Nevada · Nonprofit
Tahoe Rim Trail Association
Tahoe Rim Trail Association (Nevada) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,657,961 to it, the largest being Community Foundation of Northern Nevada ($1,962,062). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 65
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $7.7M
What Tahoe Rim Trail Association does
Mission
To maintain and enhance the tahoe rim trail system, practice and inspire stewardship, and preserve recreational access to the natural beauty of the lake tahoe region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trail operations program: maintains and enhances the tahoe rim trail system by organizing and training volunteers to build, maintain, and improve its nearly 200 miles of trail. In 2024, the trta leveraged the support of active crew leaders and volunteers who contributed 70 days to maintain every mile of the trail system. The association cleared 392 downed trees from the trail, and completed major maintenance on trails.
$348,233 spent32% of program spendingEducation and outreach programs: distribute information about events, programs, and opportunities facilitated by the association and the tahoe rim trail. In 2024, trta had 700,000 annual users and engaged individuals at 67 hosted trail ambassador days to teach sustainable trail use.
$350,109 spent32% of program spendingYouth programs: conducts overnight youth backpacking trips so the participants can experience the physical and mental health benefits of time spent outdoors and learn the principles of leave no trace. In 2024, there were 12 trips serving a total of 115 youth of which 60% were able to participate at no cost.
$226,125 spent21% of program spendingTrail use programs: promotes environmental stewardship, inspires a love for the lake tahoe region, and encourages healthy and sustainable living. Trail use programs coordinates opportunities for the public to experience the trail in many ways including hikes, snowshoe treks, youth programs, several backcountry skills courses such as snow camping 101 and backpacking 101, wilderness medical courses, and other trainings.
$174,334 spent16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,098,801.
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 $3.9M to $6.3M (+59%).
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: 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% 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.
Chief executive
Lindsey Shultz
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 34 funders, grant income fell $2.1M → $487k.
16 of 65 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 65 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
Tahoe Rim Trail Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 Tahoe Rim Trail Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 21% · 2019 17% · 2020 21% · 2021 17% · 2022 13% · 2023 30% — 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
55% of Tahoe Rim Trail Association's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
66% of Tahoe Rim 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 $1.6M that is directly attributable, 72% of it comes from funders outside Nevada, across 16 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
Tahoe Rim Trail Association runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,767 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Tahoe Rim Trail Association receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $124k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$124k
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.
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In Nevada
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
57%
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 Tahoe Rim Trail Association: 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 Tahoe Rim Trail Association?
- Tahoe Rim Trail Association (Nevada) receives grants from 65 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,657,961 to it, the largest being Community Foundation of Northern Nevada ($1,962,062). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Tahoe Rim Trail Association have?
- IRS filings report 65 organizations giving $4,657,961 in grants to Tahoe Rim Trail Association, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Tahoe Rim Trail Association?
- Community Foundation of Northern Nevada is the largest funder on record, with $1,962,062 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Tahoe Rim Trail Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 65 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing