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World Rainforest Fund

EIN 94-2914127 · Walnut Creek, CA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthNot ratedToo small or too little detailGovernanceWeak31 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

To save rainforest through public education and by empowering indigenous people of the rainforest by giving them grants to fund projects they carry out to save their rainforest homes.

Income
$19,185
Spending
$32,000
Spent on programs
100%
Reserves
24.4 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 67%
Employees
0
Volunteers
12

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Weak: 31 out of 100. Higher than 6% of charities in its peer group (environment, under $250k).

  • Independent board

    0 of 25

    0 of 0 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    0 of 15

    Reports no written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (3)
  1. $12,000 spent. Grant to Go Conscious Earth to hire office staff to help oversee the daily operations of the reserves we helped set up in the past in the Democratic Republic of the Congo run by the local people and recognized by the government. These reseves protect the Pygmy and other indigenous tribes and the bonobo, a relative of the chimpanzee and the closest relative of humans. The rainforests there are a carbon sink that stores large quantities of peat, which stores carbon in great amounts. Hence, preserving this forest greatly helps alleviate global warming.
  2. $10,000 spent. Grant to Earth Guardians in the African nation of Togo to restore a destroyed rainforest. This also funded the workers on this project, giving them employment, so they did not need to destroy rainforest to make a living.
  3. $10,000 spent. Grant to Khamai Foundation to expand the Pitala Reserve, doubling its size, adding 152 hectares (376 acres), in Ecuador, that we helped set up in the past. The expansion of this reserve protects the rainforest from the threat of goldminers, a proposed destructive raod, and ranchers. This rainforest was found to have among the highest biodiversity in the world by the Map of Life, the world's leading biodiversity survey of scientists. The reserve protects an estimated 400 species of fish, 300 species of reptiles and amphibians, hundreds of species of mammals, and over 100,000 species of invertebrates. The expansion of it also protects the endangered spotted rocket frog.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.

    Status was revoked on May 15, 2011 for not filing returns for three years. The IRS now lists it as tax-exempt again.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since October 2012.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.

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