Your Childrens Trees

Tax-deductible

Goleta, CA501(c)(3)EnvironmentEIN 47-2759212Revenue $38K in FY2025

On file with the IRSyourchildrenstrees.org69 Calaveras Ave, 93117-1332 · Goleta, CATax-exempt since Feb 2015Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Volunteer urban forestry programs for public agenies, educational programs for schools.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 996 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
0 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $25K a year · 39% of revenue · last 2 filings
Concern: a surplus in 0 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
123%
of spending
Looks good: 123% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
1
named funder · $12K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$38K
-46% vs prior year
Spent
$50K
To programs
123%
Net assets
$75K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$38K
FY2025▼ -46%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$99K
FY2022$88K
FY2023$147K
FY2024$71K
FY2025$38K
Expenses
$50K
FY2025▼ -60%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$126K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$50K
Net assets
$75K
FY2025▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$57K
FY2022$0
FY2023$98K
FY2024$72K
FY2025$75K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2015.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

123 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 123% · $61K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Campus President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Claire Zechiel’s $450 as Director is at the 1st percentile of top reported officer pay among 135 <$100K environment nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021
George Jimenez——$4,400
Claire Zechiel$450$1,800—
Ella Rae Jones$450$1,550—
Haley Weinstein$450$1,350—
Fiona Litton$450$1,350—
Delaney O'Donnell$450$1,350—
Olivia Mattair—$1,350—
Victoria Casas—$1,350—

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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Programs and updates

Plants trees in cities and teaches environmental stewardship in schools.

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3 programs · $126K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Serve as technical advisor and resource provider to Your Children's Trees at UCSB, an all student operated and officially recognized campus organization dedicated to restoration of natural areas on campus with the growing, planting and caring of native trees.

$60Kprogram expense
02

We are in the final year of a CalFire grant to plant 400 trees in Waller County Park and portions of the City of Guadalupe. We contracted with the California Conservation Corps to assist us in planting the last 120 trees in this grant. we will finish our project in March 2023.

$59Kprogram expense
03

Assist in the training and socialization of boys 13 to 17 serving as wards of the Santa Barbara County Probation Department located at the Los Prietos Boys Camp. We help boys to reintegrate into society through weekly outdoor programs involving greenhouse tree growing, nursery tree production, and planting trees.

$8Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$12K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$38K
Gifts and grants$38K
Money out
$50K
Programs$61K
Owns and owes
$75K
net assets
Total assets$75K
Liabilities$0
People
13
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$38K
Total revenue$38K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$75K
Liabilities$0
Net assets$75K
Operations
Employees0
Volunteers996
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $38K$50K−$12K$75K 990 PDF
FY2024 $71K$72K 990 PDF
FY2023 $147K$98K 990 PDF
FY2022 $88K$126K−$38K$0 990 PDF
FY2021 $99K$57K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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