# Arbor Day Foundation

> Nebraska-based membership nonprofit planting trees in communities and forests across the US and abroad

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## Facts

- Type: Nonprofit
- Scope: Global
- Headquarters: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- Founded: 1972
- Website: https://www.arborday.org
- Volunteer sign-up: https://www.arborday.org/get-involved
- Donate: https://www.arborday.org/donate
- Events calendar: https://www.arborday.org/conferences-events
- Countries where they plant: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Nicaragua, Romania, Tanzania, Ukraine, United States
- Activity types: Reforestation (primary), Urban forestry, Tree adoption & giveaways, Education & advocacy, Carbon offset planting, Disaster & fire recovery
- Trees on record: 500,000,000 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## About

The Arbor Day Foundation is a Lincoln, Nebraska nonprofit whose mission is to inspire people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees. It distributes trees to members and supporters, funds plantings through a network of local community planting partners, and finances large-scale reforestation on public and private forestland in the US and other countries. Its programs include Tree City USA recognition, the Alliance for Community Trees, natural disaster recovery plantings, and Arbor Day Carbon.

## Programs

- **Trees in Communities** — Urban forestry: Funds tree planting and distribution in neighborhoods through a network of local community planting partners.
- **Trees in Forests** — Reforestation: Finances large-scale reforestation on public and private forestland in the US and other countries.
- **Arbor Day Carbon** — Carbon offset planting: Carbon credit program tied to tree planting and forest projects.
- **Natural Disaster Recovery** — Disaster & fire recovery: Replants trees in communities and forests affected by wildfires, hurricanes, and other disasters.
- **Alliance for Community Trees** — Education & advocacy: Network supporting local urban forestry nonprofits with recognition, conferences, and resources.

## Metrics

> Note: The Arbor Day Foundation reports funding projects in 47 countries in 2025 and work in more than 60 countries overall, but publishes no single list of them. The 15 countries shown are those named as planting locations on arborday.org project pages and news releases from 2020 to 2025.

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Trees distributed | 2025 | 4,000,000 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://www.arborday.org/annual-report) FY2024-2025 annual report page: '4M+ trees distributed to members and supporters' |
| Trees planted | 2026 | 500,000,000 | yes (to date) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://www.arborday.org/our-impact) Our Impact page: 'Since 1972, we've planted more than half a billion trees' |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 600,000 | no (that year) | Trees in Communities | Self-reported | [source](https://www.arborday.org/annual-report) FY2024-2025 annual report page: '600K+ trees planted and distributed through community planting partners' |
| Trees planted | 2026 | 220,000 | no (that year) | Trees in Communities | Self-reported | [source](https://www.arborday.org/our-impact) Our Impact page: '220K+ trees planted in communities in 2025-26' (fiscal year ending 2026) |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 20,100,000 | no (that year) | Trees in Forests | Self-reported | [source](https://www.arborday.org/annual-report) FY2024-2025 annual report page: '20.1M+ trees planted in forests across 23 countries' |

Confidence: self-reported is the organization's own published figure; independently verified means a third party confirmed it; estimated means TreeRM derived it and the note says how.

## Upcoming events

- 2026-11-16 — Partners in Community Forestry Conference Week (Other), St. Louis — register: https://www.arborday.org/conferences-events/pcf — https://treerm.org/events/arbor-day-foundation/partners-in-community-forestry-conference-week-2026-11-16.md
- 2026-11-17 — Alliance for Community Trees Day (Community meeting), St. Louis — register: https://na-admin.eventscloud.com/871108?cattypeid=48265 — https://treerm.org/events/arbor-day-foundation/alliance-for-community-trees-day-2026-11-17.md
- 2026-11-17 — Forests in Cities (Training / workshop), St. Louis — register: https://na-admin.eventscloud.com/871108?cattypeid=48265 — https://treerm.org/events/arbor-day-foundation/forests-in-cities-2026-11-17.md

## Links

- instagram: https://instagram.com/arbordayfoundation/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arborday/
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arbor-day-foundation/

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