Rainforest Alliance

Legal name: Rainforest Alliance Holding Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

24 people listed

Santiago Gowland (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $542,926 total reported compensation
ADAM COX (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $345,060 total reported compensation
Molly Stark (GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY): $269,286 total reported compensation

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

To create a world where people and nature thrive in harmony.

Landscapes and Communities (See Schedule O)

Revenue model: No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model: No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $543K · 24 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 12 of 14 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
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.

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

Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.