Coalition for Rainforest Nations

Legal name: Coalition for Rainforest Nations Secretariat

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 263221530
IRS 990 coverage: 2010–2024
Official website data refreshed: Sep 2026
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2008
Location: New York, NY, USA
Phone: +1 646 448 6870
Rating: 73
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $2,531,444
Expenses: $4,875,348
Assets: $5,188,920
Liabilities: $1,272,441

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

KEVIN CONRAD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

KEVIN CONRAD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $376,666 total reported compensation
FEDERICA BIETTA (MANAGING DIRECTOR): $259,762 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To facilitate tropical rainforest nations' participation in global climate change mitigation through REDD+ and other market-based mechanisms.

What it reported doing in 2024

The coalition's ongoing flagship program to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (redd+) in developing countries continues to benefit millions of people around the world.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 93
Transparency & Controls: 44
Accountability: 81
Sustainability: 20
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
Fundraising efficiency: $91.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: -92.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 21.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $377K · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $217K reported
Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.