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TRI-STATE TRAILS

EIN 92-0271881 CINCINNATI, OH

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Revenue 2024
$1,529,613
Expenses 2024
$886,830

Program services were 81.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W30
Classification
1000
Street
3080 EXPLORATION AVENUE 640

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Tri-State Trails' mission is to connect people and places with a regional trail and bikeway network that enhances vibrancy and equity in our community. Tri-State Trails unites advocates, leaders, and stakeholders in a collaborative discussion on active transportation and outdoor recreation in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, andSoutheast Indiana.To accomplish its mission, Tri-State Trails advocates for connecting and expanding the regional trail and bikeway network; collects and maintains data on trails locally; provides technical assistance to local governments and community groups to advise them on best practices for trail planning, design, funding, construction, and maintenance; and promotes and celebrates the existing trails in the Tri-State.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To connect people and places with regional trail and bikeway network.

  • Technical Assistance to Local Governments and Community Groups:In 2024, Tri-State Trails worked on several fee for service projects by providing professional consulting on trail and bikeway planning to local governments and community groups. The organization prepared the Mill Creek Triangle Trail Feasibility Study to connect twelve local governments in central and northern Hamilton County, Ohio; and the Forest Park Winton Trail Plan in the City of Forest Park, Ohio. Tri-State Trails advised on a variety of other projects for several other local governments. The organization collected trail usage data on over 200 miles of regional trails in the Tri-State region.

    Expenses $145,160 · Revenue $78,378

  • Public Education and Trail Promotion Activities:In 2024, Tri-State Trails organized several events to promote the existing trails, as well as educate the public about future trail opportunities and safe trail usage behaviors. The organization organized and published a Low-Stress Bike Map for the urban core to educate beginners about safe bicycling routes and behaviors. The organization organized and/or supported eight Pop-Up Bike Shop events to provide free bike repair and bike safety gear in underserved neighborhoods. Tri-State Trails organized bike ride activities including Breakfast on the Bridge, in celebration of National Bike to Work Day; the Tour de CROWN ride, to showcase the existing and planned trails in the CROWN project; the Meet the Candidates Ride, to educate candidates running for elected office about the opportunities and challenges associated with trails and bikeways; and several other one-off bike ride events. Many of Tri-State Trails' events have a fundraising component to them to generate sponsorship and registration income.

    Expenses $129,332 · Revenue $378,047

  • The CROWN Capital Campaign:The CROWN Capital Campaign is a vision to build a 34-mile urban trail loop around the City of Cincinnati. Funds are in the process of being expended over the next five years to match state and federal grants to connect 24 miles of trails included in Phase I of the CROWN network. In 2024, Tri-State Trails funded the construction of Wasson Way Phase 6B on Xavier University's campus and a portion of the local match for the Mariemont Connector trail. Tri-State Trails is the fiscal agent and fiscal sponsor for the CROWN Capital Campaign, which was formerly managed by Green Umbrella from 2019 to December 2023. The CROWN Capital Campaign is governed by the CROWN Committee, which makes decisions about how the funds will be allocated for trail projects and other expenses required for fundraising, project management, administration, etc. Tri-State Trails performs services for the CROWN Capital Campaign including fund stewardship, project management, community engagement, trail planning, grant funding strategy, and trail beautification.

    Expenses $448,516 · Revenue $959,824

  • Expenses $2,304

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Tanner Yess - resigned 51225

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Comte

    Vice President/Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Greene

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Douglas Prather

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wym Portman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Carleton - 2025

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amanda Penick - 2025

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christine Russell - 2025

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Palmeter-resigned 51225

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sean McGrory

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Frances Kern Mennone

    Treasurer

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,529,613
    Expenses
    $886,830
    Contributions
    $448,665
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $637,847
    Expenses
    $364,384
    Contributions
    $201,904
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
Wade Johnston
Mailing address
PO BOX 14270CINCINNATI OH 45250

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

  • Green Umbrella

    OH

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.