California · Nonprofit
Bigfoot Trail Alliance
Bigfoot Trail Alliance (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $378,390 to it, the largest being S H COWELL FOUNDATION ($267,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $370k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $378k
- Net assets
- $179k
What Bigfoot Trail Alliance does
Mission
The Bigfoot Trail Alliance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is working to support the establishment of the 360 mile route through the Klamath Mountains to celebrate the regions biodiversity. The BFTA fosters a community committed to maintaining, promoting, and protectingin perpetuitythe Bigfoot Trail.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education- BFTA connects peopleespecially youthto the natural world through immersive, field-based learning. BFTAs programs blend ecological science, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and hands-on stewardship to cultivate curiosity, skills, and a deeper understanding of the landscapes of the Klamath Mountains and North Coast.
$116,713 spentof which $122,829 as grants53% of program spendingTrailwork- Bigfoot Trail Alliance (BFTA) trail crews and volunteers restore and maintain remote backcountry routes across Northwest California, reopening miles of trail lost to wildfire, storms, and time. Through hands-on stewardship, BFTA keeps these pathways aliveensuring safe passage for hikers, stock users, and future generations while protecting the ecological integrity of the landscapes they traverse.
$101,130 spentof which $74,867 as grants$16,951 earned by the program46% of program spendingCommunity Engagement- BFTA brings together volunteers, partners, and local communities to care for public lands. Through collaborative projects, events, and shared stewardship, BFTA builds lasting relationships that support both healthy ecosystems and resilient rural communitiesensuring that the work of conservation is both inclusive and enduring.
$2,129 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $219,972.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $146k to $205k (+41%).
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 34% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Bigfoot Trail Alliance’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $72k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 Bigfoot Trail Alliance’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
Bigfoot Trail Alliance leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
28% 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 Bigfoot Trail Alliance.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 93% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
98% of Bigfoot Trail Alliance's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Bigfoot Trail Alliance runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Bigfoot Trail Alliance receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $794k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$794k
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 Bigfoot Trail Alliance
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Bigfoot Trail Alliance: 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 Bigfoot Trail Alliance?
- Bigfoot Trail Alliance (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $378,390 to it, the largest being S H COWELL FOUNDATION ($267,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Bigfoot Trail Alliance have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $378,390 in grants to Bigfoot Trail Alliance, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Bigfoot Trail Alliance?
- S H COWELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $267,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Bigfoot Trail Alliance find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 6 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