CALIFORNIA RELEAF: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: CALIFORNIA RELEAF (EIN 90-0138904)
Tax period: 2018-07-01 to 2019-06-30
Filed: 2020-03-09
IRS object ID: 202040699349300619
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-03-09T15:03:18-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

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City	Elk Grove	CityNm
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Filer Filer

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Form 990 IRS990

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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City	Sacramento	CityNm
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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Desc	Program Grant ManagementIn 2019, California ReLeaf received generous grant funding for pass-through California Arbor Week grants from Pacific Gas & Electric Service, Edison International, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Southern California Gas, and continue with the format of a year-long program. ReLeaf managed 41 Arbor Week Grants totaling $76,000 in pass-through funding.In California Releaf managed five California Climate Investment (CCI) pass-through grants funded through the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. In July 2019, California ReLeaf was awarded new Prop 68 Grant called Relief through ReLeaf to provide funding to state regions that had not received CCI grants.Urban Forest California Climate Investment GrantsIn July 2015, California ReLeaf was awarded its first two California Climate Investment Program (CCIP) grants (formerly known as Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grants) from CAL FIRE with an emphasis on planting in Disadvantaged Communities as identified by CAL EPA. These grants continued through December 2019. One grant program entitled Social Equity focused on tree planting while the other, entitled Planting with Purpose, was a CAL FIRE Green Innovation grant, which tended to allow for more community gardens and fruit tree planting. All of the California ReLeafs CCIP grants are intended to provide funding to smaller community groups and encourage new community groups to make tangible improvements to their neighborhoods with trees. In FY2019, California ReLeaf continued to closely support the original twenty grantees, as well as grantees from two subsequent CCI Grants: the 2017 Social Equity Grant (aka Forest Improvement) and the 2019 Social Equity Grant (aka Urban Forest Management) making many site visits as well for the grants closing in 2019. In the lists below, Grantees who have been awarded two CCIP grants over the last four years are indicated by asterisks. ReLeaf also conducted a series of five educational workshops throughout California on ReLeaf and CAL FIRE grant programs as part of releasing a new CCIP pass-through grant Request for Proposals with $800K in funding for the grants.List of California Climate Investment Program Grant Programs & Grantees:2016 Social Equity Grant Program1.Amigos de los Rios2.CSU Northridge3.Earth Team4.From Lot to Spot5.Growing Together6.Industrial District Green7.Madera Coalition8.North East Trees9.Parent Pioneers10.Tree Fresno11.Tree San Diego12.Victoria Avenue ForeverList of California Climate Investment Program Grant Programs & Grantees:2016 Social Equity Grant Program1.Amigos de los Rios2.CSU Northridge3.Earth Team4.From Lot to Spot5.Growing Together6.Industrial District Green7.Madera Coalition8.North East Trees9.Parent Pioneers10.Tree Fresno11.Tree San Diego12.Victoria Avenue Forever2016 Planting with Purpose Grant Program1.Clean & Green Pomona2.Episcopal Impact Fund3.Fathers and Families of San Joaquin4.Growing Together5.Incredible Edible Community Garden6.Pacific Housing Inc.7.PUENTES8.Sustainable Claremont2018 Social Equity Grant Program1.A Cleaner Greener East LA (ACGELA)2.Avenal Historical Society3.Butte Environmental Council4.Climate Action Now!5.Fountain Grove II6.From Lot to Spot7.Madera Coalition8.People and Trees9.Regional Parks Foundation10.Southeast Fresno Community Economic Development Association (SEFCEDA)11.Sustainable Claremont12.Sustainable Solano13.The Watershed Project14.Your Children's Trees2019 Social Equity Grant Program1.Amigos de los Rios2.City Trees3.ECO-SLO 4.Friends of Santa Ana Zoo5.Green Tech6.North East Trees7.Our City Forest8.People and Trees**Grantees who have been awarded two CCIP grants over the last four years.2019 Arbor Week GrantsIn 2019, with the third year of generous funding from the PG&E Corporation Foundation as well as new funding from Edison International, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Southern California Gas, ReLeaf awarded $76,000 in pass-through grants to 41 community-based organizations for projects to celebrate California Arbor Week 2019 throughout the year with tree plantings, tree education and care across the state. The grants were primarily $2,000, with some $1,000 grants. Edison International also funded two incubator workshops in San Bernardino County to support the development of new tree planting groups in order to combat increasing urban heat island effect. Nine Arbor Week grants were awarded to organizations new to urban forest activism, including Community Health Action Network in Victorville, SistersWe in San Bernardino, and Akoma Unity Center in San Bernardino. 2019 California Arbor Week Grantees:1.Akoma Unity Center, San Bernardino2.Aloha Ohana Academy, Highland3.Alta Vista Innovation High School, Hesperia4.Amigos de los Rios, Altadena5.AV Learning Academy, Adelanto6.Balboa Park Conservancy, San Diego7.BD Lien Guo Foundation, Sunol8.Benicia Tree Foundation, Benicia 9.Chico Tree Advocates / Butte Environmental Council, Chico10.City Trees, Redwood City11.Climate Action Now!, San Francisco12.Common Vision, East Bay13.Community Grows, San Francisco14.Community Health Action Network, Victorville15.Community Services Unlimited, Los Angeles16.Forest Resiliency Program / LumberCycle, San Diego17.Hands of Stone Youth Club, San Bernardino 18.Highlanders Boxing Club, San Bernardino19.Huntington Beach Tree Society, Huntington Beach20.Molding Hearts, Yucca Valley21.OneWay Outreach Inc, Los Angeles22.Paradise Roots, Orland23.Perris Hill Neighborhood Association, San Bernardino24.Petaluma Tree Advisory Committee, Petaluma25.Reed Nature Preserve, Tiburon26.Save Our Forest, Fallbrook27.Second Chances A Place for Hope, San Bernardino 28.Sisters We, San Bernardino 29.South San Francisco High School PTA, San Francisco30.Sustainable Claremont, Claremont31.Sustainable Salinas, Salinas32.Tracy Tree Foundation, Tracy33.Tree Davis, Davis, Woodland, and West Sacramento34.Tree Lodi, Lodi 35.Tree San Diego, San Diego36.Urban Conservation Corps /Southern California Mountains Foundation, San Bernardino 37.Urban Conservation Corps of San Diego, Chula Vista 38.Urban Releaf, Oakland39.Urban Transformation/Calle 23, Richmond40.USGBC-LA/ Arroyo High School, El Monte41.Your Childrens Trees, Goleta	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$162,739	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Education and Outreach This program strengthens grassroots efforts by engaging the general public, community leaders, interested organization, and urban and community forestry professionals. California ReLeafs programs are designed to educate Californians about the value and benefits of trees as well as sound tree care practices. In addition to USDA Forest Service funding, a CAL FIRE grant started in 2017 supported the better understanding of urban planning and urban design concerns and priorities with respect to urban forests.Integrated Grant Project Development completed in FY2019Started in FY2017, California ReLeafs goal is to foster better communications and connection between urban forest community-based organizations and urban design professionals, who have significant authority and impact on the built environment and where urban trees can be planted. The project was completed in May 2019. The California Chapter of the American Planning Association was a partner on this project and assisted by inviting their 7,000 members to fill out a survey on urban trees and planning. The survey results as well as the many educational resources about urban planning for urban forest activists and advocates were collected and are available at: https://californiareleaf.org/resources/plan4urbantrees/, including a PDF of the Urban Forest Advocates Guide to California Planning.FY2019 Education & Outreach Accomplishments:Newsletters California ReLeaf has transitioned away from paper newsletters and is doing the majority of its communication via e-communications: email lists, social media, and the website. E-Communications Circulation: Nearly 1,000 Recipients. Dozens of eBlasts were sent covering a variety of topics such as: introducing urban forest grant opportunities, Arbor Week Poster and Video Contests, Green Gentrification information, California Arbor Week Grants, surveying urban forest organizations on their perceptions of urban planning, the Urban Forest Advocates Guide to California Planning, opportunities to support urban forest advocacy, the California ReLeaf Network Retreat in Los Angeles, and the Facilitating for Difference Workshops.Website Spanish Translation Update: The California ReLeaf website was updated to include links in the upper right-hand corner to Spanish translations of ReLeaf resources. A link to the translation of the home page is found at: https://espanol.californiareleaf.org/Social Media Circulation: Over 3,000 In addition to publishing California ReLeafs periodic newsletter, California Trees, in a shorter format with an online version featuring live hyperlinks, ReLeaf is very active in using social media to share urban forestry issues of interest to community groups, government employees, and green industry professionals. Social media has been very effective in helping ReLeaf reach new community audiences, including environmental justice organizations. ReLeaf is also expanding into the use of more videos, which have become the media du jour. Webinars To access the ever-expanding library of on-demand education and information which included webinar presentations on Amplifying Voices: Voice to the Voiceless, Urban Planning, and Urban Heat Island Citizen Science from the ReLeaf 2019 Retreat, please visit : http://californiareleaf.org/resources/webinars/ California Arbor Week The 2019 California Arbor Week Press Conference to announce the Video and Poster Contest Winners was held in San Bernardino. CAL FIRE State Urban Forester Robert Little hosted the event which included San Bernardino Mayor Pro Tem Bessine L. Richard, Representatives from the US Forest Service Region 5, and many of the California Arbor Week 2019 grantees. The winning posters were displayed outside the Governors office in late March as well as at the California State Fair in July 2019. Please visit the website at: http://arborweek.org/Conferences ReLeaf also hosted the 2019 ReLeaf Network Retreat in Los Angeles in May 2018. Webinar style recordings from the 2018 Retreat are available at: https://californiareleaf.org/network-events/retreat-2018/	Desc

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Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
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Desc	California ReLeaf NetworkThe California ReLeaf Network is a statewide forum for the informational exchange, education, and mutual support of community-based organizations. The members have common goals of community development by planting and protecting trees, promoting community engagement and volunteer involvement, and fostering an ethic of environmental stewardship.The ReLeaf Network enables individual groups to use their collective power to improve the urban and community forests in their home towns. Through membership in the Network, groups build their organizational and technical skills, share their enthusiasm, experiences and ideas, address issues of common concern, and work together to advance urban forestry throughout the state. 2018/19 accomplishments of this program include:The Network had nearly 100 members that varied from small groups of dedicated volunteers to mature nonprofit organizations with paid staff. Network members represent diverse demographics and a broad geographic reach throughout California.Network member organizations:?Planted 63,000+ trees?Engaged 39,000+ volunteers giving 161,700 hours of their time?Hosted 1,297 outreach events, reaching just over 150,000 community members. Our Education & Communications Program Manager sent regular Network Updates to Network members throughout the year. These emails reached over 200 recipients and covered a variety of topics, including information about funding opportunities, upcoming conferences and workshops, research reports, job announcements and more. Online surveys were used to seek input from ReLeaf Network Member organizations on urban planning as well as their planting and volunteer activities.	Desc

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igor Lancan PHD
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cynthia Blain
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Total	$176,866	TotalAmt
Program Services	$144,922	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$31,944	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,131	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,999	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,132	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,993	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,959	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,034	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$100,012	TotalAmt
Program Services	$95,160	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,852	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,785	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,458	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$327	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,700	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,951	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,749	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,005	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,196	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,809	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,711	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,037	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,674	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,151	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,559	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$592	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Annual conference	$19,261	$19,228	$33
Printing and Publications	$4,604	$4,593	$11
telephone	$4,477	$3,468	$1,009
EQUIPMENT	$4,372	$3,926	$446

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,011	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,828	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$183	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,356,013	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,277,509	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$78,504	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$30,809	BOYAmt
EOY	$30,145	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$101,234	BOYAmt
EOY	$51,682	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$301,727	BOYAmt
EOY	$659,647	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,083	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,226	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$438,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$746,700	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$121,018	BOYAmt
EOY	$414,415	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$4	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$121,018	BOYAmt
EOY	$414,419	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$281,892	BOYAmt
EOY	$303,531	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$35,943	BOYAmt
EOY	$28,750	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$317,835	BOYAmt
EOY	$332,281	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$438,853	BOYAmt
EOY	$746,700	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$14,446	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	Yes (true)	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd

Acct Compile Or Review Basis AcctCompileOrReviewBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
FS Audited	false	FSAuditedInd
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$473,354	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$519,684	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$841,756	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$858,152	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,340,297	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,033,243	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$473,354	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$519,684	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$841,756	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$858,152	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,340,297	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,033,243	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$0	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$4,033,243	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$97	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$61	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$102	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$211	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$449	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$920	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,034,163	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$109,936	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.99980	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.99980	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed Section4955 Tax	false	Form4720FiledSection4955TaxInd
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMadeInd
Volunteers	Yes (true)	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (true)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	Yes (true)	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (true)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	Yes (true)	OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities	$25,936	OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$25,936	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912TaxInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part II-B, Line 1i - Other Activities Description	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	From July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019, California ReLeaf managed a public policy portfolio with emphasis on diversifying funding for Cal FIREs Urban and Community Forestry Program as follows:1.Advocated for including funding for Cal Fires Urban and Community Forestry Program in the Cap and Trade Expenditure Plan within the State Budget for fiscal year 19-20. California ReLeaf met with the CAL-EPA, California Natural Resources Agency, CAL FIRE, and the Legislature on this issue. Funding for urban forestry was included for $10 million.2.Advocated for urban forestry language and funding in a climate resiliency bond initiative that would open the door to using bond dollars to maintain the existing urban forest. We were successful in securing at least fifty millions dollars ($50,000,000) pursuant to Section 4799.12 to protect or augment California's urban forests within the language for the initiative, which served as a template for a legislative measure later in 2019 that will be revisited in 2020. 3.Advocated for the inclusion of General Fund dollars in the FY 19-20 State Budget to support Cal FIRE efforts to address the PSHB crisis through on-the-ground action. California ReLeaf met with Cal FIRE, CDFA and the Legislature on this issue. $5 million was approved in the Budget for PHSB.In addition, we met with numerous Secretaries in the Newsom Administration to offer insights and suggestions on how this new administration could advance urban forestry and elevate its relevance in the larger natural resources discussion. We also submitted multiple comment letters to the California Air Resources Board and California Natural Resources Agency offering recommendations and edits to the proposed Scoping Plan updates, CALAND modeling efforts for natural and working lands, and the states Natural and Working Lands Implementation Plan. California ReLeaf met with the California Air Resources Board, CAL EPA and the California Natural Resources Agency on these issues.We sponsored Assembly Bill 1252 by Assembly Member Robert Rivas (D Hollister) which would authorize advance payments through CAL EPAs Environmental Justice Small Grants Program. Most of the work on this bill occurred prior to July 1, 2019. However, Governor Newsom vetoed the bill later that year.Finally, we registered support for the following legislation (2018): AB 2627, AB 2534, AB 2377, SB 961, SB 1017, SB 1072; (2019): AB 209, AB 454, AB 782, AB 1080, AB 1252, AB 1300, AB 1578, SB 1, SB 54, SB 474.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Rounding	Desc
Amt	$4	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$4	TotalLiabilityAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	See statement 1	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	3921 East Bayshore Rd	AddressLine1Txt
City	Palo Alto	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	94303	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cash Grant	$817,995	CashGrantAmt
Non Cash Assistance	$0	NonCashAssistanceAmt
Purpose Of Grant	Tree Planting	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	0	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	1	TotalOtherOrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The ORGANIZATION communicates with the GRANTEES regularly to ensure that the grant funds are used for specific purposes.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Legislative Monitoring and OutreachCalifornia ReLeaf monitors State and Federal legislation for opportunities to educate and participate in public debate and policy related to urban forestry. Of particular interest is how urban forestry is being increasingly integrated into other policy and funding arenas, such as affordable housing, additional mitigation measures, and potentially climate adaptation programs. Furthermore, the steadily mounting recognition of the value of urban forest co-benefits is particularly gratifying as found, for example, in connection with Californias Cap & Trade programs. Through our website, newsletter, emails and action alerts, ReLeaf ensures that Network members and other interested community members are aware of what is happening at the state and federal level and also provides information for how local groups can make their voices heard.California ReLeaf staff continued communication with multiple environmental and social justice partners on policy priorities during the reporting period with specific focus on highlighting urban forestry in the annual Cap and Trade discussions as well as other arenas, such as affordable housing and urban planning. Strategic PartnershipsIn order to advance California ReLeafs mission to empower grassroots efforts and build strategic partnerships that preserve, protect, and enhance Californias urban and community forests, ReLeaf staff participated in the following strategic partnerships, collaborations, and committees:-Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation (ARCCA)-California Climate Equity Coalition (CCEC - formerly SB 535 Coalition)-California Urban Forestry Advisory Committee (CUFAC) -ClimatePlan-Green California-Sustainable Communities 4 All (SC4A)-Sustainable Urban Forest Coalition (SUFC)-Urban Forestrys Return on Investment: Tying Residential Nature to Health Care Expenditures -- Research Project Advisory Committee
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The Board Executive Committee is given a draft version of the tax return as well as the Independent Accountants Review Report to review.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	The Board reviews and approves the Executive Directors Salary in light of job responsibility, goals met, and other key factors.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	Governing documents, policies, and financial statements are available upon request at the organizations headquarters.