American Forests
Donations deductibleRevenue
$35.6m
year to 30 September 2025
Expenses
$32.3m
year to 30 September 2025
Total assets
$17m
$3.4m liabilities
Net assets
$13.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
3.1 years on average
Staff
199
6,850 volunteers
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Ara Erickson
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
American Forests' network
13 people2 organisationsi13 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (2) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
13 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ara Erickson Chair | Chair | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Chad Hesters | Vice Chair | 2025 | 1 yr |
| David Hunter | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Hilary Franz | President and CEO | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Karen Kocher | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Michael F Klein | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Nes Parker | Company secretary | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Pamela Tate | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Paolo Mottola | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Paul Boynton | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Sunya Norman | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Taldi Harrison | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Zimmerman Boulos | Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
23 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Murdoch | Vice President Policy | since 2020 |
| Benita Hussain | Chief External Affairs Officer | since 2023 |
| Brian Kittler | VP, Resilient Forests | since 2023 |
| Brittany Michelle Dyer | VP-Rf | 2025 |
| Chris David | VP, GIS & Data Science | since 2022 |
| Eleanor Sloan | Vice President Communications | since 2018 |
| Eric Sprague | Vice President Forest Restoration | since 2020 |
| Geoffrey Glick | VP, Philanthropy | 2023 |
| Hilary Franz | President/CEO (From 09/25) | 2025 |
| Holly Bostrom | Cos | since 2024 |
| Ian Leahy | Vice President Urban Forestry | since 2020 |
| Jad Daley | President & CEO | since 2018 |
| James Daley | President/CEO (To 09/25) | since 2019 |
| Jennifer Broome | Vice President Philanthropy | since 2019 |
| Jill Schwartz | VP Communications | since 2021 |
| Joel Pannell | VP-Ufp | since 2023 |
| Kevin O'Hara | VP | since 2023 |
| Leslie Jones | Senior VP, Policy | since 2021 |
| Mary A T Alexander Taliaferro Picka | Cpo | 2025 |
| Peter Hutchins | Vice President & COO | since 2018 |
| Rebecca Turner | Chief Strategy Officer | since 2020 |
| Rekha Patricio | VP, Marketing & Communications | since 2023 |
| Scott Steen | President & CEO through July 2018 | 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 September 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Daley | President/CEO (To 09/25) | 37.5 | $315k | $47k | |
| Benita Hussain | Cpo, Te | 37.5 | $231k | $21k | |
| Peter Hutchins | COO | 37.5 | $228k | $37k | |
| Becky Turner | Cppo | 37.5 | $226k | $33k | |
| Mary A T Alexander Taliaferro Picka | Cpo | 37.5 | $219k | $24k | |
| Leslie Jones | SVP-Gr | 37.5 | $207k | $42k | |
| Brian Kittler | Cpo-Rf | 37.5 | $203k | $43k | |
| Holly Bostrom | Cos | 37.5 | $201k | $24k | |
| Brittany Michelle Dyer | VP-Rf | 37.5 | $183k | $33k | |
| Joel Pannell | VP-Ufp | 37.5 | $172k | $24k | |
| Rekha Patricio | CMO | 37.5 | $163k | $22k | |
| Ara Erickson | Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Chad Hesters | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Zimmerman Boulos | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nes Parker | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Paul Boynton | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Taldi Harrison | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Hunter | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Michael F Klein | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Karen Kocher | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Paolo Mottola | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sunya Norman | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Pamela Tate | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Hilary Franz | President and CEO | 37.5 | $0 | ||
| Hilary Franz | President/CEO (From 09/25) | 37.5 | $0 |
Colorado roster
18 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20253022285). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Holly Alpine | Secretary |
| Nechumah Getz | Chief Financial and Operating Officer |
| Wally Long | Interim Chief Philanthropy Officer |
| Khaldun Taib | Vice President of Finance |
| Taldi Harrison | Director |
| Nancy Rew | Chief Marketing Officer |
| Chad Hesters | Director |
| Brian Kittler | Chief Program Officer, Resilient Forests |
| James Daley | Ex Officio President & CEO |
| Pamela Tate | Vice Chair |
| Khaldun US Taib | |
| Nes Parker | Director |
| Ara Erickson | Board Chair |
| Benita Hussain | Chief Program Officer, Tree Equity |
| Paul Boynton | Director, Interim President & CEO |
| Rebecca Turner | Chief Policy & Partnerships Officer |
| David Hunter | Director |
| Zimmerman Boulos | Treasurer |
About
- Legal name
- American Forests
- EIN
- 530196544
- Address
- 1220 L St Nw Ste 750, Washington, DC, 20005-4079
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- C360 Environment
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Environment
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1875
- Principal officer
- Hilary Franz (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1943
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsAra Erickson
≥6years on the filingsZimmerman Boulos
≥5years on the filingsDavid Hunter
≥5years on the filingsPamela Tate
Latest return
year to 30 September 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 September 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $17m
- Total liabilities
- $3.4m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $13.6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $35.3m
- Program service revenue
- $261k
- Grants and similar paid out
- $7.3m
- Employees
- 199
- Volunteers
- 6,850
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $26.3m | $29.5m | Deficit $3.2m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Red Mtn Resource LLC | McNally vegetation control project; Francis Meadow and aspen restoration and conifer removal project; CCI_SQF and WINDY_SPA Project: plantin | $1.3m |
| Greening of Detroit | Detroit tree equity programs | $335k |
| Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division | Planting Of 1,132,200 Jack Pine; Mastification And Scarfication For Natural Jack Pine Regeneration | $241k |
| Sierra Nevada Alliance | Staffing and field crew support | $189k |
| Alta Archaeological Consulting LLC | Program Support | $149k |
| US Forest Service | Program Support | $122k |
| The University of Tennessee | Funding and technical assistance in permanently transitioning the national register of champion trees | $111k |
| Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | Program Support | $106k |
| Michigan State University | Support research on the carbon impacts of the Forest Management projects and supporting the Roots of Rock Program | $100k |
| PRT USA Inc | Seedling Management | $95k |
| Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative | Program Support | $84k |
| Bexar Branches Alliance Corp | Project Canopy Tree Planting Program- Plan and implement a tree planting at Driggers Elementary School | $70k |
| City of Camas | Plant 100,000 seedlings at Boulder Creek/Jones Creek locations for the impacted areas of the Nakia Fire | $65k |
| NC Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Partnership to prep and plant over 750,000 seedlings and expanding the NCFS tree seedling nursery. | $63k |
| Bbrac Farms LLC | Reforestation projects in the Ft. Stewart Region of SE Georgia - planting 160,000 seedlings | $63k |
| Knox | Career Pathways and Tree Planting Projects | $60k |
| Trees Atlanta Inc | Atlanta - Planting, community engagement, nurseries and outreach programs | $60k |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Drought resilence strategy projects; fellowships/scholarships | $59k |
| Tree Utah | Conducting a volunteer event in Salt Lake City to plant over 100 trees and conduct local and community outreach | $56k |
| Great Basin Institute | Sequoia Wildfire Reforestation and Recovery Project - GBI's project management of Rough biomass utilization and machine pile projects | $50k |
| Arizona Sustainability Alliance | Solano Park Tree Planting; Rio Salado Habitat AreaTree Planting; Leadership on Phoenix Metro Urban Forestry Roundtable; Plan/Implement tree | $49k |
| Tacoma Tree Foundation | Tree equity planting events & watering programs | $49k |
| Trees for Houston | Tree Planting at Willow Waterhole Parking and Willow Waterhole Greenway Conservancy | $46k |
| GE Forestrvy Inc | King Fire & Caldor Fire Planting services of approx 587,000 seedlings Eldorado National Forest | $43k |
| Rooted in Cheyenne | Plan & implement tree plantings | $40k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.American Forests likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 5 February 1897
- Registered agent
- C T Corporation System (city and state not held)