Rainforest Alliance

The Rainforest Alliance is a New-York based environmental group that was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in 1987. It has an annual budget of $20 million (as of 2007) and their website notes that they work "to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior." 

The Alliance is listed as a partner organization of the Global Fairness Initiative.


 * Executive Director - Tensie Whelan

Corporate Supporters
"The Rainforest Alliance has relationships with many companies. The following is a partial list:

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 * AT&T
 * Kraft Foods
 * Procter & Gamble
 * Pfizer, Inc.
 * Anheuser-Busch
 * Citigroup
 * Gibson Musical Instruments
 * Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
 * Herbal Essences
 * JPMorgan Chase
 * Ben & Jerry's
 * Home Depot
 * Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

Other Selected Funders
2006 Annual Report
 * Armand G. Erpf Fund
 * Biedenharn Foundation
 * Cushing Family Fund
 * Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust / Steven Kadish
 * Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
 * Heinz Endowments
 * Karsten Family Foundation
 * New York Community Trust
 * Overbrook Foundation
 * Panaphil Foundation
 * Perrin Family Foundation
 * Spray Foundation, Inc.
 * Summit Foundation
 * Turner Foundation
 * U.S. Agency for International Development
 * U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
 * United Nations Development Programme
 * United Nations Environment Programme
 * Weeden Foundation
 * WestWind Foundation

Directors
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 * Daniel R. Katz, Chairman
 * Labeeb M. Abboud, Vice Chairman
 * Bert Aerts
 * Noel Brown
 * Karen M. Clark
 * Daniel Cohen
 * Henry P. Davison II, Emeritus
 * Karl Fossum
 * Wendy Gordon
 * Robert M. Hallman
 * Diane Jukofsky
 * Henry E. Juszkiewicz
 * Sudhakar Kesavan
 * Mary Stuart Masterson
 * Anthony Rodale
 * Eric Rothenberg
 * Patricia J. Scharlin, Emeritus
 * Peter M. Schulte
 * Kerri A. Smith
 * Judith P. Sulzberger, Emeritus
 * Martin Tandler
 * Annemieke Wijn
 * Chris Wille
 * Mary Williams
 * Alan Wilzig

Contact Details
665 Broadway, Suite 500 New York, NY, 10012 USA Phone 212 677-1900 Fax: (212) 677-2187 Website:http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

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 * Daniel Doucette - former vice president
 * Brendan May
 * Michael E. Conroy
 * Roger Deromedi - board member
 * Ogilvy Earth
 * Tamsen Ann Ziff - former chair
 * Ivan Ussach, former director of the Tropical Timber Project for the Rainforest Alliance, a New York group