Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$3,843,377

Total expenses

$4,327,675

Contributions and grants received

$3,822,565

Grants paid

$1,977,527

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$20,346

Other revenue

$466

Total assets, end of year

$5,896,019

Total liabilities, end of year

$287,803

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,608,216

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,774,347

Management and general expenses

$292,782

Fundraising expenses

$260,546

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,774,347

Program services were 87.2% 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

• 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.IN 2023, WE ALSO LAUNCHED OUR NEW GRANTMAKING FACILITY TO 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. WE WILL ALSO 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 $1,431,882 · Grants $982,477

• SECURING RIGHTS AND 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 2023, 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 2023, WE LAUNCHED A NEW 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 $1,496,614 · Grants $995,050

• 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.IN 2023, WE ALSO 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 $247,289

• UPLIFTING INDIGENOUS VOICES:AMAZON FRONTLINES' COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THE PROFILE AND GLOBAL AWARENESS OF INDIGENOUS MOVEMENTS FIGHTING ON THE FRONTLINES OF RAMPANT RESOURCE EXTRACTION ACROSS THE UPPER AMAZON. THROUGH OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNICATIONS SCHOOL AND STORYTELLING LAB, WE TRAIN INDIGENOUS YOUTH TO USE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND PLATFORMS ESSENTIAL TO THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THEIR TERRITORIES AND WAY OF LIFE, ALLOWING THEM TO DOCUMENT INDIGENOUS ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE, ORGANIZE RESISTANCE PROCESSES ACROSS REMOTE TERRITORIES, AND RAISE AWARENESS AND BUILD SUPPORT GLOBALLY.MONITORING AND MAPPING: AS THE EYES AND EARS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS, INDIGENOUS LAND PATROLS COMBINE ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE WITH DIGITAL MONITORING AND MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES (GPS, CAMERA TRAPS, DRONES, DEFORESTATION ALERTS) TO IDENTIFY AND STOP ILLEGAL INCURSIONS EARLY, BEFORE IRREPARABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND DEFORESTATION OCCURS IN THEIR TERRITORIES. DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY HAS ALSO BECOME AN INVALUABLE TOOL FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF ANCESTRAL CLAIMS TO INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES. IN 2023, WE SUPPORTED 13 DISTINCT INDIGENOUS LAND PATROLS IN DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE TERRITORIAL DEFENSE STRATEGIES THROUGH TAILORED ACCOMPANIMENT AND TRAINING DURING MONITORING AND MAPPING OUTINGS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TERRITORIES. TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE COORDINATION AND KNOWLEDGE-EXCHANGE BETWEEN LAND PATROLS WE LAUNCHED A REGIONAL LAND DEFENSE SCHOOL IN JUNE 2023, WHICH FUNCTIONS AS AN 18-MONTH INTENSIVE PROGRAM THAT COMBINES ADVANCED THEORETICAL AND IN-FIELD TRAINING DESIGNED TO BRING TOGETHER PATROL MEMBERS FROM 6 INDIGENOUS NATIONS ACROSS THE UPPER AMAZON. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH SIEKOPAI COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN PERU TO MAP THEIR VAST RAINFOREST TERRITORIES AS EVIDENCE TO ADVANCE THEIR LAND-TITLING CLAIMS.

  Expenses $598,562

As filed on the 2023 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

  $133,560

  From this org

  $133,560

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  40

• JEREMY NELSON

  DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

  Total calculated

  $125,255

  From this org

  $125,255

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $0

  Hours/week

  36

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

13 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

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