Little Tree Project LLC
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Little Tree Project is an anti-human trafficking nonprofit headquartered in South Alabama with the mission to end human trafficking and bring freedom to the exploited through prevention, outreach, rescue, and residential. We envision cultures and communities where sustainable freedom is possible and cycles of slavery are forever broken. For freedom we are planting seeds of change, reclaiming stories, and fighting to end human trafficking.
- Income
- $51,494
- Spending
- $32,949
- Reserves
- 6.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending April 30, 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 April 30, 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 April 30, 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 (1)
- Little Tree Project fights human trafficking through prevention, outreach, rescue, and residential. The organization accomplishes such efforts through collaborations and partnerships with local and international service providers, law enforcement, employment opportunities, and fellow anti-human trafficking organizations. This includes Rescue America, Selah Freedom, Wellhouse of Alabama, Alabama Anti-Human Trafficking Alliance, the US Probation Office, Fairhope Police Department and more. The organization is consulting under Selah Freedom and the Wellhouse - two experienced and successful organizations with the same cause in order to ensure the best care, holistic services, and trauma-informed programming possible. This includes protocols and procedures, program development, fundraising, and building a dynamic and impactful board, staff, and volunteer base. Little Tree Project is pioneering proper detection, response, and care for anti-human trafficking efforts in South Alabama on a multi-disciplinary level including service providers, NGOs, law enforcement, medical and mental health care, addiction recovery, the hospitality industry, and more
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending April 30, 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 October 13, 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 April 2026.
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 April 2020.
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 October 21, 2026.
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