Weber Pathways
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE MISSION OF TRAILS FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN UTAH IS TO PLAN, PROMOTE, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND PROTECT A NETWORK OF PUBLIC PATHWAYS, TRAILS, AND RELATED OPEN SPACES FOR NON-MOTORIZED USERS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN UTAH.
- Income
- $513,769
- Spending
- $503,612
- Spent on programs
- 65%
- Reserves
- 11.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 88%
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 47
- Highest pay
- $119,825, executive di
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
Fair: 68 out of 100. Higher than 36% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 11.1 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 89% on the year before.
Spending floor
8 of 1565% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 9 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
Strong: 90 out of 100. Higher than 69% of charities in its peer group (civil rights, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 2528 of 28 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited 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 (3)
- $326,323 spent. TRAILS FOUNDATION NORTHERN UTAH IS A LOCAL NON-PROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO PLAN, PROMOTE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, CONSTRUCT, AND MAINTAIN A NETWORK OF PUBLIC PATHWAYS, TRAILS AND RELATED OPEN SPACES FOR NON-MOTORIZED USERS THROUGHOUT NORTHERN UTAH. IN 2022, THROUGH THE HELP OF INDIVIDUAL DONORS, CFOV, MEMBERSHIPS AND GRANTS, TFNU WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT A FULL-TIME TRAIL CREW FOR 18 WEEKS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TRAIL SEASON. THIS SMALL, BUT MIGHTY CREW, HOSTED 13 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS, MAINTAINED, AND BUILT OVER 12 MILES OF TRAILS INSIDE THE NORTH FORK PARK IN EDEN, ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF THE BONNEVILLE SHORELINE TRAIL, THE WEBER RIVER PARKWAY, UPPER WHEELERS AND GREEN POND TRAILS, POWDER MOUNTAIN & THE SIDEWINDER TRAIL LOCATED WITHIN THE BRIDGES COMMUNITY / WOLF CREEK RESORT. NEW TRAILS COMPLETED INCLUDE THE LONGER LOOP, GIDDY UP AND SPORK TRAILS IN NORTH FORK PARK. PHASE 2 OF OUR MASSIVE BLACKNER'S BEND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ALONG THE WEBER RIVER PARKWAY WAS COMPLETED THIS YEAR. IT INCLUDED BOTH TRAIL BUILDING AND WORK TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTION OF THE WEBER RIVER. TWO-THIRDS OF A MILE OF PATHWAY WERE COMPLETED TO A 10-FOOT WIDTH AND FINISHED WITH CRUSHED ROCK THAT WILL PROVIDE A FIRM, ALL-WEATHER SURFACE THAT IS NOT AS HARD AS ASPHALT OR CONCRETE. ANOTHER THIRD OF A MILE WAS LEFT UNFINISHED AS IT WILL BE MODIFIED IN THE THIRD (AND FINAL) PHASE OF WORK - HOWEVER, IT WAS LEFT USABLE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND MOUNTAIN BIKERS. THE PINEVIEW LOOP PATHWAY IN EDEN WAS MAINTAINED. CRACKSEAL AND RESURFACING WERE ADDED AND ENGINEERING BEGAN ON A NEW (LONG-AWAITED) TRAIL FROM SNOWCREST JR. HIGH TO LIBERTY PARK. EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CO-HOST A LOCAL AVALANCHE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE NON-SKIERS ALONGSIDE OGDEN AVALANCHE AND THE GOAL FOUNDATION. THIS WAS HELD LIVE AT ROOSTER'S B-STREET IN OGDEN AS WELL AS RECORDED AND SHARED HUNDREDS OF TIMES AFTER THAT. IN THE LATE SPRING, WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP, PLAN AND EXECUTE OUR FIRST EVER YOUTH TRAIL HIKES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARCADIA GUIDED OUTDOOR EDUCATION. THESE GUIDED YOUTH HIKES INTRODUCED YOUTH IN THE AREA TO THE 7 LEAVE NO TRACE PRINCIPLES WHILE ALSO LEARNING OUT THE LAND WE RECREATE ON, HOW TO BE A RESPONSIBLE TRAIL USER, TRAIL ETIQUETTE AND EVEN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY THEIR HAND AT TRAIL MAINTENANCE WITH OUR TRAIL CREW. ALL IN ALL, THESE TWO (SOLD OUT) EVENTS WERE AWESOME WHEN ONE OF OUR LONG-TIME BOARD MEMBERS PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY IN 2022, IT LEFT US STUNNED. IT ALSO GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR HIM WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ANNUAL RICHARD S.WHITE FRIEND OF THE TRAILS AWARD TO HONOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO EXEMPLIFY THE MISSION AND VISION OF TFNU THROUGH THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO TRAILS IN OUR COMMUNITY IN HONOR OF OUR VERY OWN BOARD MEMBER AND LONGTIME SUPPORTER, RICHARD WHITE. THIS, IN ADDITION TO A BEAUTIFUL BENCH DEDICATED TO HIM ALONG ONE OF HIS FAVORITE STRETCHES OF TRAIL INSIDE THE OGDEN NATURE CENTER, WILL ALLOW HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR OUTDOOR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME. EARTH DAY 22 ALLOWED US TO PARTNER WITH OGDEN TRAILS NETWORK AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO REBUILD PORTIONS OF THE TRAILS THAT START AT THE 12TH STREET TRAILHEAD JUST BEFORE ENTERING OGDEN CANYON. RETAINING WALLS WERE INSTALLED AND SIGHT LINES MUCH IMPROVED. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, OGDEN CITY AND TFNU BOARD AND STAFF MADE MANY IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE TWO DAY EVENT. IN JUNE, TFNU WAS THRILLED TO BRING BACK NORTHERN UTAH'S ONLY NATIONAL TRAILS DAY CELEBRATION EVENT AT NORTH FORK PARK ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH WITH A WONDERFUL MORNING FILLED WITH TRAIL RELATED DEMONSTRATIONS, VENDORS, INFORMATIONAL SPEAKERS, RAFFLES AND MORE NOT ONLY WAS THIS A GREAT TRAILS CELEBRATION, BUT IT WAS ALSO A WONDERFUL WAY TO ENGAGE WITH OTHER LOCAL NON-PROFITS AND RELATED OUTDOOR BUSINESSES TOGETHER. JUST BEFORE NATIONAL TRAILS DAY, THE NEWLY FORMED TRAILS ALLIANCE OF NORTHERN UTAH ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA INCLUDING: GOAL FOUNDATION, OGDEN TRAILS NETWORK, THE BACK COUNTRY HORSEMEN OF AMERICA, GEAR:30, WEBER DAVIS MOUNTAIN BIKING, VISIT OGDEN, OGDEN NATURE CENTER, ARCADIA GUIDED OUTDOOR EDUCATION, AMERSPORTS FACTORY OUTLET, OGDEN NORDIC AND OGDEN VALLEY ADAPTIVE SPORTS MADE ITS DEBUT WITH AN INTRODUCTORY VIDEO THAT WE DEVELOPED, FILMED AND WAS SHARED ACROSS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, YOUTUBE, AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY WAS THE VIDEO WELL RECEIVED, BUT IT HAD PEOPLE CLICKING ON OUR TRAILS ALLIANCE WEBSITE (HTTPS://WWW.TRAILSALLIANCENU.ORG/) TO TAKE PART OF THE TA PLEDGE TO BE A RESPONSIBLE TRAIL USER. 172 PLEDGES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WERE RECORDED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. OCTOBER KEPT US ON OUR TOES. IT STARTED OFF WHEN WE HOSTED NEW YORK AUTHOR, NATE SCHWEBER, AT OUR NEARLY SOLD OUT ANNUAL AUTHOR DINNER EVENT AT THE TIMBERMINE STEAKHOUSE AS HE DISCUSSED HIS BOOK, THIS AMERICA OF OURS; BERNARD & AVIS DEVOTO AND THE FORGOTTEN FIGHT TO SAVE THE WILD. OVER 300 PEOPLE ATTENDED AND OFFERED THE DYNAMIC AUTHOR A STANDING OVATION AT THE CONCLUSION OF A WONDERFULLY EXCITING EVENING RAISING FUNDS FOR TFNU AND SHARING SOME LOCAL OUTDOOR HISTORY AS WELL. AND JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, WE ROUNDED OUT THE YEAR BY CO-PRODUCING THE FIRST ANNUAL NORTHERN UTAH TRAILFEST - A CELEBRATION FOR ALL TRAIL USERS. TFNU, GOAL FOUNDATION AND WEBER COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION CREATED AND CO-PRODUCED THIS FREE OUTDOOR WEEKEND CELEBRATION. THE COMMUNITY FESTIVAL COINCIDES WITH TWO TRAILS ENDURANCE EVENTS, A 3/6/9 HOUR TRAIL RACE, AND A 3/6 HOUR MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE AS WELL AS WEEKEND CAMPING, ACTIVITIES, MUSIC AND PRESENTATIONS AT THE CUTLER FLATS AREA OF NORTH FORK PARK. WITH OVER 1000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS OVER 200 ATHLETES WHO COMPETED IN THIS EXCITING FIRST YEAR EVENT, WE COUNT IT A HUGE SUCCESS AND CAN'T WAIT FOR IT AGAIN THIS FALL TRAILS FOUNDATION NORTHERN UTAH IS A LOCAL NON-PROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO PLAN, PROMOTE, PRESERVE, PROTECT, CONSTRUCT, AND MAINTAIN A NETWORK OF PUBLIC PATHWAYS, TRAILS AND RELATED OPEN SPACE
- WEBER PATHWAYS WAS ORGANIZED IN 1995 TO CONSTRUCT AND PRESERVE PATHWAYS IN WEBER COUNTY, UTAH FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROMOTES PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH PATHWAY USER GROUPS, THE PUBLIC MEDIA, AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND PATHWAYS.
- WEBER PATHWAYS WAS ORGANIZED IN 1995 TO CONSTRUCT AND PRESERVE PATHWAYS IN WEBER COUNTY, UTAH FOR THE USE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROMOTES PUBLIC EDUCATION THROUGH PATHWAY USER GROUPS, THE PUBLIC MEDIA, AND SCHOOL SYSTEMS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND PATHWAYS.
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 October 13, 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 November 6, 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 October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 1997.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 November 4, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Pathways Inc (Ashland, KY), EIN 61-0661987. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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