· Public charity
Rights and Resources Institute Inc
Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to own, control and benefit from natural resources, especially land and forests.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
- $250k+1 grant · $466k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| RAINFOREST FOUNDATION US | $466,386 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL LAW INSTITUTE | $11,339 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Grants abroad, by region: $10M on the FY2024 return
Schedule F, as filed: 4 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: CONSOLIDATION AND STRENGTHENING OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' TERRITORIAL DEFENSE: PHYSICAL AND LEGAL LAND OWNERSHIP VERIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EARLY WARNING MODULES IN NATIVE COMMUNITIES OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON · STRENGTHENING THE PARTICIPATION OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN DECISION-MAKING SPACES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERVENTIONS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE (EXPANSION TO FIVE AIDESEP REGIONAL BASE ORGANIZATIONS: ORAU, CODEPISAM, CORPIAA, ORPIAN-P, ARPI-SC · REVITALIZATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN PROTECTED AREAS OF AFRO-DESCENDANT TERRITORIES OF THE BUENAVENTURA DIESTRICT AND NORTHERN CAUCA ZONE
Stated purpose: SUPPORTING LAND TENURE, LOCAL LANDSCAPE RESTORATION, AND COMMUNITY CONSERVATION IN KWILU PROVINCE · SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO SECURE THEIR SPACES/LANDS IN EQUATEUR PROVINCE AND KASAI ORIENTAL THROUGH THE TOOLS PROMISED BY THE SECTORAL REFORMS IN THE DRC IN ORDER TO PROMOTE APPROACHES THAT REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON ECOSYSTEMS AND IMPROVE THE WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE · SECURING THE LAND AND LIVELIHOODS OF IPS AND LCS IN A CONTEXT OF LAND COMPETITION
Stated purpose: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE FOREST THROUGH AGRO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM INTERVENTION AND GESI APPROACH FOR FOOD SECURITY IN TEBAT PULAU AND BANDUNG JAYA VILLAGES, BENGKULU, INDONESIA (YEAR 2) · INCREASING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND COMMUNITY VISIBILITY IN STRENGTHENING THE CLAIM BASES ON THEIR TRADITIONAL RIGHTS · STREGNTHENING INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S ROLES TO ADDRESS INEQUALITY AND PROMOTING DEMOCRATIZATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN INDIGENOUS TERRITORY THROUGH ORGANIZATION IN JAYAPURA DISTRICT, PAPUAINDONESIA
Stated purpose: COMMUNITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN INDIA · RIGHTS-BASED CONSERVATION WITH RECOGNITION OF CUSTOMARY INSTITUTIONS AND TRADITIONAL GOVERNANCE · RESEARCH AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN MADHYA PRADESH
How this is measured
3 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.
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 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 3 of the 4 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rights and Resources Institute Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rights and Resources Institute Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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