Annual Report - Friends of Trees

25 YEARS & GROWING
2013 Annual Report
This year Friends of Trees turns 25 years old. In this
quarter century, we’ve planted more than half a
million trees with over 100,000 volunteers. What
an accomplishment!
Over the years, like the trees we plant, FOT has spread our influence through
grassroots community involvement and branching out to new neighborhoods
and natural areas.
We partnered with individuals, foundations, government agencies, municipalities, corporations, and other organizations. We’ve gratefully received unwavering support from our volunteers. Together, this tree family has helped grow and
maintain urban forests throughout Oregon and southwest Washington.
And we don’t plan to stop there! Over the next 25 years we aim to grow strong
as community leaders by continuing to deliver fun, safe, and important placebased environmental programs that will help change the world. After all, the
best time to plant a tree is today. The second best was 25 years ago!
Thank you all for your unending support of our success.
See you out planting!
Scott Fogarty, Executive Director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Tess Jordan
Board President
Sky O’Callahan
Board Treasurer
Thor Hinckley
Board Vice President
Tina Beatty-Walters
Jonathan Brandt
Nancy Buley
Alan Hipolito
Heidi Hu
Brian Krieg
Fred Nilsen
Because
a Tree is Kind Of
a Big Deal
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What WE DO
We empower people to improve the
natural world around them.
4,466
43,809
85
Individual Volunteers
Engaged
Trees & Native
Shrubs Planted
Green Spaces &
Neighborhoods Improved
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“It comes back to that sense of
having done something...
of using your hands, feeling
like you started something
and finished something...
and the doughnuts help!”
- Shannon McBride, Crew Leader
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How WE DO IT
Through a simple solution:
Plant Trees. Together.
37,250
Volunteer hours from
people of all ages
“This is true peace work. Bringing
neighbors together, creating
something for the community and
generations to come.”
- Jan Buhmann, Eugene Planting Volunteer
5
150+ Business and
program partners
“I’m hooked! Saturday
morning, 7 a.m. It’s early,
but I can’t get my rubber
boots on fast enough and
get out the door—rain, sun,
or freezing cold.”
- Neva Knott, FOT Crew Leader
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Where WE WORK
WASHINGTON
Clatsop
20
CITIES
Astoria
Beaverton
Damascus
Durham
Eugene
Gresham
Happy Valley
Hillsboro
King City
Medford
Milwaukie
Pendleton
Portland
Salem
Springfield
Tigard
Tualatin
Vancouver
West Linn
Wilsonville
7
2
Clark
Multnomah
Washington
STATES
OREGON
Clackamas
Washington
Marion
Oregon
Lane
Revenues
Government Grants & Contracts (73%)
Contributions and Grants (11%)
In-Kind Contributions (7%)
Tree fees and Supplies (5%)
Memberships (3%)
Special Events/Interest Income/Other (1%)
Statement OF ACTIVITIES
Expenses
Neighborhood Trees (62%)
Green Space Initiative (18%)
Development (9%)
Education & Outreach (6%)
Management & General (5%)
Financial Position for the Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2013
Assets
Cash: $575,960
Accounts Receivable: $259,305
Grants Receivable: $20,000
Prepaid Expenses: $4,352
Total Property & Equipment: $794,649
Total Assets: $1,654,266
Liabilities
and Capital
Accounts Payable: $46,351
Accrued Payroll & Related Expenses: $40,878
Deferred Revenue: $0
Mortgage Payable: $602,869
Total Liabilities: $690,098
Temporarily Restricted: $82,257
Permanently Restricted: $3,000
Total Net Assets: $964,168
Activities for Fiscal Year Ending August 31, 2013
Revenues
Expenses
Government Grants & Contracts: $1,698,988
Contributions and Grants: $258,722
Tree fees and Supplies: $104,279
Memberships: $77,764
In-Kind Contributions: $165,627
Special Events: $6,364
Interest Income: $655
Other: $18,092
Neighborhood Trees: $1,429,432
Green Space Initiative: $427,842
Development: $216,441
Education & Outreach: $127,637
Management & General: $122,788
Total: $2,330,491
Total: $2,324,140
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Why WE DO IT
“I met recently with the folks who
represent Friends of Trees...I was
struck by the straightforward benefits
they described from their programs.
The greater the canopy coverage of
a neighborhood, the lower the crime
and the higher the property values. More trees
mean cleaner air. What a gift that organizations
like Friends of Trees exist and are out there doing
the very hard work of recruiting volunteers, money,
and resources to carry their mission forward.”
- Eric Vines, Gray Family Foundation
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Go Ahead...
Dig in.
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SINCE 1989
www.FriendsOfTrees.org
25 YEARS & GROWING
Dig down
for some good,
dirty fun...
2013 Every $1 invested in urban
trees creates up to $4 in
community benefits.
Mixed Tape
STATISTICS
Keep Digging!
Street trees add an average
of $7,000 to the value of
the homes they live by.
4,466
INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS
ENGAGED
Keep Digging!
85
Portland’s urban canopy saves
the city over $36 million in
stormwater processing costs.
GREEN SPACES &
NEIGHBORHOODS
IMPROVED
Keep Digging!
The net cooling effect of a young,
healthy tree is equivalent to ten
room-sized air conditioners
operating 20 hours a day.
43,809
TREES & NATIVE
SHRUBS PLANTED
Keep Digging!
“We’re giving back to a
planet that gives so much to
us; it’s a really important thing
that people sometimes
overlook.” - Emma Waibel
GIVE
VOLUNTEER
PLANT
www.FriendsOfTrees.org
kind of a big deal!
Because what we do
in our own front yards
affects the whole
world... and that’s
Honor Roll of Donors
2012 - 2013
2013 Volunteer Award Winners
Volunteer of the Year: Sonny Newson
NT Crew Leader of the Year: Mike Ablutz
GSI Crew Leader of the Year: Steven Gray
NT Rookie of the Year: Alex Bruyevicz
DONORS
Friends of Trees gratefully acknowledges
the following donors who made generous
gifts between September 1, 2012 and
August 31, 2013.
$10,000+
The Ecological Society of America
The Fund for Second Nature
c/o Bessemer Trust
Portland General Electric
Portland Timbers
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Rigert Shade Trees
J. Frank Schmidt Family
Charitable Foundation
Alice C. Tyler Perpetual Trust
$5,000-$9,999
Anonymous
Capital One
Clif Bar Family Foundation
The Lion Glass Foundation
NW Natural
Terence O'Donnell Fund of The Oregon
Community Foundation
The Standard
Symantec Software
$2,500-$4,999
Cantel Sweeping
Epson Portland Inc.
Heidi Hu*
Hi-Tec
Kaiser Permanente
Leupold & Stevens Foundation
Mountain Rose Herbs
Oregon Soap Company
Paula Neis
Recology
Whole Foods Market- Portland
$1,000-$2,499
Albina Community Bank
Bullard Law
ExxonMobil Lubricants & Petroleum
Specialities Company
Fitzgerald Family Foundation
Emma and Steve Gray
Michael Haglund
Hopworks Urban Brewery
John Kline
Murray Koodish
Frances Lynch
Michele Mantzouranis and Jason Ell
Mary Elizabeth McAndrew
Bill and Kathy Nicholson
OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation
Oregon Public House
PRINK Technologies
Rockwell Collins
Elizabeth Shepherd
So Hum Foundation
Starbucks Coffee Company
Sustainable Travel International
UnitedHealth Group
University of Oregon Foundation
David and Christine Vernier
Michael and Diona Wagoner
$500-$999
Apsler Fund of The Oregon
Community Foundation
John Beaston
Tina* and Rob Beatty-Walters
Octavia Brooks
Francine Corriere
Gun Denhart
John Dwork and Lieve Maas
Paul Garrahan and Kristin Watkins
Marie Iddings
Susan and Rick Koe/Koe Family Fund
Dawn and Edward Kropp
Gordon Mayer
Sky O'Callahan*
Josephine and Peter Pope
Portland Nursery
Karly Ritter
Rose City Mortgage
Theresa Russo
The Walker Family Foundation
Willamalane Park and Recreation District
$250-$499
Anonymous
Alex Apter
Susan Bexton and Scott Flor
Allyn Brown
Cards for Causes, LLC
The Climate Trust
Jeff and Leah Cronn
Allen Eraut
Lynn Erdman
Barbara Fitzgerald
Scott Fogarty and Courtney Brown
Alex Freddi Construction LLC
Gamma Tree Experts
Richard Gleason
David and Terry Griffiths
Kathryn Hainley
Charlie and Nancy Hales
Conan and Lin Harmon-Walker
The Heathman Hotel
Thor Hinckley*
Honl Tree Care
Intel Corporation
Michael Ium
Robert Jensen
Tess Jordan* and Art Pearce
Journey Tree Financial
Planning & Investments
David Jursik and Jill Schwie
Dolores and John Karpinski
Michael Knapp and Lia Saroyan
Barbara Kohler and Warren Covington
Stephen Levy and Sue Van Loon
Angela Lowman
Nick Martinelli and Alicia Miao
Bruce Nelson and Carol Mathews
Louis Miles
Amy Mills
Native Foods
Fred Nilsen* and Theresa Garcia
Nurserynet NW, Inc
Ken and Joy Olsen
Edgar Peara
Portland AAZK
Elaine Rees and Gerald Morsello Rodale
Alida Rol
Katherine Rosenbaum
George Rowbottom
Jeff and Daniel Sapiro
Allie and Phoebe Smith
Liz Tilbury
Louise Wade
West Coast Sailing
George Yioulos
Jerry Zaret and Joan Childs
Allison and Alan Zimmerman
$100-$249
Anonymous
Mike and Vicki Abbate
Hollie and Eric Allen
Jaime Arb Haessig
David Austin
B&G Builders, Inc.
Stephen and Irene Bachhuber
McPherson Beall and Jennifer J. Heldmann
Kimberly Bennett
Patty and John Bentley
Christina Bjergo
Brian Borsch
Daniela Bottjer
Sally Bredeweg
Darrell Brown
Sherri and Ernie Brown
GSI Rookie of the Year: Nate Johnson
The Conan Award: Erik Weimer
The Garry Oak Award: Russ Dillman
Neighborhood Group of the Year: Buckman, HAND, Richmond
Office Volunteer of the Year: Jeff Timmons
Keiko and Daniel Bryan
Kerry Bryant
Nancy Buley*
Erik and Jessyca Burke
Annie Burke
James Butler
Cora Calagna
Jean Caldwell
Abraham Cambier
Chris Canida and Sara Butcher
Lisa Cantalini
Todd Carlson
Tammy Carpenter Black and Richard Black
Natasia Chan
Lou Chapman
Aurthur Clausing
Kyle Connell
Ruth and Lou Conrad
Steve Cox
Darcy and Kevin Cronin
CROPP Co-Op/Organic Valley Pacific NW
Molly Ann Culver
Michael Cummings
Susan Curless
Kim Curtis
Terry Dalsemer
Laura De Simone and Bill Roulette
Matthew Denton
Dayle Denton
William Diebold and Deborah Freedberg
Jerome Diethelm
Linda Dobson
Ms. Gabriella Donnell
James A. Dorenkamp
Robert and Sarah Dorer
Richard Dorer
Karen and Rick Dunning
Lou and Marna Elliott
Greg and Kim Elwell
Endurawood
Pamela Fairchild and Ted Lamb
Ralph and Suzanne Fairchild
Robert Felder and Kathleen Karbo Felder
Fishtrap Inc.
Kristin Fitzgerald
Joe FitzPatrick and Ivy Gibson
Douglas Fix and Hsiao-Teh Lo
Nancy Flesch
Erika Foin
Zoe and Charles Foster
Clay France
Sara and Matthew Fritsch
Leslie Fusaro
Gerry Gaeta
Katrina and Juan Galdamez
Claire and Zanley Galton
Karen Garber and John Desmarais
Margaret Gauthier
Elise Gautier & Bill Keene
Donald Geddes and Mona Todd
Susan Gilman
LeAnn Gourley
Jay Graves
Donna and Steven Graville
Colin Gray
Ronald and Nancy Gronowski
David Gross
Philip Gruwell
Kristi Hansen
Phil Harris
Katie Harris
Barbara and Bill Harris
Sandra and Gary Hart
Dominic Hartman and Kay Spielman
Susan Hawes
Adam Heathcote
Ray Hixson
Lawrence Holbrook
Walt Hollands
Kevin Hoover
Joan Huffine
Janet Hutchins
Karen and Neil Hutchinson
Justin Idoine
Carol Iyer
Glenn Jackson Ford
Anna Jacobson-Leong
Katherine Jakle
Jennifer James
Sean Jessup
Sara Johansen
Niko John
Kiel Johnson
Richard Johnson
Frances Johnston
Jennifer Jones and Mark Swartz
David Judd and Kathryn Fitch
George and Lily Kajiwara
Donna Kauffman
William Kaufman
Tina Keller
Charles Kim
Kinen's Big & Phat Special Plants
Todd Kloos
Neva Knott
Karol Kochsmeier
BettyLou Koffel, MD
Kohnstamm Family Foundation
Curtis Kolar
John Kral
Brian Krieg*
Bernie Kronberger
Lakeside Industries
Shawn Lamb
Brooke and Christopher Landon
Steven Law
Ursula and Charles LeGuin
Claire Levine
Miriam Levitt and Michael Sestric
Paula Lilley
Janice Link
Rod Linse
Lori Livingston
Alastair MacKenzie
Madhu Madhavan
Paul and Nikki Majkut
Richard and Elizabeth Marantz
Erin Matthiessen
Ida Mazal
Cameron McCarthy,
Gibert & Scheibe Landscape Architects
William McKenzie
Erin Asher Meagher
Laura Mehren
Walter and Vicki Mintkeski
Silke and David Monnie
Stewart Monti
Candace Morgan
Jane Morrill
Brittany Morton
Gail and Bob Mueller
Ann and Erik Muller
New Seasons Market
Richard V. Newlands
Mark and Janell Niemann-Ross
Solveig and Peter Nilsen-Goodin
Maia Noll
Charles Norris
Northwest Shade Trees
Marilou and Rick Nossaman
Ockley Green Middle School
Jessica O'Connell
ODS Health Plans
Marlene Olveda
Amelia Opie
Jason Ord and Deanna Schindler-Ord
Oregon Film
Andrew Osborn
Paula Ousley
Pacific Medical Group
Vince Patton
John Pavlik
Pamela Pescara
Jenny Pompilio
Gary and Linda Pope
Joe Poracsky and MJ Riehl
www.FriendsOfTrees.org
James Price
Tracey Radabaugh
Christine Raffaele
Tom and Linda Ralley
Phil Ralston
Chris Rassmussen
Peter and Bonnie Reagan
Rich and Betsy Reese
Diana Rempe and Patrick O'Herron
Rebecca Resnick
Monica Rodal and Neal Naigus
Mark Romanaggi
Damian Rothermel
Marlynn Rust
Dan Saltzman
Carol and Frank Sampson
Bernard Sanders
Jane Sayler
Mary Scheufeli
Maarten Schreuder and
Lynn Lindgren-Schreuder
Ian Scrymgeour and Meg Busse
Malka Sekey
LaDora Sella
Lauren Shapton
Judy Shiprack
Scott and Karen Shorr
Lee Silverman and Kim Biafora
Jerry and Donna Slepack
Randy Smith
Steve Smith and Kelsey Wirtzfeld
Kyle Smoot
Sperry Tree Care Co
Rebecca Stefoff and Zachary
Edmonson
Terry Steiner
Charles Stewart
Linda Sturdevant
John Sturman
Twitty Styles
Richard and Mollie Swift
Ann and Dave Taylor
Michael Thomas
Kathryn Thornton
Lynn Tobias
Gloria Totten
Doug Trotter
Beverly Trover
Joyce Turner
John Turner
Jeanne Turner
Olga Turner
Daniel Udovic and
Rosemary Delgado
Patrick Vinograd and
Caitlin Devereaux
Josephine and Peter von Hippel
Carol and Jan Vreeland
Edith Wall
Roger Warner
Jeanette Wassgren
Mark Weinsoft
Randy Weisberg
Sarah Weisner
Ann Werner
Brighton and Kat West
Michael Wetter
Sarah Wheeler
Stephanie Whitchurch
Dean Wilson
Doris Wimber
Emily Wommack
Rachel Wray
Vicki Wright
Mason Wright
Jan Wulling
Wy'east UU Congregation
Paul and Jennifer Xochihua
Bonnie Gee Yosick
Laura Zahm
Caleb Zimmerman
Adam Zucker
PUBLIC AGENCY AND
MUNICIPAL PARTNERS
Friends of Trees is pleased to
acknowledge the public agencies
and municipalities we were able to
partner with between September 1,
2012 and August 31, 2013.
City of Beaverton
Clackamas Soil & Water
Conservation District
Clean Water Services
East Multnomah Soil &
Water Conservation District
City of Eugene
Eugene Water & Electric Board
City of Gresham
City of Happy Valley
Metro
National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation - Native Fish Habitat
Initiative - Pacific Northwest Fund
Port of Portland
City of Portland Bureau
of Environmental Services
City of Salem
City of Tualatin
City of Vancouver
Water Environment Services
West Multnomah Soil &
Water Conservation District
City of Wilsonville
IN-KIND DONORS
Friends of Trees is grateful for the
exceptional in-kind leadership provided by the following organizations
between September 1, 2012 and
August 31, 2013.
Bagel Land
Google Grants
Grand Central Bakery
Joyce Farms
KBOO Community Radio
KIND Snacks
Motz & Son Nursery
Multnomah County
Department of Community Justice
New Seasons Market
NW Natural
The Oregonian
Penske Truck Rental
Rigert Shade Trees
J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.
Starbucks Coffee Company
Verde
Voodoo Doughnut
Whole Foods
Please accept our thanks and apologies if you have supported Friends
of Trees and we have not listed you
here. Let us know if your name was
omitted so we can recognize you in
future publications.
*Friends of Trees Board Member