Von Der AhePeter VorsterGisa WagnerMarie WakefieldChristina WalkerWilla Klein WalshBernhard WehrliBrian K. Weissbuch

P. WellnerJo WelschLeon WerdingerTimothy WernetteEffie WesterveltDavid WikanderAndrew WilcoxKimberly WileyCharles WilkinsonLawrence F. WilliamsCrystal WilliamsWendy WilsonJonathan WittwerGary WocknerSusanne WongKimm WongMary WoolseyClaudia WornumGary YulesMargaret ZhouMarc ZimmermanScott ZimmermannBen Zuckerman

Foundations11th Hour Project, Schmidt Family FoundationAmerican Jewish World ServiceARIA FoundationThe Asia FoundationThe Baldwin Family FundThe Baltoro TrustBruce M Rich Philanthropic FundConservation, Food & Health FoundationC.S. Mott FoundationCritical Ecosystem Partnership FundGlobal Greengrants FundHeatherbrooks FundJohn D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Marisla FoundationThe McKnight FoundationMJ Shainwald Fund for Social JusticeThe Mulago FoundationThe New Place FundOrchard House FoundationOxfam AustraliaOxfam NovibPanta Rhea FoundationPatagonia Environmental Grants ProgramPledgeling FoundationPorticus Latin AmericaRockefeller Brothers FundSwift FoundationSynchronicity EarthTikva Grassroots Empowerment Fund of Tides FoundationWinky Foundation

CorporationsAmazonSmileHaloCardLindsay Construction, Inc.

Matching GiftsApple, Inc.The Clorox CompanyDeutsche Bank Americas FoundationQUALCOMM Matching Gift Program

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TAPAJÓS RIVER_The Tapajós River, where

a series of dams would flood national parks,

reserves and indigenous lands on this major

Amazon tributary.

Photo byInternational Rivers.