Idaho · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC
FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC (Idaho) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $448,325 to it, the largest being IDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($288,156). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $481k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $448k
- Net assets
- $13M
What Friends of Weiser River Trail Inc does
Mission
To preserve the integrity of the 84 mile rail to trail corridor; to develop, manage, and maintain a public recreational trail for non-motorized uses, and to protect and enhance the riparian and natural habitats along the corridor.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trail maintenance including weed abatement and control efforts, bridge repairs, trail surface upkeep(I.e. Grading, rolling, clearing rocks) and fencing. These maintenance services are performed by the organizations one employee, volunteers, and local vendors.
$166,945 spent$57,941 earned by the program83% of program spendingTrail awareness promoted as a recreational source as well as an economic driver for the local communities by bringing in people to events on the trail (walking, biking and horseback riding).
$17,883 spent9% of program spendingTrail development on 84 mile rail to trail corridor concentrating on further developing trailheads for public access and parking along the corridor. Fencing and related improvements in key areas for habitat protection and revegetation projects in riparian and wetland areas.
$16,121 spent$45,520 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $200,949.
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 2024 to 2025, from $12M to $13M (+2%).
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 25% · 2018 11% · 2019 13% · 2020 13% · 2021 11% · 2022 47% · 2023 44% · 2024 34% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $32k → $53k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL 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
FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 52% · 2019 75% · 2020 47% · 2021 93% · 2022 70% · 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
91% of FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC'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 $41k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Idaho funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $408k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC 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
Organizations like FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL 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 Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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 FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL 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 FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC?
- FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC (Idaho) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $448,325 to it, the largest being IDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($288,156). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $448,325 in grants to FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC?
- IDAHO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $288,156 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF WEISER RIVER TRAIL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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