Totals
- Total revenue
- $9,902,681
- Total expenses
- $14,348,860
- Contributions and grants received
- $9,727,313
- Grants paid
- $23,698
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $172,571
- Other revenue
- $2,797
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,395,759
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $507,135
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $4,888,624
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $10,589,942
- Management and general expenses
- $2,426,812
- Fundraising expenses
- $1,332,106
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $10,589,942
Program services were 73.8% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$9,727,313
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$15,455
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3 · Investment income
total $192,921 · excluded $192,921
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
other assets $5,367
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
other assets $25,717
-
7c · Gain or loss
other assets -$20,350
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total -$20,350 · excluded -$20,350
-
11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE
total $2,797 · excluded $2,797
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$2,797
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $23,698 · program services $23,698
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $449,904 · management and general $449,904
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $5,953,525 · program services $4,755,285 · management and general $445,264 · fundraising $752,976
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $232,654 · program services $201,588 · management and general $18,240 · fundraising $12,826
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $545,081 · program services $464,765 · management and general $24,947 · fundraising $55,369
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $375,014 · program services $254,697 · management and general $55,976 · fundraising $64,341
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $174,423 · program services $50,356 · management and general $113,190 · fundraising $10,877
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $437,957 · program services $126,437 · management and general $284,209 · fundraising $27,311
-
11g · Fees: other
total $527,800 · program services $170,971 · management and general $319,898 · fundraising $36,931
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $215,563 · program services $19,240 · management and general $88,005 · fundraising $108,318
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13 · Office expenses
total $538,672 · program services $207,850 · management and general $303,391 · fundraising $27,431
-
14 · Information technology
total $299,214 · program services $151,794 · management and general $95,883 · fundraising $51,537
-
16 · Occupancy
total $178,145 · program services $117,950 · fundraising $60,195
-
17 · Travel
total $426,076 · program services $326,649 · management and general $86,756 · fundraising $12,671
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $95,304 · program services $46,424 · management and general $8,384 · fundraising $40,496
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $122,480 · program services $96,087 · management and general $4,720 · fundraising $21,673
-
23 · Insurance
total $43,728 · program services $20,921 · fundraising $22,807
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24a · Other expenses: SEEDS/NURSERY
total $1,245,983 · program services $1,245,983
-
24b · Other expenses: FARMER MOBILIZATION
total $854,415 · program services $854,415
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24c · Other expenses: VEHICLE EXPENSES
total $422,538 · program services $422,538
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24d · Other expenses: FARM TOOLS
total $318,223 · program services $318,223
-
24e · All other expenses
total $868,463 · program services $714,071 · management and general $128,045 · fundraising $26,347
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,008,813 · end of year $946,303
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $4,250,869 · end of year $1,521,512
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,685,448 · end of year $1,174,030
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $34,516 · end of year $5,118
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $207,176 · end of year $415,247
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$460,420
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$272,515
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $143,145 · end of year $187,905
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $1,519,138 · end of year $1,058,376
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $88,899 · end of year $58,656
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $18,150 · end of year $28,612
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $621,351 · end of year $477,135
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $30,000
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $8,137,764 · end of year $3,598,930
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,197,039 · end of year $1,289,694
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
OUR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOODS OF IMPOVERISHED FARMERS BY REVITALIZING DEGRADED LANDS.
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TREES FOR THE FUTURE (TREES) PARTNERS WITH SMALL HOLDER FARMERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TO RESTORE LAND AND UNLOCK PROSPERITY. OUR APPROACH AIMS TO TRANSFORM FARMING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF AFRICA'S FARMING FAMILIES. THIS FARMER-LED AGROFORESTRY APPROACH IS FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING FARMERS TO DESIGN THEIR OWN FARMS AND IMPROVE FOOD SECURITY, DIETARY DIVERSITY, ECONOMIC LIVELIHOODS, AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE. OVER FOUR YEARS, WE PARTNER WITH FARMERS TO BUILD THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN AGROFORESTRY, PERMA-GARDENING, SOIL HEALTH, COMPOSTING, AND LIVELIHOODS. SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY TREES OFFICERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE GROWN UP IN THE SAME LOCAL COMMUNITY AND AFTER TERTIARY EDUCATION, RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE. TREES TEAMS WORK WITH FARMERS TO DESIGN FARMS THAT MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF THE FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND ECOSYSTEM IN WHICH THEY LIVE. IN RECENT YEARS, TREES HAS INCORPORATED CARBON SEQUESTRATION PROGRAMS INTO THIS WORK, INCLUDING SMALLHOLDER FARMERS INTO THE GLOBAL CARBON MARKETPLACE.
Expenses $10,589,942 · Grants $23,698
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Mark BrownMARK BROWN
CHAIR/EXEC. COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Shannon Hart HerringtonSHANNON HART HERRINGTON
V.C./E.C./MBR, GOVCOM. (BEG. 12/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kaylin B NickolKAYLIN B NICKOL
V.C./SEC./E.C./MBR G.C. (END 07/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Holly LauHOLLY LAU
TREASURER/FIN. COM. CHAIR/E.C.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Denise VaillancourtDENISE VAILLANCOURT
SEC./GOVCOM/E.C. (BEG. 07/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michael GumbleyMICHAEL GUMBLEY
MBR, FIN. COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ariana ConstantARIANA CONSTANT
MBR, DEV'L COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Steven HanschSTEVEN HANSCH
MBR, GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Veerendra LingamVEERENDRA LINGAM
MBR, FINANCE COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jon DrimmerJON DRIMMER
MBR, FINANCE COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Karl SchwenkmeyerKARL SCHWENKMEYER
GOV COM CHAIR/EXEC COM
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mark AdamsMARK ADAMS
DVLPMNT COM CHAIR/EXEC COM
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Marc GeffroyMARC GEFFROY
MBR, DEV'L COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ruby Sandhu-RojonRUBY SANDHU-ROJON
MBR, DEV'L COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Advith NathADVITH NATH
MBR, FIN. COMMITTEE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Timothy McLellanTIMOTHY MCLELLAN
CEO
- Total calculated
- $300,552
- From this org
- $251,237
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $49,315
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $251,237
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $12,830
- Nontaxable benefits
- $36,485
- Filer's total
- $300,552
-
Jabez OjowaJABEZ OJOWA
CFO
- Total calculated
- $149,352
- From this org
- $145,605
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $3,747
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Brandy LellouBRANDY LELLOU
VP CLIMATE & CARBON
- Total calculated
- $188,835
- From this org
- $158,192
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,643
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $158,192
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $1,662
- Nontaxable benefits
- $28,981
- Filer's total
- $188,835
-
Cate OkaneCATE OKANE
VP DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS
- Total calculated
- $174,965
- From this org
- $166,175
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,790
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $166,175
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,773
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,017
- Filer's total
- $174,965
-
Leslye WomackLESLYE WOMACK
VP PEOPLE & CULTURE
- Total calculated
- $169,988
- From this org
- $160,369
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,619
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $160,369
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $1,865
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,754
- Filer's total
- $169,988
-
Adaobi OkaforADAOBI OKAFOR
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- Total calculated
- $126,116
- From this org
- $113,205
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,911
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Gabriel ButtramGABRIEL BUTTRAM
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $124,681
- From this org
- $117,887
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,794
- 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 · 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
- 2025
- Filed
- 10 September 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.2
- Source object
- 202642539349300414
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