Manu

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921082027
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
5717329802
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$320,429
Expenses
$231,398
Assets
$268,746
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADRIAN FORSYTH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ADRIAN FORSYTH (PRESIDENT)
  • CARLA MERE (TREASURER)
  • ALEJANDRO LOPERA (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized for the charitable, educational and scientific purpose of supporting biological research, protection of wildlife and habitat management in amozonian coutries.

What it reported doing in 2025

Biodiversity science - We conducted camera trap research to quantify the ecological importance of mineral licks in lowland Amazonia, with a focus on primate communities and other vertebrates. This work is generating key insights into species use of critical resources and informing conservation priorities. In parallel, we supported biodiversity monitoring of insect communities, contributing baseline data on poorly studied taxa essential for ecosystem functioning. Ecological restoration - We supported restoration efforts in the Andes-Amazon region of Peru using native species, including reforestation of areas affected by fire. These efforts contributed to habitat recovery, increased vegetation cover, and the re-establishment of ecological processes in degraded landscapes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.9%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.8%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.9% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $221K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.