Propagationnation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO FOSTER THE PROPAGATION AND GROWTH OF TREES.
- Income
- $136,129
- Spending
- $114,214
- Reserves
- 6.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 82%
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
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 67% of charities in its peer group (environment, under $250k).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 6.8 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 12% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 16% of income.
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 (3)
- $57,584 spent. TREE PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION. PROPAGATIONNATION IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL MOVEMENT TO RENEW THE ENVIRONMENT BY PLANTING COAST REDWOODS AND GIANT SEQUOIAS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE CONTRACT WITH NURSERIES TO HAVE REDWOOD AND SEQUOIA SEEDLINGS GROWN AND EITHER SELL OR GIVE THOSE SEEDLINGS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PLANT THOSE SEEDLINGS TO REFOREST THE NORTHWEST WITH REDWOOD AND SEQUOIA TREES. THIS PROGRAM PRODUCES EARNED INCOME. 40,000 TREES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN THE PLANTING SEASON FALL 2024-SPRING 2025 AND 40,000 MORE TREES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN THE PLANTING SEASON FALL 2025-SPRING 2026.
- $500 spent. SCHOOLS. THIS PROGRAM IS EDUCATION OUTREACH TO INVOLVE STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS IN THE EDUCATION AND PLANTING OF COAST REDWOOD AND GIANT SEQUOIA TREES. IN 2025 THIS PROGRAM INVOLVED OLYMPIA MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PLANTING 15 COAST REDWOODS ON A TREE FARM SOUTH OF ELMA, WA, AND 36 FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS AT SAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY IN PLANTING 6 COAST REDWOOD AND 6 GIANT SEQUOIA TREES ON THEIR CAMPUS IN LACEY, WA. IN BOTH CASES EDUCATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF REDWOODS AND SEQUOIAS WAS PROVIDED.
- GPS MAP. THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO CREATE A GPS MAP OF ALL OF THE COAST REDWOODS AND GIANT SEQUOIAS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, AS WELL AS A GPS MAP OF ALL THE REDWOODS AND SEQUOIAS DISTRIBUTED BY PROPAGATIONNATION. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ACTIVITY IN 2025 DUE TO LACK OF STAFF.
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 June 2019.
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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