Washington · Nonprofit
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,207,953 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,138,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation does
Mission
Building on community creativity and inspiration, we mobilize resources to improve parks and trails on bainbridge island.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Parks project: grants to the bainbridge island metropolitan park and recreation district (bimprd) for park enhancement projects. These grants support parks facilities and recreational opportunities through grants for park stewardship, special projects and pass-through grants for projects. The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation advocates for community members interests in park services and recreational amenities.
$474,850 spentof which $321,791 as grants56% of program spendingTrail projects: advocacy and project activity to connect community interest to the expansion, funding and maintenance support of the bainbridge island public trail system, largely managed by the bainbridge island metropolitan park & recreation district.
$352,638 spentof which $228,187 as grants42% of program spendingCommunity grants program: includes two distinct grants programs. The parks foundation community grants program provides funding support for capital projects that improve recreational opportunities on bainbridge island.
$18,148 spentof which $13,892 as grants2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $845,636.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $619k to $992k (+60%).
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: 2017 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Mary Meier
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $51k → $1.3M.
11 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION’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
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 35% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
96% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 31% · 2019 30% · 2020 34% · 2021 39% · 2022 35% · 2023 69% — 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
47% of BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
86% of BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $464k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Against its field
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION?
- BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION (Washington) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,207,953 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($1,138,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $3,207,953 in grants to BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,138,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAINBRIDGE ISLAND PARKS & TRAILS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing