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AMERICAN TRAILS

EIN 52-1591902 COTTONWOOD, CA

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Revenue 2024
$1,592,550
Expenses 2024
$1,699,208

Program services were 85.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N32Z
Classification
1200
Street
18845 ELEANOR LN

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIVERSE HIGH QUALITY TRAILS AND GREENWAYS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH COLLABORATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE VALUE THESE TRAILS OFFER.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THROUGH COLLABORATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION, AMERICAN TRAILS ADVANCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUALITY TRAILS AND GREENWAYS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES.

  • LEGACY TRAILS PROGRAM: ENABLES PROJECT PARTNERS FROM NONMOTORIZED AND MOTORIZED USER GROUPS TO COMPLETE TRAILS PROJECTS ON LANDS MANAGED BY THE USDA FOREST SERVICE, WHICH IMPROVE WATERSHED HEALTH, RESTORE AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGES, PRESERVE ACCESS, AND DECOMMISSION UNAUTHORIZED AND PREVIOUSLY CLOSED TRAILS.

    Expenses $1,124,120 · Grants $1,039,111

  • NATIONAL TRAILS TRAINING PARTNERSHIP: AS THE LEAD TRAIL ORGANIZATION FOR THE PARTNERSHIP, AMERICAN TRAILS IS ALSO PROVIDING ON-LINE DETAILS OF BUSINESSES, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT TRAIL PLANNING, IMPROVEMENT, AND EDUCATION. AMERICAN TRAILS PROVIDES WORKSHOPS ON KEY TRAIL TOPICS FOR STATES AND LOCAL GROUPS TO HOST. WE'RE ALSO DOING RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY NEEDS AS WELL AS RESOURCES IN PRIORITY AREAS SUCH AS ACCESSIBLE TRAILS, VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT, FUNDING, TRAIL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE, NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, AND LIABILITY. AMERICAN TRAILS IS ALSO SEEKING GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AND DEVELOP NEW TRAINING MATERIALS AND CURRICULA.

    Expenses $135,669 · Revenue $4,900

  • INTERNATIONAL TRAILS SUMMIT: EVERY TWO YEARS AMERICAN TRAILS AND THE PROFESSIONAL TRAILBUILDERS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS THE INTERNATIONAL TRAILS SUMMIT TO BRING TOGETHER TRAIL AND GREENWAY ADVOCATES, MANAGERS, PLANNERS, AND USERS, AS WELL AS TOURISM AND BUSINESS INTERESTS. THE SUMMIT IS THE LARGEST GATHERING OF ALL TRAIL INTERESTS - PROFESSIONALS, MANAGERS, AND USERS WHO BELIEVE THEIR COMBINED VOICES ARE THE BEST WAY TO STRENGTHEN TRAILS FOR EVERYONE.

    Expenses $11,063

  • ADVANCING TRAILS WEBINAR SERIES: AMERICAN TRAILS BRINGS AGENCIES, TRAILBUILDERS, ADVOCATES, AND VOLUNTEERS THE LATEST IN STATE-OF-THE-ART INFORMATION ON ALL ASPECTS OF TRAILS AND GREENWAYS. OUR WEBINARS FOCUS ON A VARIETY OF TRAIL TOPICS, USUALLY APPLICABLE TO ALL TRAIL TYPES, WITH EXPERT PRESENTERS. WEBINAR TOPICS ARE CHOSEN FROM CURRENT CUTTING-EDGE TRAIL TOPICS SELECTED FROM ATTENDEE/PRESENTER SUGGESTIONS AS WELL AS RECENT POPULAR CONFERENCE SESSIONS.

    Expenses $55,460

  • TRAILS CAPACITY PROGRAM: SUPPORTS PARTNERS FROM ALL NONMOTORIZED AND MOTORIZED TRAIL USER GROUPS, INCLUDING WATER TRAILS. PROJECTS MAY INCLUDE TRAIL RESEARCH, STEWARDSHIP, AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUSIVE, ENGAGING, EDUCATIONAL, AND FOSTER IMPROVED TRAIL USER BEHAVIOR. THIS PROGRAM IS TARGETED FOR NON-FOREST SERVICE FEDERAL LANDS, AS WELL AS STATE, LOCAL, AND PRIVATE LANDS.

    Expenses $53,421 · Grants $52,902

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $70,757 · Revenue $35,832

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Mike Passo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,147
    From this org
    $100,832
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,315
    Hours/week
    40

  • John Favro

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marianne Fowler

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Terry Hanson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Burger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jan Hancock

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott Landes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Danielle McNiven

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Bob Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marie Walker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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
    $1,592,550
    Expenses
    $1,699,208
    Contributions
    $1,554,306
    Grants paid
    $1,092,013
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,418,818
    Expenses
    $1,562,171
    Contributions
    $980,708
    Grants paid
    $440,129
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $789,183
    Expenses
    $708,132
    Contributions
    $771,273
    Grants paid
    $50,424

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $772,946
    Expenses
    $618,502
    Assets (EOY)
    $289,620

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $432,061
    Expenses
    $416,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,493

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $583,572
    Expenses
    $680,961
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,010

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $549,822
    Expenses
    $530,617
    Assets (EOY)
    $183,127

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $626,756
    Expenses
    $596,783
    Assets (EOY)
    $165,804

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $675,953
    Expenses
    $665,440
    Assets (EOY)
    $92,361

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $335,279
    Expenses
    $329,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $73,616

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $256,294
    Assets (EOY)
    $52,953

  • 2010 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $514,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,419

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.