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NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE INC

EIN 22-6042838 MAHWAH, NJ

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Revenue 2024
$4,225,390
Expenses 2024
$4,258,332

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N320
Classification
1000
Street
600 RAMAPO VALLEY RD

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

THE NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE IS A VOLUNTEER-POWERED ORGANIZATION THAT BUILDS, MAINTAINS, AND PROTECTS OVER 2,100 MILES OF PUBLIC TRAILS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION. (SEE SCHEDULE O FOR ADDITIONAL DETAIL)

Activities or mission (Part I)

The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Is a volunteer-powered organization that builds, maintains, and protects public trails.

  • TRAIL BUILDING AND PROGRAMS FOUNDED IN 1920 TO HELP CONNECT PEOPLE WITH NATURE, THE TRAIL CONFERENCE LEADS THE WAY IN TRAIL BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE ACROSS THE REGION. OUR VOLUNTEER-POWERED ORGANIZATION IS NOW ALSO RECOGNIZED AS AN INNOVATOR IN PROTECTING NATIVE HABITATS BY COMBATING INVASIVE SPECIES THROUGH OUR STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS. WE ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ON THE SIMPLE STEPS THEY CAN TAKE TO HELP CARE FOR TRAILS AND SAVE OUR ECOSYSTEMS. WE BELIEVE EVERYONE HAS THE POWER TO PROTECT THE LAND THEY LOVE.

    Expenses $2,869,265

  • PUBLICATIONS SINCE THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION OF THE NEW YORK WALK BOOK IN 1923, THE TRAIL CONFERENCE HAS PROVIDED OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS WITH ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON LOCAL TRAILS. WHEN YOU DECIDE TO GET OUTDOORS, WE PROVIDE THE GUIDANCE YOU NEED FOR A SAFE AND ENJOYABLE HIKING ADVENTURE, OFFERING TRIP PLANNING AND WAYFINDING EXPERTISE THROUGH OUR MAPS, GUIDEBOOKS, AND WEBSITE.

    Expenses $158,601 · Revenue $96,058

  • DARLINGTON HEADQUARTERS THE TRAIL CONFERENCE IS HEADQUARTERED AT THE HISTORIC DARLINGTON SCHOOLHOUSE IN MAHWAH, NEW JERSEY. BUILT IN 1891, THE SCHOOLHOUSE SAT EMPTY FOR DECADES. IN 2015, THE TRAIL CONFERENCE COMPLETED EXTENSIVE RESTORATIONS ON THE SITE, TRANSFORMING IT INTO THE AWARD-WINNING FACILITY WE CALL HOME TODAY.

    Expenses $150,189

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.

  • Joshua Howard

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $154,809
    From this org
    $150,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,515
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,294
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,515
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $154,809
  • Patrick Gallagher

    ADVANCEMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,803
    From this org
    $114,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,403
    Hours/week
    40
  • Mary Perro

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $116,210
    From this org
    $112,825
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,385
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kenneth Posner

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • David Felsenthal

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Mary Ann Villari

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Charles Gadol

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Alan Davidson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Barbara Evans

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Emily Hague

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Felicity Arengo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Juan Melli

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Kalyan Ghosh

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Michael Pashley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sara Kleinberg

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Seth Reichlin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Sreeni Nair

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Togut

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,225,390
    Expenses
    $4,258,332
    Contributions
    $3,713,756
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,615,975
    Expenses
    $4,057,647
    Contributions
    $3,350,604
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,396,661
    Expenses
    $1,860,190
    Contributions
    $1,246,441
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,963,707
    Expenses
    $3,265,087
    Contributions
    $2,731,740
    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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,458,789
    Expenses
    $3,450,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,527,646
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,579,794
    Expenses
    $3,206,998
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,794,467
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,774,526
    Expenses
    $3,050,024
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,821,926
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,697,033
    Expenses
    $3,060,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,566,872
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,903,291
    Expenses
    $3,106,977
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,791,301
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,579,328
    Expenses
    $3,125,319
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,631,637
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,485,934
    Expenses
    $2,470,663
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,876,801
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,895,507
    Expenses
    $2,197,746
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,229,022
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,249,470
    Expenses
    $1,875,814
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,931,601
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,532,802
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,336,758

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

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.

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.