Protects and expands threatened urban and wildland forest ecosystems across the United States through public awareness campaigns, policy advocacy, and community engagement.
Leadership
James Daley · President & Chief Executive Officer · $287K
Money in and out
$16.0M revenue, $12.9M expenses
Bottom line
81% program efficiency
Protects and expands threatened urban and wildland forest ecosystems across the United States through public awareness campaigns, policy advocacy, and community engagement.
For fiscal year 2021 it reported $16.0M in revenue, $12.9M in expenses, and $11.8M in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2021
Total revenue
$16.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$12.9M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$11.8M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $3.1M
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
81%
13%
Program services $0.81 Management & general $0.06 Fundraising $0.13
Program efficiency
81%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
8.6mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+20%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2021 · Form 990
Revenue
$16.0M
FY2021▲ +43%
$35.6M$17.8M$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$12.9M
FY2021▲ +13%
$32.3M$16.2M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$15.5M
FY2021▲ +31%
$19.0M$9.5M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$3.7M
FY2021▲ +7%
$5.2M$2.6M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$16.0M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$12.9M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$11.8M
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$3.1M
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$15.5M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B81%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 319
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 419
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
2 program services account for $10.5M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01
Programs and Public Policy
Restoring forest ecosystems, supporting urban forest research and work, advocating for sound national forest policies and funding, promoting science and research, and working with local and community partners are the lynchpins of American Forests' conservation and public policy work.
$8.9Mprogram expense
02
Communications
Beyond supporting the work occurring in the programs and public policy programs, American Forests' communications program focuses on informing the public on the issues, challenges and developments in forestry.
James Daley’s $315K as President/CEO (to 09/25)
is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 324 $10–100M 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
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.
Individual James Daley · Reported title President & Chief Executive Officer · Highest reported compensation $287K · Total expenses $12.9M
2%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $5.6M · Total expenses $12.9M
44%
Fundraising vendors
Fundraiser cost ratio
Paid to fundraisers $667K · Gross raised $1.0M
66%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
81%
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Overhead ratio
6%
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Fundraising cost ratio
11%
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Revenue growth
43%
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Investment management fee ratio
0%
—
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Legal fee ratio
0%
—
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Accounting fee ratio
3%
—
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Fundraising fee ratio
5%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2021IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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