American Forests
EIN 53-0196544 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 138 grants · $16.9m
Who it funds most
90 of its 186 grantees were funded in more than one year.
American Forests's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2023, filing 202531929349300508
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Form 990 | $15.4m | — | $29.5m |
| 2022 | Form 990 | $17.9m | — | $25.8m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns8 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202641749349301224 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202531929349300508 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202420469349302397 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202310459349301131 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202210429349301651 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202130429349301343 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202030449349301113 | IRS batch file |
| 2017 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201910459349301711 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
American Forests made 380 grants across 2017–2024, totalling $30.6m as filed.
- Grants
- 380
- Total, as filed
- $30.6m
- Years
- 2017–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Red Mtn Resource LLC | 3 | $4.2m |
| US FOREST SERVICE | 6 | $2.3m |
| Greening of Detroit | 5 | $2.2m |
| Oregon Department of Forestry | 4 | $993.2k |
| US Forest Services | 2 | $942.9k |
| West Forest Inc | 2 | $875.2k |
| Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division | 3 | $865.0k |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | 4 | $662.1k |
| La Cruz Habitat Protection Project Inc | 4 | $597.5k |
| Michigan State University | 4 | $440.8k |
| PRT USA Inc IFCO | 1 | $412.1k |
| Glide Revitalization | 1 | $386.8k |
| FRIENDS of the WILDLIFE CORRIDOR | 5 | $348.4k |
| California Dept of Parks & Recreation | 2 | $328.8k |
| The University of Tennessee | 3 | $309.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 23 | $1.3m |
| 2018 | 24 | $1.4m |
| 2019 | 36 | $2.5m |
| 2020 | 40 | $2.7m |
| 2021 | 59 | $5.5m |
| 2022 | 70 | $8.1m |
| 2023 | 72 | $4.9m |
| 2024 | 56 | $4.3m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-530196544. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified