Totals
- Total revenue
- $241,595
- Total expenses
- $230,227
- Contributions and grants received
- $60,614
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $140,109
- Investment income
- $5,883
- Other revenue
- $34,989
- Total assets, end of year
- $253,453
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,275
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $251,178
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $171,335
- Management and general expenses
- $48,791
- Fundraising expenses
- $10,101
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $171,336
Program services were 74.4% 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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1b · Membership dues
$22,608
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1c · Fundraising events
$987
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1d · Related organizations
$6,570
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$30,449
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2a · Program service revenue: USFS Cost Share
total $140,109 · related or exempt $140,109
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3 · Investment income
total $5,669 · related or exempt $5,669
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $2,410
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $2,196
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $214
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $214 · related or exempt $214
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$35,621
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$987
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$11,061
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $24,560
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$10,186
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$244
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $9,942 · related or exempt $9,942
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11a · Other revenue: DEBIT CARD REFUND
total $487 · related or exempt $487
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11e · Other revenue, total
$487
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $102,376 · program services $73,414 · management and general $21,878 · fundraising $7,084
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $3,600 · management and general $3,600
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $8,324 · program services $5,616 · management and general $2,166 · fundraising $542
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,625 · management and general $3,625
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $389 · management and general $389
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11g · Fees: other
total $55,932 · program services $55,932
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,049 · program services $886 · management and general $163
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,621 · program services $59 · management and general $1,696 · fundraising $866
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14 · Information technology
total $4,362 · program services $2,333 · management and general $420 · fundraising $1,609
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16 · Occupancy
total $2,391 · program services $1,019 · management and general $1,372
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17 · Travel
total $10,053 · program services $10,053
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $5,980 · program services $5,980
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23 · Insurance
total $13,464 · management and general $13,464
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24a · Other expenses: Trail Work expenses
total $7,475 · program services $7,475
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24b · Other expenses: Trail work training
total $7,598 · program services $7,598
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24c · Other expenses: Tools and Safety equip
total $970 · program services $970
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24e · All other expenses
total $18 · management and general $18
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $112,453 · end of year $122,351
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $71,405 · end of year $75,236
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$82,400
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$61,470
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $26,910 · end of year $20,930
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $32,065 · end of year $34,936
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $2,275
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $242,833 · end of year $251,178
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
To develop, maintain, promote, preserve and protect the rugged beauty of the Ozark Trail as a recreational resource.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Develop maintain preserve promote and protect the rugged beauty of the Ozark Trail as public recreation resource in Missouri
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Maintenance of the existing Ozark Trail in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers, USDA-US Forest Service, National Park Service, Missouri State Parks, Missouri Conservation and LAD Foundation. In 2024 OTA continued work under a cost sharing agreement with USFS for maintenance of the trail in the Mark Twain NF. OTA also maintained trail on other partners lands using it own funds . In addition to expenses listed above OTA volunteers put in 5596 hours in support of the maintenance program in 3 sub-programs, maintenance outings, Adopt-A-Trail and the certified Sawyer program.
Expenses $156,065 · Revenue $140,109
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Promoting greater use of the Ozark Trail by the public through attending public events and providing information, operating a website offering maps and trip planning information and supporting events taking place on the trail to increase awareness in various trail user communities. OTA volunteers contributed 1,400 hours toward this program.
Expenses $9,289
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Development of new sections of the Ozark Trail. In 2024 OTAs volunteer planners worked on developing strategies for identifying possible routes new sections of trails that fulfill the goal of a long continuous trail through the Ozarks in Missouri. Also studies for linkages connecting the Ozark Trail to other existing recreational resources and nearby communities are under study.
Expenses $5,982
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Kathie BrennanKATHIE BRENNAN
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0 + 10 related
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Mark GoforthMARK GOFORTH
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Roger AllisonROGER ALLISON
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James SchneiderJAMES SCHNEIDER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Stephen ThompsonSTEPHEN THOMPSON
MEMBERE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff GoetterJEFF GOETTER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Garrett DoakGARRETT DOAK
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tim SeenerTIM SEENER
MEMBER
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 8 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202532819349301308
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