Iowa · Public charity
Trees Forever Inc
Trees forever mission is to plant and care for trees and the environment by empowering people, building community and promoting stewardship. Our philosophy has always been to involve people in projects that educate them in ways that ensure long term sustainability. For example, trees planted in participating communities have a survival…
- $502k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $159k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,940
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Trees Forever Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 11 | $159k | 73% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $65k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $43k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $94k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $105k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $19k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $241k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscatine Branching Out | $99,450 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Waverly Public Library | $71,500 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Marion Fire Departmen | $44,520 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Public Library | $41,875 | 2 | n/a |
| Creston Comm Schools Activities | $38,835 | 2 | n/a |
| Macnider Art Museum | $34,710 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Marshalltown | $29,280 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Peoria | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village of Forest Park | $22,482 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Mapleton | $21,646 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 64 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscatine Branching Out | $99,450 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Waverly Public Library | $71,500 | 9 | n/a |
| City of Marion Fire Departmen | $44,520 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Public Library | $41,875 | 2 | n/a |
| Creston Comm Schools Activities | $38,835 | 2 | n/a |
| Macnider Art Museum | $34,710 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Marshalltown | $29,280 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Peoria | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village of Forest Park | $22,482 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Mapleton | $21,646 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Parkersburg | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trees Forever Foundation | $19,712 | 1 | 65% |
| Monroe County Conservation Board | $19,382 | 1 | n/a |
| Council Bluffs Trees Forever | $18,830 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Maquoketa | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Belle Plaine | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Muscatine | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Linn County Auditor | $16,860 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Storm Lake | $16,595 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Monticello | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Burlington | $15,429 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Galesburg Transit | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moline Community Development Corporation | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| City of Waukegan Attn Treasury Dep | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Jacksonville | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Waukegan Park District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Park Forest | $14,999 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Collinsville | $14,940 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Kewanee | $14,921 | 1 | n/a |
| City of West Branch | $14,575 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Eldridge | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid-Iowa Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Village of Orland Park | $10,325 | 1 | n/a |
| Storm Lake Cemetery | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Campus Village Homeowners Ass | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ely Parks & Recreation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Claude W & Dolly Ahrens Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Fairfax | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Fort Madison | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ames | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hiawatha | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maharishi International University | $9,970 | 1 | 0% |
| Southeastern Community College Foundation | $9,930 | 1 | 0% |
| International Association of Lions Clubs | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlantic Trees Forever | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Keosauqua | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Clinton Trees Forever | $9,380 | 1 | n/a |
| Shellsburg Area Community Group | $8,843 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Kalona | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keokuk County Extension | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Walcott | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Cresco | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Decorah Ia | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Cherokee | $6,622 | 1 | n/a |
| Iowa City Community School District | $6,515 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Washington | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dewitt | $6,364 | 1 | n/a |
| Clarke University of Dubuque Iowa | $6,220 | 1 | 0% |
| Dyersville Commercial Club | $5,550 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Royal | $5,110 | 1 | n/a |
| Scattergood School | $5,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Floyd County Public Health | $5,045 | 1 | n/a |
| Good Shepherd Lutheran Church of Decorah Ia | $5,030 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Oelwein - Oelwein Police Department | $5,019 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Trees Forever Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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: Roy J Carver Charitable Trust · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · The Morton Arboretum · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Quad Cities Community Foundation · American Kennel Club Companion Animal Recovery Corporation · AARP · The National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources Inc · Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Trees Forever Inc
- How much does Trees Forever Inc give?
- Trees Forever Inc reported 11 itemized grants totaling $159,187, out of $502,139 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Trees Forever Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (77%), Public Benefit (11%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Trees Forever Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Muscatine Branching Out ($99k), City of Waverly Public Library ($72k), City of Marion Fire Departmen ($45k).
- Does Trees Forever Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Trees Forever Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Roy J Carver Charitable Trust, Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn, The Morton Arboretum.
- Where is Trees Forever Inc based?
- Trees Forever Inc is based in IA.
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