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← THE GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE CONSERVANCY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE CONSERVANCY.

Totals

Total revenue
$581,182
Total expenses
$349,801
Contributions and grants received
$369,294
Grants paid
$7,850
Program service revenue
$211,782
Investment income
$106
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,629,062
Total liabilities, end of year
$36,604
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,592,458
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$243,987
Management and general expenses
$80,601
Fundraising expenses
$25,213
Program service expenses (Part III)
$243,987

Program services were 69.8% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $369,294

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAILGUIDE SPONSORSHIP

    total $116,603 · related or exempt $116,603

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TRAILGUIDE SALES

    total $42,511 · related or exempt $42,511

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BROCHURE SPONSORSHIPS

    total $23,503 · related or exempt $23,503

  • 2d · Program service revenue: WEBSITE SPONSORSHIPS

    total $23,199 · related or exempt $23,199

  • 2e · Program service revenue: OTHER

    total $5,966 · related or exempt $5,966

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $106 · excluded $106

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,850 · program services $7,850

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $86,228 · program services $57,098 · management and general $29,130

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $29,350 · program services $19,410 · fundraising $9,940

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,922 · program services $3,474 · management and general $1,050 · fundraising $398

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $9,844 · program services $6,556 · management and general $2,447 · fundraising $841

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $14,532 · program services $14,532

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,254 · management and general $14,254

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $101 · fundraising $101

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $26,315 · program services $14,689 · management and general $11,626

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $15,693 · program services $15,693

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,524 · program services $1,257 · management and general $2,842 · fundraising $4,425

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,129 · management and general $10,129

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,813 · program services $4,103 · management and general $4,343 · fundraising $367

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,347 · management and general $1,347

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING AND DESIGN

    total $66,858 · program services $66,782 · management and general $76

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAIL SERVICES

    total $24,927 · program services $24,927

  • 24c · Other expenses: EVENT EXPENSES

    total $15,432 · program services $6,310 · fundraising $9,122

  • 24d · Other expenses: STAFF AND BOARD DEVELOP

    total $1,123 · program services $45 · management and general $1,078

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,559 · program services $1,261 · management and general $2,279 · fundraising $19

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $580,475 · end of year $439,703

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $376,877

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $42,382 · end of year $14,356

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $10,285 · end of year $53,417

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,518 · end of year $5,384

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $663,078 · end of year $739,325

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,748 · end of year $28,525

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $13,141 · end of year $8,079

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $982,460 · end of year $1,251,586

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $296,389 · end of year $340,872

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1995 TO COORDINATE THE COMPLETION OF THE GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE, A 150-MILE NON-MOTORIZED PATH CONNECTING PITTSBURGH AND CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND, THE GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE CONSERVANCY PROMOTES THE GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE AND COORDINATES, STRENGTHENS, AND SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF ALLIED TRAIL PARTNERS TO ENSURE A HIGH-QUALITY EXPERIENCE FOR ALL THOSE WHO ENJOY IT.

  • THE GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE CONSERVANCY (CONSERVANCY) (FORMERLY THE ALLEGHENY TRAIL ALLIANCE) PROMOTED THE 150-MILE GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE (GAP) BY PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING MAPS, BROCHURES AND TRAILGUIDE:THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO TRAVELING THE C&O CANAL TOWPATH AND GREAT ALLEGHENY PASSAGE; MAINTAINED WWW.GAPTRAIL.ORG; FIELDED THOUSANDS OF INQUIRIES FROM POTENTIAL TRAVELERS TO THE GAP, AND EXECUTED A MULTICHANNEL MARKETING STRATEGY TO ATTRACT NEW AND RETURNING TRAVELERS. IT MADE GRANTS TO LOCAL VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO ENHANCE THE GAP OR ADDRESS MAINTENANCE EMERGENCIES THAT THREATENED TO CLOSE IT. THE CONSERVANCY RECRUITED AND DEPLOYED VOLUNTEERS TO GATHER TRAIL USE PATTERNS ALONG THE GAP, AND ANALYZED AND PUBLISHED THAT DATA. IT AMPLIFIED THE WORK OF MULTIPLE OWNERS AND VOLUNTEER GROUPS ALONG THE ENTIRE GAP, AND PROMOTED THE SERVICES AND ATTRACTIONS AVAILABLE TO TOURISTS.

    Expenses $243,987 · Grants $7,850 · Revenue $211,782

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brett Hollern

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deborah Fisher

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Darla Cravotta

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Houck

    MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Brewton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Petrus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cathie Beal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelsey Ripper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jacob Weiland

    MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ashli Workman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan Perry

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $86,228
    From this org
    $86,228
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
2024
Filed
13 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502869349301500

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