Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1983.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
86 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
13 people listed on the 990; $503K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janette Monear | $190,227 | $184,686 | $147,560 | $135,726 | $116,004 | $93,631 |
| Elissa Izmailyan | $159,650 | $155,000 | — | — | — | — |
| Elizabeth Edwards | $153,585 | $149,864 | $125,581 | — | — | — |
| Norm Daley | — | — | — | $117,349 | — | — |
| Beth Edwards | — | — | — | $112,396 | — | — |
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
Plants trees to beautify public lands, grow urban forests, and teach tree stewardship.
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The cool schools program connects students and teachers to nature by planting trees and creating fun and engaging outdoor experimental learning and play areas, which cultivate children's knowledge and awareness of the natural environment as well as promoting hands-on, outdoor environmental activities with steam-based urban forestry…
In partnership with government, individuals, businesses and other community organizations, the foundation initiates actions to achieve the following goals:(I) to enhance the beauty and beneficial use of public lands and right-of-ways, primarily by planting trees to expand, maintain and protect the permanence of the "urban forest." (ii)…
The southwestern medical district (SWMD) streetscape and park projects are a public-private partnership between the texas trees foundation, SWMD, city of dallas, north central texas council of governments, dallas county, and numerous private foundations and individuals.
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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 FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $4.0M | $4.7M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $141K | $94K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $5.6M | $5.4M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $2.1M | $2.1M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $3.6M | $3.2M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $503K | $301K | $175K | $28K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.9M | $1.3M | $284K | $266K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $337K | $231K | $65K | $42K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $54K | $54K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $198K | $198K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $25K | $25K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $9K | $6K | $2K | $2K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $178K | $110K | $35K | $32K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $46K | $46K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $56K | $35K | $11K | $10K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $6.2M | $6.1M | $207K | −$99K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $5K | $24K | $12K | −$30K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $9.5M | $8.2M | $890K | $473K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $9.2M | $9.5M | −$313K | $3.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $7.1M | $8.4M | −$1.3M | $3.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $6.8M | $5.4M | $1.4M | $4.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $5.3M | $5.2M | $99K | $3.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $6.1M | $4.5M | $1.6M | $3.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $4.7M | $3.8M | $866K | $3.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2019 | $3.6M | $1.9M | $1.7M | $2.5M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $9,216,183 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,216,183 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,529,377 across 12 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $5,385,270 assets, 14 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,248,756 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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