Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$4,981,500

Total expenses

$5,533,735

Contributions and grants received

$4,948,562

Grants paid

$2,251,765

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$29,787

Other revenue

$3,151

Total assets, end of year

$4,947,646

Total liabilities, end of year

$521,574

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,426,072

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,737,024

Management and general expenses

$468,228

Fundraising expenses

$328,483

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,737,024

Program services were 85.6% 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 · 2024

• DEFENDING RIGHTS AND SECURING LAND TENURE: WE CONTINUE TO WAGE HARD-HITTING LEGAL BATTLES AND ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS WITH OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNERS THAT UPEND BAD LAWS AND CLOSE LOOPHOLES, JAM DESTRUCTIVE PROJECTS, AND ADVANCE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, THROUGH LEGAL PRECEDENT AND IMPROVED LEGAL FRAMEWORKS. IN 2024, WE SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED AND CAMPAIGNED WITH ECUADORIAN CIVIL SOCIETY TO PERMANENTLY BAN OIL DRILLING IN THE YASUNI RAINFOREST IN EASTERN ECUADOR AND PROVIDED ON-THE-GROUND EMERGENCY RELIEF AND HUMANITARIAN AID TO SIONA COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDST OF ARMED CONFLICT IN SOUTHERN COLOMBIA. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE KOFAN AND WAORANI NATIONS TO UPHOLD THE INDIGENOUS RIGHT TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT (FPIC) - OR THE RIGHT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THEIR TERRITORIES - AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN ECUADOR.IN 2024, WE IMPLEMENTED A LAND-TITLING PROGRAM IN ECUADOR CALLED "ALLPAMANTA" (TERRITORY IS LIFE IN KICHWA), ALONGSIDE INDIGENOUS FEDERATIONS CONAIE AND CONFENIAE TO RECOVER INDIGENOUS TENURE OVER GOVERNMENT HELD LANDS IN NATIONAL PARKS WHICH SPAN 1.5 MILLION HECTARES OF FORESTS NATIONWIDE, THEREBY ENFORCING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND RETAINING PROTECTED STATUS, BUT WITH GREATER INCENTIVES FOR INDIGENOUS USE, PROTECTION AND LAND MANAGEMENT. IN PERU, WE ARE ALSO ADVANCING LAND-TITLING PROCESSES ALONGSIDE THE AMAZONIAN INDIGENOUS FEDERATION AIDESEP, WITH THE REGIONAL INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATION ORPIO, THE SIEKOPAI NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OISPE, AS WELL AS NONPROFITS LIKE INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL DEFENSE AND RAINFOREST FOUNDATION US, IN ORDER TO FORM A BROAD COALITION EFFORT TO SECURE A NATIONAL IMPACT ON POLICY THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PERU IN RECOVERING AND PROTECTING THEIR TERRITORIES.

  Expenses $2,146,316 · Grants $1,274,480

• BUILDING AUTONOMY AND SCALING PARTNERSHIPS: AMAZON FRONTLINES IS EXPANDING OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE A MUCH WIDER IMPACT IN PROTECTING THE UPPER AMAZON. AS WE SCALE OUR FRONTLINE MODEL WITH NEW ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE REGION, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE STAY TRUE TO OUR CORE MISSION OF ENSURING THAT OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNERS ARE LEADING, LEARNING, AND OWNING THE PROCESSES THAT DIRECTLY RESPOND TO THEIR OWN VISIONS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TERRITORIES. OUR PARTNERSHIP DEPARTMENT WORKS TOGETHER WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND STAFF OF REGIONAL INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY THROUGH TAILORED TRAINING IN PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND ACCOUNTING, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THEM IN ACCESSING GLOBAL NETWORKS AND FUNDING TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FIGHT TO PROTECT THEIR CLIMATE-CRITICAL TERRITORIES.THROUGH OUR GRANTMAKING FACILITY WE DIRECTLY PROVIDE INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUPPORT A WIDE ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES, RANGING FROM CONVENING EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ASSEMBLIES CRUCIAL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING AND COMMUNITY COHESION, TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION MATERIALS AND TERRITORIAL DEFENSE TRAINING PROGRAMS, ALL OF WHICH CONTINUED IN 2024. WE CONTINUE MAKING GRANTS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID IN RESPONSE TO REGIONAL CONFLICTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAPIDLY REGRANT EMERGENCY FUNDS TO INDIGENOUS SIONA COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING ARMED CONFLICT IN COLOMBIA'S PUTUMAYO PROVINCE WHICH IS CURRENTLY DISPLACING AND THREATENING THE LIVES OF SIONA COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $1,351,260 · Grants $950,368

• BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: IN EFFORTS TO UPLIFT INDIGENOUS WOMEN AS LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOP ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTION, WE EMPOWER ASPIRING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FROM ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH OUR WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SCHOOL, OFFERING WORKSHOPS ON LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR WOMEN-LED ASSOCIATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS TO BASIC IT, COMPUTER SKILLS, ACCOUNTING, FINANCES, E-COMMERCE AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.SINCE 2023, WE HAVE SUPPORTED INDIGENOUS NATIONALITIES, CURRENTLY THE WAORANI, KOFAN AND SIEKOPAI, TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION MODELS. THESE PROCESSES INVOLVE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS, FROM ELDERS TO PARENTS TO INDIGENOUS AUTHORITIES, UNIFYING A COLLECTIVE STRUGGLE FOR THE CULTURAL SURVIVAL OF THEIR PEOPLES, AND THE PASSING DOWN OF THEIR ANCESTRAL FOREST KNOWLEDGE TO INDIGENOUS YOUTH, WHO ULTIMATELY WILL BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS FIGHTING ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS TO DEFEND THE AMAZON RAINFOREST.

  Expenses $328,628 · Grants $26,917

• AS WE SCALE OUR IMPACT ACROSS THE UPPER AMAZON, WE ARE STRENGTHENING AMAZON FRONTLINES' OPERATIONAL CAPACITY BY EXPANDING OUR TEAMS, PLANNING PROCESSES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, AS WELL AS HELPING OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO BOLSTER THEIR GOVERNANCE, COMMUNICATIONS, ADVOCACY, AND CLIMATE LEADERSHIP ON THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL STAGE. AS PART OF THIS, WE ARE GROWING OUR TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND YOUTH TO DOCUMENT THEIR REALITIES, SHARE ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE, AND AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES WORLDWIDE THROUGH INNOVATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTIONBUILDING THE VISIBILITY AND INFLUENCE NEEDED TO DEFEND THEIR TERRITORIES AND DRIVE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE ACTION.

  Expenses $910,820

As filed on the 2024 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

  $176,527

  From this org

  $176,527

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $176,527

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Deferred

  $0

  Nontaxable benefits

  $0

  Filer's total

  $176,527

• JEREMY NELSON

  DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

  Total calculated

  $128,738

  From this org

  $128,738

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  36

• ALEXANDER GOFF

  DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

  Total calculated

  $127,352

  From this org

  $127,352

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

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

2024

Filed

11 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202543169349309159

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