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CATAMOUNT TRAIL ASSOCIATION

EIN 22-2528441 BURLINGTON, VT

Revenue 2024
$476,269
Expenses 2024
$469,448

Program services were 71.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1 MILL STREET

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 CATAMOUNT TRAIL ASSOCIATION IS A PASSIONATE GROUP OF BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. WE'VE BEEN BREAKING TRAIL SINCE 1984, CREATING NORTH AMERICA'S LONGEST BACKCOUNTRY SKI TRAIL AND PIONEERING INNOVATIVE RECREATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT VERMONT. OUR MISSION IS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO VERMONT'S BACKCOUNTRY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE DAYS SPENT IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH FRIENDS ARE POWERFUL, AND THAT THOSE EXPERIENCES SHOULD BE OPEN TO EVERYONE. WE ARE ADVOCATES, VOLUNTEERS, SUPPORTERS, AND TRAILBLAZERS WORKING TO STEWARD THE CATAMOUNT TRAIL, MANAGE BACKCOUNTRY SKI TERRAIN, PERMANENTLY PROTECT MOUNTAIN LANDS, AND EXPAND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SKIING. BY BUILDING TRAILS, COMMUNITY, AND OPPORTUNITY WE CONNECT PEOPLE TO VERMONT'S MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

OUR MISSION IS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO VERMONT'S BACKCOUNTRY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE DAYS SPENT IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH FRIENDS ARE POWERFUL, AND THAT THOSE EXPERIENCES SHOULD BE OPEN TO EVERYONE.

  • TRAIL/TERRAIN DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND PROTECTION: THE CATAMOUNT TRAIL ASSOCIATION DEVELOPS, MANAGES, AND CONSERVES THE CATAMOUNT TRAIL, A PUBLIC-ACCESS SKI TRAIL. THE CATAMOUNT TRAIL AND RELATED TRAILS AND TERRAIN ARE UNIQUE RESOURCES FOR RECREATION AND IMPORTANT CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC ASSETS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF VERMONT. THE CTA BUILDS PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT TRAILS AND TERRAIN AND FOSTERS AWARENESS AND STEWARDSHIP OF VERMONT'S DIVERSE LANDSCAPES THROUGH PROMOTION AND USE OF THE BACKCOUNTRY. CTA ALSO ADVOCATES USE OF TRAILS AND TERRAIN FOR THE RECREATIONAL, ECONOMIC, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND HEALTH BENEFITS THEY PROVIDE.

    Expenses $202,756

  • YOUTH EDUCATION: THE CATAMOUNT TRAIL ASSOCIATION ADMINISTERS SKI CUBS, A PROGRAM FOCUSED ON INTRODUCING YOUTH TO CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING AS A MEANS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES FOR VERMONT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. SKI CUBS COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS TO SERVE PARTICIPANTS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND LIMITED ACCESS TO WINTER SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES. THIS PROGRAM EMPOWERS VERMONT YOUTH TO ENJOY AN ACTIVE, OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE DURING THE WINTER AND DEVELOP A LIFELONG AFFINITY FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION AND NATURAL AREAS WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

    Expenses $83,713

  • EVENTS: CATAMOUNT TRAIL ASSOCIATION EVENTS EXIST TO INTRODUCE PEOPLE TO THE SPORT OF BACKCOUNTRY SKIING, TO CONNECT USERS AND GROW THE BACKCOUNTRY COMMUNITY, AND TO PROMOTE USE OF THE CATAMOUNT TRAIL AND OUR CHAPTER MANAGED ZONES. THE WINTER FUNDRAISING EVENT TRANSITIONED TO AN IN PERSON EVENT CALLED THE CATGUT. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY AN ASYNCHRONOUS EVENT. FOR A SECOND SEASON, RACE TO THE TOP WAS SOMEWHAT MODIFIED WITH THE RACE TAKING PLACE, BUT NO EVENTS AFTERWARDS.

    Expenses $48,163

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.

  • MATT WILLIAMS

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $72,402
    From this org
    $65,820
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,582
    Hours/week
    40

  • JAY STEARNS

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETER COTTRELL

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • METZI ANDERSON

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MEGHAN ARPINO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LARZ BARBER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ANNA CASEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA CORIELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RITA MARCOTTE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BILL OVERBAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DEBBIE PAGE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ADAM PIPER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILL SKERRETT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LARRY STRAUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BOB BRANDT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CLAYTON QUEEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEORGE CRITIDES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAUL JARRIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JENNIFER GORDON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARYCLAIRE MCGOVERN

    BOARD MEMBER

    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
    $476,269
    Expenses
    $469,448
    Contributions
    $467,528
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $418,707
    Expenses
    $416,109
    Contributions
    $403,353
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $372,515
    Expenses
    $371,091
    Contributions
    $348,965
    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
    $403,042
    Expenses
    $333,397
    Assets (EOY)
    $649,226

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $385,814
    Expenses
    $272,479
    Assets (EOY)
    $654,976

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $297,727
    Expenses
    $292,238
    Assets (EOY)
    $458,306

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $292,426
    Expenses
    $244,551
    Assets (EOY)
    $477,820

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $259,799
    Expenses
    $270,210
    Assets (EOY)
    $435,748

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $275,638
    Expenses
    $274,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $449,272

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $350,942
    Expenses
    $241,793
    Assets (EOY)
    $439,595

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $249,341
    Expenses
    $234,643
    Assets (EOY)
    $352,784

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $261,769
    Assets (EOY)
    $336,581

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $299,784
    Assets (EOY)
    $321,173

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.

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • ROCHESTER AREA SPORT TRAIL ALLIANCE

    C · SKI TRAILS · VT

  • NORTHEAST KINGDOM BACKCOUNTRY COAL

    C · SKI TRAILS · VT

  • DUTCH HILL ALL OF SKIERS & HIKERS

    C · SKI TRAILS · VT

  • GRATEFUL SHREDS BACKCOUNTRY COAL

    C · SKI TRAILS · VT

  • MAD RIVER VALLEY BACKCOUNTRY COAL

    C · SKI TRAILS · VT

  • SOUTHERN VERMONT TRAILS ALLIANCE

    C · SKI TRAILS · VT

  • WESTERN MASS BACKCOUNTRY ALLIANCE

    C · SKI TRAILS · MA

  • MANSFIELD BACKCOUNTRY ALLIANCE

    C · SKI TRAILS · VT

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.