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FRIENDS OF THE MOUNTAINS TO SEA

EIN 52-2204330 RALEIGH, NC

Revenue 2025
$1,076,717
Expenses 2025
$1,169,871

Program services were 88.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C30
Classification
1200
Street
3509 HAWORTH DRIVE SUITE 210

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 · 2025

Mission

TO BRING TOGETHER COMMUNITIES AND VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD, MAINTAIN AND ADVOCATE FOR AN ENDURING FOOTHPATH CONNECTING NORTH CAROLINA'S NATURAL, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL TREASURES AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME ON THE TRAIL

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BRING TOGETHER COMMUNITIES AND VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD, MAINTAIN AND ADVOCATE FOR AN ENDURING FOOTPATH CONNECTING NORTH CAROLINA'S NATURAL, HISTORIC AND CULTURAL TREASURES AND TO ENSURE THAT ALL PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME ON THE TRAIL.

  • EDUCATION: PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT HIKING AND CARING FOR THE TRAIL THROUGH A WEBSITE, THE MEDIA, NEWSLETTERS, MEETINGS, AND EVENTS. PUBLISHED TRAIL GUIDES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE. WORKED WITH ONLINE PARTNER TO MAINTAIN A MOBILE APP FOR THE TRAIL. CONSTRUCTED INFORMATIONAL TRAILHEAD KIOSKS IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. ORGANIZED AND HELD A THREE-DAY ANNUAL EVENT OF 200 MEMBERS TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT THE TRAIL AND HOW TO HELP BUILD, PROTECT AND PROMOTE IT. ORGANIZED A MONTH OF HIKING, 48 MILE HIKING CHALLENGE TO CELEBRATE THE 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO BUILD THE MST. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HIKED SECTIONS OF THE TRAIL EVERY DAY, WITH NEW PEOPLE USING THE TRAIL TO SAFELY EXPLORE OUTDOORS AND CONNECT WITH FAMILY. SEVEN PEOPLE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE 1,175 MILE TRAIL IN 2025.

    Expenses $341,641 · Grants $371 · Revenue $20,445

  • TRAIL ROUTING: IDENTIFIED NEW CONNECTING ROUTES ON BACKROADS AND EXISTING TRAILS IN AREAS WHERE A FINAL ROUTE HAS NOT YET BEEN DESIGNATED. WORKED WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NONPROFIT LAND TRUSTS TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THEM IN ACQUIRING NEW LAND FOR THE TRAIL. TWO LAND ACQUISITIONS WERE MADE IN THE PIEDMONT REGION TO ALLOW MST EXPANSION.

    Expenses $117,834

  • TRAIL BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE: MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED EXISTING TRAIL AND CONSTRUCTED NEW TRAIL AT BENTONVILLE BATTLEFIELD AND OPENED A NEW TRAIL IN SAMPSON COUNTY. WORKED ON DESIGN AND ENGINEERING AND BEGAN CONSTRUCTION ON A FOOTBRIDGE IN BLADEN LAKES STATE FOREST. RESPONDED TO IMPACTS FROM HURRICANE HELENE. 1,000 VOLUNTEERS WORKED 41,406 HOURS TO BUILD, MAINTAIN, PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE TRAIL.

    Expenses $572,777 · Grants $633

  • ADVOCACY: EDUCATED FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE MOUNTAINS-TO-SEA TRAIL.

    Expenses $6,256

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KARL ANDERSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • LYNNE BRESLER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CARL DEANDRADE

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LARRY HUMBERT

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • TAMMY KELLY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARTHA PITTMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DWAYNE PATTERSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ALAN PARRY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHARON MCCARTHY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ANGELA LEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TOM WEAVER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RANDY JOHNSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • THAIS CARRERO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHREASE JOHNSON BROWN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • HEATHER COTTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KRISTIE WATKINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BOB DILLARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • BRENTZ LAURENZ

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $107,217
    From this org
    $93,067
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,150
    Hours/week
    41

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,076,717
    Expenses
    $1,169,871
    Contributions
    $1,025,659
    Grants paid
    $1,004
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $829,787
    Expenses
    $866,534
    Contributions
    $757,738
    Grants paid
    $1,279
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,002,599
    Expenses
    $929,707
    Contributions
    $941,113
    Grants paid
    $254,555
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $721,101
    Expenses
    $640,325
    Contributions
    $674,649
    Grants paid
    $9,215

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
    $762,437
    Expenses
    $451,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $997,980

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $472,579
    Expenses
    $356,935
    Assets (EOY)
    $686,039

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $395,175
    Expenses
    $355,977
    Assets (EOY)
    $570,362

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $370,210
    Expenses
    $307,439
    Assets (EOY)
    $563,138

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $383,179
    Expenses
    $401,954
    Assets (EOY)
    $543,019

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $746,927
    Expenses
    $606,989
    Assets (EOY)
    $539,721

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.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.