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 PLANT A ... (More)
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
100
out of 100
This charity's score is a passing score. This overall score is identical to the organization's Impact & Results beacon score. It does not have a Finance & Accountability beacon. Each beacon report below provides further information about the organization's rating including rationale as to why a particular beacon may not be scored.
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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.
No Score
We have not issued this nonprofit a Finance & Accountability score. This does not indicate a positive or negative assessment, only that we have not reached a conclusion for the following reason:
This organization cannot be evaluated by our Encompass Rating methodology due to only having one year of electronically-filed IRS Form 990 data.
To ensure year-to-year consistency the Encompass Rating System’s Finance & Accountability beacon analyzes the three-year average of some data provided through the IRS 990.
Charity Navigator currently only has one year of consecutive e-filed Forms 990 from the IRS for One Tree Planted Inc. under the EIN: 46-4664562.
Before Charity Navigator can evaluate this organization, One Tree Planted Inc. will need to e-file for additional fiscal years.
Additional Information
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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
$10,875
KEVIN HILL, SECRETARY
$0
MARK BENTHIN, TREASURER
$0
Source: IRS Form 990, filing year 2018
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
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Largest Programs
One Tree Planted Inc. reported its largest program on its FY 2018 Form 990 as:
$1,117,261
Spent in most recent FY
100%
Percent of program expenses
ONE TREE PLANTED IS ON A GLOBAL REFORESTATION MISSION TO REFOREST OUR PLANET AND PROVIDE EDUCATION, AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF TREES IN OUR ECOSYSTEM. THE ORGANIZATION IS PLANTING T ... (More)
GuideStar Seal of Transparency
Platinum
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Results Reported in 2019
74,000
Acres of natural habitat restored
Activities include forest fire recovery, expanding habitats for wildlife and improving watershed health for local communities.
200
Number of stakeholders or stakeholder groups who agree to engage
Our stakeholder groups include all of our amazing reforestation partners who are working hard to empower their local communities to reforest, restore and protect forests and the benefits they provide.
7,000
Number of volunteers
Our inspired community of volunteers get their 'hands dirty' to help our many forest fire recovery, habitat expansion, agroforestry and community watershed restoration projects all around the world.
7,000
Number of individuals attending community events or trainings
Building on 2018, this year we aim to triple our impact and get over 6,500 people outside by holding 150+ 'Earth Month', 'Plant a Tree Day' and employee engagement events around the world.
220
Number of community events or trainings held and attendance
Our 2018 'Earth Month', 'Plant a Tree Day' and employee engagement volunteers planted 23,500+ trees. This year, we expect to hold over 150 events with volunteers, who will plant 35,500+ trees.
18
Number of countries worked in
We get trees planted in 13 countries across 4 regions of the world; North America, Latin America, Africa and Asia.
200
Number of cities worked in
GlobalGiving
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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.
Culture & Community
Charity Navigator will provide an assessment of the organization’s people operations, its engagement with the constituents served, and its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) measures.
Culture & Community Score (BETA)
Coming Soon
Encompass Rating Beta V2 does not provide an evaluation of the organization's culture and community. Beta V3 will provide an evaluation of Constituent Feedback and Listening Practices. 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. Other measures will be added later in the year.
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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 Community & Culture.
Why It Matters
Like the Encompass Rating System, the Culture & Community Beacon is designed to evolve as relevant 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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