2015-01-27T15:29:58-06:00 2014-06-30 946214841 ARMANINO LLP 12657 ALCOSTA BOULEVARD SUITE 500 SAN RAMON CA 945834600 990 2013-07-01 943045180 RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK RAIN 4153984404 425 BUSH STREET NO 300 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108 SCOTT B PRICE TREASURER 4153984404 2015-01-26 1 LYNN HENLEY P00356034 9257902600 2013 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z ANDRE CAROTHERS 425 BUSH STREET NO 300 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108 8287479 0 X WWW.RAN.ORG X 1987 CA CAMPAIGNS FOR THE FORESTS, THEIR INHABITANTS, AND THE NATURAL SYSTEMS THAT SUSTAIN LIFE. 10 10 44 28 0 0 4138635 8215039 0 0 -129 1283 222442 -218507 4360948 7997815 81050 255000 0 0 2240882 2466364 0 0 690020 1762016 1868850 4083948 4590214 277000 3407601 1935863 5460988 211590 329114 1724273 5131874 X RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK ("RAN") WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1985 AS A CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. RAN'S MISSION IS TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE FORESTS, THEIR INHABITANTS AND THE NATURAL SYSTEMS THAT SUSTAIN LIFE BY TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE THROUGH EDUCATION, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION. SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED, RAN HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN STRENGTHENING THE WORLDWIDE RAINFOREST CONSERVATION MOVEMENT THROUGH SUPPORTING ACTIVISTS IN RAINFOREST COUNTRIES AS WELL AS ORGANIZING AND MOBILIZING CONSUMERS AND COMMUNITY ACTION GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. 0 0 1622920 111734 AGRIBUSINESS CAMPAIGNPALM OIL IS A GLOBALLY TRADED AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY THAT IS USED IN 50 PERCENT OF ALL CONSUMER GOODS, FROM SOAPS AND DETERGENTS TO BREAKFAST CEREALS AND BIOFUELS. GROWN ON MASSIVE PLANTATIONS IN TROPICAL NATIONS, MAINLY MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA, PALM OIL HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION, THREATENED EXTINCTIONS OF ANIMALS, INCLUDING ORANGUTANS, HUGE INCREASES IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR VIOLATIONS.FOCUSING ON REDUCING MARKET DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY AND SOCIALLY IRRESPONSIBLE PALM OIL PRODUCTS AND TRANSFORMING GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS, OUR RAINFOREST AGRIBUSINESS CAMPAIGN CREATES THE MARKET LEVERAGE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE CORPORATE BEHAVIOR AND MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN ON THE GROUND. 942144 64864 RAINFOREST FREE PAPER CAMPAIGNTHE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY, LED BY ASIA PULP AND PAPER (APP) AND ASIA PACIFIC RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (APRIL), IS PERHAPS THE LEADING THREAT TO THE REMAINING LARGE FORESTS IN SUMATRA AND SOME OF INDONESIA'S LARGEST INTACT PEATLANDS. PULP FROM CLEARED RAINFORESTS IS MADE INTO CHEAP COPY PAPER, BOOKS, TISSUE AND TOILET PAPER, AND LUXURY SHOPPING BAGS THAT ARE THEN SOLD TO CONSUMERS IN THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, AND ASIA.RAN'S RAINFOREST-FREE PAPER CAMPAIGN IS PUSHING CORPORATIONS AND THE INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT TO DECLARE A MORATORIUM ON CONVERTING FORESTS AND PEATLANDS TO PAPER PLANTATIONS. WORKING WITH PARTNERS IN THE U.S., INDONESIA, AND AROUND THE WORLD, OUR CAMPAIGN IS CREATING THE MARKET LEVERAGE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE CORPORATE PRACTICES AND TRANSFORM GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS. 1138783 78402 CLIMATE & ENERGY CAMPAIGNCLIMATE CHANGE IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT FACING OUR PLANET. BURNING FOSSIL FUELS POLLUTES THE ATMOSPHERE WITH GREENHOUSE GASES, LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE PLANET'S ECOSYSTEMS, INCLUDING FORESTS, AND TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, BOTH OF WHICH HIT THE WORLD'S POOREST HARDEST. THERE IS SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS THAT WE NEED TO CUT GLOBAL GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS DRASTICALLY BEFORE 2020 IF WE ARE TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE.RAN'S ENERGY FINANCE CAMPAIGN HAS FOCUSED ON PUSHING THE BIGGEST BANKS IN THE U.S. TO END THEIR UNDERWRITING OF FOSSIL FUELS, THE LARGEST U.S. CONTRIBUTORS TO CLIMATE CHANGE, WHILE ENGAGING, SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING THE MOVEMENT OF GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS TAKING ACTION FOR THE CLIMATE. 3703847 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 76 0 1 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA AL AK AZ AR CO CT FL GA IL KS KY ME MD MA MI MN MS MO NH NJ NM NY NC OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI X X NOEL NATIVIDAD COO 4153984404 425 BUSH STREET NO 300 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94108 ANDRE CAROTHERS BOARD CHAIR 4.00 X X 0 0 0 JAMES D GOLLIN PRESIDENT 4.00 X X 0 0 0 RANDALL HAYES THRU 102013 SECRETARY 4.00 X X 0 0 0 SCOTT B PRICE TREASURER 4.00 X X 0 0 0 ANNA HAWKEN DEVEL CO-CHAIR 4.00 X X 0 0 0 JODIE EVANS DEVEL CO-CHAIR 4.00 X X 0 0 0 STEPHEN STEVICK GOVERNANCE 4.00 X X 0 0 0 ALLAN BADINER DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANNA LAPPE SECRETARY 2.00 X X 0 0 0 CATHERINE CAUFIELD DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 PAMELA LIPPE DIRECTOR 2.00 X 0 0 0 LINDSEY ALLEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 112068 0 7319 NOEL NATIVIDAD COO 40.00 X 80863 0 13265 JERI HOWLAND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR 40.00 X 101717 0 5182 294648 0 25766 2 0 0 0 0 500234 508989 7205816 112186 8215039 1283 1283 71157 500234 289664 -218507 -218507 7997815 0 0 -217224 X 24000 24000 231000 231000 226010 150621 40250 35139 1763239 1383136 61750 318353 34537 27538 1364 5635 265476 211757 10706 43013 177102 136161 9211 31730 21016 6425 14591 622056 556681 20795 44580 137829 77937 59892 171103 123348 9251 38504 41579 39092 485 2002 244275 194977 9617 39681 286445 284230 213 2002 104569 96371 3748 4450 26039 20762 1029 4248 13403 4110 8452 841 MISCELLANEOUS 79423 33648 977 44798 EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT/TR 42405 38681 17 3707 MEMBERSHIP DUES, PUBLIC 38028 33007 31 4990 COMMUNICATION SERVICES 20335 20335 20345 10030 3860 6455 4590214 3703847 196347 690020 X 104198 77937 0 26261 899570 3477636 889176 1807918 9496 4863 50396 80266 150765 108330 39355 42435 47870 47870 1935863 5460988 21098 17116 190492 311998 211590 329114 X 662500 3050685 1061773 2081189 1724273 5131874 1935863 5460988 3407601 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 4100774 3661654 3577686 4134435 8240104 23714653 4100774 3661654 3577686 4134435 8240104 23714653 2678598 21036055 177 970 2526 -29120 1283 -24164 836 836 84211 79029 2142 165382 23856707 0.88180 0.94120 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 17850 8708 9142 132915 99622 33293 42435 ACCRUED PAYROLL LIABILITIES 155968 OTHER ACCRUED LIABILITIES 156030 311998 X 8022880 25065 25065 7997815 0 7997815 4615279 25065 25065 4590214 0 4590214 PART X, LINE 2: RAN ASSESSES TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN AGAINST MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND MEASUREMENT ATTRIBUTES FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION. BASED ON AN ANALYSIS PREPARED BY RAN, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT RAN BELIEVES THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. 1 SOUTH AMERICA 6 25 PROGRAM SERVICES ENVIRONMENTALISM 15000 NORTH AMERICA 9 37 PROGRAM SERVICES ENVIRONMENTALISM 170500 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - AUSTRALIA, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA, 14 58 PROGRAM SERVICES ENVIRONMENTALISM 68000 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 1 3 PROGRAM SERVICES ENVIRONMENTALISM 1500 30 123 0 0 30 123 255000 0 255000 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC HELPING COMMUNITIES TO SECURE LAND 7000 WIRE TRANSFER EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC HELPING COMMUNITIES TO SECURE LAND 6000 WIRE TRANSFER NORTH AMERICA HELPING COMMUNITIES TO SECURE LAND 155000 WIRE TRANSFER EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC HELPING COMMUNITIES SECURE LAND 7500 WIRE TRANSFER EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC HELPING COMMUNITIES SECURE LAND 7500 WIRE TRANSFER 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 2: GRANTEES ARE COMMUNICATED WITH BY THE SMALL GRANTS MANAGER TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND ACTIVITIES AND SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT ON THE GRANT ACTIVITIES WITHIN 1 YEAR OF RECEIVING THE GRANT. RAN CAMPAIGN STAFF AND INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GRANTEES AND IN MOST CASES ARE ABLE TO PERFORM FIELD VISITS TO MONITOR GRANT ACTIVITIES. PART I, LINE 3: GRANTEES ARE COMMUNICATED WITH BY THE SMALL GRANTS MANAGER TO PROVIDE UPDATES AND ACTIVITIES AND SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT ON THE GRANT ACTIVITIES WITHIN 1 YEAR OF RECEIVING THE GRANT. RAN CAMPAIGN STAFF AND INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GRANTEES AND IN MOST CASES ARE ABLE TO PERFORM FIELD VISITS TO MONITOR GRANT ACTIVITIES. 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THE FORM IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S MANAGEMENT, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THIS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THEN DISCUSSES THE CONTENTS OF THE RETURN WITH AN OUTSIDE TAX PROFESSIONAL. AFTER A FULL REVIEW (WITH MODIFICATIONS WHERE NECESSARY), THE FINAL VERSION OF THE TAX RETURN IS PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION'S VOTING BODY. THE BOARD TREASURER WILL SIGN AND RAN MANAGEMENT WILL MAIL THE RETURN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT LEAST ANNUALLY. ALL PERSONNEL AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE (IN WRITING) POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND ANY RELATED PARTY AFFILIATIONS. LOANS BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS FULL TRANSPARENCY ON ALL RELATIONSHIPS. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS (IN FACT OR APPEARANCE) ARE DISCUSSED OPENLY AND RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICY AND PROCEDURES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNUALLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS RULES AND REGULATIONS. EFFORTS ARE MADE TO SECURE COMPENSATION DATA FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE COMPETITIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF SALARIES. EVERY EFFORT IS MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE PROCESS IS THOROUGH AND TRANSPARENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH IRS GUIDELINES AND THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. COMPENSATION OF OTHER HIGH-LEVEL PERSONNEL AND KEY EMPLOYEES IS REVIEWED AT LEAST ANNUALLY BY MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT. EFFORTS ARE MADE TO SECURE COMPENSATION DATA FROM INDUSTRY SOURCES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE COMPETITIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF SALARIES AND ALL RELATED BENEFITS. ALL DECISIONS ARE THEN DOCUMENTED IN PERSONNEL FILES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 ALL OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND OTHER LEGAL FILINGS ARE MAINTAINED IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND HELD AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY TAX AUTHORITIES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. TAX RETURNS ARE POSTED ANNUALLY TO WWW.GUIDESTAR.ORG (WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AS AN ELECTRONIC COPY) AND ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (FOR A PHYSICAL INSPECTION). FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G OTHER CONTRACT SERVICES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 556,681. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 20,795. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 44,580. TOTAL EXPENSES 622,056. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM PRIOR YEAR.