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Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

$551k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$88k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$1.4MCivil Rights$137kRecreation & Sports$51kCommunity Improvement$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$35kArts & Culture$16kInternational$15kPhilanthropy$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $290,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $550,969 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $260,469 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $173k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Amazon Watch$88,000
If Not Us Then Who$85,000
Civil Liberties Defense Ctr$30,000
Green 20$15,000
Global Exchange$15,000
Eastern Woodland Lacrosse$10,000
Institute for Enhanced Equity$10,000
Amazon Frontlines$10,000
Texas Campaign for Environmen$10,000
Business Capacity De$10,000
Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of TX$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Seventh Generation: $8k → 18%RuralUtahProject: $45k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
MN
NY
OR
CA
UT
CO
WV
VA
AZ
NC
DC
LA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $241k on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 3 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

East Asia and the Pacific$166k · 69% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: General Support

South America$66k · 27% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: General Support

Sub-Saharan Africa$10k · 4% · 1 grant

Stated purpose: General Support

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 15 repeat orgs$377k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
18

Total granted

$1.4M
$257k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
0%

Still filing today

80%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentCommunity ImprovementInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AW
    Amazon Watch Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $439k · revenue +143%
  • AF
    AMAZON FRONTLINES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $431k · revenue +79%
  • IE
    INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK
    4× · 2019–2024 · $70k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • RF
    RAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +5%
  • SU
    STEWARDSHIP UTAH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $45k · revenue -67%
  • DL
    DTWO LTD DBA Awana Digitalgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +29%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Center for Contemporary Documentation Inc
Philanthropy
2
Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) works toward a world where the rights and dignity of all communities are respected and where healthy forests, a stable climate and wild biodiversity are protected and celebrated.

Environment
3
Great Basin Resource Watch

Natural resource protection: Protected communities and the environment from the negative impacts of mineral development; provided support to communities impacted by mining

Environment
4
California Environmental Justice Alliance

Our mission is to fight against fossil fuel executives and industries that have turned our communities into dumping grounds for toxic waste, poisoning our air, water, lan, and bodies. We organize to oppose giant oil refineries, dirty…

Environment
5
Environment Now
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6
Earthworks

The Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Earthworks is dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the impacts of irresponsible mineral and energy development while seeking…

Public Benefit
7
Nia Tero Foundation

Nia tero works alongside indigenous peoples to secure their guardianship of vital ecosystems. indigenous peoples are guardians of earth.(see schedule o)

Environment
8
Educator Collective for Envionmental Justice Inc

Environmental Justice & Equality

Education
9
Center for Sustainable Economy

Promoting economic sustainability

Environment
10
Amazon Conservation Team

The amazon conservation team (act) partners with indigenous and other local communities to protect tropical forests and strengthen traditional culture.

Science & Tech
11
Cool Earth Action Usa Inc

Cool earths mission is to back people, protect rainforest, and fighr climate change by supporting indigenops and local communities in maintaining rainforest cover

Environment
12
Advocates for Climate Innovation
Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sustainable Markets Foundation; the most unlike its peers is If Not Us Then Who. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 38 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
15/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Amazon Watch Inc: $439,464 · EnvironmentAmazon Watch IncAMAZON FRONTLINES: $430,911 · EnvironmentAMAZON FRONTLINESIf Not Us Then Who: $85,000 · EnvironmentIf Not Us Then WhoUNKITAWA: $57,500 · EnvironmentRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentMN350: $45,000 · Environment+7 more: $126,872 · Environment+7 moreOther recipients under 5000: $122,280 · OtherOther recipients…CARRIZO COMECRUDO NATION OF TEXAS INC: $35,000 · OtherCARRIZO COMECRUD…SWITCHBOARD TRAINERS NETWORK: $33,000 · OtherSWITCHBOARD TRAI…EASTERN WOODLAND LACROSS: $18,200 · OtherEASTERN WOODLAND…INSTITUTE FOR RELEASING INITIATIVE: $10,000 · OtherOTHER 98 PERCENT LAB: $10,000 · OtherTexas Campaign for the Environment Fund: $10,000 · Other+4 more: $32,000 · Other+4 moreINDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK: $69,500 · EducationCITIZENS FOR CLEAN AIR AND WATER IN BRAZORIA COUNTY: $10,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $8,000 · EducationCivil Liberties Defense Center: $58,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR ENHANCED EQUITY: $25,000 · Civil RightsNATIVE MOVEMENT: $28,000 · Community ImprovementALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY: $10,000 · Community ImprovementBUSINESS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementSTEWARDSHIP UTAH FOUNDATION: $45,442 · Human ServicesSEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesDTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital: $20,000 · InternationalGLOBAL EXCHANGE: $15,000 · InternationalAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $12,278 · International
Environment$1,234,747Other$270,480Education$87,500Civil Rights$83,000Community Improvement$58,000Human Services$52,942International$47,278

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $439,464 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetAMAZON FRONTLINES: $430,911 over 6y, 7.7% of budgetINDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK: $69,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCivil Liberties Defense Center: $58,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetUNKITAWA: $57,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRAINFOREST FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSTEWARDSHIP UTAH FOUNDATION: $45,442 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMN350: $45,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGreen 20: $35,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetEarth Guardians: $32,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetNATIVE MOVEMENT: $28,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ENHANCED EQUITY: $25,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetDTWO LTD DBA Awana Digital: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION: $19,872 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN WOODLAND LACROSS: $18,200 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGLOBAL EXCHANGE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCATSKILL MOUNTAINKEEPER INC: $13,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp: $12,278 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Protection Information Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetOTHER 98 PERCENT LAB: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetBUSINESS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVIRGINIA ORGANIZING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLand is Life Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSEVENTH GENERATION FUND FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMULTIPLIER: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Sustainable Markets F…Rockefeller Philanthr…Rockefeller Family Fu…Amalgamated Charitabl…PatagoniaorgThe Schmidt Family Fo…Tides FoundationWindward FundSolutions Project IncEarthworksEquation Campaign and…Wallace Global Fund II
Sustainable Markets FoundationNY30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sustainable Markets Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Rockefeller Family Fund Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Patagoniaorg · The Schmidt Family Foundation · Tides Foundation · Windward Fund · Solutions Project Inc · Earthworks · Equation Campaign and Global Climate Legal Defense · Wallace Global Fund II

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rainforest Action Network funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rainforest Action Network. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 38 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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