Arkansas · Nonprofit
BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS
BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS (Arkansas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,477,044 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,791,267). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $62M
- Net assets
- $32M
What Bentonville Bella Vista Trailblazers does
Mission
Lead the development of an innovative regional recreation and transportation system that places trails and active transportation infrastructure at the core of an inclusive, vibrant, and healthy culture.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Trailblazers advance active transportation and outdoor recreation by planning, funding, constructing, and maintaining shared use paved and multi-use soft surface trails throughout northwest arkansas and the arkansas/mississippi delta region. In 2024, the organization continued development and maintenance of more than 200 miles of trail network and managed multiple construction projects in progress. Trailblazers coordinated community trail maintenance volunteerism, engaging hundreds of residents in stewardship activities, and led outreach and education programs promoting safe, equitable transportation and active lifestyles. Through collaboration with municipalities, community groups, and philanthropic partners, trailblazers expanded access to outdoor spaces and strengthened regional mobility and connectivity.
$10,823,530 spentof which $127,883 as grants$306,332 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $10,823,530.
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 2023 to 2024, from $116M to $32M (−72%).
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: 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% 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
Richard Erin Rushing
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $13M → $21M.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS’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
BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 47% · 2023 40% — diversifying over time.
“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.
Where its funders are
51% of BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS'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 $30M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32M 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.
Against its field
BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS's revenue fell 76% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS
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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS: 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 BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS?
- BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS (Arkansas) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $62,477,044 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($21,791,267). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $62,477,044 in grants to BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $21,791,267 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BENTONVILLE BELLA VISTA TRAILBLAZERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 13 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