Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 1978.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
12 people listed on the 990; $110K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Smith | $135,298 | $122,192 | $112,497 | $110,677 | $110,011 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Trains people for careers, plants trees, and makes communities greener and healthier.
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Career Pathways
We transform lives and landscapes by helping promising young people overcome barriers they're facing, so they can join the workforce and build productive careers. Pathways to new opportunities, like high-demand, living-wage green industry careers, are offered through career exploration, employment readiness training, paid work…
Landscape Services
This program provides landscape services including tree care, landscape construction, property maintenance, and accessibility ramps to public, residential, and commercial clients. Landscape Services also provides pathways and experience for the Community Forestry and Career Pathways programs through apprenticeship opportunities and…
Community Forestry
We inspire and help volunteers to plant thousands of trees in our communities every year. Tree Trust is committed to educate and empower people of all ages to become good stewards of their local environment through planting and caring for trees.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $784K | $1.6M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $332K | $385K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $391K | $382K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.3M | $3.2M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $706K | $1.2M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.6M | $2.0M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $119K | $71K | $48K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.2M | $1.8M | $346K | $27K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $40K | $33K | $6K | $1K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $210K | $182K | $27K | $1K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $158K | $131K | $22K | $5K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $14K | $14K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $160K | $21K | $82K | $57K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $5K | $2K | $392 | $3K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $8K | $4K | $3K | $458 |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $40K | $33K | $6K | $761 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $183K | $164K | $12K | $6K |
| TravelLn 17 | $37K | $25K | $12K | $319 |
| InterestLn 20 | $3K | $3K | $234 | $120 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $126K | $103K | $20K | $3K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $80K | $42K | $37K | $1K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $996K | $971K | $19K | $6K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $96K | $55K | $37K | $4K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $4.5M | $3.6M | $715K | $163K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $9.5M | $9.2M | $310K | $3.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $7.8M | $7.5M | $320K | $3.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $6.6M | $6.1M | $427K | $2.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $5.6M | $5.1M | $513K | $2.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $4.8M | $4.5M | $308K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,783,183 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,783,183 across 7 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,475,583 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,225,853 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,981,609 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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