New Jersey · Nonprofit
LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION
LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $563,012 to it, the largest being George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation ($240,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $176k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $563k
- Net assets
- $578k
What Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation does
Mission
The Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation, through collaboration with community, government, corporate and nonprofit partners, promotes and guides the construction, maintenance, use, and enjoyment of a 22-mile pedestrian/bicycle trail loop connecting lawrence and hopewell townships in mercer county, new jersey, and actively encourages connections to adjacent areas and regional trail networks to ensure an enduring amenity supported by the people it serves.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The award-winning lawrence hopewell trail (lht) is a 22-mile, multipurpose, mostly off-road, environmentally sensitive trail developed by a citizen-led volunteer board of trustees. It is designed to encourage health and fitness,enjoyment of the outdoors, and access to preserved open space while linking communities and neighborhoods and providing an alternative to automobile transportation, thereby contributing to a more sustainable community. The lht's primary programmatic accomplishments are: (1) managing the development of the trail that traverses corporate campuses, a private school, preserved open space, parks, neighborhoods, and a main street. This requires establishing and maintaining relationships with multiple landowners; designing segments that meet environmental, safety, and construction standards; raising funds for trail construction and support of the nonprofit corporation; and coordinating efforts with local and county governments. As of 2022, 95% of the trail has been completed. Plans are underway for the funding, design, and construction of the remainder. What is not reflected in the financial statements is the fact that in collaboration with county and township…
$87,504 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $87,504.
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 2021 to 2022, from $299k to $515k (+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.
82% of LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $3k → $63k.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION’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
LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 67% · 2020 80% · 2021 56% · 2022 55% · 2023 64% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
99% of LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $35k 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
LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $63k on record.
- FEDERAL$63k
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 LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION: 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 LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION?
- LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION (New Jersey) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $563,012 to it, the largest being George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation ($240,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $563,012 in grants to LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION?
- George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $240,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAWRENCE HOPEWELL TRAIL CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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