AMERICAN FORESTS
DC
501(C)(3) organization. Received $22,400 grant in 2024. Purpose: ENVIRONMENTAL
Tracked direct giving
$0
Tracked donations to candidate
$0
Connections
75
Dark Money Spending
Election spending by organizations that do not disclose their donors. Dark money flows through 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(6) trade associations, and similar entities that are not required to reveal their funders. Figures below are never combined with disclosed-donor totals.
IRS 990 Schedule I Grant Chain
Grants between nonprofits reported on IRS Form 990 Schedule I. These inter-organizational transfers are a key pathway in dark money flows — a nonprofit may receive a grant from one entity and then spend that money on election ads.
IRS 990 Schedule I grants given
$2,165,205
| Grantee | Amount | Tax Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay | $31,491 | 2023 | Bulleit Burbon White Oak Restoration Project - Implemented 21 reforestation projects in Maryland and Pennsylvania |
| City of Easton | $29,873 | 2023 | Easton Urban Forest Equity project |
| Detroit Future City | $30,000 | 2023 | Pilot the Grassroots Detroit Tree Equity partnership - supporting the restoration and stewardship of Detroit's tree canopy |
| Providence Neighborhood Planting Program | $9,650 | 2023 | Providence - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs |
| Sierra Cone LLC | $29,132 | 2023 | Cone collections in El Dorado National Forest, Tahoe National Forest, Angele National Forest and other BLM Lands |
| Texas Trees Foundation | $11,160 | 2023 | Career pathways program in Dallas; GIS based mapping |
| WH Canon LLC | $31,345 | 2023 | Supporting the Detroit Tree Equity Partnership - ground preparation services, clean-up for the 2023 Fall Planting season |
| Oregon Department of Forestry | $33,227 | 2023 | 1000 seedlings planting in the burn area of Santiam State Forest |
| Rowland Land Clearing Inc | $32,500 | 2023 | Port Townsend Planting - 600 Acres Furnish and Plant Seedlings |
| Tucson Clean and Beautiful Inc | $25,000 | 2023 | Career pathways program in Tucson, staff training & support |
| Bayfield County Forestry & Parks Department | $55,693 | 2023 | The Rolling Barrens Project - reforestation in the Pines Barrens region of NW Wisconsin, Planting over 350,000 seedlings. |
| Green Columbus | $45,836 | 2023 | Columbus - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs |
| Trees Atlanta Inc | $60,000 | 2023 | Atlanta - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs |
| Kinney Bonded Warehouse Inc | $7,214 | 2023 | Top Soil for Marinoff Nursery |
| Michigan State University | $100,000 | 2023 | Support research on the carbon impacts of the Forest Management projects and supporting the Roots of Rock Program |
| Speak for the Trees Boston | $36,192 | 2023 | Tree equity & mobilization projects; training; tree plantings |
| The Longleaf Alliance Inc | $5,665 | 2023 | Reforestation projects in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina |
| Boston Local Development Corporation | $25,000 | 2023 | Career pathways programs, training and coursework on tree care |
| US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | $27,398 | 2023 | Support for planting seedling and restoration of the Eldorado National Forest |
| FRIENDS of the WILDLIFE CORRIDOR | $34,906 | 2023 | Reforestation of thornbscrubs habitat in the South Texas National Wildlife Refuge Complex - 32,062 seedlings |
| BBRAC Farms LLC | $63,200 | 2023 | Reforestation projects in the Ft. Stewart Region of SE Georgia - planting 160,000 seedlings |
| Fruitful Commons | $8,690 | 2023 | Greater Austin Tee Equity Score Initiative |
| La Cruz Habitat Protection Project Inc | $125,000 | 2023 | Reforestation partnership to plan 500,000 seedlings in the Highland Lakes Watershed areas |
| 1890 Universities Foundation | $10,000 | 2023 | Tree equity planting events & watering programs |
| City of Goshen | $9,255 | 2023 | Goshen - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs |
| PAIDEIA ACADEMIES INC | $35,000 | 2023 | Installting 40 new trees on the schools grounds |
| St Johns River Water Management District | $13,600 | 2023 | Plant seedlings at Moses Creek and Hull Swamp |
| Society of American Foresters | $25,000 | 2023 | Serving as a Member on the steering committee of the 9th American Forest Congress |
| Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation | $8,100 | 2023 | Perform reforestation treatment on the Colorado Rio Grande |
| NC Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services | $63,489 | 2023 | Partnership to prep and plant over 750,000 seedlings and expanding the NCFS tree seedling nursery. |
| Rooted in Cheyenne | $30,000 | 2023 | Plan & implement tree plantings |
| City of Camas | $65,000 | 2023 | Plant 100,000 seedlings at Boulder Creek/Jones Creek locations for the impacted areas of the Nakia Fire |
| Nature Conservancy Inc | $25,000 | 2023 | Implementation of federal funds, the development and refinement of federal programs, and the delivery of an in-person NWL Learning Lab |
| Tree Utah | $56,300 | 2023 | Conducting a volunteer event in Salt Lake City to plant over 100 trees and conduct local and community outreach |
| Arizona Sustainability Alliance | $49,000 | 2023 | Solano Park Tree Planting; Rio Salado Habitat AreaTree Planting; Leadership on Phoenix Metro Urban Forestry Roundtable; Plan/Implement tree planting Dysart Middle School and Dysart High School |
| CITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC | $30,600 | 2023 | Planning and implementation of several tree planting events |
| Groundwork USA | $10,000 | 2023 | Tree equity planting events & watering programs |
| Trees for Houston | $37,181 | 2023 | Tree Planting at Willow Waterhole Parking and Willow Waterhole Greenway Conservancy |
| EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC | $30,000 | 2023 | Resotration and improvement of lands, waterways, and pathways on the Emerald Necklace linear park system. Additionally, working with the Green Team to provide education, and leadership traning. |
| GE Forestrv Inc | $42,918 | 2023 | King Fire & Caldor Fire Planting services of approx 587,000 seedlings Eldorado National Forest |
| GREENING OF DETROIT | $396,685 | 2023 | Detroit tree equity programs |
| Intertribal Timber Council | $25,000 | 2023 | A collaborative effort to develop Indigenous nursery workforce and Tribally-owned and managed tree seedling nurseries |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | $163,468 | 2023 | Staffing and field crew support |
| Texas A&M University - Kingsville | $20,016 | 2023 | Thornscrub Forest Reforestation in Rio Grande Valley |
| Borough of Mechanicsburg | $28,756 | 2023 | Trees for All program - developing and implementing water management tools and clean-up in the naturally forested areas of Mechanicsburg |
| City of Springfield Illinois | $17,652 | 2023 | Springfield - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs |
| Rio Grande Return | $25,000 | 2023 | Riparian Plantings in the Rio Grande Watershed |
| TREEPEOPLE INC | $13,398 | 2023 | Support and leverage for Watts Rising - planting in high priority communities |
| American YouthWorks | $54,589 | 2023 | Wraparound service provider for the WorkForest model |
| Cal Forest Nurseries Inc | $22,026 | 2023 | Etna and Fort Jones - cone processing and seed extractions |
IRS 990 Schedule I grants received
$447,900
| Grantor | Amount | Tax Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION | $22,400 | 2024 | ENVIRONMENTAL |
| COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES | $20,000 | 2024 | GRANT DISTRIBUTION |
| AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | $5,500 | 2023 | ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION |
| CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA | $400,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE DONATION |
Source: IRS Form 990 Schedule I (Grants and Other Assistance to Organizations) via ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer and IRS 990 XML e-files. Grant amounts represent the most recent filing year available.
IRS 990 data lags a year or more behind filing. Grants shown are for the stated tax year and do not establish current-cycle funding.
Methodology Disclosure
Dark money figures are derived from FEC Form 5 (independent expenditures by non-committee organizations) and Form 9 (electioneering communications). These filings capture spending on ads and election communications but do not reveal the identity of the organization's donors. QPQ totals may differ from benchmarks like the Brennan Center's estimates because QPQ includes all Form 5 filers, while some benchmarks count only a subset of non-disclosing nonprofits. Grant chain data is from IRS Form 990 Schedule I and may not include all years or all grantee organizations.
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| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gave money to | Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $31,491 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Bulleit Burbon White Oak Restoration Project - Implemented 21 reforestation projects in Maryland and Pennsylvania | Source |
| Gave money to | City of Easton | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $29,873 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Easton Urban Forest Equity project | Source |
| Gave money to | Detroit Future City | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $30,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Pilot the Grassroots Detroit Tree Equity partnership - supporting the restoration and stewardship of Detroit's tree canopy | Source |
| Gave money to | Providence Neighborhood Planting Program | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $9,650 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Providence - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs | Source |
| Gave money to | Sierra Cone LLC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $29,132 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Cone collections in El Dorado National Forest, Tahoe National Forest, Angele National Forest and other BLM Lands | Source |
| Gave money to | Texas Trees Foundation | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $11,160 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Career pathways program in Dallas; GIS based mapping | Source |
| Gave money to | WH Canon LLC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $31,345 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Supporting the Detroit Tree Equity Partnership - ground preparation services, clean-up for the 2023 Fall Planting season | Source |
| Gave money to | Oregon Department of Forestry | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $33,227 (tax year 2023). Purpose: 1000 seedlings planting in the burn area of Santiam State Forest | Source |
| Gave money to | Rowland Land Clearing Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $32,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Port Townsend Planting - 600 Acres Furnish and Plant Seedlings | Source |
| Gave money to | Tucson Clean and Beautiful Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Career pathways program in Tucson, staff training & support | Source |
| Gave money to | Bayfield County Forestry & Parks Department | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $55,693 (tax year 2023). Purpose: The Rolling Barrens Project - reforestation in the Pines Barrens region of NW Wisconsin, Planting over 350,000 seedlings. | Source |
| Gave money to | Green Columbus | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $45,836 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Columbus - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs | Source |
| Gave money to | Trees Atlanta Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $60,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Atlanta - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs | Source |
| Gave money to | Kinney Bonded Warehouse Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $7,214 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Top Soil for Marinoff Nursery | Source |
| Gave money to | Michigan State University | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $100,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Support research on the carbon impacts of the Forest Management projects and supporting the Roots of Rock Program | Source |
| Gave money to | Speak for the Trees Boston | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $36,192 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Tree equity & mobilization projects; training; tree plantings | Source |
| Gave money to | The Longleaf Alliance Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $5,665 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Reforestation projects in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina | Source |
| Gave money to | Boston Local Development Corporation | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Career pathways programs, training and coursework on tree care | Source |
| Gave money to | US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $27,398 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Support for planting seedling and restoration of the Eldorado National Forest | Source |
| Gave money to | FRIENDS of the WILDLIFE CORRIDOR | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $34,906 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Reforestation of thornbscrubs habitat in the South Texas National Wildlife Refuge Complex - 32,062 seedlings | Source |
| Gave money to | BBRAC Farms LLC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $63,200 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Reforestation projects in the Ft. Stewart Region of SE Georgia - planting 160,000 seedlings | Source |
| Gave money to | Fruitful Commons | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $8,690 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Greater Austin Tee Equity Score Initiative | Source |
| Gave money to | La Cruz Habitat Protection Project Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $125,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Reforestation partnership to plan 500,000 seedlings in the Highland Lakes Watershed areas | Source |
| Gave money to | 1890 Universities Foundation | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Tree equity planting events & watering programs | Source |
| Gave money to | City of Goshen | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $9,255 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Goshen - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs | Source |
| Gave money to | PAIDEIA ACADEMIES INC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $35,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Installting 40 new trees on the schools grounds | Source |
| Gave money to | St Johns River Water Management District | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $13,600 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Plant seedlings at Moses Creek and Hull Swamp | Source |
| Gave money to | Society of American Foresters | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Serving as a Member on the steering committee of the 9th American Forest Congress | Source |
| Gave money to | Colorado Rio Grande Restoration Foundation | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $8,100 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Perform reforestation treatment on the Colorado Rio Grande | Source |
| Gave money to | NC Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $63,489 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Partnership to prep and plant over 750,000 seedlings and expanding the NCFS tree seedling nursery. | Source |
| Gave money to | Rooted in Cheyenne | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $30,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Plan & implement tree plantings | Source |
| Gave money to | City of Camas | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $65,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Plant 100,000 seedlings at Boulder Creek/Jones Creek locations for the impacted areas of the Nakia Fire | Source |
| Gave money to | Nature Conservancy Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Implementation of federal funds, the development and refinement of federal programs, and the delivery of an in-person NWL Learning Lab | Source |
| Gave money to | Tree Utah | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $56,300 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Conducting a volunteer event in Salt Lake City to plant over 100 trees and conduct local and community outreach | Source |
| Gave money to | Arizona Sustainability Alliance | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $49,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Solano Park Tree Planting; Rio Salado Habitat AreaTree Planting; Leadership on Phoenix Metro Urban Forestry Roundtable; Plan/Implement tree planting Dysart Middle School and Dysart High School | Source |
| Gave money to | CITY PARKS FOUNDATION INC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $30,600 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Planning and implementation of several tree planting events | Source |
| Gave money to | Groundwork USA | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Tree equity planting events & watering programs | Source |
| Gave money to | Trees for Houston | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $37,181 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Tree Planting at Willow Waterhole Parking and Willow Waterhole Greenway Conservancy | Source |
| Gave money to | EMERALD NECKLACE CONSERVANCY INC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $30,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Resotration and improvement of lands, waterways, and pathways on the Emerald Necklace linear park system. Additionally, working with the Green Team to provide education, and leadership traning. | Source |
| Gave money to | GE Forestrv Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $42,918 (tax year 2023). Purpose: King Fire & Caldor Fire Planting services of approx 587,000 seedlings Eldorado National Forest | Source |
| Gave money to | GREENING OF DETROIT | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $396,685 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Detroit tree equity programs | Source |
| Gave money to | Intertribal Timber Council | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: A collaborative effort to develop Indigenous nursery workforce and Tribally-owned and managed tree seedling nurseries | Source |
| Gave money to | Sierra Nevada Alliance | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $163,468 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Staffing and field crew support | Source |
| Gave money to | Texas A&M University - Kingsville | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $20,016 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Thornscrub Forest Reforestation in Rio Grande Valley | Source |
| Gave money to | Borough of Mechanicsburg | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $28,756 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Trees for All program - developing and implementing water management tools and clean-up in the naturally forested areas of Mechanicsburg | Source |
| Gave money to | City of Springfield Illinois | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $17,652 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Springfield - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs | Source |
| Gave money to | Rio Grande Return | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Riparian Plantings in the Rio Grande Watershed | Source |
| Gave money to | TREEPEOPLE INC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $13,398 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Support and leverage for Watts Rising - planting in high priority communities | Source |
| Gave money to | American YouthWorks | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $54,589 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Wraparound service provider for the WorkForest model | Source |
| Gave money to | Cal Forest Nurseries Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $22,026 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Etna and Fort Jones - cone processing and seed extractions | Source |
| Gave money to | Red Mtn Resource LLC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $1,572,684 (tax year 2023). Purpose: McNally vegetation control project; Francis Meadow and aspen restoration and conifer removal project; CCI_SQF and WINDY_SPA Project: planting on the Castle and Windy fire footprints | Source |
| Gave money to | Trees Forever Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $40,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Tree Planting Projects in River Bend and Valley Junction Neighborhoods | Source |
| Gave money to | Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $50,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Planting projects in the Kanak.aleonui Bird Corridor, and for the procurement of native seedlings for use in the volunteer outplanting program at the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge | Source |
| Gave money to | National Forest Foundation | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Serving as a Member on the steering committee of the 9th American Forest Congress | Source |
| Gave money to | UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $136,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Funding and technical assistance in permanently transitioning the national register of champion trees | Source |
| Gave money to | The Works Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $34,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Career pathways program in Memphis, staff training & support | Source |
| Gave money to | AMERICAN FOREST FOUNDATION | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Serving as a Member on the steering committee of the 9th American Forest Congress | Source |
| Gave money to | Great Basin Institute | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $29,498 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Sequoia Wildfire Reforestation and Recovery Project - GBI's project management of Rough biomass utilization and machine pile projects | Source |
| Gave money to | Knox | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $60,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Career Pathways and Tree Planting Projects | Source |
| Gave money to | MICHIGAN BUREAU OF SERVICES FOR BLIND PERSONS | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $240,670 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Planting of 1,132,200 jack pine; massification and scarification for natural jack pine regeneration | Source |
| Gave money to | Roanoke Economic Development Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Serving as a Member on the steering committee of the 9th American Forest Congress | Source |
| Gave money to | Tule River Indian Tribe of California | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $8,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Perform reforestation treatment on the Tule River Reservation | Source |
| Gave money to | Bexar Branches Alliance Corp | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $80,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Project Canopy Tree Planting Program- Plan and implement a tree planting at Driggers Elementary School | Source |
| Gave money to | Garden Time Inc | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $25,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Tree equity and Career pathways initiatives; training in urban forestry practices to address labor shortage and support urban forest canopy | Source |
| Gave money to | GREENLATINOS | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $10,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Tree equity planting events & watering programs | Source |
| Gave money to | KEEP INDIANAPOLIS BEAUTIFUL INC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $76,640 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Tree equity initiatives; greater Indianapolis tree species vulnerability assessment and species selection guide; volunteer tree plantings | Source |
| Gave money to | Natural Areas Conservancy | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $16,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Roots of Rock Nurseries and Plantings. grow 3,000 climate-adapted trees in the Greenbelt Native Plant Center and plant 3,000 trees in urban parks in New York City. | Source |
| Gave money to | PRT USA INC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $68,096 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Seedling Management | Source |
| Gave money to | SEGI Consulting LLC | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $18,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Mentoring services on cone surveying and collection throughout California | Source |
| Gave money to | TACOMA TREE FOUNDATION | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $50,450 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Tree equity planting events & watering programs | Source |
| Gave money to | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $60,276 (tax year 2023). Purpose: Drought resilence strategy projects; fellowships/scholarships | Source |
| Received money from | AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $22,400 (tax year 2024). Purpose: ENVIRONMENTAL | Source |
| Received money from | AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $5,500 (tax year 2023). Purpose: ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION | Source |
| Received money from | CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $400,000 (tax year 2023). Purpose: CHARITABLE DONATION | Source |
| Received money from | COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES | IRS 990 Schedule I grant of $20,000 (tax year 2024). Purpose: GRANT DISTRIBUTION | Source |