Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST
FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,402,376 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($849,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What Friends of the Pittsburgh Urban Forest does
Mission
Tree pittsburgh is an environmental non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening and building community vitality by restoring and protecting the urban forest through tree planting and care, education, advocacy, and land conservation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tree planting and care - tree pittsburgh works collaboratively with partners to facilitate the planting and care of both public and private trees across all city of pittsburgh neighborhoods and throughout allegheny county. In 2024, tree pittsburgh expanded its impact by becoming an affiliate of the giving grove, a national nonprofit that supports the establishment of community fruit orchards, increasing access to fresh food and strengthening community stewardship. Tree pittsburgh engages local residents and volunteers from universities, corporations, and civic groups in hands-on tree care activities, including mulching, weeding, watering, and pruning. The organization also raises funds and manages contracts for the professional care of large, mature public trees and employs seasonal crews to maintain and improve the region's urban forest.
$1,766,494 spentof which $659,925 as grants$26,925 earned by the program57% of program spendingTree nursery - the tree pittsburgh heritage nursery was established to grow tree species that enhance variety and resiliency in the region's urban forest. The majority of seeds used in propagation are collected from local specimen trees and cultivated on-site. The nursery plays a critical role in ensuring a sustainable, locally adapted tree supply for planting initiatives across the region.
$392,653 spent$164,970 earned by the program13% of program spendingEducation programs - tree pittsburgh manages the tree tender program, through which volunteers receive training in tree care and planting techniques, tree identification, and urban forest history. Tree tenders continue their engagement through volunteer service and ongoing educational opportunities. In addition, tree pittsburgh offers a range of tree-related classes and workshops for both children and adults throughout the year, promoting environmental stewardship and community engagement.
$240,597 spent$18,034 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$687,355 spent$52,303 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,087,099.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.0M to $3.5M (+76%).
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: 2017 7% · 2018 22% · 2019 8% · 2020 16% · 2021 18% · 2022 11% · 2023 8% · 2024 52% · 2025 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST’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. 2 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
Danielle Crumrine
Executive director
Board chair
Michael Zimmerman
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 29 funders, grant income rose $95k → $1.2M.
8 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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
FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
34% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 58% · 2019 35% · 2020 21% · 2021 29% · 2022 33% · 2023 28% — 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
38% of FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
75% of FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $566k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,209 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,209 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$13k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST?
- FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,402,376 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($849,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $4,402,376 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $849,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE PITTSBURGH URBAN FOREST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 60 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