WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION (EIN 91-0900134)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-07-20
IRS object ID: 201832019349300248
Schema version: 2017v2.3
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-07-20T16:18:45-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	910605875	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PETERSON SULLIVAN LLP CPA'S	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	601 UNION ST STE 2300	AddressLine1Txt
City	SEATTLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	981012345	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2017-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	910900134	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WASH	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2066251367	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	705 2ND AVE SUITE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	SEATTLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98104	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	BRUCE BURGER	PersonNm
Person Title	BOARD PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2066251367	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-07-18	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	NATHAN J HARTMAN	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01564623	PTIN
Phone	2063827777	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-07-18	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	BRUCE BURGER	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	705 2ND AVE SUITE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	SEATTLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98104	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$5,755,741	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.WTA.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1966	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	WTA IS THE VOICE FOR HIKERS IN WASHINGTON STATE. WITH OVER 15,000 MEMBERS, WTA PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PUBLIC LANDS PROTECTION. BY PROVIDING VALUABLE INFORMATION AND EDUCATION, MOBILIZING VOLUNTEERS TO MAINTAIN TRAILS, AND ENGAGING PEOPLE AS ADVOCATES FOR PROTECTING OUR STATE'S TRAILS, WTA'S IMPACT IS UNMATCHED.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	18	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	18	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	64	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	5000	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$10,640	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$3,475,520	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,754,545	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$570,362	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$663,311	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$40,984	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$92,295	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$16,996	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$10,640	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$4,103,862	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$5,520,791	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,352,160	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,662,690	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$546,902	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,372,118	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,593,619	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,724,278	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,256,309	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$379,584	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,264,482	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$6,759,105	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$8,623,665	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$226,245	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$247,647	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$6,532,860	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$8,376,018	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO PRESERVE, ENHANCE, AND PROMOTE HIKING OPPORTUNITIES IN WASHINGTON STATE THROUGH COLLABORATION, EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND VOLUNTEER TRAIL MAINTENANCE.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,098,610	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$14,805	RevenueAmt
Desc	WTA IS THE STATE'S LEADING SOURCE OF UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ABOUT TRAILS, CURRENT CONDITIONS, HIKING OPPORTUNITIES, LAND MANAGEMENT ISSUES, AND SAFETY. WTA BRINGS TOGETHER HIKING EXPERTS AND LOCAL KNOWLEDGE TO CULTIVATE A COMMUNITY OF HIKERS THROUGH OUTREACH, OUR MAGAZINE (WASHINGTON TRAILS), OUR WEBSITE (WTA.ORG), AND OUR MOBILE APPS. OUR ONLINE RESOURCES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WITH TRIP REPORTS FILED EVERY DAY BY VOLUNTEERS. 8,300 HIKERS FILED MORE THAN 21,000 TRIP REPORTS AT WTA.ORG IN 2017. OUR BLOG CONTAINS INFORMATION ON TRAIL ACCESS, PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, SAFETY, AND WILDLIFE. WTA EVENTS BRING HIKERS TOGETHER AT EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS ACROSS THE STATE.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$504,581	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$42,931	RevenueAmt
Desc	WTA CONTINUED OUR PROGRAMS THAT SERVE YOUTH IN 2017. TEACHERS AND YOUTH LEADERS RECEIVED TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT MORE THAN 1,980 OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES. WTA'S GEAR LENDING LIBRARY EXPANDED SO THAT YOUTH GROUPS CAN BE PROPERLY EQUIPPED FOR THEIR ADVENTURES YEAR ROUND. 66 SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY GROUPS PARTNERED WITH WTA FOR TRAINING AND/OR TRAIL WORK. WTA SUPPORTED 1,500 YOUTH EXPERIENCES IN TRAIL STEWARDSHIP ON 52 ONE-DAY YOUTH WORK PARTIES AND 19 YOUTH VOLUNTEER VACATIONS IN 2017. OUR FAMILIES GO HIKING E-NEWSLETTER HAS 24,500 SUBSCRIBERS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$1,540,169	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$605,575	RevenueAmt
Desc	WTA'S VOLUNTEER TRAIL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS AMONG THE LARGEST IN THE NATION, WITH MORE THAN 5,000 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTING 160,000 HOURS STATEWIDE IN 2017. WTA VOLUNTEERS BUILT, MAINTAINED OR PROTECTED 250 TRAILS ON PUBLIC LAND IN 2017. VOLUNTEERS CHOOSE BETWEEN ONE-DAY WORK PARTIES, AND MULTI-DAY TRIPS IN THREE NATIONAL PARKS, SIX NATIONAL FORESTS, 10 STATE PARKS, STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES LANDS, AND A VARIETY OF LOCALLY-MANAGED SITES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$245,599	ExpenseAmt
Desc	WTA PROTECTS TRAILS THROUGH GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY ON ISSUES THAT IMPACT HIKERS, SUCH AS TRAIL FUNDING AND WILDERNESS PROTECTION. WTA WORKS CLOSELY WITH FEDERAL AND STATE POLICYMAKERS TO ADVANCE HIKERS' INTERESTS IN FOREST PLANNING AND NEW RECREATION PROJECTS. IN 2017 WTA ADVOCATED FOR FUNDING FOR NATIONAL FORESTS AND PARKS, PARTICIPATED IN TRAIL AND RECREATION PLANNING EFFORTS ACROSS THE STATE AND EMPOWERED MORE THAN 43,000 INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE ACTION FOR TRAILS WITH ITS ONLINE TRAIL ACTION NETWORK.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$245,599	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,388,959	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (1)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	20	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	64	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	18	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	18	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MARJORIE KITTLE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2066251367	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	705 2ND AVE SUITE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	SEATTLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	98104	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (19 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
BRUCE BURGER
PRESIDENT	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANDREA BAINES
SECRETARY	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOE GREGG
TREASURER	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SUSAN QUEARY
VP PHILANTHROPY	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MASON WHITE
VP ADVOCACY	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PERRY BURKHART
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL DUNNING
VP BOARD DEVELOPMENT	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ETHAN EVANS
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JENNY FAUBION
VP ADVOCACY	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ASHLEY FONTAINE
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
THOMAS GOLDSTEIN
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JONATHAN LAU
SECRETARY	5.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHARLIE ANN LIEU
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GEOFF MARTIN
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MATTHEW MARTINEZ
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
KEN MYER
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TITTI RINGSTROM
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
STEVE PAYNE
DIRECTOR	5.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JILL SIMMONS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$103,171	$0	$9,142

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$103,171	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$9,142	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Federated Campaigns	$55,086	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$587,771	MembershipDuesAmt
Government Grants	$122,881	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$3,988,807	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$569,109	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,754,545	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
TRAIL MAINTENANCE	110000	$659,521	$659,521
MAGAZINE SALES	511120	$2,700	$2,700
TRAIL MERCHANDISE	452000	$1,090	$1,090

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$663,311	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$92,245	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$92,245	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$235,000	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$234,950	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$50	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$50	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$50	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	ADVERTISING	Desc
Business	511120	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$10,640	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$10,640	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$10,640	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$5,520,791	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$663,311	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$10,640	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$92,295	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$112,313	TotalAmt
Program Services	$89,426	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,456	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,431	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,041,213	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,624,192	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$203,176	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$213,845	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,359	TotalAmt
Program Services	$38,481	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,752	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,126	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$243,293	TotalAmt
Program Services	$193,595	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,909	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$25,789	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$217,512	TotalAmt
Program Services	$173,080	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,375	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$23,057	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,809	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,809	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,000	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$46,773	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$46,773	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$241,009	TotalAmt
Program Services	$177,642	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,421	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$58,946	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,105	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,265	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$157	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$683	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$138,083	TotalAmt
Program Services	$117,948	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,817	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,318	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$207,441	TotalAmt
Program Services	$171,369	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,643	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,429	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$182,646	TotalAmt
Program Services	$156,014	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,662	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,970	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$80,482	TotalAmt
Program Services	$78,625	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$602	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,255	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$109,669	TotalAmt
Program Services	$109,669	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,259	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,862	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,664	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$733	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PRINTING AND PRODUCTION	$177,772	$135,395	$223	$42,154
MISCELLANEOUS	$155,657	$99,986	$9,546	$46,125
TRAILWORK SUPPLIES	$92,705	$92,705
VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION	$78,209	$50,896	$13,045	$14,268

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,256,309	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,388,959	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$320,448	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$546,902	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,057,897	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,436,525	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$295,053	BOYAmt
EOY	$99,156	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$453,580	BOYAmt
EOY	$780,525	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$85,766	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,629	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$65,652	BOYAmt
EOY	$65,744	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$590,071	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$293,125	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$406,961	BOYAmt
EOY	$296,946	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,930,462	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,834,929	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,463,734	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,038,211	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,759,105	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,623,665	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$216,245	BOYAmt
EOY	$237,647	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$226,245	BOYAmt
EOY	$247,647	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,247,622	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,378,902	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,013,548	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,323,797	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,271,690	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,673,319	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,532,860	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,376,018	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,759,105	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,623,665	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,264,482	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$176,800	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$401,876	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,773,851	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,359,643	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,965,481	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,475,520	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,754,545	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$18,329,040	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,773,851	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,359,643	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$3,965,481	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,475,520	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,754,545	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$18,329,040	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,491,277	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$16,837,763	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$251,077	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$110,328	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$9,079	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$70,624	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$92,245	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$533,353	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$16,996	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$10,640	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$27,636	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$18,890,029	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$2,411,643	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.89140	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.90570	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	Yes (1)	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	Yes (1)	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	0	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	Yes (1)	MailingsMembersInd
Mailings Members	$2,287	MailingsMembersAmt
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	0	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	Yes (1)	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Direct Contact Legislators	$3,810	DirectContactLegislatorsAmt
Rallies Demonstrations	Yes (1)	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Rallies Demonstrations	$2,876	RalliesDemonstrationsAmt
Other Activities	Yes (1)	OtherActivitiesInd
Other Activities	$36,000	OtherActivitiesAmt
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$44,973	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	0	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II-B, LINE 1:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	WTA PARTICIPATED IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES IN 2017 INCLUDING: - HOSTING A STATE LOBBY DAY THAT BROUGHT 120 VOLUNTEERS AND WTA STAFF TO THE STATE'S CAPITAL TO ADVOCATE IN SUPPORT OF TRAILS AND PUBLIC LANDS, INCLUDING THE STATE'S CAPITAL BUDGET; - SENDING OUT TWO ACTION ALERTS AND BLOGS THAT ASKED ADVOCATES TO CONTACT LEGISLATORS IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION; - DIRECT CONTACT WITH STATE LEGISLATORS AND THEIR STAFFS DURING THE 2017 WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$590,071	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$293,125	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$296,946	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$296,946	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN ASSETS HELD BY THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION	$3,026,601
SECURITY DEPOSITS	$11,610

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$3,038,211	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,052,694	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$176,800	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$401,876	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$578,676	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$5,474,018	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$46,773	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$46,773	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$5,520,791	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,209,536	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,209,536	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$46,773	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$46,773	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,256,309	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	CHANGE IN VALUE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN ASSETS	ExplanationTxt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	16	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$569,109	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE BOARD REVIEWS THE COMPLETE 990 PRIOR TO IT BEING FILED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	BOARD MEMBERS SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT ANNUALLY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EVALUATES MARKET DATA AND MEETS TO SET EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION ANNUALLY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	WTA'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE POSTED ON ITS WEBSITE.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	CHANGE IN VALUE OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN ASSETS 401,876.