Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Casey Trees
To restore, enhance and protect the tree canopy of the nation's capital.
- $775k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $756k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $135,996
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $208M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Casey Trees funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $275k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $756k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $454k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $221k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $98k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $23k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Tree Trust Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Naturebridge | $195,471 | 2 | 1% |
| Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc | $190,625 | 2 | 6% |
| Urban Learning and Teaching Center | $189,785 | 2 | 20% |
| The Garden Club of America | $165,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network Inc | $119,896 | 2 | 3% |
| Ward 8 Woods Conservancy Inc | $107,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Anacostia Watershed Society Inc | $92,694 | 2 | 0% |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | $67,881 | 2 | n/a |
| Edgewood Alley Green | $62,521 | 2 | 62% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Tree Trust Inc | $225,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Naturebridge | $195,471 | 2 | 1% |
| Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc | $190,625 | 2 | 6% |
| Urban Learning and Teaching Center | $189,785 | 2 | 20% |
| The Garden Club of America | $165,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Climate Action Network Inc | $119,896 | 2 | 3% |
| Ward 8 Woods Conservancy Inc | $107,000 | 4 | 10% |
| Anacostia Watershed Society Inc | $92,694 | 2 | 0% |
| Living Classrooms Foundation | $67,881 | 2 | n/a |
| Edgewood Alley Green | $62,521 | 2 | 62% |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the National Arboretum | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $24,386 | 1 | 0% |
| District of Columbia Green Spaces Alliance Inc | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nature Forward | $22,942 | 1 | 0% |
| Fusion Partnership Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The School of Harvest | $6,800 | 1 | 10% |
Where it is load-bearing
Casey Trees supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Chesapeake Bay Trust · Patagoniaorg · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Casey Trees
- How much does Casey Trees give?
- Casey Trees reported 15 itemized grants totaling $756,209, out of $775,496 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Casey Trees fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (88%), Human Services (5%), Education (3%).
- Who are Casey Trees's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Baltimore Tree Trust Inc ($225k), Naturebridge ($195k), Alice Ferguson Foundation Inc ($191k).
- Does Casey Trees fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Casey Trees?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is Casey Trees based?
- Casey Trees is based in DC.
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