BBB Wise Giving Report for
Rainforest Action Network

BBB Wise Giving Report issued April 2010
BBB Wise Giving Report expires April 2012


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Charity Contact Information

Name: Rainforest Action Network
Address: 221 Pine Street, Suite 500
  San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-398-4404
Web Address: www.ran.org
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BBB Wise Giving Alliance Comments

Year, State Incorporated: 1987, California
Affiliates: None
Stated Purpose: "to campaign for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action."

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Evaluation Conclusions

               

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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Programs

               

RAN is an environmental group that campaigns to protect the world’s remaining rainforests and climate. RAN focuses its attention on market activism, helping companies to become environmental leaders both through collaboration and through market campaigns. RAN campaigns on issues such as saving the Indonesian rainforest, stopping mountaintop coal mining removal in Appalachia, halting the Canadian tar sands project, and making Chevron pay for its actions in Ecuador. Some ($128,203 or 4%) of RAN's program activities are carried out in conjunction with fund raising appeals.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, RAN's program expenses were:

  
Campaigns and public education 3,146,163
Total Program Expenses: $3,146,163
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Governance

               

Chief Executive : Michael Brune, Executive Director
Compensation*:
 $96,500

Chair of the Board: Andre Carothers
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Non-profit consultant

Board Size: 13

Paid Staff Size: 42

*July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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Fund Raising

               

Method(s) Used:

Direct mail, special events, planned giving, and Internet appeals.
Fund raising costs were 13% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $3,828,797, are donations received as a result of fund raising activities.)
RAN incurred joint costs of $184,852 for informational materials and activities that included fund raising materials. Of those costs $128,203 was allocated to program expenses, and $56,649 was allocated to fund raising expenses.
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Tax Status

               

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.
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Financial

               

The following information is based on RAN's audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009.

Source of Funds  
Grants 1,623,737
Major gifts/family foundations 1,365,151
Public support membership 707,509
Fundraising event (net) 132,400
Other 37,215
Royalties 11,698
Interest and dividend 5,300
Realized loss on investments -1,667
Total Income $3,881,343


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Uses of Funds as a % of Total Expenses

Programs: 82%  Fund Raising: 13%  Administrative: 5% 

Total income   $3,881,343
  Program expenses $3,146,163
  Fund raising expenses 487,990
  Administrative expenses 181,194
 
Total expenses   $3,815,347
Income in Excess of Expenses   65,996
Beginning net assets   1,337,510
Ending net assets   1,403,506
Total liabilities   303,694
Total assets   $1,707,200


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