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WINDING TRAILS INC

WINDING TRAILS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,918 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($177,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$4.7M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$237k
Net assets
$9.3M
5/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Winding Trails Inc does

Mission

Winding trails, inc. Is a non-profit organization serving people from farmington and surrounding communities, providing year round recreational and educational activities for the enjoyment and growth of families and individuals of all ages. Winding trails is dedicated to conservation and stewardship of the natural woodlands and waterways that allow outdoor programming, character development, and other activities that strengthen the lives of those we serve.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Recreation and education- winding trails offers hiking and biking trails, a variety of programs for all ages, nature education and team building for school groups.

    $2,051,317 spent$2,568,085 earned by the program
    57% of program spending
  2. Camps- winding trails runs an aca accredited 8 week summer day camp as well as full and half day sports camps and adventure camps.

    $1,519,718 spent$1,645,368 earned by the program
    43% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,571,035.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.5M) Expenses 100 ($2.8M) Net assets 100 ($6.2M)2018 Revenue 95 ($3.3M) Expenses 107 ($3.0M) Net assets 105 ($6.5M)2019 Revenue 99 ($3.4M) Expenses 111 ($3.1M) Net assets 109 ($6.7M)2020 Revenue 81 ($2.8M) Expenses 106 ($3.0M) Net assets 107 ($6.6M)2021 Revenue 109 ($3.8M) Expenses 109 ($3.1M) Net assets 124 ($7.7M)2022 Revenue 112 ($3.9M) Expenses 122 ($3.5M) Net assets 124 ($7.7M)2023 Revenue 118 ($4.1M) Expenses 130 ($3.7M) Net assets 133 ($8.2M)2024 Revenue 134 ($4.6M) Expenses 143 ($4.0M) Net assets 145 ($9.0M)2025 Revenue 137 ($4.7M) Expenses 158 ($4.5M) Net assets 151 ($9.3M)
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Revenue (137)Expenses (158)Net assets (151)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $8.5M to $9.3M (+9%).

$6.6M
$7.0M
$7.2M
$7.4M
$8.0M
$7.9M
$8.5M
$9.3M
$9.6M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$629k
’17
$257k
’18
$276k
’19
−$180k
’20
$680k
’21
$408k
’22
$394k
’23
$583k
’24
$269k
’25
4.5
months of
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

Scott Brown

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed141414151515192120
Joined·+3+3+4+4+3+4+4+3
No longer listed·33343024
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $182k → $9k.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 WINDING TRAILS INC’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

WINDING TRAILS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

75% 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 WINDING TRAILS INC.

75%
largest funder
98%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 84% · 2021 67% · 2022 84% · 2023 55% — 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

60% of WINDING TRAILS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

75% of WINDING TRAILS INC'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 $59k that is directly attributable, 96% of it comes from Connecticut funders.

PA
CT
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $178k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like WINDING TRAILS 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 Connecticut

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

94%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds WINDING TRAILS INC?
WINDING TRAILS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $236,918 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($177,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does WINDING TRAILS INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $236,918 in grants to WINDING TRAILS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WINDING TRAILS INC?
HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $177,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WINDING TRAILS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 8 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