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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP.

Totals

Total revenue
$601,668
Total expenses
$814,287
Contributions and grants received
$660,716
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$59,048
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$40,336
Total liabilities, end of year
$429,383
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$389,047
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$718,985
Management and general expenses
$72,204
Fundraising expenses
$23,098
Program service expenses (Part III)
$718,985

Program services were 88.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $8,802

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $651,914

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $199,867

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total -$258 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$258

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

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $141,077

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

    securities $0 · other assets $199,867

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets -$58,790

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$58,790 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$58,790

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $40,000 · program services $32,000 · management and general $4,000 · fundraising $4,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $63,599 · program services $47,807 · management and general $15,300 · fundraising $492

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $7,582 · program services $0 · management and general $7,582 · fundraising $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $19 · management and general $19

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,500 · program services $1,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,600 · program services $8,448 · management and general $1,152

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,402 · program services $18,301 · management and general $101

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $19,416 · program services $14,303 · management and general $5,113

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,278 · program services $15,211 · management and general $704 · fundraising $363

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,524 · program services $2,504 · management and general $4,020

  • 17 · Travel

    total $7,860 · program services $7,842 · fundraising $18

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,351 · program services $4,351

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,773 · management and general $4,773

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,516 · program services $464 · management and general $2,052

  • 24a · Other expenses: Project Coordination Cost

    total $439,536 · program services $398,021 · management and general $27,280 · fundraising $14,235

  • 24b · Other expenses: Project Materials, Equipment, and Supplies

    total $29,404 · program services $29,404 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Project Field Cost

    total $137,429 · program services $137,429 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $5,498 · program services $1,400 · management and general $108 · fundraising $3,990

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $145,161 · end of year $40,336

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0

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

    $45,487

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

    $45,487

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,674 · end of year $129,483

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $299,900 · end of year $299,900

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year -$176,413 · end of year -$389,047

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Rainforest Partnership's mission is to protect and regenerate tropical rainforests by working with rainforest communities to develop sustainable livelihoods that empower and respect both people and nature.

  • In 2022, Rainforest Partnership strengthened the conservation of critical standing forests from the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest to the cloud forests of the Tropical Andes in Peru. Our projects a) empower communities with tools, resources, and training to defend, restore and protect their forests, b) bring together the groups who need to collaborate for effective conservation, and c) strengthen conservation plans and policies with research. Through research, economic projects to support rainforest communities, environmental education, and women and youth empowerment, our work supported the conservation of 149,500 acres in the Amazon and 900,000 acres of the Tropical Andes by supporting indigenous communities' resistance to deforestation and by convening key stakeholders to work together to conserve the Cordillera de Colan. In Peru, we coordinated capacity building and farm field schools with local producers, led a restoration project with 100 farmers, and led environmental education programming with the Regional Government of Amazonas. During several groundbreaking biodiversity research expeditions, we discovered over 10 potential new frog species. In Ecuador, we empowered over 100 Kichwa women by supporting sustainable livelihood projects like Amazon fish and artisan handicrafts and coordinated workshops with women and youth. See Schedule O for additional project information.

    Expenses $555,145

  • Rainforest Partnership educates, inspires, and brings together individuals and organizations worldwide to empower and accelerate the systemic change necessary to scale radical global action and conservation impact to end deforestation by 2030. Films for the Forest, Rainforest Partnership's annual international film competition, inspires people globally through beautifully told impact-driven stories. In 2022, we screened films from all six populated continents in Tokyo for the first time and to a global audience during World Rainforest Day. Rainforest Partnership's youth branch, Gen Z for the Trees, brings young people together from around the world to tackle global drivers of deforestation. Through extensive research into the ways that deforestation is embedded in global economic systems, educational campaigns, and advocacy initiatives, Gen Z for the Trees used its platform to advocate against deforestation in global spaces such as COP26 in Glasgow and to push for further transparency in the palm oil industry by uncovering unlisted palm oil mills. Finally, Rainforest Academy and Rainforest Publishing are programs in development to educate people worldwide on rainforests and their protection and to build critical pathways to rainforest conservation. See Schedule O for additional project information.

    Expenses $89,300

  • Our World Rainforest Day and Rainforest Collective programs catalyze systemic change, rallying individuals, local communities, and global organizations to create powerful impact on the ground to protect and revitalize rainforests. These programs leverage the power of partnership, unlocking resources to magnify the scope and success of conservation projects on the ground. On June 22, we celebrate World Rainforest Day, founded by Rainforest Partnership in 2017, with the annual World Rainforest Day Summit. In 2022, we convened 84 speakers and 1000+ attendees from 73 countries and brought together a global community with a social media reach of around 10 million people worldwide. World Rainforest Day activates a broad coalition of people for the protection of the world's tropical forests; this partner network consists of rainforest organizations, indigenous groups, policy representatives, youth leaders, the private sector, and artists and creatives, among others, collaborating and innovating for holistic forest impact. Rainforest Collective is a bold, global collaboration between forest-focused organizations, indigenous and local rainforest communities, and government and industry leaders, all coming together to end rainforest destruction by 2030. See Schedule O for additional project information.

    Expenses $74,540

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Niyanta Spelman

    Chief Executive Officer and Board Member

    Total calculated
    $40,000
    From this org
    $40,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • Frank Richards

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Hazel Barbour

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Kristin Owen

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lucia Gallardo

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12
  • Lina Constantinovici

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ani Chahal Honan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Hall

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sumit Jamuar

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 May 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202311319349303221

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