Cadasta Foundation FY2024 filing

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Cadasta Foundation aims to be the leading provider of technical tools and services to support the documentation of land and resource rights to build stronger, more sustainable communities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
95¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$903K 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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FY2024 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $188K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
95%
of spending
Looks good: 95% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$903K
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$189K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.0M
+27% vs prior year
Spent
$4.7M
To programs
95%
Net assets
$2.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.0M
FY2024▲ +27%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.3M
FY2021$4.0M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$3.9M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$2.2M
Expenses
$4.7M
FY2024▲ +25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.4M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.6M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$4.7M
FY2025$3.0M
Net assets
$2.8M
FY2024▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$3.5M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.6M
FY2024$2.8M
FY2025$2.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2015.

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Where the money goes

95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 95% · $4.5M Management & general 3% · $149K Fundraising 2% · $73K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $903K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Executive Officer
$270,630Pt VII · Sec A
SR. Dir of Global Programs
$149,521Pt VII · Sec A
SR. Dir Operations
$136,403Pt VII · Sec A
SR. Dir of Business Development
$129,329Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$115,298Pt VII · Sec A
SR. Financial Analyst
$101,608Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Amy Coughenour Betancourt’s $197K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Amy Coughenour Betancourt$196,944$270,630$295,000$295,600$245,000—
Amy E Coughenour-Betancourt—————$245,100
Frank H Pichel———$156,444$176,134$173,028
Heidi Burgess$151,480—————
Carolina Reynoso Pieters$149,642$149,521————
Charles Conley—————$143,538
Anthony Piaskowy—$136,403$138,275$131,211$121,925$119,538
Caroline Maria Moh—$129,329————

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

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3 programs · $4.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Partner Development and Support

The overall success of cadasta's charitable and humanitarian purposes relies on engaging and involving over 100 motivated and trusted partner organizations (charitable, academic, and civil society organizations, governments, and peoples organizations, and other stakeholders) in order to bring about more efficient, transparent and…

$2.7Mprogram expense
02

Training and Capacity Building Program

Cadasta delivers training programs on collection and management of land rights data to trainers and partners in the field to ensure that individual users and communities understand land rights information and to encourage responsible stewardship of the data.

$1.4Mprogram expense
03

Platform and mobile apps for land tenure documentation, formal rights recognition, land and resource monitoring, and data management and storage:cadasta's core activity to further its charitable purposes is our global platform and mobile data collection applications, deployed as easy to use, cost effective and efficient esri-backed tools…

$468Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$123K
Money outPt IX
$4.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.5M
Managementcol C$149K
Fundraisingcol D$73K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$189K
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$123K
Total revenueLn 12$5.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$40K
SavingsLn 2$2.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.8M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$350
Accounts receivableLn 4$105K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$39K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12K
Other assetsLn 15$1K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$189K
Net assetsLn 32$2.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
Abroad and in kindSch F, M
Grants to other countriesSch F Pt II–III$506K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.7M$2.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13K$12K
Total assetsLn 16$3.0M$3.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$446K$189K
Net assetsLn 32$2.6M$2.8M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$506K$506K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$308K$290K$14K$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M$1.2M$59K$15K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$39K$37K$1K$383
Other employee benefitsLn 9$88K$83K$4K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$125K$118K$5K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$730$730
Accounting feesLn 11c$37K$36K$520
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.7M$1.6M$12K$25K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$7K$7$15
Office expensesLn 13$41K$37K$3K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$146K$144K$358$2K
OccupancyLn 16$3K$3K
TravelLn 17$288K$265K$9K$14K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$102K$94K$2K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9K$6K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$25K$25K$22
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$113K$75K$37K$941
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$4K$27
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.7M$4.5M$149K$73K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jul 7, 2026 $2.2M$3.0M−$806K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 1, 2025 $5.0M$4.7M$225K$2.8M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 31, 2024 $3.9M$3.8M$128K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 13, 2023 $1.6M$2.6M−$1.0M$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Aug 30, 2022 $4.0M$2.2M$1.8M$3.5M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 28, 2021 $3.3M$2.4M$872K$1.8M 990 PDF

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
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Part I · Summary $4,963,802 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,457,646$3,372,786
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,347,899$1,467,618
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $103,957$123,398
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $510$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,910,012$4,963,802
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $188,022$506,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,371,560$1,793,646
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,222,672$2,439,486
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,782,254$4,739,132
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $127,758$224,670
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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 $4,963,802 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$2,983,517
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$389,269
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,372,786
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,467,618$1,467,618
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $123,398$123,398
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,467,618 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $123,398$4,963,802
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,739,132 across 19 lines filed
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $506,000$506,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $290,016 · Management $14,440 · Fundraising $3,897$308,353
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,159,516 · Management $58,697 · Fundraising $15,458$1,233,671
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $36,790 · Management $1,364 · Fundraising $383$38,537
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $83,107 · Management $3,839 · Fundraising $1,287$88,233
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $118,443 · Management $4,730 · Fundraising $1,679$124,852
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $730$730
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $36,380 · Management $520$36,900
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,626,050 · Management $11,886 · Fundraising $25,195$1,663,131
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,499 · Management $7 · Fundraising $15$7,521
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $36,562 · Management $2,651 · Fundraising $1,350$40,563
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $144,248 · Management $358 · Fundraising $1,742$146,348
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $3,399$3,399
IX-17 TravelPrograms $264,935 · Management $8,885 · Fundraising $14,080$287,900
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $93,727 · Management $1,799 · Fundraising $6,733$102,259
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,706 · Management $2,804$8,510
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $25,120 · Fundraising $22$25,142
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $74,520 · Management $37,185 · Fundraising $941$112,646
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,410 · Management $27$4,437
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,517,158 · Management $149,192 · Fundraising $72,782$4,739,132
Part X · Balance sheet $3,005,770 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $48,655$39,572
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,659,993$2,808,084
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$350
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $265,268$105,461
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $49,866$38,816
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $12,876$12,415
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,072$1,072
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,037,730$3,005,770
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $304,753$162,523
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $141,018$26,618
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $445,771$189,141
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,591,959$2,816,629
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,591,959$2,816,629
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,037,730$3,005,770
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,816,629 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,963,802
XI-2 Total expenses$4,739,132
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$224,670
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,591,959
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,816,629

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