Pacific Northwest Trail Association

Analysis

Pacific Northwest Trail Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Sedro Woolley, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1979, 47 years ago. 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, Pacific Northwest Trail Association reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1000k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $577k to $1.0m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Pacific Northwest Trail Association sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Society for Experimental Hematology ($1.0m), Firefighters Burn Institute ($1.0m) and Indian Law Resource Center ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $83k (8.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $600k. At year end it held assets of $535k against liabilities of $68k, net assets of $467k. It reported 70 employees.