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New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,268,122 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($412,018). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $12M
What New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc does
Mission
The new york-new jersey trail conference is a volunteer-powered organization that builds, maintains, and protects over 2,100 miles of public trails across the tri-state region. (see schedule o for additional detail)
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trail building and programs founded in 1920 to help connect people with nature, the trail conference leads the way in trail building and maintenance across the region. Our volunteer-powered organization is now also recognized as an innovator in protecting native habitats by combating invasive species through our stewardship programs. We engage volunteers and educate people on the simple steps they can take to help care for trails and save our ecosystems. We believe everyone has the power to protect the land they love.
$2,869,265 spent90% of program spendingPublications since the original publication of the new york walk book in 1923, the trail conference has provided outdoor enthusiasts with accurate and up-to-date information on local trails. When you decide to get outdoors, we provide the guidance you need for a safe and enjoyable hiking adventure, offering trip planning and wayfinding expertise through our maps, guidebooks, and website.
$158,601 spent$96,058 earned by the program5% of program spendingDarlington headquarters the trail conference is headquartered at the historic darlington schoolhouse in mahwah, new jersey. Built in 1891, the schoolhouse sat empty for decades. In 2015, the trail conference completed extensive restorations on the site, transforming it into the award-winning facility we call home today.
$150,189 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,178,055.
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 2020 to 2021, from $12M to $14M (+15%).
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 26% · 2018 27% · 2019 27% · 2020 28% · 2021 37% · 2022 43% · 2023 43% · 2024 43% · 2025 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
Joshua Howard
Executive director
Board chair
Kenneth Posner
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $237k → $356k.
14 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 funders by total. 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
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
64% 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 New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 26% · 2019 20% · 2020 24% · 2021 15% · 2022 29% · 2023 15% — 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
49% of New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc's funding base is broadening — from 14 funders to 25 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $94k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$94k
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 New York-New Jersey Trail Conference 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc?
- New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,268,122 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($412,018). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $2,268,122 in grants to New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $412,018 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Inc 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 66 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