One Giving Tree
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 874094725
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Gilroy, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4088574795
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Gift Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,604
- Expenses
- $46,781
- Assets
- $31,443
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEBBI SANCHEZ (President)
People named in this filing
- DEBBI SANCHEZ (President)
- DEBBIE RUSSELL (Treasurer)
- NAYELI CEJA-KHAIRA (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The core belief driving their mission is that one tree and one small gesture can provide hope and a positive memory in a young person's life, serving as a reminder that people care.
What it reported doing in 2025
Since its founding in 2014, One Giving Tree has achieved significant milestones through the support of volunteers, partners, and the community. Tree Kits Donated: As of 2025, the organization has donated over 6,100 tree kits, aiming to reach 7,300 by the end of 2026. A "tree kit" includes a fresh tree, ornaments, a tree topper, hooks, and garland. Community Served: The organization serves communities in South Silicon Valley (Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Martin, South San Jose) and North San Benito County (Hollister, San Juan Bautista).Established Partnerships: One Giving Tree works with 28 partner nonprofit agencies, such as Community Solution and Rebekah Childrens Services, which help distribute the kits to the families they serve.Annual Event: The organization established "One Bright Night as an annual fundraising event that supports the Christmas tree drive.Community Garden: In addition to their holiday mission, they expanded their efforts in their 10th year to provide a free community garden, Pleasant Valley Garden, to local residents. The core belief driving their mission is that one tree and one small gesture can provide hope and a positive memory in a young persons life, serving as a reminder that people care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.2%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.67; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 77% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.