Trees to Seas Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462789969
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8086954012
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,673
- Expenses
- $5,940
- Assets
- $21,707
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Gracie Clark Pillons (President)
- Jacques Pillons (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Gracie Clark Pillons (President)
- Liv Wheeler (Secretary)
- Jacques Pillons (Vice 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
Trees to Seas creates community through education and participation; including but not limited to conservation and stewardship of the ocean and the surrounding environments.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization provides sufficient training to volunteers to perform stream, beach, and water clean up. This includes but is not limited to open water scuba dive certification. With this entry level certification the volunteer can collect debris from the ocean floor up to 60 feet deep. Sufficient training is also provided in water quality testing.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.65; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.