Michigan · Nonprofit
ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE
ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE (Michigan) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,957,750 to it, the largest being JONATHAN & KATHLEEN ALTMAN FNDTN ($750,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $403k
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $915k
What Archangel Ancient Tree Archive does
Mission
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive (aata) was established to propagate, archive and reforest the earth with the propagules of some of the world's most important old-growth, champion trees to benefit all life through the natural filtering powers of trees to increase oxygenation, sequester carbon dioxide, and provide beneficial aerosols and medicines. Aata also educates and motivates others to understand the importance of our mission through lectures, print, video, as well as through our website and social media sources. We take part in a variety of environmental forums and donate trees for planting events such as earth day, arbor day, boy/girl scouts of america, grand openings, school events and conservation district projects. Aata searches for ancient trees and begins the process of seeking the owner's permission to collect and propagate a tree. Following collection, it sets up a routine to propagate the offspring of the parent trees and then archives them in living libraries for future pr
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Collection: aata collected cuttings from several michigan sequoia, florida oaks and cypress, montana dogwood, california giant sequoia and coast redwood trees to increase our inventory. Also, sugar maple, basswood, and red maple were collected research in our micropropagation lab. Propagation: aata continued with successful tissue culture with concentration on coast redwoods and giant sequoia, sugar maple, basswood, and red maple. This process enables the organization to mass produce replicas of these iconic trees. 2024 was the eighth year for propagating giant sequoia seedlings, coast redwood, black willow, and dogwood trees. Archiving: aata continues to expand their living libraries. Aata has partnered with a nursery in pescadero, ca, to grow out redwoods and sequoias in their native climates. Reforestation 2024: 1000 redwoods were planted in various locations in washington, oregon, and california. 2000 black willows were planted in various riparian locations in michigan. 300 champion giant sequoia, coast redwood, and monterey pine trees were planted on the 2000 giant sequoia seedlings were shipped to the tule river tribe reservation, in california. 200 coast redwoods shipped to…
$589,439 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $589,439.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $622k to $1.8M (+191%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $15k → $307k.
9 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 98% · 2019 78% · 2020 69% · 2021 46% · 2022 43% · 2023 82% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
25% of ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $186k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE has grown faster than half of the 4,266 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,266 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE?
- ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE (Michigan) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,957,750 to it, the largest being JONATHAN & KATHLEEN ALTMAN FNDTN ($750,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $1,957,750 in grants to ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE?
- JONATHAN & KATHLEEN ALTMAN FNDTN is the largest funder on record, with $750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARCHANGEL ANCIENT TREE ARCHIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 34 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing