Editing Greenpeace (section)

==Organizational structure==

===Governance===
[[File:GPIgovernance&management.png|thumb|upright=1.35|right|The governance and management structure of Greenpeace.]]
Greenpeace consists of ''Greenpeace International'' (officially Stichting Greenpeace Council) based in [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]], and 25 regional offices operating in 55 countries.<ref name="organization">{{cite web |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/how-is-greenpeace-structured |title=Greenpeace, organization |publisher=Greenpeace.org |date=13 November 2008 |access-date=3 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117224158/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/how-is-greenpeace-structured/ |archive-date=17 January 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The regional offices work largely autonomously under the supervision of Greenpeace International. The executive director of Greenpeace is elected by the board members of Greenpeace International. The current international executive director of Greenpeace International is Mads Flarup Christensen and the current Chair of the Board is David Tong.<ref name="executive director">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/International-Executive-Director/|title=Greenpeace International, Executive Director|date=15 January 2016|publisher=Greenpeace.org|access-date=20 May 2016|archive-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531012955/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/International-Executive-Director/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Board">{{cite web |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/how-is-greenpeace-structured/governance-structure/board |title=Greenpeace International, Board of Directors |publisher=Greenpeace.org |date=21 April 2011 |access-date=9 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080426110930/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/how-is-greenpeace-structured/governance-structure/board |archive-date=26 April 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenpeace.org/international/explore/about/governance/|title=Governance}}</ref> Greenpeace has a staff of 2,400<ref name="Annual report 2008">[http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/international-annualreport-2008.pdf Greenpeace, Annual Report 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230012105/http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/international/press/reports/international-annualreport-2008.pdf |date=30 December 2009 }} (pdf)</ref> and 15,000 volunteers globally.<ref name="involved"/>

Each regional office is led by a regional executive director elected by the regional board of directors. The regional boards also appoint a trustee to The Greenpeace International Annual General Meeting, where the trustees elect or remove the board of directors of Greenpeace International. The annual general meeting's role is also to discuss and decide the overall principles and strategically important issues for Greenpeace in collaboration with the trustees of regional offices and Greenpeace International board of directors.<ref name="governance">{{cite web |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/how-is-greenpeace-structured/governance-structure |title=Governance Structure |publisher=Greenpeace.org |date=11 April 2011 |access-date=23 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206184126/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/about/how-is-greenpeace-structured/governance-structure/ |archive-date=6 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Funding===
[[File:2013- Greenpeace contributions, gifts, grants - annually.svg |thumb| Annual amounts of "Contributions, Gifts, Grants and Other Similar Amounts" as reported on U.S. tax returns filed by the Greenpeace Fund, Inc.<ref name=GreenpeaceTaxForms>{{cite web |title=Audited Financials / Form 990 |url=https://greenpeacefund.org/financial-statements/ |website=GreenpeaceFund.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250227204023/https://greenpeacefund.org/financial-statements/ |archive-date=27 February 2025 |url-status=live}} Part VIII.1(h) of Forms 990. Click through image and "More details" button to reach Wikimedia file description page, which lists links to archives of annual data.</ref>]]
[[File:DDC-GP.JPG|thumb|Greenpeace street fundraiser talking to a passer-by]]
Greenpeace receives its funding from individual supporters and foundations.<ref name="GPI-FAQ"/><ref name="HBS"/> It screens all major donations in order to ensure it does not receive unwanted donations.<ref name="funding">{{cite web|url=http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/belgium/nl/press/reports/fundraisingpolicies.pdf|title=Greenpeace Fundraising policies|access-date=21 February 2011|archive-date=21 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521060113/http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/belgium/nl/press/reports/fundraisingpolicies.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Other than the Netherlands' National Postcode Lottery, the biggest government-sponsored lottery in that country, the organization does not accept money from governments, intergovernmental organizations, political parties or corporations in order to avoid their influence.<ref name="GPI-FAQ"/><ref name="HBS"/><ref name="funding"/>

Donations from foundations which are funded by political parties or receive most of their funding from governments or intergovernmental organizations are rejected. Foundation donations are also rejected if the foundations attach unreasonable conditions, restrictions or constraints on Greenpeace activities or if the donation would compromise the independence and aims of the organization.<ref name="funding"/> Since in the mid-1990s the number of supporters started to decrease, Greenpeace pioneered the use of [[Street fundraiser|face-to-face fundraising]] where fundraisers actively seek new supporters at public places, subscribing them for a monthly [[direct debit]] donation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080605013106/http://www.sofii.org/active%20site/Members%20area/FF171GPIF2F.html Greenpeace International – the reinvention of face-to-face fundraising]. sofii.org</ref><ref>Burnett, Ken (2002) ''Relationship Fundraising: A Donor-based Approach to the Business of Raising Money'', The White Lion Press Limited</ref> In 2008, most of the €202.5 million received by the organization was donated by about 2.6 million regular supporters, mainly from Europe.<ref name="Annual report 2008"/> In 2014, the organization's annual revenue was reported to be about €300 million (US$400 million) although they lost about €4 million (US$5 million) in currency speculation that year.<ref>(16 June 2014) [https://apnews.com/63436c5bb9f7456080300e19744d4ead Greenpeace loses $5.2M on rogue employee trading] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112112132/https://apnews.com/63436c5bb9f7456080300e19744d4ead |date=12 November 2019 }} Associated Press, Retrieved 17 December 2014</ref>

In September 2003, [[Public Interest Watch]] (PIW) complained to the [[Internal Revenue Service]] that Greenpeace US's A tax returns were inaccurate and in violation of the law.<ref>[http://www.publicinterestwatch.org/pdfs/PIW_report.pdf Green-Peace, Dirty Money: Tax Violations in the World of Non-Profits]. publicinterestwatch.org {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617224556/http://www.publicinterestwatch.org/pdfs/PIW_report.pdf |date=17 June 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/208215/seeing-greenpeace |title=Seeing Greenpeace &#124; National Review Online |website=[[National Review]] |date=7 October 2003 |access-date=15 November 2015 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117063227/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/208215/seeing-greenpeace |url-status=live }}</ref> The IRS conducted an extensive review and concluded in December 2005 that [[Greenpeace USA]] continued to qualify for its [[tax-exempt]] status. In March 2006 ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that PIW's "federal tax filing, covering August 2003 to July 2004, stated that $120,000 of the $124,095 the group received in contributions during that period came from [[ExxonMobil]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114291044305003774|work=The Wall Street Journal|title=Did a Group Financed by Exxon Prompt IRS to Audit Greenpeace?|date=21 March 2006|first=Steve|last=Stecklow|access-date=3 August 2017|archive-date=14 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014183513/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB114291044305003774|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, after the IRS performed a follow-up audit, which again was clean, and, following claims of politically motivated IRS audits of groups affiliated with the [[Tea Party movement]], Greenpeace U.S. Executive Director [[Phil Radford]] called for a Congressional investigation into all politically motivated audits – including those allegedly targeting the Tea Party Movement, the [[NAACP]], and Greenpeace.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-radford/an-open-letter-to-the-con_b_3293838.html|author-link=Phil Radford|first=Phil|last=Radford|title=Philip Radford: An Open Letter to the Congressional Committee Investigating Politically-Motivated IRS Audits|date=17 May 2013|work=Huffington Post|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-date=4 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904010116/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-radford/an-open-letter-to-the-con_b_3293838.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Digital transformation ===
International Executive Director [[Kumi Naidoo]] declared the 2009 [[2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference|Copenhagen Climate Change Conference]] a "colossal failure" and indicated the organization faced a "burning platform" moment. Naidoo encouraged Greenpeace's international executive directors to embrace new strategies and tactics or risk becoming irrelevant.<ref name="Joslyn">{{Cite web|last=Joslyn|first=Heather|date=14 June 2018|title=A Group Born at Greenpeace Spreads Ideas About Grass-Roots Advocacy|url=https://www.philanthropy.com/article/a-group-born-at-greenpeace-spreads-ideas-about-grass-roots-advocacy/|access-date=17 November 2020|website=www.philanthropy.com}}</ref>

To implement a new strategy approved in 2010, Greenpeace hired Michael Silberman to build a "Digital Mobilisation Centre of Excellence" in 2011,<ref name="Joslyn"/> which turned into the Mobilisation Lab ("MobLab").<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mobilisation Lab |date=2022 |title=Key Resources from Mobilisation Lab |url=https://commonslibrary.org/key-resources-from-mobilisation-lab/ |access-date=20 June 2022 |website=Commons Social Change Library}}</ref> Designed as a source of best practices, testing, and strategy development, the MobLab also focused on increasing digital capacity and promoting community-based campaigning<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Roots|url=https://mobilisationlab.org/about/our-roots/|access-date=17 November 2020|website=MobLab|language=en-US|archive-date=1 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201202958/https://mobilisationlab.org/about/our-roots/|url-status=live}}</ref> in 42 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Radford|first1=Philip |date=20 July 2011|title=Greenpeace to Launch Global Digital Innovation Lab; Hires Michael Silberman, Online Pioneer, To Lead Initiative|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/greenpeace-to-launch-glob_b_904378|access-date=17 November 2020|website=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref> In March 2017, the MobLab spun out of Greenpeace through a joint investment by Greenpeace and [[Civicus|CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation]]."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Announcing a MobLab for your movement|url=https://mobilisationlab.org/stories/announcing-a-moblab-for-your-movement/|access-date=17 November 2020|website=MobLab|date=March 2017 |language=en-US|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203071615/https://mobilisationlab.org/stories/announcing-a-moblab-for-your-movement/|url-status=live}}</ref>