One Tree Planted Inc.
Mission:
One Tree Planted is on a global reforestation mission. Its goal is to make it easy for people to understand the importance of trees and give them the ability to easily
www.onetreeplanted.org
| 145 PINE HAVEN SHORES RD Shelburne VT 05482-7703
One Tree Planted Inc. is headquartered in Shelburne, VT, and is a 501(c)(3) organization. EIN: 46-4664562. Donations are tax-deductible. The IRS NTEE classification code is T22, Private Independent Foundations within the Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations category. The IRS ruling year for tax exemption was 2014.
(Source: IRS Business Master File and Form 990)
Encompass Rating System by Charity Navigator
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Overall Score
BETA
90
out of 100
This charity's score is a passing score.
This overall score is calculated from multiple beacon scores: 40% Finance & Accountability, 60% Impact & Results.
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Finance & Accountability
Charity Navigator evaluates a nonprofit organization’s financial health including measures of stability, efficiency and sustainability. We also track accountability and transparency policies to ensure the good governance and integrity of the organization.
Finance & Accountability Score
BETA
74
out of 100
This charity's score is a failing score
This Beta V3 of the Finance & Accountability Score provides a baseline measure of an organization’s health including the indicators listed in the report below.
This score represents Form 990 data from latest filing year 2019.
Finance & Accountability Rating Highlights
Higher Effect on Score
2/3
Independent Board Composition
We look for at least 3 board members, with more than 50% of members identified as independent.
Lower Effect on Score
0.82%
Liabilities to Assets Ratio
We look for a ratio less than 50%.
No Effect on Score
$5,944,371
Total Revenue
We do not evaluate revenue amounts or sources in Beta V3. An organization’s size can affect whether and how we evaluate other indicators.
Finance & Accountability Report
74
of 100 points (BETA)
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Program Expense Ratio
82.59%
Higher effect on score
More data
The Program Expense Ratio is determined by Program Expenses divided by Total Expense (average of most recent three 990s).
Charity Navigator awards full credit for a Program Expense percentage of 70% or higher. Charities with percentages between 60-69.9% receive partial credit. Percentages below 60% grant no credit for the Program Expense score. Further, charities that fall below 50% will receive zero points for both of their financial metric scores, Program Expense percentage AND Liabilities to Assets percentage.
Source: IRS Form 990
Board Composition
2/3 Independent
Higher effect on score
Charity Navigator looks for at least 3 board members, with more than 50% of those members identified as independent.
Source: IRS Form 990
Independent Audit or Financial Review
No Audit/Review
Higher effect on score
For organizations larger than $1million in total revenue we expect to see that the charity completed an audit.
This indicator is not part of the score for organizations less than $250k in total revenue and is removed from the scoring methodology.
For charities under $1 million but over $250K in total revenue we expect to see that the charity completed an Audit, Review or Compilation.
Source: IRS Form 990
Liabilities to Assets Ratio
0.82%
Lower effect on score
The Liabilities to Assets Ratio is determined by Total Liabilities divided by Total Assets (most recent 990).
Charity Navigator awards full credit for a ratio less than 50%. Organizations with ratios between 50% and 59.9% receive partial credit.
Source: IRS Form 990
Website
Listed
Lower effect on score
Charity Navigator looks for a website on the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency metric.
Nonprofits act in the public trust and reporting publicly on activities is an important component.
Source: IRS Form 990
Conflict of Interest Policy
Listed
Lower effect on score
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a conflict of interest policy on the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy protects the organization and by extension those it serves, when it is considering entering into a transaction that may benefit the private interest of an officer, director and/or key employee of the organization.
Source: IRS Form 990
Board Meeting Minutes
Documented
Lower effect on score
Charity Navigator looks to confirm on the Form 990 that the organization has this process in place as an accountability and transparency measure.
An official record of the events that take place during a board meeting ensures that a contemporaneous document exists for future reference.
Source: IRS Form 990
Document Retention and Destruction
Missing
Lower effect on score
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a document retention and destruction policy per the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy establishes guidelines for the handling, backing up, archiving and destruction of documents. These guidelines foster good record keeping procedures that promote data integrity.
Source: IRS Form 990
Whistleblower Policy
Missing
Lower effect on score
Charity Navigator looks for the existence of a whistleblower policy per the Form 990 as an accountability and transparency measure.
This policy outlines procedures for handling employee complaints, as well as a confidential way for employees to report financial or other types of mismanagement.
Source: IRS Form 990
Additional Information
Unscored
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Total Revenue and Expenses
This chart displays the trend of revenue and expenses over the past several years for this organization, as reported on their IRS Form 990.
Salary of Key Persons
Presented here are up to five of the highest compensated employees listed on page 7 of the IRS Form 990. This compensation data is displayed exactly how it is reported to the IRS. The amounts include salary, cash bonuses, and expense accounts. The amounts do not include nontaxable benefits, deferred compensation, or other amounts not reported on Form W-2. Read the IRS policies for compensation reporting here.
MATT HILL, PRESIDENT
$0
KEVIN HILL, SECRETARY
$0
MARK BENTHIN, TREASURER
$0
Source: IRS Form 990, filing year 2019
Business Master File Data
The Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) includes cumulative information the IRS collects and displays for all exempt organizations. The data is updated monthly. Below are some key data points from the BMF for this organization. View information about the BMF on the IRS website here.
Activities:
Activity data not reported from the IRS
Foundation Status:
Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) (BMF foundation code: 15)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
Data Sources: IRS Forms 990
The IRS Form 990 is the source of the finance and accountability data used within the Encompass Rating System. When an organization is eligible for a Finance & Accountability beacon score, each metric is based on elements of the 990. Some metrics are based on the most recent available filing, while others are based on averages of values over multiple years. We provide links to all available 990s here, whether or not this organization is eligible for a Finance & Accountability score.
IRS Forms 990 are provided courtesy of Foundation Center.
Impact & Results
Charity Navigator assesses how well a nonprofit delivers on its mission. To issue an Impact & Results score, we estimate the actual impact a nonprofit has on the lives of those it serves, and determine whether it is making good use of donor resources to achieve that impact.
Impact & Results Score
BETA
100
out of 100
This charity is highly cost-effective, earning a passing score.
Impact
$100 offsets one year of personal carbon emissions.
Framework
Impact Analysis
We use impact analysis to rate service delivery nonprofits. We are developing new frameworks for assessing advocacy, systems change and similar nonprofits.
Data Collector
ImpactMatters
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Impact & Results Report
100
of 100 points (BETA)
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Rated Program
Program
Reforestation
Activities
One Tree Planted plants trees in forests that have been depleted.
Program Type
Tree Planting
Beneficiaries Served
General public
Program Geography
15 countries across the globe
Time Period of Data
1/1/17 to 12/31/17
Outcomes and Cost
Outcomes: Changes in the lives of those served by a nonprofit. They can be caused by the nonprofit.
Costs: The money spent by a nonprofit and its partners and beneficiaries.
Impact: Outcome caused by a nonprofit relative to its cost.
Cost-effectiveness: A judgment as to whether the cost was a good use of resources to cause the outcome.
Outcome Metric
A year of personal carbon emissions offset.
Outcome Data Source
Ratings are based on data the nonprofit itself collects on its work. We use the most recent year with sufficient data. Typically, this data allows us to calculate direct changes in participants' lives, such as increased income.
Output data collected during the program. One Tree Planted publicly reports the number and location of trees it plants, which we use to calculate the number of years of personal carbon emissions offset.
Method for Attributing Outcomes
We don't know if the observed changes were caused by the nonprofit's program or something else happening at the same time (e.g., a participant got a raise). To determine causation, we take the outcomes we observe and subtract an estimate of the outcomes that would have happened even without the program (i.e., counterfactual outcomes).
We estimate the number of years of carbon emissions the nonprofit offsets by comparing the trees actually planted by the nonprofit to the trees that would have been planted in the absence of the nonprofit (the "counterfactual"). Some trees would have been planted even without the nonprofit, such as by the government or other nonprofits; these counterfactual successes must be netted out of the successes we observe. Otherwise, we would be attributing a change (carbon emissions offset) to the nonprofit when it would have happened anyway. Few nonprofits estimate the counterfactual themselves, so we construct our own counterfactual estimate based on research and publicly available data. We use the percentage of plantable land left where the nonprofit works to calculate the probability of displacing the efforts of other organizations. We net out that change from the changes we observe to get a correct estimate of impact.
Cost Data Source
After estimating the program's outcomes, we need to determine how much it cost to achieve those outcomes. All monetary costs are counted, whether they are borne by a nonprofit service deliverer or by the nonprofit’s public and private partners.
Cost data reported by One Tree Planted Inc. and data and assumptions about partner and beneficiary costs.
Cost Calculation
$201,255 program costs + partner costs + $0 beneficiary costs = $201,255 total costs
Impact and Determination
We calculate impact, defined as the change in outcomes attributable to a program divided by the cost to achieve those outcomes.
Impact Calculation
$201,255 total costs / 1,929 years of carbon emissions offset = roughly $100 offsets one year of personal carbon emissions.
Benchmark for Rating
Impact & Results scores of tree planting programs are based on the cost offsetting a year of personal carbon emissions relative to the social cost of carbon. Programs receive an Impact & Results score of 100 if they offset a year of personal carbon emissions for 75% of the social cost of carbon averted and a score of 75 for 125%. If a nonprofit reports impact but doesn't meet the benchmark for cost-effectiveness, it earns a score of 50.
Determination
Highly cost-effective
Why We Could Be Wrong
- The outcome could oversimplify total impact. Different species of trees sequester carbon at different rates and experience different growth and survival rates. Because data on each nonprofit's tree species are not available to us, our analysis necessarily simplifies a complex calculation.
- There could be multiple important outcomes not captured in our analysis.
- The nonprofit may be spending additional money in order to serve harder-to-reach and/or particularly valuable populations.
- In the absence of better data, we assume uniform counterfactual rates for programs, at the risk of masking variation across nonprofits.
- Our estimates rely on data made public by the nonprofit on its website, annual reports, financial statements and Form 990s.
- We only analyze programs that meet our criteria. As a result, this report may not fully reflect the impact of the nonprofit.
- We do not assess what explains the nonprofit's cost-effectiveness.
Analysis Details
Analysis conducted in 2019 by ImpactMatters. An analyst searched the Form 990s, annual reports, audited financials and the website of One Tree Planted Inc. to calculate impact and rate cost-effectiveness. A second analyst conducted quality control.
Additional Information
Unscored
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Largest Programs
One Tree Planted Inc. reported its three largest programs on its FY 2019 Form 990 as:
$2,388,763
Spent in most recent FY
100%
Percent of program expenses
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$0
Spent in most recent FY
0%
Percent of program expenses
N/A
$0
Spent in most recent FY
0%
Percent of program expenses
N/A
Leadership & Adaptability
Charity Navigator will provide an assessment of the organization’s leadership capacity, strategic planning, and the ability to readily innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization’s mission.
Leadership & Adaptability Score
BETA
Coming Soon
Encompass Rating Beta V3 does not provide an evaluation of the organization's leadership and adaptability.
Culture & Community
Charity Navigator provides an assessment of the organization's engagement with the constituents it serves, a practice we term Constituent Feedback. A future version of this Beacon will also assess an organization's people operations and its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) metrics.
Culture & Community Score
BETA
Not Scored
This organization is not eligible for a Culture & Community score. See report below to find out why.
Encompass Rating Beta V3 provides an evaluation of an organization's Culture and Community by measuring its Constituent Feedback practices. (See report below.) Constituent Feedback data provides 100% of the basis for the initial evaluation of the Culture & Community Beacon. Other metrics will be added later in the year.
Culture & Community Report
Not Scored
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Constituent Feedback
Constituent Feedback and Listening Practice data are not available for this organization. Nonprofit organizations are encouraged to fill out the How We Listen section of their Candid profile. This data will provide the basis for the initial evaluation of Culture & Community.
Charity Navigator believes nonprofit organizations that engage in inclusive practices, such as collecting feedback from the people and communities they serve, may be more effective. We award every nonprofit that completes the Candid survey full credit for this Beacon, in recognition of their willingness to publicly share this information with the nonprofit and philanthropic communities. Although the data is not evaluated for quality at this time, future iterations of this Beacon will include third party or other data that will serve to validate the information provided by the nonprofit.
Analysis and Research
Like the overall Encompass Rating System, the Culture & Community Beacon is designed to evolve as metrics are developed and ready for integration. Our partnership with Feedback Labs and Guidestar by Candid, and other partners including Fund for Shared Insight, GlobalGiving and Keystone Accountability, enables us to launch the first version of this beacon with Constituent Feedback information collected on Candid's site.
Feedback practices have been shown to support better Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion outcomes, an essential area of assessment that we intend to further expand and develop in the future. Feedback Labs has documented several studies which indicate that beyond achieving organizational goals, nonprofits that are attentive and responsive to concerns and ideas raised by beneficiaries establish stronger relationships with the people they serve, promote greater equity, and empower constituents in ways that can help to ensure better long-term outcomes. You can find resources to help nonprofits improve their feedback practices here.
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