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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,006,971
Total expenses
$5,673,426
Contributions and grants received
$4,970,667
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$5,075
Investment income
$25,792
Other revenue
$5,437
Total assets, end of year
$3,617,971
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,022,868
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,595,103
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,136,547
Management and general expenses
$764,372
Fundraising expenses
$772,507
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,136,547

Program services were 72.9% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,418,485

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,552,182

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $122

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUES

    total $5,075 · related or exempt $5,075

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $24,517 · excluded $24,517

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $1,275

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $1,275

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,275 · excluded $1,275

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $5,437 · related or exempt $5,437

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,437

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $513,794 · program services $361,134 · management and general $67,502 · fundraising $85,158

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,796,878 · program services $1,963,456 · management and general $368,699 · fundraising $464,723

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $421,946 · program services $315,167 · management and general $66,878 · fundraising $39,901

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $273,771 · program services $198,823 · management and general $32,653 · fundraising $42,295

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $39,078 · management and general $39,078

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $30,580 · fundraising $30,580

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $76,988 · program services $4,110 · management and general $69,574 · fundraising $3,304

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $611 · management and general $611

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $80,240 · program services $38,674 · management and general $19,560 · fundraising $22,006

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $200,518 · program services $141,264 · management and general $33,571 · fundraising $25,683

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $38,154 · program services $26,873 · management and general $6,391 · fundraising $4,890

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $121,335 · program services $74,731 · management and general $24,991 · fundraising $21,613

  • 24a · Other expenses: TREE PLANTING AND MAINT

    total $795,034 · program services $795,034

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND RE

    total $99,865 · program services $99,865

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND GRAPHICS

    total $54,132 · program services $26,091 · management and general $13,196 · fundraising $14,845

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND E

    total $54,123 · program services $43,075 · management and general $7,637 · fundraising $3,411

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $76,379 · program services $48,250 · management and general $14,031 · fundraising $14,098

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $341,971 · end of year $260,895

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,010,199 · end of year $657,319

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $956,265 · end of year $1,671,404

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $9,102 · end of year $4,531

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $55,379 · end of year $67,786

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

    $814,878

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

    $650,906

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $141,726 · end of year $163,972

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $15,035 · end of year $792,064

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $243,819 · end of year $242,248

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $780,620

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,285,858 · end of year $2,385,753

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $209,350

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FRIENDS OF THE URBAN FOREST CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH NATURE AND EACH OTHER BY PLANTING AND CARING FOR SAN FRANCISCO'S TREES AND GARDENS.

  • INVOLVE CITY RESIDENTS IN PROVIDING TECHNICAL AND PRACTICAL ASSISTANCE WITH TREE PLANTING. PERFORM UNDER A SERIES OF CONTRACTS THAT PROVIDE FOR TREE PLANTING AND ONGOING MAINTENANCE.

    Expenses $4,136,547 · Revenue $10,512

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Ray Schreiber

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5
  • Alison Torbitt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shaila Parikh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Josh Bagley

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lara Hitchcock

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lindy Patterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Victor Ruiz-Cornejo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Katie John

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah Jones

    DIRECTOR THRU 8/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah T Mayer

    DIRECTOR THRU 10/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stephanie Noble

    DIRECTOR FROM 9/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lawrence Rogers

    FINANCE AND CONTRACTS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $128,709
    From this org
    $114,283
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,426
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Wiedenmeier

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $216,006
    From this org
    $206,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,806
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,806
    Filer's total
    $216,006
  • Roberta Catalinotto

    VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $155,700
    From this org
    $154,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,000
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,700
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $155,700
  • Paawan Kothari

    MARKETING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $118,640
    From this org
    $106,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,440
    Hours/week
    40
  • Chelsea McFadden

    COMMUNITY WORK

    Total calculated
    $111,598
    From this org
    $103,246
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,352
    Hours/week
    40
  • Michael Yarak

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,570
    From this org
    $103,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,970
    Hours/week
    40

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541029349300739

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