Organizations Filed Purposes:
Friends of the Rainforest (FCER) is committed to our mission of educating and inspiring children and adults to take action to protect, support, and expand the Rainforest.
Ecotravel: FCER expanded a scientific study abroad curriculum to engage students in learning about science, peace, tropical ecology, conservation of the environment and forests role and took 60 students and adults including 2 schools on scientific study trips. FCER continued this program in which it lead 4 trips total with 41 children and 19 adjust in open and special arrangement trips to the forest where participants have an opportunity to experience the forest by staying at its field stations, learn about the rainforest through guided interpretive hikes and wildlife observation with experienced naturalists, and learn about Costa Rican history, culture, and cuisine.
Conservation: FCER provides grants to support, protect, and expand the Childrens Eternal Rainforest and surrounding region.
Education and Outreach/Awareness: FCER expanded a scientific study abroad curriculum to engage students in learning about science, peace, tropical ecology, conservation of the environment and forests role in all of these making it available globally online. In addition, upon request FCER provided support to schools and individual children seeking to become engaged in learning about and supporting the forest. FCER conducted community outreach to raise awareness of issues relating to rainforests and global conservation including presentations on climate change, tropical ecology, deforestation, wildlife corridors and biodiversity to 642 students in 43 classrooms and 1,376 individual students and 1,346 adults were engaged in education efforts independent from these presentations.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Chelsea Raiche | Executive Director | 20 | $22,729 |
| Margaret Eisenberger | Chair | 10 | $0 |
| Patrick Osborne | Board Member | 1 | $0 |
| David Robnak | Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| Teresa Crossland | Vice Chair | 3 | $0 |
| Norm Shore | Board Member | 0.25 | $0 |
| Sarah Craig | Treasurer | 3 | $0 |
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