Tahoe Rim Trail Association
“Maintain and enhance the Tahoe Rim Trail system.”
4 funders on the record, 85 cents of every dollar to the work.
The work
What they do
Trail maintenance and stewardship for the 170-mile Tahoe Rim Trail around Lake Tahoe. Works on USFS lands and coordinates volunteer projects.
Where the money went, FY2025
The work, and what it cost
Education and Outreach Programs
$350K, 27% of spendingDistribute information about events, programs, and opportunities facilitated by the association and the tahoe rim trail.
Read it as they filed it
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS: DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION ABOUT EVENTS, PROGRAMS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FACILITATED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND THE TAHOE RIM TRAIL. IN 2024, TRTA HAD 700,000 ANNUAL USERS AND ENGAGED INDIVIDUALS AT 67 HOSTED TRAIL AMBASSADOR DAYS TO TEACH SUSTAINABLE TRAIL USE.
IRS Form 990 Part III for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Trail Operations Program
$348K, 27% of spendingMaintains and enhances the tahoe rim trail system by organizing and training volunteers to build, maintain, and improve its nearly 200 miles of trail.
Read it as they filed it
TRAIL OPERATIONS PROGRAM: MAINTAINS AND ENHANCES THE TAHOE RIM TRAIL SYSTEM BY ORGANIZING AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD, MAINTAIN, AND IMPROVE ITS NEARLY 200 MILES OF TRAIL. IN 2024, THE TRTA LEVERAGED THE SUPPORT OF ACTIVE CREW LEADERS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED 70 DAYS TO MAINTAIN EVERY MILE OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM. THE ASSOCIATION CLEARED 392 DOWNED TREES FROM THE TRAIL, AND COMPLETED MAJOR MAINTENANCE ON TRAILS.
IRS Form 990 Part III for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Youth Programs
$226K, 17% of spendingConducts overnight youth backpacking trips so the participants can experience the physical and mental health benefits of time spent outdoors and learn the principles of leave no trace.
Read it as they filed it
YOUTH PROGRAMS: CONDUCTS OVERNIGHT YOUTH BACKPACKING TRIPS SO THE PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPERIENCE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS OF TIME SPENT OUTDOORS AND LEARN THE PRINCIPLES OF LEAVE NO TRACE. IN 2024, THERE WERE 12 TRIPS SERVING A TOTAL OF 115 YOUTH OF WHICH 60% WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AT NO COST.
IRS Form 990 Part III for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Trail Use Programs
$174K, 13% of spendingPromotes environmental stewardship, inspires a love for the lake tahoe region, and encourages healthy and sustainable living.
Read it as they filed it
TRAIL USE PROGRAMS: PROMOTES ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, INSPIRES A LOVE FOR THE LAKE TAHOE REGION, AND ENCOURAGES HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING. TRAIL USE PROGRAMS COORDINATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO EXPERIENCE THE TRAIL IN MANY WAYS INCLUDING HIKES, SNOWSHOE TREKS, YOUTH PROGRAMS, SEVERAL BACKCOUNTRY SKILLS COURSES SUCH AS SNOW CAMPING 101 AND BACKPACKING 101, WILDERNESS MEDICAL COURSES, AND OTHER TRAININGS.
IRS Form 990 Part III for fiscal year 2025, signed under penalty of perjury.
Follow the dollar
85 cents of every dollar goes to the work
A good sign, not a scorecard: what matters is the extremes, and this is nowhere near one.
$1,098,801 programs, $135,657 management, $59,859 fundraising. Form 990, FY2025.
The backers
Backed, each with its source, by T Rowe Price Program For Charitable Giving, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, National Forest Foundation and American Trails, latest filing FY26.
The people
Who does the work
Took the helm from Lindsey Shultz, who drew $101,043 in the final year on file.
Honesty note: leadership comes from each year’s federal filing, so it can run a year behind. If it’s out of date, tell us. Work at TRTA? Claim this page.
Those 287 volunteers are people who decided this ground was theirs to defend. If TRTA is fighting for your place too, the matchmaker will find your way in.
Find your way inThe filings
14 years of filings
Total revenue by fiscal year as filed. Point at or tap the line for any year.
| Year | Revenue |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $614,335 |
| 2012 | $510,711 |
| 2013 | $558,254 |
| 2014 | $656,320 |
| 2015 | $1,315,842 |
| 2016 | $1,146,740 |
| 2017 | $1,080,844 |
| 2018 | $105,573 |
| 2019 | $779,807 |
| 2020 | $495,751 |
| 2021 | $1,787,899 |
| 2022 | $3,314,264 |
| 2023 | $963,878 |
| 2025 | $1,787,193 |
From $614K in 2011 to $1.8M in FY25, across 14 public filings (none on record for 2024). 2022, at $3.3M, stands well above the other years on file.
The returns as e-filed with the IRS, one year:
- FY2025Download the return
Source: IRS Form 990 e-file data, each return by its IRS object id, served by ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. A year in the chart without a link here is read from a later return’s own history table; its return is on ProPublica’s page for the group.
Their ground
TRTA is not on our editors’ record for a threatened place yet. See every threatened place on one map, and who stands for each.
The California congressional delegation averages 78 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
The Nevada congressional delegation averages 73 of 100 on public lands. See the full scorecard
Get Involved
Where you can help them
- Sat, Mar 13, 2027 · EventWilderness First Aid with NOLS Wilderness Medicine, March 2027Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
- Sat, Apr 10, 2027 · EventWilderness First Aid with NOLS Wilderness Medicine, April 2027Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Ways in
How to help
Straight to their own donation page. Your dollar never passes through us.
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The mission is theirs. The backing is yours.