Public Charity

NEW JERSEY TREE FOUNDATION

Based in MEDFORD, NJ, NEW JERSEY TREE FOUNDATION operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $1.3M in revenue, $1.2M in expenses, $1.3M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 21 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $441K.

EIN: 223484753 MEDFORD, NJ Forest Conservation NTEE: C36 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.3M
Total Expenses$1.2M
Total Assets$1.3M
Grant Records21
Funding Total$441K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

THE NJ TREE FOUNDATION IS A STATEWIDE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PLANTING TREES IN NEW JERSEY'S MOST UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST. THROUGH TREE PLANTING, VOLUNTEERISM, AND PARTNERSHIPS, WE ASSIST COMMUNITIES IN IMPROVING THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

Where $100 goes at New Jersey Tree Foundation

How New Jersey Tree Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$90 Programs the work itself
$10 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $90 for programs

$30
The urban airshed reforestation program is a community-based street tree planting program that began in camden in 2002 and has expanded into surrounding south jersey cities
34% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 8,200 trees
$30
The renaissance trees program is a community-based reforestation effort that began in 2006 in the city of newark and surrounding north jersey cities
About 33% (cost not reported) · Reported in the filing: 4,000 trees
$30
Each tree planting season, the green streets program hires men under parole supervision as a tree planting crew, creating transitional jobs and re-entry opportunities for ex-offenders
About 33% (cost not reported) · Reported in the filing: 20,300 trees
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF LEADING-EDGE PRACTICES IN MUNICIPAL FORESTS INCLUDING INVENTORY, PLANTING, MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION.
$14,249
$12,360
$12,360
2024
GENERAL SUPPORT
$10,000
2024
TREE MAINTENANCE
$7,450

Showing up to 5 of 21 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

TRUSTEE Corey Lilliston
TRUSTEE David Wells
PRESIDENT Jay Kaplan
VICE PRESIDENT John Anlian
TRUSTEE Leonard Ward
FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lisa Simms

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$293,734 7 grants
General Support
$117,607 11 grants
Unspecified
$29,323 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.3M $1.2M $1.3M
2024 $936K $912K $1.2M
2023 $884K $951K $1.1M
2022 $837K $835K $1.2M
2021 $728K $791K $1.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $728K to $1.3M (+73%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.3M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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