PARTNERSHIP FOR THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: PARTNERSHIP FOR THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM (EIN 39-2015324)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-10-24
IRS object ID: 201242989349300424
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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 I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-10-24T10:45:33-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	390974031	EIN

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WEGNER CPAS LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	2110 LUANN LN	AddressLine1
City	MADISON	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	537133074	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	392015324	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PARTNERSHIP FOR THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	PART	NameControl
Phone	6082497870	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	222 S HAMILTON ST NO 13	AddressLine1
City	MADISON	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	537033201	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	JOHN LEINEN JR	Name
Title	TREASURER	Title
Phone	6082497870	Phone
Date Signed	2012-10-22	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	1	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	GLENN MILLER CPA	Name
PTIN	P00086726	PTIN
Phone	6082744020	Phone

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	JOHN LEINEN JR	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	222 S HAMILTON ST NO 13	AddressLine1
City	MADISON	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	537033201	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	225608	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.PNTS.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2001	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	WI	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	OUR MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF THE PARTNERSHIP'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, MANAGEMENT, AND PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	18	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	18	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	47	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Net Unrelated Business Txbl Income	0	NetUnrelatedBusinessTxblIncome
Contributions Grants Prior Year	0	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	185216	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	0	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	39090	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	0	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	37	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	0	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	1265	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	0	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	225608	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	19655	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members Prior Year	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersPriorYear
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	0	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	45697	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	5132	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	0	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	145469	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	0	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	210821	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	0	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	14787	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	116044	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	346332	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	239367	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	116044	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	106965	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	OUR MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF THE PARTNERSHIP'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, MANAGEMENT, AND PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	0	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	0	SignificantChange
Expense	122954	Expense
Grants	19655	Grants
Revenue	38316	Revenue
Description	THE PARTNERSHIP STRENGTHENED THE CAPACITY OF THE MEMBER TRAIL ORGANIZATIONS BY FACILITATING COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE AMONG ORGANIZATION LEADERS AND FEDERAL AGENCY STAFF THROUGH QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE MAGAZINE "PATHWAYS ACROSS AMERICA" AND HOSTING A WEBSITE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND LINKS TO THE AGENCIES AND MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS. THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO ORGANIZED THE 13TH CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS THAT WAS ATTENDED BY 206 AGENCY TRAIL MANAGERS AND TRAIL ORGANIZATION ACTIVISTS. THE CONFERENCE FEATURED PRESENTATION AND WORKSHOPS ON ATTITUDES, METHODS, AND APPROACHES TO SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN THE HEALTHFUL ACTIVITY OF SUSTAINING NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS. THE CONFERENCE'S THEME "HEALTHY TRAILS HEALTHY COMMUNITIES" EMPHASIZED HOW TRAILS CAN CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO FOSTERING THE HUMAN, ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND ECONOMIC HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	31398	Expense
Revenue	774	Revenue
Description	THE PARTNERSHIP CONTINUED TO ENCOURAGE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM) AND THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE (USFS) TO ADOPT SPECIAL MANAGEMENT CORRIDORS TO GUIDE LAND USE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT FOR THE SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS. WE EMPHASIZED THIS MANAGEMENT APPROACH THROUGH COMMENTS ON PLANNING FOR SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS ON PUBLIC LANDS ADJACENT TO THE NATIONAL LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION SYSTEM. THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO PROVIDED COMMENTS STRESSING THIS CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO THE USFS REGARDING A PROPOSED NEW NATIONAL FOREST PLANNING RULE. THE PARTNERSHIP CONTINUED TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES LED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENTS OF THE INTERIOR AND AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO GUIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S "AMERICA'S GREAT OUTDOORS" INITIATIVE.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	17693	Expense
Description	THE PARTNERSHIP CONTINUED TO PROMOTE THE "DECADE FOR THE NATIONAL TRAILS" BY PURSUING A NUMBER OF ACTIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE THREE DECADE GOALS AND A SERIES OF OBJECTIVES TO GREATLY INCREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM, TO COMPLETE MORE OF THE TRAILS, AND TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO SUSTAIN THEM. AMONG THESE ACTIONS THE PARTNERSHIP CONTINUED THE YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAM BEGUN IN 2009 WITH FEDERAL FUNDING BY BRINGING 24 "TRAILS APPRENTICES" TO THE 13TH CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS. THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO WORKED WITH FEDERAL AGENCY PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A MULTI-YEAR TRAINING STRATEGY BASED ON THE KEY FINDINGS OF THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM'S "TRAILS TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT."	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther (2 entries)

ExpenseExpense	DescriptionDescription
4761	THE PARTNERSHIP CONTINUED TO ENCOURAGE LEADERS FROM HISTORIC TRAIL ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY FOR HISTORIC TRAIL PRESERVATION TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES, OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND LANDOWNERS TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORIC RESOURCES FOUND ALONG THE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS. THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO ORGANIZED SEVERAL SESSIONS INVOLVING FEDERAL AGENCY MANAGERS AND TRAIL ORGANIZATION LEADERS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR STRENGTHENING THEIR CAPACITIES TO ACQUIRE CRITICAL LANDS TO PROTECT THE CONTINUITY AND RESOURCES OF THE SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS.
10018	THE PARTNERSHIP PROVIDED ANNUAL REPORTS AND INFORMATION TO CONGRESS AND FEDERAL TRAIL MANAGING AGENCIES ABOUT THE STATE OF THE TRAILS AND CONTRIBUTIONS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES OF OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS TOWARDS SUSTAINING THE NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS. THE PARTNERSHIP PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED A SPECIAL REPORT TITLED "PARTNERS OF THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM" THAT DETAILED THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS SUPPORTING EACH OF THE 30 NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS. THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO PROVIDED INFORMATION TO CONGRESS ABOUT THE FUNDING NEEDED TO SUSTAIN AND INCREASE ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY TO ACQUIRE LAND AND TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, INTERPRET, AND MANAGE THE SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS.

ExpenseExpense

DescriptionDescription

4761

THE PARTNERSHIP CONTINUED TO ENCOURAGE LEADERS FROM HISTORIC TRAIL ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY FOR HISTORIC TRAIL PRESERVATION TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES, OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND LANDOWNERS TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORIC RESOURCES FOUND ALONG THE NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAILS. THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO ORGANIZED SEVERAL SESSIONS INVOLVING FEDERAL AGENCY MANAGERS AND TRAIL ORGANIZATION LEADERS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR STRENGTHENING THEIR CAPACITIES TO ACQUIRE CRITICAL LANDS TO PROTECT THE CONTINUITY AND RESOURCES OF THE SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS.

10018

THE PARTNERSHIP PROVIDED ANNUAL REPORTS AND INFORMATION TO CONGRESS AND FEDERAL TRAIL MANAGING AGENCIES ABOUT THE STATE OF THE TRAILS AND CONTRIBUTIONS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES OF OUR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS TOWARDS SUSTAINING THE NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS. THE PARTNERSHIP PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED A SPECIAL REPORT TITLED "PARTNERS OF THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM" THAT DETAILED THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS SUPPORTING EACH OF THE 30 NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS. THE PARTNERSHIP ALSO PROVIDED INFORMATION TO CONGRESS ABOUT THE FUNDING NEEDED TO SUSTAIN AND INCREASE ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY TO ACQUIRE LAND AND TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, INTERPRET, AND MANAGE THE SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS.

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	14779	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Program Service Expense	186824	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	1	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	1	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	0	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	1	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	0	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	0	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	0	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	0	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	0	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	0	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	0	School
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	0	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	0	Gaming
Hospital	0	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	1	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	0	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	0	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	0	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	0	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	0	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	0	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	0	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	0	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	0	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	0	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	0	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	0	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	0	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	1	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	8	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Unrelated Business Income	0	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	0	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributions
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	0	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	0	PremiumsPaid
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	18	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	18	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	0	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	0	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	0	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	0	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	1	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	1	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	0	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	1	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	1	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	1	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	1	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	0	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	1	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	WI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	LIZ WESSEL	NamePerson
Telephone Number	6082497870	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	222 S HAMILTON ST STE 13	AddressLine1
City	MADISON	City
State	WI	State
ZIP Code	537033201	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (19 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
KENT WIMMER
PRESIDENT	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
RICH DELINE
VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
JIM EVANS
VICE PRESIDENT FOR GOVERNANCE	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
JOHN LEINEN JR
TREASURER	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
REBA GRANDRUD
SECRETARY	2.00	X	X	0	0	0
LIZ BERGERON
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
ALAN BOWEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
STEVEN GONZALES
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
JON KNECHTEL
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
JIM MALLORY
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
ROSS MARSHALL
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
TERESAS MARTINEZ
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
MARCUS GARY MONK
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
LEO RASMUSSEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
MORGAN SOMMERVILLE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
ELIZABETH STEWART
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
DWAYNE STUTZMAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
MARTHA WHITMORE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X		0	0	0
GARY WERNER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		X	45697	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	45697	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Reportable Comp Frm Rltd Orgs	0	TotalReportableCompFrmRltdOrgs
Total Other Compensation	0	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	0	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	0	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	0	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
Membership Dues	20061	MembershipDues
Government Grants	152843	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	12312	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	185216	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
CONFERENCE REVENUE	561920	38316	38316
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	900099	774	774

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	39090	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	37	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$37	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Gaming	1265	GrossIncomeGaming
Gaming Direct Expenses	0	GamingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1265	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$1,265	ExclusionAmount

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	225608	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	39090	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Unrelated Business Revenue	0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenue
Exclusion	$1,302	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	19455	Total
Program Services	19455	ProgramServices

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	200	Total
Program Services	200	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	45697	Total
Program Services	37321	ProgramServices
Management And General	6956	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1420	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4155	Total
Management And General	4155	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	44840	Total
Program Services	36621	ProgramServices
Management And General	6825	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1394	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	39025	Total
Program Services	37620	ProgramServices
Management And General	284	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1121	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3116	Total
Program Services	2996	ProgramServices
Fundraising	120	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5524	Total
Program Services	5524	ProgramServices

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11107	Total
Program Services	9385	ProgramServices
Management And General	645	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1077	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	34395	Total
Program Services	34395	ProgramServices

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2507	Total
Program Services	2507	ProgramServices

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	800	Total
Program Services	800	ProgramServices

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	210821	Total
Program Services	186824	ProgramServices
Management And General	18865	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5132	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	34728	BOY
EOY	107413	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	81316	BOY
EOY	81361	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	154132	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	500	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	2926	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	116044	BOY
EOY	346332	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	2018	EOY

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	237349	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	239367	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	116044	BOY
EOY	106965	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	116044	BOY
EOY	106965	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	116044	BOY
EOY	346332	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	14787	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-23866	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Info In Schedule O Part XII	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXII
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	0	FSAudited
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	53826	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	71255	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	178513	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	118099	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	185216	CurrentTaxYear
Total	606909	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	53826	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	71255	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	178513	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	118099	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	185216	CurrentTaxYear
Total	606909	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	606909	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2605	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2489	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	512	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	50	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	37	CurrentTaxYear
Total	5693	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year	1265	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1265	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	613867	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	274475	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.98870	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.98650	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

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

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	1	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	1	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	0	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	0	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	0	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	0	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	1	DirectContactLegislators
Direct Contact Legislators	$10,018	DirectContactLegislatorsAmount
Rallies Demonstrations	0	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	0	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	10018	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	0	NotDescribedIn501c3

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	1	RecordsMaintained

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Type Of Grant	YOUTH INITIATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS	TypeOfGrant
Number Of Recipients	24	NumberOfRecipients
Amount Of Cash Grant	19455	AmountOfCashGrant

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING GRANTS IN THE U.S.:	Identifier
Return Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	ReturnReference
Explanation	SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2: YOUTHS AGES 18-25 WITH AN INTEREST IN THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM MAY APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL SCENIC AND HISTORIC TRAILS. SCHOLARSHIPS INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION, ACCOMODATIONS, MEALS, CONFERENCE CONTENT, AND MOBILE WORKSHOPS.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (6 entries)

Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation	IdentifierIdentifier
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	THE PREPARED FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	ANNUALLY ALL DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS COMPLETE AND SIGN A STATEMENT THAT PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR INTERESTS AND THOSE OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY MAKE DETERMINATIONS OF WHETHER A CONFLICT EXISTS AND REVIEW ACTUAL CONFLICTS. ANY PERSON WITH A CONFLICT IS PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE GOVERNING BODY'S DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS IN THE TRANSACTION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A	THE PARTNERSHIP'S HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE REVIEWED DATA ON COMPENSATION PAID BY COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS FOR SIMILAR SERVICES AND RECOMMENDED A COMPENSATION PACKAGE FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO THE PARTNERSHIP'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL. THIS PROCESS WAS LAST UNDERTAKEN IN 2011.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5:	SECTION 481(A) ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGE IN OVERALL METHOD OF ACCOUNTING -23,866. TOTAL TO FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 5: -23,866.	CHANGES IN NET ASSETS OR FUND BALANCES:
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 1:	THE ORGANIZATION CHANGED ITS OVERALL METHOD OF ACCOUNTING FROM CASH TO ACCRUAL.