Charity profile · Historical source record

Trees for Life

EIN 48-0979347International Kansas Small

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

The mission

What this organization describes

Breaking the cycle of poverty and hunger

Trees for Life International's work started in the early 1980s with the planting of fruit trees in India. The emphasis was on creating awareness, training people to plant and take care of trees, and providing them with the resources needed to accomplish their tasks. Each recipient made a pledge to help at least two others in the same manner in which they had been helped. But far more important than the number of trees planted is the fact that tree planting inspires many people to do more to help themselves. They have started projects on bee-keeping, fuel-efficient stoves, improvement of their soils, water conservation, scientific improvement of plant breeding materials, self-help loans, improvement of medical facilities, improvement of educational facilities and other socially responsible activities.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

72.42Overall score
out of 100

82.80Financial score
out of 100

65.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$223,474

Total expenses · USD$326,257

Program expenses

$252,196.66 recorded amount

77.3%

Fundraising expenses

$23,164.25 recorded amount

7.1%

Administrative expenses

$50,243.58 recorded amount

15.4%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Simmi Dalla
Recorded compensation: Not reported in source
Recorded compensation percentage: Not reported in source

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Trees for Life
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	65.0
`category` Category	International
`description` Mission & description	Trees for Life International's work started in the early 1980s with the planting of fruit trees in India. The emphasis was on creating awareness, training people to plant and take care of trees, and providing them with the resources needed to accomplish their tasks. Each recipient made a pledge to help at least two others in the same manner in which they had been helped. But far more important than the number of trees planted is the fact that tree planting inspires many people to do more to help themselves. They have started projects on bee-keeping, fuel-efficient stoves, improvement of their soils, water conservation, scientific improvement of plant breeding materials, self-help loans, improvement of medical facilities, improvement of educational facilities and other socially responsible activities.
`ein` EIN	48-0979347
`tot_exp` Total expenses	326257.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.154
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.071
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.773
`fscore` Financial score	82.8
`leader` Recorded leader	Simmi Dalla
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	Not reported (blank source field)
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	Not reported (blank source field)
`motto` Tagline	Breaking the cycle of poverty and hunger
`name` Charity name	Trees for Life
`tot_rev` Total revenue	223474.0
`score` Overall score	72.42
`state` State code	KS
`subcategory` Subcategory	Development and Relief Services
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	252196.661
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	23164.247
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	50243.578

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 48-0979347
Source category: International
Source subcategory: Development and Relief Services
Recorded location: Kansas (KS)
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.