Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,115 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION ($166,250). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $273k
- Net assets
- $25M
What Society of American Foresters does
Mission
The mission of the Society of American Foresters is to advance sustainable management of forest resources through science, education, and technology, promoting professional excellence while ensuring the continued health, integrity, and use of forests to benefit society in perpetuity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Government grant and other programs: the society offers other programs in service of its membership and of the profession. The society awards grants to affiliated state societies for innovative projects and activities that benefit the profession. Society also awards grants in the areas of industry leadership, diversity and inclusion, science and technology, communications, professional development, and student leadership.
$2,412,032 spentof which $87,374 as grants47% of program spendingMembership services: the society's membership program serves society members by ensuring that they receive timely, high quality, and highly valued services. The program is responsible for recruiting, engaging, retaining members, providing customer service, managing professional recognition, and state society compliance. Marketing and outreach: the society's marketing and outreach efforts constitute a comprehensive communications program that spans the organization's portfolio of work and amplifies the value of the forestry profession across the forest sector and beyond. This program enhances the society's online presence and brand recognition, while recruiting for our cause and making the case for forest climate solutions.state societies: through its state societies, divisions, and chapters, the society supports the work of 30 state societies and 141 chapters across the us that provide value, education, networking, and other benefits to members and the general public. Policy and public affairs: the society's policy and public affairs program works with policymakers, partner organizations, and coalitions to build awareness and promote science-based, sustainable forest management…
$853,426 spentof which $11,663 as grants17% of program spendingConventions and meetings: the society's conventions and meetings program is the program through which the society plans and hosts its annual convention and other events promoting the profession. The society's annual convention brings together forestry and natural resources students, practitioners, academics, and vendors each year to share knowledge and recent developments in the forestry field, and to offer networking and career development opportunities.
$788,660 spentof which $18,000 as grants15% of program spendingScience, education, and credentialing: the society's science and education program works to protect and to promote the field of forestry by creating and maintaining educational standards and professional certification programs, and by providing an effective means for identifying science and technology needs and engaging in issues related to forest science and forest resource management. Professional development: through the science and education program, the society delivers its professional development program, which offers and accredits industry professionals continuing education opportunities, through in-person and online learning content, to develop their skills and knowledge. In addition, this program works with the usda forest service to provide grant-funded conservation education opportunities to job corps sites across the country.certification: the society currently has three separate professional certification programs to assist professionals in their career growth no matter which sector of forestry they work in. All certification programs also have a candidacy level to allow certified individuals to provide evidence of their continued development as they work toward the…
$652,730 spent13% of program spendingPublications: the society's publications program serves the forestry profession by publishing scientific, scholarly, and editorial content in print and digital periodicals that communicate science, research, policy, industry news, and developments in the field. Additionally, the program works with authors to publish works of interest to our members and the profession at large.
$393,822 spent8% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,100,670.
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 2019 to 2020, from $21M to $27M (+28%).
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: 2022 5% · 2023 14% · 2024 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Terry Baker
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $71.
3 of 9 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 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS’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.
How concentrated its funding is
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 33% 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
82% of SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS has grown faster than half of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.6M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$6.5M
- Department of the Interior$135k
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 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS
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 Washington, D.C.
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
79%
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 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS?
- SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,115 to it, the largest being AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION ($166,250). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $273,115 in grants to SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS?
- AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $166,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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