California · Public charity
Pacific Crest Trail Association
The PACIFIC CREST TRAIL ASSOCIATION's mission is to advocate for the pacific crest trail as an inspirational outdoor experience, to connect people to the pct, and to conserve the trail.
- $423k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $410,923
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $410,923
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Pacific Crest Trail Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $423k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $293k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $107k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $252k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $101k | 25% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Conservation Experience | $760,676 | 8 | 0% |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $268,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Youth Corps | $202,040 | 3 | 1% |
| Washington Department of Ecology | $108,312 | 5 | n/a |
| Siskiyou Mountain Club | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| William S Hart Union High School District | $42,063 | 4 | n/a |
| Southern California Mountains Foundation | $33,774 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship | $26,050 | 2 | 1% |
| The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Truckee Trails Foundation Inc | $8,629 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Conservation Experience | $760,676 | 8 | 0% |
| The Student Conservation Association Inc | $268,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Northwest Youth Corps | $202,040 | 3 | 1% |
| Washington Department of Ecology | $108,312 | 5 | n/a |
| Siskiyou Mountain Club | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| William S Hart Union High School District | $42,063 | 4 | n/a |
| Southern California Mountains Foundation | $33,774 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship | $26,050 | 2 | 1% |
| The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Truckee Trails Foundation Inc | $8,629 | 1 | 2% |
| Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pacific Crest Trail Association supplied at peak.
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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 Fish and Wildlife Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Pacific Crest Trail Association
- How much does Pacific Crest Trail Association give?
- Pacific Crest Trail Association reported 2 grants totaling $422,706 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pacific Crest Trail Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (80%), Employment (13%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Pacific Crest Trail Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: American Conservation Experience ($761k), The Student Conservation Association Inc ($268k), Northwest Youth Corps ($202k).
- Does Pacific Crest Trail Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pacific Crest Trail Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Forest Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is Pacific Crest Trail Association based?
- Pacific Crest Trail Association is based in CA.
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