Urban Forest Carbon Registry

Public charity · Grantmaker Seattle, WA EIN: 47-4860929

To promote social welfare, benefit the public interest, combat community deterioration, and improve the urban environment by facilitating urban tree planting and urban forest canopy enhancement projects that create carbon, eco-system, and other benefits.

Urban Forest Carbon Registry at a glance

In short: Urban Forest Carbon Registry gave $151K across 4 grants in 2025 (avg $38K), mostly in Ohio. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$151,422
Grants made (2025)
4
Average grant
$37,856
Median grant
$24,950
Total assets
$1,269,908
+52.3% vs 2024
Primary geography
Ohio (61% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Urban Forest Carbon Registry funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 4 recipients in 2025

Western Reserve Land Conservancy: $93KWestern Reserve LandConservancy$93KGeorgia-Alabama Land Trust: $38KGeorgia-Alabama Land Trust$38KTLC of McHenry County: $12KTLC of McHenry County$12KGreen Cities: $9KGreen Cities$9K

The largest 2025 recipient was Western Reserve Land Conservancy ($93K). Together the top 4 received $151K.

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

6<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 6 grants of 8 (75%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

6states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 4 itemized grants.

Cities

BerkeleyLisleMarionMoreland HillsPiedmontPuyallupSeattleWoodstock

How Urban Forest Carbon Registry gives

  • Giving grew 2548% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K$200K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 2 grants2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 0 grants2024 4 grants2025

From 2021 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2022) to $151K (2025). In 2025 it made 4 grants totaling $151K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Western Reserve Land Conservancy Moreland Hills, OHReimburse Expenses$92,522
Georgia-Alabama Land Trust Piedmont, ALReimburse Expenses$38,099
TLC of McHenry County Woodstock, ILReimburse Expenses$11,801
Green Cities Berkeley, CAReimburse Expenses$9,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$1,269,908$1,695,590$1,261,166$151,4224
2024$833,746$760,437$709,945——
2023$782,622$625,479$670,194$25,0001
2022$825,815$675,931$529,298$5,7181
2021$679,715$674,234$482,917$75,7222
2020$529,561$467,638$400,300——
2019$422,569$483,482$356,134——

About Urban Forest Carbon Registry

Based on IRS filings

Urban Forest Carbon Registry is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Seattle, WA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.3M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 4 grants totaling $151K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Urban Forest Carbon Registry is led by Mark McPherson, President on every filing since 2019; 1 of 4 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Mark McPherson

    President

    On filings since 2019

    30 hrs/week

    $90K (2020) → $123K (2025)

  • Sarah Blasevic

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joel Bodansky

    Secretary

    Vice President → Secretary, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Thompson

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Jared Williams (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Mark McPherson — President: $123KMark McPhersonPresident$123K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $123K, to Mark McPherson (President).

Frequently asked questions about Urban Forest Carbon Registry

How much does Urban Forest Carbon Registry give each year?

Urban Forest Carbon Registry gave $151K across 4 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990.

What is Urban Forest Carbon Registry's typical grant size?

Urban Forest Carbon Registry's median grant in 2025 was $24,950, and its average grant was $37,856, across 4 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Urban Forest Carbon Registry give grants?

Urban Forest Carbon Registry gives mostly in Ohio: 61% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest states were Alabama (25%) and Illinois (8%).

Does Urban Forest Carbon Registry give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 4 grants with a stated purpose on Urban Forest Carbon Registry's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Reimburse Expenses" (4 grants).

How large is Urban Forest Carbon Registry?

Urban Forest Carbon Registry reported $1.3M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.7M.

What is Urban Forest Carbon Registry?

Urban Forest Carbon Registry is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Seattle, WA. It holds $1.3M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Urban Forest Carbon Registry's EIN?

Urban Forest Carbon Registry's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 47-4860929. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS September 28, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 11, 2024)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 18, 2026)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 5, 2020)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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