Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$403,111
Total expenses
$879,979
Contributions and grants received
$391,730
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$657
Investment income
$8,329
Other revenue
$2,395
Total assets, end of year
$1,054,107
Total liabilities, end of year
$139,260
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$914,847
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$589,439
Management and general expenses
$271,164
Fundraising expenses
$19,376
Program service expenses (Part III)
$589,439

Program services were 67.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $391,730

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $657 · related or exempt $657

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,628 · related or exempt $3,628

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $50,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $45,299

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $4,701

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $4,701 · related or exempt $4,701

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,624

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,229

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,395 · unrelated business $2,377 · excluded $18

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $85,000 · program services $42,500 · management and general $42,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $330,487 · program services $165,403 · management and general $165,084

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,230 · program services $14,126 · management and general $14,104

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,523 · program services $17,275 · management and general $17,248

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,362 · management and general $7,362

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,278 · program services $1,123 · fundraising $155

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,243 · program services $2,114 · management and general $4,129

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,420 · program services $3,046 · management and general $1,343 · fundraising $2,031

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $71,281 · program services $67,717 · management and general $3,564

  • 17 · Travel

    total $33,178 · program services $16,589 · fundraising $16,589

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,203 · program services $2,203

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $32,593 · program services $30,963 · management and general $1,630

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,567 · program services $10,989 · management and general $578

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROPAGATION MATERIALS/SHI

    total $211,420 · program services $211,420

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $5,919 · management and general $5,919

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $5,215 · program services $1,403 · management and general $3,211 · fundraising $601

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $3,614 · management and general $3,614

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,446 · program services $2,568 · management and general $878

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $746,768 · end of year $540,416

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $250,000

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $25,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $1,823

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $4,803 · end of year $6,352

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $727,463

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $246,947

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $423,328 · end of year $480,516

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,507 · end of year $66,678

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $29,677 · end of year $72,582

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,341,715 · end of year $889,847

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $25,000

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE (AATA) WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROPAGATE, ARCHIVE AND REFOREST THE EARTH WITH THE PROPAGULES OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT OLD-GROWTH, CHAMPION TREES TO BENEFIT ALL LIFE THROUGH THE NATURAL FILTERING POWERS OF TREES TO INCREASE OXYGENATION, SEQUESTER CARBON DIOXIDE, AND PROVIDE BENEFICIAL AEROSOLS AND MEDICINES. AATA ALSO EDUCATES AND MOTIVATES OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR MISSION THROUGH LECTURES, PRINT, VIDEO, AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA SOURCES. WE TAKE PART IN A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL FORUMS AND DONATE TREES FOR PLANTING EVENTS SUCH AS EARTH DAY, ARBOR DAY, BOY/GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA, GRAND OPENINGS, SCHOOL EVENTS AND CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROJECTS. AATA SEARCHES FOR ANCIENT TREES AND BEGINS THE PROCESS OF SEEKING THE OWNER'S PERMISSION TO COLLECT AND PROPAGATE A TREE. FOLLOWING COLLECTION, IT SETS UP A ROUTINE TO PROPAGATE THE OFFSPRING OF THE PARENT TREES AND THEN ARCHIVES THEM IN LIVING LIBRARIES FOR FUTURE PR

  • COLLECTION: AATA COLLECTED CUTTINGS FROM SEVERAL MICHIGAN SEQUOIA, FLORIDA OAKS AND CYPRESS, MONTANA DOGWOOD, CALIFORNIA GIANT SEQUOIA AND COAST REDWOOD TREES TO INCREASE OUR INVENTORY. ALSO, SUGAR MAPLE, BASSWOOD, AND RED MAPLE WERE COLLECTED RESEARCH IN OUR MICROPROPAGATION LAB. PROPAGATION: AATA CONTINUED WITH SUCCESSFUL TISSUE CULTURE WITH CONCENTRATION ON COAST REDWOODS AND GIANT SEQUOIA, SUGAR MAPLE, BASSWOOD, AND RED MAPLE. THIS PROCESS ENABLES THE ORGANIZATION TO MASS PRODUCE REPLICAS OF THESE ICONIC TREES. 2024 WAS THE EIGHTH YEAR FOR PROPAGATING GIANT SEQUOIA SEEDLINGS, COAST REDWOOD, BLACK WILLOW, AND DOGWOOD TREES. ARCHIVING: AATA CONTINUES TO EXPAND THEIR LIVING LIBRARIES. AATA HAS PARTNERED WITH A NURSERY IN PESCADERO, CA, TO GROW OUT REDWOODS AND SEQUOIAS IN THEIR NATIVE CLIMATES. REFORESTATION 2024: 1000 REDWOODS WERE PLANTED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA. 2000 BLACK WILLOWS WERE PLANTED IN VARIOUS RIPARIAN LOCATIONS IN MICHIGAN. 300 CHAMPION GIANT SEQUOIA, COAST REDWOOD, AND MONTEREY PINE TREES WERE PLANTED ON THE 2000 GIANT SEQUOIA SEEDLINGS WERE SHIPPED TO THE TULE RIVER TRIBE RESERVATION, IN CALIFORNIA. 200 COAST REDWOODS SHIPPED TO SIX OREGON STATE PARKS. EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: AATA CONTINUES TO REFINE ITS WEBSITE TO FURTHER EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. AATA CONTINUES TO BE INVOLVED WITH MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING NATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION, IN PRINT AND ONLINE. AATA'S TREE SCHOOL HOSTED OVER 1000 SCHOOL CHILDREN, AS WELL AS ADULT GROUPS, WITH A FOCUS ON "PROPAGATING THE PROPAGATORS". AATA CONTINUES TO HOST TREE SCHOOL, FOR 3-12 SCHOOL GROUPS, AND ADULT GROUPS AT THE AATA FACILITY. TREE SCHOOL EVENTS INCLUDE COLLECTION, PROPAGATION, AND PLANTING DEMONSTRATIONS AND TECHNIQUES.

    Expenses $589,439

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jared Milarch

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $85,000
    From this org
    $85,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Frank Ettawageshik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kerry Milarch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Srilakshmi Pinnamaraju

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joseph Sandri

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Don Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Celina Spiegel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503109349301545

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.