Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,342,736

Total expenses

$1,290,825

Contributions and grants received

$1,325,928

Grants paid

$778,035

Program service revenue

$16,560

Investment income

$81

Other revenue

$167

Total assets, end of year

$522,148

Total liabilities, end of year

$236,568

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$285,580

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,157,689

Management and general expenses

$133,136

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,157,689

Program services were 89.7% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $970,131 · Grants $778,035

• Education and OutreachThis program strengthens grassroots efforts by engaging the general public, community leaders, interested organizations, and urban and community forestry professionals. California ReLeafs programs are designed to educate Californians about the value and benefits of trees as well as sound tree care practices.FY2023 Education & Outreach Accomplishments:Urban Forest Leadership Training Launched in early 2022 with a CAL FIRE grant and USDA Forest Service support, the Urban Forest Leadership program met monthly via Zoom to develop talent, collegial support, and professional capacity in the next generation of urban forest leaders. Katie McCleary of Paper Wings Creative Consulting a nonprofit leadership expert and author of Bridge the Gap, a book about collaborative and effective communications facilitated the class sessions based on a custom agenda developed by Katie and California ReLeaf. Started in early 2022, the training program culminated with an Urban Forest Leadership Capstone Meeting in May 2023, just before the ReLeaf Network Retreat. This timing was designed so that the next generation of UF Leaders could attend the Network Retreat and connect more deeply with the wider ReLeaf Network of urban forest nonprofits. For more info, please visit: https://californiareleaf.org/resources/uf-leadership-program/Urban and Community Forest Economic Impact Study Begun in late 2021, California ReLeaf is overseeing the third UF Economic Impact study with funding from CAL FIRE, to show the fiscal effects of local urban forestry-related jobs on Californias economy. The research team includes California Polytechnic State University, North Carolina State University, and Virginia Tech. For more info, please visit: https://californiareleaf.org/about-releaf/research-project/California ReLeaf does the majority of its outreach communications via online platforms: email lists, social media, webinars, and the website.E-Communications Circulation: 1,400+ Recipients. Regular Email notifications were sent covering a variety of topics such as: Urban Forest Grant Opportunities, Arbor Week Art Contests, California Arbor Week Grants, webinars on drought and trees, urban forest tree canopy tools, tree care jobs, Learn Over Lunch Zoom events.Website Educational resources are shared via the ReLeaf website. The website has improved accessibility for all audiences with the earlier adoption of the AccessiBe service which uses AI (Artificial Intelligence) to improve website accessibility with respect to languages and ADA compliance. More recently in July 2023 a more sophisticated multi-language online translation widget called G-Translate was added to the website. This feature now provides ReLeaf website information in 100+ languages.Social Media Circulation: 5,700+. ReLeaf is very active in using multiple social media platforms to share urban forest issues of interest to community groups, government employees, and green industry professionals. Social media has been very effective in helping ReLeaf reach new community audiences.Webinars To access the ever-expanding library on YouTube of on-demand education and info on grants, tree care, trees and drought, and more please visit : http://californiareleaf.org/resources/webinars/ California Arbor Week In March 2023 California ReLeaf worked with the US Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to organize the first in-person Arbor Week Press Conference since March 2020, due to the pandemic. Held in Oakland, speakers include representatives from the local nonprofit Common Vision, the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, the City of Oakland, CAL FIRE, the USDA Forest Service, Southern California Edison, Blue Shield, Hyphae Design laboratory California ReLeaf, Arbor Week Grantees Southern California Edison, California ReLeaf. The winning California Arbor Week Art Contest posters were unveiled and a celebratory tree planting was led by Common Vision. Please visit the website to see updates on Arbor Week activities: https://californiareleaf.org/category/arbor-week/

  Expenses $119,099

• California ReLeaf NetworkThe California ReLeaf Network is a statewide forum for the informational exchange, education, and mutual support of community-based organizations. The members have common goals of community development by planting and protecting trees, promoting community engagement and volunteer involvement, and fostering an ethic of environmental stewardship.The ReLeaf Network enables individual groups to use their collective power to improve the urban and community forests in their home towns for all Californians. Through membership in the Network, groups build their organizational and technical skills, share their enthusiasm, experiences and ideas, address issues of common concern, and work together to plant trees, promote tree care and community stewardship, and grow stronger communities throughout the state.2022/23 Accomplishments of this program include:The Network includes over 80 members that vary from small groups of dedicated volunteers to larger nonprofit organizations with paid staff. Network members represent diverse demographics and a broad geographic reach throughout California.Network member organizations:Planted 28,000+ treesCared for 153,000+ treesEngaged 20,000+ volunteers giving 109,000+ hours of their timeReached 20,000+ community members during 750+ outreach events Our Education & Communications Program Manager sent regular Network Updates to Network members throughout the year. These emails reached over 200 recipients and covered a variety of topics, including information about funding opportunities, upcoming conferences and workshops, research reports, job announcements and more. Online surveys were used to seek input from ReLeaf Network Member organizations on their accomplishments and concerns as well as their planting and volunteer activities.

  Expenses $58,837

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

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

• ReLeaf Petaluma

  $79,278

  Urban Forest Management

• Clean and Green Ponoma

  $70,137

  Urban Forest Management

• Butte Environmental Council

  $67,186

  Relief thru ReLeaf

• Social Good Fund

  $59,247

  Urban Forest Management

• Tree People

  $50,002

  Tree Planting

• North East Trees

  $42,844

  Urban Forest Management

• Watsonville Wetlands Watch

  $39,933

  Urban Forest Management

• Paradise Recreation and Park

  $35,940

  Releaf for Relief

• Tree Fresno

  $28,599

  Tree Planting

• Calipatria Chamber of Commerc

  $28,366

  TreeCovery

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

12 April 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202441039349300539

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