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← RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$100,221,940
Total expenses
$107,211,617
Contributions and grants received
$27,502,088
Grants paid
$52,693,414
Program service revenue
$70,828,806
Investment income
$1,874,911
Other revenue
$16,135
Total assets, end of year
$78,472,916
Total liabilities, end of year
$22,814,347
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$55,658,569
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$90,370,435
Management and general expenses
$13,019,567
Fundraising expenses
$3,821,615
Program service expenses (Part III)
$90,370,435

Program services were 84.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • Santiago Gowland

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $542,926
    From this org
    $464,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,964
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $464,962
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $77,964
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $542,926

  • ADAM COX

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $345,060
    From this org
    $312,222
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,838
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $311,912
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $310
    Deferred
    $11,607
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,765
    Filer's total
    $345,594

  • Gina Wood

    Chief Development Officer

    Total calculated
    $317,831
    From this org
    $306,354
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,477
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,564
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $2,790
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,900
    Filer's total
    $318,254

  • Heleen S

    CPO

    Total calculated
    $279,480
    From this org
    $279,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,480
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $279,480

  • Molly Stark

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $269,286
    From this org
    $226,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,628
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,332
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $326
    Deferred
    $10,672
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,490
    Filer's total
    $269,820

  • RUTH NEWSOME

    CHIEF DATA & TECHNOLOGY OFFICE

    Total calculated
    $202,605
    From this org
    $202,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,605
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $534
    Filer's total
    $203,139

  • nagla abdelhalim

    Director of global accounting

    Total calculated
    $184,817
    From this org
    $163,717
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,100
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,399
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $318
    Deferred
    $695
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,939
    Filer's total
    $185,351

  • Jeffrey Roy Cruz

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $172,033
    From this org
    $154,573
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,460
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,765
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $808
    Deferred
    $7,688
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,306
    Filer's total
    $172,567

  • Jeffrey Milder

    DIRECTOR, AFI

    Total calculated
    $169,376
    From this org
    $159,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,831
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,352
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,193
    Deferred
    $8,005
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,360
    Filer's total
    $169,910

  • Russell Eckenrod

    Deputy General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $163,607
    From this org
    $161,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,392
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,012
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,203
    Deferred
    $2,392
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,534
    Filer's total
    $169,141

  • virginia foster

    Dir.-Frameworks/landscapes Pro

    Total calculated
    $159,380
    From this org
    $150,659
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,721
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,540
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,119
    Deferred
    $6,936
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,319
    Filer's total
    $159,914

  • Daniel Roger Katz

    DIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Peter Martin Schulte

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Tasso Rezende de Azevedo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Vanusia M Carneiro Nogueira

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Sonila Alice Cook

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Wendy Gordon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Marilu Hernandez de Bosoms

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Daniel Houser

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Peter Hans Lehner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Nalin Kumar Miglani

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Juan Esteban Orduz Trujillo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Anurag Priyadarshi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Eric B Rothenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Anisha Pushpika Rajapakse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Paul Douglas Rubacha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Kerri Anne Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Annemieke Wijn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Sarah Jane Danchie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • BERRY MARTTIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JON MCCORMACK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Nina Haase

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, line 3
THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS ADOPTED A WRITTEN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PHILOSOPHY WHICH IT FOLLOWS WHEN IT REVIEWS AND APPROVES THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SENIOR MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING THE CEO AND CFO. A REVIEW OF THE TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL IS MADE ON AT LEAST AN ANNUAL BASIS AND ENSURES THAT THE TOTAL COMPENSATION OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION IS REASONABLE. THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ENABLE THE ORGANIZATION TO RECEIVE THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS FOR PURPOSES OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 4958 WITH RESPECT TO THE TOTAL COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CEO AND CFO. THE THREE FACTORS WHICH MUST BE SATISFIED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS ARE THE FOLLOWING: 1. THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT IS APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY AN "AUTHORIZED BODY" OF THE APPLICABLE TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION WHICH IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE A "CONFLICT OF INTEREST" WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT; 2. THE AUTHORIZED BODY OBTAINED AND RELIED UPON "APPROPRIATE DATA AS TO COMPARABILITY" PRIOR TO MAKING ITS DETERMINATION; AND 3. THE AUTHORIZED BODY "ADEQUATELY DOCUMENTED THE BASIS FOR ITS DETERMINATION" CONCURRENTLY WITH MAKING THAT DETERMINATION. THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS EACH ARE INDEPENDENT AND ARE FREE FROM ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION. THE COMMITTEE ADEQUATELY DOCUMENTED ITS BASIS FOR ITS DETERMINATION THROUGH THE TIMELY PREPARATION OF WRITTEN MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS DURING WHICH THE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS WAS REVIEWED AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED. THE ACTIONS OUTLINED ABOVE WITH RESPECT TO THE BOARD AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF REASONABLENESS ONLY APPLIES TO CERTAIN SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CEO AND CFO. THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF CERTAIN OTHER INDIVIDUALS CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 990 ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE CEO WITH ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER STAFF IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INDIVIDUAL'S JOB PERFORMANCE DURING THE YEAR AND IS BASED UPON OTHER OBJECTIVE FACTORS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT REASONABLE AND FAIR MARKET VALUE COMPENSATION IS PAID BY THE ORGANIZATION. OTHER OBJECTIVE FACTORS INCLUDE SALARY DATA FOR COMPARABLE POSITIONS, PERSONNEL REVIEWS AND EVALUATIONS.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • RAINFOREST ALLIANCE HOLDING INC

    501(C)(3) · SUSTAINABILIT · DE

    Directly controlled by NA

  • STICHTING RAINFOREST ALLIANCE

    SUSTAINABILIT · NL

    Directly controlled by RA HOLDING

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533189349313743

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