Texas · Nonprofit
RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP
RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP (Texas) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $962,529 to it, the largest being Wayne Hollomon Price Foundation ($453,255). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $312k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $963k
- Net assets
- $-415597
What Rainforest Partnership does
Mission
Rainforest Partnership's mission is to protect and regenerate tropical rainforests by working with rainforest communities to develop sustainable livelihoods that empower and respect both people and nature.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
[BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION] In 2024, Rainforest Partnership continued strengthening protection of critical, threatened, and rare biodiversity in the Peruvian Tropical Andes and Ecuadorian Amazon by conducting groundbreaking biodiversity research and strengthening local capacities to lead conservation initiatives on the ground. Biodiversity Expedition Highlight: A 26-day expedition in late November 2024 documented 23 species of frogs, snakes, and lizards, in an area of threatened forest ecosystem in northern Peru including 5 species potentially new to science. Scientific Contributions: Rainforest Partnership Lead Herpetologist, Pablo Venegas, led another prolific year with the team: Publishing 3 scientific journal articles describing 2 new frog species and 2 new lizard species. Authored a groundbreaking 4th article documenting Peru's first-ever record of a critically endangered frog species discovered during one of our 2023 expeditions. Submitted 5 additional journal articles in 2024 for publication. Rainforest Partnership herpetologist Pablo Venegas held talks at the iconic New York Hall of Science each day during Climate Week, in September 2024, speaking about…
$103,458 spent44% of program spending[STANDING FOREST PROTECTION WITH INDIGENOUS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES] In 2024, Rainforest Partnership continued strengthening and facilitating the protection of standing tropical rainforests threatened by deforestation, habitat and biodiversity loss, and loss of vital ecosystem services in partnership with several indigenous and local rainforest communities in the Peruvian Tropical Andes and the Ecuadorian Amazon. For example, the "Women of the Rio Napo" project is an ongoing collaboration with over 120 women in 5 Kichwa communities along the Napo River in Ecuador who protect over 149,500 acres of rainforest, including some of the most biodiverse in the world. These communities maintain the health of the forest within their boundaries and protect community land from illegal deforestation and the encroachment of industries like oil exploration and palm oil plantations. We continue a) supporting women's sustainable livelihood projects to support themselves economically and strengthen their capacities to protect the forest, including: aquaculture, agroforestry, beekeeping, and ecotourism, and b) creating educational and capacity building opportunities for women to build skills and…
$73,821 spent31% of program spending[GLOBAL ACTIVATION INITIATIVES] Rainforest Partnership educates, inspires, and brings together individuals and organizations worldwide to empower and accelerate the systemic change necessary to scale radical global action and conservation impact to end deforestation by 2030. Films for the Forest, Rainforest Partnership's annual international film competition, inspires people globally through beautifully told impact-driven stories; our World Rainforest Day (WRD) initiative catalyzes systemic change, rallying individuals, local communities, and global organizations to create powerful impact on the ground to protect and revitalize rainforests. These programs leverage the power of partnership, unlocking resources to magnify the scope and success of conservation projects on the ground. On June 22, we celebrated World Rainforest Day, founded by Rainforest Partnership in 2017, by leveraging impact with our network of 80+ WRD Partners. In 2024, we premiered Films for the Forest at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) during NYC Climate Week and screened films for the whole week. We brought the rainforest to Queens in New York: Partnering with NYSCI for Climate Week, we created an…
$28,460 spent12% of program spendingYouth Engagement/Global Representation and Accountability
$6,700 spent3% of program spendingGlobal Representation and Accountability
$22,770 spent10% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $235,209.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $145k to $40k (−72%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 0% · 2020 7% · 2021 6% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Niyanta Spelman
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Board chair
Sumit Jamuar
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $19k → $170k.
8 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 58% · 2019 36% · 2020 41% · 2021 84% · 2022 49% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
42% of RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
76% of RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $339k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP?
- RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP (Texas) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $962,529 to it, the largest being Wayne Hollomon Price Foundation ($453,255). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $962,529 in grants to RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP?
- Wayne Hollomon Price Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $453,255 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RAINFOREST PARTNERSHIP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 18 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing