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FRIENDS OF TREES

EIN 93-0999999 PORTLAND, OR

Revenue 2024
$4,370,109
Expenses 2024
$4,273,337

Program services were 79.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C500
Classification
1000
Street
3117 NE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD

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 · 2024

Mission

TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO PLANT, CARE FOR, AND LEARN ABOUT TREES AND GREEN SPACES IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST COMMUNITIES.

  • NEIGHBORHOOD TREES PROGRAM (NT) - EMPOWERING COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS TO PLANT AND CARE FOR STREET, YARD, AND PARK TREES IN NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH A FOCUS ON UNDERSERVED AND LOW-CANOPY AREAS IN CLACKAMAS, MARION, MULTNOMAH, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN OREGON, AS WELL AS CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON. DURING THE 2024-25 SEASON, THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY PLANTED 2,020 STREET, YARD, AND PARK TREES, SUCCESSFULLY PRUNED HUNDREDS OF TREES, AND SUPPORTED THE CARE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG TREES. THE NEIGHBORHOOD TREES PROGRAM COLLABORATES EXTENSIVELY WITH MUNICIPAL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS.

    Expenses $1,475,778 · Grants $855,197 · Revenue $69,216

  • ADULT URBAN FORESTRY TRAINING PROGRAM (AUF) - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM SERVING THE PORTLAND-METRO REGION. PROVIDES 5-10 WEEKS OF PAID TRAINING IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES LEARN ABOUT URBAN FORESTRY AND RESTORATION, FOLLOWED BY A PAID INTERNSHIP WITH A LOCAL ORGANIZATION OR AGENCY. FOT AND OUR PARTNERS ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH CLASSROOM EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING, AND INCREASING ACCESS TO A CAREER PATH IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD. FRIENDS OF TREES RECOGNIZES THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS EQUAL ACCESS TO THE BENEFIT OF TREES AND HEALTHY GREEN SPACES. AS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN ORGANIZATION FOT FOSTERS AN ATMOSPHERE OF INCLUSION AND SUPPORT, AND STRIVES TO BUILD PLACES THAT ARE SAFER AND HEALTHIER FOR ALL. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY CONVERSATION; UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS; RELEVANT PROGRAMMING; AND ATTRACTING AND RETAINING DIVERSE STAFF AND SUPPORTERS.

    Expenses $971,740

  • GREENSPACE PROGRAM (GS) - FOCUSING ON NATURAL AREA RESTORATION AND GREEN SPACE PLANTING THROUGH COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS, THIS PROGRAM PLANTED OVER 32,000 NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS DURING THE 2024-25 PLANTING SEASON ACROSS CLACKAMAS, MARION, MULTNOMAH, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN OREGON. THEY ALSO DISTRIBUTED MANY HUNDREDS OF NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS, AND PLANTS. THIS PROGRAM ALSO SERVES AS THE HUB FOR K-12 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIPS, AND ADULT WORKFORCE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.THE GREENSPACE PROGRAM COLLABORATES EXTENSIVELY WITH MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOLS, AND NONPROFIT/COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION.

    Expenses $450,991

  • EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD PROGRAM - WORKING IN LANE COUNTY, THIS PROGRAM FOCUSES ON: 1) EMPOWERING COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO PLANT STREET, YARD, AND PARK TREES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON UNDERSERVED AND LOW-CANOPY AREAS. DURING THE 2024-25 SEASON, THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY PLANTED 330 STREET, YARD, AND PARK TREES, PRUNED 215 STREET TREES, AND SUPPORTED THE CARE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF HUNDREDS OF YOUNG TREES. 2) GREEN SPACE PLANTING THROUGH COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS. DURING THE 2024-2025 PLANTING SEASON, THIS PROGRAM PLANTED OVER 245 NATIVE TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS. 3) THIS PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH OF PREVIOUSLY PLANTED YOUNG TREES.

    Expenses $325,454

  • VOLUNTEER & OUTREACH PROGRAM (VOP) - COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ARE CENTRAL TO FOTS MISSION AND PROGRAMMING. THROUGH A NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS, FRIENDS OF TREES ENGAGES IN OUTREACH TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS AND TREE RECIPIENTS, FOSTER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO BETTER SUPPORT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE CRITICAL ROLE OF TREES AND NATURAL AREAS IN BUILDING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. THIS WORK ALSO HIGHLIGHTS TREES AS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE TOOLS IN COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE.

    Expenses $167,706

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • YASHAR VASEF

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $109,779
    From this org
    $102,085
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,694
    Hours/week
    40

  • MEGAN VAN DE MARK

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $93,843
    From this org
    $84,460
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,383
    Hours/week
    40

  • STEVE MAYES

    Dir. of Finance

    Total calculated
    $84,074
    From this org
    $74,813
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,261
    Hours/week
    40

  • LARA ROBERTSON

    INTERIM CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANNE TOPP

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN FURUKAWA

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRENDAN MCCARTHY

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON STROMAN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JEANNINE PARISI

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUSTIN CLOYD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AUDREY DAMRONGSRI

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHERVIN HESS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH WACHS

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,370,109
    Expenses
    $4,273,337
    Contributions
    $4,292,978
    Grants paid
    $855,197
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,642,201
    Expenses
    $3,651,976
    Contributions
    $2,588,472
    Grants paid
    $109,200
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,083,559
    Expenses
    $3,139,111
    Contributions
    $2,983,775
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $3,438,261
    Expenses
    $2,904,771
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,018,079

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,278,068
    Expenses
    $2,544,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,487,496

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,907,531
    Expenses
    $2,932,754
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,215,757

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,951,072
    Expenses
    $3,051,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,969,826

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,631,675
    Expenses
    $2,725,141
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,822,757

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,646,530
    Expenses
    $2,449,938
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,936,669

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,504,091
    Expenses
    $2,429,540
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,812,494

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,212,036
    Expenses
    $2,195,877
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,741,534

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,149,071
    Expenses
    $2,070,499
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,734,257

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,158,513
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,654,266

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.