How much does American Forest Foundation give?

American Forest Foundation reported 46 itemized grants totaling $2,529,736, out of $3,360,113 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 70 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does American Forest Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (58%), Community Improvement (17%), Education (10%).

Who are American Forest Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($3.4M), Warner Enterprises ($1.5M), University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff ($1.0M).

Does American Forest Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as American Forest Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc, United States Endowment for Forestry, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Where is American Forest Foundation based?

American Forest Foundation is based in DC.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

American Forest Foundation

The mission of the AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION is to deliver meaningful conservation impact through the empowerment of family forest owners. Through strong partnerships and advocacy, we strive to equip america's rural landowners with the tools they need to improve the health and productivity of their forests.

$3.4M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 46
Itemized grants FY2024: 40
Organizations funded FY2023: 13%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $2.5M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $14,903
Largest grant, FY2024: $457,942
Organizations funded a year: 40 to 70; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 30
Total assets, FY2024: $158M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 13% of the organizations American Forest Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EnvironmentCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	44	$2.1M	18%
FY2023	40	$1.8M	13%
FY2022	56	$3.2M	29%
FY2021	70	$6.2M	41%
FY2020	52	$4.3M	29%
FY2019	50	$3.0M	22%
FY2018	48	$2.2M	25%
FY2017	68	$2.5M	n/a

99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$15MCommunity Improvement$4.4MEducation$2.6MFood & Nutrition$1.5MCrime & Legal$872kArts & Culture$612kHuman Services$369kRecreation & Sports$157kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation	$3,406,951	4	0%
Warner Enterprises	$1,455,384	3	n/a
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	$1,049,599	4	n/a
Oregon Department of Forestry	$1,035,521	4	n/a
Wallowa Resources Inc	$1,030,097	6	13%
McIntosh Sustainable Environment and Economic Development Inc	$910,047	4	6%
Center for Heirs' Property Preservation	$872,173	4	6%
Colorado State University	$789,576	3	n/a
Peterson Timber Services	$741,426	3	n/a
Alabama Forestry Foundation	$728,052	8	21%

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All grantees of American Forest Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation	$3,406,951	4	0%
Warner Enterprises	$1,455,384	3	n/a
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	$1,049,599	4	n/a
Oregon Department of Forestry	$1,035,521	4	n/a
Wallowa Resources Inc	$1,030,097	6	13%
McIntosh Sustainable Environment and Economic Development Inc	$910,047	4	6%
Center for Heirs' Property Preservation	$872,173	4	6%
Colorado State University	$789,576	3	n/a
Peterson Timber Services	$741,426	3	n/a
Alabama Forestry Foundation	$728,052	8	21%
Black Family Land Trust Inc	$655,068	2	54%
Roanoke Economic Development Inc	$564,481	4	26%
North American Forest Partnership Inc	$468,750	3	18%
J&C Enterprises	$456,084	2	n/a
Trustees of Purdue University	$438,594	2	n/a
Cascade Resource Consultants	$416,838	1	n/a
Blue Forest Conservation	$318,978	3	n/a
Winston County Self Help Cooperative	$302,803	3	11%
United States Endowment for Forestry	$300,000	3	1%
Georgia Forestry Foundation Inc	$255,383	7	17%
World Resources Institute	$223,588	3	0%
Mississippi Forestry Association	$221,619	7	6%
Arkansas Forestry Association	$221,604	8	6%
Department of Public Health & Human Services	$186,645	2	n/a
Butte County Resource	$181,365	2	n/a
Oregon Tree Farm System Inc	$179,365	8	73%
Vermont Woodlands Association	$178,734	7	12%
Texas Forestry Association Educational Fund Inc	$174,218	8	7%
Society of American Foresters	$166,250	2	4%
Coalition for the Poudre River Watershed	$153,325	2	17%
Lrlean Inc	$150,385	2	31%
Conservation Legacy	$150,340	2	0%
Longmont Conservation District	$150,000	2	n/a
South Carolina Tree Farm Committee	$149,678	8	32%
Cal-Forest Nurseries	$141,491	1	n/a
Louisiana Forestry Association	$141,125	8	3%
Florida Forestry Association	$140,038	7	4%
The Forest Stewards Guild	$140,021	2	4%
Golden Triangle Resource Conservation and Development Area Inc	$138,063	3	4%
Fco Foresters Inc	$136,468	1	n/a
Maine Tree Farm Program	$135,115	6	n/a
Virginia Forestry Association	$131,968	8	7%
Soper Company	$130,787	2	n/a
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests	$125,845	8	0%
Federation of Southern Cooperatives	$120,000	2	1%
State Tree Farm Committee-Oh	$119,619	7	n/a
Colorado Firecamp Inc	$118,695	2	10%
Fall River Springs	$115,740	1	n/a
Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services	$104,772	3	n/a
Green Blue Institute	$104,260	3	0%
Washington Tree Farm Program Inc	$96,566	8	n/a
Siller Bros	$95,145	2	n/a
Glenn Zane	$94,800	1	n/a
Red River Forests	$93,354	1	n/a
Michigan Tree Farm Committee	$93,073	8	n/a
Forest Education and Conservation Foundation	$82,872	8	6%
Ny Tree Farm Program Inc	$80,793	8	n/a
State Tree Farm Committee-Md	$80,053	8	n/a
Vasquez Reforesttation	$78,000	1	n/a
University of Maryland College Park	$75,928	4	n/a
Illinois State Board of Elections	$73,212	6	n/a
Forest and Woodland Association of Missouri	$72,077	6	15%
Tennessee Forestry Association	$70,119	6	6%
Prairie View A&M University	$69,477	2	n/a
Kentucky Forest Industries Association Foundation Inc	$64,451	7	8%
Norcal Forest Resources	$61,212	1	n/a
Meridian Institute	$59,911	1	0%
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc	$59,762	2	0%
California Tree Farm Committee	$58,107	6	n/a
The Pennsylvania Forestry Association	$57,800	6	7%
Georgia Forestry Commission	$53,691	3	n/a
Butte County Resource Conservation	$53,567	1	n/a
Maine Tree Foundation	$52,778	4	4%
Jefferson Resource Company	$51,840	2	n/a
American Forests	$50,000	1	1%
NatureServe	$48,900	2	0%
Massachusetts Forest Trust Inc	$47,808	7	6%
Alfonso Gallegoc Inc	$47,300	1	n/a
University System of New Hampshire	$46,715	2	n/a
Matthew Burruss	$45,750	1	n/a
Montana Tree Farm System	$43,243	5	n/a
Minnesota Forest Industries Inc	$41,500	4	2%
South Dakota Family Forests Association	$40,408	3	n/a
Vibrant Planet Pbc	$40,306	1	n/a
Florida Wildlife Federation	$38,432	1	n/a
State Tree Farm Committee-Ia	$37,794	5	n/a
Alabama Forestry Association Inc	$34,716	1	2%
Wisconsin Tree Farm Committee Inc	$34,344	5	n/a
University of Connecticut	$34,140	1	n/a
Oregon State University	$33,015	2	n/a
J&J Tree Services	$31,367	1	n/a
Southeastern Vermont Audubon Society	$29,995	1	n/a
Idaho Forest Prod Commission	$27,400	1	n/a
Idaho Tree Farm Program	$26,457	3	n/a
Allied Development Inc	$26,250	1	n/a
New England Forestry Foundation Inc	$26,237	1	1%
State of Ohio	$25,290	1	n/a
Indiana Bear Club Inc	$24,675	1	n/a
Mt Bethany Gun Club Inc	$22,927	1	n/a
Deep Run All Sports Club Inc Co John Seidel	$22,483	1	n/a
Clt Logging	$22,040	1	n/a
Stefanie M Hanski	$21,600	1	n/a
Auburn University	$20,407	1	n/a
Environmental Education Assn of Illinois	$20,000	1	82%
William Camp	$18,800	1	n/a
Kentucky Association for Environmental Education	$18,325	1	7%
Tri-Isle Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc	$16,050	1	1%
Maryland Assoc for Environmental & Outdoor Educati	$15,721	1	4%
Tower Mountain Hunting Club Inc	$15,489	1	n/a
Colorado State Tree Farm Committee	$15,247	2	n/a
Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation Inc	$15,015	1	8%
Mississippi Association of Cooperatives Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Kansas Association for Conservation	$15,000	1	5%
Southern Forestry Association	$14,950	1	n/a
Project Learning Tree Ohio	$14,360	1	n/a
West Virginia Forestry Association Inc	$14,220	2	2%
South Dakota Project Learning Tree Inc	$14,000	1	n/a
Sierra Nevada Journeys	$13,846	1	n/a
Twc Corp	$13,670	1	n/a
Florida Tree Farm Program	$13,395	1	n/a
Aloma Land & Forest	$13,022	1	n/a
New Hampshire Project Learning Tree	$12,250	1	10%
Ohio Forestry Association Foundation Inc	$12,061	1	7%
Pacific Education Institute	$12,000	1	1%
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Foundation Inc	$10,106	1	0%
Lower Makefield Hunt Club Inc	$10,091	1	n/a
University of Florida	$10,000	1	n/a
Connecticut Forest & Park Association	$10,000	1	1%
Wyoming Project Learning Tree	$10,000	1	n/a
University of California Davis	$10,000	1	n/a
National Wild Turkey Federation Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Rutgers the State University	$9,997	1	n/a
Medicine Woods Ltd	$9,928	1	n/a
North Lake Forestry	$9,750	1	n/a
State Tree Farm Committee Wy	$9,045	1	n/a
Nc State University	$8,945	1	n/a
Empire State Forestry Foundation Inc	$8,275	1	15%
South Carolina Forestry Foundation	$7,300	1	7%
Horry County Conservation Foundation Onc	$7,000	1	n/a
State Tree Farm Committee-Ri	$6,560	1	n/a
State Tree Farm Committee-Nj	$6,456	1	n/a
Kansas Forestry Association Inc	$6,419	1	n/a
The Norcross Wildlife Foundation Inc	$6,398	1	n/a
Utah Society for Environmental Education	$5,668	1	6%
State Tree Farm Committee-Ca	$5,610	1	n/a
Friends of the St Marks Wildlife Refuge	$5,500	1	n/a
State Tree Farm Committee-In	$5,408	1	n/a

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.

American Forest Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 62 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 62.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Sustainable Forestry Initiative IncDC57.2× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About American Forest Foundation

How much does American Forest Foundation give?: American Forest Foundation reported 46 itemized grants totaling $2,529,736, out of $3,360,113 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 70 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does American Forest Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (58%), Community Improvement (17%), Education (10%).
Who are American Forest Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ($3.4M), Warner Enterprises ($1.5M), University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff ($1.0M).
Does American Forest Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Forest Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc, United States Endowment for Forestry, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Where is American Forest Foundation based?: American Forest Foundation is based in DC.