Empowers Indigenous peoples to defend their Amazon rainforest rights and culture.
For fiscal year 2020 it reported $2.8M in revenue, $1.9M in expenses, and $2.5M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2020
Total revenue
$2.8M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.9M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$2.5M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $906K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
78%
Program services $0.78 Management & general $0.11 Fundraising $0.11
Program efficiency
78%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
17.2mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+33%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2020 · Form 990
Revenue
$2.8M
FY2020
$7.0M$3.5M$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2020
$5.5M$2.8M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$2.7M
FY2020
$6.2M$3.1M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$208K
FY2020
$522K$261K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$2.8M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$1.9M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$2.5M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$906K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$2.7M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B78%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 34
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 44
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $501K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01
Territory
In 2020, amazon frontlines accompanied our indigenous waorani and kofan partners to bring their historic legal cases, won in 2019 and 2018 respectively, before the constitutional court of ecuador to establish legal precedent for the indigenous right to free, prior and informed consent (fpic) in ecuador.
$307Kprogram expense
02
Culture
In 2020, amazon frontlines continued to lead activities to build capacity for women leaders through trainings, workshops and leadership opportunities. We continued to support four community-led microenterprises: chocolate production with the waorani nation, brown sugar production with the siona nation, traditional handicraft and clothing…
$98Kprogram expense
03
Solutions
Amazon frontlines' solutions work largely involves projects to provide clean water and solar energy to indigenous communities while also providing leadership building for on-the-ground partners.
Mitchell Anderson’s $177K as Executive Director
is at the 77th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1843 $1–10M environment 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII
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.
Individual Mitch Anderson · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $74K · Total expenses $1.9M
4%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $682K · Total expenses $1.9M
36%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
78%
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—
Overhead ratio
11%
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Fundraising cost ratio
8%
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Legal fee ratio
0%
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Accounting fee ratio
1%
—
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2020IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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