Texas Trees Foundation

Analysis

Texas Trees Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Dallas, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1983, 43 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Texas Trees Foundation reported income of $6.8m and spending of $5.4m, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $12.9m to $6.8m (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Texas Trees Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 95th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Council for Exceptional Children ($6.8m), Pine Castle Inc ($6.8m) and Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve ($6.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 5.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $273k (5.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.4m. At year end it held assets of $6.6m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $4.9m. It reported 30 employees.