How much does American Forests give?

American Forests reported 56 itemized grants totaling $4,336,020, out of $7,305,070 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 70 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does American Forests fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (84%), Recreation & Sports (3%), Food & Nutrition (3%).

Who are American Forests's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Red Mtn Resource LLC ($4.2M), Agricultural Research Service (Usda) ($3.7M), The Greening of Detroit ($2.4M).

Does American Forests fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as American Forests?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Arbor Day Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy.

Where is American Forests based?

American Forests is based in DC.

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American Forests

Protection and expansion of threatened urban and wildland forest ecosystems. See Part III

$7.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 56
Itemized grants FY2025: 70
Organizations funded FY2024: 41%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $4.3M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $36,192
Largest grant, FY2025: $1,318,763
Organizations funded a year: 22 to 70; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 28
Total assets, FY2025: $17M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 41% of the organizations American Forests funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $873k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsEducationInternationalPhilanthropyOther

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
FY2025still arriving	55	$4.3M	5%
FY2024	70	$4.9M	41%
FY2023	68	$8.1M	51%
FY2022	63	$5.4M	60%
FY2021	39	$2.6M	72%
FY2020	35	$2.3M	69%
FY2019	22	$1.4M	32%
FY2018	23	$1.3M	57%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$27MRecreation & Sports$1.0MFood & Nutrition$930kEmployment$842kPublic Safety & Disaster$702kPublic Benefit$387kInternational$352kCommunity Improvement$247kOther$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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Red Mtn Resource LLC	$4,150,186	3	n/a
Agricultural Research Service (Usda)	$3,674,393	9	n/a
The Greening of Detroit	$2,368,257	8	20%
Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services	$1,114,966	4	n/a
Oregon Department of Forestry	$993,216	4	n/a
West Forest Inc	$875,190	2	n/a
Sierra Nevada Alliance	$662,086	4	15%
La Cruz Habitat Protection Project Inc	$597,500	4	60%
California Department of Parks and Recreation Candlestick Point State Recr	$584,931	4	n/a
PRT USA Inc IFCO	$574,960	3	n/a

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All grantees of American Forests by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Red Mtn Resource LLC	$4,150,186	3	n/a
Agricultural Research Service (Usda)	$3,674,393	9	n/a
The Greening of Detroit	$2,368,257	8	20%
Michigan Dep of Health & Human Services	$1,114,966	4	n/a
Oregon Department of Forestry	$993,216	4	n/a
West Forest Inc	$875,190	2	n/a
Sierra Nevada Alliance	$662,086	4	15%
La Cruz Habitat Protection Project Inc	$597,500	4	60%
California Department of Parks and Recreation Candlestick Point State Recr	$584,931	4	n/a
PRT USA Inc IFCO	$574,960	3	n/a
Friends of the Wildlife Corridor	$445,389	6	43%
Michigan State University	$440,839	4	n/a
The Longleaf Alliance Inc	$408,344	6	5%
Glide Revitalization	$386,807	1	21%
GE Forestrv Inc	$337,425	3	n/a
The University of Tennessee	$309,000	3	n/a
Texas Trees Foundation	$295,939	4	7%
Urban Forest Carbon Registry	$288,000	1	60%
Arizona Sustainability Alliance	$279,500	6	15%
Green Forests Work Inc	$267,240	1	14%
Speak for the Trees Inc	$265,334	5	19%
Department of Public Health & Human Services	$265,077	2	n/a
Big Island RC&D	$252,468	5	15%
Crystal Clear Maintenance Inc	$233,122	1	n/a
Vermont Dairy Promo Council	$224,735	4	n/a
Friends of Florida State Forests Inc	$224,710	4	n/a
Minnesota Zoo	$213,498	4	n/a
Trees For Houston	$210,269	5	3%
Bexar Branches Alliance Corp	$205,000	4	27%
City of Phoenix	$205,000	1	n/a
World Resources Institute	$199,954	4	0%
Natural Areas Conservancy Inc	$196,000	3	4%
EcoCulture Reforestation Network LLC	$195,960	1	n/a
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Inc	$186,455	5	1%
Collins Timber Company LLC	$166,060	1	n/a
Parks Foundation of Miami-Dadeinc	$161,000	4	30%
Northern Cheyenne Tribe	$153,860	1	n/a
The Morton Arboretum	$153,167	4	0%
Majove Desert Resources	$150,000	3	n/a
Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation	$149,141	5	52%
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Inc	$146,926	3	1%
American Youthworks	$144,589	3	1%
Groundwork Rhode Island	$143,000	2	18%
The Works Inc	$143,000	3	0%
Knox Inc	$142,500	3	3%
Garden Time Inc	$140,000	4	22%
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	$136,453	4	n/a
Tacoma Tree Foundation	$134,827	3	8%
Vermont Association of Conservation Districts Inc	$134,375	2	8%
Rowland Land Clearing Inc	$132,424	2	n/a
University of Maine System Inc	$132,174	1	n/a
City of Camas	$130,000	2	n/a
Michigan Tech University	$128,000	1	n/a
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consu	$126,978	2	n/a
BBRAC Farms LLC	$126,400	2	n/a
The Davey Tree Expert Company	$125,000	1	n/a
Tree Trust	$125,000	4	1%
Tucson Clean & Beautiful Inc	$125,000	3	5%
Trees Atlanta Inc	$120,000	2	1%
Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest	$116,750	3	4%
The Marion Institute Inc	$115,000	2	4%
Duke University Health System Inc	$114,182	1	0%
Tree Utah	$112,600	2	6%
The Trust for Public Land	$112,400	3	0%
Rooted in Cheyenne	$110,000	3	41%
City Parks Foundation Inc	$107,100	3	0%
United Nations Foundation Inc	$107,054	1	0%
Trees Forever Inc	$106,000	3	2%
Conservation Services Inc	$102,441	1	n/a
Cecil Logging Inc	$100,000	1	n/a
Great Basin Institute	$99,704	3	0%
Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative	$96,497	2	2%
University of Maryland College Park	$93,000	1	n/a
Rio Grande Return	$90,000	2	4%
Baltimore Tree Trust Inc	$87,500	1	6%
Fremont Forest Systems Inc	$86,003	1	n/a
Herman Kiefer Development City of Detroit	$86,000	1	n/a
Pittsburgh Conservation Corps	$85,000	1	7%
Groundwork Rva Inc	$85,000	1	14%
Hawai'I Forest Institute	$85,000	2	31%
Friends of the Urban Forest	$85,000	2	2%
Green Columbus	$82,272	2	n/a
Michigan Tech Fund	$81,759	2	0%
University of Hawaii System	$81,004	1	n/a
The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust	$79,000	3	1%
Tule River Indian Tribe Californa	$68,899	4	n/a
City of Tempe	$65,000	1	n/a
Soil Health Institute	$64,240	2	1%
American Farmland Trust	$64,240	3	0%
South Fork Forest Solutions Inc	$63,323	1	n/a
St Johns River Water Management District	$62,805	3	n/a
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services	$62,751	2	n/a
Bureau of Land Managment	$62,558	1	n/a
Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona	$60,000	1	1%
Flight 1 Carriers	$60,000	1	n/a
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Inc	$60,000	2	1%
Detroit Future City	$60,000	2	1%
Sierra Cone LLC	$58,264	2	n/a
Friends of Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Are	$57,500	3	n/a
GTS Forestry Inc	$57,302	1	n/a
SEGI Consulting LLC	$57,000	3	n/a
Bayfield County Department of Human Services	$55,693	1	n/a
Intermountain Nursery Inc	$53,000	3	n/a
Delaware Center for Horticulture Inc	$50,000	1	4%
Boston Local Development Corporation	$50,000	2	1%
United States Endowment for Forestry	$50,000	2	0%
Sycamore Land Trust Incorporated	$48,642	2	1%
Rescue Mi Nature Now Inc	$46,250	1	n/a
Our City Forest	$45,000	2	2%
Cutting Edge Forestry Inc	$44,635	1	n/a
Mission Bulldozer Services	$44,200	1	n/a
Cal Forest Nurseries Inc	$44,052	2	n/a
Treepeople Inc	$43,398	2	0%
University of California Davis	$42,943	1	n/a
Massena Memorial Hospital	$42,000	3	n/a
The Paideia Academies Inc	$42,000	2	0%
Texas A&M University Kingsville	$40,296	2	n/a
City of Houston	$40,000	1	n/a
Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association	$40,000	2	1%
National Arbor Day Foundation	$40,000	1	0%
Western Reserve Land Conservancy	$40,000	1	0%
Mayor & City Council of Baltimore	$38,000	1	n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado	$36,529	2	n/a
The Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation	$36,456	3	3%
Beckwith Forestry Service	$36,000	1	n/a
CAPA Strategies LLC	$35,000	1	n/a
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation	$35,000	2	0%
Treeslouisville Inc	$33,000	1	3%
Butte County Fire Safe Council	$31,761	1	1%
Schichtel's Nursery Inc	$31,379	1	n/a
WH Canon LLC	$31,345	1	n/a
TreeFolks Inc	$30,000	1	1%
Washington & Jefferson College	$30,000	1	0%
Alamo Colleges Foundation Inc	$30,000	1	0%
City of Easton	$29,873	1	n/a
Village of Nyack	$29,000	1	n/a
Borough of Mechanicsburg	$28,756	1	n/a
Nevada Environmental Consulting LLC	$27,436	1	n/a
Whatcom Land Trust	$26,000	3	0%
Trees Matter	$25,000	1	7%
Roanoke Economic Development Inc	$25,000	1	5%
Los Angeles River State Park Partners	$25,000	2	n/a
Keep Phoenix Beautiful Inc	$25,000	1	4%
University of Florida	$25,000	1	n/a
American Forest Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
Society of American Foresters	$25,000	1	0%
National Forest Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
Intertribal Timber Council	$25,000	1	2%
Cal-Forest Nurseries	$23,620	1	n/a
Chicago Horticultural Society	$23,583	1	0%
University of Connecticut	$22,500	1	n/a
Urban Releaf	$22,500	1	n/a
National Mall and Memorial Parks	$20,554	1	n/a
1890 Universities Foundation	$20,000	2	0%
GreenLatinos	$20,000	2	0%
Groundwork USA Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Northcott Neighborhood House Inc	$20,000	1	1%
InterContinental Minneapolis St Paul Airport Hotel	$20,000	1	n/a
Onondaga Earth Corps Inc	$20,000	1	2%
Earth Conservation Corps	$20,000	1	n/a
Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge	$18,625	1	7%
City of Springfield	$17,652	1	n/a
Plumas Corporation	$17,344	1	0%
Wayne State University	$16,953	2	n/a
Washington State Dept of Natural Resources	$16,179	1	n/a
Headwaters Alliance	$15,575	1	6%
SEGI Consulting	$15,000	1	n/a
Sierra Timber Services	$14,771	1	n/a
Kinney Bonded Warehouse Inc	$14,428	2	n/a
New Jersey Conservation Foundation	$14,200	2	0%
Conservation Legacy	$14,000	1	0%
Commonwealth of Kentucky	$13,703	1	n/a
Constituent Services Worldwide Public Benefit Corporation	$12,500	1	n/a
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc	$11,462	1	0%
Intervale Center Inc	$10,981	1	0%
Scenic Rivers Farm and Forest	$10,500	1	n/a
Casey Trees	$10,500	1	0%
Ward 8 Woods Conservancy Inc	$10,500	1	3%
Kealakekua Forest Nurseries LLC	$10,389	1	n/a
Donate a Tree to the World	$10,000	1	n/a
American Bird Conservancy	$10,000	1	0%
Fort Lewis College	$10,000	1	n/a
Environmental Science Associates	$9,923	1	n/a
Providence Neighborhood Planting Program	$9,650	1	3%
City of Goshen Parks & Recreation Department	$9,255	1	n/a
Fruitful Commons	$8,690	1	3%
Tom's Equipment Rental	$8,600	1	n/a
Crown Services LLC	$8,050	1	n/a
Wholesale Tree Inc	$7,625	1	n/a
Southern California Edison	$7,154	1	n/a
Floral Native Nursery	$6,435	1	n/a
Brinkman Conservation LLC	$6,168	1	n/a
Colorado State University	$5,916	1	n/a
SunTrust Bank	$5,600	1	n/a
Rezek Engineering	$5,207	1	n/a
Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument	$5,160	1	8%
Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed Flow	$5,000	1	6%
Pinchot Institute for Conservation	$5,000	1	1%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($306k), not named here.

American Forests supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 101 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 101.

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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.

National Arbor Day FoundationNE66.8× affinity32 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Arbor Day Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Urban Forestry Organization · National Forest Foundation · The Corps Network · American Forest Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc · United States Endowment for Forestry · National Park Foundation · James M Cox Foundation of Georgia Inc

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 Forests

How much does American Forests give?: American Forests reported 56 itemized grants totaling $4,336,020, out of $7,305,070 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 70 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does American Forests fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (84%), Recreation & Sports (3%), Food & Nutrition (3%).
Who are American Forests's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Red Mtn Resource LLC ($4.2M), Agricultural Research Service (Usda) ($3.7M), The Greening of Detroit ($2.4M).
Does American Forests fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as American Forests?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Arbor Day Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy.
Where is American Forests based?: American Forests is based in DC.