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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$84,314,209
Total expenses
$69,931,320
Contributions and grants received
$28,183,079
Grants paid
$23,544,542
Program service revenue
$55,768,343
Investment income
$390,625
Other revenue
-$27,838
Total assets, end of year
$86,086,901
Total liabilities, end of year
$19,213,928
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$66,872,973
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$55,741,606
Management and general expenses
$11,349,631
Fundraising expenses
$2,840,083
Program service expenses (Part III)
$55,741,606

Program services were 79.7% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $50,883

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $17,808,860

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $10,323,336

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $19,575

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT INCOME

    total $4,045,964 · related or exempt $4,045,964

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT REVENUE/ROYALTIES

    total $51,722,379 · related or exempt $51,722,379

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $641,559 · excluded $641,559

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,314,063

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,314,063

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $19,575

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $19,575 · other assets $250,934

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$250,934

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$250,934 · excluded -$250,934

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $4,250

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $50,883

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $63,840

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$59,590 · excluded -$59,590

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $31,752 · related or exempt $31,752

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $31,752

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,771,444 · program services $1,771,444

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $10,000 · program services $10,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $21,763,098 · program services $21,763,098

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,558,035 · program services $488,468 · management and general $867,345 · fundraising $202,222

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $16,591,521 · program services $12,693,296 · management and general $2,536,203 · fundraising $1,362,022

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $513,774 · program services $373,147 · management and general $96,347 · fundraising $44,280

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,634,260 · program services $3,365,797 · management and general $869,053 · fundraising $399,410

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,633,978 · program services $1,186,735 · management and general $306,416 · fundraising $140,827

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $237,720 · program services $47,225 · management and general $192,817 · fundraising -$2,322

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,297 · program services $27,355 · management and general $3,729 · fundraising $1,213

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $12,073 · program services $12,073

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $185,385 · fundraising $185,385

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $111,421 · management and general $111,421

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,642,415 · program services $5,685,131 · management and general $2,967,299 · fundraising -$10,015

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $560,421 · program services $450,724 · management and general $14,120 · fundraising $95,577

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,598,411 · program services $1,286,255 · management and general $250,886 · fundraising $61,270

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,439,220 · program services $484,970 · management and general $1,971,765 · fundraising -$17,515

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $960,718 · program services $742,396 · management and general $155,386 · fundraising $62,936

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,008,555 · program services $2,604,659 · management and general $347,909 · fundraising $55,987

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $601,791 · program services $175,102 · management and general $409,245 · fundraising $17,444

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $377,992 · program services $47,142 · management and general $334,352 · fundraising -$3,502

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS

    total $1,623,522 · program services $1,599,433 · management and general $19,152 · fundraising $4,937

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP/DUES/SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $290,278 · program services $130,158 · management and general $134,704 · fundraising $25,416

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $299,785 · program services $299,703 · management and general $82

  • 24d · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT COSTS

    total $109,107 · fundraising $109,107

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $364,099 · program services $497,295 · management and general -$238,600 · fundraising $105,404

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,520,182 · end of year $18,935,399

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,584 · end of year $11,033

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $5,997,484 · end of year $7,660,473

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $7,759,781 · end of year $19,114,849

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,363,289 · end of year $2,259,777

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,197,388

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,421,331

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,386,929 · end of year $776,057

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $37,539,271 · end of year $32,459,659

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $28,121 · end of year $20,926

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,568,394 · end of year $4,848,728

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,060,969 · end of year $9,434,454

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $6,782,097 · end of year $6,590,038

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,200,109 · end of year $984,104

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $354,095 · end of year $2,205,332

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $52,046,498 · end of year $59,794,198

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,731,267 · end of year $7,078,775

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

  • LANDSCAPES AND COMMUNITIES (SEE SCHEDULE O)

    Expenses $41,944,604 · Grants $22,193,905 · Revenue $31,752

  • MARKETS TRANSFORMATION (SEE SCHEDULE 0)

    Expenses $13,797,002 · Grants $1,350,637 · Revenue $55,768,343

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Santiago Gowland

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $502,967
    From this org
    $430,794
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,173
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $430,794
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $46,325
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,848
    Filer's total
    $502,967
  • Alik Odinga Hinckson

    CFO (thru 9/20/2022)

    Total calculated
    $293,524
    From this org
    $265,364
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,160
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $207,530
    Bonus
    $21,919
    Other
    $35,915
    Deferred
    $10,531
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,099
    Filer's total
    $293,994
  • Alex H Morgan

    Chief Global Engagement

    Total calculated
    $279,529
    From this org
    $255,402
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,127
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $229,723
    Bonus
    $25,222
    Other
    $457
    Deferred
    $12,792
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,335
    Filer's total
    $279,529
  • Jacquelyn Peters Levy

    Senior DIR, GLOBAL ACCOUNTING

    Total calculated
    $226,477
    From this org
    $177,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,073
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,951
    Bonus
    $218
    Other
    $235
    Deferred
    $8,320
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,779
    Filer's total
    $226,503
  • Molly Stark

    GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $225,278
    From this org
    $214,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,648
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,049
    Bonus
    $218
    Other
    $363
    Deferred
    $9,371
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,871
    Filer's total
    $225,872
  • Heleen S

    CPO

    Total calculated
    $215,355
    From this org
    $215,355
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,355
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $215,355
  • Aparajita Bhalla

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $208,062
    From this org
    $202,229
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,833
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,750
    Bonus
    $2,222
    Other
    $1,257
    Deferred
    $5,833
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $208,062
  • Maria Salinas

    DIRECTOR, GLOBAL FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $190,970
    From this org
    $141,947
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $49,023
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,491
    Bonus
    $222
    Other
    $234
    Deferred
    $7,770
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,253
    Filer's total
    $190,970
  • Russell Eckenrod

    Deputy General Counsel

    Total calculated
    $160,228
    From this org
    $149,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,036
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,761
    Bonus
    $217
    Other
    $1,214
    Deferred
    $6,036
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,000
    Filer's total
    $160,228
  • Jeffrey Roy Cruz

    Controller

    Total calculated
    $158,953
    From this org
    $140,517
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,436
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,713
    Bonus
    $222
    Other
    $582
    Deferred
    $7,101
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,531
    Filer's total
    $160,149
  • Jeffrey Milder

    Dir, Global Policy & Strategy

    Total calculated
    $157,077
    From this org
    $147,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,197
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,387
    Bonus
    $217
    Other
    $1,276
    Deferred
    $7,369
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,828
    Filer's total
    $157,077
  • Daniel Roger Katz

    DIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Antonius van der Laan

    DIRECTOR, VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Peter Martin Schulte

    DIRECTOR, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Labeeb Makram Abboud

    DIRECTOR

    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
  • Daniel Jan Couvreur

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Wendy Gordon Rockefeller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Nina Haase

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Marilu Hernandez de Bosoms

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Daniel Louis 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 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

    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.

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.

  • RAINFOREST ALLIANCE MEXICO-ALIANZA

    L&L · MX · income $3,345,689 · assets $822,992

    Directly controlled by RA

  • RAINFOREST ALLIANCE LTD

    L&L/MARKETS · UK · income $2,344,957 · assets $133,690

    Directly controlled by RA

  • RAINFOREST ALLIANCE (GHANA)

    L&L/RE CERT · GH · income $1,406,931 · assets $137,346

    Directly controlled by RA

  • PT RAINFOREST ALLIANCE

    RE CERT/L&L · ID · income $68,796 · assets $1,008,319

    Directly controlled by RA

  • RAINFOREST ALLIANCE CANADA

    INACTIVE · CA · assets $0

    Directly controlled by RA

  • RAINFOREST ALLIANCE TRADING LTD

    INACTIVE · UK · assets $0

    Directly controlled by RA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313199349331806

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