Tree Institute International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264738711
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Ft Lauderdale, FL, USA
Phone
8663558733
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$151,422
Expenses
$128,867
Assets
$314,692
Liabilities
$128,194

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Richard Keefe (President)

People named in this filing

  • Mary Chambers (Secretary)
  • Carolann Sharkey (Treasurer)
  • Richard Keefe (President)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The TREE Institute International is a charitable organization that promotes a better quality of life for all humanity through an understanding of plants and their role in providing balanced ecosystems around the world. The Institute promotes the research of plant materials to better comprehend their organic composition, operation and synergistic role within the ecosystems in which they are found. The Institute promotes the education of all people about the complex world of plants and their attributes and the importance of protecting their role in the ecosystems of the earth. The Institute promotes the implementation of key scientific discoveries and technologies that can improve the quality of human life and to minimize the negative impacts of humanity on the ecosystems of the earth. The Institute promotes the awareness of the world of plants and their ecological role in sustaining life on earth.

What it reported doing in 2024

Promote education of flora and fauna through partnerships and collaboration for the development of educational materials and volunteer programs.

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 94% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.44; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 7 filed program accomplishments · $121K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.