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Rainforest Alliance INC

Public charityFed auditsIRS 990
DBA: % TIFFANY GILLIAM
Other · NEW YORK, NY · EIN 13-3377893

About

Founded in 1987, the rainforest alliance's mission is to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices, and consumer behavior. We envision a world where people CAN thrive and prosper in harmony with the land. The CORE of our approach LIES in leveraging market demand for sustainable products to conserve biodiversity and enhance local livelihoods. From large multinational corporations to small, community-based cooperatives, we involve producers, businesses and consumers ALL along the value chain in efforts to bring responsibly produced goods and services to a global marketplace in which the demand for sustainability is growing steadily. Since our first efforts in central america over 30 years AGO, the rainforest alliance has grown into a global innovator of market-based solutions for conservation and economic development, and we are currently working in more than approximately 80 countries. The rainforest alliance is active in multiple sectors - including forestry, agriculture, tourism and carbon/climate - providing technical assistance and certification services to producers, while working with both local enterprises and domestic and international buyers to increase the competitiveness of sustainable business. Rainforest alliance holding, INC. Was formed on january 1, 2018 to serve as the common NON-profit parent corporation providing centralized governance and oversight over 2 wholly-owned NON-profit entities: 1) rainforest alliance, INC, a new YORK corporation and section 501(c)(3) public charity and 2) stichting rainforest alliance, a TAX-exempt dutch foundation.

In care of Tiffany Gilliam

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Other
Employees
124
Volunteers
22

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2022-12-31
Revenue
$84.3M
Expenses
$69.9M
Assets
$86.1M
Liabilities
$19.2M

Financial history

$84.3M$42.2M$0
16171819202122
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2022: $84.3M · Avg: $50.8M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$51.3M
Foreign employees297
Foreign offices16
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
Central America and the Caribbean
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)
North America
South America
East Asia and the Pacific
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East and North Africa
South Asia
East Asia and the Pacific
Central America and the Caribbean
Europe (Including Iceland and Greenland)
North America
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
$12K
Grants Given
$44.0M
RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC
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Address

298 5TH AVE 7TH FL
New YORK, NY, 10001-452

Governance

Voting board members22
Independent members22
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Initial contract exceptionNo

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Board-designated %0.0%
Permanent endowment %100.0%
Endowment held by related orgNo

Fundraising activity (Schedule G)

Uses professional fundraisersYes
Gross fundraising receipts$0
Net to org$0
Retained by contractors$184K
ChannelsMail · Phone · Email · In-person · Grant solicitation
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