RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$2.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $5.1M a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.3M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $32.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 3.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $48K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$19.2M
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 22 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 22 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$84.3M
+54% vs prior year
Spent
$69.9M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$66.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$84.3M
FY2022▲ +54%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$52.2M
FY2021$54.8M
FY2022$84.3M
FY2023$85.5M
FY2024$100.2M
Expenses
$69.9M
FY2022▲ +59%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$35.1M
FY2021$43.9M
FY2022$69.9M
FY2023$95.3M
FY2024$107.2M
Net assets
$66.9M
FY2022▲ +16%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$44.7M
FY2021$57.8M
FY2022$66.9M
FY2023$61.5M
FY2024$55.7M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 1987.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $55.7M Management & general 16% · $11.3M Fundraising 4% · $2.8M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

33 people listed on the 990; $2.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$430,794Pt VII · Sec A
CFO (thru 9/20/2022)
$265,364Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Global Engagement
$255,402Pt VII · Sec A
$215,355Pt VII · Sec A
General Counsel & Secretary
$214,630Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$202,229Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Dir, Global Accounting
$177,404Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy General Counsel
$149,192Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Santiago Gowland$464,962$435,830$430,794$265,012—
Nigel Sizer———$149,632$338,474
Adam Cox$312,222$223,535———
Gina Wood$306,354————
Heleen S$279,480$247,633$215,355$203,937—
Alik Odinga Hinckson——$265,364$274,799$266,974
Alex H Morgan—$204,380$255,402$240,739$181,575
Susan Tressler———$178,879$249,198

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Protects forests and improves livelihoods by partnering with businesses, farmers, and consumers to promote sustainable agriculture and responsible land-use practices.

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2 programs · $55.7M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Landscapes and communities (see schedule o)

$41.9Mprogram expense
02

Markets transformation (see schedule 0)

$13.8Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$48K
Grants paid · 35 grants · $6.3M · 2020–2024
World Resources InstituteDC · FY2024$202,657
Ecoagriculture InternationalFY2024$191,720
Technology MattersCA · FY2024$51,750
Meridian InstitutePA · FY2024$43,622
Unitemized GrantFY2024$15,600
Regenerative Development GroupFY2024$8,538
Cdp North America INCNY · FY2023$947,745
Ecoagriculture InternationalFY2023$312,278
Technology MattersCA · FY2023$135,692
Meridian InstitutePA · FY2023$106,618
Regenerative Development GroupFY2023$88,734
Unitemized GrantFY2023$10,000
Cdp North America INCNY · FY2022$584,263
Ecoagriculture InternationalFY2022$478,518
VerraDC · FY2022$168,177
Meridian InstitutePA · FY2022$119,557
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$84.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$55.8M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$28.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$391K
Money outPt IX
$69.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$55.7M
Managementcol C$11.3M
Fundraisingcol D$2.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$66.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$18.9M
Total assetsLn 16$86.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
33
listed · VII A
PaidVII A11
Voting boardVI 1a22
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$28.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$17.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$20K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$51K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$55.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$391K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$251K
Total revenueLn 12$84.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$18.9M
SavingsLn 2$11K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$18.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$32.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$776K
Other assetsLn 15$4.8M
Total assetsLn 16$86.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$19.2M
Net assetsLn 32$66.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5119
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$14.5M$18.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$37.6M$32.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M$776K
Total assetsLn 16$72.2M$86.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.4M$19.2M
Net assetsLn 32$57.8M$66.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.8M$1.8M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$10K$10K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$21.8M$21.8M
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.6M$488K$867K$202K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$16.6M$12.7M$2.5M$1.4M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$514K$373K$96K$44K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4.6M$3.4M$869K$399K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.6M$1.2M$306K$141K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$238K$47K$193K−$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$27K$4K$1K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$12K$12K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$185K$185K
Investment management feesLn 11f$111K$111K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$8.6M$5.7M$3.0M−$10K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$560K$451K$14K$96K
Office expensesLn 13$1.6M$1.3M$251K$61K
Information technologyLn 14$2.4M$485K$2.0M−$18K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$961K$742K$155K$63K
TravelLn 17$3.0M$2.6M$348K$56K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$602K$175K$409K$17K
InsuranceLn 23$378K$47K$334K−$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.3M$2.0M$154K$139K
All other expensesLn 24e$364K$497K−$239K$105K
Total functional expensesLn 25$69.9M$55.7M$11.3M$2.8M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $100.2M$107.2M−$7.0M$55.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $85.5M$95.3M−$9.7M$61.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $84.3M$69.9M$14.4M$66.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $54.8M$43.9M$10.9M$57.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $52.2M$35.1M$17.1M$44.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $84,314,209 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $26,261,802$28,183,079
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $26,750,028$55,768,343
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,775,330$390,625
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,255−$27,838
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $54,800,415$84,314,209
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $8,073,606$23,544,542
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $21,492,714$24,931,568
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $243,134$185,385
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $14,052,653$21,269,825
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $43,862,107$69,931,320
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $10,938,308$14,382,889
Part VI · Governance 22 of 22 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body22
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $84,314,209 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$50,883
VIII-1e Government grants$17,808,860
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$10,323,336
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$19,575
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$28,183,079
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $55,768,343$55,768,343
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $641,559$641,559
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$250,934−$250,934
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$59,590−$59,590
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $31,752$31,752
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $55,800,095 · Excluded from tax $331,035$84,314,209
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $69,931,320 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,771,444$1,771,444
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $10,000$10,000
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $21,763,098$21,763,098
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $488,468 · Management $867,345 · Fundraising $202,222$1,558,035
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $12,693,296 · Management $2,536,203 · Fundraising $1,362,022$16,591,521
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $373,147 · Management $96,347 · Fundraising $44,280$513,774
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,365,797 · Management $869,053 · Fundraising $399,410$4,634,260
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,186,735 · Management $306,416 · Fundraising $140,827$1,633,978
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $47,225 · Management $192,817 · Fundraising −$2,322$237,720
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $27,355 · Management $3,729 · Fundraising $1,213$32,297
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $12,073$12,073
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $185,385$185,385
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $111,421$111,421
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,685,131 · Management $2,967,299 · Fundraising −$10,015$8,642,415
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $450,724 · Management $14,120 · Fundraising $95,577$560,421
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,286,255 · Management $250,886 · Fundraising $61,270$1,598,411
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $484,970 · Management $1,971,765 · Fundraising −$17,515$2,439,220
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $742,396 · Management $155,386 · Fundraising $62,936$960,718
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,604,659 · Management $347,909 · Fundraising $55,987$3,008,555
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $175,102 · Management $409,245 · Fundraising $17,444$601,791
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $47,142 · Management $334,352 · Fundraising −$3,502$377,992
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,029,294 · Management $153,938 · Fundraising $139,460$2,322,692
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $497,295 · Management −$238,600 · Fundraising $105,404$364,099
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $55,741,606 · Management $11,349,631 · Fundraising $2,840,083$69,931,320
Part X · Balance sheet $86,086,901 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $14,520,182$18,935,399
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $11,584$11,033
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $5,997,484$7,660,473
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,759,781$19,114,849
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,363,289$2,259,777
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,386,929$776,057
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $37,539,271$32,459,659
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $28,121$20,926
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $2,568,394$4,848,728
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $72,175,035$86,086,901
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,060,969$9,434,454
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $6,782,097$6,590,038
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,200,109$984,104
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $354,095$2,205,332
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $14,397,270$19,213,928
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $52,046,498$59,794,198
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,731,267$7,078,775
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $57,777,765$66,872,973
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $72,175,035$86,086,901
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $66,872,973 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$84,314,209
XI-2 Total expenses$69,931,320
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$14,382,889
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$57,777,765
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$5,625,443
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$337,762
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$66,872,973

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