{"slug":"trees-winnipeg","name":"Trees Winnipeg","tagline":"Winnipeg charity running the ReLeaf tree sales and the One Million Tree Challenge to rebuild the city's elm-hit canopy","description":"Trees Winnipeg, legally the Coalition to Save the Elms, Manitoba Inc., was founded in 1992 by neighbourhood groups fighting Dutch elm disease and now works to protect, preserve and promote Winnipeg's urban forest. Its ReLeaf Tree Planting Program sells discounted, Manitoba-grown trees to homeowners each spring and fall, with a trunk guard, care booklet and arborist consultation at pickup, supported by the City of Winnipeg. With the City it leads the One Million Tree Challenge, launched in 2019 to plant a million new trees as Winnipeg's population approaches one million, and it runs Arbor Day, the Community Tree Planter Certificate, Trees for Schools, Manitoba Heritage Trees and Ask an Arborist programs.","website_url":"https://www.treeswinnipeg.org","logo_url":null,"founded_year":1992,"org_type":"nonprofit","scope":"local","headquarters":{"city":"Winnipeg","region":"Manitoba","country":"CA","lat":49.8951,"lng":-97.1384},"volunteer_url":"https://www.treeswinnipeg.org/take-action/volunteer","donation_url":"https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/coalition-to-save-the-elms-manitoba-inc/","events_url":"https://www.treeswinnipeg.org/news-and-events/events-and-workshops","featured":false,"trees_on_record":9500,"primary_activity":"urban-forestry","activities":[{"slug":"urban-forestry","name":"Urban forestry","primary":true},{"slug":"tree-adoption-giveaway","name":"Tree adoption & giveaways","primary":false},{"slug":"education-advocacy","name":"Education & advocacy","primary":false}],"updated_at":"2026-11-08T00:02:16.275Z","url":"https://treerm.org/org/trees-winnipeg","markdown_url":"https://treerm.org/org/trees-winnipeg.md","api_url":"https://treerm.org/api/v1/organizations/trees-winnipeg","data_note":"Trees Winnipeg's ReLeaf totals differ by source and date: the program page on treeswinnipeg.org says 7,890 trees sold from 2016 to the end of 2024, while the ReLeaf sale site (releaf.tw) says over 9,500 trees in one place and 8,120 in another after the Fall 2026 sale. The One Million Tree Challenge counter (9,150 as of November 2026) counts registered trees from many planters, including ReLeaf purchasers, and the site says it does not capture every tree planted under the challenge. Trees Winnipeg does not publish an annual report with yearly planting totals.","derived":{"annual_trees":[{"year":2022,"value":2028}],"latest_annual":{"year":2022,"value":2028},"yoy":null,"cagr":null,"dollars_raised_per_tree":null,"cost_per_tree":null,"trees_per_volunteer":null,"survival":null,"hectares":null,"transparency":{"score":32,"label":"Thin","points":[{"key":"annual","label":"Publishes annual tree figures","earned":5,"max":20,"why":"1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)"},{"key":"recent","label":"Figures are recent","earned":7,"max":15,"why":"Latest annual figure is for 2022"},{"key":"sourced","label":"Every figure has a public source","earned":10,"max":10,"why":"5 of 5 figures link to a source"},{"key":"money","label":"Publishes financials or cost per tree","earned":0,"max":15,"why":"No financial figure recorded"},{"key":"survival","label":"Reports survival or monitoring","earned":0,"max":15,"why":"No survival or monitoring figure"},{"key":"verified","label":"Independently verified figure","earned":0,"max":10,"why":"All figures are the organization's own"},{"key":"programs","label":"Breaks figures down by program","earned":10,"max":10,"why":"Figures attached to named programs"},{"key":"people","label":"Reports volunteers or events","earned":0,"max":5,"why":"No volunteer figures or events"}]},"methodology":"https://treerm.org/methodology"},"countries":["CA"],"social_links":{"x":"https://twitter.com/TreesWinnipeg","instagram":"https://www.instagram.com/treeswinnipeg/","facebook":"https://www.facebook.com/TreesWinnipeg2","youtube":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8khc5zB_OBKACB46IpSyoQ"},"programs":[{"slug":"releaf","name":"ReLeaf Tree Planting Program","activity":"tree-adoption-giveaway","description":"Twice-yearly online sale of discounted trees from Manitoba tree farms for Winnipeg homeowners (up to six per address), with pickup, trunk guard, planting booklet and certified-arborist consultation; supported by the City of Winnipeg and counted toward the One Million Tree Challenge.","url":"https://www.treeswinnipeg.org/our-urban-forest/our-projects/releaf-tree-planting-program","started_year":2016,"ended_year":null},{"slug":"million-tree-challenge","name":"One Million Tree Challenge","activity":"urban-forestry","description":"City-wide challenge with the City of Winnipeg calling on Winnipeggers to plant and register one million new trees; donations are routed through Tree Canada.","url":"https://www.treeswinnipeg.org/million-tree-challenge","started_year":2019,"ended_year":null},{"slug":"community-tree-planter","name":"Community Tree Planter Certificate","activity":"education-advocacy","description":"Workshop plus hands-on planting event that certifies residents to lead their own community tree plantings.","url":"https://www.treeswinnipeg.org/our-urban-forest/our-projects/community-tree-planter","started_year":null,"ended_year":null},{"slug":"trees-for-schools","name":"Trees for Schools","activity":"urban-forestry","description":"Plants trees at inner-city Winnipeg schools; piloted in 2022.","url":null,"started_year":2022,"ended_year":null}],"metrics":[{"metric_type":"trees_distributed","year":2022,"value":2000,"is_cumulative":false,"program":"releaf","source_url":"https://canadahelps.org/en/charities/coalition-to-save-the-elms-manitoba-inc","source_note":"Charity's CanadaHelps profile: in 2022 ReLeaf sales 'provided 2,000 trees to private landowners'","confidence":"reported"},{"metric_type":"trees_distributed","year":2024,"value":7890,"is_cumulative":true,"program":"releaf","source_url":"https://www.treeswinnipeg.org/our-urban-forest/our-projects/releaf-tree-planting-program","source_note":"ReLeaf program page: 'Since the program's inception in 2016 to the end of 2024, we have sold 7,890 trees!'","confidence":"reported"},{"metric_type":"trees_distributed","year":2026,"value":9500,"is_cumulative":true,"program":"releaf","source_url":"https://releaf.tw/","source_note":"ReLeaf sale site (releaf.tw), after the Fall 2026 sale: 'over 9,500 trees' sold since 2016 (accessed Nov 2026)","confidence":"reported"},{"metric_type":"trees_planted","year":2026,"value":9150,"is_cumulative":true,"program":"million-tree-challenge","source_url":"https://www.treeswinnipeg.org/million-tree-challenge","source_note":"One Million Tree Challenge page 'Trees planted' counter: 9150 (accessed Nov 2026); the page notes the map 'does not represent or include all of the trees planted, registered, and counted' in the challenge","confidence":"reported"},{"metric_type":"trees_planted","year":2022,"value":28,"is_cumulative":false,"program":"trees-for-schools","source_url":"https://canadahelps.org/en/charities/coalition-to-save-the-elms-manitoba-inc","source_note":"Charity's CanadaHelps profile: 2022 Trees for Schools pilot 'planted 28 trees at ten inner-city schools'","confidence":"reported"}],"upcoming_events":[],"license":"CC-BY-4.0"}