The Colorado Trail Foundation

Analysis

The Colorado Trail Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Poncha SPGS, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Colorado Trail Foundation reported income of $774k and spending of $711k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $557k to $774k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Colorado Trail Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wisconsin Youth Sports Association Inc ($774k), Mysc Inc ($774k) and Life Skills Fore Pasadena Youth Inc ($773k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% and program service revenue 25% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $118k (17% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $206k. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $43k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 17 employees.