Rainforest Foundation

The Rainforest Foundation is a left-progressive 501(c)(3) organization which advocates for preserving rainforests and indigenous land.1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Environmental Policy, Identity Politics (for race-based policy/activism)
Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 95-1622945
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $6,783,767 Revenue: $7,797,512 Expenses: $9,819,859

The Rainforest Foundation is a left-progressive 501(c)(3) organization which advocates for preserving rainforests and indigenous land.1

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $6,783,767 $7,797,512 $9,819,859 View
2023 $9,702,463 $9,413,252 $9,833,586 View
2022 $10,319,736 $11,163,366 $8,928,567 View
2021 $5,978,799 $7,119,175 $4,808,973 View
2020 $4,078,859 $7,455,072 $5,679,246 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 33

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Christine HalvorsonPROGRAM DIRECTOR$266,081
Suzanne PelletierPRESIDENT$229,178
Julie HudsonDIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT$180,844
Kim ChaixDIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS$170,080
Joshua LichtensteinPOLICY DIRECTOR$167,907
James Cameron EllisFIELD SCIENCES DIRECTOR$152,127

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $24,398,155
  • Number of Grants: 526
  • Number of Funders: 221

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$1,250,0002023 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO CARBON MARKETS
$1,250,0002022 The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFOR BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO CARBON MARKETS
$1,100,0002025 The Ford FoundationCore support for the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities to facilitate communication and engagement by forest peoples' networks in international climate change fora and strategically important regional and global events
$1,000,0002023 THE SKOLL FUNDEnvironment
$1,000,0002023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$784,3772020 Network for Good, Inc.Unrestricted
$765,0002023 CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATIONPROJECT SUPPORT
$750,0002023 The Ford FoundationCore support for the Joint Global Communications project to facilitate communication by forest peoples' networks in international climate change fora and strategically important regional events
$675,0002024 The Ford FoundationCore support for the Global Alliance Of Territorial Communities for its Global Communications project to facilitate communication by forest peoples' networks in international climate change fora and strategically important regional events
$646,0642022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$640,0002020 The Ford FoundationCore support for a Joint Global Communications Plan project to facilitate communication by forest peoples' networks in international climate change fora and strategically important regional events
$533,4672023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$500,0002022 The Ford FoundationCore support for the Joint Global Communications project to facilitate communication by forest peoples' networks in international climate change fora and strategically important regional events
$466,3862024 Rights and Resources Institute IncSTRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE OF THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF TERRITOIRIAL COMMUNITIES
$350,0002023 The Rockefeller FoundationGrant in support of studying and documenting the role of indigenous food systems in advancing regenerative agricultural outcomes in Central Africa, Indonesia, Mesoamerica and the Amazon Basin
$350,0002023 Rights and Resources Institute IncSTRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE OF THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF TERRITORIAL COUMMUNITIES
$300,0002024 The David and Lucile Packard Foundationfor core support for women & youth movements of The Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC)
$300,0002023 Hampshire Foundation IncPROGRAM SUPPORT
$250,0002024 The Christensen FundCORE SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL ALLIANCE OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES — A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF THE RAINFOREST FOUNDATION, INC.
$249,1282022 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
$218,0252023 Nia Tero FoundationSUPPORT PROTECTING FORESTS AND RIGHTS IN GUYANA
$200,0002021 Nia Tero FoundationPROTECTING FORESTS AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
$194,5852021 Network for Good, Inc.UNRESTRICTED
$190,1882022 American Online Giving Foundation IncGENERAL SUPPORT
$180,5732021 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $13,155,658
  • Number of Grants: 127
  • Number of Recipients: 9

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$692,8002022 Multiple CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$600,0632023 Multiple CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$526,1412020 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$519,7592024 Multiple CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$439,3572021 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$428,4742023 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$348,3562023 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$328,0192024 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$285,7582022 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$284,2662021 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$267,3152024 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$245,0002020 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsEMERGENCY AID
$245,0002020 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsEMERGENCY AID
$245,0002020 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsEMERGENCY AID
$230,7662023 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$229,8562021 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$225,0002020 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsEMERGENCY AID
$225,0002020 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsEMERGENCY AID
$224,0502020 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsEMERGENCY AID
$200,0002020 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsEMERGENCY AID
$199,4072023 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$180,3752022 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$167,9062024 Multiple SOUTH AMERICA RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$161,4802023 Multiple Sub-Saharan Africa RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING
$158,8672024 Multiple Sub-Saharan Africa RecipientsENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING, LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING

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References

1. Rainforest Foundation US. “Mission.” https://rainforestfoundation.org/mission-history/. Accessed July 28, 2022.