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Shaking the Tree Inc
Shaking the Tree Inc’s President, Samantha Van Der Merwe, was paid $55,270 for 2025, as the organization reported it on its Form 990, the total compensation reported on the 990, including benefits and pay from related organizations. It is not a verified salary and not take-home pay.
Portland, OR. EIN 45-2697899. Reported $405,344 of revenue for 2025 on its Form 990.
The IRS record
- Registered name
- SHAKING THE TREE INC
- As the IRS records it, which is how it appears in their own search.
- Employer Identification Number
- 45-2697899
- The identifier the IRS uses for this organization.
- Recognized under
- 501(c)(3) — charitable, religious, educational, scientific
- The subsection of the code its exemption was granted under.
- Recognized in
- 2014
- The year of the IRS ruling.
- Classification
- Education
- NTEE code B99, assigned at registration.
- Gifts to it
- Contributions are deductible
- Whether the IRS treats a contribution to this organization as deductible.
- Legal form
- Corporation
- How the organization is constituted, as recorded at registration.
- Location of record
- Portland, OR
- The address the IRS holds, not necessarily where it operates.
- Most recent filing
- Form 990
- For tax year 2025.
What it reported for 2025
- $405,344
- Total revenue
- Contributions, grants, program service revenue and investment income.
- $435,442
- Total expenses
- As reported on the return.
- $68,222
- Total assets, book value
- At the end of the year, at what the organization paid for them.
- 9
- People listed
- Officers, directors, trustees, key employees and highest-paid employees.
- $55,270
- Largest reported compensation
- Reported for Samantha Van Der Merwe.
- $54,309
- Reportable, from the organization
- Part VII, column (D): W-2 or 1099 pay from this organization.
- $0
- Reportable, from related organizations
- Part VII, column (E).
- $961
- Other compensation
- Part VII, column (F): benefits, deferred pay and other compensation.
How this compares
- Total revenue: $405,344, 2025
- By the revenue it reported, ranks 231,581st of 693,297 organizations with revenue on their return nationally, 3,614th of 10,451 in Oregon and 25,566th of 73,574 in Education. Larger than 66% of the 693,297 organizations with revenue on their return nationally. It is < 0.1% of the $4,632,760,069,328 reported by every organization with a return on record.
- Largest reported compensation: $55,270, 2025
- By the largest compensation it reported paying, ranks 164,986th of 264,753 organizations reporting compensation nationally, 2,902nd of 4,323 in Oregon and 18,833rd of 26,524 in Education. Larger than 37% of the 264,753 organizations reporting compensation nationally.
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This organization elsewhere
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search — the exemption record this page is built from. Search for EIN 45-2697899; the IRS search has no address that opens one organization directly.
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — the same filings with scanned returns going back further. Reporting by ProPublica.
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- The figures describe the most recent year on record, which has already ended, and not the organization’s current position.
- Nothing here says whether the organization does its work well, or how it spends what it raises beyond the totals on the form.
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Sources
- Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved October 14, 2026
- Form 990 series e-file data
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