BTRF is incorporated as a non-profit Foundation in Switzerland where it operates under the supervisory authority of the Swiss Department of Internal Affairs and benefits from tax deductible charitable status.

BTRF is also a member of the American Fund for Charities, which enables US 501 ( c) (3) tax exemption, as well as the UK Fund for Charities, which extends the benefit of tax deductible status in the United Kingdom.

On the basis of these and other links, BTRF is able to accept donations from a wide range of international benefactors and extend the benefit of tax deductible status to the full extent permissible by the laws of their respective territories.

BTRF's firm policy will be to keep bureaucratic and other core costs to an absolute minimum so as to ensure that a maximum of available funds may be applied directly for the benefit of field projects.

BTRF further undertakes to develop its structure and policies to ensure optimum and appropriate compliance with the principles of Good Governance and Best Practice Recommendations published by the ASX Corporate Governance Council, as well as the Principles of Good Governance and Code of Best Practice) contained in the Combined Code published by the U.K. Listing Authority. BTRF similarly subscribes to the standards of the International Committee on Fundraising Organisations (ICFO) for the monitoring of charities working internationally and is committed to developing its organisational structure and mechanisms in a manner consistent with the standards of ICFO member organisations.

At a general level, BTRF will be guided by IUCN recommendations pertaining to international environmental governance, and will also adhere to a strict policy designed to discourage offering or receiving unethical inducements.

Thus, although a non-profit agency, BTRF further subscribes to the spirit and principles of the International Chamber of Commerce’s rules of conduct pertaining to "Extortion and Bribery in International Business Practices".