Tennessee · Nonprofit
TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL
TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $111 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($111). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $134k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $111
- Net assets
- $41k
What Tennessee Urban Forest Council does
Mission
Tennessee Urban Forest Council catalyzes and supports the development of healthy sustainable community forests.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Advanced urban forestry education and fostered connections in tn through event-based programs, including virtual webinar series, workshops, and annual conference. Doubled attendance of the annual conference to 170 attendees representing 40 communities. Hosted trees and law workshop with 75 attendees. Hosted 10 webinars with 110 avg attendance and 250 ceus for isa certified arborists. Hosted monthly meetings for west tn members. Membership grew to 200.
$37,666 spent$50,382 earned by the program29% of program spendingAdvanced urban forestry education in tn through statewide place-based initiatives, including arboretum certification and tree sanctuary recognition. 115 actively certified arboreta, including 8 new and 21 recertified in 2024. Contributions from 10 volunteer arboretum inspectors across the state. 11 new tree sanctuaries recognized.
$37,116 spent$32,291 earned by the program28% of program spendingInspired tree advocates by celebrating and promoting compelling stories, people, and organizations through digitalcommunications. Published 52 weekly research posts on social media. Grew social media reach to 35,000 and email subscribers to 1,700. Hired a dedicated social media volunteer contributing 5 hours per week.
$3,572 spent$4,769 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther exempt purpose program expenses that support tufc's mission, including administrative and fiscal coordination for the green communities leadership institute, which trained 30 green industry emerging leaders from across the us. Led by a core leadership team of 10 volunteers. Supported hosting of the in-person portion in tennessee.
$52,784 spent$43,386 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $131,138.
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 2023 to 2024, from $134k to $43k (−68%).
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 30% · 2022 83% · 2023 62% · 2024 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL’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. 5 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $23 → $27.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL’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 TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL has grown faster than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL?
- TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $111 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($111). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $111 in grants to TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $111 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENNESSEE URBAN FOREST COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 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