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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$456,803
Total expenses
$812,689
Contributions and grants received
$445,320
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$9,825
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,658
Total assets, end of year
$1,474,899
Total liabilities, end of year
$83,184
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,391,715
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$531,781
Management and general expenses
$256,315
Fundraising expenses
$24,593
Program service expenses (Part III)
$531,781

Program services were 65.4% 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

    $445,320

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $9,825 · related or exempt $9,825

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $5,379

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $3,721

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,658 · unrelated business $2,181 · excluded -$523

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $72,885 · program services $38,021 · management and general $34,864

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $301,062 · program services $144,011 · management and general $157,051

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,701 · program services $5,597 · management and general $6,104

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $31,252 · program services $14,949 · management and general $16,303

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,030 · management and general $14,030

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,070 · program services $4,418 · fundraising $652

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,050 · program services $1,142 · management and general $599 · fundraising $5,309

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,213 · program services $7,519 · management and general $5,682 · fundraising $5,012

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $83,561 · program services $79,382 · management and general $4,179

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,247 · program services $11,123 · fundraising $11,124

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,443 · program services $1,443

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $23,077 · program services $21,924 · management and general $1,153

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,479 · program services $9,005 · management and general $474

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROPAGATION MATERIALS/SHI

    total $187,743 · program services $187,743

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES

    total $6,545 · management and general $6,545

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $5,552 · management and general $5,552

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $4,215 · program services $1,590 · management and general $1,944 · fundraising $681

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,564 · program services $3,914 · management and general $1,835 · fundraising $1,815

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,331,255 · end of year $746,768

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $250,000

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $50,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $3,692 · end of year $4,803

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

    $654,864

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

    $231,536

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $403,413 · end of year $423,328

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $24,183 · end of year $53,507

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $41,576 · end of year $29,677

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,672,601 · end of year $1,341,715

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $50,000

Mission and programs · 2023

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, CHURCHES, 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

  • COLLECTION: AATA COLLECTED CUTTINGS FROM MATURE SEQUOIA FLORIDA OAKS AND CYPRESS MONTANA DOGWOOD, CALIFORNIA GIANT SEQUOIA AND COAST REDWOOD TREES TO INCREASE OUR INVENTORY. PROPAGATION: AATA CONTINUED WITH SUCCESSFUL TISSUE CULTURE WITH CONCENTRATION ON COAST REDWOODS AND GIANT SEQUOIA AND ALSO HAD SUCCESS WITH OTHER SPECIES. THIS PROCESS ENABLES THE ORGANIZATION TO MASS PRODUCE REPLICAS OF THESE ICONIC TREES. 2023 WAS THE SEVENTH YEAR FOR PROPAGATING GIANT SEQUOIA SEEDLINGS, COAST REDWOOD, BLACK WILLOW AND DOGWOOD TRESS AND ADDITIONAL SPECIES. AATA IDENTIFIED NEW CHAMPION TREES FOR COLLECTION INCLUDING MONTEREY PINE, LINDEN, SUGAR MAPLE, BALD CYPRESS, LIVE OAK AND BALSAM FIR. ARCHIVING: AATA CONTINUES TO EXPAND THEIR LIVING LIBRARIES. REFORESTATION 2023: 1000 HARDY REDWOODS WERE PLANTED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. 300 BLACK WILLOWS WERE PLANTED IN VARIOUS RIPARIAN LOCAATIONS IN MICHIGAN. 300 CHAMPIAN GIANT SEQUOIA, COAST REDWOOD, AND MONTEREY PINE TREES WERE PLANTED ON THE TULE RIVER TRIBE RESERVATION, TERAVANA, AND PONDEROSA, CA. 100 BLACK WILLOWS WERE PLANTED IN INNER CITY DETROIT. 500 CHAMPION COAST REDWOOD AND GIANT SEQUOIA WERE PLANTED IN THE NORTHWEST PUGET SOUND REGION INCLUDING TRIBAL NATION LANDS. 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 K-12 SCHOOL GROUPS, AND ADULT GROUPS AT THE AATA FACILITY. TREE SCHOOL EVENTS INCLUDE COLLECTION, PROPAGATION, AND PLANTING DEMONSTRATIONS AND TECHNIQUES. AATA IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A VIRTUAL TREE SCHOOL.

    Expenses $531,781

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jared Milarch

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $72,885
    From this org
    $72,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Frank Ettawagshik

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kerry Milach

    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
2023
Filed
30 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202433049349302278

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