New Jersey · Nonprofit
Federation of Shade Tree Commissions
Federation of Shade Tree Commissions (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $79,000 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY TREE FOUNDATION ($79,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $353k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $79k
- Net assets
- $469k
What Federation of Shade Tree Commissions does
Mission
The New Jersey Shade Tree Federation accomplishes its objectives by bringing knowledgeable experts within the tree industry to speak at our annual conferences. Our speakers include nationally recognized scientific professionals, college professors, and tree experts. We also publish a bi-monthly newsletter.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To provide information to citizens, tree care professionals, shade tree commissions, committees and other advisory personnel on street tree selection, care, and maintenance through bi-monthly newsletters, publications, brochures, website, and other correspondence.
$8,551 spent$3,200 earned by the program6% of program spendingAnnual Educational Conference to educate citizens and tree care professionals of New Jersey as well as Municipal shade tree commissions, committees and other advisory personnel on the care and maintenance of shade trees.
$142,354 spent$281,101 earned by the program94% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $150,905.
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 2024 to 2025, from $393k to $469k (+19%).
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.
19% of Federation of Shade Tree Commissions’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Richard Wolowicz
Exec Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Federation of Shade Tree Commissions’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Federation of Shade Tree Commissions's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Federation of Shade Tree Commissions holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Federation of Shade Tree Commissions
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Federation of Shade Tree Commissions: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Federation of Shade Tree Commissions?
- Federation of Shade Tree Commissions (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $79,000 to it, the largest being NEW JERSEY TREE FOUNDATION ($79,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Federation of Shade Tree Commissions have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $79,000 in grants to Federation of Shade Tree Commissions, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Federation of Shade Tree Commissions?
- NEW JERSEY TREE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $79,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Federation of Shade Tree Commissions find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing