Rainforest Action Network
Meets Standards
Standards For Charity Accountability
Governance
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Board Oversight
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Board Size
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Board Meetings
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Board Compensation
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Conflict of Interest
Measuring Effectiveness
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Effectiveness Policy
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Effectiveness Report
Finances
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Program Expenses
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Fundraising Expenses
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Accumulating Funds
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Audit Report
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Detailed Expense Breakdown
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Accurate Expense Reporting
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Budget Plan
Fundraising & Info
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Truthful Materials
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Annual Report
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Website Disclosures
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Donor Privacy
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Cause Marketing Disclosures
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Complaints
Rainforest Action Network meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
Stated Purpose:
"to preserve forests, protect the climate, and uphold human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns."
Year, State Incorporated:
1987, CA
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) reports that it works toward creating healthy forests, a stable climate, and the protection of wild biodiversity. The organization states that it works to end human rights abuses associated with the expansion and operation of fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure, as well as the industrial pulp, oil palm and forestry sectors. RAN aims to hold consumer brands and their financers accountable for their contribution and linkage to climate emissions, deforestation, forest degradation, and human rights abuses. The organization also works to end the expansion of fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure globally as well as an end to the expansion of industrial forestry and pulp and oil palm plantations in tropical rainforests and peatlands.
For the year ended June 30, 2023, Rainforest Action Network's program expenses were:
Forests and finance: $4,566,973
Climate change and energy: $2,413,707
Other programs: $2,267,076
Total Program Expenses: $9,247,756
Chief Executive
Ginger Cassady, Executive Director
Compensation*
$196,904
Chair of the Board
Avi Mahaningtyas
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Environmental Consultant
Board Size
8
Paid Staff Size
63
*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio
Fundraising costs were 11% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $12,771,723, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)
This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
The following information is based on Rainforest Action Network's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.
Source of Funds
| In-kind contributions | $414,390 |
| Other income | $6,964 |
| Contributions | $12,579,723 |
| Investment income | $135,553 |
| Special events, net | $182,432 |
| Total Income | $13,319,062 |
Programs: 81% Fundraising: 13% Administrative: 7%
| Total Income | $13,319,062 |
| Total expenses: | $11,432,565 |
| Program expenses | $9,247,756 |
| Fundraising expenses | $1,439,389 |
| Administrative expenses | $745,420 |
| Other expenses | $0 |
| Income in Excess of Expenses | $1,886,497 |
| Beginning Net Assets | $12,080,818 |
| Other Changes In Net Assets | $-158,883 |
| Ending Net Assets | $13,808,432 |
| Total Liabilities | $1,610,595 |
| Total Assets | $15,419,027 |
Note 1: As noted in the above financial section, "other changes in net assets" refers to a change in unamortized discount (-$158,883).
Note 2: According to RAN's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023, the organization received $414,390 in donated advertising.
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