Wasatch Trails Alliance
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF THE WASATCH TRAILS ALLIANCE IS TO SUPPORT AND HELP PLAN A COMPREHENSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE TRAIL SYSTEM IN WASATCH COUNTY, TO PROVIDE OUTDOOR RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCALS AND VISITORS AND TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE BIKING, HIKING AND EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITIES.
- Income
- $376,755
- Spending
- $211,104
- Spent on programs
- 99%
- Reserves
- 15.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 68%
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 300
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 85% of charities in its peer group (environment, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 15.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 44% of income.
Spending floor
15 of 1599% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 59 out of 100. Higher than 23% of charities in its peer group (environment, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $208,663 spent. ERIC STRITTER, TRAIL CREW FOREMAN, JUSTIN PYPER, JONAH JIBSON AND GALEN CARTER HAVE PUT IN OVER 1500 HOURS OF WORK INTO MAINTAINING OUR BEAUTIFUL TRAILS. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY RESURRECTED 1000 TURNS AND GIVEN THE PINE CANYON CREEK COMPLEX HIKING AREA SOME MUCH NEEDED ATTENTION, THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BRING THE "PULL FACTOR" PIRATE TRAIL UP TO STANDARD (NOT TO MENTION MADE IT WAY MORE FUN) AND AIDED IN GETTING IT ADOPTED INTO THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AS A REAL TRAIL. IN ADDITION, THE CREW HAS CLEARED OVER 60 MILES, TAKEN DOWN 50 OR MORE TREES, AND BUILT ROUGHLY 20 FEATURES. WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO MTF FOR SUPPORTING WTF AND THE WASATCH BACK TRAIL CREW. CREATIVE TRAILS HAS FINISHED TUG OF WAR AND HEARD IT BOTH WAYS (ALTHOUGH THIS TRAIL IS DIRECTIONAL). THIS WILL BE THE CONNECTION POINT FROM THE DEER VALLEY EAST DEVELOPMENT TO THE WOW TRAIL, ROUGHLY ONE MILE BELOW THE BOULDER BASIN TRAILHEAD. BOB RADKE AND CREW HAVE ALREADY STARTED THIS CONNECTION AND HOPE TO FINISH IT JUST IN TIME FOR US TO RIDE IT BEFORE THE SNOW WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. PARTNERS INCLUDING, UTAH EX DEVELOPMENT, MAG, UTAH OPEN LANDS, MIDA, AND MORE, ARE HOW WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE UORG TIER 1 GRANT TO HELP FUND THIS CONNECTION. CURRENTLY NICKNAMED "WOWZA" (ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY TRAILS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS PROJECT), THE BONANZA TO WOW CONNECTION IS OUR MAJOR WIN FOR THIS SUMMER THE WASATCH TRAILS FOUNDATION HAS HELD THE GRANTS FOR THIS CONNECTION FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS ENDURED MANY CHALLENGES. WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WORK ON THIS AMAZING CONNECTION IS WELL ON ITS WAY PARTNERING WITH THE MOUNTAIN TRAILS FOUNDATION, THIS WILL BE AN EPIC CONNECTION FROM THE NEWLY FINISHED BONANZA LOOP TRAIL TO THE HIGH POINT ON THE WOW TRAIL, NEAR THE LEANING TREE. WE ANTICIPATE THIS SMALL COLLECTION OF TRAILS, INCLUDING A DOWNHILL ONLY BIKE TRAIL, A MULTIUSE/CLIMB TRAIL, AND A HIKING SPUR THAT BRINGS YOU BACK TO THE BOULDER BASIN TRAILHEAD AT THE TOP OF WOW, WILL BE FINISHED NEXT SUMMER, 2025. (ORIGINAL GRANT WAS WRITTEN IN 2021). ERIC STRITTER, TRAIL CREW FOREMAN, JUSTIN PYPER, JONAH JIBSON AND GALEN CARTER HAVE PUT IN OVER 1500 HOURS OF WORK INTO MAINTAINING OUR BEAUTIFUL TRAILS. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY RESURRECTED 1000 TURNS AND GIVEN THE PINE CANYON CREEK COMPLEX HIKING AREA SOME MUCH NEEDED ATTENTION, THEY HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BRING THE "PULL FACTOR" PIRATE TRAIL UP TO STANDARD (NOT TO MENTION MADE IT WAY MORE FUN) AND AIDED IN GETTING IT ADOPTED INTO THE WASATCH MOUNTAIN STATE PARK AS A REAL TRAIL. IN ADDITION, THE CREW HAS CLEARED OVER 60 MILES, TAKEN DOWN 50 OR MORE TREES, AND BUILT ROUGHLY 20 FEATURES. WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO MTF FOR SUPPORTING WTF AND THE WASATCH BACK TRAIL CREW. CREATIVE TRAILS HAS FINISHED TUG OF WAR AND HEARD IT BOTH WAYS (ALTHOUGH THIS TRAIL IS DIRECTIONAL). THIS WILL BE THE CONNECTION POINT FROM THE DEER VALLEY EAST DEVELOPMENT TO THE WOW TRAIL, ROUGHLY ONE MILE BELOW THE BOULDER BASIN TRAILHEAD. BOB RADKE AND CREW HAVE ALREADY STARTED THIS CONNECTION AND HOPE TO FINISH IT JUST IN TIME FOR US TO RIDE IT BEFORE THE SNOW WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. PARTNERS INCLUDING, UTAH EX DEVELOPMENT, MAG, UTAH OPEN LANDS, MIDA, AND MORE, ARE HOW WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE UORG TIER 1 GRANT TO HELP FUND THIS CONNECTION. CURRENTLY NICKNAMED "WOWZA" (ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY TRAILS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS PROJECT), THE BONANZA TO WOW CONNECTION IS OUR MAJOR WIN FOR THIS SUMMER THE WASATCH TRAILS FOUNDATION HAS HELD THE GRANTS FOR THIS CONNECTION FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS ENDURED MANY CHALLENGES. WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WORK ON THIS AMAZING CONNECTION IS WELL ON ITS WAY PARTNERING WITH THE MOUNTAIN TRAILS FOUNDATION, THIS WILL BE AN EPIC CONNECTION FROM THE NEWLY FINISHED BONANZA LOOP TRAIL TO THE HIGH POINT ON THE WOW TRAIL, NEAR THE LEANING TREE. WE ANTICIPATE THIS SMALL COLLECTION OF TRAILS, INCLUDING A DOWNHILL ONLY BIKE TRAIL, A MULTIUSE/CLIMB TRAIL, AND A HIKING SPUR THAT BRINGS YOU BACK TO THE BOULDER BASIN TRAILHEAD AT THE TOP OF WOW, WILL BE FINISHED NEXT SUMMER, 2025. (ORIGINAL GRANT WAS WRITTEN IN 2021).
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 2012.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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