RAINFOREST CONNECTION: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: RAINFOREST CONNECTION (EIN 46-2022575)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-11-14
IRS object ID: 202403199349311235
Schema version: 2023v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule F
Schedule L
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-11-14T15:22:09-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	462022575	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RAINFOREST CONNECTION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	RAIN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	3055700096	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	77 Van Ness Suite 101 1717	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94102	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Jon Bruno	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9174460551	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-11-14	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-10-15 13:58:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	Jon Bruno	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	7 Commercial Street 4052	AddressLine1Txt
City	Middletown	CityNm
State Abbreviation	RI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02842	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,627,023	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	https://rfcx.org/	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2013	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	RAINFOREST CONNECTION DEVELOPS AND LEVERAGES CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY THAT EMPOWERS PARTNERS TO PROTECT THREATENED ECOSYSTEMS FROM ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND MONITOR FOR BIODIVERSITY	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	4	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	4	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	7	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	7	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$871,348	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,931,089	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,321,687	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$644,243	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$46,541	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$18,142	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$5,150	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,211,177	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,627,023	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$593,077	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$547,445	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$149,275	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,238,030	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,966,408	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,831,107	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,513,853	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$380,070	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,113,170	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,051,330	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,665,109	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$150,000	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$20,977	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,901,330	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,644,132	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	RAINFOREST CONNECTION DEVELOPS AND LEVERAGES CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY THAT EMPOWERS PARTNERS TO PROTECT THREATENED ECOSYSTEMS FROM ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND MONITOR FOR BIODIVERSITY	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,036,667	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$644,243	RevenueAmt
Desc	TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTION; RFCX SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; ACOUSTIC MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR PROTECTING RAINFORESTS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELD TESTING AND PILOT STUDIES; MANUFACTURING AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION	Desc
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,036,667	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (1)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	Yes (1)	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	Yes (1)	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	Yes (1)	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	7	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	4	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	4	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (1)	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	Yes (1)	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Jon Bruno	PersonNm
Phone	3256663050	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	77 Van Ness Suite 101 1717	AddressLine1Txt
City	San Francisco	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94102	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (6 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
Bourhan Yassin
CEO	40	Yes (X)	$150,000	$0	$0
Christina Durkin
VP of International Expansion	40		$105,500	$0	$0	0	Yes (X)
Christopher White
Founder	10		$0	$0	$0	10		Yes (X)
Rob Conant
Director	2		$0	$0	$0	2		Yes (X)
David Klein
Director	2		$0	$0	$0	2		Yes (X)
Winnie Lam
Director	2		$0	$0	$0	2		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$255,500	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt	Address Line1ContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/AddressLine1Txt	Address Line2ContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/AddressLine2Txt	CityContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CityNm	Province Or StateContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ProvinceOrStateNm	CountryContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/CountryCd	Foreign PostalContractorAddress/ForeignAddress/ForeignPostalCd
Arbimon Inc
108 WEST 13TH ST	WILMINGTON	DE	19801	Environmental Services	$633,298
Amazon Web Services
410 Terry Avenue North	Seattle	WA	981095210	Server Hosting	$154,750
Rassokhin Stanislav Robertovich
				Tech development	$118,597	9 Nikolioz Kipshidze Street	Vake	Tbilisi	Tbilisi	GG	0179
Zubalis Ltd
				Chief Technology Officer	$118,956	8 North Street	Castle Acre	Kings Lynn	Norfolk	UK	PE32 2BA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$0	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$0	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$2,931,089	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$0	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,931,089	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$644,243	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$644,243	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$644,243	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$46,541	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$46,541	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$0	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,150	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$5,150	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$5,150	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,627,023	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$695,934	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part IX	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIXInd

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$150,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$97,500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$22,500	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$357,899	TotalAmt
Program Services	$268,424	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$53,685	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$35,790	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,546	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,637	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,746	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,163	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$24,821	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$24,821	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,600	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,600	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,426,627	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,212,633	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$142,663	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$71,331	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$952	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$952	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$54,584	TotalAmt
Program Services	$43,667	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$10,917	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$214,789	TotalAmt
Program Services	$182,571	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,479	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$10,739	FundraisingAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,153	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,249	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,231	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,673	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$132,678	TotalAmt
Program Services	$126,044	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,634	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,819	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,819	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,799	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,799	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$203	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$203	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Computer Hardware	$26,265	$26,265	$0	$0
All Other expenses	$4,118	$3,858	$133	$127

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,513,853	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,036,667	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$327,911	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$149,275	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,051,330	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,003,735	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$611,374	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$50,000	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,051,330	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,665,109	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$20,977	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$150,000	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$150,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,977	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,276,591	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,461,132	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$624,739	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,183,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,901,330	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,644,132	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,051,330	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,665,109	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,113,170	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$0	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$629,632	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Other	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingOtherInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,718,008	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,322,443	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,969,662	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,193,035	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,931,089	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$11,134,237	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,718,008	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,322,443	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,969,662	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,193,035	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,931,089	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$11,134,237	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$11,134,237	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,013	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$51,556	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$24,489	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$18,142	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$46,541	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$141,741	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	$5,150	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,150	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$11,281,128	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.98698	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.9892	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Schedule A, Part II, Line 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Organization received cash back from affinity programs through transactional relationships.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (6 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
East Asia and the Pacific	5	Program Services	Design & Technical Support	$79,530
Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)	4	Program Services	Program Operations Support	$174,127
Middle East and North Africa	3	Program Services	Program Operations Support	$161,773
Russia and Neighboring States	2	Program Services	161,772.77	$124,597
South America	9	Program Services	Scientific Analysis & Data Science Development	$103,997
South Asia	1	Program Services	Software & Hardware Development	$7,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	24	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Spent	$651,524	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Disqualified Person Ex Bnft Tr DisqualifiedPersonExBnftTrGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Bourhan Yassin	PersonNm
Rln Disqualified Person Org	CEO	RlnDisqualifiedPersonOrgTxt
Transaction	During the course of 2023 the CEO may have received approximately $64,286 in non-compensation benefits either directly or through transactions that benefitted the CEO indirectly. Prior year activity of this type is estimated to be $547,088.	TransactionDesc
Transaction Corrected	0	TransactionCorrectedInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Imposed	$0	TaxImposedAmt
Tax Reimbursed	$0	TaxReimbursedAmt

Loans Btwn Org Interested Prsn LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship With OrgRelationshipWithOrgTxt	Loan PurposeLoanPurposeTxt	Loan From OrganizationLoanFromOrganizationInd	Original PrincipalOriginalPrincipalAmt	Balance DueBalanceDueAmt	DefaultDefaultInd	Board Or Committee ApprovalBoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd	Written AgreementWrittenAgreementInd	Loan To OrganizationLoanToOrganizationInd
Bourhan Yassin
CEO	None	Yes (X)	$611,374	$611,374	Yes (1)	0	0
Squibbon Inc
35% or greater controlled entity by Directors	Inadvertent		$20,977	$20,977	0	0	0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Balance Due	$632,351	TotalBalanceDueAmt

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Squibbon Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	C White & B Yassin have had interest in Squibbon Inc	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$20,977	TransactionAmt
Transaction	Inadvertant Transfer of funds from Squibbon to Rainforest Connection recorded as a liability and returned in 2024.	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 4	Changes to bylaws in 2024 include clarified financial control procedures and increased flexibility for the board on scheduling of elections of directors and officers.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 5	As described on the Schedule L, the governing body became aware of excess benefit transactions made by a disqualified person representing the organization without process or authorization. The governing body became aware during 2024 of transactions benefitting certain executives that are not associated by any compensation or entitlements. Information is still being gathered.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	A draft of this filing is made available to board members for comments or questions prior to finalization.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	BOARD MEMBERS DISCLOSE ANY EXISTING AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ANNUALLY AND AS THEY ARISE.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15	THE BOARD HAS SET A CEILING FOR ANNUAL COMPENSATION FOR THE DIRECTORS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE ORGANIZATION. THIS CEILING IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND THE ORGANIZATIONS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
Form 990, Part IX, Line 11g	Partner Expenses with Arbimon, Inc 633,298, Contract Management Staff 541,466, and Professional Fees Other 251,863
Form 990, Part XI, Line 9	Opening Net Assets from 2022 are being revised due to assets, revenue and expenses being under reported on the current 2022 audit and 990 filing. Rainforest Connection is reauditing 2022 and will amend the 2022 Form 990.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Arbimon Inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	108 West 13th Street	AddressLine1Txt
City	Wilmington	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DE	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	19801	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	883667786	EIN
Primary Activities	Environmental Services	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	DE	LegalDomicileStateCd

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Rainforest Connection	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Entity Type	C	EntityTypeTxt
Share Of Total Income	$100	ShareOfTotalIncomeAmt
Share Of EOY Assets	$100	ShareOfEOYAssetsAmt
Ownership	1	OwnershipPct

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	Yes (1)	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	Yes (1)	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	Yes (1)	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (4 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
Arbimon Inc
b	$50,000	Rainforest Connection has $50,000 as a prepaid asset in Arbimon.
Arbimon Inc
m	$589,007	Arbimon Provided services to Rainforest Connection invoiced in the amount of 589,007.
Arbimon Inc
q	$5,118	Primarily travel expenses were reimbursed by Arbimon to Rainforest Connection for the actual amounts of costs.
Arbimon Inc
o	$7,635	Arbimon Reimbursed Rainforest Connection for staff time compensated to individuals who performed services for Arbimon while on the payroll of Ranforest Connection.