Portland Fruit Tree Project

Tax-deductible

Portland, OR501(c)(3)EIN 93-0719546Revenue $336K in FY2024

On file with the IRSportlandfruit.org5431 Ne 20th Ave, 97211-5509 · Portland, ORTax-exempt since Nov 1978Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To increase equitable access to healthful food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown produce.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 270 volunteers and 4 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $20K a year · 6% of revenue · last 4 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$58K
to officers and key staff · 16% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 16% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.6 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$43K
81% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 81% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$336K
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$364K
To programs
78%
Net assets
$10K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$336K
FY2024▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$258K
FY2022$322K
FY2023$385K
FY2024$336K
Expenses
$364K
FY2024▼ -15%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$231K
FY2022$359K
FY2023$427K
FY2024$364K
Net assets
$10K
FY2024▼ -74%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$118K
FY2022$81K
FY2023$39K
FY2024$10K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1978.

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

Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $283K Management & general 9% · $33K Fundraising 13% · $49K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $58K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$57,901Pt VII · Sec A
Chair, Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary, Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer, Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Heather Keisler Fornes$57,901$58,495$53,801$51,183

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

Empowering neighbors to grow, share, and care for city produce, increasing access to healthy food.

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1 program · $283K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Portland Fruit Tree Project another record year in 2024, harvesting 108 times and over 15,000 lbs of fruit that went to communities experiencing food insecurity. The organization also provided tree care for services for more households than in any past year and deepened the care provided to five community orchard spaces resulting in…

$283Kprogram 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
Larson LegacyFY2025$2K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$336K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$278K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$56K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$364K
Ln 25
Programscol B$283K
Managementcol C$33K
Fundraisingcol D$49K
Owns and owesPt X
$10K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$50K
Total assetsLn 16$53K
LiabilitiesLn 26$43K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$278K
Government grantsLn 1e$61K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$32K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$8K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$56K
Investment incomeLn 3$15
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$336K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2K
SavingsLn 2$48K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$50K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3K
Total assetsLn 16$53K
LiabilitiesLn 26$43K
Net assetsLn 32$10K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 6270
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$42K$50K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$3K
Total assetsLn 16$46K$53K
LiabilitiesLn 26$8K$43K
Net assetsLn 32$39K$10K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$28K$28K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3K$3K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$58K$29K$12K$17K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$177K$147K$12K$18K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$9K$7K$945$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$29K$24K$1K$4K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$2K$2K$2K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3K$1K$1K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$2K$654$654
Office expensesLn 13$11K$5K$2K$3K
Information technologyLn 14$4K$3K$837$837
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K$2K$235$235
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$10K$9K$563$711
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$19K$19K$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$0$0$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$364K$283K$33K$49K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $336K$364K−$29K$10K 990 PDF
FY2023 $385K$427K−$42K$39K 990 PDF
FY2022 $322K$359K−$37K$81K 990 PDF
FY2021 $258K$231K$27K$118K 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $335,507 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $326,886$277,520
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $44,788$56,325
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $61$15
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $12,944$1,647
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $384,679$335,507
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $26,738$31,723
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $348,890$273,236
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $51,391$59,339
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $427,019$364,298
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$42,340−$28,791
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $335,507 across 14 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$8,221
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$61,188
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$208,111
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$31,723
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$277,520
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $56,325 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$56,325
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $15$15
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$3,947−$3,947
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5,594$5,594
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $56,325 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,662$335,507
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $364,298 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $28,451$28,451
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,272$3,272
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $28,951 · Management $11,580 · Fundraising $17,370$57,901
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $147,245 · Management $11,913 · Fundraising $17,869$177,027
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,084 · Management $945 · Fundraising $1,417$9,446
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $23,811 · Management $1,443 · Fundraising $3,608$28,862
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,571 · Management $1,525 · Fundraising $1,525$4,621
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,165 · Management $1,130 · Fundraising $1,130$3,425
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,963 · Management $654 · Fundraising $654$3,271
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,440 · Management $1,923 · Fundraising $3,310$10,673
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,511 · Management $837 · Fundraising $837$4,185
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,882 · Management $235 · Fundraising $235$2,352
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,709 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,709
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $8,913 · Management $563 · Fundraising $711$10,187
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $18,916 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$18,916
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $282,884 · Management $32,748 · Fundraising $48,666$364,298
Part X · Balance sheet $52,888 assets, 8 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $39,671$1,606
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,108$48,414
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,577$2,868
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $46,356$52,888
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,501$42,824
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,501$42,824
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $38,855$10,064
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $46,356$52,888
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,064 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$335,507
XI-2 Total expenses$364,298
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$28,791
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$38,855
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$10,064

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