New York · Public charity
Rainforest Alliance Inc
RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.
- $53M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $498k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $51,750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $202,657
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $78M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Rainforest Alliance Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $224k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 5 | $498k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $2.3M | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $1.8M | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.0M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $706k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $509k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $372k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecoagriculture International Inc | $1,559,918 | 5 | 35% |
| Cdp North America Inc | $1,532,008 | 2 | 3% |
| Meridian Institute | $1,239,786 | 8 | 3% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $1,109,295 | 6 | 0% |
| Verra | $872,793 | 4 | 2% |
| Beneficent Technology Inc | $220,429 | 2 | 1% |
| World Resources Institute | $202,657 | 1 | 0% |
| Technology Matters | $187,442 | 2 | 3% |
| Forest Trends Association | $60,004 | 2 | 0% |
| Social Accountability International Inc | $23,627 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecoagriculture International Inc | $1,559,918 | 5 | 35% |
| Cdp North America Inc | $1,532,008 | 2 | 3% |
| Meridian Institute | $1,239,786 | 8 | 3% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $1,109,295 | 6 | 0% |
| Verra | $872,793 | 4 | 2% |
| Beneficent Technology Inc | $220,429 | 2 | 1% |
| World Resources Institute | $202,657 | 1 | 0% |
| Technology Matters | $187,442 | 2 | 3% |
| Forest Trends Association | $60,004 | 2 | 0% |
| Social Accountability International Inc | $23,627 | 1 | 1% |
| Verite Inc | $20,948 | 2 | 0% |
| Rights and Resources Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mighty Earth Inc | $13,200 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($113k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rainforest Alliance Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Skoll Foundation · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Tides Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Rainforest Alliance Inc
- How much does Rainforest Alliance Inc give?
- Rainforest Alliance Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $498,287, out of $52,693,414 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Rainforest Alliance Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (89%), Food & Nutrition (3%), Science & Tech (3%).
- Who are Rainforest Alliance Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ecoagriculture International Inc ($1.6M), Cdp North America Inc ($1.5M), Meridian Institute ($1.2M).
- Does Rainforest Alliance Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rainforest Alliance Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Skoll Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
- Where is Rainforest Alliance Inc based?
- Rainforest Alliance Inc is based in NY.
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