FLORESTA USA INCORPORATED

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q310

Classification

1000

Street

5075 SHOREHAM PLACE

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).

Mission and programs · 2023

• Dominican Republic - The Dominican Republic program has made a profound impact with the planting of 3.5 million trees, the formation of 115 new groups this year while strengthening 319 existing groups. The program now has a total of 200 church partnerships while working in seven subwatersheds in two regions of the country. As part of our environmental stewardship efforts, the Dominican Republic program is building strategic partnerships to pilot and develop carbon projects and market value chains that benefit participating farmers.

  Expenses $1,390,971 · Grants $890,457

• Haiti- Amidst formidable challenges faced by the nation and people of Haiti, our commitment to innovation and resilience perseveres. Despite continued challenges of insecurity, inflation, and irregular rainfall, the locally-led program model has enabled uninterrupted progress at the regional level, working with 726 Purpose Groups, serving over 100 thousand people, collaborating with 141 church partners, and planting an impressive 1.1 million trees. This was achieved despite the safety concerns and reduced costs through implementation of creative measures like limiting travel and stockpiling fuel. Throughout these trials, the Haiti program team and partnering farmers remain vigilant and dedicated, demonstrating that resilience and innovation progress even in the most trying circumstances.

  Expenses $1,199,924 · Grants $1,068,996

• Burundi - A major highlight from Burundi was the significant progress achieved through our expanded partnership with HOPE International. In the initial phase, we integrated our agroecology curriculum, Seeds of Change, into 74 HOPE International savings groups. The results were compelling: participants using our curriculum experienced a 20% reduction in multidimensional poverty, while the control group faced a 19% increase. This remarkable 39% contrast underscores the transformative impact of the curriculum on savings groups. Building on this success, we aim to work with 250 HOPE International savings groups in Burundi for two years, concluding at the end of FY25, to achieve even more compelling impact. Additionally, the program planted 1,157,799 trees, established 137 new purpose groups, strengthened 777 existing purpose groups, and partnered with 202 churches, benefiting over 105 thousand people.

  Expenses $1,184,457 · Grants $1,019,292

• Tanzania - The Tanzania program celebrated 20 years of progressive work in community development, sustainable agriculture and environmental restoration. This year the program expanded into 2 villages, Lerai and Kilima Mbongo. The program identified 15 mature groups that are ready for graduation and continues to contribute to the organizational knowledge on graduation readiness. Boasting a 71% female participation rate, the program worked in 8 subwatersheds with 572 purpose groups and 332 churches. The Tanzania program planted 1,565,406 trees this year for a grand total of 19,168,070 trees planted since the program started in 2004.

  Expenses $1,103,408 · Grants $948,452

• Mexico - Shifting rain patterns and prolonged drought have become a continual environmental challenge in southern Mexico, where the Mexico program team works. However, the team's determination and participant efforts, in addition to irrigation initiatives, led them to exceed tree planting goals and reforest land with over 27,000 trees planted last year. The partnership with local farmers and communities is thriving with 373 Purpose Groups and 116 churches, serving over 21,000 people. The participants' dedication showcases the resilience of local communities and their ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions, underscoring the program's commitment to sustainable solutions in the face of adversity.

  Expenses $979,536 · Grants $843,000

• Ethiopia - Despite Ethiopia's ongoing social and political challenges, the growth of Purpose Groups has been remarkable, with the addition of 75 new groups, bringing the total to 541. Partnering farmers planted over 1.1 million seedlings, including trees, grasses, and shrubs, contributing to land restoration and environmental revitalization. Female participation has also significantly increased, rising to 35%-a noteworthy improvement from the program's initial 14% in fiscal year 2018, reflecting greater inclusivity and empowerment.

  Expenses $957,807 · Grants $802,459

• Congo - The DRC has faced decades of conflict and instability, marked by the presence of multiple armed groups across various regions, leading to widespread violence, displacement, and a severe humanitarian crisis. Despite these challenges, the DRC program achieved significant milestones, including working with 369 Purpose Groups, serving around 88 thousand people, collaborating with 127 church partners, and planting an impressive 1.6 million trees. In close partnership with the local government, there have been substantial efforts to unite communities in their fight against violence, extreme poverty, and environmental degradation.

  Expenses $872,657 · Grants $698,704

• Program Advocacy and Education - PROGRAM ADVOCACY & EDUCATION - Plant With Purpose has expanded its efforts across the U.S. to become a leading voice on how Christians are called to steward the environment, and the link between environmental degradation and poverty.

  Expenses $643,920

• Thailand - Plant With Purpose partners with vulnerable ethnic minorities in the northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, a region characterized by complex social and environmental challenges. This year, the region saw the worst flooding in a generation affecting tens of thousands of households. Plant With Purpose responded with immediate relief efforts; in the long term the households that partner with the program are more resilient in the face of environmental and economic shocks. Current work focuses on four watersheds comprising an area of over 1100 square kilometers.

  Expenses $535,875 · Grants $394,955

• Malawi - Officially launched in January of 2024, the Malawi program ended its first fiscal year in operation and successfully accomplished set output goals. Participants planted 23,189 trees, formed 21 new purpose groups and the organization partnered with 15 churches in the Lwafwa watershed.

  Expenses $328,538 · Grants $148,991

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $14,697,839

  Expenses

  $12,475,404

  Contributions

  $14,674,449

  Grants paid

  $6,815,306

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

  $10,181,458

  Expenses

  $9,008,245

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,080,567

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,448,828

  Expenses

  $6,551,181

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,749,566

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,855,758

  Expenses

  $5,330,635

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,799,547

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,567,740

  Expenses

  $4,709,039

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,246,862

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,213,827

  Expenses

  $4,303,363

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,360,376

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,822,598

  Expenses

  $4,383,009

  Assets (EOY)

  $452,701

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,526,083

  Expenses

  $4,086,870

  Assets (EOY)

  $984,979

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,612,628

  Expenses

  $3,672,417

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,529,443

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,030,404

  Expenses

  $3,442,259

  Assets (EOY)

  $644,609

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,163,584

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,105,388

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $1,655,478

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,313,237

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,307,800

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,090,517

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $1,025,459

  2023 · POVERTY

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $969,306

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $900,837

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $893,115

  2022 · POVERTY

• CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC

  $410,486

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $390,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

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.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

• CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

  $0 raised

  2024 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $0 to charity

• CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

  $0 raised

  2023 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $0 to charity

• CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

  $0 raised

  2022 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $0 to charity

• CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

  $0 raised

  2021 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $0 to charity

• CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

  $0 raised

  2020 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $0 to charity

• CAR DONATION SERVICES INC

  $825 raised

  2019 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $235 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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