Trailhead Institute

Analysis

Trailhead Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Denver, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Trailhead Institute reported income of $17.5m and spending of $18.4m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.2m to $17.5m (+317%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Trailhead Institute sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New England Donor Services Inc ($17.5m), Jewish Family Home Care Inc ($17.5m) and HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital Inc ($17.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 4.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $313k (1.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.0m. At year end it held assets of $10.3m against liabilities of $1.9m, net assets of $8.4m. It reported 46 employees.