Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,095,086

Total expenses

$720,937

Contributions and grants received

$1,014,852

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$47,915

Investment income

$23,766

Other revenue

$8,553

Total assets, end of year

$1,371,961

Total liabilities, end of year

$3,839

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,368,122

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$638,361

Management and general expenses

$21,350

Fundraising expenses

$61,226

Program service expenses (Part III)

$638,361

Program services were 88.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• PROJECT COMMUNITREE - EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL STATUS OR ZIP CODE, DESERVES TO LIVE AMONG TREES. TREE CANOPY PROVIDES SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO COMMUNITIES AND SHOULD NOT BE RESERVED ONLY FOR THE PRIVILEGED FEW. PROJECT COMMUNITREE SUBSIDIZES THE COST OF GROWING POTTED TREES AT OUR TREE NURSERY AND ARBORETUM IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY'S CREVE COEUR PARK. THE 3-GALLON SAPLINGS ARE OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE TO PUBLIC AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS WHO PLANT AND MAINTAIN THIS NEW COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. THE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTES OVER 10,000 TREES TO MORE THAN 150 PARTNERS EVERY YEAR AND MOBILIZES MORE THAN 3,000 VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TREE PLANTING PROCESS.

  Expenses $91,878 · Revenue $9,385

• PRIORITY RELEAF - FOREST RELEAF PRIORITIZES STRATEGIC PLANTING LOCATIONS THAT HELP VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES RECOVER THEIR TREE CANOPY. THE PRIORITY RELEAF PROGRAM SERVES FINANCIALLY UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES STRUGGLING TO OVERCOME NATURAL DISASTERS SUCH AS A TORNADO OR INVASIVE SPECIES ATTACK. IN ADDITION TO THE FREE 3-GALLON TREES, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES LARGER 15-GALLON TREES FOR PLANTING THAT CAN QUICKLY FILL IN CANOPY GAPS. TRAINED STAFF SUPPORT PRIORITY RELEAF PARTNERS HELPING SELECT SPECIES, INFORMING PLANTING PLANS, AND HOSTING VOLUNTEER PLANTING EVENTS. FOREST RELEAF ASSUMES ON-GOING MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SOME PRIORITY RELEAF PROJECTS IF COMMUNITY NEED OUTSTRIPS THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOR THE SITES. THE PROGRAM SERVES 40 PARTNERS EACH YEAR ON AVERAGE AND TARGETS EQUITY-SEEKING COMMUNITIES IN NEED.

  Expenses $117,595 · Revenue $2,280

• OUTREACH AND EDUCATION - TO GROW A HEALTHY COMMUNITY FOREST, IT IS CRITICAL TO BUILD THE PUBLIC'S CAPACITY AND CONFIDENCE AROUND TREES, FOREST RELEAF'S PROGRAM ENGAGES PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH THE IMMENSE BENEFITS TREES PROVIDE TO PEOPLE AND PLACES. UNDERSTANDING EMPOWERS THE PUBLIC TO TAKE ACTION GROWING A RESILIENT URBAN TREES CANOPY WHERE COMMUNITY THRIVES. CORE PROGRAMMING WITHIN THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A 6-WEEK INTENSIVE TREEKEEPERS TRAINING FOR ADULTS, AN ANNUAL ELEMENTARY TREE CAMP, A SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, AND PARTNER TRAININGS.

  Expenses $80,124 · Revenue $11,159

• FORESTKEEPERS NETWORK - THE MISSOURI FORESTKEEPERS NETWORK BRINGS TOGETHER CITIZENS TO CONSERVE, SUSTAIN AND ENHANCE MISSOURI'S URBAN AND RURAL FOREST RESOURCES THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM, ADVOCACY, AND MANAGEMENT. THIS PROGRAM IS FREE TO PARTICIPANTS AND MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI. IT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SOUND SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AND ENCOURAGE MISSOURIANS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE CARE OF FORESTS. COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDING A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION, ANNUAL CONFERENCE, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES KEEP PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED. CURRENTLY 3,000 MISSOURIANS ARE ENROLLED IN THE FORESTKEEPERS NETWORK.

  Expenses $83,457

• OTHER PROGRAMS - PARTNERSHIP WITH MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION COMMUNITREE GARDENS-COMMUNITY ASSITED NURSERY; VOLUNTEERS CULTIVATE DONATED SEEDLINGS FOR SEVERAL YEARS THEN DISTRIBUTE ABOUT 13,000 FREE TREES ANNUALLY FOR PLANTING ON PUBLIC OR NOT-FOR-PROFIT PROPERTIES. VOLUNTEER COORDINATION-AN EFFORT TO CREATE, ADMINISTER AND MAINTAIN TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY FORESTRY EFFORTS. INCLUDES THE ANTITOPPING CAMPAIGN AND TREEKEEPERS COURSES. THE MISSOURI FORESTKEEPERS NETWORK-A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF OVER 2,500 VOLUNTEERS WORKING TO PROTECT, SUSTAIN AND ENHANCE MISSOURI'S FORESTS.

  Expenses $265,307 · Revenue $57,410

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

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

16 August 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202323129349301667

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