Pennsy Trails of Hancock County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811929129
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
New Palestine, IN, USA
Phone
3174109140
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,501
Expenses
$3,052
Assets
$88,820
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary Ann Wietbrock (President and Treasurer)
  • Amy Matthews (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Mary Ann Wietbrock (President and Treasurer)
  • Amy Matthews (Vice President)
  • Louise Thompson (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

The Pennsy Trails of Hancock County Inc. mission is to support the development and maintenance of a walk/bike trail in Hancock County along the National Road Heritage Trail, and to raise and distribute funds to Hancock County for that sole purpose. The Trail improves the community by providing recreation, fitness, socialization, and encouraging population growth through a highly-desired amenity.

What it reported doing in 2025

We have only one program- the Pennsy Trail, and in 2024, more than 40 volunteers did projects on the existing trail, such as planting donated flowers and bushes, and general trail clean up. We made significant progress toward planning and funding the trail segment between 400 West and 300 West. We also made progress toward securing right-of-ways and funding for our ultimate goal of connecting the trail segments between County Roads 300 West and 150.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 89
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 80.3%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 29.1; rating input score 97; 97th 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: -50% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.