TREES FOREVER INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C30Z

Classification

1000

Street

80 W 8TH AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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• TREES FOREVER FOUNDATION

  EIN 56-2377110

Mission and programs · 2025

• GROWING COMMUNITY FORESTS: TREES FOREVER HELPS COMMUNITIES GROW AND CARE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY FORESTS BY PROVIDING GRANT FUNDING WITH FRIENDLY AND KNOWLEDGEABLE ASSISTANCE TO VOLUNTEERS AND LEADERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PLANTING AND CARING FOR TREES AND NATURAL AREAS. TREES FOREVER PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANNING AND RECOVERY AND CONTINUES TO LEAD THE REPLANTING EFFORT. IN 2025, TREES FOREVER PARTNERED WITH 91 COMMUNITIES TO COMPLETE 170 PROJECTS IN IOWA, ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN. THREE LARGE-SCALE TREE DISTRIBUTIONS WERE HELD IN 2,508 AFFORDABLE, LANDSCAPE SIZED TREES PLANTED ON PRIVATE LANDS IN THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND DES MOINES METROPOLITAN AREAAS. EDUCATION AND VOLUNTEER OUTREACH PROGRAMS ARE ALSO PROCESSING. TREES FOREVER IS HELPING PREPARE TEENAGERS IUN IOWA FOR THE FUTURE WORKFORCE THROUGH GROWING FUTURES. THROUGH THIS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DES MOINES AND CEDAR RAPIDS ARE HIRED TO PLANT AND CARE FOR PUBLIC TREES IN 2025, A TOTAL OF 77 STUDENTS WERE HIRED WITH 53 STUDENTS RETURNING FOR CONSECUTIVE SEASONS. THEY PLANTED 859 TREES, WATERED 92,836 TIMES AND PROVIDED MAINTENANCE TO NUMEROUS TREES AS NEEDED WHILE ALSO RECEIVING VALUABLE TRAINING AND ENHANCING THEIR WORKPLACE READINESS.

  Expenses $2,734,035 · Grants $502,139 · Revenue $915,284

• IN 2025 TREES FOREVER EDUCATED INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES TO CARE FOR TREES: TREES FOREVER PROVIDES INFORMATIVE PROGRAMS AND HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT BUILD PARTICIPANTS' KNOWLEDGE OF TREE CARE, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND CONSERVATION. IN 2025 THROUGH THE STEWARDS OF THE BEAUTIFUL LAND PROGRAM WITH THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S LIVING ROADWAY TRUST FUND, TREES FOREVER HOSTED TWLEVE WEBINARS THAT ENGAGED PARTICIPANTS ON TOPICS RELATED TO CONSERVATION AND TREE PLANTING AND CARE. ALSO, THROUGH THE STEWARDS OF THE BEAUTIFUL LAND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, VARIOUS HANDS-ON FIELD DAYS INCLUDED PLANT AND TREE ID, SEED HARVEST, PRAIRIE WALKS AND PLANTING EVENTS THAT ENGAGED 844 PARTICIPANTS. THE TREES FOREVER TREEKEEPERS PROGRAM REACHES VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE NATION TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE THEM IN SUPPORTING URBAN FORESTRY IN THEIR HOMETOWNS. IN 2025, 499 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE ONLINE SERIES OF TRAININGS. THROUGH ALL OF TREES FOREVERS WORK, THE GROUP PROMOTES THE PLANTING OF DIVERSE, NATIVE TREES AND PRAIRIE TO BUILD A MORE RESILIENT AND BENEFICIAL LOCAL ECOSYSTEM. TREES FOREVER PROVIDES EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC ON A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS WITH IN-PERSON FIELD DAYS, WEBINAR SERIES, AND VOLUNTEER TRAININGS. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION HAD MORE THAN 6,700 ENGAGEMENTS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, VOLUNTEER EVENTS, AND SUPPORTER INTERACTIONS.

  Expenses $113,797

• COLLABORATED WITH ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES TO PLANT NEW TREES, MAINTAIN EXISTING ONES, AND SAFELY REMOVE THOSE THAT POSE RISKS. THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON ALIGNING TREE?CARE ACTIVITIES WITH NEIGHBORHOOD PRIORITIES, ENSURING THAT DECISIONS REFLECT LOCAL NEEDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS. BY BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACITY AND PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT, THE INITIATIVE STRENGTHENS LONG?TERM STEWARDSHIP OF THE URBAN TREE CANOPY. IN 2025, WE AWARDED 555,431 IN FUNDING TO 32 COMMUNITIES IN ILLINOIS UNDER THE ILLINOIS DNR PROGRAM.

  Expenses $2,282 · Revenue $619,166

• LANDSCAPING ROADS & TRAILS: TREES FOREVER WORKS WITH VOLUNTEERS AND LEADERS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER PLACES FOR CURRENT AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE DO THIS BY LEADING PLANNING EFFORTS THAT RESULT IN SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS. IN 2025, SEVEN COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATED IN THE IOWA'S LIVING ROADWAYS COMMUNITY VISIONING PROCESS WITH 1,481 VOLUNTEERS LOGGING 2,316 HOURS VALUED AT 69,380.

  Expenses $440,926 · Revenue $588,999

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $3,658,423

  Expenses

  $3,906,456

  Contributions

  $1,505,702

  Grants paid

  $502,139

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,527,055

  Expenses

  $3,635,415

  Contributions

  $1,842,998

  Grants paid

  $682,008

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,209,088

  Expenses

  $3,816,427

  Contributions

  $1,967,638

  Grants paid

  $800,649

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,015,732

  Expenses

  $3,547,774

  Contributions

  $4,010,861

  Grants paid

  $830,479

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,619,132

  Expenses

  $3,244,176

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,919,992

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,367,079

  Expenses

  $2,003,822

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,582,126

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,834,495

  Expenses

  $1,803,800

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,029,238

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,919,921

  Expenses

  $1,803,103

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,020,121

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,962,053

  Expenses

  $2,022,642

  Assets (EOY)

  $366,546

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,180,596

  Expenses

  $2,219,384

  Assets (EOY)

  $403,881

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,291,059

  Expenses

  $2,344,007

  Assets (EOY)

  $471,936

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,164,309

  Expenses

  $2,121,651

  Assets (EOY)

  $677,983

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,027,988

  Expenses

  $2,049,981

  Assets (EOY)

  $441,774

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $1,953,692

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,029,143

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• CITY OF PEORIA

  $25,000

  2025

• THE VILLAGE OF FOREST PARK

  $22,482

  2025

• CITY OF BELLE PLAINE

  $17,000

  2022 · TREE PLANTING PROJ.

• CITY OF MONTICELLO

  $16,500

  2023 · TREE PLANTING PROJ.

• CITY OF WAUKEGAN ATTN TREASURY DEP

  $15,000

  2025

• CITY OF JACKSONVILLE

  $15,000

  2024 · TREE PROJECT

• MOLINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP

  $15,000

  2024 · TREE PROJECT

• WAUKEGAN PARK DISTRICT

  $15,000

  2024 · TREE PROJECT

• CITY OF GALESBURG

  $15,000

  2025

• VILLAGE OF PARK FOREST

  $14,999

  2025

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $250,732

  2022 · OTHER: TREE PLANTING, ANNUAL DESIGNATED DISTRIBUTION, CEDAR RAPIDS RELEAF, GROWING FUTURES TEEN TREE PLANTING AND EMPLOYMENT, GENERAL SUPPORT

• PRAIRIE MEADOWS RACE TRACK & CASINO INC

  $100,000

  2024 · PLANTING OUR FUTURE

• NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION

  $84,750

  2024 · ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF LEADING-EDGE PRACTICES IN MUNICIPAL FORESTS INCLUDING INVENTORY, PLANTING, MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION.

• GREATER CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $82,289

  2024 · GROWING FUTURES TEEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN FORESTS

  $56,000

  2022 · Tree Planting Projects in River Bend and Valley Junction Neighborhoods

• COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES

  $50,000

  2022 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• AMERICAN FORESTS

  $40,000

  2023 · Tree Planting Projects in River Bend and Valley Junction Neighborhoods

• GreenState Credit Union

  $33,333

  2022 · Grow Green

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $26,050

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• GreenState Credit Union

  $25,000

  2024 · TreeKeepers

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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