Landforce’s Impact Reports.
Explore the impact of Landforce’s work through the stories, data and outcomes featured in our impact reports. Highlighting both individual growth and community transformation, these reports demonstrate how investing in people and the environment creates lasting change.
2025 Impact Report
Celebrating 10 years of Landforce
Explore our 2025 Impact Report to see the stories, achievements and lasting impact made possible by a decade of investing in people and the environment.
- 18 Crew Members in the 2025 cohort earned 92 certificates.
- 23 contract partners, seven of them first-time, across 55 worksites and more than 11,000 stewardship hours.
- 755 trees planted with the Pittsburgh Canopy Alliance, the most in a single year.
- The Mill opened in October: 10,000 square feet, $800,000 of equipment secured, dry kiln and biochar kiln installed with Pittsburgh Urban Tree.
- The Landforce Catalytic Fund established through a major donor commitment.
2024 Impact Report
The people, projects and progress of 2024
Discover the people, projects and progress that shaped Landforce in 2024.
- Two cohorts and nearly twice as many Crew Members as the year before; transitional employment extended to the full 12 months.
- 159 certifications earned; 83% completed training; 88% offered employment within two weeks of the season’s end; 100% who applied got an interview.
- 44 projects in 32 municipalities and neighborhoods with 20 partners.
- Edward Johnson hired to lead Responsible Wood Products; lease signed for The Mill; Wood-Mizer sawmill acquired.
- Funding: $620,000 in state grants, $4,276,800 in federal grants and $800,000 in foundation grants.
Earlier reports and releases
The numbers today
Since 2016: more than 220 people trained, more than 160 employed on projects, more than 91,000 hours of environmental stewardship and 34,000 hours of training across 83 neighborhoods with 55 partners (as of September 2026).
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