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Trees for Houston

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Plant, protect, promote

Founded in 1983, Trees For Houston initially focused its early efforts on planting street trees in the heart of Houston. Now celebrating our 30th anniversary, with nearly half a million trees planted, our organization has evolved into one that grows, plants and maintains thousands of trees across the greater Houston region. While retaining street tree plantings as a core element of our organizational mission, Trees For Houston has methodically expanded its reach, which now includes a wide variety of planting projects ranging from esplanades and trails to parks and schools. As Houstonians, we are fortunate to enjoy the beauty that trees provide to our communities, but they also provide more vital functions, such as filtering harsh pollutants form our air, providing energy conserving shade, controlling storm water runoff and providing habitat for wildlife.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

89.90Overall score
out of 100

90.91Financial score
out of 100

89.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,440,835

Total expenses · USD$1,681,676

Program expenses

$1,303,298.90 recorded amount

77.5%

Fundraising expenses

$232,071.29 recorded amount

13.8%

Administrative expenses

$142,942.46 recorded amount

8.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.16 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Barry J. Ward
Recorded compensation: $142,600.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 8.47%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Trees for Houston
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	89.0
`category` Category	Environment
`description` Mission & description	Founded in 1983, Trees For Houston initially focused its early efforts on planting street trees in the heart of Houston. Now celebrating our 30th anniversary, with nearly half a million trees planted, our organization has evolved into one that grows, plants and maintains thousands of trees across the greater Houston region. While retaining street tree plantings as a core element of our organizational mission, Trees For Houston has methodically expanded its reach, which now includes a wide variety of planting projects ranging from esplanades and trails to parks and schools. As Houstonians, we are fortunate to enjoy the beauty that trees provide to our communities, but they also provide more vital functions, such as filtering harsh pollutants form our air, providing energy conserving shade, controlling storm water runoff and providing habitat for wildlife.
`ein` EIN	76-0046318
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1681676.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.085
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.16
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.138
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.775
`fscore` Financial score	90.91
`leader` Recorded leader	Barry J. Ward
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	142600.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.08470000000000001
`motto` Tagline	Plant, protect, promote
`name` Charity name	Trees for Houston
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1440835.0
`score` Overall score	89.9
`state` State code	TX
`subcategory` Subcategory	Environmental Protection and Conservation
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1303298.9000000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	232071.28800000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	142942.46000000002

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 76-0046318
Source category: Environment
Source subcategory: Environmental Protection and Conservation
Recorded location: Texas (TX)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.