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SIDEWALK TREES & GARDENS

SIDEWALK TREES & GARDENS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$133k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$108k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Sidewalk Trees & Gardens does

Mission

Mobilizing community-led projects to plant trees in high need areas and transform abandoned land into vibrant green space.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. - Transformed 5,000 squarefoot abandoned public property in North Oakland into a native pollinator garden & community space. - Planted a Miyawaki miniforest of over 500 plants and 250 tree saplings at high-visibility West Oakland site to improve air quality, cool temperatures and create habitat by increasing tree canopy and inspiring similar action nearby. - Accelerated tree plantings by organizing and planting nearly 50 street trees across four different Oakland neighborhoods. - Continuing 10+ years of upkeep and leadership for the Temescal Street Garden, a community space and beekeeping project. - Established fiscal Sponsorship for Temescal Open Edible Gardens, an annual neighborhood garden event and year round community for sharing gardening knowledge & resources. - Featured on six different local news stations & grew our support base to over 250 individuals.

    $26,809 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $26,809.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

SIDEWALK TREES & GARDENS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin76% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,936 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SIDEWALK TREES & GARDENS?
SIDEWALK TREES & GARDENS (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SIDEWALK TREES & GARDENS have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to SIDEWALK TREES & GARDENS.
Who is the largest funder of SIDEWALK TREES & GARDENS?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SIDEWALK TREES & GARDENS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2025–2025), 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