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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by TACOMA TREE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$712,586
Total expenses
$614,400
Contributions and grants received
$703,066
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$39,154
Investment income
$8,690
Other revenue
-$38,324
Total assets, end of year
$383,172
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,756
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$377,416
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$468,211
Management and general expenses
$141,908
Fundraising expenses
$4,281
Program service expenses (Part III)
$468,211

Program services were 76.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $60,630

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $364,901

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $277,535

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PLANTING

    total $35,354 · related or exempt $35,354

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EDUCATION

    total $2,000 · related or exempt $2,000

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $1,800 · related or exempt $1,800

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,690 · excluded $8,690

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $625

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $60,630

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $37,051

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$36,426 · excluded -$36,426

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,704

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $4,593

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$2,889 · related or exempt -$2,889

  • 11a · Other revenue: CREDIT CARD REWARDS

    total $991 · related or exempt $991

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $991

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $85,621 · program services $51,373 · management and general $29,967 · fundraising $4,281

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $268,155 · program services $266,448 · management and general $1,707

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $37,344 · program services $35,990 · management and general $1,354

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,565 · program services $25,877 · management and general $2,688

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,786 · management and general $14,786

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,950 · program services $16,750 · management and general $14,200

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,632 · program services $1,135 · management and general $497

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,356 · program services $11,210 · management and general $9,146

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,132 · program services $6,928 · management and general $23,204

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,082 · program services $802 · management and general $2,280

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,261 · program services $1,799 · management and general $8,462

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,421 · management and general $21,421

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,855 · management and general $7,855

  • 24a · Other expenses: JOB SUPPLIES

    total $43,003 · program services $42,532 · management and general $471

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEALS

    total $7,394 · program services $6,080 · management and general $1,314

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $1,778 · management and general $1,778

  • 24d · Other expenses: REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES

    total $54 · management and general $54

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,011 · program services $1,287 · management and general $724

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $81,019 · end of year $27,971

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $146,380 · end of year $323,070

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,135

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

    $66,940

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

    $34,809

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $53,552 · end of year $32,131

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,302 · end of year $5,084

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $554 · end of year $672

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $279,230 · end of year $377,416

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO GROW COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP OF THE URBAN FOREST ACROSS GREATER TACOMA THROUGH PLANTING, EDUCATION, AND ADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO GROW COMMUNITY STEWARDSHIP OF THE URBAN FOREST.

  • EDUCATION: EDUCATION PROGRAMMING PROVIDES A WAY FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TOEXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTAND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH URBAN NATURE, AND TOLET THAT BE A PART OF WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY DO. THROUGH WALKS, PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, BLOG POSTS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA, WE SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES, HOW TO CARE FOR THEM, AND HOW TO CONNECT WITH THEM.

    Expenses $225,501 · Revenue $148,665

  • PLANTING: TACOMA TREE FOUNDATION AIMS TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO URBAN TREE PLANTING,ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE TREES ARE NEEDED THE MOST. WE DOTHIS PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING FREE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS TO RESIDENTS, ALONGWITH INFORMATION ON THE UNIQUE BENEFITS OF EACH PLANT AND HOW ANDWHERE TO PLANT THEM.

    Expenses $242,710 · Revenue $314,025

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Yadrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Ileana Areiza

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vivian Dezwager

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janel Krilich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Schaal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angelia Paul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jenny Wetzel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Hunthausen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jean Jensen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lowell Wyse

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $85,621
    From this org
    $85,621
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    36.75
  • Terry Tipton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Luke Vannice

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Ruben Casas

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Amanda Starnes

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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
2025
Filed
30 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611329349306486

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