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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PENNSYLVANIA PARKS AND FORESTS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,770,133
Total expenses
$1,343,353
Contributions and grants received
$1,402,813
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$76,045
Investment income
$45,009
Other revenue
$246,266
Total assets, end of year
$3,419,750
Total liabilities, end of year
$929
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,418,821
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,248,900
Management and general expenses
$61,160
Fundraising expenses
$33,293
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,248,900

Program services were 93.0% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $272,630

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,130,183

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE INCOME

    total $26,405 · related or exempt $26,405

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PASSPORT REVENUE

    total $25,539 · related or exempt $25,539

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FRIENDS GROUP FEES

    total $13,253 · related or exempt $13,253

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $10,848 · related or exempt $10,848

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,020 · excluded $45,020

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $12,097

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

    securities $12,108

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$11

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$11 · related or exempt -$11

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $528,353

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $282,087

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $246,266 · excluded $246,266

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $227,715 · program services $200,663 · management and general $18,900 · fundraising $8,152

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $17,780 · program services $15,667 · management and general $1,476 · fundraising $637

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,000 · program services $21,149 · management and general $1,992 · fundraising $859

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,159 · management and general $25,159

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $29,599 · program services $27,531 · management and general $1,382 · fundraising $686

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,840 · program services $36,659 · management and general $2,749 · fundraising $7,432

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $17,401 · program services $15,644 · management and general $1,228 · fundraising $529

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $30,110 · program services $26,533 · management and general $2,499 · fundraising $1,078

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,098 · program services $2,064 · fundraising $34

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $44 · management and general $44

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,500 · management and general $2,500

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,505 · program services $11,352 · management and general $724 · fundraising $429

  • 24a · Other expenses: PARK & FOREST GROUP'S EXP

    total $679,699 · program services $679,699

  • 24b · Other expenses: GRANT & ALLOCATION EXP

    total $127,180 · program services $127,180

  • 24c · Other expenses: PASSPORT PROJECT

    total $23,600 · program services $20,060 · management and general $2,360 · fundraising $1,180

  • 24d · Other expenses: EITC EXPENSE

    total $21,796 · program services $21,796

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $55,327 · program services $42,903 · management and general $147 · fundraising $12,277

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $49,500 · end of year $59,355

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,693,090 · end of year $3,175,582

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $110,590 · end of year $17,600

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $530

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $106,282 · end of year $136,661

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,325 · end of year $17,296

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

    $33,808

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

    $22,766

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,542 · end of year $11,042

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,254 · end of year $2,214

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $72 · end of year $929

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $396,188 · end of year $433,726

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,595,853 · end of year $2,985,095

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

PPFF'S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE STEWARDSHIP OF PENNSYLVANIA'S STATE PARKS AND FORESTS.

  • THE THEME FOR 2025 WAS "TRAILS", WHICH CELEBRATED THE 11,000 MILES OF TRAILS WE HAVE IN THE STATE PARK AND FOREST SYSTEMS, AND PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE, INFORM, AND CONSERVE THROUGH VARIOUS MODES AND PROJECTS. FROM AN EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, WE PROVIDED ARTICLES AND INFORMATION ON NEW WAYS TO RECREATE IN STATE PARKS AND FORESTS. WE USED OUR PLATFORMS OF NEWSLETTERS, BLOGS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE INFORMATION ON NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKED AT WAYS TO ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS, BOTH AT PPFF AND THROUGH OUR CHAPTERS. THIS INCLUDED MULTIPLE CORPORATE VOLUNTEER DAYS. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE: 1) LAUNCHING OR REVITALIZING FRIENDS GROUPS AT PROMISED LAND STATE PARKS AND BUCHANAN STATE FOREST. 2) EXPANDING CORPORATE VOLUNTEERISM THROUGH DELOITTE, NATIONAL FUEL, GORE, SIEMENS, AND OTHERS. 3) ADVANCING ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH ACTION TRACK CHAIRS, INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS, ADA TRAIL PANELS, AND SPANISH-LANGUAGE EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS. 4) COMPLETING MAJOR PROJECTS SUCH AS THE START OF RESTORATION OF THE CARROLL CABIN, GROUSE HABITAT INTERPRETIVE PANELS (STARTED), AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE FORESTS. 5) PRODUCING STATEWIDE OUTREACH THROUGH NEWSLETTERS, ARTICLES, PODCASTS, INFLUENCER PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE SPANISH-LANGUAGE RADIO PROGRAM. 6) DELIVERING TRAIL TRAINING, LEAVE NO TRACE INSTRUCTION, CHAINSAW CERTIFICATION, AND ONLINE LEARNING MODULES. 7) COMPLETING THE PA OUTDOOR CORPS WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT AND LAUNCH OF THE MARKETING PLAN. WE LAUNCHED A PODCAST, THINK OUTSIDE WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA PARKS AND FORESTS FOUNDATION, WHICH, TO DATE, HAS OVER 7,000 UNIQUE DOWNLOADS ON LISTENING PLATFORMS (NOT INCLUDING YOUTUBE AND THE WEBSITE). WE EXPANDED THE CONSERVATION HERITAGE PROJECT WEBSITE TO EXPLORE MORE UNTOLD STORIES TO INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION OF CONSERVATIONISTS. WE FOCUSED ON TRAIL FUNDS TO ASSIST PARKS/FORESTS IMPROVE TRAIL CONDITIONS. 3,700 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 39,000 HOURS OF SERVICE 275 SERVICE PROJECTS 147 SPECIAL EVENTS THINGS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH PPFF AND FRIENDS' GROUPS: 4,700 STUDENTS REACHED THROUGH 119 PROGRAMS SUPPORTED THROUGH EITC DONATIONS. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUED WORK ON THE CARROLL CABIN REHABILITATION, SECURING FUNDING FOR CHIMNEY STABILIZATION AND COORDINATING NEXT PHASE PLANNING WITH DCNR. PPFF ALSO SUPPORTED ACCESSIBILITY PROJECTS SUCH AS ACTION TRACK CHAIRS AT LACKAWANNA STATE PARK AND ADA LAUNCH PLANNING AT CHAPMAN AND LOCUST LAKE. OTHER PROJECTS THAT SUPPORTED STATE PARKS AND FORESTS INCLUDED HISTORIC PAVILION RESTORATION AT MONT ALTO STATE PARK, CREATION OF A NEW AMPHITHEATER AT SINNEMAHONING STATE PARK , AND EXPANSION OF A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AT MONT ALTO STATE PARK. OUR THREE-TIMES-A-YEAR NEWSLETTER INCLUDED INFORMATIVE INFOGRAPHICS AND STORIES, SOME OF WHICH WERE REPURPOSED AS A BLOG AND/OR SHARED WITH STATE PARK AND FOREST STAFF TO ASSIST WITH THEIR OUTREACH. THE INFOGRAPHICS THAT WE PRODUCED ARE TYPICALLY SUGGESTED BY PARK OR FOREST STAFF. INFOGRAPHICS INCLUDED: WILDLIFE WATCHING, CARING FOR STATE PARKS AND FORESTS, DROWNING PREVENTION, CANOE CAMPING, TRAILSIDE CAMPING, TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF FISH, AND UNDERSTANDING THE OVERNIGHT OPTIONS IN STATE PARKS AND FORESTS. THE NEWSLETTER ALSO FEATURED UPDATES ON THE WORK OF FRIENDS AND PPFF AND LEAD STORIES SUCH AS PA STATE FOREST HIKING TRAILS AND TRAIL HISTORY. PPFF AND OUR FRIENDS REACHED OVER 60,000 PEOPLE IN 2025 THROUGH PROGRAMS, EVENTS, TABLING, AND EXHIBITS. THESE EFFORTS BROADENED PPFF'S REACH, ENGAGED NEW AUDIENCES, AND STRENGTHENED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF STEWARDSHIP AND THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF OUTDOOR RECREATION.

    Expenses $1,248,900 · Revenue $76,045

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marci Mowery

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Christine Molski

    CHAIRWOMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Soderberg

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr James Grace

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jessica Lee

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Margarita Caicedo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Clark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Fogal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Harper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Hess

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mary Hirst

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maria Montero

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Paul Roth

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rep Jim Struzzi

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Teeter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
18 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202602619349300810

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