2022-02-11T13:27:18-06:00 2021-09-30 582676261 Rogers & Company PLLC 8300 Boone Boulevard Suite 600 Vienna VA 22182 990 2020-10-01 530196544 American Forests AMER 2027371944 1220 L Street NW No 750 Washington DC 200054079 James Daley President & CEO 2027371944 2022-02-11 1 James Daley XXX-XX-XXXX Lori A Collingsworth P00639819 7038930300 2022-02-10 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z James Daley 1220 L Street NW No 750 Washington DC 200054079 16716337 0 X www.americanforests.org X 1875 DC Protection and expansion of threatened urban and wildland forest ecosystems. See Part III 19 19 38 17851 0 0 11042037 15629567 24749 13812 138224 368145 22724 4335 11227734 16015859 3055688 2764875 0 0 4108179 5612818 603708 666736 1654728 3666508 3824006 11434083 12868435 -206349 3147424 11834340 15499643 3476696 3733963 8357644 11765680 X American Forests creates healthy and resilient forests, from cities to wilderness, that deliver essential benefits for climate, people, water and wildlife. See Schedule O for continuation 0 0 8892265 2764875 Programs and Public Policy - Restoring forest ecosystems, supporting urban forest research and work, advocating for sound national forest policies and funding, promoting science and research, and working with local and community partners are the lynchpins of American Forests' conservation and public policy work. In the last 25 years, our Releaf programs have helped restore forests in all 50 states and 45 countries around the world, planting more than 66 million trees.See Schedule O for continuation 1593743 4429 Communications - Beyond supporting the work occurring in the programs and public policy programs, American Forests' communications program focuses on informing the public on the issues, challenges and developments in forestry. This goal is accomplished through an interactive and responsive website, blog posts, media relations, e-newsletters, op-eds, video creation, events, promotional marketing materials, webinars, a published magazine and multiple social media channels. In addition, American Forests' National Champion Tree program is a prime education effort, promoting more than 750 of America's biggest trees across hundreds of species. 10486008 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 34 0 1 38 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 AL AK AR CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI DC X X X Peter Hutchins 2027371944 1220 L Street NW Ste 750 Washington DC 20005 Richard B Kabat Chair 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Jeffrey M Elliott Vice Chair & Treasurer 2.00 X X 0 0 0 Bruce Lisman Immediate Past Chair 2.00 X 0 0 0 Ara Erickson Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 William P Hazelton Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 David Hunter Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Clara Poffenberger Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jeffrey Prieto Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Elisa Rapaport Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Pamela Tate Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Wagner Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Holly Beale Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 William Bohnett Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Zimmerman Boulos Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Candace Dodson-Reed Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Pamela Tate Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Mary Wagner Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 Candace Dodson-Reed Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 William P Hazelton Director 1.00 X 0 0 0 James Daley President & Chief Executive Officer 37.50 X 286906 0 26715 Peter Hutchins COO 37.50 X 191136 0 19260 Rebecca Turner Chief Strategy Officer 37.50 X 177994 0 18808 Jill Schwartz VP Communication 37.50 X 190572 0 37914 Jennifer Broome VP Development 37.50 X 175555 0 17884 Alexandra Murdoch VP of Conservation Finance & Policy 37.50 X 147197 0 27129 Eric Sprague VP for Forest Restoration 37.50 X 146632 0 8620 Leslie Jones SR. VP of Policy 37.50 X 133076 0 15313 Ian Leahy VP of Urban Forestry 37.50 X 123327 0 9628 1572395 0 181271 9 0 1 0 Mal Warwick 2550 Ninth Street Suite 103 Berkeley CA 94710 Development/ fundraising 521956 RSM US LLP 5155 Paysphere Circle Chicago IL 60674 Accounting 303922 DATAPRISE Accounts Receivable PO Box 62550 Baltimore MD 21264 IT Services 123923 Beaconfire Consulting Inc 2300 Clarendon Boulevard Arlington VA 22201 Consulting 109974 Conservation Pathways LLC 126 Floribel Avenue San Anselmo CA 94960 Lobbying 107729 5 106516 1184131 14338920 2 15629567 American Forests Magazine 511120 13812 4429 9383 13812 63753 63753 4335 4335 1004870 700478 304392 304392 304392 16015859 4429 0 381863 X 2694875 2694875 70000 70000 1166498 860116 186124 120258 3526481 2600250 562674 363557 239232 176398 38171 24663 330373 243599 52714 34060 350234 258245 55882 36107 38170 16938 21232 429962 398945 31017 129000 129000 666736 666736 17651 17651 2004236 1800837 115727 87672 37847 27468 10379 259429 98575 119807 41047 303555 111996 191559 218014 2409 215605 34885 24518 10336 31 97989 19046 7378 71565 59151 59151 25159 25159 Dues and subscriptions 134674 72963 53055 8656 Bad debt 34000 34000 Taxes and registrations 284 284 Indirect cost alloc. 0 1278775 -1426902 148127 12868435 10486008 727699 1654728 2987341 3771693 1404983 1459076 3675260 5793927 71442 271996 935565 775442 219274 160123 3418665 3985453 57375 57375 11834340 15499643 806567 1240477 1856655 2245460 496553 0 316921 248026 3476696 3733963 X 3785924 3778588 4571720 7987092 8357644 11765680 11834340 15499643 3147424 260612 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 4876239 5908085 9931926 11042037 15629567 47387854 4876239 5908085 9931926 11042037 15629567 47387854 8026348 39361506 112905 67117 111824 123585 68088 483519 47871373 74344 0.82220 0.80980 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 199156 199156 0 Part II-B, Line 1: Volunteers: Donors of American Forests sent letters to their elected officials on a number of forest related legislation. Staff: American Forests' staff met with congressional offices and relevant agencies, including USDA, to discuss general appropriations, to respond to requests for our subject matter expertise, and to share our knowledge regarding climate-informed forest management on federal lands and in urban areas, and shared stewardship of America's forests. Media Advertisements: American Forests paid for advertisements thanking Senators for their efforts on legislation in a New Mexico and Idaho paper. Mailings to donors, legislators, or the public: American Forests communicated with its donors in mailings on sending letters to their elected officials on a variety of legislation. Direct contact with legislators, their staffs, government officials, or a legislative body: American Forests meets regularly with legislators and their staffs on a variety of forest-related legislative topics. 481364 349081 132283 354456 326616 27840 99745 99745 0 160123 Deferred rent 248026 248026 X 16549871 260612 291051 551663 15998208 17651 17651 16015859 13141835 291051 291051 12850784 17651 17651 12868435 Part X, Line 2: Management evaluated AF's tax positions and concluded that the financial statements do not include any uncertain tax positions. 1 North America 0 0 Grants to recipients located in region Resilient Forests 70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 70000 0 70000 North America Resilient Forests 70000 Wire 0 N/A N/A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Part I, Line 2: American Forests' mission is to create healthy and resilient forests from cities to wilderness, in order to deliver essential benefits to climate, people, water and wildlife. Founded in 1875, American Forests is the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the U.S., and has been a catalyst for many key national forest milestones, policies and practices, from the founding of the U.S. Forest Service and the National Forest System to public education efforts. Since 1990, we have planted more than 66 million trees in all 50 states and nearly 50 countries. These projects have restored thousands of acres of wildlife habitat, protected vital watersheds and sequestered millions of tons of carbon and greenhouse gases. The Resilient Forests program is driven by one unifying goal: to restore North America's native forest landscapes to full health and long-term resilience. The program is focused on priority threatened forest landscapes, where we are revitalizing ecosystems that are essential to people, water, wildlife and climate, from mountain ranges to watersheds. In each priority area, we employ a comprehensive approach in order to achieve lasting forest recovery. Our approach includes: developing new restoration insights through research, building partnerships with agencies, industry and scientists to integrate climate science into forest restoration; developing conservation plans to ensure success and direct resources to the most important places; and restoring forests using tried and true as well cutting edge strategies. To help implement parts of this strategy, American Forests provides grants to private and public partners in North America. Our organization does support international forest restoration projects from time to time, but they are generally funded by specific and time-limited sources of funding. Both domestic and international grants are disbursed to advance our forest restoration strategies in our priority locations. More information on our priority areas can be found on our website. Prospective partners are also encouraged to reach out to the Resilient Forests team to discuss partnership and grant opportunities. Grant decisions are based on many factors including strategic alignment, restoration outcomes, and funding availability. All prospective grantees are required to submit proposals with a description of proposed work, details of restoration experience, financial and budget details, and follow Resilient Forests communications guidelines. Part I, line 3: Foreign expenses are directly tracked and are accounted for on the accrual method of accounting. Part III Accounting Method: X X 1 Mal Warwick Donordigital 2550 Ninth Street Suite 103 Berkeley CA 94710 Mail solicitations; internet and email solicitations; phone 0 1010995 666736 344259 1010995 666736 344259 AL AK AR CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI DC 1 Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay 501 6th Street Annapolis MD 21403 541060924 501(c)(3) 11130 0 N/A N/A Reforestation/ Tree planting American Farmland Trust 1150 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 600 Washington DC 20036 521190211 501(c)(3) 10000 0 N/A N/A Reforestation/ Tree planting Arizona Sustainability Alliance 8205 South Priest Drive Tempe AZ 85284 821664765 501(c)(3) 28500 0 N/A N/A Reforestation/ Tree planting Baltimore Tree Trust 2631 Sisson Street Baltimore MD 21211 264031411 501(c)(3) 87500 0 N/A N/A Reforestation/ Tree planting Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council 200 Kanoelehua AvenuePMB 285 Hilo HI 96720 990279188 501(c)(3) 110000 0 N/A 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Reforestation/ Tree planting United Nations Foundation Inc 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Suite 300 Washington DC 20006 582368165 501(c)(3) 107054 0 N/A N/A Reforestation/ Tree planting University of Colorado Denver 13001 East 17th Place Aurora CO 80045 846000555 501(c)(3) 17459 0 N/A N/A Reforestation/ Tree planting Washington & Jefferson College 60 S Lincoln St Washington PA 15301 250965601 501(c)(3) 30000 0 N/A N/A Reforestation/ Tree planting Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation PO Box 17943 Missoula MT 59808 810529312 501(c)(3) 14835 0 N/A N/A Reforestation/ Tree planting 34 6 Part I, Line 2: Through our urban forestry program, American Forests helps develop and bring to life plans for planting and caring for city trees. Our approach to urban forestry is to focus on the socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods that need trees the most. In our Innovation Lab, we empower the urban forestry field by developing climate change-informed forestry practices to optimize what trees to plant and protect for public health and climate change mitigation impact. This past year, we launched Tree Equity Score and the related Climate & Health Action Guide and Rhode Island species selection guide to help city leaders, urban forestry professionals, and residents look at neighborhood-level scores across a city or region and identify where resources should be focused in order to close any gap in tree cover between neighborhoods. Through our Tree Equity: Career Pathways Initiative we are closing the gap between urban forestry workforce needs and qualified workers. The focus of the initiative is training people from lower-income neighborhoods (where there are fewer jobs and trees) and placing individuals in urban forestry jobs. Our place-based work in select cities continues to deploy a change model derived from the Community Assessment and Goal-Setting Tool on Vibrant Cities Lab, which we continue to manage and grow. It includes facilitating partnerships, urban forestry planning guided by science, restoring and protecting urban forests, advocacy and funding, communication and adaptation. As part of this work in building local capacity, American Forests provides strategic grants to local organizations or agencies in the cities selected for long-term partnerships or projects. Outcomes associated with each grant vary and can include but not be limited to volunteer event coordination, land restoration, adaptable species selection, urban tree canopy analysis or inventory, workforce development, urban forestry master plan development, community engagement, or equipment purchase. For larger projects, a portion of funds are provided up-front with final payment delivered upon completion of the project and submission of final report. Grant decisions are based on many factors including strategic alignment, local capacity outcomes, and funding availability. All prospective grantees are required to submit proposals with a description of proposed work, budget details and timeline. Grantees agree to follow American Forests' communications, reporting and branding requirements, which include but are not limited to quality event and project implementation, before-and-after photographs, communications, community engagement, and progress reports. Prospective partners are encouraged to reach out to the urban forestry team to discuss partnership and grant opportunities. X X X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James Daley President & Chief Executive Officer 285280 0 0 0 1626 0 16258 0 10457 0 313621 0 0 0 Jill Schwartz VP Communication 189284 0 0 0 1288 0 11409 0 26505 0 228486 0 0 0 Peter Hutchins COO 189431 0 0 0 1705 0 11147 0 8113 0 210396 0 0 0 Rebecca Turner Chief Strategy Officer 176706 0 0 0 1288 0 10602 0 8206 0 196802 0 0 0 Jennifer Broome VP Development 174267 0 0 0 1288 0 10396 0 7488 0 193439 0 0 0 Alexandra Murdoch VP of Conservation Finance & Policy 147197 0 0 0 0 0 8684 0 18445 0 174326 0 0 0 Eric Sprague VP for Forest Restoration 145344 0 0 0 1288 0 8480 0 140 0 155252 0 0 0 Form 990, Part III, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission: (continued We advance our mission through forestry innovation, place-based partnerships to plant and restore forests and movement building. American Forests is the oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the United States. Since our founding in 1875, we have been the pathfinders for creating healthy forests from coast to coast. We have set five goals that we will work with a diverse group of entities to achieve by 2030. The goals are largely driven by the important role of forests in solving two critical issues: climate change and social inequities that people in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities face. We also are driven by the need to protect America's water and wildlife. The goals are: 1.) In 100 of America's cities, every under-resourced neighborhood reaches a passing Tree Equity Score-an indicator that the neighborhood has enough trees in the right places so all people benefit from trees. 2.) At least 100,000 people, particularly those from under-resourced communities, have entered jobs in forestry. 3.) 1 trillion trees have been conserved, restored and grown around the world. 4.) More than of our carbon dioxide emissions are captured by American forests and wood products annually, catalyzed by forest conservation and climate smart forestry. 5.) Twenty million acres of public land have been reforested by planting and regenerating more than 6 billion trees. Our approach to reaching our goals, which is shaped by the American Forests Impact Model, is three-pronged. In our Innovation Lab, we incubate new tools and scientific research to help solve complicated puzzles and empower the forestry field. We create place-based partnerships in cities and large, rural landscapes. And we build movements that inspire and empower actions at a large scale. Form 990, Part III, Line 4a, Programs and Public Policy: (continued) For almost two decades, American Forests has worked with cities and researchers around the country to analyze forest cover in urban environments and to help promote the benefits that trees in cities can provide. For more than a century, American Forests has been at the forefront of forest policy, meeting with key policymakers and educating them on the issues facing our nation's forests. Throughout the course of its history, American Forests has grounded its work in the best science of the time, and with the 2011 creation of its science advisory board, American Forests has aligned itself with some of the nation's premiere scientists to continue developing its work in and around the latest science. For decades, American Forests has worked with local partners to help restore and protect forests and has served on many local and regional coalitions and community groups to promote strong local forestry practices and partnerships. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1 The Executive Committee consists of the Chair, the Vice Chair, the CEO and Treasurer and such other members as the Board may determine. The Executive Committee may act in the place and stead of the Board between Board meetings on time-sensitive matters, except those specifically reserved to the Board by the Bylaws. Actions of the Executive Committee shall be promptly reported to the Board by in writing and at the next following Board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A complete copy of a draft of Form 990 is provided to all members of the Board of Directors for review and comment before it is finalized for filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c All officers, directors and employees are required to complete the annual conflicts questionnaire. Any conflicts disclosed in the process are resolved. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a CEO compensation is reviewed every 3 years by the Board of Directors. Such review includes consideration of comparability compensation data from Form 990 filed by similar organizations including American Forest Foundation, National Forest Foundation, and the Arbor Day Foundation, and publicly available non-profit salary surveys. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request. The Financial Statements are also available on the organization's website. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Consultants and other professional fees: Program service expenses 1,800,837. Management and general expenses 115,727. Fundraising expenses 87,672. Total expenses 2,004,236. Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: There have been no changes during the year in the process for oversight of the audit of the financial statements.