California · Public charity
American Trails
To advance the development of diverse high quality trails and greenways for the benefit of people and communities through collaboration, education and communication to raise awareness of the value these trails offer.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 36
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 95%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,726
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $101,993
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 22
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 18
- Total assets, FY2024
- $550k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 95% of the organizations American Trails funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 36 | $1.1M | 78% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $422k | 95% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wood River Trails Coalition Inc | $101,993 | 1 | 17% |
| Back Country Horsemen of Washington | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Cottonwood Canyons Foundation | $95,290 | 1 | 9% |
| Wild Alabama Inc | $77,334 | 3 | 10% |
| Tread Lightly Inc | $74,643 | 1 | 4% |
| Seeds | $74,618 | 1 | 2% |
| Back Country Horsemen of the Virginia Highlands | $74,032 | 2 | 70% |
| Partnership for Youth | $69,700 | 1 | 5% |
| Western States Endurance Run Foundation | $68,300 | 1 | 6% |
| American Hiking Society | $63,026 | 2 | 4% |
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Where it is load-bearing
American Trails supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: National Forest Foundation · National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance · Patagoniaorg · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · National Park Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Resources Legacy Fund · Ibm International Foundation · Partnership for the National Trails System Inc · National Park Trust Inc · River Network · Ge Aerospace Foundation
How this is measured
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About American Trails
- How much does American Trails give?
- American Trails reported 36 itemized grants totaling $1,062,339, out of $1,092,013 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 22 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does American Trails fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (58%), Environment (31%), Education (5%).
- Who are American Trails's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Wood River Trails Coalition Inc ($102k), Back Country Horsemen of Washington ($100k), Cottonwood Canyons Foundation ($95k).
- Does American Trails fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 95% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Trails?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Forest Foundation, National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, Patagoniaorg.
- Where is American Trails based?
- American Trails is based in CA.
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