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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by TREES MATTER.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2023 , filed 10 September 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$714,684
Total expenses
$712,925
Contributions and grants received
$234,615
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$472,802
Investment income
$7,267
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$424,188
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,812
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$359,376
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$566,810
Management and general expenses
$111,689
Fundraising expenses
$34,426
Program service expenses (Part III)
$566,810

Program services were 79.5% 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

    $234,615

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $3,900

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Shade Tree

    total $394,158 · related or exempt $394,158

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Trees for Schools

    total $73,667 · related or exempt $73,667

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Event ticket and raffle sales

    total $4,977 · related or exempt $4,977

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,267 · excluded $7,267

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $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.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $73,825 · program services $47,986 · management and general $14,765 · fundraising $11,074

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $253,437 · program services $203,721 · management and general $40,263 · fundraising $9,453

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $4,755 · program services $4,755

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,967 · program services $26,623 · management and general $2,534 · fundraising $1,810

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,323 · program services $21,832 · management and general $4,777 · fundraising $1,714

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,875 · management and general $24,875

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $60,981 · program services $51,368 · management and general $7,502 · fundraising $2,111

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,290 · program services $1,623 · management and general $1,649 · fundraising $18

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,521 · program services $9,008 · management and general $2,843 · fundraising $670

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,250 · program services $11,399 · management and general $2,138 · fundraising $713

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,244 · program services $21,170 · management and general $825 · fundraising $249

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,648 · program services $3,839 · management and general $744 · fundraising $65

  • 20 · Interest

    total $77 · management and general $77

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,188 · program services $4,702 · management and general $3,128 · fundraising $358

  • 24a · Other expenses: Tree Acquisition

    total $118,328 · program services $118,328

  • 24b · Other expenses: Event Costs

    total $45,487 · program services $35,543 · management and general $3,893 · fundraising $6,051

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues and Subscriptions

    total $1,867 · program services $892 · management and general $835 · fundraising $140

  • 24d · Other expenses: Training and Professional Development

    total $4,662 · program services $4,021 · management and general $641

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $200 · program services $0 · management and general $200 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $205,540 · end of year $211,409

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $127,344 · end of year $160,281

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $31,394 · end of year $38,690

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $14,542 · end of year $13,808

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

    $15,941

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

    $15,941

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $634

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,438 · end of year $27,312

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $8,500 · end of year $37,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $237,698 · end of year $344,376

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The need for trees in the Valley of the Sun has never been greater. Our communities depend on them not only for health and safety infrastructure but also for critical socioeconomic benefits and environmental heat mitigation. Through the education, distribution, and planting of the right trees in the right place, Trees Matter fosters and inspires an increased, more equitable tree canopy in the Valley of The Sun. A resilient future is possible for all generations, we just have to plant it.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To foster and inspire an increased, more equitable tree canopy in the Valley of the Sun.

  • Our Shade Tree Program provides shade tree education and distribution for local utility companies, Salt River Project, SRP and Mesa Electric, in Arizona. Working with SRP, we help implement a valley wide program that teaches thousands of residents how to plant trees strategically to reduce their air conditioning use while adding trees to the landscape. Residents are provided education on tree placement, planting, maintenance and are given 5 gallon trees to take home and plant. This year with SRP we distributed approximately thousands of trees and educated thousands of residents. We launched the City of Mesa Electric program in Spring 2024 and will continue to grow that program in the next few years.

    Expenses $301,732 · Revenue $394,158

  • Expenses $100,632 · Revenue $73,667

  • Expenses $157,229

  • Park Rx is a program that we supported as a financial sponsor so that parks in high need areas are activited with a variety of areas so people can enjoy activities in parks and around trees. The Urban Food Forest program is mostly education based with some planting of food bearing trees in schools. Our goal is for community members to value trees through the function of food through this program. We have a recipe book and an annual event around a local tree that provides pancakes made from flour from the pods on the tree. This encourages people to embrace native trees and reevaluation the way the value the pods that fall from the tree.

    Expenses $7,217 · Revenue $4,977

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aimee Esposito

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $65,600
    From this org
    $63,632
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,968
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mike Pfister

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ryan Knowlton

    Board Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tabitha Myers

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Eric Henderson

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Justin Katz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nicole Rodriguez

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Lindsay Hahn

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Coby Bruckner

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angelica Zamora

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bonnie Anderson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Adolfo Maldonado

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Camille Hartmetz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Doug Banfelder

    Board Member

    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
10 September 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442789349301584

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