Nonprofit · EIN 47-5521013
AMAZON FRONTLINES
Tax-exempt · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $4,981,500 | $5,533,735 | -$552,235 | $4,947,646 | $521,574 | $4,426,072 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,843,377 | $4,327,675 | -$484,298 | $5,896,019 | $287,803 | $5,608,216 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,948,562
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $29,787
- Other revenue
- $3,151
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $2,251,765
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $305,265
- Other salaries and wages
- $333,125
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $887,606
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $3,073
- Accounting fees
- $92,671
- Occupancy
- $49,673
- Travel
- $256,680
- Program services (functional)
- $4,737,024
- Management and general (functional)
- $468,228
- Fundraising (functional)
- $328,483
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,896,019
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,947,646
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $521,574
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,426,072
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $58,689
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,578,896
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $847,176
- Gross receipts
- $4,981,500
- Employees
- 8
- Volunteers
- 5
- Year formed
- 2016
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL ANDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $176,527 |
| JEREMY NELSON | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Officer | 36 | $128,738 |
| ALEXANDER GOFF | DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $127,352 |
| GINGER CASSADY | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| JOSH FRYDAY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| FELICITY MEU | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JUSTIN WINTERS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL DUIGNAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL ANDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $133,560 |
| JEREMY NELSON | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Officer | 36 | $125,255 |
| GINGER CASSADY | BOARD CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 |
| JOSH FRYDAY | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| FELICITY MEU | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| JUSTIN WINTERS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL DUIGNAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 425 BUSH ST STE 300, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108-3721
- In care of
- % MITCHELL ANDERSON
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MITCH ANDERSON, 425 BUSH STREET 300, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108
- Signed the 990
- GINGER CASSADY, BOARD CHAIR
- Phone
- (415) 237-3695
- Website
- WWW.AMAZONFRONTLINES.ORG
- Return prepared by
- MCDONALD JACOBS PC
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 47-5521013 or by the name AMAZON FRONTLINES.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
AMAZON FRONTLINES BUILDS POWER WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS TO LAND, LIFE AND CULTURAL SURVIVAL IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST.
Program accomplishments
- DEFENDING RIGHTS AND SECURING LAND TENURE: WE CONTINUE TO WAGE HARD-HITTING LEGAL BATTLES AND ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS WITH OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNERS THAT UPEND BAD LAWS AND CLOSE LOOPHOLES, JAM DESTRUCTIVE PROJECTS, AND ADVANCE INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY, THROUGH LEGAL PRECEDENT AND IMPROVED LEGAL FRAMEWORKS. IN 2024, WE SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED AND CAMPAIGNED WITH ECUADORIAN CIVIL SOCIETY TO PERMANENTLY BAN OIL DRILLING IN THE YASUNI RAINFOREST IN EASTERN ECUADOR AND PROVIDED ON-THE-GROUND EMERGENCY RELIEF AND HUMANITARIAN AID TO SIONA COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDST OF ARMED CONFLICT IN SOUTHERN COLOMBIA. WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE KOFAN AND WAORANI NATIONS TO UPHOLD THE INDIGENOUS RIGHT TO FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT (FPIC) - OR THE RIGHT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO DECIDE THE FUTURE OF THEIR TERRITORIES - AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN ECUADOR.IN 2024, WE IMPLEMENTED A LAND-TITLING PROGRAM IN ECUADOR CALLED "ALLPAMANTA" (TERRITORY IS LIFE IN KICHWA), ALONGSIDE INDIGENOUS FEDERATIONS CONAIE AND CONFENIAE TO RECOVER INDIGENOUS TENURE OVER GOVERNMENT HELD LANDS IN NATIONAL PARKS WHICH SPAN 1.5 MILLION HECTARES OF FORESTS NATIONWIDE, THEREBY ENFORCING INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND RETAINING PROTECTED STATUS, BUT WITH GREATER INCENTIVES FOR INDIGENOUS USE, PROTECTION AND LAND MANAGEMENT. IN PERU, WE ARE ALSO ADVANCING LAND-TITLING PROCESSES ALONGSIDE THE AMAZONIAN INDIGENOUS FEDERATION AIDESEP, WITH THE REGIONAL INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATION ORPIO, THE SIEKOPAI NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OISPE, AS WELL AS NONPROFITS LIKE INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL DEFENSE AND RAINFOREST FOUNDATION US, IN ORDER TO FORM A BROAD COALITION EFFORT TO SECURE A NATIONAL IMPACT ON POLICY THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN PERU IN RECOVERING AND PROTECTING THEIR TERRITORIES.Expenses $2,146,316 · grants $1,274,480
- BUILDING AUTONOMY AND SCALING PARTNERSHIPS: AMAZON FRONTLINES IS EXPANDING OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE A MUCH WIDER IMPACT IN PROTECTING THE UPPER AMAZON. AS WE SCALE OUR FRONTLINE MODEL WITH NEW ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE REGION, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE STAY TRUE TO OUR CORE MISSION OF ENSURING THAT OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNERS ARE LEADING, LEARNING, AND OWNING THE PROCESSES THAT DIRECTLY RESPOND TO THEIR OWN VISIONS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TERRITORIES. OUR PARTNERSHIP DEPARTMENT WORKS TOGETHER WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND STAFF OF REGIONAL INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY THROUGH TAILORED TRAINING IN PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND ACCOUNTING, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THEM IN ACCESSING GLOBAL NETWORKS AND FUNDING TO STRENGTHEN THEIR FIGHT TO PROTECT THEIR CLIMATE-CRITICAL TERRITORIES.THROUGH OUR GRANTMAKING FACILITY WE DIRECTLY PROVIDE INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUPPORT A WIDE ARRAY OF ACTIVITIES, RANGING FROM CONVENING EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ASSEMBLIES CRUCIAL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHENING AND COMMUNITY COHESION, TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATION MATERIALS AND TERRITORIAL DEFENSE TRAINING PROGRAMS, ALL OF WHICH CONTINUED IN 2024. WE CONTINUE MAKING GRANTS FOR HUMANITARIAN AID IN RESPONSE TO REGIONAL CONFLICTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAPIDLY REGRANT EMERGENCY FUNDS TO INDIGENOUS SIONA COMMUNITIES IN RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING ARMED CONFLICT IN COLOMBIA'S PUTUMAYO PROVINCE WHICH IS CURRENTLY DISPLACING AND THREATENING THE LIVES OF SIONA COMMUNITIES.Expenses $1,351,260 · grants $950,368
- BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: IN EFFORTS TO UPLIFT INDIGENOUS WOMEN AS LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND DEVELOP ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO FOSSIL FUEL EXTRACTION, WE EMPOWER ASPIRING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS FROM ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH OUR WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SCHOOL, OFFERING WORKSHOPS ON LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR WOMEN-LED ASSOCIATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS TO BASIC IT, COMPUTER SKILLS, ACCOUNTING, FINANCES, E-COMMERCE AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS.SINCE 2023, WE HAVE SUPPORTED INDIGENOUS NATIONALITIES, CURRENTLY THE WAORANI, KOFAN AND SIEKOPAI, TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THEIR OWN INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION MODELS. THESE PROCESSES INVOLVE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS, FROM ELDERS TO PARENTS TO INDIGENOUS AUTHORITIES, UNIFYING A COLLECTIVE STRUGGLE FOR THE CULTURAL SURVIVAL OF THEIR PEOPLES, AND THE PASSING DOWN OF THEIR ANCESTRAL FOREST KNOWLEDGE TO INDIGENOUS YOUTH, WHO ULTIMATELY WILL BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS FIGHTING ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS TO DEFEND THE AMAZON RAINFOREST.Expenses $328,628 · grants $26,917
- AS WE SCALE OUR IMPACT ACROSS THE UPPER AMAZON, WE ARE STRENGTHENING AMAZON FRONTLINES' OPERATIONAL CAPACITY BY EXPANDING OUR TEAMS, PLANNING PROCESSES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, AS WELL AS HELPING OUR INDIGENOUS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO BOLSTER THEIR GOVERNANCE, COMMUNICATIONS, ADVOCACY, AND CLIMATE LEADERSHIP ON THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL STAGE. AS PART OF THIS, WE ARE GROWING OUR TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE INDIGENOUS LEADERS AND YOUTH TO DOCUMENT THEIR REALITIES, SHARE ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE, AND AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES WORLDWIDE THROUGH INNOVATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTIONBUILDING THE VISIBILITY AND INFLUENCE NEEDED TO DEFEND THEIR TERRITORIES AND DRIVE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE ACTION.Expenses $910,820
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 47-5521013
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2016
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Environment (C32)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,947,646
- Income (IRS master file)
- $4,981,500
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $4,981,500 | $5,533,735 | $4,947,646 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $3,843,377 | $4,327,675 | $5,896,019 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $7,035,558 | $2,968,144 | $6,224,966 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 47-5521013).
Questions about AMAZON FRONTLINES
- What is the EIN of AMAZON FRONTLINES?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AMAZON FRONTLINES is 47-5521013.
- Is AMAZON FRONTLINES tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2016.
- Are donations to AMAZON FRONTLINES tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AMAZON FRONTLINES file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of AMAZON FRONTLINES due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AMAZON FRONTLINES last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of AMAZON FRONTLINES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names MITCH ANDERSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of AMAZON FRONTLINES?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 8 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $176,527 (MITCHELL ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does AMAZON FRONTLINES have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $4,981,500, expenses of $5,533,735 and total assets of $4,947,646 at year end.
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