# Trees, Water & People

> Fort Collins nonprofit planting trees and building clean cookstoves with Indigenous and Central American communities

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## Facts

- Type: Nonprofit
- Scope: Global
- Headquarters: Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
- Founded: 1998
- Website: https://treeswaterpeople.org
- Volunteer sign-up: https://treeswaterpeople.org/volunteer
- Donate: https://treeswaterpeople.org/donate
- Countries where they plant: Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, United States
- Activity types: Reforestation (primary), Agroforestry, Nurseries & seedlings, Education & advocacy
- Trees on record: 189,600 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## About

Trees, Water & People (TWP) is a Fort Collins, Colorado nonprofit founded in 1998 that helps communities protect, conserve and manage the natural resources they depend on. Its Mesoamerica Program works with local partner organizations in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Mexico on community-based reforestation, agroecology and Justa clean cookstoves, while its Indigenous Lands Program (founded 2005) supports Tribal forestry, riparian restoration and seedling planting with Pueblos in New Mexico and the Ute Mountain Ute in Colorado. TWP reported 94,800 trees and seedlings planted and 1,500 cookstoves installed in 2025.

## Programs

- **Mesoamerica Program** — Reforestation (1998–present): Community-based reforestation, agroecology, gender-equity and clean-cookstove work with partner organizations in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Mexico; Central America work began in 1998. https://treeswaterpeople.org/international
- **Indigenous Lands Program** — Reforestation (2005–present): Builds the capacity of Native American Tribes in the western U.S. to manage natural resources, including seedling planting, riparian restoration and Tribal forestry summits with Cochiti, Santo Domingo and Jemez Pueblos and the Ute Mountain Ute. https://treeswaterpeople.org/indigenous-lands

## Metrics

> Note: TWP's 2025 Impact Report PDF gives 94,800 trees and seedlings planted and 1,500 Justa cookstoves installed, while its web Impact page lists 95,400 trees and 1,642 cookstoves under a '2025-2026' heading; the two periods are not explained, so we use the PDF figures. The 85,800 Mesoamerica and 9,000 New Mexico figures sum to 94,800. TWP's fiscal year ends March 31 and it publishes no cumulative tree total.

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Funds raised (USD) | 2026 | 3,058,683 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/841462044) ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Form 990 for fiscal year ending March 2026: total revenue $3,058,683 (expenses $3,057,604) |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 94,800 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://treeswaterpeople.org/s/TreesWaterPeople_ImpactReport_2025.pdf) 2025 Impact Report, p.1: '94,800 Total Trees & Seedlings Planted' |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 85,800 | no (that year) | Mesoamerica Program | Self-reported | [source](https://treeswaterpeople.org/s/TreesWaterPeople_ImpactReport_2025.pdf) 2025 Impact Report, p.3 (Mesoamerica Program): '85,800 Trees Planted. Community-based reforestation for long-term climate resilience.' |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 9,000 | no (that year) | Indigenous Lands Program | Self-reported | [source](https://treeswaterpeople.org/s/TreesWaterPeople_ImpactReport_2025.pdf) 2025 Impact Report, p.2 (Indigenous Lands Program): '9,000 Seedlings Planted In NM despite drought conditions; 9k more stored for spring' |

Confidence labels: self-reported means the organization published the figure itself; independently verified means a third party confirmed it; estimated means TreeRM worked it out, and the note says how.

## Links

- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/treeswaterpeople/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TreesWaterPeople/
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trees-water-&-people
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TreesWaterandPeople

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