WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

2000

Street

705 2ND AVE STE 300

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

• DEFENDING WASHINGTON'S WILD AND ICONIC PLACES: EACH YEAR, WTA ENGAGES THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO RESTORE AND SUSTAIN TRAILS ACROSS WASHINGTON AND ENSURE THAT ALL OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE AND WELL-MAINTAINED TRAILS. BY PARTNERING WITH LAND MANAGERS, WE EXTEND THE CAPACITY OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND HELP ADDRESS THE BACKLOG OF DEFERRED MAINTENANCE ON WASHINGTON'S PUBLIC LANDS. IN 2025, WTA IMPROVED NEARLY 300 TRAILS ACROSS THE STATE, WITH THE HELP OF OVER 2,800 VOLUNTEERS.

  Expenses $3,949,641 · Revenue $1,733,117

• CONNECTING COMMUNITIES TO TRAILS: WTA IS WASHINGTON'S GO-TO SOURCE FOR HIKING AND TRAIL INFORMATION, PROVIDING FREE, ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES TO EQUIP PEOPLE WITH EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO BE SAFE, INFORMED AND ENGAGED STEWARDS FOR PUBLIC LANDS. IN 2025, OVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE RELIED ON WTA'S ONLINE TOOLS AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO ACCESS HIKING GUIDES, TRIP REPORTS AND TRAIL NEWS. IN 2025, HIKERS CONTRIBUTED 16,200 TRIP REPORTS, OFFERING REAL-TIME TRAIL CONDITIONS FOR RECREATIONALISTS AND VALUABLE DATA FOR LAND MANAGERS TO UNDERSTAND RECREATION TRENDS AND NEEDS. WE ALSO CONDUCT TRAILHEAD OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ENSURE RECREATIONISTS AT POPULAR TRAILS ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEED FOR A SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE ADVENTURE.

  Expenses $1,515,639 · Revenue $4,129

• INSPIRING NEXT GENERATION LEADERS: WTA BELIEVES HIKING BENEFITS HEARTS, MINDS, AND BODIES AND THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE TIME OUTSIDE. WE AIM TO SPARK THIS LOVE OF THE OUTDOORS EARLY BY HELPING YOUTH DISCOVER THE WONDERS OF TIME IN NATURE -- ENSURING A NEW GENERATION OF STEWARDS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO REDUCING BARRIERS SO PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS CAN GO OUTDOORS. THROUGH OUR OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM, WTA PROVIDES TRAINING AND RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS AND YOUTH LEADERS TO FACILITATE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $1,185,843 · Revenue $278,802

• BUILDING AN OUTDOORS MOVEMENT: WTA BELIEVES PEOPLE PROTECT THE PLACES THEY LOVE TO HIKE, FROM LOCAL PARKS TO REMOTE WILDERNESS. THROUGH GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY, WE EMPOWER HIKERS TO BECOME CHAMPIONS FOR TRAILS AND PUBLIC LANDS. WTA COLLABORATES WITH FEDERAL AND STATE POLICYMAKERS TO ADVANCE OUTDOOR INTERESTS, INCLUDING FOREST PLANNING, TRAIL FUNDING, WILDERNESS PROTECTION, AND NEW RECREATION PROJECTS. IN 2025, WTA ENABLED MORE THAN 18,000 PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION FOR PUBLIC LANDS THROUGH OUR TRAIL ACTION NETWORK, AND BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER 150 ADVOCATES TO GATHER IN PERSON AT THE STATE CAPITOL FOR WTA'S HIKER RALLY DAY.

  Expenses $492,367 · Revenue $33,663

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.

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

  $10,815,626

  Expenses

  $8,755,646

  Contributions

  $8,507,141

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $8,406,181

  Expenses

  $8,564,301

  Contributions

  $5,719,262

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,401,930

  Expenses

  $8,177,861

  Contributions

  $6,075,569

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,839,792

  Expenses

  $7,203,161

  Contributions

  $5,985,131

  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

• 2022 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,121,227

  Expenses

  $6,103,179

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,261,059

• 2021 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,716,409

  Expenses

  $5,185,033

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,545,246

• 2020 · 990-T

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  — not reported

  Assets (EOY)

  — not reported

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,839,217

  Expenses

  $5,740,467

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,530,013

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,601,549

  Expenses

  $5,049,599

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,641,196

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,520,791

  Expenses

  $4,256,309

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,623,665

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,103,862

  Expenses

  $3,724,278

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,759,105

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,494,402

  Expenses

  $3,276,569

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,118,162

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

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $573,635

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $510,311

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $492,641

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $483,240

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $297,129

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $284,875

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $236,280

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $220,960

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $182,555

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  $142,570

  2022 · UNRESTRICTED

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.

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