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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,978,765
Total expenses
$2,192,913
Contributions and grants received
$1,874,009
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$50,662
Other revenue
$54,094
Total assets, end of year
$8,012,034
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,760,969
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,251,065
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,795,731
Management and general expenses
$347,886
Fundraising expenses
$49,296
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,795,731

Program services were 81.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $4,639

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $141,768

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,727,602

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $22,568

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $35,662 · excluded $35,662

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $15,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $15,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $15,000 · related or exempt $15,000

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $62,146

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $4,639

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,180

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $30,966 · excluded $30,966

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $6,390

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $5,162

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,228 · related or exempt $1,228

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $21,900 · excluded $21,900

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $21,900

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $102,642 · program services $87,076 · management and general $10,444 · fundraising $5,122

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $786,028 · program services $668,293 · management and general $78,423 · fundraising $39,312

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $38,341 · program services $32,590 · management and general $3,834 · fundraising $1,917

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,595 · program services $37,055 · management and general $4,360 · fundraising $2,180

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $68,037 · program services $57,832 · management and general $6,803 · fundraising $3,402

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $117,248 · program services $55,469 · management and general $61,779

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $30,095 · program services $17,671 · management and general $12,424

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,139 · program services $25,576 · management and general $13,563

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $53,064 · program services $1,582 · management and general $51,482

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $95,533 · program services $86,935 · management and general $8,598

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,784 · program services $1,282 · management and general $11,502

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND R

    total $727,831 · program services $719,566 · management and general $8,265

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $45,066 · program services $5,883 · management and general $39,183

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT EXPENSE

    total $23,907 · program services $23,907

  • 24d · Other expenses: IN KIND EXPENSE

    total $17,929 · program services $14,669 · management and general $3,260

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$8,326 · program services -$39,655 · management and general $33,966 · fundraising -$2,637

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,808,429 · end of year $6,120,674

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,070,574 · end of year $562,694

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,080 · end of year $2,106

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,981 · end of year $12,799

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,530,923

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,217,162

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,233,010 · end of year $1,313,761

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $275,741 · end of year $102,451

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $536,907 · end of year $452,446

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,851,313 · end of year $3,206,072

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,953,348 · end of year $2,124,035

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,507,765 · end of year $2,127,030

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE A TRAIL NETWORK THAT ENRICHES PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE GREATER TRAVERSE REGION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE AND PROMOTE A TRAIL NETWORK THAT ENRICHES PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE GREATER REGION.

  • TART TRAILS, INC., EST. 1998, INCLUDES A NETWORK OF OVER 100 MILES OF NON-MOTORIZED TRAILS IN GRAND TRAVERSE AND LEELANAU COUNTIES WITH OVER 650,000 ANNUAL VISITS. WE WORK TO CONNECT REGIONAL TRAIL NETWORKS BY DEVELOPING AND SUPPORTING TRAILS AND ADVOCATING FOR ACTIVE LIVING AND OUTDOOR RECREATION. OUR LONG-TERM VISION IS THAT NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN WILL BE CONNECTED BY WORLD-CLASS TRAILS, BIKEWAYS, AND PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY STREETS LINKING PEOPLE TO THE BEAUTY OF THE AREA YEAR ROUND. THE AREA WILL BE KNOWN FOR ITS NATURAL SURROUNDINGS, ACTIVE, HEALTHY OUTDOOR LIFESTYLES, AND VIBRANT TOWN CENTERS WHERE EVERYONE HAS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS. WE WILL BE A WORLD-RENOWNED OUTDOOR RECREATION AND FOUR-SEASON DESTINATION. OUR BOARD, STAFF AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS WORK EVERY DAY TOWARD ACHIEVING THIS VISION.

    Expenses $1,795,731

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • ROSS HAMMERSLEY

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • MEG ACKERMAN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • LINDA CLINE

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • JESSICA ALPERS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • CHRIS GALLAGHER

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • NAN RAY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • PAUL BUSSEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • RICK SIMONTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • TARA HOCHSTETLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • HEATHER JORDAN

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • RUSS SOYRING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • MATT MCDONOUGH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • JULIE CLARK

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $110,959
    From this org
    $102,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,517
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
23 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400389349300005

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