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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by FRUIT TREE PLANTING FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$356,453
Total expenses
$247,946
Contributions and grants received
$195,265
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$160,828
Investment income
$360
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,590,204
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,100
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,589,104
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$223,756
Management and general expenses
$19,701
Fundraising expenses
$4,489
Program service expenses (Part III)
$223,756

Program services were 90.2% 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

    $195,265

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GROW KIT SALES

    total $63 · related or exempt $63

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM EQUIP SALES

    total $25 · related or exempt $25

  • 2c · Program service revenue: PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $160,540 · related or exempt $160,540

  • 2d · Program service revenue: RENT

    total $200 · related or exempt $200

  • 2e · Program service revenue: TUITION

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $360 · related or exempt $360

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $48,171 · program services $41,430 · management and general $5,781 · fundraising $963

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $0

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,809 · program services $28,206 · management and general $807 · fundraising $793

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $0

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,464 · management and general $2,464

  • 24a · Other expenses: FRUIT RELIEF

    total $88,000 · program services $88,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: FRUITFUL COMMUNITIES

    total $47,485 · program services $47,485

  • 24c · Other expenses: OPERATING EXPENSE

    total $10,114 · management and general $10,114

  • 24d · Other expenses: TREES FOR TRIBES

    total $6,295 · program services $6,295

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,608 · program services $12,340 · management and general $535 · fundraising $2,733

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,317,202 · end of year $1,405,154

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $996,500

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $996,500 · end of year $996,500

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $170,017 · end of year $188,550

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,122 · end of year $1,100

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,480,597 · end of year $2,589,104

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

To encourage the planting of 18 billion edible fruit trees under organic, humane standards. To benefit the environment, human health, and animal welfare by strategically planting fruit and nut tree orchards where they will best serve communities for decades to follow. This includes planting any edible, medicinal, or environmentally beneficial trees or plants.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FTPF provides environmental and nutritional benefits through a diverse set of programs, each described in greater detail below. In total for this year, FTPF had the following results: Planted and distributed 37,381 fruit trees and shrubs to improve nutrition and the environment (37,239 trees and 142 shrubs)Created 76 orchards and tree distribution events worldwide to activate healthy communitiesTrained 2226 volunteers during FTPF events on how to plant trees in their regionProvided education and environmental curriculum for 529 students to inspire the next generation of environmentalistsProvided advanced workshops for 297 orchard caretakers to ensure tree survivalTrees planted in this years programs, when fully mature, will on average create about 6 million pounds of oxygen and produce around 1.7 million pounds of fruiteach year!

  • FRUIT RELIEF PROGRAM ($118,591)FTPFs Fruit Relief program involves strategically planting fruit trees where the harvest will most benefit impoverished communitiesin low-income neighborhoods and international hunger relief sitesand distributing fruit trees directly to families in need to provide a source of nutrition in their backyards for decades to follow. Educational programs on fruit tree care are also provided at various workshops and distribution events. As a result of such orchard donations, life-saving sustenance is provided and local volunteers, many of whom are in difficult situations themselves, are empowered to take action for their environment.

    Expenses $118,591

  • FRUITFUL COMMUNITIES ($78,473)This program involves working with community groups, nonprofits such as food banks, and public parks across the country to create community orchards, which provide a long-term source of nutrition for the neighborhood.

    Expenses $78,473

  • TREES FOR TRIBES ($12,652)FTPFs Trees for Tribes program provides fruit and nut tree orchards to communities on Native American reservations. The trees and harvest provide environmental benefits and healthy sustenance to combat obesity and diabetes. Orchards last for generations and are donated strictly for the benefit of the tribe.

    Expenses $12,652

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cem Akin

    VP and CFO

    Total calculated
    $48,174
    From this org
    $48,174
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    60
  • David Wolfe

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ayca Akin

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202303199349328910

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