Runa Foundation
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| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Focus | Conservation Community Development Indigenous People |
| Location | |
Region served | Amazon and Tropical Andes |
Key people | Tyler Gage, Eliot Logan-Hines, Dan MacCombie |
| Revenue | US$833,134 (2016) |
| Website | http://www.runafoundation.org |
Runa Foundation is a public, non-profit organization with offices in Brooklyn, NY; Quito, Ecuador; Archidona, Ecuador; and Tarapoto, Peru. Runa Foundation's stated mission is to "create new value for tropical forests that benefit local people and the forest ecosystem".[1] Runa Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation registered in the state of Rhode Island.
Runa Foundation was co-founded in 2010 by Tyler Gage, Dan MacCombie, and Eliot Logan-Hines.[2][3][4] Runa Foundation was created as the non-profit arm of the Runa Group which is a hybrid social enterprise consisting of both non-profit and for-profit arms.[5][6] Runa's innovative model is designed to create big impact through the creation of new supply chains,[7] while simultaneously assuring that these supply chains deliver tangible social and environmental benefits[8][9] to local farmers and the forest.[10][11]
In 2013, actor Channing Tatum became a major supporter of Runa Foundation after a long adventure into the Ecuadorian Amazon to visit the Sapara people.[12][13]