THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C50

Classification

1000

Street

1920 E RIVERSIDE A-120 PMB 223

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

• In 2025, significant ecological restoration work was completed Trail-wide, including shoreline restoration and stabilization, urban forestry expansion, significant invasive species removal, and wildflower meadow seeding. In addition, the Organization hosted 118 volunteer events totaling 3,662 volunteers, established 4,506 native plants, collected 16,975 pounds of trash, and spread 320 cubic yards of mulch to protect mature trees along the trail. The Organization hosted 51 community events. Regular programming events that are free and open to the public include music and cultural events, fitness classes, education programs, and expanding partner programming in collaboration with other Austin-area and educational institutions.

  Expenses $2,253,838

• The Organization worked on the following capital projects during 2025: The Holly Fishing Pier completed construction and the project opened in mid-2025, the Comprehensive Signage Plan fabrication started in early 2025 and the first signs were installed in late 2025, the Longhorn Dam bridge benches finished fabrication and were installed in late 2025, Big Cy (Zilker retaining walls) complete site and building permitting, and Eastside Family Garden (part of the Holly Area Projects) progressed through schematic design and community engagement.

  Expenses $1,430,724

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

The first 25 listed. 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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $5,106,635

  Expenses

  $5,082,434

  Contributions

  $4,961,900

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $7,828,682

  Expenses

  $5,051,083

  Contributions

  $7,695,074

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,678,861

  Expenses

  $4,157,446

  Contributions

  $3,590,714

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,848,009

  Expenses

  $2,595,448

  Contributions

  $3,881,482

  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

  $3,939,710

  Expenses

  $2,123,773

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,199,128

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,675,241

  Expenses

  $2,201,385

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,206,527

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,049,297

  Expenses

  $1,928,881

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,913,973

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,171,451

  Expenses

  $3,318,831

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,555,945

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,550,196

  Expenses

  $1,468,295

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,055,758

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,578,340

  Expenses

  $998,116

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,070,161

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,322,340

  Expenses

  $1,070,056

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,883,760

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $991,616

  Expenses

  $1,115,857

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,757,257

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $737,021

  Expenses

  $1,101,340

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,763,565

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $648,188

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,807,969

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

• AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $363,358

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $324,725

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $261,500

  2023 · ENVIRONMENT, ANIMALS

• AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $239,600

  2022 · DONATION

• AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $231,465

  2023 · THE TRAIL CONSERVANCY 2023 URBAN FORESTRY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $146,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $86,735

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $68,780

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $66,125

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $61,534

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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