Carson Valley Trails Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880355499
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Minden, NV, USA
Phone
7757827171
Rating
57
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Forest Conservation

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,750
Expenses
$26,731
Assets
$460,272
Liabilities
$2,278

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NEAL FALK (PRESIDENT &)

People named in this filing

  • NEAL FALK (PRESIDENT &)
  • ERICA ROSELIUS (VICE-PRESIDE)
  • DIANNE JENNINGS (TREASURER &)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide public access through a recreational trail system.

What it reported doing in 2024

In douglas county, Nevada and carson city, Nevada: repair, maintenance, and improvements on 66 miles of trails in the cvta trail system for use by hikers, bicyclists, and equestrians. Activities included: > continuous maintenance of 66 miles of trails including: repair of trails heavily damaged by floods, repair of boardwalks and bridges, removal of overgrown vegetation, removal of fallen trees and rock slides, re-alignment of trail segments for improved safety and increased distance from nearby homes, trail hardening, leveling, dog-waste removal, install rock steps at creek crossing >public education and outreach about trail use and safety for more details, visit https://carsonvalleytrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-trails- report-and-2025-work-plan.pdf

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19.1%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 33.5%; rating input score 33

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 68.5%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 17.22; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 19.1% of revenue deployed · 33.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.