Arizona Trail Association

Analysis

Arizona Trail Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Tucson, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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, Arizona Trail Association reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.5m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $846k to $1.3m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Arizona Trail Association sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 79th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life Savers Conference Inc ($1.3m), National Association for Court Management ($1.3m) and Becker County Historical Society ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 0.9% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $97k (6.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $561k. At year end it held assets of $577k against liabilities of $139k, net assets of $439k. It reported 20 employees.