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Society of American Foresters

The mission of the SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS is to advance sustainable management of forest resources through science, education, and technology, promoting professional excellence while ensuring the continued health, integrity, and use of forests to benefit society in perpetuity.

$117k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
6
Itemized grants FY2024
5
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$35k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$5,280
Largest grant, FY2024
$7,600
Organizations funded a year
2 to 7
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$27M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Society of American Foresters funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving6$35k0%
FY20235$34k20%
FY20224$37k75%
FY20214$39k50%
FY20202$19k0%
FY20197$89k57%
FY20183$27k100%
FY20173$22kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$307k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
ID
MT
MN
WI
OR
SD
OH
PA
CO
VA
MD
NM
NC
SC
DC
MS

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Appalachian Society of American Forester$62,52264%
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc$40,00010%
Society of American Foresters$36,8494n/a
Allegheny Society of American Foresters$22,5953n/a
New England Society of American Foresters$19,450312%
Oregon Society of American Foresters$16,92339%
Society of American Foresters$15,8293n/a
Mississippi Society of American for Esters$13,2252n/a
Society of American Foresters$12,7041n/a
Society of American Foresters$12,53125%
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All grantees of Society of American Foresters by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Appalachian Society of American Forester$62,52264%
Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc$40,00010%
Society of American Foresters$36,8494n/a
Allegheny Society of American Foresters$22,5953n/a
New England Society of American Foresters$19,450312%
Oregon Society of American Foresters$16,92339%
Society of American Foresters$15,8293n/a
Mississippi Society of American for Esters$13,2252n/a
Society of American Foresters$12,7041n/a
Society of American Foresters$12,53125%
Society of American Foresters$12,0001n/a
Society of American Foresters$11,3251n/a
Society of American Foresters$7,0301n/a
Society of American Foresters$6,4821n/a
Society of American Foresters$6,4001n/a
Society of American Foresters$5,6801n/a

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About Society of American Foresters

How much does Society of American Foresters give?
Society of American Foresters reported 6 itemized grants totaling $34,780, out of $117,037 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Society of American Foresters fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (100%).
Who are Society of American Foresters's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Appalachian Society of American Forester ($63k), Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc ($40k), Society of American Foresters ($37k).
Does Society of American Foresters fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Society of American Foresters based?
Society of American Foresters is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 17 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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