Rainforest Connection

Analysis

Rainforest Connection is a registered charity in United States, based in Katy, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover science and technology, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Rainforest Connection reported income of $3.6m and spending of $2.5m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.8m to $3.6m (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Rainforest Connection sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shadoart Productions Inc ($3.6m), Modernism Week ($3.6m) and National Space Grant Foundation Inc ($3.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 18% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $358k. At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $21k, net assets of $3.6m. It reported 7 employees.