American Forests
From this organization's IRS returns — and their limits
Figures are by tax year (the organization's fiscal year), filed 1–2 years after the fact; 2019 onward, e-filed returns only. Donors are not public: the IRS redacts them, and since 2020 social-welfare groups, unions and trade associations do not even give their names to the IRS. What you can see is who this organization paid or granted to, and — when the funder was itself a foundation or nonprofit that reported the grant — who funded it. Grants under $5,000 are not itemized on a 990. Officer pay below is pay from this organization only. All of its returns: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer ↗
Finances by tax year
| Tax year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Grants paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 990 | $35,611,433 | $32,336,555 | $16,963,330 | $7,305,070 |
| 2024 | 990 | $26,297,858 | $29,476,460 | $15,382,567 | $6,674,454 |
| 2023 | 990 | $24,269,126 | $25,811,116 | $17,915,111 | $8,100,645 |
| 2022 | 990 | $21,945,499 | $18,524,271 | $19,022,353 | $5,515,977 |
| 2021 | 990 | $16,015,859 | $12,868,435 | $15,499,643 | $2,694,875 |
| 2020 | 990 | $11,227,734 | $11,434,083 | $11,834,340 | $2,479,695 |
| 2019 | 990 | $10,088,062 | $7,590,196 | $10,385,131 | $1,565,584 |
| 2018 | 990 | $5,981,694 | $5,907,506 | $7,444,300 | $1,273,538 |
Officers, directors and key employees
Tax year 2025. Pay is reportable compensation from this organization; pay from related organizations is shown separately and is reported again on their own returns. Click a name to search campaign filings for people with that name — a lead to check, since returns give no address.
| Name | Title | Pay from this org | From related orgs | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Daley | President/CEO (To 09/25) | $315,009 | — | $47,206 |
| Benita Hussain | CPO, TE | $230,780 | — | $20,828 |
| Peter Hutchins | COO | $228,454 | — | $36,738 |
| Becky Turner | CPPO | $225,509 | — | $33,061 |
| Mary A T Alexander Taliaferro Picka | CPO | $218,647 | — | $23,930 |
| Leslie Jones | SVP-GR | $207,271 | — | $41,879 |
| Brian Kittler | CPO-RF | $203,198 | — | $43,281 |
| Holly Bostrom | COS | $201,476 | — | $23,775 |
| Brittany Michelle Dyer | VP-RF | $183,352 | — | $32,883 |
| Joel Pannell | VP-UFP | $172,004 | — | $23,923 |
| Rekha Patricio | CMO | $162,789 | — | $22,093 |
| Ara Erickson | Chair | — | — | — |
| Chad Hesters | Vice Chair | — | — | — |
| David Hunter | Director | — | — | — |
| Hilary Franz | President and CEO | — | — | — |
| Hilary Franz | President/CEO (From 09/25) | — | — | — |
| Karen Kocher | Director | — | — | — |
| Michael F Klein | Director | — | — | — |
| Nes Parker | Secretary | — | — | — |
| Pamela Tate | Director | — | — | — |
| Paolo Mottola | Director | — | — | — |
| Paul Boynton | Director | — | — | — |
| Sunya Norman | Director | — | — | — |
| Taldi Harrison | Director | — | — | — |
| Zimmerman Boulos | Treasurer | — | — | — |
$1,784,657money in
$4,152,548money out
40transactions
2018–2025active
By transaction type
Kept apart deliberately. An independent expenditure is a payment to a vendor about a candidate; a loan is not a gift; a repayment is not spending.
| Type | Direction | Transactions | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| grant | paid | 27 | $4,152,548.00 |
| foundation grant | received | 10 | $1,180,500.00 |
| grant | received | 3 | $604,157.00 |
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Transactions
Showing 1–40 of 40, most recent first. Every row carries the statement and row id it came from.
| Date | From | To | Type | Amount | Purpose / target | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | American Forests | STATE OF MICHIGAN | grant | $240,670.00 | Planting Of 1,132,200 Jack Pine; Mastification And Scarfication For N… | IRS return 202641749349301224 · tax year 2025 returns ↗ |
| 2025 | American Forests | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | grant | $100,000.00 | Support research on the carbon impacts of the Forest Management proje… | IRS return 202641749349301224 · tax year 2025 returns ↗ |
| 2025 | American Forests | THE GREENING OF DETROIT | grant | $334,783.00 | Detroit tree equity programs | IRS return 202641749349301224 · tax year 2025 returns ↗ |
| 2025 | American Forests | Detroit Future City | grant | $30,000.00 | Pilot the Grassroots Detroit Tree Equity partnership - supporting the… | IRS return 202641749349301224 · tax year 2025 returns ↗ |
| 2024 | American Forests | Detroit Future City | grant | $30,000.00 | Pilot the Grassroots Detroit Tree Equity partnership - supporting the… | IRS return 202531929349300508 · tax year 2024 returns ↗ |
| 2024 | American Forests | WH Canon LLC | grant | $31,345.00 | Supporting the Detroit Tree Equity Partnership - ground preparation s… | IRS return 202531929349300508 · tax year 2024 returns ↗ |
| 2024 | DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY | American Forests | grant | $18,020.00 | Conservation Support | IRS return 202543179349304049 · tax year 2024 returns ↗ |
| 2024 | DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $250,000.00 | ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202522819349100322 · tax year 2024 returns ↗ |
| 2024 | American Forests | STATE OF MICHIGAN | grant | $240,670.00 | Planting of 1,132,200 jack pine; massification and scarification for … | IRS return 202531929349300508 · tax year 2024 returns ↗ |
| 2024 | American Forests | THE GREENING OF DETROIT | grant | $396,685.00 | Detroit tree equity programs | IRS return 202531929349300508 · tax year 2024 returns ↗ |
| 2024 | American Forests | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | grant | $100,000.00 | Support research on the carbon impacts of the Forest Management proje… | IRS return 202531929349300508 · tax year 2024 returns ↗ |
| 2023 | American Forests | THE GREENING OF DETROIT | grant | $1,288,956.00 | Detroit tree equity programs | IRS return 202420469349302397 · tax year 2023 returns ↗ |
| 2023 | THE FRED & BARBARA ERB FAMILY FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $225,000.00 | PROGRAM SUPPORT · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202441359349102509 · tax year 2023 returns ↗ |
| 2023 | American Forests | WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY | grant | $10,953.00 | summer youth career exploration event - STEM education and engagement… | IRS return 202420469349302397 · tax year 2023 returns ↗ |
| 2023 | DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $250,000.00 | ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202443099349101229 · tax year 2023 returns ↗ |
| 2023 | American Forests | STATE OF MICHIGAN | grant | $383,626.00 | PLANTING OF 1,132,200 JACK PINE; MASTIFICATION AND SCARFICATION FOR N… | IRS return 202420469349302397 · tax year 2023 returns ↗ |
| 2023 | American Forests | RESCUE MI NATURE NOW INC | grant | $46,250.00 | planning, design and installation of an urban forest; community engag… | IRS return 202420469349302397 · tax year 2023 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | American Forests | WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY | grant | $6,000.00 | AmeriCorps members at the Center for Urban studies received conservat… | IRS return 202310459349301131 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | ANNA PAULINA FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $1,000.00 | GENERAL FUND · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202321329349102017 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | THE FRED & BARBARA ERB FAMILY FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $225,000.00 | PROGRAM SUPPORT · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202321149349100422 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | American Forests | Michigan Tech Fund | grant | $55,000.00 | Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science Grant | IRS return 202310459349301131 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | American Forests | Wholesale Tree Inc | grant | $7,625.00 | Nursery instillation and tree plantings | IRS return 202310459349301131 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | American Forests | ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK | grant | $20,554.00 | Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial Project | IRS return 202310459349301131 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | American Forests | THE GREENING OF DETROIT | grant | $100,000.00 | Kemeny Park Project | IRS return 202310459349301131 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | American Forests | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | grant | $113,079.00 | Carbon Impacts of the Forest Management in Oregon | IRS return 202310459349301131 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | TIDES FOUNDATION | American Forests | grant | $575,000.00 | SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT | IRS return 202400469349300305 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2022 | DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $200,000.00 | ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202333199349102838 · tax year 2022 returns ↗ |
| 2021 | American Forests | Michigan Tech Fund | grant | $26,759.00 | Reforestation/ Tree planting | IRS return 202210429349301651 · tax year 2021 returns ↗ |
| 2021 | ANNA PAULINA FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $1,000.00 | GENERAL FUND · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202221729349100112 · tax year 2021 returns ↗ |
| 2021 | American Forests | THE GREENING OF DETROIT | grant | $75,500.00 | Reforestation/ Tree planting | IRS return 202210429349301651 · tax year 2021 returns ↗ |
| 2020 | American Forests | MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY | grant | $127,760.00 | Impact on forest management on carbon sequestration and storage | IRS return 202130429349301343 · tax year 2020 returns ↗ |
| 2020 | American Forests | THE GREENING OF DETROIT | grant | $34,000.00 | Planting best practices | IRS return 202130429349301343 · tax year 2020 returns ↗ |
| 2020 | American Forests | MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY | grant | $128,000.00 | Mitigation Potential of Natural Climate Solution | IRS return 202130429349301343 · tax year 2020 returns ↗ |
| 2020 | THE FRED & BARBARA ERB FAMILY FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $20,000.00 | PROGRAM SUPPORT · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202141309349101609 · tax year 2020 returns ↗ |
| 2020 | ANNA PAULINA FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $1,000.00 | GENERAL FUND · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202211729349100111 · tax year 2020 returns ↗ |
| 2019 | TIDES FOUNDATION | American Forests | grant | $11,137.00 | PROJECT SUPPORT | IRS return 202043149349304239 · tax year 2019 returns ↗ |
| 2019 | American Forests | THE GREENING OF DETROIT | grant | $10,000.00 | Global releaf | IRS return 202030449349301113 · tax year 2019 returns ↗ |
| 2019 | American Forests | Herman Kiefer Development City of Detroit | grant | $86,000.00 | Global releaf | IRS return 202030449349301113 · tax year 2019 returns ↗ |
| 2019 | DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION | American Forests | foundation grant | $7,500.00 | ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP · recipient EIN matched by name and ZIP | IRS return 202003219349100910 · tax year 2019 returns ↗ |
| 2018 | American Forests | THE GREENING OF DETROIT | grant | $128,333.00 | Global Releaf Project | IRS return 201910459349301711 · tax year 2018 returns ↗ |