Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$290,400

Total expenses

$378,741

Contributions and grants received

$290,400

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$23,900

Total liabilities, end of year

$495,518

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$471,618

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$334,100

Management and general expenses

$30,243

Fundraising expenses

$14,398

Program service expenses (Part III)

$334,100

Program services were 88.2% 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 · 2023

• [STANDING FOREST PROTECTION WITH INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES] In 2023, Rainforest Partnership strengthened and facilitated the protection of standing tropical rainforests threatened by deforestation, habitat and biodiversity loss, and loss of vital ecosystem services in partnership with several indigenous and local rainforest communities in the Peruvian Tropical Andes and the Ecuadorian Amazon. For example, the "Women of the Rio Napo" project is an ongoing collaboration with over 100 women in 5 Kichwa communities along the Napo River in Ecuador who protect over 149,500 acres of rainforest, including some of the most biodiverse in the world. These communities maintain the health of the forest within their boundaries and protect community land from illegal deforestation and the encroachment of industries like oil exploration and palm oil plantations. We are a) supporting women's sustainable livelihood projects to support themselves economically and strengthen their capacities to protect the forest, including: aquaculture, agroforestry, beekeeping, and ecotourism, and b) creating educational and capacity building opportunities for women to build skills and expertise. The project strengthens food sovereignty and economic stability and opportunity in these communities who own and protect vast areas of forest and prevent the loss of a still-thriving landscape in the Ecuadorian Amazon. See Schedule O for additional project information.

  Expenses $84,087

• [BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION] In 2023, Rainforest Partnership strengthened protection of critical, threatened, and rare biodiversity in the Peruvian Tropical Andes and Ecuadorian Amazon by conducting groundbreaking biodiversity research and strengthening local capacities to lead conservation initiatives on the ground. In Peru, the team led 5 expeditions to study and discover rare and threatened amphibians and reptiles and discovered 5 new species and 10 potential new species and has been part of officially published findings of an additional 4 species new to science. This research strengthens conservation of vast landscapes like the 900,000 acre Cordillera de Colan and of fragmented cloudforests urgently threatened and at risk of disappearing entirely. By leading research, training park rangers, producing scientific publications and discovering species new to science, we inform conservation and restoration efforts and record knowledge about threatened species potentially on the brink of extinction. In the Ecuadorian Amazon, we trained dozens of National Park Rangers in butterfly monitoring and biodiversity research and produced environmental education content to strengthen conservation and environmental awareness of the importance of Ecuador's National Parks and of butterflies, which are early alarm systems for the effects of deforestation and climate change on rainforests and wildlife. See Schedule O for additional information.

  Expenses $135,695

• [GLOBAL ACTIVATION INITIATIVES] 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; 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 celebrated World Rainforest Day, founded by Rainforest Partnership in 2017, with the annual World Rainforest Day Summit. In 2023, along with rainforest and rainforest community advocacy at events around the world, including COP28 in Dubai, our 3rd annual World Rainforest Day Summit was represented by participants from 77 countries, and had a social media reach of 93.8 million people. Films for the Forest 2023 screened 10 powerful stories reaching over 1000 people around the world. See Schedule O for additional project information.

  Expenses $78,901

• Youth Engagement/Global Representation and Accountability

  Expenses $35,417

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2023

Filed

12 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

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