Cayuga Trail Club Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
160956916
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Ithaca, NY, USA
Phone
5859759312
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,867
Expenses
$12,784
Assets
$55,135
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James Rolfe (President)
  • Rhett Dial (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • James Rolfe (President)
  • Rhett Dial (Vice President)
  • Sandra Greene (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Create and maintain hiking trails for public use; provide outdoor recreation opportunities for the public

What it reported doing in 2025

Support for the summer youth outdoor program for a local community center (Greater Ithaca Activities Center) provided 100 students and 20 counselors with structured outdoor adventures

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 60% for direct work, and 40% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.31; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.4% of revenue deployed · 78% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.