Your Childrens Trees
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Volunteer urban forestry programs for public agencies, educational programs for schools.
- Income
- $38,403
- Spending
- $49,930
- Reserves
- 17.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $500, director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $32,987 spent. Serve as technical advisor and resource provider to Your Children's Trees at UCSB, an all student operated and officially recognized campus organization dedicated to restoration of natural areas on campus with the growing, planting and caring of native trees. Students serve as trainers during volunteer planting events, and during educational events at local elementary schools. We use 10 different interactive exhibits to interest students in the fields of math and science. During our weekly and sometimes biweekly events, we planted 170 trees with 1243 participants providing for 3705 service hours and caring for 1016 trees. We also conducted 10 science night events working with approximately 1750 students, parents and staff.
- $6,000 spent. Maintained and enhanced the Harder Growing grounds to accommodate 300 native trees to be grown for restoration projects, including a 300 tree restoration of the Ellwood Marine Terminal site which began installation in 2025 and will continue into 2026. Funding provided by a grant from the Associated Students Finance and Business
- $6,000 spent. Maintained and enhanced Elings Growing Ground at Elings Park to accommodate 300 trees for future projectt
- $12,470 spent. YCT completed a $12, 470 grant from 2024 from the Santa Barbara Foundation to install 80 native oak trees grown at the Harder Growing ground to install along the Valerio Trail in Elings Park.
- $4,000 spent. YCT updated 10 self-guided tree walks at Goleta Union, Santa Barbara Unified and Hope School districts where we have previously created 21 self- guided tree walks at 21 campuses. The 10 updated tree walks, were prepared to coincide with planned Science Night presentations at the ten schools, which reached about 1750 students and parents. Funding provided by grants from the Associated Student Finance and Business, and the society of American Foresters
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2015.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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