Wyoming · Nonprofit
Wyoming Pathways
Wyoming Pathways (Wyoming) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $795,829 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE B STORER FOUNDATION INC ($315,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $454k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $796k
- Net assets
- $146k
What Wyoming Pathways does
Mission
Wyoming Pathways mission is to inspire motivate and unite a strong community of public business and political leaders to improve people-powered transportation and recreation opportunities in Wyoming communities including bicycling walking cross-country skiing hiking mountain biking.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024 Wyoming Pathways made significant strides towards its core program objectives. The organization not only expanded its outreach efforts but also managed to secure additional funding to support the development of community bicycle pedestrian and trail systems. By influencing governmental policies and advocating for safe facilities Wyoming Pathways contributed to the improvement of recreational opportunities for outdoor enthusiasts in Wyoming. One of the key achievements of Wyoming Pathways was the growth of its supporter base and advocacy capacity. Through enhanced outreach initiatives the organization successfully engaged over 2,200 supporters who received regular updates and action alerts. With an expanded presence on social media platforms Wyoming Pathways effectively communicated its message and rallied support for its cause. To strengthen partnerships and collaboration staff and board members of Wyoming Pathways conducted meetings across the state with various stakeholders including government agencies community groups clubs and advocates. These interactions facilitated the exchange of ideas and resources fostering a conducive environment for collective action.…
$104,867 spent$104,867 earned by the program23% of program spendingWyoming Pathways actively engaged in ongoing communication and meetings with various officials to advocate for the advancement of biking and walking initiatives in Wyoming and to secure funding for related programs. Their educational and motivational campaigns targeted a wide range of stakeholders including local governments the Wyoming Legislature state agencies and the office of Governor Gordon. The organizations efforts have yielded tangible results with notable progress observed in collaboration with key State Agencies. This progress is evidenced by the implementation of training programs for community leaders and advocates focusing on best practices in bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure design enhancements in program effectiveness support in developing fundraising strategies for pathways and trails in communities as well as lobbying for budget allocations that prioritize bicycle pedestrian and trail programs and policies. Wyoming Pathways comprehensive approach has successfully involved multiple state entities such as the Departments of Health Transportation State Parks Business Council State Lands and the Governors office ensuring sustained advancement in the promotion…
$119,993 spent$119,993 earned by the program26% of program spendingWyoming Pathways has developed a very successful trail building partnership program and participated meaningfully in the public planning process of a number of state and federal agencies to improve agency policies and planning decisions. Over the grant period this includes comment efforts with USFS DOI and the BLM public land agencies. Forest Service partnerships continue to help improve the Pole Mountain trail system on the Medicine Bow NF that serves Laramie and Cheyenne. In 2024 the final connection from the Tie City parking lot to the Pilot Hill trail system was completed. The partnership with the Lander BLM continued trail improvements at Johnny Behind the Rocks area serving Lander WY and the visiting public. Repairs were performed on the Flowin Johnny Trail and a new connector trail from the J-Line Trail to the Johnny On Top Trail was completed enhancing access to both trails and creating new loop opportunities for trail users. Wyoming Pathways completed work on the Continental Divide Trail Project near Brooks Lake on Togwotee Pass. Wyoming Pathways programs supported protecting our public lands while enhancing access to enjoy them.
$215,556 spent$215,556 earned by the program47% of program spendingLocal meetings promotional materials and accounting & database staff to maintain the outreach efforts of Wyoming Pathways.
$14,275 spent$14,275 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $454,691.
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 2022 to 2023, from $339k to $173k (−49%).
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 27% · 2018 26% · 2019 32% · 2020 63% · 2021 50% · 2022 35% · 2023 45% · 2024 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Wyoming Pathways’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 4 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
Michael Kusiek
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $65k → $103k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 Wyoming Pathways’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
Wyoming Pathways leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
30% 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 Wyoming Pathways.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 56% · 2019 56% · 2020 62% · 2021 63% · 2022 53% · 2023 44% — 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
30% of Wyoming Pathways's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
73% of Wyoming Pathways's grant income comes from Wyoming funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $131k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Wyoming Pathways's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Wyoming Pathways receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$995k
- Department of the Interior$283k
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 Wyoming Pathways
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 Wyoming
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Wyoming Pathways: 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 Wyoming Pathways?
- Wyoming Pathways (Wyoming) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $795,829 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE B STORER FOUNDATION INC ($315,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Wyoming Pathways have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $795,829 in grants to Wyoming Pathways, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Wyoming Pathways?
- THE GEORGE B STORER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $315,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Wyoming Pathways find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wyoming. 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 16 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