Alabama · Nonprofit
ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC
ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC (Alabama) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,565 to it, the largest being ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION INC ($375,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $827k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $503k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Alabama Trails Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the alabama trails foundation is to guide and promote the development of trails by connecting citizens and communities with their historical and natural resources for the betterment of alabama
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The alabama trails foundation (atf) supports trails that bring alabamians together. Trails provide an opportunity to get outside, to move and exercise, to experience nature at a time when we all need a little space to decompress. Trails provide economic impacts in communities large and small, from tourism dollars and from workforce development. Trails help tell the stories of alabama's past, all while bringing us together on a common path moving forward.concentrating on programs that require the leadership from a nongovernmental organization with a mandate from the state of alabama, the alabama trails foundation continues to deepen our relationships with state and federal agencies. We have dug into larger projects that require a deep understanding of policies and legal requirements. We are making multi-year investments in building the fundamental elements of sustainable trails.we've spoken with organizations across alabama, shared our trails knowledge and love of this spectacular place, and continued to grow our network. We've worked with state and federal partners as part of our ongoing mission to improve flagg mountain, including shepherding the site becoming a national historic…
$953,119 spent97% of program spending100 alabama miles challenge -an ongoing program designed to inspire alabamians to walk, run, hike, bike, swim, paddle, ride, or roll 100 miles each year and to do so by exploring the thousands of miles of trails available at alabama's parks, nature preserves, and rivers.
$25,104 spent3% of program spendingCahaba blueway - the foundation provides a minimal amount of administrative support for the cahaba blueway project with the goal of helping it grow into its own significant program. The university of alabama center for economic development (uaced) launched the cahaba blueway initiative over seven years ago dedicating staff and resources to empower the sustainable management of alabama's longest substantially free-flowing river as a marketable outdoor recreation destination.
$1,028 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $979,251.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $319k to $1.3M (+309%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2024 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $21k → $307k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
25% of ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
96% of ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $107k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC?
- ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC (Alabama) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $502,565 to it, the largest being ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION INC ($375,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $502,565 in grants to ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC?
- ALABAMA POWER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $375,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALABAMA TRAILS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing