Missouri · Nonprofit
OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION
OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION (Missouri) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,229 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($42,622). 4 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
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $136k
- Net assets
- $251k
What Ozark Trail Association does
Mission
To develop, maintain, promote, preserve and protect the rugged beauty of the Ozark Trail as a recreational resource.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Maintenance of the existing Ozark Trail in cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers, USDA-US Forest Service, National Park Service, Missouri State Parks, Missouri Conservation and LAD Foundation. In 2024 OTA continued work under a cost sharing agreement with USFS for maintenance of the trail in the Mark Twain NF. OTA also maintained trail on other partners lands using it own funds . In addition to expenses listed above OTA volunteers put in 5596 hours in support of the maintenance program in 3 sub-programs, maintenance outings, Adopt-A-Trail and the certified Sawyer program.
$156,065 spent$140,109 earned by the program91% of program spendingPromoting greater use of the Ozark Trail by the public through attending public events and providing information, operating a website offering maps and trip planning information and supporting events taking place on the trail to increase awareness in various trail user communities. OTA volunteers contributed 1,400 hours toward this program.
$9,289 spent5% of program spendingDevelopment of new sections of the Ozark Trail. In 2024 OTAs volunteer planners worked on developing strategies for identifying possible routes new sections of trails that fulfill the goal of a long continuous trail through the Ozarks in Missouri. Also studies for linkages connecting the Ozark Trail to other existing recreational resources and nearby communities are under study.
$5,982 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $171,336.
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 $163k to $232k (+42%).
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 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 1 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
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $49k → $11k.
3 of 11 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 OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION’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
OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 76% · 2022 56% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“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 OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
51% of OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION'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 $66k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Missouri, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k 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
OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $614k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$614k
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 OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION?
- OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION (Missouri) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,229 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($42,622). 4 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 OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $136,229 in grants to OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $42,622 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OZARK TRAIL ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 11 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