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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,655,572
Total expenses
$2,423,371
Contributions and grants received
$4,422,050
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$199,145
Other revenue
$34,377
Total assets, end of year
$10,081,348
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,847,633
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,233,715
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,003,640
Management and general expenses
$258,185
Fundraising expenses
$161,546
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,003,640

Program services were 82.7% 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

    $5,675

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $168,359

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,248,016

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $150,565

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $187,591 · excluded $187,591

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $9,765

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $9,765

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $9,765 · related or exempt $9,765

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $11,554

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $11,554

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $11,554 · related or exempt $11,554

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $48,159

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

    $5,675

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $27,110

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $21,049 · excluded $21,049

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,953

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $7,890

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$3,937 · related or exempt -$3,937

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $7,500 · excluded $7,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $126,008 · program services $107,107 · management and general $6,300 · fundraising $12,601

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,002,980 · program services $852,533 · management and general $50,149 · fundraising $100,298

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $51,194 · program services $43,515 · management and general $2,560 · fundraising $5,119

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $62,590 · program services $53,202 · management and general $3,129 · fundraising $6,259

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $83,185 · program services $70,707 · management and general $4,159 · fundraising $8,319

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $150,388 · program services $62,109 · management and general $88,279

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $12,342 · program services $5,975 · management and general $1,560 · fundraising $4,807

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $57,226 · program services $15,319 · management and general $30,811 · fundraising $11,096

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $55,552 · program services $45,063 · management and general $5,378 · fundraising $5,111

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $42,449 · program services $28,632 · management and general $13,817

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $153,625 · program services $139,799 · management and general $13,826

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,100 · program services $2,387 · management and general $16,713

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND R

    total $625,000 · program services $623,136 · management and general $1,864

  • 24b · Other expenses: TAXES AND LICENSES

    total $25,997 · program services $4,060 · management and general $21,937

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAM EVENT EXPENSE

    total $23,780 · program services $19,911 · management and general $3,869

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $14,019 · program services $10,701 · management and general $3,318

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total -$82,064 · program services -$80,516 · management and general -$9,484 · fundraising $7,936

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,991,422 · end of year $7,029,002

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $204,250 · end of year $374,523

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,738 · end of year $18,793

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

    $3,537,185

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

    $1,493,230

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,467,026 · end of year $2,043,955

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $615,075

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $101,720 · end of year $96,405

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $224,370 · end of year $60,011

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,455,426 · end of year $1,691,217

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,333,142 · end of year $3,936,383

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,564,778 · end of year $4,297,332

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO BRING TRAILS TO LIFE.

  • DURING THE YEAR TART ADVANCED MAJOR CAPITAL AND PROGRAMMATIC INITIATIVES TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN THE REGIONAL TRAIL NETWORK. SIGNIFICANT EXPENSES SUPPORTED THE ACQUISITION OF KEY PROPERTIES TO SECURE PUBLIC ACCESS AND LONG-TERM TRAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING PROPERTY IN TORCH LAKE TOWNSHIP, ANTRIM COUNTY, TO ESTABLISH A CRITICAL TRAILHEAD, AND PROPERTY IN LEELANAU COUNTY ALONG THE LEELANAU TRAIL TO SERVE AS A TRAILHEAD AND MAINTENANCE HUB WITH ACQUISITION COSTS OF $526,423. TART ALSO MADE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS ON THE THREE-MILE TRAIL PROJECT THROUGH PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND PARTNERSHIP COORDINATION, POSITIONING THE PROJECT FOR FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION. LOOKING AHEAD, TART WILL CONTINUE INVESTING IN TRAIL CONSTRUCTION AND ACTIVATION OF NEWLY ACQUIRED PROPERTIES TO EXPAND ACCESS AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

    Expenses $2,003,640

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Meg Ackerman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Linda Cline

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jessica Alpers

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Heather Jordan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ross Hammersley

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Nan Ray

    MEMBER AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rick Simonton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tara Hochstetler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Paul Bussey

    DIRECTOR

    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
    $134,089
    From this org
    $126,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,081
    Hours/week
    40

  • Casey Ressl

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $115,312
    From this org
    $109,756
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,556
    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
26 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202600279349300245

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