Armenia Tree Project
Yerevan, Armenia · Nonprofit · National · since 1994
Armenian-American nonprofit that has planted over 9 million trees in Armenia since 1994 from its own nurseries
About
Armenia Tree Project (ATP) was founded in 1994 by Carolyn Mugar in response to the deforestation of Armenia's post-independence energy crisis. It grows native seedlings at four nurseries (Mirak in Margahovit, Karin, Khachpar and the Bilezikian greenhouse) plus a backyard-nursery network of about 150 rural families, and plants them through a Forestry program that afforests community land in Lori, Shirak and Kotayk (1,000,050 trees in 2025) and a Community Tree Planting program for schoolyards, parks and other sites in Yerevan and all regions. Its Environmental Education program has reached more than 114,000 students and teachers since 2004 through two education centers and eco-clubs. ATP planted its 9 millionth tree in Ashtarak in May 2025; the organisation is run from Yerevan (Arshakunyats 57/5, labelled headquarters on its site) with a US fundraising office in Massachusetts (Woburn in its annual reports, Watertown in the current website footer), and is a project of the Armenian Assembly of America for 501(c)(3) purposes.
What they run
Plants native oak, pine, birch, ash, maple and other species on degraded community land in Lori, Shirak and Kotayk, hiring villagers as seasonal workers and maintaining sites with weeding, fencing and replanting.
Plants trees and shrubs at schools, kindergartens, hospitals, parks, churchyards and other community sites in Yerevan and all regions, and distributes fruit trees to border-village families.
Four nurseries producing more than a million native seedlings a year plus a Backyard Nursery Program paying rural families to grow seedlings.
Forest-science and stewardship teaching through two education centers, school programs and eco-clubs across Armenia.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 🌱 Afforestation | 1,807,070 | 2024–2025 |
| 🏙️ Urban forestry | 68,608 | 2025 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds raised (USD) | 2025 | 4,490,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceATP 2025 Annual Report, financial report: 'Total revenue for the fiscal year was $4.49 million'; expenses $3.55 million; FY2024 revenue was $2.89 million and FY2023 $2,648,176 |
| Trees plantedto date | 2025 | 9,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceATP 2025 Annual Report, p.10: 'Since its founding, ATP has planted over nine million trees'; 9 millionth tree planted at Semonian Park, Ashtarak, May 2025 (8 millionth planted end of 2023 per 2023 report) |
| Hectares restored | 2025 | 250 | Forestry (afforestation and reforestation) | Self-reported | sourceATP 2025 Annual Report: afforestation 'spanned across 250 hectares in nine communities'; 2024 report cites 100 ha converted to forest and 200 ha of pasture restored at Mets Sariar |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 807,020 | Forestry (afforestation and reforestation) | Self-reported | sourceATP Annual Report 2024, p.6: 'In 2024, we successfully planted 807,020 trees across four regions' at 12 sites; CTP separately planted 56,208 seedlings (23,317 spring + 32,891 fall); 2023 forestry figure was 637,000 (2023 report p.5) |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 1,000,050 | Forestry (afforestation and reforestation) | Self-reported | sourceATP 2025 Annual Report, Field Operations: 'planting 1,000,050 trees in a single year' across 250 hectares in nine communities in Lori, Shirak and Kotayk; 774,994 seedlings supplied by Mirak Nursery |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 68,608 | Community Tree Planting / Urban Greening | Self-reported | sourceATP 2025 Annual Report: Community Tree Planting program 'planted 68,608 trees and shrubs across 365 sites'; 7,673 fruit trees to 905 families |
How they report
What earned it
- 10/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 2 years of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2025
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 6 of 6 figures link to a source
- 15/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: Revenue or cost-per-tree figure on record
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 0/5 Reports volunteers or events: No volunteer figures or events
- Latest annual figure
- 1,068,658 trees in 2025 (+32% on the year before)
- Dollars raised per tree
- $4.20 in 2025
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