Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,138,684
- Total expenses
- $1,171,617
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,142,765
- Grants paid
- $2,500
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $33,108
- Other revenue
- -$37,189
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,519,016
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $342,966
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,176,050
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $935,631
- Management and general expenses
- $176,990
- Fundraising expenses
- $58,996
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $935,631
Program services were 79.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$282,583
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$362,320
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$497,862
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$61,200
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3 · Investment income
total $33,108 · excluded $33,108
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$79,799
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$282,583
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$116,988
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$37,189 · excluded -$37,189
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $2,500 · program services $2,500
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $98,230 · program services $50,373 · management and general $30,223 · fundraising $17,634
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $254,443 · program services $231,765 · management and general $22,678
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $34,327 · program services $27,462 · management and general $5,149 · fundraising $1,716
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $38,000 · program services $30,400 · management and general $5,700 · fundraising $1,900
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11g · Fees: other
total $133,038 · program services $106,430 · management and general $19,956 · fundraising $6,652
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13 · Office expenses
total $22,172 · program services $17,737 · management and general $3,326 · fundraising $1,109
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14 · Information technology
total $5,000 · program services $4,000 · management and general $750 · fundraising $250
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16 · Occupancy
total $382,896 · program services $294,917 · management and general $65,984 · fundraising $21,995
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $64,954 · program services $51,963 · management and general $9,743 · fundraising $3,248
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23 · Insurance
total $31,673 · program services $25,338 · management and general $4,751 · fundraising $1,584
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24a · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSE
total $44,679 · program services $44,679
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24b · Other expenses: OPERATING EXPENSES
total $26,459 · program services $21,167 · management and general $3,969 · fundraising $1,323
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24c · Other expenses: FOOD
total $15,124 · program services $11,708 · management and general $2,562 · fundraising $854
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24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
total $14,656 · program services $11,726 · management and general $2,199 · fundraising $731
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24e · All other expenses
total $3,466 · program services $3,466
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $146,555 · end of year $1,033,957
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $77,319 · end of year $3,924
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $15,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $1,130
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $557,488 · end of year $375,772
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $413,133 · end of year $90,363
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,778 · end of year $2,966
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $340,000
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,193,847 · end of year $1,176,050
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
TO PROVIDE CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE WITH ENRICHING OUTDOOR ADVENTURES, INVALUABLE MENTORSHIPS, AND A YEAR ROUND COMMUNITY, WHERE YOUTH ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER FOSTER CARE. HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS BELIEVES THAT FOSTERING CONTINUITY AND BELONGING THROUGH EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY IS A CRITICAL INTERVENTION IN COMBATING THE CHALLENGES OF FOSTER CARE AND PROMOTING SUCCESS.
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THE MISSION OF HAPPY TRAILS TO KIDS IS TO CULTIVATE THE JOY OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN STABLE RELATIONSHIPS, AND IMPROVED WELL-BEING FOR CHILDREN EXPERIENCING FOSTER CARE BY PROVIDING EXPERIENCED-BASED INTERVENTIONS OF OVERNIGHT CAMPS, POSITIVE PEER CONNECTIONS, AND YEAR-ROUND ENGAGEMENTS THAT SPAN OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.HAPPY TRAILS FOR KIDS PROVIDED COST-FREE SUMMER, WINTER AND SPRING OVERNIGHT CAMPS AND YEAR-ROUND EDUCATIONAL AND EXTRACURRICULAR ENGAGEMENTS TO APPROXIMATELY 500 CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE.
Expenses $935,631 · Grants $2,500
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Lindsay ElliottLINDSAY ELLIOTT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $100,745
- From this org
- $100,745
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jonathan AbramsJONATHAN ABRAMS
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Susan AbramsSUSAN ABRAMS
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
-
Mark HikinMARK HIKIN
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Jeffrey SchwartzJEFFREY SCHWARTZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Erika FrankERIKA FRANK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Deanna CookeDEANNA COOKE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Charlotte Hunt HarveyCHARLOTTE HUNT HARVEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
-
Ronda JacksonRONDA JACKSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 7
- CANDIS WATSON, GENERAL COUNSEL AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, RECEIVED A $10,250 NON-FIXED BONUS PAYMENT IN 2024.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 16 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202503219349313150
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