· Public charity
The Rainforest Fund Inc
To protect & support indigenous peoples & traditional populations of the rainforest in their efforts to protect their environment & defend their rights, to promote sustainable development of their communities, & to challenge government practices which have a damaging effect on their environment.the organization (org") carries out its…
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
The 1 grants below total $7,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $1,175,834 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,168,834 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE | $7,000 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 33%, against an area that typically sits at 40%. 0% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
Grants abroad, by region — $799k on the FY2024 return
Schedule F, as filed: 10 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.
Stated purpose: TERRITORIAL SECURITY AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF DAYAK BAHAR IN MAHAKAM ULU - LONG LSUN. THEY AIM TO UPHOLD SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PROTECT THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE DAYAK PEOPLE, OFFERING ASSISTANCE THROUGH REGULAR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE LONG LSUN COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEFENDING CUSTOMARY LANDS OF THE DAYAK BEKATI IN THE WEST PROJECT AIMS TO SECURE EFFECTIVE RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS TO THEIR LAND AND FORESTS AND TO REBUILD SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS. · ECONUSA IS WORKING IN PAPUA TO EMPOWER LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHILE PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON INCREASING MANGROVE FOREST PROTECTION AND SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS. COMMUNITIES WILL BE ASSISTED IN PRODUCING NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS, SUCH AS PRAWNS, AND GAINING BETTER MARKET ACCESS.
Stated purpose: AIMS TO ESTABLISH A MEDICINAL PLANT RESOURCE THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE LOWER XINGU REGION. THIS INITIATIVE SEEKS TO PRESERVE AND STRENGTHEN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS, ENSURING IT IS PASSED ON TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION AND DOESN'T REMAIN LIMITED TO A FEW ELDERS. ADDITIONALLY, FOCUSES ON STRENGTHENING INDIGENOUS AND QUILOMBOLACOMMUNITIES RESPONSE TO ADVANCE OF DEFORESTATION AND RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL LAND RIGHTS. FINALLY, A THIRD PROJECT COLLABORATES CLOSELY WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE AMAZON REGION TO MONITOR AND REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND RELATED CRIMES.
Stated purpose: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO WORK WITH FOREST COMMUNITIES TO IMPLEMENT KEY ACTIONS IDENTIFIED IN THEIR MANAGEMENT PLANS, PARTICULARLY SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS. AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR, THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO ENGAGE WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BAKA AND BANTU AND SUPPORT SELF-LED FOREST MANAGEMENT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND INCREASING ACCESS TO MARKETS AND FINANCE.
Stated purpose: THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SECURE LAND RIGHTS AND IMPROVE TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE FOR FOREST PROTECTION IN PANAMA. LOCAL PARTNERS WILL BE SUPPORTED IN DEFENDING 2.8 MILLION HECTARES OF LAND TITLES AND MANAGING 6.9 MILLION HECTARES MORE. THE INITIATIVE ALSO INTEGRATES TECHNOLOGY FOR FOREST MONITORING AND PROVIDES TRAINING TO STRENGTHEN GOVERNANCE.
Stated purpose: THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SECURE CHEPKITATE OGIEK COMMUNITY ANCESTRAL LANDS, INGENIOUS FORESTS, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND LIVELIHOODS. (CIPDP CHEPKITALE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT).
Stated purpose: THE BRIBRI INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE SALITRE FOREST CONTINUE THEIR WORK TO EXPEL NON-INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM THEIR LAND AND STRENGTHEN THEIR GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES. IN 2021, THEY CONTINUED TO DEVELOP KNOWLEDGE FOR THE YOUTH, AND PROTECTION OF THEIR LAND FROM CONTINUED INVASION.
Stated purpose: THIS PROJECT AIMS TO PROMOTE RIGHTS-BASED APPROACHES IN DEVELOPMENT ANDCONSERVATION. IT BUILDS UPON THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S WORK WITH 16 COMMUNITIES IN THE MESSOK DJA REGION, CONTINUING EFFORTS TO EMPOWER THESE COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY STRENGTH AND KNOWLEDGE REGARDING THEIR RIGHTS.
Stated purpose: ALLIANCE NATIONALE D'APPUI ET DE PROMOTION DES AIRES DU PATRIMOINE AUTOCHTONETHE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE PYGMY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THEIR QUEST FOR THE RESPECT OF THEIR RIGHTS AND THEIR LAND.
Stated purpose: THIS PROJECT SECURES LAND RIGHTS AND LIVELIHOODS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN THE PHILIPPINES. EFFORTS INCLUDE OBTAINING CADT CERTIFICATES, IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY-DRIVEN PLANS, AND OFFERING LEGAL SUPPORT AGAINST CORPORATE LAND CONFLICTS. IT ALSO ADDRESSES BASIC NEEDS THROUGH AGRICULTURE, AQUACULTURE, AND HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS UNDER THE "SECURE AND "SOS HEALTH" INITIATIVES.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your 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.
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2017.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2017, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 1 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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