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TREE FUND-TREE RESEARCH & EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization
TREE FUND-TREE RESEARCH & EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND (EIN 37-1018692)
Tax period
2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed
2019-05-13
IRS object ID
201901339349305510
Schema version
2018v3.1
Source
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

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Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (16 entries)

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JAMES BARBORINAS
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BEAU BRODBECK
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PAUL FLETCHER
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
STEVEN GEIST
CHAIRMAN4.00Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
RAY HENNING
TREASURER4.00Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
GEORGE HUDLER
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
WILBUR NUTTER
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
BRETT HEINRICH
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
RANDY MILLER
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JAMES URBAN
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
THOMAS WOLF
VICE CHAIRMAN4.00Yes (X)$0$0$0Yes (X)
SHARON JEAN-PHILIPPE
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
DAVE KRAUSE
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
SHARON LILLY
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
MUNDY WILSON PIPER
TRUSTEE1.00Yes (X)$0$0$0
JOHN ERIC SMITH
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Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

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Travel TravelGrp

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Insurance InsuranceGrp

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BOARD EXPENSE$4,897$0$4,897$0

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117Yes (X)OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FS AuditedYes (1)FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl StmtYes (X)SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee0AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required0FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,123,046CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,016,049CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,031,218CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,148,718CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,029,160CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$5,348,191TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$1,123,046CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$1,016,049CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$1,031,218CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$1,148,718CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$1,029,160CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$5,348,191TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$160,528SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$5,187,663PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$30,559CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$29,484CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$0CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$0CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$60,043TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$4,052CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$12,068CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Total$16,120TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$5,424,354TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities$713,533GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY1700.95640PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.93810PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$4,643,785BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$381,981ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$315,651InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$257,047OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$13,248AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$4,439,820EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$3,771,410BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$539,613ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$566,160InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures$221,801OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses$11,597AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$4,643,785EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$2,927,376BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$663,109ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$191,239InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Administrative Expenses$10,314AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance$3,771,410EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.96170PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.03830TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated OrgYes (1)EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org0EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$3,678OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$1,472DepreciationAmt
Book Value$2,206BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$2,206TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
DescBENEFICIAL INTEREST IN INVESTMENTS HELD BY CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUSTDesc
Book Value$4,159,274BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets$4,159,274TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,062,294TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$328,900NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$120,374DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue$216,457OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$7,931RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,054,363RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$0RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,054,363TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,200,084TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$120,374DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included$216,457OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$336,831ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$863,253ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$0ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$863,253TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART V, LINE 4:THE ENDOWMENT FUND IS INTENDED TO FUND RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:DIRECT EXPENSES RELATED TO SPECIAL EVENTS NETTED AGAINST REVENUE 216,457.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:DIRECT EXPENSES OF SPECIAL EVENTS NETTED AGAINST FUNDRAISING REVENUE 216,457.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd
Subtotal Offices0SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees0SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continuation Total Office0ContinuationTotalOfficeCnt
Continuation Total Employee0ContinuationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$0SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$0TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (5 entries)

RegionRegionTxtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtCash GrantCashGrantAmt
SOUTH AMERICA - ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COLUMBIA, ECUADOR,RESEARCH$10,000
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUMRESEARCH$48,842
NORTH AMERICARESEARCH$10,000
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFICRESEARCH$10,000
EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUMRESEARCH$8,530
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org4Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp0TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust0InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership0ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co0PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership0ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries0BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART I, LINE 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationGRANTEES ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORTS AS REQUESTED BY TREE FUND AND STATED IN THE GRANT AGREEMENT. GRANTEES MUST REPORT USE OF FUNDS, WHETHER OBJECTIVES OF PROPOSAL WERE MET AND THE IMPACT THE RESEARCH HAS HAD ON THE FIELD OF ARBORICULTURE OR URBAN FORESTRY. ALSO REQUIRED IS A FINANCIAL REPORT BASED UPON THE ORIGINAL BUDGET SUBMITTED.ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Event1TOUR DE TREES (INCL AUCTION)Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$525,490GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$259,388CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$266,102GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1$97,772RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1$8,501FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$110,184OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total$525,490GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$259,388CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$266,102GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events$97,772RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events$8,501FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$110,184OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$216,457DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary$49,645NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedYes (1)GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (9 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxtAddress Line2USAddress/AddressLine2Txt
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
327 GALVIN LIFE SCIENCE CENTERNOTRE DAMEIN46556501C3$25,000SUPPORT RESEARCH
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF RESEARCH ACCOUNTING 227 WSTATE COLLEGEPA16801501C3$118,371SUPPORT RESEARCHBEAVER AVENUE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS LLC DBA ECI
520 BUSINESS PARK CIRCLESTOUGHTONWI53589$49,730SUPPORT RESEARCH
BIOCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING
825 PINE CONE TRAILMARINE ON ST CROIXMN55047$46,000SUPPORT RESEARCH
TCIA FOUNDATION
136 HARVEY ROAD SUITE 101LONDONDERRYNH03053501C3$7,899SUPPORT RESEARCH
KENT ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
1400 NORTH MANTUA STREETKENTOH44234501C3$5,000SUPPORT RESEARCH
CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
19600 MOLALLA AVEOREGON CITYOR97045501C3$14,000SUPPORT RESEARCH
SONOMA STATE
1801 E COTATI AVENUEROHNERT PARKCA94928501C3-$23,105SUPPORT RESEARCH - REDUCTION IN PREVIOUS GRANT AWARD
VIRGINIA TECH
310 WEST CAMPUS DR SUITE 310BLACKSBURGVA24061501C3-$20,000SUPPORT RESEARCH - REDUCTION IN PREVIOUS GRANT AWARD
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org7Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org2TotalOtherOrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant TypeSCHOLARSHIPSGrantTypeTxt
Recipient7RecipientCnt
Cash Grant$28,000CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePART I, LINE 2:FormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationGRANTEES ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE PROGRESS REPORTS AS REQUESTED BY TREE FUND AND STATED IN THE GRANT AGREEMENT. GRANTEES MUST REPORT USE OF FUNDS, WHETHER OBJECTIVES OF PROPOSAL WERE MET AND THE IMPACT THE RESEARCH HAS HAD ON THE FIELD OF ARBORICULTURE OR URBAN FORESTRY. ALSO REQUIRED IS A FINANCIAL REPORT BASED UPON THE ORIGINAL BUDGET SUBMITTED.ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11BTHE PRESIDENT/CEO DISTRIBUTES A COPY OF THE FORM 990 ELECTRONICALLY TO EACH OF THE BOARD TRUSTEES FOR THEIR REVIEW
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CMEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMPLETE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. IF THERE IS ANY POTENTIAL OR PERCEPTION OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, IT IS IDENTIFIED BY THE TRUSTEE AND THE TRUSTEE LEAVES THE ROOM DURING DISCUSSION AND VOTE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15ATHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE USES THE ASSOCIATION OF SMALL FOUNDATIONS MANAGEMENT AND COMPENSATION SURVEY TO IDENTIFY COMPENSATION STANDARDS. THIS INFORMATION IS SUMMARIZED BY THE CHAIRMAN AND PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION. THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S SALARY IS BENCHMARKED AGAINST OTHER PRESIDENT/CEO'S SALARIES IN THE REGION OF SIMILAR SIZE FOUNDATIONS TO DETERMINE THE PRESIDENT/CEO'S COMPENSATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 18UPON WRITTEN REQUEST
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19UPON WRITTEN REQUEST
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2CTHERE WAS NO CHANGE IN AUDIT OVERSIGHT PROCESS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.