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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by TREES WATER AND PEOPLE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,058,683
Total expenses
$3,057,604
Contributions and grants received
$3,009,649
Grants paid
$715,679
Program service revenue
$40,337
Investment income
$40,109
Other revenue
-$31,412
Total assets, end of year
$2,342,973
Total liabilities, end of year
$510,289
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,832,684
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,344,544
Management and general expenses
$295,967
Fundraising expenses
$417,093
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,344,544

Program services were 76.7% 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)

    $150,083

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,859,566

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $25,406

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE FOR SERVICES

    total $23,073 · related or exempt $23,073

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TRIBAL SUMMIT

    total $17,264 · related or exempt $17,264

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $40,109 · excluded $40,109

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $9,150

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $41,681

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$32,531

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$32,531 · unrelated business -$32,531

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,119 · related or exempt $1,119

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,119

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $108,634 · program services $108,634

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $607,045 · program services $607,045

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $107,269 · program services $85,815 · management and general $10,727 · fundraising $10,727

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $983,663 · program services $578,200 · management and general $172,413 · fundraising $233,050

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $186,340 · program services $117,031 · management and general $30,216 · fundraising $39,093

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $96,955 · program services $59,673 · management and general $15,765 · fundraising $21,517

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $511 · program services $487 · management and general $24

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $11,750 · management and general $6,500 · fundraising $5,250

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $33,178 · program services $3,070 · fundraising $30,108

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $228,094 · program services $147,139 · management and general $25,891 · fundraising $55,064

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,429 · program services $10,947 · management and general $3,241 · fundraising $3,241

  • 17 · Travel

    total $89,087 · program services $79,902 · management and general $4,373 · fundraising $4,812

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,673 · program services $6,050 · management and general $10,623

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $36,472 · program services $18,186 · management and general $9,143 · fundraising $9,143

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $16,539 · program services $6,363 · management and general $5,088 · fundraising $5,088

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTING

    total $215,986 · program services $215,886 · management and general $100

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $180,537 · program services $180,537

  • 24c · Other expenses: WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

    total $121,442 · program services $119,579 · management and general $1,863

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $126,035 · end of year $789,905

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $725,500 · end of year $241,211

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $278,628 · end of year $130,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $600 · end of year $385

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $68,500 · end of year $74,500

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,407 · end of year $6,982

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

    $1,215,162

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

    $280,751

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $970,983 · end of year $934,411

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $149,154 · end of year $165,579

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,551 · end of year $32,698

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $489,650 · end of year $477,591

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $915,530 · end of year $887,565

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $916,076 · end of year $945,119

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TREES, WATER AND PEOPLE IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH REFORESTATION, WATERSHED PROTECTION, CLEANTECH AND CLEAN COOKSTOVES, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN LATIN AMERICA AND INDIGENOUS LANDS IN THE UNITED STATES. OUR WORK IS GUIDED BY TWO CORE BELIEFS: NATURAL RESOURCES ARE BEST PROTECTED WHEN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THEIR CARE AND MANAGEMENT; AND THE PRESERVATION OF LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS IS ESSENTIAL FOR ONGOING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES ELSEWHERE.

  • MESOAMERICA PROGRAM EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS OF REFORESTATION, FUEL-EFFICIENT COOKSTOVES, FOOD SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES, AS WELL AS MEXICO.

    Expenses $1,252,418 · Grants $557,015

  • INDIGENOUS LANDS PROGRAM EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS FOCUSING ON REFORESTATION, EMPLOYMENT AND FOOD SECURITY.

    Expenses $1,092,126 · Grants $158,664

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jake Tornatzky

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Tim Kasten

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Raul Tuazon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Zilis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cynthia Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Bramhall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Thayer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marilyn Thayer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Cheng

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Merritt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leslie Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sebastian Africano

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,269
    From this org
    $107,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Grants on this return

  • CONSERVATION LEGACY

    $77,500

    LABOR SUPPORT FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

  • JEMEZ PUEBLO DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL RESOURCES

    $31,134

    LABOR SUPPORT FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
1 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602449349300630

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