Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$7,035,558

Total expenses

$2,968,144

Contributions and grants received

$7,032,520

Grants paid

$659,326

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$3,038

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$6,224,966

Total liabilities, end of year

$132,452

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$6,092,514

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,408,288

Management and general expenses

$323,309

Fundraising expenses

$236,547

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,408,288

Program services were 81.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• MONITORING: IN 2022, WE ACHIEVED IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN OUR YEARS-LONG WORK TO SECURE LEGAL OWNERSHIP OVER INDIGENOUS LANDS BY SCALING TERRITORIAL MAPPING PROCESSES THAT SERVE AS CORE TOOLS IN LAND TITLING CLAIMS. WITH THE KOFN COMMUNITY OF SINANGOE, WE PRESENTED A NEW CLAIM FOR LAND TITLE THAT SEEKS TO OVERCOME EXISTING ADMINISTRATIVE HURDLES TO TITLING OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' LAND WITHIN NATIONAL PARKS, AND LAUNCHED SINANGOE'S FIRST-EVER TERRITORIAL MAP THAT HAS SERVED AS A BACKBONE TO THEIR LAND TITLING CLAIM. IN PERU, WE SCALED UP MAPPING OF SIEKOPAI TERRITORY AND TARGETED POLICIES THAT WERE HAMPERING CLAIMS TO INDIGENOUS LAND TITLES, PAVING THE ROAD FOR SIEKOPAI COMMUNITIES TO GAIN LEGAL OWNERSHIP OVER THEIR ANCESTRAL TERRITORIES. IN 2022, WE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO TRAIN AND EQUIP COMMUNITY LAND PATROLS WITH HIGH-TECH TOOLS TO DETECT AND GATHER EVIDENCE OF NEW THREATS TO THEIR LANDS WHILE PROVIDING ONGOING MEDICAL AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRAINING TO KEEP PATROLS SAFE IN VOLATILE FIELD CONDITIONS. IN 2022, WE TRAINED 160 MONITORS AND MAPPERS OVER A SERIES OF MORE THAN 50 TRAININGS TO PATROL A 1-MILLION-HECTARE AREA OF AT-RISK RAINFOREST. BY COMBINING NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, WE HELP INDIGENOUS NATIONS GET CONTROL OF THEIR LANDS AGAINST MOUNTING COLONIZATION AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION. IN 2022, WE ALSO LAUNCHED A PILOT SCHOOL OF CARTOGRAPHY, WHICH PROMOTES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MAPPING PROCESSES DIRECTLY BY INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND BUILDS POWER WITH INDIGENOUS PARTNERS TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN TERRITORIAL DEFENSE STRATEGIES AUTONOMOUSLY.

  Expenses $291,799

• RIGHTS: IN 2022, AMAZON FRONTLINES ACCOMPANIED INDIGENOUS WAORANI AND KOFAN PARTNERS AS THEY BROUGHT HISTORIC LEGAL CASES BEFORE THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF ECUADOR TO ESTABLISH LEGAL PRECEDENT FOR THE INDIGENOUS RIGHT TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT (FPIC) IN ECUADOR. THESE EFFORTS LEAD TO THE FIRST-EVER CONSTITUTIONAL COURT HEARING IN INDIGENOUS TERRITORY IN LATE 2021, AND COURT RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHT TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT IN EARLY 2022. THE WIN PROVIDES SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED JURISPRUDENCE ON FPIC, AND A LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT COULD BE CRITICAL TO FREEING UP MORE THAN 7 MILLION HECTARES OF RAINFOREST FROM MINING AND OIL THREATS ACROSS ALL OF ECUADOR. IN 2022, AMAZON FRONTLINES ALSO ACCOMPANIED INDIGENOUS LEADERS IN ECUADOR AND PERU WORKING TO SECURE INDIGENOUS LAND TENURE OVER THOUSANDS OF HECTARES OF RAINFOREST TERRITORIES. EFFORTS INCLUDED THE KOFN OF SINANGOE AND SIEKOPAI COMMUNITIES IN ECUADOR AND PERU WHO ARE SEEKING TO RECOVER OWNERSHIP OVER THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS. ADDITIONALLY, AMAZON FRONTLINES FILED A RESOLUTION BEFORE THE INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE RIGHTS OF TRANSBORDER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. WE CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION WITH COLOMBIA'S VICTIMS REPARATION UNIT AND PUBLISHED 5 REPORTS, INCLUDING TWO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IACHR, THAT SHED LIGHT ON THE RISKS TRANSBORDER INDIGENOUS NATIONS FACE ALONG BORDERS. AMAZON FRONTLINES CONTINUED TO PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE ECUADORIAN ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING HELPING TO FILE A CASE BEFORE ECUADOR'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT THAT CULMINATED IN A LANDMARK LEGAL WIN RESTRICTING DISPROPORTIONATE USE OF FORCE AGAINST CIVILIANS AND UPHOLDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PROTEST.

  Expenses $314,082 · Grants $19,350

• CULTURE AND RESILIENCE:IN 2022, WE COMPLETED THE FIRST STAGE OF A PILOT FOOD AND MEDICINE SOVEREIGNTY INITIATIVE ACROSS 22 COMMUNITIES IN THE UPPER AMAZON. TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE WAORANI ORGANIZATION CONCONAWEP, WE TRAINED COMMUNITY-BASED FOOD SOVEREIGNTY PROMOTERS TO LEAD COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECTS THAT REDUCE FAMILIES' DEPENDENCY ON MASS PRODUCED FOOD PRODUCTS AND REVITALIZE ACCESS TO LOCAL AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND MEDICINE. ADDITIONALLY, WE WORKED WITH THE SIEKOPAI COMMUNITY OF SAN PABLO TO INTEGRATE MEDICINAL PLANT KNOWLEDGE INTO THE OFFICIAL EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM BY ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY MEDICINAL PLANT GARDEN AND BRINGING IN ELDERS AS TEACHERS TO EDUCATE YOUTH ABOUT TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR USES. WE COMPLETED THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO TRADITIONAL LEARNING SPACES, IN THE KOFN COMMUNITY OF AVIE AND THE SIONA COMMUNITY OF BUENAVISTA, WHERE MANY ELDERS ARE STILL PRACTICING HEALING AND SPIRITUAL RITUALS. THESE PRACTICES ARE VITAL TO KEEPING COMMUNITIES HEALTHY AND UNIFIED, AND INDIGENOUS CULTURES ALIVE AND THRIVING. IN 2022, WE CONTINUED HANDS-ON ACCOMPANIMENT FOR FIVE INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS THAT SUPPORT WOMEN-LED ECONOMIC PROJECTS, INCORPORATE AND REVITALIZE INDIGENOUS CULTURES AND PRACTICES, AND REPOSITION INDIGENOUS WOMEN AS LEADERS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO LAUNCHED A WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP SCHOOL TO TRAIN INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP SKILLS, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, HEALTHCARE, AND CULTURAL PRACTICES, AND TO ESTABLISH A NETWORK OF WOMEN WHO RUN ENTERPRISES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. IN 2022, WE LAUNCHED EDUCATIONAL PILOT PROGRAMS IN THREE INDIGENOUS NATIONS THAT IDENTIFY COMMUNITY-LED EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND CO-CREATE NEW TEACHING METHODS AND EDUCATIONAL CONTENT, AND PROVIDING INDIGENOUS YOUTH WITH THE SKILLS CRITICAL TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR NEW GENERATIONS OF INDIGENOUS LEADERS TO PROTECT THE AMAZON RAINFOREST AND INDIGENOUS WAYS OF LIFE.

  Expenses $208,839

• OUTGOING GRANTS TO PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TOTALED $639,976 IN 2022. THESE GRANTS PROVIDED CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR KEY INDIGENOUS PARTNERS INCLUDING THE CEIBO ALLIANCE ($313,298) AND THE WAORANI ORANIZATION OF THE PASTAZA ($230,717), AMONG OTHERS. COMMUNICATIONS COSTS TOTALED $511,536, WHICH INCLUDED PROJECTS WITHIN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT TELLING THEIR OWN STORIES. COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES TO SUPPORT ALLIANCES AND PARTNERSHIPS TOTALED $538,017.

  Expenses $1,593,568 · Grants $639,976

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• GINGER CASSADY

  BOARD CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  3

• JOSH FRYDAY

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• FELICITY MEU

  SECRETARY

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• JUSTIN WINTERS

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MICHAEL DUIGNAN

  BOARD MEMBER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• MITCHELL ANDERSON

  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $135,885

  From this org

  $133,939

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $1,946

  Hours/week

  40

• JEREMY NELSON

  DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OP

  Total calculated

  $107,245

  From this org

  $107,245

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  32

• KATHERINE HORNER

  DEPUTY ED (1/22) ACTING ED (2/22-12/22)

  Total calculated

  $164,999

  From this org

  $164,999

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $164,999

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $0

  Nontaxable benefits

  $0

  Filer's total

  $164,999

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

14 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202323189349311687

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