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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: June 2024 Expires: June 2026

Plant With Purpose

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(800) 633-5319
4747 Morena Boulevard, Suite 100
San Diego, CA, 92117
https://plantwithpurpose.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Plant With Purpose meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to reverse deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor."

Year, State Incorporated:
1984, CA

Plant With Purpose (PWP) reports that it is a Christian environmental organization working to equip and transform the lives of farming families through economic empowerment, environmental restoration, and spiritual renewal. Through purpose groups (groups of approximately 25 families who engage in community-generated savings and loans activities), agroecology training and tree planting, and partnership with local churches, families are provided the skills to build up themselves and their communities. PWP states that it partners with 1,173 churches in 1,296 communities throughout the nine countries of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mexico, Tanzania, Malawi, and Thailand. In 2023, the organization reports that it planted nearly 10 million trees and its programs served approximately 500,000 individuals.

For the year ended June 30, 2023, Plant With Purpose's program expenses were:

Haiti $1,273,459
Dominican Republic $1,199,986
Congo $1,017,559
Burundi $992,057
Tanzania $982,889
Mexico $953,361
Ethiopia $833,814
Malawi $637,547
Thailand $568,076
Constituency education $660,298
Total Program Expenses $9,119,046

Chief Executive
Scott Sabin, President and Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$169,067

Chair of the Board
John Steel

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired, Vice President, Zytec Corp and Artesyn Technologies

Board Size
14

Paid Staff Size
45

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio

Fundraising costs were 23% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $8,782,372, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Plant With Purpose's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2023.

Source of Funds
Project operations $-129,197
Other income $12,211
Investment income $28,591
Special events, net $256,713
Contributions $8,525,659
Total Income $8,693,977

Programs: 76% Fundraising: 17% Administrative: 7%

Total Income $8,693,977
Total expenses: $12,042,092
  Program expenses $9,119,046
  Fundraising expenses $2,041,023
  Administrative expenses $882,023
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-3,348,115
Beginning Net Assets $6,722,394
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $3,374,279
Total Liabilities $480,197
Total Assets $3,854,476

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance