Mountain Trails Foundation Inc

Analysis

Mountain Trails Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Park City, UT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Mountain Trails Foundation Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.3m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $829k to $1.6m (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Mountain Trails Foundation Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within UT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Live-Thrive Atlanta Inc ($1.6m), Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice ($1.6m) and Friends of the Teton River Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 21% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $143k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $477k. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 13 employees.