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TREE FUND-TREE RESEARCH & EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization
TREE FUND-TREE RESEARCH & EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND (EIN 37-1018692)
Tax period
2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31
Filed
2016-05-27
IRS object ID
201611489349300521
Schema version
2015v2.1
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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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Audit CommitteeYes (1)AuditCommitteeInd
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Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

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Public Organization170Yes (X)PublicOrganization170Ind

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FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year$1,016,049CurrentTaxYearAmt
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Current Tax Year$1,016,049CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$4,881,204TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$30,559CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$29,484CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$119,166TotalAmt

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Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$7,988CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$4,052CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$12,068CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$36,926TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

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ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,596,275BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$24,627ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$15,208InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$14,884GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$1,590,810EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,522,464BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$23,097ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$56,714InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$6,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$1,596,275EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,156,983BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$152,581ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$215,900InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$3,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$1,522,464EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$998,509BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$67,553ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses$104,957InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$14,036GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$1,156,983EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance$1,046,297BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions$26,622ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses-$68,410InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Grants Or Scholarships$6,000GrantsOrScholarshipsAmt
End Year Balance$998,509EndYearBalanceAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY0.80000PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY0.20000TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org0EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org0EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$30,120OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$30,120DepreciationAmt
Book Value$0BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$0TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,151,615TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst-$50,039NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts$167,272DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue$28,439OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported$145,672RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal$1,005,943RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld$8,800InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Other Revenues Not Included$9,634OtherRevenuesNotIncludedAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt$18,434RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990$1,024,377TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt$1,041,166TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts$167,272DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Other Expenses Included$28,439OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported$195,711ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal$845,455ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2$8,800InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Other Expenses Not Included$9,634OtherExpensesNotIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt$18,434ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990$863,889TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
PART V, LINE 4:FUNDING OF ARBORICULTURE OR RELATED CURRICULA IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE LEVEL PROGRAMS AS WELL AS POROMOTION OF THE ARBORICULTURE PROFESSION AT ALL EDUCATIONAL LEVELS.
PART X, LINE 2:THE FUND FILES INCOME TAX RETURNS IN THE U.S. FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND ILLINOIS. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE FUND IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO U.S. FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL, OR NON-U.S. INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS BY TAX AUTHORITIES FOR YEARS BEFORE 2012. THE FUND DOES NOT EXPECT A MATERIAL NET CHANGE IN UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IN THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:DIRECT EXPENSES OF SPECIAL EVENTS 28,439.
PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:GRANT ADJUSTMENTS 9,634.
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:DIRECT EXPENSES OF SPECIAL EVENTS 28,439.
PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:GRANT ADJUSTMENTS 9,634.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
RegionEUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUMRegionTxt
Offices0OfficesCnt
Employee0EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities ConductedGRANTSTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Region Total Expenditures$20,000RegionTotalExpendituresAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices0SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees0SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office0ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee0ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office0TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee0TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent$20,000SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent$0ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent$20,000TotalSpentAmt

Foreign Individuals Grants ForeignIndividualsGrantsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Type Of AssistanceJACK KIMMEL INTERNATIONAL GRANTS- TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ARBORICULTURE RESEARCH PROJECTS ALL OVER THE WORLDTypeOfAssistanceTxt
RegionEUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) - ALBANIA, ANDORRA, AUSTRIA, BELGIURegionTxt
Recipient2RecipientCnt
Cash Grant$20,000CashGrantAmt
Manner Of Cash DisbursementCHECKMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
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 DES TREESEvent1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1$580,322GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1$571,622CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1$8,700GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1$13,965OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2AUCTIONEvent2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2$91,215GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2$43,830CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2$47,385GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event2$60,870NonCashPrizesEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2$14,474OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total$671,537GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot$615,452CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events$56,085GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events$60,870NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events$28,439OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events$89,309DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary-$33,224NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (4 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
CUYAHOGA RIVER COMMUNITY PLANNING
1299 SUPERIOIR AVE ECLEVELANDOH44114341616693501(C)(3)$5,000SUPPORT NUMEROUS PUBLIC EDUCATION ENDEAVORS
TOLEDO BOTANICAL GARDEN
5403 ELMER DRIVETOLEDOOH43615341350559501(C)(3)$5,000SUPPORT NUMEROUS PUBLIC EDUCATION ENDEAVORS
FOREST RELEAF OF MISSOURI
4207 LINDELL BLVDST LOUISMO63108431615929501(C)(3)$5,000SUPPORT NUMEROUS PUBLIC EDUCATION ENDEAVORS
TREE CARE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
136 HARVEY ROADLONDONDERRYNH03053593828176501(C)(3)$3,883SUPPORT LOCAL AND REGIONAL ARBORICULTURE TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org4Total501c3OrgCnt

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp (7 entries)

Grant TypeGrantTypeTxtRecipientRecipientCntCash GrantCashGrantAmt
HYLAND JOHNS GRANTS - SUPPORTS MULTI-YEAR RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON ROOT AND SOIL MANAGEMENT, PLANTING AND ESTABLISHMENT, PLANT HEALTH CARE, RISK ASSESSMENT, WORKER SAFETY AND URBAN FORESTRY2$49,930
JOHN DULING GRANTS - PROVIDE SEED MONEY OR PARTIAL SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE EVERYDAY WORK OF ARBORISTS AND URBAN FORESTERS2$19,976
ROBERT FELIX MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS - FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDYING ARBORICULTURE, URBAN FORESTRY OR A RELATED FIELD WITH THE INTENTION OF ENTERING THE PROFESSION OF ARBORICULTURE3$9,000
JOHN WRIGHT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP - FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND RETURNING COLLEGE STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS RELATED TO ARBORICULTURE1$2,000
JACK KIMMEL GRANTS - TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ARBORICULTURE RESEARCH PROJECTS ALL OVER THE WORLD1$10,000
FRAN WARD WOMEN IN ARBORICULTURE SCHOLARSHIPS - TO SUPPORT FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM PENNSYLVANIA OR DELAWARE ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF ARBORICULTURE AND URBAN FORESTRY1$2,000
HORACE M THAYER SCHOLARSHIPS - TO SUPPORT COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM PENNSYLVANIA OR DELAWARE ENROLLED IN A PROGRAM RELATED TO THE PRACTICE OF ARBORICULTURE AND URBAN FORESTRY1$2,000

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 M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (2 entries)

Non Cash CheckboxNonCashCheckboxIndDescDescContributionContributionCntNoncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990AmtMethod Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
Yes (X)AUCTION ITEMS153$60,870FAIR MARKET VALUE
Yes (X)TOUR ITEMS7$5,316FAIR MARKET VALUE
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held0AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsYes (1)ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used0ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECEIVES A COPY OF FORM 990 AND DISTRIBUTES ELECTRONICALLY TO THE TRUSTEES FOR THEIR REVIEW.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12CTHE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REMINDS TRUSTEES ANNUALLY. CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORMS ARE COMPLETED ANNUALLY. 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 15AEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE USES THE ASSOCIATION OF SMALL FOUNDATIONS MANAGEMENT AND COMPENSATION SURVEY TO COMPARE WITH. ALL TRUSTEES EVALUATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BY STANDARD FORM. THIS INFORMATION IS SUMMARIZED BY THE PRESIDENT AND PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION AND BENCHMARKED AGAINST OTHER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SALARIES IN THE REGION OF SIMILAR SIZE TO DETERMINE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19UPON WRITTEN REQUEST
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C:THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.