United States Endowment for Forestry
The United States Endowment for Forestry is a public charity based in Greenville, South Carolina. Established in 2006 at the request of the U.S. and Canadian governments under the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement, it supports work related to sustainable working forests, forest products and forest-reliant communities.
United States Endowment for Forestry at a glance
In short: United States Endowment for Forestry gave $9.1M across 66 grants in 2024 (avg $138K), top state California. 27% of 2024 grantees were new. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2024)
- $9,097,776
- +18.8% vs 2023
- Grants made (2024)
- 66
- +8.2% vs 2023
- Average grant
- $137,845
- +9.8% vs 2023
- Median grant
- $100,877
- Total assets
- $292,534,043
- -2.8% vs 2023
- New grantees (estimate)
- 27% first-time grantees (18 of 66, 2024)
- Primary geography
- California (18% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to United States Endowment for Forestry
- Accepts unsolicited proposals
- No
- How to Apply
-
The Endowment does not accept unsolicited requests. Applicants may view and apply for open RFPs through its Grantee Portal unless an RFP specifies otherwise. The Endowment also invites applicants to sign up for funding-opportunity announcements; program officers welcome discussions about project ideas.
- Contact
Mailing address: 10 S Academy St Ste 101, Greenville, SC 29601
Phone: (864) 233-7646
Website: https://usendowment.org
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who United States Endowment for Forestry funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was Rath Industries ($569K). Together the top 10 received $3.6M.
Grant Size Distribution
372 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 130 grants of 372 (35%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The Endowment’s 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in multiple states. The largest reported shares were California (18%), Georgia (9%), Oregon (8%), the District of Columbia (7%) and Alabama (6%). Its 2025 annual report reports awards in 31 states and the District of Columbia.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2024 grant dollars across all 66 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Is United States Endowment for Forestry open to new grantees?
27%
first-time grantees, 2024
In 2024, 18 of 66 grantees (27%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $148K; repeat grants $134K. How we count
Medians: $101K first-time, $108K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $6.0M (2022) to $12.3M (2021). In 2024 it made 66 grants totaling $9.1M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Rath Industries Redding, CA | Wood Products Infrastructure | $569,144 |
| Working Forest Initiative Savannah, GA | Traditional Markets | $500,000 |
| Auburn University Auburn, AL | Downed Timber | $402,106 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE | Mass Timber | $357,529 |
| Franklin Logging Bella Vista, CA | Wood Products Infrastructure | $341,691 |
| Parma Post and Pole Parma, ID | Wood Products Infrastructure | $334,000 |
| North American Biochar Council Portland, OR | Biochar | $290,000 |
| Bosland Growth LLC Washington, DC | Scarred Mine Land | $277,599 |
| Environmental Policy Innovations College Park, MD | Innovative Finance; Carbon | $256,599 |
| New Leaf Climate Partners Lincoln Park, NJ | Carbon | $237,400 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
The Endowment reports that it received a one-time $200 million infusion under the Softwood Lumber Agreement between the United States and Canada. Its filing states that earnings from the endowment can support its charitable and educational purposes.
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $292,534,043 | $10,178,279 | $29,581,731 | $9,097,776 | 66 | $-5,392,891 |
| 2023 | $300,985,916 | $19,543,568 | $27,141,818 | $7,660,010 | 61 | $2,641,815 |
| 2022 | $283,124,174 | $14,930,721 | $22,485,796 | $6,037,965 | 56 | $3,523,750 |
| 2021 | $317,205,031 | $18,123,562 | $21,866,877 | $12,271,530 | 96 | $4,839,287 |
| 2020 | $281,516,467 | $12,302,581 | $18,385,556 | $9,613,246 | 93 | $1,572,215 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The Endowment’s mission is to work collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities. Its vision is for sustainably managed forests to provide products and ecological services while supporting healthy forest-reliant communities.
Its work includes ecosystem markets such as watershed protection; forest retention and health; traditional forest-products markets; emerging markets and products such as mass timber, cellulosic nanomaterials and biochar; and asset creation for forest landowners. The Endowment also uses program-related investments, equity investments, loan guarantees and mission-related investments.
Recipients include nonprofits, universities, businesses and research organizations. For example, grantee Working Forests Initiative says it seeks to build understanding of working forests’ environmental, economic and societal benefits. The Sierra Fund describes its mission as restoring ecosystem and community resiliency in the Sierra Nevada. Black Family Land Trust says it provides education and technical and financial services to protect and preserve African American land ownership.
Grantmaking
In filing year 2024, the Endowment reported 66 grants totaling $9,097,776. Grant amounts ranged from $7,754 to $569,144, with a median of $100,877.
Among the largest reported 2024 grants were $569,144 to Rath Industries for wood products infrastructure, $500,000 to Working Forest Initiative for traditional markets, $402,106 to Auburn University for downed timber, $357,529 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for mass timber, and $290,000 to the North American Biochar Council for biochar. Other grants included $277,599 to Bosland Growth LLC for scarred mine land and $256,599 to Environmental Policy Innovations for innovative finance and carbon.
Grantees are typically selected through competitive requests for proposals, though the Endowment also uses invited processes. Project criteria vary. Awards are governed by agreed workplans and deliverables, and disbursements are tied to monitoring progress and satisfactory accomplishments under the award contract.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2024 filing lists Chris McIver as Chairman; Mark Reed and Rehad Paul Hossain as Vice-Chairs; and Peter Madden as CEO Secretary. Listed directors are Adrian Blocker, Anna Torma, Beatriz Da Cunha, Cris Stainbrook, Deborah Spalding and Fritz Mason.
United States Endowment for Forestry is led by Peter Madden, CEO Secretary since 2021 (on filings since 2020); 10 of 24 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Peter Madden
CEO Secretary
President → CEO Secretary, 2021
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$277K (2020) → $456K (2024)
Chris McIver
Chairman
Board Member → Vice Chair, 2023
Vice Chair → Chairman, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aleta Rogers
Director, Grants & Contracts Compliance
Manager, Grants & Contracts Compliance → Director, Grants & Contracts Compliance, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$111K (2022) → $128K (2024)
Jaime Daniel
Finance Director
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$111K (2022) → $139K (2024)
Laura Garner
Development Director
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$106K (2023) → $144K (2024)
Teal Edelen
Director & Forests
Program Officer → Director & Forests, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$124K (2023) → $131K (2024)
Adrian Blocker
Director
Director → Board Member, 2022
Board Member → Director, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cris Stainbrook
Director
Director → Board Member, 2022
Board Member → Director, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Beatriz Da Cunha
Director
Board Member → Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jo-Ellen Darcy
Director
Board Member → Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joshua Raglin
Director
Board Member → Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Solie Kilpi
Director
Board Member → Director, 2024
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anna Torma
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Fritz Mason
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Deborah Spalding
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maro Imirizan
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
William Crawford
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alicia Cramer
Chief Operating Officer
Senior Vice Preisdent → Senior Vice President, 2021
Senior Vice President → Chief Operating Officer, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$215K (2020) → $296K (2024)
Michael Goergen
Vice President
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$206K (2020) → $231K (2024)
Peter Stangel
Chief Development Officer
COO → Chief Operating Officer, 2021
Chief Operating Officer → Chief Development Officer, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$267K (2020) → $348K (2024)
Matthew Krumenauer
Vice President
On filings since 2021
40 hrs/week
$177K (2021) → $244K (2024)
Joie Mor
Chief Financial Officer
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$153K (2022) → $231K (2024)
Mark Reed
Vice Chair
Board Member → Director, 2023
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rehad Paul Hossain
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2024
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (12)
- Former: Caroline Dauzat (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Kevin Schuyler (2020–2023) — Treasurer
- Former: Mark D. Emmerson (2020–2023) — Chairman
- Former: Soile Kilpi (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Maro Imirzian (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: James Farrell (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Rachel Jacobson (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Signe Cann (2020–2022) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Curtis Wynn (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Jolinda More (2021) — Finance Director
- Former: Carlton Owen (2020) — CEO Secretary
- Former: Matt Krumenauer (2020) — Vice President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $456K, to Peter Madden (CEO Secretary). 10 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about United States Endowment for Forestry
How much does United States Endowment for Forestry give each year?
United States Endowment for Forestry gave $9.1M across 66 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $7.7M across 61 grants.
What is United States Endowment for Forestry's typical grant size?
United States Endowment for Forestry's median grant in 2024 was $100,877, and its average grant was $137,845, across 66 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from United States Endowment for Forestry that year got $148K on average.
Where does United States Endowment for Forestry give grants?
United States Endowment for Forestry's top state is California, with 18% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990. The next largest states were Georgia (9%) and Oregon (8%). The most frequent recipient cities were Washington, DC (5 grants), Portland, OR (3 grants) and San Francisco, CA (2 grants).
Does United States Endowment for Forestry give general operating support?
Not in 2024: none of the 66 grants with a stated purpose on United States Endowment for Forestry's 2024 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Innovative Finance" (19 grants), "Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention" (11 grants) and "Mass Timber" (8 grants).
Who are United States Endowment for Forestry's largest grantees?
United States Endowment for Forestry's largest 2024 grantees include Rath Industries ($569,144), Working Forest Initiative ($500,000) and Auburn University ($402,106), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. Together they received 16% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.
How large is United States Endowment for Forestry?
United States Endowment for Forestry reported $292.5M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $10.2M.
What does United States Endowment for Forestry fund?
The Endowment’s mission is to work collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to advance systemic, transformative and sustainable change for the health and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant communities. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from United States Endowment for Forestry?
The Endowment does not accept unsolicited requests. Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
What is United States Endowment for Forestry's EIN?
United States Endowment for Forestry's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-5583324. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.
Does United States Endowment for Forestry accept unsolicited proposals?
No, according to Grantable's research on the foundation's published guidelines. See how to apply ↑
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 11, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 2, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 10, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 14, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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