Mary DiCarlo, TREE Fund Development and Communications Manager Tom Ordway, TREE Fund Liaison

We support scientific discovery and dissemination of new knowledge in the fields of arboriculture and urban forestry

Ensuring the future of the arboriculture industry: Grants for new research Scholarships for aspiring tree care professionals Support for arboriculture education

Root and soil management Planting and establishment Plant health care Risk assessment and worker safety Urban forestry Current Research Priorities

$300,000 + awarded in new research projects 4 Arboriculture Education grants 5 EAB Community Education grants 3 scholarships Research and Education Awards View our grants archive online at

2014 Hyland R. Johns Grant $25,000, 3-5 year project duration Bryant Scharenbroch, PhD The Morton Arboretum, U. Wisconsin-Stevens Point “Rapid remediation of urban soil for trees”

2013 John Z. Duling Grants Innovative Research (“Seed Money”) Rich Hauer UW-Stevens Point “Assessment of Municipal Urban and Community Programs and Associated Community Capacity” Justin Morgenroth University of Canterbury “Image-based 3D Urban Tree Modeling” 2013 Jack Kimmel International Grants supported by the Canadian TREE Fund Alessio Fini University of Florence “Effects of sidewalk designs on soil characteristics & the growth/physiology of shade trees” Andrew Koeser University of Florida “Urban Tree Risk Assessment - Perceptions, Reality & Reliability”

Undergraduate Scholarships Supporting the Development of the Tree Care Industry Workforce Maggie Harthoorn Iowa State University 2014 John Wright Memorial Scholarship ($2,000) John Zamierowski SUNY-ESF New York 2014 Robert Felix Memorial Scholarship ($3,000) Bryce Crunkilton Mid-State Tech Wisconsin

NEW Undergraduate Scholarships Supported by Penn-Del Chapter, ISA Available to residents of PA and DE Apply by June 1, 2015 Horace M. Thayer Scholarship ($2,000) Fran Ward Women In Arboriculture Scholarship ($2,000)

TREE Fund Arboriculture Education Grants $5,000 each Foundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia “Seeing the Forests and the Trees” Keep Indianapolis Beautiful “Youth Tree Team” The Morton Arboretum (Lisle, IL) “Macgyvers Program”

TREE Fund Emerald Ash Borer Education Grants $10,000 each City of Frankfort, KY Tree Board/Commonwealth Gardens “Emerald Ash Borer Educational Workshop” Broomfield, CO Tree Coalition “Emerald Ash Borer Colorado Public Relations Project” Cornell Cooperative Extension (Kingston, NY) “Tree Steward Volunteer Program for EAB Awareness” Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Kodiak, TN) “Raising EAB Awareness in Great Smoky Mountains National Park” Media Working Group, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH) “Take Root Community Education Project”

Ohio Chapter ISA Arboriculture Education Grant $5,000 “Learning Communities Enhancing Urban Forest Communities”

TREE Fund Revenue Sources Individual and corporate donations –ISA Chapters raised/donated $563,647 in 2014 –Indiana contributed $21,503 of that total Endowment contributions and earnings Sponsorships Special events Legacy giving (Heritage Oak Society) TREE Fund receives no government funding

Thank you, Indiana Chapter! As of 12/31/14 General contributions: $50 Annual appeal donations: $0 Auction donations: $ Auction Sponsorships: $2500 Tour donations: $18,825 Total $21,503 $19,573 in 2015 = Platinum Status

TREE Fund Events 2015 IAA Supports the 2015 Tour This is YOUR year to ride! –Chapter/corporate sponsorships cover event costs –Chapter support of Team Indiana’s fundraising efforts –Member support of Team Indiana’s fundraising efforts –Team Indiana: Tom Ordway XX You? Full/Partial Tour slots available. Register NOW! Register/donate/volunteer at STIHL Tour des Trees October Orlando – Ft. Lauderdale Fundraising Goal: $625,000

TREE Fund Events 2015 At the ISA Conference in Orlando, FL Silent Auction: August 9-10 Live Auction: August 10, 6-8 p.m. Raffle Drawing: August 11 Fundraising goal for 2015 auctions: $114,500 Chapter support is critical to our success! –Contribute a package to the Live Auction –Contribute items to the Silent Auction –Sponsor the Live Auction to help cover event costs –Host a TREE Fund fundraiser (Silent Auction, Heads or Tails) –Purchase Split-the-Pot Raffle Tickets ($20) –Attend the auctions –Volunteer at the auctions

Healthy trees are rooted in research! Thank you for supporting the TREE Fund.