Resource Renewal Institute

What it reported doing in 2025

Public landsrestore point reyes national seashore: advocating for the public and wildlife in a beloved national park.after a decade of advocacy, rri celebrated a landmark settlement to end nearly all commercial ranching within the seashore by 2026, paving the way for large-scale restoration, improved visitor access, and public recreation. Our agreement with nps and 18 ranch leaseholders resulted in a settlement to wind down cattle operations on 17,000 acres of parkland. Once the terms of the agreement have been met, our lawsuit will be dismissed. We are developing and coordinating the transition support plan in partnership with the nature conservancy, providing payments to displaced ranch workers and tenants whom we advocated for from the very beginning of the process. We helped secure a 2.7m. Grant to fund infrastructure removal including miles of barbed-wire fencing and to plan for habitat restoration and monitoring across an initial 3,000 acres of degraded parklands. We're working with tribal governments, partner organizations, and legislative leaders to secure more restoration funding.collaboration and engagement: local and global partnerships.rri continues to lead in coalition building and policy influence at the regional, state, and global levels. Rri staff co-led California's delegation at the un biodiversity conference in santiago de cali, colombia. Closer to home, we work in partnership with many state and local environmental organizations that strengthen science-based environmental policy while amplifying rri's leadership, reputation, and reach. We continue to collaborate with a wide range of groups: California global biodiversity alliance, power in nature coalition, California biodiversity network, California public lands network, California aquaculture coalition, California bycatch coalition, bay delta tribal and environmental legislative coalition, endangered species coalition, greenlatinos public lands and ocean collective, roadless rule defense coalition, american the beautiful for all coalition, global alliance for the rights of nature (north american hub).

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 97.8%; rating input score 98; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: -167.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 18.8%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings