Trees, Water & People

2012 Annual Report

Dear Friends,
Last year was amazing in many ways. The economy was still in recovery and there was a very expensive and contentious election, but our donors continued to support our practical and costeffective approach to development - based on giving people a hand up, not a hand-out. While we maintained good growth and progress on our core reforestation and clean cookstove programs, we also made some exceptional progress on several new major projects, like our solar lighting program. Nationally, we continued to develop our new renewable energy training facility for Native Americans on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The inauguration of the Sacred Earth Lodge is set for October 11, 2013. I hope many of you will join us to celebrate this amazing new facility and see all of the work we have been doing at the Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center. The cornerstone of our efforts to bring green jobs training to tribes across the Great Plains, the new Lodge will enable us to accommodate up to 25 students and visitors. Internationally, we have also been busy developing the National Center for Biomass Energy & Climate Change in La Paz Centro, Nicaragua. This new regional center will provide the best knowledge available on adapting to global climate change. Through practical workshops and courses, we will help farmers and students find a way forward in a time of rapidly changing weather patterns. The land is purchased for the new Center and we have been working with our long-term Nicaraguan partners, Prolea, to develop the building plans for the facility. Recently, we broke ground and began construction on the first phase. This is the Trees, Water & People approach in action - taking practical steps forward to provide real and lasting sustainable solutions to some of todays most urgent environmental and human needs. Thank you to all of our donors and supporters for providing financial support, but also the wisdom and advice that makes our work possible! With gratitude,

Richard Fox Executive Director

Our Mission:
To improve peoples lives by helping communities to protect, conserve, and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends.

Our Vision:
Our work is guided by two core beliefs: 1) Natural resources are best protected when local people play an active role in their care and management; and 2) Preserving local ecosystems is essential for the ongoing social, economic, and environmental health of communities everywhere.

2012 Financial Statements

REVENUE
Public Support* $1,022,442 Government Funding $435,284 Fundraising Events $16,863 Contributed Services and Equipment $48,676 Fees for Services $24,275 Interest Income $6,346 Bequest Income $296 Miscellaneous Income $4,545 Realized Gain/Loss on Securities 15,286 Increase in Receivable Present Value $363 Total Cash Revenues $1,574,376 Donated/Volunteer Services $102,663

EXPENSES
Program services $1,246,438 International $922,380 El Salvador $137,896 Guatemala $18,405 Haiti $92,978 Honduras $347,288 Nicaragua $123,681 Peru $200,392 Uganda $1,740 National $324,058 Tribal $253,281 High Park $70,777 Support services $243,689 Fundraising $57,682 Total Cash Expenses $1,547,809 Donated/Volunteer Services $102,663

TOTAL

$1,677,039

TOTAL
*Includes Individual, Foundation and Corporate Giving

$1,650,472
$785,743

Net Assets at End of Year

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Fees for Services
Contributed Services

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

$1,389,443 $1,680,517 $1,441,785 $1,438,162 $1,677,039

Trees, Water & People Financial Trends

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Photo: Mark Andrew Boyer

TRIBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

A new way to honor the old ways
On the resevations where we work, over 60% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Electric heat, propane, and fresh food is often financially out of reach. The Pine Ridge Reservation, where our program is headquartered, has unemployment rates as high as 85%, creating many social and environmental problems for our Nations First Peoples. Our Tribal Renewable Energy Program puts the power of nature the warmth of the sun, the power of the wind, the shelter of trees to work for Native Americans. Working with reservation communities, we build and install solar air heaters for families, provide green job training, and grow fresh produce at our Solar Warrior Farm. These solutions are sustainable, economically beneficial, environmentally friendly, and celebrate the Native Americans respect for Mother Earth.

begins food production

Solar Warrior Farm

28 metric tons

of greenhouse gas emissions avoided

Photo: Sebastian Africano

CLEAN COOKSTOVE PROGRAM

Healthy families, healthy communities
In Central America alone, more than 80% of families cook their meals with firewood. And, in Haiti, upwards of 90% of the population is dependent on some type of biomass (wood or charcoal) to cook every meal. To combat these problems, we have developed clean cookstoves that use up to 70% less wood than traditional open fires. The technology behind these stoves is simple and very low-maintenance. We manufacture all of our stoves incountry with the help of our local partners. What makes these projects so sustainable is the use of local materials and labor and the adaption of the designs to local cooking customs and traditions.

2,107

people trained to build clean cookstoves

Photo: Sebastian Africano

REFORESTATION PROGRAM
Environmental protection from the ground up
Our reforestation program focuses on community-led tree planting, environmental education, and economic development both through conservation and the responsible management of forest resources. We work with local groups, schools, and communities in low-income rural areas to help them plant and maintain their trees. In Central America and Haiti, our tree nurseries produce tree seedlings for planting in deforested areas, family farms, and around homes. While some of these trees will be used for firewood, others will remain for the trees life, creating healthy soils and watersheds for many years to come.

Community-led tree nurseries

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Photo: Darren Mahuron

CLEANTECH PROGRAM
Illuminating homes in Latin America
One out of every two people in the world have limited access to safe and affordable sources of energy. In Central America alone, 7.3 million people live without electricity. Our cleantech solar products not only reduce the use of natural resources and decrease emissions, they offer rural communities a source of renewable, clean energy. We are brining cleantech products to rural areas of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru in the form of solar lighting, solar electric, and solar phone chargers. These innovative products make it possible to fulfill the increasing need for light and phone chargers, while introducing technology that provides additional benefits, such as allowing families to work or study at night.

More than of kerosene saved

35,000 liters

Thank You 2012 Supporters!

REDWOOD ($2,500 and above)
A. Jon Becker Adele and Page Dinsmore Allegro Coffee Angela and Jeremy Foster Anonymous Arntz Family Foundation Atkinson Foundation Bert and Betsy McBride The Blossom Fund Boulder Community Foundation, Sadie Gift Fund Brooks and Jen Bolyard Campus Crest Group Christine and Mark Fisher Cloud 9 Adventures Combined Federal Campaign Connie and Stanley Rajnak The Conway Bennett Fund, c/o The Community Foundation Counter Culture Coffee Custom Blending The Denver Foundation - Colorado Fire Relief Fund Donald and Joan Kimmel The Eleanor Crook Foundation Fair Share Foundation Fairfax Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Filipp Sapienza Gerald and Martine Conway Gerald Conway, Jr. and Kanur Srinivasan Gerke Family Charity Fund Gillian and Peter Neumeier Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation The International Foundation Jeff Lebesch and Zia Zybko Jenny Bramhall and Stuart Conway Leaving a Positive Legacy, Inc. LLS Foundation Michelle Pett-Thomas and Brian Thomas The Mike Beall Community Fund The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation Motherlove The New Hamsphire Charitable Foundation and Putnam Foundation Overlook International Foundation Paul Conway Project 7 International, Inc. Ray Murphy Rebecca Gregori The San Francisco Foundation - Pickwick Fund The S. L. Gimbel Foundation The Scoob Trust Foundation Townsquare Media TurtleCon Fund of the Cleveland Foundation Whole Systems Foundation William Brown

WHITE OAK ($1,000 - $2,499)

Advanced Nutrients Agnes Hayden Alan and Judith Appelbaum Aneal and Zoe Gadgil Ann Reifsnyder Be Local Northern Colorado Benjamin J. Rosenthal Foundation Betsy and Stanley Dole Brendle Group Carl Kohls Cassandra Naylor Catherine Caneau Chad Doverspike Christine Batten Coleman and Nancy Burton Community Shares Conscious Capitalism, Inc. Constance and Kevin Sutton David and Linda Veldman David Lewis and Mona Newton Deb and Randon Doverspike Delta Dental Denise and William Wozencraft Dorothy Shaw Ecesis Foundation Encana Cares Foundation Evergreen Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey Fort Collins Coloradoan Foster and Karen Sherwood Frederick and Laura Shapiro Gail and Russ Herrell Gesellschaft fuer bedrohte Voelker Green Ride HiFi Network LLC Higbie Family Foundation Houska Automotive James Craighead JAX Mercantile Company Jennifer and L. Houska The Estate of John McLean Jon Reichlin Jonathan Weissglass and Lauren Willis Joyce Dobbert Kathy Cosgrove Green and John Green Keith and Lori Marshall Kenneth and Paisley Pettine Louise Arnold Lyle and Vera Dethlefsen Martha Patt Thompson Mary and William Conway Mouse Trap Farm Nancy Andrews and Amy Risch Nancy Schwanfelder Nedra San Filippo New Belgium Brewing Company Newton Family Fund Nicholas Vavra Northern Colorado Business Report Palo Alto Rotary Club Peter and Rita Carfagna Ready Foods Robert Bradley and Victoria Gordon Rotary Club of Thompson Valley School Yoga Institute Schwab Charitable Fund Scott and Susan Johnson Smartpress SolarFlo Corporation Stacey Baumgarn and Jennifer Davey Steve White StovesOnLine Sun Chen Tara Parr and Charlie Snider Toyota 100 Cars for Good Trimble Navigation Limited Wendy Walsh Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation - John Hirschi Donor Advised Fund William Theimer Your True Nature

SILVER MAPLE ($500 - $999)

Alison and Frank Davis Ann and Ford Frick Anne Galyean ArcelorMittal Matching Gifts Program B. Metz Barbara Jones Betsy and James Markey Brenda and Kenneth Songy Bruce and Susan Gottschall Cause Tee Inc. Clothes Pony Colleen Redamonti Cottonwood Foundation Daniel and Lucy Stroock David and Ruth Becker Debbie Browne and Bernie Strom Denise and Patrick Juliana Do Something, Inc. Dohn Construction Dorothy Comeau and Jed Fuhrman Elizabeth Becker Eloise Smyrl Emily Mason Kahn Eric Johnson and Penny Warren Falcon Industries Inc First Presbyterian Church Fred Bramhall and Mary Clark Gail Erlandson and Bruce Morse Garth and Joanne Rogers George

and Manci Ohrstrom Gerald Dickinson Glenda Bunce Heinz and Margaret Aeschbach Heuionalani Wyeth Illinois Prairie Community Foundation - RCW Treadway Donor Advised Fund Independent Charities of America Jeannie and Ronald Reafs John and Sally Morley John and Susanne Manley JTM Company Kahn Family Fund c/o The Denver Foundation Katharine and Rollin Wilson Kathleen Doyle Kathryn and Kenneth Bedell Kathryn Kemp Kevin McCartney KRFC KUNC Laura Devoe and Kristin Devoe-Talluto Laurel Bowan Conway and Neil Conway Leo Gilleran Leslie OLoughlin Lyric Cinema Cafe Maggie Fox and Mark Udall Marie Gaillard Marilyn and Paul Thayer Marjorie Boehner and Richard Osborne Mark Wainger and Rhonda Woo Matt and Tarah West Native American Rights Fund Patty Snyder and Jim Volpa Paul Cantor Plant-It 2020 Poudre High School The Rader Family Trust Rita and Leo Greenland Family Foundation Robert Buehler Rochester Area Community Foundation - Ruth I. Morton Fund Rosalind Abernathy Ross Chappell SAGE Program The Sarah and Jackie McCarron Memorial Fund Seacrest Foundation Sign-A-Rama Stanley Sperber and Ann Sprayregen The Suwinski Family Foundation Susan Sherrod Sustainable Living Association Teena Kurian and Christopher Martalus Tessa McRae Thomas Blomberg Vernon Delk and Dale Dow William and Anna Talley William Mabry YourCause LLC / Trustee for Hewlett-Packard

PONDEROSA PINE ($250 - $499)

Adobe Systems Incorporated Allayne and Brian Chappelle Amanda Harper Amelia Scharrer American Express Charitable Fund Andres Nieto Angie and Oliver Hofstad Ann and Bill Gaechter Anne and Ben Manvel Ashley and Zachary Vander Meeden Barclay and Gaddis Smith Bert and Dara Hargrave Beth and John Lepinski Betty and Gus Gendler Bonnie Power Boston Foundation Brian Wegener Byron and Nancy Sugahara C. and Margaret Leinbach Carol and Logan Hardison Carol Gertsch and Louis Swanson Charles and Margaret Wanner Charles Feigenbaum Christine Arden and David Newman Christopher Craig Clark and Phyllis Webb Colene McKee ColorPro Printing Community First Foundation Dana Michaud Daniel Dennison David Doebler Debra and John Applin Dennis Livingston and Karen Moss Denver Investment Advisors LLC Don Guateri Donna Friedman Doris Burford and Donna Casali Dorothy Cada Douglas Conrad Douglas Morgan Dudley and Kathryn Blossom Edward Rawson Eleanor Blomberg Elephant Revival Elizabeth and John Stratton Elizabeth and Lisa Field Ella McGuire Eric and Trish Babbitt Ethel Glass Fay Graning Fort Collins Nursery Frances and Robert Ludwig Gary Eastman and Kathy Reid Genevieve and Robert Sharrow George Vacek Glenda and Reynaldo Hernandez Goes Funeral Care and Crematory, Inc. Hamilton and Lillian Emmons Harold

and Mary Douthit Harvey and Suzanne Gaylord Heather Herrell Henry and Mary Doll Honey Hollow Foundation Hudnut Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado Hurd and Mary Baruch Ian Solo Photography Inez Corrado Irwin and Karen Redlener Jean and Thomas Sutherland Jeff and Kristin Moore Jeff Holmes Jeffrey Mertz Jennifer and Oren Anderson Jerome Blomberg Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia Sonia and Robert Woldow Philanthropic Fund John and Mallory Clarke John Rogers John Scott Judith Moreland Penniman and William Penniman Judy and Larry Klein Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund Julia Tullis June Heilman Karen and Stephen Dornseif Kathy and Ralph Giesler Katy Kohnen and Daniel Siegfried Keith and Susan Bettles Kenneth Mountcastle Kristina Kubat Laura Davis and Tom Peterson Laurie and Richard Cullor Lawrence Broh-Kahn Leah Crews Lizard Landscaping LLC Lucuma Designs Maija and Thomas Carey Margaret and Richard Essenberg Margaret Mansfield Margaret Strahl Maria Hernandez Ayala Marjorie Van Cleef Mark S. Hierseman Memorial Foundation Fund Mary Fuller Munger Max Mattison and Wendy Zerin Mattison Michael Clark and Chris DeRoller Michael Nimkoff Neal Stender Norman Mueller and Christy Murphy Odell Brewing Company OtterCares Foundation Pamela and Timothy McCarthy Pamela Griffin Pat and Stephen Tweedie Paul Stengel Peter Limburg Phillip and Starr Teague Reilly Painting Inc. Richard Latterell Richard Vaz Rita Smith Robert Cline Robert Franke Robyn Stockton Russel Clayshulte Sally Mitchell Scott Harris Seymour Frank Shirley and Timothy Blancke Sisters of Mercy West Midwest Community Sonia Woldow Steve Rutledge Stuart and Virginia Peltz Stuart Shipe Sue and Tim Flynn Tarah West Terry Cohen Therese Conway Killen Thomas and Valerie Williams Thomas Brewer Trebuchet Group United Mailing Virginia Cindrich W. Baker WabiWare William Corey and Kathy Umbdenstock

CORPORATE PARTNERS
Advanced Nutrients Allegro Coffee Be Local Northern Colorado Brendle Group Campus Crest Group Cause Tee Inc. Clothes Pony Cloud 9 Adventures ColorPro Printing Conscious Capitalism, Inc. Counter Culture Coffee Custom Blending Delta Dental Denver Investment Advisors LLC Dohn Construction Eli Lilly Falcon Industries Inc Fort Collins Coloradoan Fort Collins Nursery Goes Funeral Care and Crematory, Inc. Green Ride HiFi Network LLC Houska Automotive Ian Solo Photography JAX Mercantile Company KRFC KUNC Leaving a Positive Legacy, Inc. Lizard Landscaping LLC Lucuma Designs Lyric Cinema Cafe Motherlove Native American Rights Fund New Belgium Brewing Company Northern Colorado Business Report Odell Brewing Company Plant-It 2020 Project 7 International, Inc. Ready Foods Reilly Painting Inc. SAGE Program School Yoga Institute Sign-A-Rama Smartpress SolarFlo Corporation StovesOnLine Sustainable Living Association Townsquare Media Trebuchet Group Trimble Navigation Limited United Mailing Wabi-Ware Your True Nature

EVERGREEN CIRCLE
Elizabeth Barbee Keith Bettles Robert Brown William Brown Laura Chenault Paul Conway James Cooper Duncan Cottrell Dale Dow and Vern Delk Daniel Dennison Gerald Dickinson Katharine Dodge Thomas Dronet Rosalie Flood Jacqueline Fortino Marianne G. Freidberg Keith French Winnefred Frolik Merrill Garrett Anetta Giovanna Rebecca Gregori Bert and Dara Hargrave Eric Johnson Dave Kahn Skyler Kanegi William King Reilly Kelly Kopf John Kramer Jane Lusk David Michaelson Deborah Milkowski James Murphy Sune Nightingale Bonnie Power Fiona and Mike Reilly Kimberly Rosa Nedra San Filippo Kathy and Harold Saunders Glenn Schnadt Kelly Simmons Malcolm Simpson Donald Smith Rita Smith Bruce Spring Jeanne Stratton Jane Stubbs Bo Svensson Timothy Swartz Charla Teale Elinote Tushner William Corey and Kathy Umbdenstock Richard Vaz Stephanie Vestal Fred Walls Clifton Wigtil

2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jon Becker, President Jenny Bramhall, Vice President Kevin Shaw, Treasurer Adele Dinsmore, Secretary Patrick Flynn, Jeremy Foster, Kathy Cosgrove Green, Mona Newton, Jim Volpa

2012 INTERNS
Leigha Bohn, International Development Intern Michael Cole, Tribal Development Intern Holly Dalton, International Development Intern Brooke Davis, Tribal Development Intern Madison Dengler, International Development Intern Jorden Engel, Red Cloud Renewable Energy Center Intern Betsy Farris, Development Intern Birch Hincks, Tribal Intern Tawny Holzworth, Tribal Development Intern Kristin Lacy, International Development Intern Stephanie Lesar, Marketing Intern Daniela Mamone, International Intern Magaly Mori, Marketing Intern DeVerna Rogers, Tribal Development Intern Daniel Sidder, International Development Intern Cate Stone, National Intern Teri Tracy, SunMobile Intern

2012 STAFF
Richard Fox, Executive Director Stuart Conway, Director of Special Projects Sebastian Africano, International Director Claudia Menendez, International Program Coordinator Elliot Cooper, International Program Coordinator Benjamin Osorto, Regional Coordinator Jean-Marie Gabriel, Haiti Program Manager Lacey Gaechter, National Director Claire Burnett, Tribal Business Assistant Diane Vella, Finance Director Heather Herrell, Development Director Amanda Haggerty, Data and Design Manager Kari Lanphier, Data Assistant Megan Maiolo, Marketing & Communications Manager Pete Iengo, Office and Volunteer Manager

Thank you to all of our amazing 2012 volunteers!

Hours donated: 4,637 Total Volunteers: 166 Total value of volunteer hours: $100,252

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