Rhode Island Tree Council
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223226545
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Providence, RI, USA
- Phone
- 4017645885
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $201,723
- Expenses
- $157,823
- Assets
- $888,818
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DORIS ALBERG (PRESIDENT)
- THOMAS DUPREE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JACK BANDONI (DIRECTOR)
- DOUGLAS DALTON (DIRECTOR)
- WENDY DAVIS (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide leadership financial support necessary to assist the state community in forestry programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
America the Beautiful Grant and other programs - Advancing the cause of urban forestry throughout Rhode Island by organizing tree planting and care projects, collecting vital data for monitoring pest activity and tracking plant development and supporting volunteer efforts through education and training. Tree Stewards Education Program - To provide the general public with an educational program to build skills and knowlege to aid in urban foresty efforts. Conduct educational and instructional workshops in conjunction with the State Urban Forester.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 6
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48%; rating input score 48
- Program expense ratio: 61.3%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 21.8%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.63; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48% of revenue deployed · 61.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 22 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 23 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX PensionPlanContributions column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.