Planet Indonesia

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470988119
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3143741876
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,211,061
Expenses
$2,664,034
Assets
$1,182,086
Liabilities
$2,056

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM MILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ISABEL BERDEJA (PRESIDENT)
  • NICHOLAS HUGHES (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ADAM MILLER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $71,754 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We are dedicated to conserving at-risk ecosystems through integrated community-led governance to address socio-economic challenges and drive ecological conservation. We support work across indonesia, where we provide support to local civil society organizations implementing a holistic rights-based model.

What it reported doing in 2025

General programs: our program services are carried out primarily in west kalimantan, indonesia, where we support a team to implement a four-pillar core model to help communities achieve fair and equitable development as well as protect environmental resources. (i) we support inclusive governance of local bodies that govern socio-ecological systems, (ii) we provide technical support and incentives to drive community-led sustainable management of natural resources, (iii) we assist communities to secure rights and tenure of land and (iv) support regenerative livelihoods by identifying new livelihoods and sources of income and facilitating socio-economic services. Planet indonesia works through long-term partnerships with community groups and we scale our work through supporting locally rooted civil society organizations across indonesia.

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 79% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 73
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 92.4%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $45.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.7% of revenue deployed · 92.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.