Washington Trails Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 910900134
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2022
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2066251367
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,815,626
- Expenses
- $8,755,646
- Assets
- $16,887,382
- Liabilities
- $2,175,017
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANSON FATLAND (BOARD PRESIDENT, TREASURER UNTIL SEPT)
- KEN MYER (DIRECTOR, BOARD PRESIDENT UNTIL SEPT)
- JAIME LOUCKY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO))
Highest reported compensation
- JAIME LOUCKY (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO)): $190,204 total reported compensation
- AMANDA BAKER (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO)): $157,947 total reported compensation
- KINDRA RAMOS (CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER (CPO)): $147,713 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Washington trails association is on a mission to connect everyone to the outdoors and build a community that gives back to trails and public lands.
What it reported doing in 2025
Connecting communities to trails: wta is Washington's go-to source for hiking and trail information, providing free, accessible resources to equip people with everything they need to be safe, informed and engaged stewards for public lands. In 2025, over 5 million people relied on wta's online tools and social media to access hiking guides, trip reports and trail news. In 2025, hikers contributed 16,200 trip reports, offering real-time trail conditions for recreationalists and valuable data for land managers to understand recreation trends and needs. We also conduct trailhead outreach efforts to ensure recreationists at popular trails are equipped with the information they need for a safe and responsible adventure.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 79% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.9%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.46 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.93; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.3%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.9% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $7.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $190K · 24 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.