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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,632,708
Total expenses
$5,325,209
Contributions and grants received
$3,089,692
Grants paid
$422,706
Program service revenue
$2,367,114
Investment income
$149,392
Other revenue
$26,510
Total assets, end of year
$6,955,788
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,467,393
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,488,395
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,737,931
Management and general expenses
$521,838
Fundraising expenses
$1,065,440
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,737,931

Program services were 70.2% 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)

    $113,853

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,975,839

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $126,670

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GOVERNMENT GRANTS

    total $2,355,014 · related or exempt $2,355,014

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIP REVENUE

    total $12,100 · related or exempt $12,100

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $148,475 · excluded $148,475

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $10,737 · excluded $10,737

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $668,797

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

    securities $667,880

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $917

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $917 · excluded $917

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $12,907 · related or exempt $12,907

  • 11b · Other revenue: RAFFLE INCOME

    total $2,866 · excluded $2,866

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,773

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $422,706 · program services $422,706

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $382,106 · program services $33,672 · management and general $290,416 · fundraising $58,018

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,210,486 · program services $1,746,990 · management and general $30,989 · fundraising $432,507

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $145,337 · program services $100,014 · management and general $17,643 · fundraising $27,680

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $365,968 · program services $251,842 · management and general $44,427 · fundraising $69,699

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $223,672 · program services $154,172 · management and general $27,042 · fundraising $42,458

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,482 · program services $4,482

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,950 · management and general $27,950

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $50,400 · fundraising $50,400

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $217,080 · program services $127,809 · management and general $2,787 · fundraising $86,484

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $191,556 · program services $176,958 · management and general $2,654 · fundraising $11,944

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $92,483 · program services $72,527 · management and general $8,742 · fundraising $11,214

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $206,773 · program services $160,167 · management and general $17,801 · fundraising $28,805

  • 17 · Travel

    total $142,477 · program services $129,084 · management and general $4,120 · fundraising $9,273

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $52,106 · program services $26,473 · management and general $22,022 · fundraising $3,611

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $141,087 · program services $104,193 · management and general $13,911 · fundraising $22,983

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,756 · program services $20,498 · management and general $2,737 · fundraising $4,521

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT MAIL

    total $305,095 · program services $130,374 · fundraising $174,721

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $115,689 · program services $75,970 · management and general $8,597 · fundraising $31,122

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $413,326 · end of year $358,717

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $36,668 · end of year $85,214

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $151,653 · end of year $108,839

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $39,639 · end of year $30,015

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $63,834 · end of year $90,935

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

    $1,011,858

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

    $749,362

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $259,983 · end of year $262,496

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,305,391 · end of year $4,956,699

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,165,737 · end of year $1,062,873

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $276,396 · end of year $295,114

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,265,032 · end of year $1,172,279

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,103,121 · end of year $2,632,540

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,791,682 · end of year $2,855,855

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION'S MISSION IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL AS AN INSPIRATIONAL OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE, TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE PCT, AND TO CONSERVE THE TRAIL.

  • TRAIL AND LAND MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION:IN 2025, THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION (PCTA) PARTNERED WITH LAND TRUSTS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO EVALUATE ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES FROM PRIVATE OWNERS THAT OWN LAND INCLUDING OR ADJACENT TO THE PCT. THE PCTA WORKED WITH PARTNERS ON THE ACQUISITION OF 3,325 ACRES OF FORESTLAND IN THE CASTLE CRAGS AND TRINITY ALPS WILDERNESSES. PCTA ACQUIRED 1.3 ACRES ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF WHITEWATER, CALIFORNIA. IN ADDITION, PCTA ADVOCATED FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.IN 2025, 532 MILES OF THE PCT WERE CLOSED BECAUSE OF FIRES. WITH 194 TRAIL MILES BURNED, PCTA ASSISTED THE FOREST SERVICE TO DEVELOP EXTENSIVE RESTORATION PLANS.PCTA ALSO MONITORED OR RESPONDED TO ONGOING THREATS OR LAND MANAGEMENT PROJECTS AND PLANNING EFFORTS ALONG THE TRAIL, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: - TRAILWIDE-TIMBER HARVESTING, FUELS REDUCTION, REFORESTATION, HAZARD TREE REMOVAL, INVASIVE PLANT ERADICATION, WATERSHED, MEADOW, AND FIRE RESTORATION, ILLEGAL AND INCOMPATIBLE USES, COMMERCIAL AND COMPETITIVE EVENTS, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, BRIDGE INSTALLATIONS, TRAIL NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS AND EXPANSIONS, ILLEGAL MOTORIZED AND MECHANIZED USE, PUBLIC LAND TRANSFERS, IMPACTS FROM INCREASED RECREATIONAL USE, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT INVENTORY, ASSESSMENT, AND MONITORING, TRAVEL MANAGEMENT AND OVER-SNOW VEHICLE PLANNING; REPEAL OF PERTINENT AGENCY REGULATIONS, PROPOSED REPEAL OF THE "ROADLESS RULE; - CALIFORNIA-DAM REAUTHORIZATION, ENDANGERED SPECIES, OPTIMAL LOCATION REVIEW; LARGE-SCALE (FOREST WIDE) PRESCRIBED FIRE PROPOSALS; - OREGON-PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ADVOCACY FOR THE BRIDGE OF THE GODS; POWER STATION CONDUCTOR REPLACEMENT;- WASHINGTON-GRIZZLY BEAR REINTRODUCTION IN THE NORTH CASCADES; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROJECTS; NORTH CASCADES BACKCOUNTRY CAMP MODIFICATIONS ALONG THE PCT; TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT/ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. OUR 2025 PROTECTION ACTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDED "HIKE THE HILL" MEETINGS TO TALK WITH FEDERAL AGENCY LEADERS AND CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR STAFF IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO ADVOCATE FOR FEDERAL TRAIL MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, AND LAND ACQUISITION FUNDING FOR THE PCT.

    Expenses $407,523 · Revenue $224,814

  • TRAIL MAINTENANCE:EACH YEAR THE PCTA BRINGS TOGETHER AGENCY PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS WITH SHARED VALUES AND SERVES AS A LIASON BETWEEN PEOPLE AND PUBLIC LANDS. VOLUNTEERS AND CORPS CREW MEMBERS PERFORM THE HARD, PHYSICAL LABOR OF PERFORMING ANNUAL AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND RECONSTRUCTION ON THE PCT, GIVING HIKERS AND HORSEBACK RIDERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF WILD AND SCENIC LANDS WHILE TRAVELING ON SAFE AND PASSABLE TRAIL. PCTA VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED 56,844 SERVICE HOURS IN 2025, AN IN-KIND VALUE OF $2 MILLION. THESE HOURS INCLUDED:- 1,140 MILES OF TRAIL MAINTENANCE- 21 MILES OF TRAIL RECONSTRUCTION- 50 VOLUNTEER TRAINING EVENTSTRAIL SKILLS COLLEGE - RECRUITING AND EDUCATING VOLUNTEERSPCTA'S COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT AND INVOLVE OUR VOLUNTEERS IN CARRYING OUT SAFE AND TOP-NOTCH WORK ON THE TRAIL. LED BY SEASONED STAFF, AGENCY PARTNERS, AND VOLUNTEER LEADERS WELL-VERSED IN TRAIL MAINTENANCE AND LEADERSHIP, THE PCTA'S TRAINING EVENTS PROVIDE AN ENGAGING PLATFORM FOR VOLUNTEERS TO LEARN THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF TRAIL DESIGN, RECONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND UPKEEP. ADDITIONAL TRAINING EVENTS FOCUS ON EVALUATING AND CERTIFYING VOLUNTEER SAWYERS UNDER THE NATIONAL SAW PROGRAM AND PROVIDING WILDERNESS FIRST AID AND CPR CERTIFICATIONS. - 2 TRAIL SKILLS COLLEGE WEEKENDS- 8 SAW TRAINING WEEKENDS- 32 CLASSES- 173 VOLUNTEERS- 176 SAW CERTIFICATION REGISTRANTS- 26.5K HOURS CONTRIBUTED BY FIRST-TIME VOLUNTEERSGREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS ACTTHE GREAT AMERICAN OUTDOORS ACT PRESENTED A DISTINCT OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BACKLOG IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS, MONUMENTS, AND OTHER PUBLIC LANDS. IN 2025, THE PCTA SUCCESSFULLY ORGANIZED 105 GAOA-FUNDED TRAIL PROJECTS ACROSS NATIONAL FORESTS IN REGIONS 4, 5, AND 6.

    Expenses $2,400,506 · Grants $422,706 · Revenue $1,883,635

  • TRAIL PROMOTION AND EDUCATION:THROUGH OUR PRINT AND ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND PERSONAL OUTREACH,- WE PROMOTE THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL AS A RECREATION SPACE FOR EVERYONE- PROMOTE SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF THE TRAIL BY EDUCATING TRAIL USERS IN LEAVE NO TRACE PRINCIPLES, AS WELL AS INFORMING TRAIL USERS ABOUT TRAIL CLOSURES AND THE IMPACTS FROM WILDFIRE- MOBILIZE VOLUNTEERS TO MAINTAIN THE TRAIL- KEEP OUR MEMBERS AND ELECTED LEADERS INFORMED OF PROGRAMS AND ISSUES FACING THE TRAIL - INTRODUCE NEW AUDIENCES TO THE RICHNESS OF THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL EXPERIENCEIN 2025, PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: - PUBLISHING THREE ISSUES (31,200 COPIES) OF THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL COMMUNICATOR MAGAZINE, AND DISTRIBUTING IT TO MEMBERS, PARTNERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS; - PUBLISHING AN ANNUAL CALENDAR; - PUBLISHING TWELVE REGULAR ISSUES OF TRAIL DIRT, THE PCTA'S ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER;- PUBLISHING DOZENS OF BLOG AND HUNDREDS OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS & STORIESTHE PCTA ALSO ...- RESPONDED TO 5,297 INQUIRIES FROM TRAIL USERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC;- ISSUED 4,998 LONG-DISTANCE PERMITS AND 2,656 SECTION HIKE PERMITS;- GARNERED ALMOST FIVE MILLION WEBSITE VISITS;- ENGAGED 326,000 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS.

    Expenses $929,902 · Revenue $271,572

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JOHN REMMERS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ELIZABETH DORSI

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • DIANNE DALEY LAURSEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CARMEN IBARRA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JENNIFER ALBINSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KEVIN BACON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KIM BOX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANNA DEARYBURY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KEITH DORSEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • LEE DURAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PABLO GARZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ASHLEY MARTINEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PAULINA ROBLEDO WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICK THALHAMMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • GINNY TOO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MEGAN WARGO

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $198,074
    From this org
    $171,249
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,825
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,249
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,749
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,076
    Filer's total
    $198,074

  • TERESA RAICHART

    CHIEF FINANCIAL & ADMIN

    Total calculated
    $184,032
    From this org
    $161,690
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,342
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,690
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,954
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,388
    Filer's total
    $184,032

  • CHRIS RYLEE

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $144,888
    From this org
    $133,986
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,902
    Hours/week
    40

  • JUSTIN KOOYMAN

    DIRECTOR OF TRAIL OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $124,458
    From this org
    $110,598
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,860
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANGIE WILLIAMSON

    SENIOR MANAGER, GIFTS AND PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $146,691
    From this org
    $116,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,489
    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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
AT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION OF A REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING, THE PCTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THE SALARY AND BONUS OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER BASED IN PART ON PERFORMANCE MEASURED AGAINST OBJECTIVES AND OTHER FACTORS. IN ADDITION, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS USES COMPENSATION DATA FROM THE FORM 990 OF COMPARABLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS A SURVEY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE NONPROFIT COMPENSATION ASSOCIATES.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
31 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611539349301121

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