We GROW together
2021 Annual Report
A Message from Our CEO
Our Global Reach
The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. To achieve our mission, we partner with diverse allies around the world to drive positive change across global supply chains and in many of our most critically important natural landscapes.
Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farming and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests and biodiversity, take action on climate, and promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.
4 million
farmers and workers on certified farms
6+ million
hectares of certified farmland*
*Includes both Rainforest Alliance and UTZ certified farms. Farms who have achieved both standards are counted only once to avoid double count.
175+ Countries
where you can buy products with the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal or UTZ label
Our largest certification programs:
Landscape Management Data
66 projects with farmers and forest communities to improve livelihoods and protect nature
22 projects started in 2021
14.2 million hectares of land covered by integrated landscape management programs*
* Integrated Landscape Management refers to initiatives that are strengthening landscape governance and connections between local communities and more responsible buyers and other investors, based on environmental sustainability criteria defined for the landscape.
Our Alliance
5,000
company partners
1.7 million
social media followers
10,000
individual donors
49
institutional donors
55
coalitions and platforms that we take part in
63
NGO and CSO advocacy partners
Staff Statistics
With our growing team of professional and passionate people located in strategic places across the world, we can create the biggest impact. Together, we tackle today’s most pressing social and environmental challenges through our diverse contributions, perspectives, and approaches.
604
employees
33
countries
6
continents
Age ranges:
Global distribution:
Certification & Sector Highlights
Transitioning to Our Enhanced Certification Program
Sustainability is a journey—which is why the concept of continuous improvement is at the very core of our 2020 Certification Program. It’s also why we continue to improve the program itself. As rollout of the new standard gained momentum this year, we listened closely to partners and communities, using their feedback to improve the program, facilitate the transition for farmers, and make it a stronger force for people and nature.
Partner Feedback Drives Improvements
In early 2021, before the standard formally went into effect in July, we collaborated with a small group of producers from different regions around the globe on a test run of the new requirements. Costa Rica’s Finca Esmeralda, for example, shared an enthusiasm for the quick results of climate-smart methods, but also reported a need to better understand integrated pest management strategies. We incorporate and systematize their feedback, and that of other early implementers, into the certification program.
Finca Esmeralda and the Future of Certified Bananas
Finca Esmeralda, operated by international produce company Fyffes, became the first banana farm in the world to achieve Rainforest Alliance certification against the 2020 standard. Fyffes can apply learnings to its many other farms around the world.
The Key to Success:A Network of Skilled Trainers
Training is key to supporting farmers and companies in understanding and meeting the requirements of certification. This year, as we transitioned to the new certification program, we expanded our Associated Trainers Network (ATN), a consortium of skilled local trainers who have undergone training from the Rainforest Alliance. More than 600 trainings were delivered across 36 countries by both ATN and our own staff.
11,000+
individuals trained in 2021
Advancing Human Rights: Raising the Bar
We achieved noteworthy advances in promoting human rights this year—thanks in large part to the assess-and-address approach embedded in the new certification program, which provides a holistic way of tackling forced labor, child labor, discrimination, workplace violence and harassment. Risk maps, created to anticipate and mitigate possible human rights abuses, and gender equality requirements, also delivered results.
How Our Assess-and-Address Approach is Tackling Human Rights Issues
We tested our assess-and-address approach, grievance mechanism, and gender requirements with coffee partners in Ethiopia, tea partners in Malawi, and cocoa groups in Ghana.
“After I received training on gender, I started encouraging my (younger) sisters to pursue their education rather than getting married. I learned that girls can reach wherever they want if they set their mind to it.”
Geleta Haile,
Foreman, Limmu Kossa Coffee Estate, Ethiopia
A Data-Driven Approach to Sustainability Improvements
Every farm’s sustainability journey is different, depending on that farm’s specific conditions and challenges. That’s why our new agriculture standard features Smart Meters, a way for farms to set improvement targets tailored to their individual situations. After creating a baseline assessment, farms can plan targets and actions; they can then assess progress and plan the following year’s targets accordingly. Over time, farmers, companies, and the Rainforest Alliance will be able to use this data to report on improvements and determine areas for additional support.
Continuous Improvement and Smart Meters
Smart Meter data will give farmers, companies, and the Rainforest Alliance better insights into farm performance, and allow us to see where further support is required.
Sector Highlights
Cocoa
“The ACF allowed us to address some of the difficulties that we have as farmers. [It] helped us a lot, and we are thankful for this initiative.”
Kole Minrienne
Board chair of the Société Coopérative Agricole Fraternité d’Adzopé (SCAFRA)
Strengthening the sector with the Africa Cocoa Fund
For the sake of continuous improvement, we have implemented measures to strengthen auditing and provide more support to certified farmers in West and Central Africa since 2019. As part of these efforts, we established a US $5 million Africa Cocoa Fund (ACF) that helps farmers who need assistance in meeting our certification requirements. The first part of funding happened in 2021, with nearly US$640,000 distributed among 8 projects that addressed child labor, income diversification, agroforestry and shade implementation, and more.
For one women-led cocoa cooperative in southern Côte d’Ivoire, those funds were used to understand and mitigate child labor risks through training, awareness-raising activities, and surveying local families. They also purchased 3,000 hens to increase family incomes for their members, addressing a root cause of child labor.
Coffee
Developing the regenerative coffee scorecard
We joined forces with Nespresso to design a scorecard to guide farmers and companies as they progress toward their regenerative agriculture goals. The Rainforest Alliance spent months researching and testing the scorecard’s components in two coffee-producing regions of Costa Rica. Then, in 2021, we further consulted with coffee experts from Brazil, Colombia, and other regions to ensure its applicability across the sector.
“Now, the scorecard allows agronomists to select and promote the adoption of practices best suited for local conditions. This flexibility enables farmers and technicians to identify a regenerative pathway that’s both appropriate for their environment and feasible for the farmers,” said Rainforest Alliance Coffee Field Innovations Manager Edwin Vargas.
Tea
Aiding COVID-19 relief efforts in India and Sri Lanka
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, our regional teams have worked hard to support our partner farming communities facing severe health and economic hardships. With the help of our wider alliance and the generosity of our donors, we aided local relief efforts across India and Sri Lanka—distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) and life-saving medical supplies to over 30,000 farmers and frontline workers in more than 55 hospitals and clinics.
Bananas
“To believe that women have opportunities is a great benefit of the program.”
Edith
Ecuadorian training participant
Uplifting women and youth in Ecuador and Guatemala
In the past two years, we have supported the strengthening of 45 Rainforest Alliance Certified farms and 52 non-certified banana farms in Ecuador and Guatemala through our Promotion of Best Social and Environmental Practices in the Banana Value Chain initiative. The outcomes included training for 2,400 women and youth on topics like disaster-risk preparedness, environmental education, improved home sanitation and waste management, gender equality, entrepreneurship, business-plan development, improved access to microfinance, and more. This initiative has indirectly benefited over 11,000 community members.
Hazelnuts
Providing safe education opportunities for the children of farm workers
As of 2021, the Rainforest Alliance Certified hazelnut program completed its eighth year and supported over 6,000 farmers in Turkey and Georgia. Altogether, these farmers grew almost 30,000 metric tons of in-shell hazelnuts.
The Rainforest Alliance team in Turkey is closely engaged with the local community, working with local government, businesses, farmer cooperatives, and migrant workers to assess and address child labor, forced labor, discrimination, and workplace violence and harassment. This year, we worked with local NGOs to continue mobile and safe educational opportunities for children and provide appropriate community childcare facilities. Our team also provided education and hygiene kits for seasonal workers to protect them from COVID-19.
Orange Juice
Conducting virtual trainings on workers’ rights and climate-smart practices
In 2021, 2.3 million metric tons of oranges were grown on Rainforest Alliance Certified farms for the orange juice market. In light of COVID-19 restrictions, the Rainforest Alliance team in Brazil trained certificate holders online, working with orange farmers, cooperatives, and orange juice companies to achieve certification under our program. Trainings covered topics like the protection of native forests and biodiversity, pest management, and water management. Particular attention was given to trainings on implementing our approach to workers’ rights—including combating discrimination, improving working conditions, and working with farmers to pay farm workers a living wage.
Landscapes & communities
A Community-Led Approach to Landscape Management
If the Earth’s ecosystems are to go on providing essential food, water, and carbon storage—along with secure and dignified livelihoods for rural people—then we must take action on an unprecedented scale. That’s why the Rainforest Alliance is committed to driving sustainability transformation beyond individual farms or forests and across whole landscapes, spanning tens of thousands to millions of hectares.
Thriving Communities, Healthy Landscapes
From the foothills of the Andes to the highlands of Cameroon, the Rainforest Alliance helps to protect some of the world’s most important—and threatened—landscapes.
Taking what’s known as an “Integrated Landscape Management” approach, we work with rural communities to build dynamic landscape partnerships that unite all land users: farmers, forest enterprises, local leaders, companies, and governments.
Together, we tackle complex and often interconnected challenges that are too big to be taken on alone—from climate change and deforestation to human rights and rural poverty. In 2021, our total reach was bigger than ever before—25 ongoing ILM projects and programs, spanning 14+ million hectares worldwide.
“The rivers flow all year, like they used to.”
Elijah Owusu Cashiekrom
Chairman of the Juabeso-Bia Landscape Management Board,
Ghana
LandScale
LandScale is our all-in-one assessment tool to generate landscape-level insights about sustainability. The tool, co-created with Verra and Conservation International, is designed to help big project developers—including companies and governments—to assess social and environmental risks, such as deforestation or land conflict. But it doesn’t end there; LandScale also allows users to then invest in, monitor, measure, and communicate their sustainability impacts on a systematic and massive scale.
19 pilots
Launched by LandScale across five continents in 2021
16 Million+
Total number of hectares covered by LandScale pilots worldwide
Peru: Saving the Forests of San Martín
San Martín is a region of spectacular beauty, nestled between the Andes and the Amazon. Yet it is severely threatened by deforestation. Through our certification program, the Rainforest Alliance has supported more than 7,000 local coffee and cocoa farmers to embrace growing methods that work in harmony with nature. And now we’re scaling up our work at the landscape level.
In 2021, we piloted our new LandScale tool in Lamas, northern San Martín. Our goal: to transform the way coffee is produced across a landscape spanning more than 131,000 hectares and home to 50,000 people.
We also work closely with Indigenous communities across the region to diversify local economies in ways that protect San Martín’s forests. In 2021, we expanded our work with the Kichwa people to 14 communities. Together, we help build markets for responsibly harvested forest products, such as honey and natural latex (derived from the native shiringa tree).
Our partnerships also have a strong focus on women’s entrepreneurship. In 2021, we ran business management and digital skills trainings for the members of Warmi Awadora, a small women-led Indigenous handicraft collective. Using methods rooted in their ancestral heritage, the women of Warmi Awadora produce and sell beautiful woven textiles from native cotton that has been grown in harmony with the forest.
Explore some of our landscape projects around the globe:
New Wins in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala
October 2021: The Guatemalan government announced the creation of two new community forestry concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve—a big win in the fight against deforestation.
Women Lead the Way in the Western Highlands of Cameroon
“It’s a simple equation,” says Nadège Nzoyem, our Central Africa director, “Strong women equal strong communities and strong landscapes.”
Coffee and Tea Farmers Working Together to Protect Mount Kenya
On the fertile slopes of Mount Kenya, we’re bringing together tea and coffee farmers, companies, government officials, and local NGOs to protect one of East Africa’s most iconic landscapes.
Stopping Deforestation in West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Palm oil production poses a serious threat to Indonesia’s rainforests. That’s why we’re stepping up our efforts to help local farmers embrace sustainability in West Kalimantan.
Launching our Community Listening Program
Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do at the Rainforest Alliance, but our new Community Listening Program, launched at the end of 2021, formalizes a system of gathering honest and open feedback from our community partners.
Listening sessions, interviews, and surveys—initially being rolled-out in Ghana, Mexico, and Guatemala—will take place in the local language. And that’s when learning starts, as we synthesize these conversations into actionable insights that will help shape our sustainability strategies for the better.
“Listening to our partner communities gets us right to the core of what matters most to farmers. I’ve always believed that amplifying these voices is the way to go.”
Kwame Osei
Our Ghana country director, on the launch of the Rainforest Alliance’s Community Listening Program
Advocacy & Engagement
Shaping Policy with Advocacy
With our diverse and global alliance, our organization is uniquely positioned to influence policy and decision-making on local, national, and international scales.
2021 was a landmark year for our advocacy work. We had a strong presence at COP26, participating in events during the two-week conference. We also saw great progress in two key pieces of due diligence legislation for which we’ve been advocating: the finalization of Germany’s Supply Chain Act and the European Union’s proposal for regulation on deforestation-free products.
Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD)
This year, there was a growing trend of European governments pushing forward due diligence legislation. These policies would make corporate due diligence practices mandatory and introduce penalties for non-compliance. We collaborated with a wide range of partners to call for sound legislation that protects the wellbeing of smallholder farmers and forests.
Legislating for Impact: Three recommendations to make HREDD work for smallholders
We came together with 14 civil society and farmer organizations to release this joint briefing that provides three recommendations to ensure upcoming legislation leads to positive impacts for smallholders.
Joint position paper on the EU policy and regulatory approach to cocoa
This joint position paper—from the Rainforest Alliance and a coalition of companies, NGOs, certification organizations, and others—calls for features we hope to see included in forthcoming EU legislation on due diligence and deforestation.
Including smallholders in EU action to protect and restore the world’s forests
In this joint briefing paper, we outline how the European Union can achieve their priorities to halt deforestation while supporting, rather than harming, smallholders.
Our Position at COP26
In Glasgow, we joined the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and a parallel event, the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Climate Hybrid Conference, to put a spotlight on community forestry, climate-resilient landscapes, and how companies can help protect and restore forests.
“We must cut emissions in half by 2030 and scale up climate adaptation actions and finance. There is no more time to waste. The time to act is now.”
Leila Yassine
Advocacy manager, nature at the Rainforest Alliance
Community forests event at GLF
We discussed community forestry’s contribution to climate resilience and mitigation in the tropics, and stakeholders’ role in supporting and scaling them up. The session was well-attended and viewed over 1,000 times online.
UNFCCC official side-event
We hosted a live and virtual panel, “Thriving together: how strong alliances achieve climate-resilient landscapes,” that brought together representatives from different sectors.
Forest Allies community of practice launchpad event at GLF
We launched the Forest Allies CoP, an opportunity for companies to positively affect within and beyond their supply chains. The launch was well-received by the hundreds who joined.
One Young World: Extreme Hangout event
We joined this event for young climate leaders to discuss the connection between climate change and forests, highlighting the role of integrated community forest management in climate adaptation and mitigation.
Santiago Gowland featured on CNN’s #CallToEarth broadcast
During a 24-hour live event, CNN’s Julia Chatterley spoke with our CEO Santiago Gowland to learn more about how we use climate-smart agriculture to create a better world for people and nature.
260 million
Households were reached with our live feature on CNN
Inspiring a Global Movement for Change
It’s up to all of us to create the future we want. That’s why the Rainforest Alliance runs individual engagement campaigns to inspire millions of people worldwide to make sustainability a part of their daily lives.
Let’s Grow Together
We hear it all the time: people want to make a difference, but they don’t know where to start. So, in 2021, we launched a brand awareness campaign, Let’s Grow Together. Our goal: to show that change is possible—and anybody can start their sustainability journey through simple, actionable everyday choices at home.
21 million
People reached across the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany
32,000+
Campaign website visits
Follow The Frog 2021
Follow the Frog is our annual consumer awareness and engagement campaign—one fun-filled week devoted to the inspiring partnerships and sustainability impacts behind our iconic little green frog seal.
Every year, we’re joined by more and more companies that want to celebrate the work we’ve done together, while brainstorming solutions to the challenges we still need to overcome. In terms of size and reach, 2021 was one of our biggest and best campaigns to date.
16 million
Campaign reach via influencers, media, participating companies, and Rainforest Alliance channels
94
Participating companies in 29 countries
29
Influencers from 5 countries
5.2 million
People reached across France
Raising Consumer Awareness in France
Surveys show that French consumers are increasingly interested in buying responsibly sourced coffee. In 2021, we partnered with four leading French coffee brands on a joint campaign to increase awareness of our green frog seal in France. Our geo-targeted ads highlighted how Rainforest Alliance certification promotes coffee that’s better for people and nature—from protecting forests and biodiversity to improving farmer livelihoods.
Finances & Funding
Revenue and Support
Expenses
Summary
| TOTAL REVENUE & SUPPORT | US$ 99,745,979 |
| TOTAL EXPENSES | 78,091,944 |
| OTHER ACTIVITY Foreign Currency Translation | (2,267,017) |
| DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS* RA-Cert-Net | 1,258,642 |
| ASSETS Change in Net Assets Net Assets, Beginning of Year | 20,645,660 50,409,423 |
| Net Assets, End of Year | US$ 71,055,083 |
| Rainforest Alliance Holding, Inc. is an international non-profit organization, organized on January 1, 2018 in the State of Delaware to serve as the common parent non-profit corporation providing centralized governance and oversight over Rainforest Alliance, Inc. and Stichting Rainforest Alliance. This financial summary represents the consolidated revenue and expenses for 2021 for the merged organization. |
| * In 2018, the Rainforest Alliance sold its assets in connection with its RA-Cert line of business. This sale represented a strategic shift in the Rainforest Alliance’s operations and as such was recorded as a discontinued operation in the consolidated statement of activities and changes in net assets. |
Donors
The donors who contributed more than US$500 to support our work in 2021 are listed below.
Contributions
US$1,000,000 & Above
- IKEA Foundation
- Elysabeth Kleinhans
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Walmart Foundation
US$100,000 – US$999,999
- Anonymous
- Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Fundación Gigante, A.C.
- The Scott Gordon Campbell Living Trust
- Krystyna and Dan Houser
- IKEA Social Entrepreneurship
- Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO)
- One Tree Planted
- Revolut
- Tides Foundation
- Tinker Foundation
- United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
- United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
US$10,000 – US$99,999
- Anonymous
- Rachel and Adam Albright
- AVEVA Inc
- Ayco Charitable Foundation
- The Benevity Community Impact Fund
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Brilliant Earth Foundation
- Cloetta AB
- Confiseur Läderach AG
- Sandy and Roger Deromedi
- Ranae Desantis
- Jerome L. and Thao N. Dodson
- Domtar
- EarthShare
- Mary Enright and Dan Enright
- Estée Lauder Companies Foundation
- Evergreen Packaging
- The Rosemarie E. Gatehouse Trust
- Samantha Goldstein
- Marta Heflin Foundation
- Marilú Hernández and Luis Bosoms
- Dorothy S. Hines Revocable Trust
- Johanette Wallerstein Institute
- Maria M. Johnson Fund
- Lynn Justus
- Kaphan Foundation
- Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund
- Frances Lear Foundation
- Maggie Lear and Daniel R. Katz
- Lyn and Norman Lear
- Peter H. Lehner
- Johnathan Love
- Luigi Lavazza S.p.A.
- The Mancheski Foundation
- Margolis Living Trust
- Mitsubishi Corporation
- Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Africa
- Mitsubishi Corporation Fund for Europe and Asia
- David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation Fund
- Nestlé Nespresso S.A.
- Parnassus Investments
- Partners Capital Investment Group
- PayPal Giving Fund
- Polly and Kenneth Rattner
- Rick Steves’ Europe
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- Wendy Gordon and Larry Rockefeller
- Laura and David Scott Ross
- Catherine A. Ludden and Eric B. Rothenberg
- Sall Family Foundation
- SAM Sensory and Consumer Research
- The San Francisco Foundation
- Schwab Charitable Fund
- Kerri and Drew Smith
- Teddy Fresh Inc.
- Teespring Inc
- Laney Thornton & Flora L. Thornton Foundation
- Towards Sustainability Foundation
- Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program of Toyota Motor Corporation
- TribeDisciples, Inc.
- Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
- Danny Wen
- Annemieke Wijn and Helmut Detken
- John & Lacey Williams
US$1,000 – US$9,999
- Anonymous
- Kristen and Labeeb Abboud
- Jerome Adler
- Blaise Aguera y Arcas
- Garrett Albright
- AmazonSmile
- Ambre Blends
- Amgen Foundation
- AMResorts
- Linus Andreen
- Arpin Charitable Trust
- Sanjay Athavale
- Balgley Family Charitable Foundation
- David Barnhart
- Diane Bastian
- Linda Beale
- Alexander Belderok
- John Beliveau
- Jason Bello
- Shiva and Brad Berman
- Betty A. Lewis University Environmental Charitable Trust
- The Blackbaud Giving Fund
- David Boechler
- Scott Bonora
- Lisa Brenskelle
- The Bridgewater Fund, Inc.
- Kathryn Briggs
- Bright Funds
- Kara Brockmeyer
- Laura Brooks
- Maynard Buehler and Katherine Buehler Heather Burks
- Andrew Burson
- C.F. Martin & Co., Inc.
- Stephanie Carpenter
- Andy Casagrande IV
- Anne Cehrs and David Cehrs
- Philip Chantler
- Charities Aide Foundation
- John Chastain
- Jasmine Chehrazi
- Yvon Chouinard
- Joanne Cirocco
- Climate Ride
- Laurie Conroy
- Eliza Conway
- C. David Cook
- Sonila and David Cook
- James Cooney
- Gretchen Corkrean and John Corkrean
- Daniel Couvreur
- The Phyllis Green and Randolph L. Cowen Fund
- Sandra Crowder
- Christine Curtis
- Canute Dalmasse
- Ron Davies
- Donna Davis
- Davis-Tailer Foundation
- Sheryl and Doug Dawson
- Rebecca De Souza
- David Dellen
- Mary Dent
- Wanda Denton
- Design Museum
- Rose Dix
- Helen Dunlap
- Tori Dunlap
- Brit Eaton
- Jessica Eidson Tsang
- Dominic Elliott
- Lara Elliott
- Betty and Greg Evans
- Karen Evans
- F5 Foundation
- Karen Fagan
- Lynn Feasley
- Duncan Fedde
- Laura Fetzner
- Fidelity Brokerage Services
- John Fields
- Pascal Finette
- Simon Fishel
- Colten Fisher
- Emily Fletcher
- Peggy Fooks
- Carol Fox
- Joe Bailey Freeman Jr.
- Diana and Andrew Frost
- George Fryer
- Candace Galen
- Mary Garton
- Cyrill Gebert
- Susan Gerngross
- Brent Gerundo
- Robert Getty
- Madeleine Glick
- Matthew Glomski
- Norma Goldberg
- Goldman Sonnenfeldt Foundation
- John Goulding
- The Grace Jones Richardson Trust
- Nicole Green
- Greensboro Science Center
- Greenside Parish Church
- Terence Groening
- Kevin Grzebielski
- Sam Gunther
- Ellana Hagedorn
- C. Hall-Casserly
- Robert Hancock
- Joseph Harmon
- Neal Hart and Dianna Hart
- Rhiannon and Jared Hatchell
- Eric Hayes
- Autumn Heep
- Renee Herzing
- Joshua Hogrewe
- Galen Holgate
- Home Box Office
- Penelope Hooper
- M. House Family Fund at The San Diego Foundation
- Albert Howlett
- Ryan Hunt
- Impact Assets
- Daniel Ings
- Stephen Irish
- Erik Jackson
- Jeffery Jens
- Jewish Communal Fund
- Melinda and Ethan Johnson
- Julia and Dan Johnson
- Robert Jonas
- Jones Financial (Edward Jones)
- Edward M. Juda
- Donna L. Kaplan
- Steve R Kaufman
- Mark Kennedy
- King Baudouin Foundation
- Susan King
- Courtney Knott
- Korein Foundation
- Margaret Kramar
- Rachel Kullman
- Jan Kwiatkowski
- Jesse Lambert
- Ron Lang and Katharine Lang
- Peter Leahy
- Kate Lear and Jonathan Lapook
- Thomas Leibowitz and Jodie Smith
- Russell Lemle
- Daniel Lenoski and Kristen Lee
- Carolyn Lenz
- Reuben Levy
- Tomas Lhotsky
- Lisa Liljeqvist
- Jamie Lippman
- Yuling Liu
- Jason Locey
- Louden Family Foundation
- Lila L. Luce
- Vít Luká
- Larry Lundberg
- Lawrence and Victoria Lunt
- John Lynch
- Tom Maguire
- Ryan T Malone
- Manic Panic
- Ryan Martin
- Oliver Masaba
- Elisabeth Mason
- Colleen Kim McCarthy
- Emilie McConville
- Diana and Mark McNabb
- Janet Grossman and Howard Mechanic
- Guy Merckx
- Milliman Inc
- Curtis Mischler
- John Moffett
- Paul Molina Chavez
- Larona Moore
- Nancy Mores
- Jose Mourinho
- Sandra Munoz
- The Nature Conservancy
- Glenna Neece
- The Gramma Ama Neenah Nature Donor Advised Fund at The Nature Conservancy
- Neotacej Se Zady
- Thomas J. Nerger
- Network for Good
- The New York Community Trust
- Allen Newman
- Liana K. and Gebhard Neyer
- Stuart Oliver
- Lida Orzeck
- Shelley Osborne
- Amy Paron
- David Parsley
- Patagonia.com
- Lauri Paul and Mark Hamilton
- Adele F. Paynter
- Isabelle Philippe
- Jim Phillips
- Piersol Foundation, Inc.
- Eric Piesner
- Elizabeth Poreba
- David Porteous and Vicky Smith
- Robert Pressberg and Barbara Scolnick
- Ted Prim
- Alice Pulver
- Alison Rabour
- Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc.
- Rebecca Rocheford Davies
- Brian Rogan
- Daniel Gregory Rooker and Mary Frances Rooker
- Daniel Rosekopanke
- Lisa Rosenfield
- Ed Rounds and Callae Walcott-Rounds
- RSF Social Finance
- Lenore Ruben
- Anja Sadola
- S.L. Safferstone
- Frederick and Dianne Sanders
- Thomas Schulz
- Jon Scorcia
- Michael Sekera
- Bardia Shahali
- Divya Sharma
- Vortex Shipbroking
- Patricia Simpson
- Chuck Sims and Nancy Wolf Fund
- Leslie Smith
- Sandy Spears
- Susan Spears
- Stuart and Kimberly Gantcher Spodek
- Stanley Shalom Zielony Foundation
- Jennifer Steingart
- William Stern and Meredyth Stern
- Rose Stewart
- James Stone
- Good Street
- Robin Stutman
- Jorge Suris and Noreen Zayas-Suris
- Hosanna Swanner
- Leticia Taft-Pearman
- Angela Tankian
- Cathy Taub and Lowell Freiberg
- Lee and Norelle Tavrow
- Julie Taymor
- Jan Thompson
- TIAA Charitable
- Cathy Tilley
- Robert Tipp
- Tucker Triggs
- Diane Trombetta
- The UK Online Giving Foundation
- Amber Valletta
- Peter Vardeman
- Verizon Employee Engagement
- Louis Vervat
- Michael Vest
- David Vieira
- Sarah Vihtelic
- Goran Visnijc
- Diana Visser
- Raymond Wager
- Martha Wales
- William Waller
- Meredith Waltman
- Nancy Warwick
- Spring Washam
- Don Wedel
- James Weidner
- Elizabeth Ginsberg and Robert Weinstein
- Stephanie Weir
- Laura Weiss
- Harriet Wetstone
- Emily and Richard White
- Whitehill Family Foundation
- Mike Willcox
- Dana Williams
- Jennifer Williams
- Terry Wizig
- William Wozencraft
- Penelope and Philip Wright
- Wenqing Yan
- Carole Youngren
- Grace Yu and Nikolas Makris
- Joseph Zakher
- David Zuckerbraun
US$500 – US$999
- Anonymous
- Julie Adler
- Eliot Aguera y Arcas
- Denise Alborn and Davis Hylkema
- Gregory Alexander
- Marybeth Alpuche
- Jim Arata
- Rowena Archibald
- Dalilah Arja
- Gerald Audesirk
- Ann Austin
- Linda Avery
- Tasso Azevedo
- Peter Bache
- Anya Baitch
- Andrew Baker
- Charles Baumann
- Gillian Beebe
- David Beeman
- Michael Beeman
- Linda Behnke
- Matthew Bell
- Tamara Belt
- Douglas Bender and Emma Trejo
- Stephen Benko
- Clare Bernstein
- Alessandra Bertani
- Ian Betty
- Anshu Bhatia
- Michael Bier
- Lynn Bloom
- Byron Bohlsen
- Alexis Boothe
- Craig Boreth
- Kathryn Bouchard
- Karen Bowen and Beth Gerstein
- Judith Brady
- Sandra Bragg
- James H Breeden
- Gregory BresnitzParker Brock
- Joel Bronstein
- Catherine Brouwer
- Shannon Bueker
- Kelly Burke
- Jerry Burns
- The Burt Family Foundation
- Edward Burtynsky
- Amy Butler
- Ki Buursink
- Donna Cameron
- Cynthia Cannon
- Todd Carpenter
- Laurence Carter
- Caterpillar Foundation
- Carisa Cattran
- Philip Cavanaugh and March Cavanaugh
- Tanya Chaly
- Robin Chancer
- Maggie Chang
- Timothy Cliffe
- Wei-Fan Chen
- Yee Chow
- Christian Christensen
- Maureen Curreri Collier
- Diane Clark
- Paul Clark
- Timothy Cliffe
- Laura L. White
- Hayyim Cohen
- Toby Coleman
- James Coley
- Tamara Cooley
- Emily Cooper
- Carla Corwin
- Lucas Cotner
- Matthew Cubbage
- Cumberland Community Foundation Inc.
- Jo Anna Dale
- Ellen Daniel
- Bonny Danielsen
- Cornelia Dannert
- Gary David
- Deanna Dawson
- Amaury De Poret
- Kate Debus
- Jerome Deck
- Margaret Decker
- Elizabeth M. Denning
- Sharon Deutsch
- Joseph Devonport
- Jemima Dixon
- Breeanne Doehring
- Brian Donnelly
- Eva Drexler
- Joel Eidelson
- Dave and Carol Eglsaer Fund
- David Elkins
- Kristina Ellis
- Sonia Fargue
- Ludmila Ferruzzi
- Elise Fiala
- Stuart Firth-Clark
- Autumn Fleck
- Monifa Foluke
- Patricia Foschi
- Sunny Friedman
- Frontstream
- Benjamin Fry
- David Gamero
- Alejandro and Saydee Garcia Gonzalez
- Elizabeth Gaupo
- Veronica Geary
- Veronica Geczi
- George R. Hanaford Elementary School
- John and Dorothy Givens
- Robert Glass And Ruth Glass
- Globality Inc
- Steven Goldberg
- Sebastian Goodman
- Santiago Gowland
- Nirmal Govind
- Darren Gray
- Jillian Greenacre
- Deirdre Gruba-Mccallister
- Grant Grundler
- Lorenzo Guadagno
- Dave Gupta
- Barbara Gural
- Stephanie Gutschall
- Thomas Hagedorn
- Ryan Hall
- Nina Hamilton
- Brage Hanson
- Travis Hardy
- Oliver Harris
- Margaret Hayden
- Maria Haza
- Natalia Jimenez
- Mate Hegedus
- Edward Helmer
- Leigh Henderson
- Alex and Klari Hixenbaugh
- David Hirschhorn
- Robert Hodas
- Robert M. Hogan
- Join Holding Bv
- Leona Hubatch
- David Huey
- Lien Kim Huynh
- Karen Igler
- Kenrick Intan
- Brooke Jackson
- Sana Jarral
- Pamela Jensen
- Darlene Jeris and John Loughlin
- Natalia Jimenez
- Johnson & Johnson Matching Gifts Program
- Elizabeth Johnson and Philip Johnson
- Marta Jost
- JP Morgan Chase Matching Gifts Program
- Eric Jung
- Just Giving Inc
- Danielle Kane
- Lee Kaster
- Shanthi Swaroop Katika
- Leslie Kaufman
- Catherine Kazmirski
- Robert Kempton
- Michael Kennedy
- Charles King
- Pat Kly
- Melissa Klingler
- Christa Knapp
- Gene Koo
- David Kramer
- Michael Kreeft
- Molly Kreidler
- Peter Krzywicki
- Shihyu Kuo
- Peggy Kurtz
- Lake Park High School District 108
- Billy Lam
- Ching Hao Kyle Lam
- Diane Lamb
- John Landes
- Lynn Landis
- Richard Larson
- William Lehman
- Shirley Joyce Leibel
- Peter Leschak
- Olga Levaniouk
- Jessica Lin
- Ryan Link
- Katie Littlejohn
- Wilson Liu and Xiaolin Zhang
- Jillian Lomanno
- Ann Lu
- Josie Ludwig
- Robert Madison
- Julie Magilen
- Henry Matlosz
- Sky Matula
- Maverick Capital Foundation
- Jacob McFayden
- Alexandra Mcmullin
- Adam Mendala-Monge
- Irlanda Mendez
- Mightycause Charitable Foundation
- Nalin Miglani
- Antony Milford
- Zipporiah Mills
- Hanna Miluska
- Sara Miranda
- Nikolaos Monoyios and Valerie Brackett
- Paula Monroe
- Michael Moreno
- John Morris
- Cheryl Moss
- Michelle and Anthony Munkholm
- Margaret Myers
- The NASDAQ OMX Group
- Dominic Natalizio
- National Financial Services LLC
- Benedict Newbitt
- Linda Nietman
- Nathan Norris
- Michael Novilla
- Roger Nussbaum and Joyce Nussbaum
- Conor O’Brien
- Karen Oehme
- Bruce Ogin
- John O’Hara and Linda O’Hara
- Krista Olson
- Robin Osborne
- Chirag Patel
- Jason Paxton
- Amy Pearce
- Andrew Pearce
- Fabrizio Pedroli
- Tommie Pegues
- Michael Peltz
- Henry Perkins
- Donald Perras
- Hannah Peterson
- Katie Petitbon
- Pledgeling Foundation
- Rachel Polcyn
- Elizaveta Porodina
- Anup Premanandan
- Josh Pribyl
- Alma Prins
- Rachelle Prosser
- Lauren Puleo
- Dexter Quiggle
- Steven Rabinowitz
- Omar Rahal-Arabi
- Anne Randolph
- Kathrin Rapp
- Thomas Reynolds
- Tina Rhea
- James Rieger
- Bernard Robinowitz
- Robert Roemer
- Andrew Rostaing
- Neal Roston
- Jessen Rungien
- Anita Ruthenberg
- Gregory Smith
- Michael Sabin
- Neema Saless
- Stormie Sandhu
- Tatiana Santos
- Naomi Savin
- Ian Sax
- Alastair Sayce
- Kirk Scarbrough
- Benjamin Schachter
- Eric Scheide
- Adrian Schnell
- Tor Schoenmeyr
- Janice Schwegler
- Mark Segelman
- Solomon Shacter
- Tushar Shah
- Rebecca Shalansky
- Rebecca Sharp
- Sheehan Charitable Gift Fund
- Timothy Sheffield
- Shell Oil Company Foundation
- Delilah Sichmeller
- Margaret L Preston Silver
- William Simpson
- Austin Skootsky
- David Beeman
- Jennifer and Gregory Smith
- Maureen O. Smith
- Sonja Smolokowska
- David Snowberg
- Society of the Transfiguration
- Sol Systems LLC
- Meghann Sommer
- Erin Staudt
- Virginia Stearns
- Lucy Stewart
- Ellen Stone Belic
- Jo Stroud
- Geri Sullivan
- Dinesh Surtani
- Tom Sybrant
- Isabel Tarafa
- Donald Taylor
- Rebecca Taylor
- Bradley TePaske
- Julien Tessier
- Pia Victoria Thiemann
- Masha Timonina
- Angela Tina
- Rebecca Tobojka
- Norman Todd
- Don and Mary Tucker
- Roberta M. Tucker
- Tulsa Community Foundation
- Rita Vallet
- Ton van der Laan
- Jaime Villalobos-Delgado
- Paola Villegas
- Virtual Acct Marketing
- Maja Vogrinc
- Joseph and Terry Walden
- Melanie Waldron
- Justin Walker
- Kathe Walton
- Beni Weber
- Austin Wehn
- Li Wei Lin
- Peter Weil
- Craig Weisz
- Jeremy Welsh-Loveman
- John Williams
- Sallie Wilmot
- Doug Wilson
- John Winn
- Charles Wolf
- The Wonderful Company
- Michael Wyzan
- John Yates
- Linda Young
- Robert Zimmerman
- Patrick Zimmermann
- Kayla Zuckerman
Judith Sulzberger Society
The Judith Sulzberger Society honors those individuals who have chosen to include the Rainforest Alliance in their estate planning.
- Anonymous
- Evelyne Adler
- Richard Allan
- E.A. Aschmoneit-Jüdell
- Paula Band
- Barr Charitable Foundation
- George Benz
- Carl F. Bostrom Estate
- Martin Brazeau
- Joel Brown
- Maynard and Katherine Buehler Trust
- Sara Burgess
- Jerry Burns
- Winifred Caldwell
- Joan Callahan
- The Scott Gordon Campbell Living Trust
- Christopher Canino
- Lynn Caporale
- Melisande Congdon-Doyle Revocable Trust
- Charles N. Conover Marital Trust
- Pamela J Davidson
- Holly Davis
- Sheryl Dawson
- Christian Oliver Stjerna Degner-Elsner
- Robert DeLong
- R Stephen Dorsey
- Lyn Dremalas
- Arthur Dusdall Revocable Living Trust
- Erhart Eger
- Dorothy Fiore-Gramenstetter
- William Forbes
- Steven Forman
- Helene Frankel
- Rosemarie Gatehouse
- Arlene Gaudet
- Susan Heller Gebel
- Robert Gilliam
- Eliot Girsang and Richard Wilson
- Kathleen Goetten
- Carlyn Goettsch
- David Goodkind
- Hans Grellmann and Annerose Grellman
- Terence Groening
- Keith Hester
- Dorothy Hines
- Bill Holmes
- Tom Horner
- Charles Howard
- Estate of Robert B. Keiser
- KeyBank National Association Trust Division
- Elysabeth Kleinhans
- Corinne Konrad
- Pat Lacy
- Joseph Liebling, Joan Wetherall and Denise Elsken
- William Maillet
- Maxine Mansor
- Margolis Living Trust
- Elizabeth McBrady
- Lawrence Meyran
- Emma Milkeraitis
- Evelyn Miller
- Susan Nicolich
- Marcia Lafair Obstfeld and Herb Lafair
- Judith Perlman
- Veronica Perry
- De Nyse Pinkerton
- Thomas Plant
- Jonathan Pool
- Julie Reilly
- Linda Richter
- Gloria Ripple
- Robert Roemer
- Abigail Rome
- Arthur Rowe
- George W. Schmidt, Jr. Living Trust
- Roseann Schneider
- Martin Schwager
- Ann Scott
- Estate of William Seydlitz
- Joanne Sheridan
- Fumiko Shido
- Pam Simonsson
- Victor Soukup
- Randolph Stadler
- Sherman M. Starr Charitable Remainder Unitrust
- Judith Sulzberger
- Sandra Szanderek
- Allan Taylor
- John Tyler
- Ann Walter
- Brendan Ware and Vivienne Myler
- Howard Waymire Surviving Spouse’s Trust
- Beth Westfall and Ilse Holliday
- Mary Williams
In-Kind Contributions
- Abcor BV
- Akerman LLP
- Arias & Muñoz (Costa Rica)
- Covington & Burling
- González Calvillo, S.C.
- McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
- Orrick
- Paul Hastings LLP
- Shearman & Sterling LLP
We are deeply grateful to the thousands of individuals and organizations who supported our work. We are inspired by your commitment to our alliance and taking action on some of the most pressing social and environmental challenges of today.
I worked for the Rainforest Alliance in my 20s to develop grants and projects to support forest communities alongside my colleagues. When my mom died from cancer in 2019, my family talked about what donations would honor her, as she worked in social justice throughout her career. I immediately thought of a project I developed with my colleague Maria Ghiso to support ejido communities who communally manage biodiverse forests in Calakmul, Mexico. This amazing project to build the next generation of forest conservationists with local universities is critical to helping the communities in the region continue to thrive and conserve this incredible forest ecosystem rich in biodiversity.
Carolynn Johnson (gives through Maria M. Johnson Fund)
Based in Southern California, Carolynn currently leads engagement and research in the US West Coast at the Institute of Transportation and Development Policy to improve sustainable transportation for frontline communities that will be disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis. She previously worked at the Rainforest Alliance on project design and partnerships for the organization’s programs across Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
I’ve been a longtime supporter of the Rainforest Alliance and the organization’s collaborative approach has always resonated with me. We are all interconnected; to tackle the urgent environmental and social challenges we face as a global society, we really do need to work together.
Elysabeth Kleinhans
Elysabeth has been a dedicated supporter of the Rainforest Alliance since the very beginning. In 1989, she helped us create the Kleinhans Fellowship which awards a two-year academic stipend to early career researchers working on Community Forestry—a proven model for sustainability transformation that has long been championed by the Rainforest Alliance and the forest communities we partner with. To date, we have awarded 18 fellowships to a diverse group of researchers, who have each set out to address the real-world challenges economic, social, and environmental—that our community partners face on the ground. Last year, Elysabeth’s generous support allowed us to launch our Community Listening Program.
Acknowledgements
Board of Directors
- Daniel R. Katz, Chair
- Ton van der Laan, Vice Chair
- Peter M. Schulte, Treasurer
- Labeeb M. Abboud
- Tasso Azevedo
- Sonila Cook
- Daniel J. Couvreur
- Wendy Gordon
- Nina Haase
- Marilú Hernández de Bosoms
- Dan Houser
- Peter H. Lehner
- Nalin Miglani
- Vanusia Nogueira
- Juan Esteban Orduz
- Anurag Priyadarshi
- Anisha Rajapakse
- Eric B. Rothenberg
- Kerri A. Smith
- Annemieke Wijn
Ambassadors Circle
Members of the Ambassadors Circle are talented individuals from the business, scientific, philanthropic, and entertainment industries who can actively support the Rainforest Alliance’s mission in unique ways.
- Maxine Bédat
- Gabriella Campagna
- Ricky Echanique
- Jesse Glickstein
- Jamie Denburg Habie
- Carol Cassazza Herman
- Andrew Klaber
- Hemendra Kothari
- Lawrence F. Lunt
- Count Amaury de Poret
- Richmond Mayo-Smith
- Alexis Rockman
- David Scott Ross
- Cameron Russell
- Melanie Salmon
- Bonnie Wright
- Grace Yu
Editors
- Daria Koreniushkina
- Michael Gibbons
Writers
- Gui-Xi Young
- Jenna Pacitto
- Laura Jamison
Designers
- Joost Voets
- Mason Philips
- Patrick Floyd
Video Production
- Justin Valdes
- Rachel Young
Web Development
- Matt Nerger
- Erica Rosset
Contributors
- Gabriela Cordon
- Larissa Diakanua
- Nurul Wara Firda
- Alba Leon
- Alexandra Dawe
- Marta Fiolhais
Thank You!
from everyone at the Rainforest Alliance
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