Trails and Vistas Inc

Analysis

Trails and Vistas Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Truckee, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Trails and Vistas Inc reported income of $73k and spending of $38k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $117k to $73k (-38%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Trails and Vistas Inc sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 31st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swamp in the City Inc ($73k), Athens Arts League ($73k) and Mifflin County Historical Society ($73k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% and program service revenue 52% of the total. At year end it held assets of $102k against liabilities of $2,551, net assets of $100k.