California · Nonprofit
TREK RELIEF
TREK RELIEF (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,618 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($47,901). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $145k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $92k
- Net assets
- $87k
What Trek Relief does
Mission
We inspire adventure travelers into leadership by co-creating mutually beneficial service projects with global communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Nepal service treks & community health infrastructuredescription:Trek Relief operates service-based trekking programs in nepal that combine responsible travel with direct investment in underserved himalayan communities. These programs support community-identified infrastructure, health, and education initiatives while fostering cultural exchange and sustainable local partnerships.accomplishments (2025):during the year, Trek Relief led a nepal service trek supporting the expansion of a medical clinic at pema ts'al monastery in lower mustang. Program participants funded and supported construction to expand a medical treatment room, increasing clinic capacity from approximately 600 patients per clinic day to an estimated 1,200 patients. Volunteers assisted local laborers with demolition, material transport, and site preparation. The program also funded and completed repainting of the monastery's soccer and basketball courts, improving shared recreational spaces for monks and community members. In addition, Trek Relief delivered approximately 150 pounds of school supplies and toys to three underserved schools in the lower mustang region, responding directly to community requests and…
$39,360 spentof which $6,872 as grants43% of program spendingPatagonia transformative environmental education & regenerative school gardens description:fundacin renoval strengthens natural knowledge and humannature relationships through transformative, outdoor-based environmental education in patagonia. The organization collaborates closely with local communities to design, build, and operate productive gardens and regenerative landscapes at rural schools, integrating infrastructure, curriculum, and traditional ecological knowledge to support long-term community resilience.accomplishments (2025):fundacin renoval completed huerta verde esperanza, a community-centered educational garden at a rural school in villa cerro castillo. The program includes construction of productive garden infrastructure, implementation of an environmental education curriculum, and engagement of students, teachers, and community members through hands-on learning, workshops, and stewardship activities.the organization finalized a master plan for a network of school gardens, establishing a scalable and replicable model for interconnected outdoor learning spaces across patagonia. This plan will support future expansion to additional communities, including puerto ibez,…
$29,111 spentof which $29,058 as grants31% of program spendingMongolia water resource development & sustainabilitydescription:Trek Relief partners with locally led organizations to improve access to clean, reliable water in rural mongolia through community-driven infrastructure projects and sustainability training. This program supports water security, public health, and long-term stewardship of shared resources for nomadic and semi-nomadic communities.accomplishments (2025):during the year, Trek Relief supported a water resource development and sustainability project in undur ulaan, mongolia, in partnership with farm. Program participants funded and helped complete the restoration of two freshwater wells serving local families and livestock. Work included repairing and replacing pumps, constructing weather-proof housing, installing insulation, pouring concrete, and building protective fencing. Upon completion, the two wells collectively provide clean drinking water access for over 1,200 residents, with each well distributing an estimated 5.47 to 7.3 million liters of water annually.in addition to infrastructure improvements, Trek Relief supported the launch of water, sanitation, and hygiene (wash) training led by farm in collaboration with…
$24,024 spentof which $6,200 as grants26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $92,495.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $72k to $94k (+32%).
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.
63% of TREK RELIEF’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Candice Young
Executive director
Board chair
Jay Humphrey
Fundraising chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $20k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 TREK RELIEF’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
TREK RELIEF leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 TREK RELIEF.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 100% · 2022 69% · 2023 59% — 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.
Where its funders are
92% of TREK RELIEF'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 $8k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $84k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
TREK RELIEF runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 TREK RELIEF
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
85%
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 TREK RELIEF: 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 TREK RELIEF?
- TREK RELIEF (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,618 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($47,901). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TREK RELIEF have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $91,618 in grants to TREK RELIEF, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TREK RELIEF?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $47,901 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TREK RELIEF find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2023–2025), 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