Tacoma Tree Foundation: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 83-2505388)

Lowell Wyse’s $86K as Executive Director is at the 68th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1989 $100K–1M 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Lowell Wyse	$85,621	$85,621	$78,961	$74,597	$26,556	—
Sarah Low	—	—	—	—	—	$22,671

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

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Greens urban areas, improves neighborhoods, and supports sustainable forestry in Pierce County and Puget Sound.

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2 programs · $468K · in their own filed words · FY2025

01

Planting

Tacoma tree foundation aims to reduce barriers to urban tree planting,especially in neighborhoods where trees are needed the most. We dothis primarily by providing free trees and other plants to residents, alongwith information on the unique benefits of each plant and how andwhere to plant them.

$243Kprogram expense

02

Education

Education programming provides a way for people of all ages toexperience and understand their relationship with urban nature, and tolet that be a part of who they are and what they do. Through walks, presentations, workshops, blog posts, and social media, we share the importance of trees, how to care for them, and how to connect with…

$226Kprogram expense

Funders

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 · FY2025

Washington Women's FoundationFY2025$20K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$713K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$703K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$39K

Investment incomeLn 3$9K

Money outPt IX

$614K

Ln 25

Programscol B$468K

Managementcol C$142K

Fundraisingcol D$4K

Owns and owesPt X

$377K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$351K

Total assetsLn 16$383K

LiabilitiesLn 26$6K

PeoplePt VI, VII

14

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a13

IndependentVI 1b13

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$703K

Government grantsLn 1e$365K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$61K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$39K

Investment incomeLn 3$9K

Total revenueLn 12$713K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$28K

SavingsLn 2$323K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$351K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$32K

Total assetsLn 16$383K

LiabilitiesLn 26$6K

Net assetsLn 32$377K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 514

VolunteersI 6419

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$227K	$351K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$54K	$32K
Total assetsLn 16	$282K	$383K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$3K	$6K
Net assetsLn 32	$279K	$377K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$86K	$51K	$30K	$4K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$268K	$266K	$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$37K	$36K	$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$29K	$26K	$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$15K		$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$31K	$17K	$14K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$1K	$497
Office expensesLn 13	$20K	$11K	$9K
OccupancyLn 16	$30K	$7K	$23K
TravelLn 17	$3K	$802	$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$10K	$2K	$8K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$21K		$21K
InsuranceLn 23	$8K		$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$52K	$49K	$4K
All other expensesLn 24e	$2K	$1K	$724
Total functional expensesLn 25	$614K	$468K	$142K	$4K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$713K	$614K	$98K	$377K	990 PDF
FY2024	$605K	$557K	$48K	$279K	990 PDF
FY2023	$459K	$344K	$115K	$231K	990 PDF
FY2022	$352K	$239K	$113K	$117K	990 PDF
FY2021	$133K			$3K	990 PDF
FY2020	$100K			−$35	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $712,586 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $401,160$703,066

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $121,990$39,154

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,072$8,690

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $75,673−$38,324

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $604,895$712,586

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $411,255$419,685

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $145,868$194,715

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $557,123$614,400

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $47,772$98,186

Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 2 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13

VI-1b Independent voting members13

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $712,586 across 9 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$2,889 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1c Fundraising events$60,630

VIII-1e Government grants$364,901

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$277,535

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$703,066

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $39,154$39,154

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $8,690$8,690

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$36,426−$36,426

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $991$991

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $37,256 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$27,736$712,586

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $614,400 across 15 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $51,373 · Management $29,967 · Fundraising $4,281$85,621

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $266,448 · Management $1,707$268,155

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $35,990 · Management $1,354$37,344

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,877 · Management $2,688$28,565

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,786$14,786

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $16,750 · Management $14,200$30,950

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,135 · Management $497$1,632

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,210 · Management $9,146$20,356

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,928 · Management $23,204$30,132

IX-17 TravelPrograms $802 · Management $2,280$3,082

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,799 · Management $8,462$10,261

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $21,421$21,421

IX-23 InsuranceManagement $7,855$7,855

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $48,612 · Management $3,617$52,229

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,287 · Management $724$2,011

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $468,211 · Management $141,908 · Fundraising $4,281$614,400

Part X · Balance sheet $383,172 assets, 10 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $81,019$27,971

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $146,380$323,070

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $53,552$32,131

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $282,086$383,172

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,302$5,084

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $554$672

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,856$5,756

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $279,230$377,416

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $279,230$377,416

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $282,086$383,172

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $377,416 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$712,586

XI-2 Total expenses$614,400

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$98,186

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$279,230

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$377,416

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

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